Medical cannabis activists found lobbyists had taken their spot as a missing permit app canceled a peaceful two decade old medical cannabis vigil.

Unfortunately, Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, the Wisconsin State Senate Republican Majority Leader, has chosen to assign the Senate version SB371, of the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act, to the Senate Health Committee chaired by an arch-opponent of protecting patients using their medicine. The action speaks volumes about Sen. Fitzgerald's concerns for state seniors, veterans, sick, disabled and dying.

An update on the Jacki Rickert MMJ Act.

Here is an update on the Jacki Rickert MMJ Act from Madison NORML Examiner.

Halfway to a Dec. 22 deadline for cosponsors to sign on to the new Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act and progress is being made. Here's an update on who is a cosponsor as of this writing.

Here is my OPED in the Capital Times on the new JRMMA and the Wisconsin State Senate Majority Leader, Scott Fitzgerald, who has long had his spokespeople issue statements in denial about medical cannabis on his behalf.

The release below was sent out today.

Good news with medical cannabis coming back to the Wisconsin legislature this week!

Sad news out of Tomah today as we learn Ed Thompson has passed away.

Here is my detailed look at Harvest Fest 41 with a slide show.

Here is an update on this weekend's Harvest Fest Celebration in Madison!

Today is the sentencing hearing for Cures Not War Founder Dana Beal in Dodgeville, WI, on cannabis charges.

It's hard to not only believe that another Harvest Fest is nearly upon us as well as the fact cannabis prohibition continues unabated.

Great news for Wisconsin patients! Despite political uncertainties, it appears medical cannabis legislation is coming back to the State Capitol.

Today, in Kendall Wisconsin, at "A Cannabis Fair", Wisconsin NORML/Madison NORML presented Ed Thompson with the first-ever Ben Masel "Defender of Liberty" Award.