Paul said we’re witnessing the end of an economic era, which he said was a “tremendous opportunity” for supporters of an unrestricted free market to get the message out.
Four bills intended to beef up Minnesota’s drug laws were passed by the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety committee on Thursday. The bills would change laws related to bong water and make synthetic marijuana and 2C-E illegal substances. The measures seek to address high profile controversies over the last two years, including the case of a woman who was sentenced to prison because the state Supreme Court ruled bong water to be a drug, the death of a Blaine teen in which 2C-E was suspected and the hospitalization of a Hastings teen after he smoked synthetic marijuana.
DFL legislators have introduced legislation to make 2C-E a Schedule One substance in Minnesota following the death of one teenager and the hospitalization of 10 others after ingesting the drug. The bill would list the substance along with illegal substances like heroin, LSD and ecstasy. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said earlier this week she will include 2C-E in a drug banning bill she introduced last week dealing with synthetic marijuana.
Nothing brings together Republicans and DFLers at the Minnesota Capitol like bong water. A new bipartisan bill would exclude a specific amount of water from a bong, or water pipe, from the weight of drugs calculated when someone is charged with possession. Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a similar bill last year after legislators overwhelmingly passed the measure in response to a high profile Minnesota Supreme Court case.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s interview on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show included a segment on “bong water,” an issue that sprang up at the Minnesota Legislature this spring after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that bong water could be considered…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is pushing legislation that would give patients an option to dispose of unused prescription medications. The Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010 is intended to prevent teens from gaining access to parents’ Vicodin and…
After several failed attempts in past sessions, the Minnesota Legislature appears poised to ban a little known but psychedelic plant called salvia divinorum. Bills that would penalize those who sell or possess the herb have moved through House and Senate committees and now await floor votes in both chambers. And while law enforcement officials push to expand the drug war, critics say this is an opportunity to enact sensible policies not create more criminals.
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Minnesota House on Monday could give the state’s agricultural sector a boost in the form of a new cash crop: medical marijuana. Gov. Tim Pawlenty last year vetoed an effort to legalize medical cannibis,…
For the third session in a row, legislators have offered a bill to ban salvia, a powerful but short-lasting herbal drug sold at many “head shops” in Minnesota. Republican Reps. Morrie Lanning of Moorhead, Steve Smith…
A Gallup poll conducted at the beginning of October shows that more Americans support the legalization of marijuana than ever before — even if the majority still think it should be illegal.
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