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Backers of pro-pot question fault DA's opposition

Category: Marijuana · State: Massachusetts · Source: Boston Herald

Backers of a pro-marijuana ballot initiative charged today that 11 district attorneys from Massachusetts violated campaign finance laws and twisted the truth about the question. Whitney Taylor of the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy said the DAs raised and spent money to oppose the question before forming their Coalition to Save Our Streets. Campaign finance laws require groups to form a committee before raising and spending money. Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone brushed aside the group's criticism, calling it a "ploy" to distract attention from critics of the ballot question.

Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 · 4:32 PM ET

Mannix Drops Anti-Marijuana Ballot Initiative

Category: Marijuana · State: Oregon · Source: Willamette Weekly

Conservative ballot-measure supremo Kevin Mannix just told WWire he and his cohorts are dropping a proposed ballot initiative to kill the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. "That petition's going to stop this week," Mannix says. There was not enough time or money to gather the 82,769 valid signatures needed, he says. "That's the best news I've had all day," says Paul Stanford, head of The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, a Portland-based national chain of medical marijuana clinics. Mannix says the decision to drop the petition drive had nothing to do with lack of public support, but rather lack of resources. But Stanford says he believes Mannix ran into trouble because the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, approved by voters in 1998, is still supported by a clear majority.

Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 · 4:02 PM ET

City must set up panel to review marijuana cases

Category: Marijuana · State: Colorado · Source: The Associated Press

An 11-member review panel will be set up to monitor Denver's marijuana possession cases under a ballot measure approved by voters.

Posted: Mon, Nov 12, 2007 · 8:29 AM ET

Marijuana measure not likely to matter

Category: Marijuana · State: Colorado · Source: Rocky Mountian News

Once again on a ballot measure, Mason Tvert pushed for allowing marijuana possession in Denver, and once again, he got it by a whopping vote total.

Posted: Fri, Nov 9, 2007 · 8:49 AM ET

In Denver, a Ballot Fight Over Marijuana Arrests

Category: Marijuana · State: Colorado · Source: The New York Times

In 2005, voters here approved a measure making it legal for an adult to possess an ounce or less of marijuana. But arrests for misdemeanor marijuana possession have risen since then.

Posted: Wed, Nov 7, 2007 · 8:06 AM ET

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