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99% of all marijuana arrests take place at the state or local level.

This means that the state laws afford substantial protection to medical marijuana patients.

States decriminalizing marijuana – Massachusutts, approved by voters on 11.04.2008. This is the first time history that voters have passed a statewide initiative to decriminalize marijuana!

States with a medical marijuana law in place – Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

States with legislative prospects making real progress, and expecting to become the next medical marijuana state – Illinois, New Jersey, Minnesota

Lowest Priority Laws - (where simple possession charges are ticket only offenses) – Six Calfornia cities, (Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, West Hollywood), Seattle, Denver, Columbia, Missouri, Haily Idaho, and Missoula County, Montana.

States Who Submitted Legislation for Medical Marijuana in 2008 – Alabama, Connecticut. Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio

States with Marijuana Laws, but are not in effect because of LOOPHOLES -

• D.C. In 1998, voters approved a medical marijuana initiative by 69% but Congress was able to nullify the vote results because D.D. is a federal district and not a state.
• Arizona In 1996, 65% of voters supported medical marijuana initiative. Unfortunately, the initiative was flawed in that it allowed patients to use medical marijuana only with their doctors’ “prescriptions.”  It is against federal law for a doctor toe “prescribe” marijuana.
• Maryland in 2003, Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) signed the Darrel Putnam Compassionate Use Act into law.  It protects seriously ill patients from being sentenced to prison for possessing marijuana if they can prove a “medical necessity” for using it.  However, it does not protect them from arrest, and it does not provide them with safe access to their medicine (such as by cultivation).

Aside from the historic federal legislation we’re all watching, keep an eye on these measures introduced in 2009…

• Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire all have submitted medical marijuana legislation with a very realistic chance of passing in 2009, all 4 are making progress.
• California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) introduced the first marijuana legalization bill in state history.
• Massachussets Rep Ellen Story (D-Amherst) has filed House Bill 2929 and Sen. Stanley Rosenberg (D-Northhampton) has filed a companion measure, Senate Bill 1801.  The proposals would “tax and regulate” the state’s marijuana industry, with the tax assessed varying according to the potency of the pot.  Class C schwag would be taxed at $150 an ounce, Class B smoke would be taxed at $200, and Class A kind bud would fetch $250 an ounce for the state.  The taxes could raise nearly $100 million in revenue for the cash-strapped Bay State.

now for the kicker………know what we had 13 years ago?  The big goose egg! not even one medical marijuana state! This happened over the past 12 years — imagine where we’ll be 12 years from now, or 5 years from now, or less!

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