The California Legislature will soon vote on two marijuana reform bills that seem to be more popular with the public than with the politicians in Sacramento: SB 129 by state Sen. Mark Leno, which would prohibit employment discrimination against medical marijuana patients, and AB 1017 by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, which would allow for reduced, misdemeanor charges in marijuana cultivation cases. Both bills have strong public support according to a newly released poll of state voters by EMC Research, CalNORML Director Dale Gieringer writes in an e-mail advisory. However, both have had trouble getting through the [...]
Democratic lawmaker Mark Leno of San Francisco wants to make possession of less than an ounce of marijuana an infraction and take it out of the reach of the criminal courts. Democratic lawmaker Joan Buchanan of Alamo wants to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating near schools, Peter Hecht writes in his “Weed Wars” blog. Their two bills, stirring different constituencies in the marijuana debate, each passed their respective houses and will now move forward in the Legislature. Leno’s bill, Senate Bill 1449, cleared the Senate and is now headed to the Assembly — with [...]
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