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I have the fortune of working in a school district in northern California in the heart of marijuana country. In the late summer at our back to school staff inservice, our superintendent told us we had yet to have a student come in with their Proposition 215 medical marijuana prescription, but in some schools, it [...]
Senate Bills 616-618 Hearing
Jan 20
On January 19, the Michigan Medical Cannabis Advocacy Coalition took its newfound skills out for a test run. Armed with testimony prepared in advance of the hearing, many Brighton, Jackson, Lansing-East, Capitol City, and other compassion club members converged on the Senate Judiary Committee to offer responses to these bills.
SB 616-618 would restrict the number [...]
REPORT FROM FIRST MEETING:
On January 9, the Mid-Michigan Medical Marijuana Advocacy Coalition was born. Hosted by Gone Wired Cafe’ in Lansing, between 30 and 40 people convened to begin to discuss policy and legislative interests that have arisen since the 2008 Michigan Medical Marijuana Act was enacted. Attendees came from several neighboring compassion clubs.
There was [...]
“At least seven full-time staff members of the Washington DC based Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) have quit their jobs in protest of an alleged incident of sexual misconduct by MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia” according to HIGH TIMES magazine.
“Administrative Officers were operating under the inaccurate and mistaken belief that medical marijuana use was illegal.” Merced Superior Court Judge Brian L. McCabe concluded in his ruling … the DMV Driver Safety Procedure Manual was revised to include reference to medical marijuana, stating “use of medicinal marijuana approved by a physician should be handled in the same manner as any other prescription medication which may affect safe driving.” The manual states that the existence of medical marijuana use “does not, in itself, constitute grounds for a license withdrawal action.”
