West Hollywood Councilman is first politician in Southern California to endorse statewide initiative to legalize Marijuana

Check this Article Out from the LA Weekly. West Hollywood Councilman John Duran is the first politician of Southern California to publicly Endorse the state-wide initiative, The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. This initiative got the 430,000 plus required signatures from registered voters in order to get the initiative on the November 2010 Ballot. They shattered the requirement by getting 680,000 plus signatures. The count is not official, but it is safe to say that in November 2010 we will be voting on the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes and taxing it just like we do with the regulation of alcohol and Tobacco. Lets go California and lets be the first in our Nation to legalize Marijuana!

-Miguel Garcia

*Thanks to taxcannabis.org, laweekly.com for the articles.

Politics Daily: California Insurer Offers Medical Marijuana Coverage

A California Insurance company is now offering medical Marijuana coverage to Dispensary operators in all 5o states according the Sacramento Bee. Only 14 states have legalized Medical Marijuana but the coverage extends to all 5o states to avoid any delay once that day comes where Marijuana will be legalized in all 5o states. So this is good news for those who hope to operate a Dispensary/collective one day and for those who already do. Now I wonder if other insurance companies will follow suit.

Norml: Medical marijuana’s not getting any better – the time for RE-legalization is NOW!

Here is an interesting article from Norml.org. I'm a Medical Marijuana patient myself, so this is very interesting information regarding the 14 States to date, that have legalized Medical Marijuana and the states that have decriminalized Marijuana. Here is some interesting information from the article that I found to be really important:

California legalized medical marijuana in 1996. That initiative, Prop-215, established what is clearly the most liberal medical marijuana statute to date:

• A doctor can recommend for any condition;
• You needn’t have a “bona fide” doctor/patient relationship;
• Dispensaries are allowed;
• Self cultivation is allowed;
• Patients are protected from arrest

Though this is not new news regarding California, the article goes on to mention that if we consider these 5 attributes as the basis of Medical Marijuana law (MM's Bill of Rights per se) the 13 states to follow California that legalized Medical Marijuana, fail to meet all 5 attributes in its legislation. All in all, the only way to have full protection under the law for even Medical purposes, is full on legalization. The time is now to stop this Prohibition!

MAPS' 2010 Conference

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Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century

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MAPS' 2010 Conference