Here’s a quick rundown on some recent marijuana news and
developments:
Twenty-one states have legalized marijuana for medical use
and Colorado and Washington allow recreational use. A dozen other states are
currently considering legalizing marijuana in some form.
The DEA continues to classify marijuana as s Schedule I
drug, which puts it into the same category as heroin and meth as one of the “most
dangerous substances with no currently accepted medical use”
A family of four in Washington State could face years in
prison for growing marijuana for medical use (which is legal under state law). Each one of the defendants
is a qualified medical marijuana patient under Washington state law, but the
feds are charging them with felonies for manufacturing, possessing and
distributing marijuana.
The
government recently upped the amount of marijuana it grows at the University of
Mississippi, claiming it now requires 1,433 pounds of pot a year for “research
purposes.”
The
head of DEA refuses to support drug sentencing reforms, putting her at odds
with Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration. And she’s still
in her position because…?
According
to a recent article in the Washington
Post, farmers in central Mexico have stopped planting pot. The ample
availability of marijuana in the United States grown for medical and
recreational has made pot farming in Mexico unprofitable. The price for a pound of Mexican marijuana
has plummeted 75 percent from $100 per kilogram to less than $25. “I wish the Americans would stop with this legalization,”
said one farmer.
A
clear majority of Americans (58%) support legalizing marijuana.
