18 Jan 2010 - A Hawaii lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that would decriminalize adult possession of marijuana, and he's pointing directly at the Obama administration to justify his decision, according to a published report. But State Sen. J. Kalani English, a Democrat, isn't stopping there. A second bill slated for introduction this week would also legalize and levy a tax on medical marijuana dispensaries, which are currently prohibited even though marijuana for medicinal use is not.
27 March 2009 - Anticlimax On Marijuana Legalisation. President Barack Obama is leading with 34% in the Friends Of Cannabis poll for the 2009 Hemp Hero of the Year, but are these hopeful voters being naive? This is what the president had to say at a virtual Town Hall meeting where cannabis legalisation made top ranking of people´s concerns.