NORML’s lawsuit against the Obama administration, filed earlier this month, was dismissed yesterday. Plaintiffs in the case sought a temporary restraining order barring the Justice Department from taking further action against state-authorized patients and their providers. In the end, federal Schedule I classification barred this lawsuit from gaining any ground. As explained by the court … Continue reading
NORML’s lawsuit against the Obama administration, filed earlier this month, has been dismissed. I’ve been following this case but not blogging about it. I’m only even blogging about the final ruling (this case was dead before it started) to point one thing out: the courts have yet again explained to cannabis activists how to solve … Continue reading
From Ian Sparks at The Daily Mail: Swiss cannabis smokers will be allowed to grow four marijuana plants each (to stop them buying drugs illegally) By IAN SPARKS Last updated at 2:07 AM on 17th November 2011 Cannabis smokers in Switzerland will soon be allowed to grow up to four marijuana plants each at home … Continue reading
“The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.” ~Tacitus, Annals Medical marijuana patients remain in limbo after an Iowa District Judge declined to acknowledge the language in Iowa Code Chapter 124 last week. Judge Brad McCall, appointed to the bench last June by Governor Branstad, dismissed a lawsuit against the State of Iowa … Continue reading
For the past 18 months, Minnesotan Jamison Arend has been openly smoking cannabis daily — with a judge’s approval. Jamison, a licensed Rastafarian Minister, was sentenced to five years probation in March of 2010 after an altercation at his home. During sentencing, Judge Judith Tilsen handed down a groundbreaking exemption to the State’s probation drug … Continue reading
Last Friday, a hearing on the State of Iowa’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s controlled substances act was held. Audio recording of the hearing can be found here: http://petition.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/Home/Court I typed a transcript of the hearing, which can be seen here. Iowa Assistant Attorney General Scott Galenbeck, who represented the … Continue reading
Has Congress officially legalized the medical use of marijuana? Now that Washington D.C.’s medical marijuana program is moving forward, a lawsuit against the federal government seeks to find out. Naming Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray as Defendants Sibley v Obama et al could end up being the biggest medical marijuana … Continue reading
I wrote about Reverend Nancy Harris decision to forego a plea deal and go to jury trial last week: Hawaii: Rastafarian To Begin Jury Trial Monday After Four Year Delay. Thanks to the internet, there’s video available from last Monday. Both of these videos can be downloaded here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). The … Continue reading
I received an email this weekend about a medical marijuana seminar and wanted to pass it along to fellow activists here in Iowa. An opportunity to network and learn about the medical marijuana movement with Oaksterdam University in Ann Arbog, Michigan will be taking place over the Labor Day Weekend. Tammy Schnock asked me to … Continue reading
Yesterday’s decision in the Iowa Supreme Court case Watts v. Iowa was discussed on the G R L Law Blog: Smell of Marijuana and Probable Cause It is not uncommon for police officers to claim that they “immediately detected a strong odor of marijuana” coming from the vehicle, apartment or house. They then use that … Continue reading
