Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Legal Marijuana Now Party Names New 2nd District Candidate Following Death Of Adam Weeks

MMP News AuthorOctober 7, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Legal Marijuana Now Party has nominated Paula Overby to run in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District after candidate Adam Weeks died last month, according to a court document filed Tuesday. Weeks’ Sept. 21 death triggered a Minnesota law that moved the election to February. Democratic U.S. Rep. ... Read More

Car crash altered life of pro-cannabis Whitsunday candidate

MMP News AuthorOctober 2, 2020

PAUL Hilder’s life was forever changed when a serious car crash in 2013 left him with a crushed heel, chronic pain, exacerbated spinal disc degeneration and PTSD. Having previously tried recreational cannabis and desperate for relief from his pain, Mr Hilder once again turned to the drug. Now taking medically ... Read More

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Jo Jorgensen on Marijuana, Small Government and the Problems with a Two-Party System

MMP News AuthorOctober 1, 2020

Dr. Jo JorgensenPhoto: Courtesy In the Libertarian Party, presidential candidates don’t pick their running mates; instead, they’re chosen by delegates at the nominating convention in a separate vote. This year’s presidential ticket resulted in the odd-couple pairing of Dr. Jo Jorgensen, an academic from South Carolina, and Jeremy “Spike” Cohen, ... Read More

Morning Digest: Minnesota House election pushed to February after pro-cannabis candidate dies

MMP News AuthorSeptember 25, 2020

Minnesota mandates a postponement when a so-called “major-party” nomination becomes vacant within 79 days of a November election. Weeks rather improbably qualified for this designation because the state grants major-party status to any political party that wins at least 5% in a statewide election, which Legal Marijuana Now’s candidate for ... Read More

Minnesota’s Legal Marijuana Now Party congressional candidate dies; election for 2nd District postponed

MMP News AuthorSeptember 25, 2020

Adam Weeks, the Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, has died, and the election for that seat will be postponed, Secretary of State Steve Simon announced Thursday. Weeks was an organic farmer from Goodhue County. The district also includes the southeast Twin Cities suburban counties of ... Read More

Second Congressional District race delayed after death of Legal Marijuana Now candidate

MMP News AuthorSeptember 25, 2020

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