Tag: Marijuana Policy Project
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Cannabis Movement Ending Era Of Personalities
The cannabis world is structurally changing. It’s moving away from informal, personality-driven, relationship-based influence and toward: 1. compliance-heavy operations 2. institutional capital 3. audited finances 4. federal-facing regulatory posture 5. documentation, transparency, and risk controls That shift favors people and organizations that are: 1. procedurally clean 2. boring in a good way 3. compliance-literate 4.…
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Reminder: Rising to the Moment: Protecting and Advancing Cannabis Legalization in a Changing America
Rising to the Moment: Protecting and Advancing Cannabis Legalization in a Changing America Date & TimeDec 17, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Webinar ID815 7712 0875 Description BGM and Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) invite you to join us for a timely discussion on the current state of the national legalization landscape. We will…
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FDA Says Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Risk Federal Funds For Academic Institutions
POLITICS FDA Says Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Risk Federal Funds For Academic Institutions https://www.marijuanamoment.net/fda-says-iowas-medical-marijuana-law-doesnt-risk-federal-funds-for-academic-institutions/
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Senator John Thune: Federal Solution To State Medical Marijuana Laws In Hands Of State, Not Congress
Senator John Thune’s office had me come install a TV mount for them and while there I asked a question. I got a letter in response that wasn’t a form letter at all. Below is the recording I made of my phone call to the state Attorney Generals office. I am also contacting the governor…
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Religious Cannabis Exemption Iowa Research
Government cannot favor religious activity over secular, or visa versa. The judicial cannon of constitutional avoidance means an unconstitutional statute is only unconstitutional if it is actually applied to someone in an unconstitutional way. Someone has to be injured by it, or it’s never going to be held unconstitutional. The problem with…
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Vaping Crisis Hasn’t Blunted Marijuana Legalization Support By Public, Gallup Poll Shows
Tom Angell has the latest in Forbes. Tom Angell has the latest in Forbes.
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Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana, For The First Time, Surpasses All Iowa Advocacy Groups With 7,065 Follows
Legalize Iowa set the pace for the longest time, but now…
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Marijuana Policy Project Updates On Illinois Legislative Session: “Sen. Heather Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy prepare to introduce a revised bill for the session starting in January that would legalize cannabis for adults in Illinois.”
Illinois: Cannabis reform candidates J.B. Pritzker, Kwame Raoul, Bob Morgan cruise to victory Yesterday’s blue wave in Illinois poised to become a green wave next session Dear Supporter, Gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, who has been a vocal supporter of legalizing, taxing, and regulating cannabis for adults’ use, appears to have handily won yesterday’s gubernatorial election.…
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![Iowa Press Debates: Democratic Gubernatorial Primary (Iowa Marijuana Program Discussed Extensively at 53 Minute Mark) [VIDEO]](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/linda-upmeyer-2.jpg?w=1024)
Iowa Press Debates: Democratic Gubernatorial Primary (Iowa Marijuana Program Discussed Extensively at 53 Minute Mark) [VIDEO]
53:42 Mrs. McGuire. Another health issue. Medical marijuana. [Cathy Glasson snickers] Doctors are reluctant to recommend it as treatment because under the federal law it’s still a controlled substance. How do you resolve that without action at the federal level? Dr. McGuire: Well I think you have to do something with the state to…
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Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Des Moines medical marijuana hearing before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy
The following is a list of Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Iowa Board of Pharmacy Hearing on medical cannabis in Des Moines, Iowa. See also: These are the Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Iowa City medical marijuana hearing before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy October 7, 2009 Reported by Sue Ann Jones, CSR,…
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Iowa Public Radio: ODCP Director Steve Lukan Incorrectly Cites Out of Date Federal Program, Encourages Iowans To Apply
Apparently Governor Branstad isn’t the only one who can’t get his facts straight on medical cannabis. Listeners of this past Monday’s River to River program on Iowa Public Radio heard a very heated discussion. Steve Lukan, Director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, admitted that medical cannabis is needed for the people of…
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An Iowa Mother’s Desperate Plea: Asks State of Iowa To Legalize Medical Marijuana For 11 Year Old Son’s Epileptic Seizures Via YouTube Video
At 5 months old, Quincy began having seizures. That was in 2002. Today, after trying over 20 antiepileptic drugs, Quincy’s mother, Maria la France — who stresses that she does not use marijuana nor give it to her son due to its illegality — has made the following YouTube video pleading for the State of…
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UPDATE: Iowan Benton Mackenzie Clarifies How He Grew Cannabis Plants To Make Cancer Curing Cannabis Oil
Benton McKenzie has posted a public clarification after the Quad City Times front page Sunday article that came out this past weekend: See Also: BREAKING NEWS: Quad City Times, Reason Magazine, Highlight Iowa Man’s Struggle To Cure Cancer Using Cannabis Oil Follow WeedPress on Facebook for more developments on this case. The media has responded…
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Minnesota Court of Appeals: 15 Year Old Rastafarian Has Religious Right To Possess Cannabis Pipe
See also: BREAKING NEWS: Quad City Times, Reason Magazine, Highlight Iowa Man’s Struggle To Cure Cancer Using Cannabis Oil Another victory for the religious use of cannabis has come out of the courts in Minnesota! Last Monday, a ruling from the Minnesota Court of Appeals (copy of the ruling is at end of this article)…
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BREAKING NEWS: Quad City Times, Reason Magazine, Highlight Iowa Man’s Struggle To Cure Cancer Using Cannabis Oil
Iowan Benton Mackenzie has been using cannabis oil to cure his cancer. Now, Iowa wants him and his family in prison. The Quad City Times did an excellent feature article yesterday on Mackenzie’s fight to stay out of prison, Medical Marijuana Heads For Trial In Iowa: He used to be more of an outdoorsy type…
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Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Introduce H.R. 2306 to End Federal Prohibition!
