{"id":1164,"date":"2012-05-11T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=15430"},"modified":"2012-05-11T08:30:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T08:30:02","slug":"medical-marijuana-industry-news-may-11-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-may-11-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana Industry News May 11, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-may-11-2012\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mitt-romney1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"mitt romney\" title=\"mitt romney\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15432\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-may-11-2012\/attachment\/mitt-romney-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mitt-romney1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Presumptive GOP Nominee Mitt Romney Irritated by Marijuana and Gay Marriage Questions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GOP primary race is all but officially over with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/05\/09\/politics\/north-carolina-marriage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> expected to accept the party\u2019s nomination in August.\u00a0\u00a0 The election season is heating up and the candidates now will be grilled over policy related issues on a daily basis.\u00a0 Earlier in the week, North Carolina<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/05\/09\/politics\/north-carolina-marriage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"> passed a ban on Same Sex Marriage and Civil Unions<\/a>.\u00a0 Proponents of the ban feel they are protecting marriage\u2019s traditional values while opponents are concerned with civil rights and children who stand to lose health benefits.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 At a campaign stop in Colorado on Wednesday, Mitt Romney was asked about both issues to which he responded by saying \u201cAren\u2019t there issues of significance you would like to talk about?\u201d\u00a0 Many residents in Colorado likely feel that these are issues of significance, especially to struggling patients and families.\u00a0 The fact that marijuana reform is now being asked as much as other social issues demonstrates its growing importance to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2012\/05\/10\/romney-loses-cool-when-questioned-about-marijuana-gay-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on the exchange between reporters and Mitt Romney click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attempt to Defund Marijuana Raids Fails but Shows Promise\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday marijuana.net ran entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/politicians-propose-new-tactic-in-fight-for-marijuana-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLawmakers Propose New Tactic in Fight For Marijuana Reform\u201d <\/a>which described members of the House attempting to prevent the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Justice <\/a>from using any funds to conduct marijuana dispensary raids.\u00a0 The gesture was significant and signals a new method policy makers can use in order to push issue of marijuana reform.\u00a0 The vote did fail by with a 163-262 vote.\u00a0 Only 29 Republicans supported the measure while seventy-three percent of democrats were in favor of the bill.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/10\/a-bipartisan-coalition-of-house-members\" target=\"_blank\">For more click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arizona Courts Rule that Contracts With Medical Marijuana Companies are Not Enforceable\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arizona has passed its fair share of confusing and seemingly unenforceable laws in recent years.\u00a0 Another ruling earlier this week added to the state\u2019s legal confusion.\u00a0 Michele Rene Hammer and Mark Haile, issued a $500,000 loan to a medical marijuana company in Colorado.\u00a0 When the company failed to repay the loan Hammer and Haile filed a lawsuit.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Specifically Nussbaum said &#8220;The macro view of this is, if it&#8217;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?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxdfw.com\/story\/18257684\/contracts-with-medical-marijuana-companies-unenforceable-arizona-court-rules\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prominent Advocacy Group Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Takes to the Airwaves\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most successful and influential marijuana advocacy groups is about to take their successful message even further.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/regulatemarijuana.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRegulate Marijuana Like Alcohol\u201d<\/a> is largely responsible for Amendment 64, which would accomplish exactly what the group\u2019s name states.\u00a0 If passed, marijuana would be governed in a way very similar to liquor.\u00a0 The group was instrumental in collecting the over 80,000 signatures needed to get the marijuana initiative onto the ballot.\u00a0 As a result, Colorado residents will have the chance to vote on legalizing cannabis.\u00a0 Now the group will be running its first television ads over the Mother\u2019s Day weekend.