By Electa Draper
The Denver Post
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calls the congressional impasse on deficit reduction a values debate that boils down to “big oil v. little children.”
“We all know we ...
The federal government is nearly ready to announce how its law enforcement personnel and prosecutors will respond to the decision Colorado and Washington voters made in November to legalize marijuana use in their states, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday.
“We’re still in the process of reviewing both of the initiatives that were passed,” Holder said at a morning appearance, answering a question from Colorado Attorney ...
Perhaps the one remarkable aspect of his Seattle business, the Northwest Patient Resource Center, is what it sells: marijuana.
As a medical distributor of the drug, Davis has been in business legally for several years already. But it’s still hard for an outfit like his to embark ...
http://ideas.time.com/2013/01/28/will-states-lead-the-way-to-legalizing-marijuana-nationwide/
By Adam CohenJan. 28, 2013, Time online
When citizens of Colorado and Washington voted in November to legalize marijuana, they created a conflict, because pot remains illegal under federal law and anyone who lights up is committing a federal crime and could theoretically still be arrested for it. After Colorado passed its referendum, Governor John Hickenlooper said the implementation of the law in his state would be a “complicated process” and warned residents not to “break out the ...
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http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/02/inslee-assures-feds-on-pot-well-do-it-right/
Saying “the world is watching,” Gov. Jay Inslee has sent a five-page letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that outlines how Washington’s new legal marijuana system will be tightly controlled to prevent illegal activity such as state-licensed pot from leaking into other states.
The federal government considers all marijuana illegal, despite voter-approved laws in Colorado and Washington that legalize recreational use for adults. And Holder, the nation’s top law officer, ...
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