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Michael McVey

Medical Marijuana Industry News May 11, 2012

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Presumptive GOP Nominee Mitt Romney Irritated by Marijuana and Gay Marriage Questions…

The GOP primary race is all but officially over with Mitt Romney expected to accept the party’s nomination in August.   The election season is heating up and the candidates now will be grilled over policy related issues on a daily basis.  Earlier in the week, North Carolina passed a ban on Same Sex Marriage and Civil Unions.  Proponents of the ban feel they are protecting marriage’s traditional values while opponents are concerned with civil rights and children who stand to lose health benefits.  Mitt Romney indicated he did not agree with same sex marriage while President Obama has now come out in support of same sex couples being wed.  While the marriage issue is predictably a large political issue, it is often now being followed up with questions on marijuana reform, showing that reporters are taking the issue seriously.  At a campaign stop in Colorado on Wednesday, Mitt Romney was asked about both issues to which he responded by saying “Aren’t there issues of significance you would like to talk about?”  Many residents in Colorado likely feel that these are issues of significance, especially to struggling patients and families.  The fact that marijuana reform is now being asked as much as other social issues demonstrates its growing importance to Americans.

 

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Attempt to Defund Marijuana Raids Fails but Shows Promise…

Yesterday marijuana.net ran entitled “Lawmakers Propose New Tactic in Fight For Marijuana Reform” which described members of the House attempting to prevent the Department of Justice from using any funds to conduct marijuana dispensary raids.  The gesture was significant and signals a new method policy makers can use in order to push issue of marijuana reform.  The vote did fail by with a 163-262 vote.  Only 29 Republicans supported the measure while seventy-three percent of democrats were in favor of the bill.  The margin is not politically insurmountable and it will be interesting to see if future votes will be tighter or even in favor of outlawing the raids.

 

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Arizona Courts Rule that Contracts With Medical Marijuana Companies are Not Enforceable…

Arizona has passed its fair share of confusing and seemingly unenforceable laws in recent years.  Another ruling earlier this week added to the state’s legal confusion.  Michele Rene Hammer and Mark Haile, issued a $500,000 loan to a medical marijuana company in Colorado.  When the company failed to repay the loan Hammer and Haile filed a lawsuit.  Maricopa County, Ariz., Superior Court Judge Michael McVey threw the case out of court because federal law prohibits marijuana on any level, even though the state the judge rules in does permit medical marijuana.  Randy Nussbaum, who is from the firm representing Hammer and Haile, fears that no contract with any medical marijuana company is valid in Arizona now.  Specifically Nussbaum said “The macro view of this is, if it’s true that anyone who has a contractual relationship with anyone dispensing medical marijuana and that contract is not enforceable, how does anyone enforce a legitimate contract in this business?”

 

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Prominent Advocacy Group Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Takes to the Airwaves…

One of the most successful and influential marijuana advocacy groups is about to take their successful message even further.  “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol” is largely responsible for Amendment 64, which would accomplish exactly what the group’s name states.  If passed, marijuana would be governed in a way very similar to liquor.  The group was instrumental in collecting the over 80,000 signatures needed to get the marijuana initiative onto the ballot.  As a result, Colorado residents will have the chance to vote on legalizing cannabis.  Now the group will be running its first television ads over the Mother’s Day weekend.  You can look out for their “Dear Mom” ad on several broadcasts including Friday’s “Today Show’, “Ellen” show and the Mother’s Day episode of “The Doctors”.

 

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