\u00a0 You can look out for their \u201cDear Mom\u201d ad on several broadcasts including Friday\u2019s \u201cToday Show\u2019, \u201cEllen\u201d show and the Mother\u2019s Day episode of \u201cThe Doctors\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/regulatemarijuana.org\/news\/campaign-runs-first-tv-ad-dear-mom-just-time-mothers-day-1\" target=\"_blank\">You can click here to view the ad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mitt-romney1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"mitt romney\" title=\"mitt romney\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15432\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-may-11-2012\/attachment\/mitt-romney-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mitt-romney1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Presumptive GOP Nominee Mitt Romney Irritated by Marijuana and Gay Marriage Questions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GOP primary race is all but officially over with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/05\/09\/politics\/north-carolina-marriage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> expected to accept the party\u2019s nomination in August.\u00a0\u00a0 The election season is heating up and the candidates now will be grilled over policy related issues on a daily basis.\u00a0 Earlier in the week, North Carolina<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/05\/09\/politics\/north-carolina-marriage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"> passed a ban on Same Sex Marriage and Civil Unions<\/a>.\u00a0 Proponents of the ban feel they are protecting marriage\u2019s traditional values while opponents are concerned with civil rights and children who stand to lose health benefits.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 At a campaign stop in Colorado on Wednesday, Mitt Romney was asked about both issues to which he responded by saying \u201cAren\u2019t there issues of significance you would like to talk about?\u201d\u00a0 Many residents in Colorado likely feel that these are issues of significance, especially to struggling patients and families.\u00a0 The fact that marijuana reform is now being asked as much as other social issues demonstrates its growing importance to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2012\/05\/10\/romney-loses-cool-when-questioned-about-marijuana-gay-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on the exchange between reporters and Mitt Romney click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attempt to Defund Marijuana Raids Fails but Shows Promise\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday marijuana.net ran entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/politicians-propose-new-tactic-in-fight-for-marijuana-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLawmakers Propose New Tactic in Fight For Marijuana Reform\u201d <\/a>which described members of the House attempting to prevent the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Justice <\/a>from using any funds to conduct marijuana dispensary raids.\u00a0 The gesture was significant and signals a new method policy makers can use in order to push issue of marijuana reform.\u00a0 The vote did fail by with a 163-262 vote.\u00a0 Only 29 Republicans supported the measure while seventy-three percent of democrats were in favor of the bill.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/10\/a-bipartisan-coalition-of-house-members\" target=\"_blank\">For more click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arizona Courts Rule that Contracts With Medical Marijuana Companies are Not Enforceable\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arizona has passed its fair share of confusing and seemingly unenforceable laws in recent years.\u00a0 Another ruling earlier this week added to the state\u2019s legal confusion.\u00a0 Michele Rene Hammer and Mark Haile, issued a $500,000 loan to a medical marijuana company in Colorado.\u00a0 When the company failed to repay the loan Hammer and Haile filed a lawsuit.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Specifically Nussbaum said &#8220;The macro view of this is, if it&#8217;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?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxdfw.com\/story\/18257684\/contracts-with-medical-marijuana-companies-unenforceable-arizona-court-rules\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prominent Advocacy Group Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Takes to the Airwaves\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most successful and influential marijuana advocacy groups is about to take their successful message even further.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/regulatemarijuana.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRegulate Marijuana Like Alcohol\u201d<\/a> is largely responsible for Amendment 64, which would accomplish exactly what the group\u2019s name states.\u00a0 If passed, marijuana would be governed in a way very similar to liquor.\u00a0 The group was instrumental in collecting the over 80,000 signatures needed to get the marijuana initiative onto the ballot.\u00a0 As a result, Colorado residents will have the chance to vote on legalizing cannabis.\u00a0 Now the group will be running its first television ads over the Mother\u2019s Day weekend.\u00a0 You can look out for their \u201cDear Mom\u201d ad on several broadcasts including Friday\u2019s \u201cToday Show\u2019, \u201cEllen\u201d show and the Mother\u2019s Day episode of \u201cThe Doctors\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/regulatemarijuana.org\/news\/campaign-runs-first-tv-ad-dear-mom-just-time-mothers-day-1\" target=\"_blank\">You can click here to view the ad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[155,52,117,371,1140,1141,56,9,1142,68,51,70,328,797,1,3,1143,1144,61],"tags":[2733,2632,2695,2949,3710,3711,2636,3712,2647,2631,5,2906,3370,3713,3714,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}