Legalizing medical marijuana may be gaining ground in public opinion in Wisconsin and around the country, but even with wins at the ballot box it probably won’t be happening anytime soon. The momentum, however, is hard to ignore — even for opponents. “I think stopping the marijuana reform train is impossible in this country,” said […]
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Northern Wisconsin Tribe Reaches Settlement Over Plans To Grow Hemp For CBD Oil
A northern Wisconsin tribe has reached a settlement with Wisconsin’s attorney general over its plans to grow hemp to produce cannabidiol, or CBD oil. The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit in February against state Attorney General Brad Schimel, saying he objected to the tribe’s plans for processing hemp. St. Croix tribal attorney Jeff […]
More Legislative Activity for Legalization Puts Prohibition Enforcement in Doubt
With California set to completely rock the industry with recreational legalization beginning in January, that state and others are beginning to up the anty when it comes to testing the waters of full and complete legalization. The California state legislative body recently created a joint resolution calling for Congress to reschedule cannabis, which would basically […]
Wisconsin Democrats Making Push for Medical Marijuana
MADISON – Democrats pushed for legalizing medical marijuana Monday, hoping to build on momentum after the Republican speaker of the Assembly said he was open to the idea. “We’re not criminals. We no longer want to live in the shadows of society,” said Steve Acheson, a Gulf War veteran who uses marijuana to treat post-traumatic […]
These 11 States May Change Their Marijuana Laws in 2017
After four states legalized recreational marijuana last year and twice that many approved new medical marijuana laws, at least eleven more are considering changing their laws in 2017. Here are the states and the legislation they’re proposing: 1. Connecticut Not only are lawmakers hoping to expand Connecticut’s five-year-old medical marijuana legislation, but Martin Looney, the […]
Marijuana in Wonderland: Making Sense of a Judge’s Anti-Cannabis Ruling
By Barry Gainsburg “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ” — Lewis Carroll, from Through the Looking Glass Last week, the U.S. District Court in Northern California declined to declare the federal classification of marijuana […]
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Wisconsin Democratic convention to vote on health care, pot use
Next month Wisconsin Democrats will vote on whether the nation should adopt a single-payer health care system and a carbon tax along with whether Wisconsin should become just the third state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana. A yes vote at the state Democratic convention won’t make a full legalization of marijuana a reality […]
