Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Colorado residents are now allowed to light up marijuana – and the federal government is watching closely. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, people 21 and over were allowed to buy up to 1 ounce of pot, the Desert News reports. Colorado became the first in the country to allow recreational pot sales….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A recent survey found for the first time that a majority of Americans favor legalizing marijuana, Gallup reports. Gallup found that 58% of Americans support making pot legal – a major increase since 2005, when only 35% of the population favored legalization. The changing attitudes were seen over the past year in…
The Post-Journal Editorial Marijuana is illegal under federal law. Yet Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to interfere in any way with two states where recreational use of the drug has become permissible. Colorado and Washington decriminalized marijuana last fall. Many states allow its use for medicinal purposes, but the two western states…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Maryland Senate approved decriminalizing of possession of small amounts of marijuana over the objections of federal law enforcement Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. Maryland joins other states and cities across the country decriminalizing pot. Colorado and Washington, for instance, have legalized marijuana. Unlike like full legalization in those states, Maryland makes…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former top DEA officials who have been loudly urging the federal government to nullify marijuana decriminalization in Washington and Colorado stand to profit from making pot illegal, the U.S. News & World Report revealed. The retired officials, Robert L. DuPont, former White House drug czar under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA maintains the legalization of marijuana in some states and cities would increase drug use and make marijuana more available, according to a federal report released Wednesday, Huffington Post reports. “Recently, efforts to legalize marijuana have increased. Keeping marijuana illegal reduces its availability and lessens willingness to use it,” the DEA…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal government will continue prosecuting marijuana cases even if ballot measures pass in three states to legalize small amounts of pot, a top Justice Department official said. The warning comes amid criticism that the Obama administration has been largely silent on ballot measures in Colorado, Washington state and Oregon in November….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While some former federal agents are calling for the government to crack down on marijuana laws, at least one ex-DEA agent said it may be a lost cause because pot legalization is only a matter of time. In a Houston Chronicle column written by Gary Hale, former chief of intelligence of the…
