A Jersey politician desires to know the way many individuals who use cannabis for medicinal functions have been prosecuted final 12 months, and the way a lot it has price to take them to courtroom.

Deputy Montfort Tadier has been a long-standing supporter of stress-free the legislation to permit some folks to make use of cannabis to assist alleviate ache, particularly for a number of sclerosis and most cancers victims.

He has regularly requested questions within the States about using medicinal cannabis and two years in the past unsuccessfully introduced a petition and proposition to the Home to “situation a licence to Ms Evelyn Volante for the possession of cannabis for the remedy and aid of her ache.”

After a long and steady fight to legalize the use of medical marijuana across the state, the Senate committee has made some major regulatory strides in their cannabis system, aiming to provide their citizens with better regulations through a new package of freshly passed bills.

On Thursday, members of the Michigan Senate voted with three-fourths majority to pass four bills that will help the state better regulate their medical marijuana system.

The abuse of marijuana by American youth has declined in recent years, even as adults’ embrace of the plant has continued to grow, according to a recent federal study.

The findings also suggest that the movement toward legalization and decriminalization of the plant in multiple states hasn’t necessarily increased young people’s access to marijuana. 

Nashville is well on its way to joining a growing list of municipalities in the southern part of the United States that have eliminated the criminal penalties associated with small time marijuana possession.

On Tuesday, the Metro Council passed a proposed ordinance seeking to decriminalize the possession of marijuana in the second of three votes needed before the proposal goes in front of Mayor Megan Barry for a signature. The proposal, which was brought to the table by Metro Councilman Dave Rosenberg, will now go before the council for a final vote on September 20.

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Stanford engineers are hitting the breaks on driving under the influence of marijuana with a roadside device that can tell whether someone’s too stoned to be behind the wheel.

Their new “potalyzer” applies the same magnetic nanotechnology used in cancer screenings to detect THC molecules in saliva after someone lights up, and to also measure the concentration of the drug in someone’s spit.

Deep into the looong November ballot, many voters will be sorting through a typical mix of school bond measures, sales tax hikes and the like. But this year, in dozens of cities and counties in California, communities will also face pivotal questions about the future of marijuana.

A campaign to legalize recreational cannabis statewide has dominated the political debate over weed this year. Less noticed, and in some respects more significant, is a proliferation of local ballot measures that will help determine whether, where and at what cost cannabis products will be available – regardless of the outcome of the state vote.

An unexpected figure is about to get involved in the so called #DaggaSpringbok saga – the leader of the Dagga Party of South Africa (DPSA)

Because Hai Thi Pham was growing 1,110 marijuana plants in a high-rise building in north west Toronto, in an apartment she didn't own, she should have received a mandatory minimum sentence of two—maybe three—years in prison.

But an Ontario judge called that sentence cruel, unusual, and unconstitutional this week, adding another crack in the dam of Stephen Harper's trademark mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

Justice Michael Code of the Ontario Superior Court tore through the Criminal Code sentences for marijuana cultivation.

Under Canadian law, there are a series of escalating punishments for growing pot.

Leaders of MI Legalize say they represent a majority of Michiganders who, according to statewide polls, want to see marijuana “taxed and regulated like alcohol,” according to the MI Legalize website. The group’s website and its board members also say that their lawsuit contesting the 180-day window is aimed at helping any similar group that wants to get its petition measure on state ballots but can't afford to hire the scores of paid petition circulators required to obtain enough signatures within 180 days.