Category Archives: NEWS UPDATES
Polling Shows 62% Support for Regulating Marijuana like Wine
"Public opinion continues to evolve on the issue of drug policy, particularly in regards to marijuana. In fact, a recent Economist/YouGov nationwide poll found that 58 percent agreed with the following statement, “Some people say marijuana should be treated like … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS UPDATES
Leave a comment
ANALYSIS OF BOND v. US AND ITS IMPACT ON FEDERAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT
Last June the Supreme Court rendered a stunning 9-0 decision in Bond v. United States that has enormous implications for limiting the enforcement of Federal drug laws. The key to understanding Bond, which reviewed the authority of the Federal government to … Continue reading
Posted in 10th Amendment, BLOG, NEWS UPDATES
Leave a comment
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine campaign collects over 10,000 signatures in first two weeks
Release Date: November 14, 2011 Contact: Steve Kubby 415 830 6070 Press Release: Regulate Marijuana Like Wine campaign collects over 10,000 signatures in first two weeks SACRAMENTO -- Last week the campaign chairman for a new voter initiative to regulate … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS UPDATES
2 Comments
Poll of Voter Attitudes on RMLW coming next Monday / Funding looking good!
Thanks to your extraordinary efforts, we are on track for collecting 10,000 signatures in our first two weeks of operation. Final results will be announce by PCI Consultants, who will be independently verifying and validating our signatures. PCI Consultants will … Continue reading
Posted in From Kubby, NEWS UPDATES
2 Comments
FEDs sued by Local California Lawmakers
The lawsuits were filed Friday and Monday against U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder, Drug Enforcement Administration head Michele Leonhart and each of the four federal prosecutors, including U.S. Atty. Andre Birotte Jr. in Los Angeles. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for Birotte and the Justice Department, said he could not comment on the lawsuits.
Continue reading
Posted in BLOG, Federal Crackdown, Legislation, NEWS UPDATES, Opt-OUT Fed War on Drugs
Tagged Blog, FEDS, FEDS Federal Crackdown, Matt Kumin, Post
Leave a comment
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Signature Drive LAUNCH | Petitions ready for download
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Petitions ARE AVAILABLE!
OUR GOAL - 10,000 Signatures By Nov 14TH!
Download YOUR Own Copy or
Got to the RMLW Petition Site Map and Locate a Site Where you can sign it, in person! Continue reading
Posted in BLOG, NEWS UPDATES, Petition Signature Drive
Tagged Blog, Petition Signature Drive, Post
Leave a comment
OpEd: OC Register: FED Crackdown on Medical Marijuana puzzling, wrong
"We saw this coming," Steve Kubby told us of the tougher stance by the Obama Justice Department.
Mr. Kubby was a co-author of Prop. 215, and has used medical marijuana for more than 25 years to keep in remission an otherwise fatal form of adrenal cancer.
Mr. Kubby disputes a 2005 Supreme Court decision, Gonzales vs. Raich, green-lighting a federal ban on medical marijuana on the basis of the Constitution's interstate commerce clause.
He cites the 10th Amendment, which stipulates, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Given that medical marijuana is not mentioned in the Constitution, therefore, its regulation by the states is permitted, he contends. Continue reading
GOP Presidential Candidate Blasts FEDs CA Dispensary Crackdown
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson issued the following statement:
"DOJ and the Administration have better things to do than mount an assault on medical marijuana dispensaries in California that are legal under state law.
"Regardless of one’s view of medical marijuana, Americans who believe in states’ rights should be extremely disturbed that the federal government is in the process of shutting down businesses, threatening criminal charges and confiscating the property of small businesses operating under good faith according to state law...
"It’s time for the Feds to just admit that their law is just wrong, and let the states decide for themselves how they want to handle the issue of medical marijuana." Continue reading
OpEd: Appeal Democrat Echos OC Register’s Report | FEDs Crackdown Against 10th Amendment Rights??
in light of the Obama administration's crackdown, the next step in California is to pass an initiative in which the state "opts out of the Controlled Substances Act," the federal law under which the government is acting, effectively legalizing marijuana. He is working on the initiative with attorney Bill McPike and retired Orange County judge Jim Gray.
We mentioned this strategy to Mr. Miron. He said the Supreme Court might have to settle whether a state could opt out of the Controlled Substances Act. Under the initiative, marijuana would be regulated like wine. It would not be complete legalization, as would have happened under Proposition 19, which state voters narrowly defeated last November. Continue reading
Posted in 10th Amendment, AB1300, BLOG, Community Submitted News, Current Thinking, Federal Crackdown, Legislation, Medical Marijuana Program, NEWS UPDATES, Opt-OUT Fed War on Drugs, RMLW-2012
Tagged Auburn California, Bill McPike, Blog, Bush, Cato Institute, controlled Substance Act, Economics of Illegal Drugs, Federal Over-reach, Jeffrey A Miron, Obama, Opt-Out CSA, Post, Steve Kubby
Leave a comment
BREAKING NEWS LINKS: CA Atty Gen Asks FEDS for Restraint on MMJ
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS - Federal prosecutors should be careful not to overreach in their crackdown on California's pot dispensaries, even though there are ambiguities in the state's medical marijuana laws, the state attorney general said Thursday. Continue reading
SAC County SAYS NO to Dispensaries Reports Shaw at Sac Biz Journal
Sacramento County will abandon efforts to adopt an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, the county said Thursday.
The county also reported that of a total of 99 dispensaries that had opened, 63 have closed due to the county’s enforcement actions, while 36 remain open. Continue reading
Posted in 10th Amendment, AB1300, BLOG, Current Thinking, Medical Marijuana Program, NEWS UPDATES
Tagged AB1300, Blog, Brad Hudson, Post, Regulate Marijuana, Regulating, Sacramento
Leave a comment