Colorado’s new medical marijuana regulations ushered in by House Bill 1284 mean lots of changes for a lot of pot businesses, not the least of which is the part of the law that prohibits all on-site marijuana consumption. That means Ganja Gourmet and all other marijuana restaurants and coffee shops that have opened in the past year will need to require customers get their selections to go — or shut down for good. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘laws’
Too many laws have created a climate of fear, bishop warns
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells, said that many well meaning laws were destroying society and that while individual rights had increased, equivalent responsibility has decreased. Speaking on Sunday to the annual legal service in Wells Cathedral, Somerset, the bishop said the General Election would be held at the end of one of the most legislative parliaments in history, in which about 4,000 new laws had entered the statute book. ... read more >>
Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells, said that many well meaning laws were destroying society and that while individual rights had increased, equivalent responsibility has decreased. Speaking on Sunday to the annual legal service in Wells Cathedral, Somerset, the bishop said the General Election would be held at the end of one of the most legislative parliaments in history, in which about 4,000 new laws had entered the statute book. ... read more >>
UN AIDS chief says new HIV infections increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said “it is unacceptable” that 85 countries still have laws criminalizing same sex relations among adults, including seven that impose the death penalty for homosexual practices. ... read more >>
New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said “it is unacceptable” that 85 countries still have laws criminalizing same sex relations among adults, including seven that impose the death penalty for homosexual practices. ... read more >>
Clearing the air in Louisiana: A letter to the editor
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Last week, activities were held across the state in honor of the Great American Smoke Out, the annual event that encourages smokers and tobacco users to quit. ... read more >>
Last week, activities were held across the state in honor of the Great American Smoke Out, the annual event that encourages smokers and tobacco users to quit. ... read more >>
Musicians, tobacco-free advocates band together for Great American Smokeout
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Tobacco-Free Living of Louisiana is teaming up with local musicians and businesses in downtown Alexandria to throw a block party as part of the Great American Smoke Out 2009 to help clear the air about secondhand smoke. ... read more >>
Tobacco-Free Living of Louisiana is teaming up with local musicians and businesses in downtown Alexandria to throw a block party as part of the Great American Smoke Out 2009 to help clear the air about secondhand smoke. ... read more >>
Statement by Senator Herb Kohl on S. 1147, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009
Friday, November 20th, 2009
The PACT Act will strengthen our tobacco laws to ensure that law enforcement has the tools they need to investigate and prosecute cigarette traffickers. Each day we delay its passage, terrorists and criminals raise more money, states lose significant amounts of tax revenue, and kids have easy access to tobacco products sold over the internet. ... read more >>
The PACT Act will strengthen our tobacco laws to ensure that law enforcement has the tools they need to investigate and prosecute cigarette traffickers. Each day we delay its passage, terrorists and criminals raise more money, states lose significant amounts of tax revenue, and kids have easy access to tobacco products sold over the internet. ... read more >>
Malawi trying to enforce child labor laws
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
LONDON, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Malawi is paying more attention to its child labor laws after a report revealed thousands of children working on tobacco farms, Plan International says. ... read more >>
LONDON, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Malawi is paying more attention to its child labor laws after a report revealed thousands of children working on tobacco farms, Plan International says. ... read more >>
Child tobacco farmers ‘exposed to toxic levels of nicotine’
Monday, September 28th, 2009
LONDON, England (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of children worldwide are thought to be working full-time on tobacco farms, suffering from toxic levels of nicotine exposure and abusive labor conditions. ... read more >>
LONDON, England (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of children worldwide are thought to be working full-time on tobacco farms, suffering from toxic levels of nicotine exposure and abusive labor conditions. ... read more >>
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