ABC News/Washington Post Poll: 81 Percent Support Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Use
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed legislation granting chronically ill patients legal access to marijuana during his last full day in office. In doing so, New Jersey became the 14th state to legalize medical marijuana.
Set to go into effect on March 1, but are subject to change depending on what type of bill develops in the state legislature.
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About 50 people rallied outside the federal building in downtown Oakland Monday to protest a one-year halfway house term for medical marijuana activist Michael Martin and to demand that the federal government respect states’ rights regarding medical cannabis.
Fourteen states have legalized marijuana as a medicine with a doctor’s permission, and a Dallas group is pushing for Texas to be the next.
Denver pot dispensaries outnumber by nearly 2-1 the 208 Starbucks in state of Colorado. [ed. note: Of course the more apt comparison would be between the number of dispensaries and total coffee shops, not just Starbucks]