The Marijuana Policy Project announced new legislation, introduced by Ron Paul and Barney Frank, that would get the federal government out of state medical decisions! Read about it here. From the MPP blog: Today, a handful of visionary and courageous Members of Congress, led by Rep. Barney Frank, introduced the “Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act…
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“War on Drugs” Officially “Over The Hill.”
Man, wars sure get old. Today marks the 40th anniversary of Tricky Dicky’s “War on Drugs.” And oh, what a legacy… An article on FoxNews.com, AP IMPACT: After 40 years, $1 trillion, US War on Drugs has failed to meet any of its goals showed that the times are indeed changing: MEXICO CITY (AP) —…
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Carl Olsen Files Motion to Intervene in Cannabis Coalition’s Rescheduling Petition
Interesting. Recently, Medical Marijuana Advocates Have Filed Suit Over Delay of Response to Rescheduling Petition in order to force the Obama Administration to respond to a petition to reclassify medical marijuana. The petition by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, which has been pending since 2002 and received a formal recommendation by the Department of Health…
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Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana announces First Annual Online Conference
The conference will be where Iowa Patients unveils their strategy for 2012, along with up to date studies that activists can use to make the most impact when approaching legislators. Iowa Patients Executive Director Jimmy Morrison announced the First Annual Online Conference Saturday following the Global Marijuana March: We need your help to make this…
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Governor Christie: “Get the Other Four Corners”
In a recent Toke of the Town article, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire was quoted while expressing her support for Senate Bill 5073, which would give patients safe access and legal protection they don’t currently have. This quote highlights something I find very important for the movement. Said the Governor, “I’ve indicated to the Senator I’m…
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4/20 Rally at Washington DC
There is a rally going on! If there’s ever an example of how much one activist can accomplish with an idea, then is it. I first became aware of this march back when the facebook page for Overgrow the Government. Here’s some information from The rally’s website. Welcome to the official Overgrow the Government website!…
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More information: Lynnice Wedewer, cannabis cancer patient
I’ve posted some of Lynnice’s recent media interviews on here before. Now, she has her own website! Check it out…lots of information. Lynnice plans on speaking at the 2011 Iowa Global Marijuana march. For more information, check the Facebook age for the event! As always, I’ll post about what happens on May 7th here on…
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SSDP’s Justin Kander: Man cures cancer with cannabis successfully
I met Justin in Washington DC in early February while attending CPAC 2011 to volunteer for Governor Gary Johnson. Justin has established himself as a respectable activist in Maryland. Here’s his guest column in the The Diamondback Online from the University of Maryland. Diamondbackonline.com article . The Diamondback > Opinion Guest column: Alternate treatment By…
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Weed’s the next big economic boom. Everyone selling weed is broke. What’s going on?
Two recent media articles have given me some food for thought. Let me know what you think. Something isn’t adding up… No money to be made? Tons of money to be made? Definitely does not add up. We’re broke as a country. How does this make you feel? Send comments to jkarimi2007@hotmail.com.
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Action needed by Friday!
The Senate Human Resources now has only until Friday, March 4 to act on the bill, before we have to wait until next January to try to move it again. Please, will you use this action link to write to all the members of the committee, and tell your story about how medical marijuana has…
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Carl’s Cannabis Corner, January 23, 2011
http://blip.tv/file/4673441 My guest is Jason Karimi, Author of WeedPress Blog .We will discuss efforts to find a sponsor for medical marijuana legislation in Iowa, as well as Jason’s role in co-founding Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana and the effort to establish a Board of Directors for the organization. We will also discuss: SSB 1016 –…
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DEA Names Marijuana Policy Project #1 Enemy
WeedPress sidenote: Reading the DEA position on marijuana that highlights the MPP, it’s interesting to see just how much reform victories have come about these past couple of years. Thanks, DEA, for brightening my mood and helping me realize just how badly you liars are getting whooped, now that the facts are rolling in. Gotta…
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