http://kalw.org en http://kalw.org/post/cannabis-news-roundup-february-15-2013 <p dir="ltr" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">(ASA) // The US House of Representatives was&nbsp;</span><a href="http://safeaccessnow.org/blog/blog/2013/02/14/congressional-champions-introduce-legislation-in-advance-of-patient-lobbying-day/"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-vari Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:29:35 +0000 Steven Short 23209 at http://kalw.org Cannabis News Roundup: February 15, 2013 http://kalw.org/post/cannabis-news-roundup-january-11-2013 <p>(SFExaminer) // There is no war on drugs. Calling cannabis medicine sends a terrible message to the nation’s teens. And the Obama Administration strongly believes it is a false choice to consider legalization. These are some of the <a>comments</a> Gil Kerlikowske made this week in San Francisco. He leads the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the agency that last week admitted that Mexican gangs are not involved in growing cannabis in illegal plots in national forests.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:31:38 +0000 Steven Short 21634 at http://kalw.org Cannabis News Roundup: January 11, 2013 http://kalw.org/post/cannabis-news-roundup-december-15-2012-0 <p>(Raw Story) // US Senator Patrick Leahy wants to know “What assurance can and will the administration give to state officials involved in licensing of marijuana retailers,” protecting them from federal intervention. This question is from a<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/13/senate-judiciary-chair-floats-federal-marijuana-legalization/"> letter</a> sent by Senator Leahy earlier this month to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. One assurance would be to amend the law to allow possession, where permitted.</p> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:23:12 +0000 Steven Short and Steven Short 20640 at http://kalw.org Cannabis News Roundup: December 15, 2012 http://kalw.org/post/cannabis-news-roundup-october-15-2012-0 <p dir="ltr" style="margin-left: -0.05pt;margin-right: -0.05pt;text-indent: -0.05pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">(ASA) // The scientific merits of medical cannabis will be considered in </span><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/182/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1257690"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#0000ff;background-color:transparent;font-we Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:08:03 +0000 Steven Short 18025 at http://kalw.org Cannabis News Roundup: October 15, 2012 http://kalw.org/post/cannabis-news-roundup-sept-19-2012 <p><span id="internal-source-marker_0.6551484154640811" style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">There’s more bad news for teen boys smoking cannabis, but some good news for adults with certain cancers:</span><br> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:47:48 +0000 Steven Short 16887 at http://kalw.org Cannabis news roundup Sept. 19, 2012