THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • Advocates can begin collecting signatures for two proposed Missouri ballot measures that would legalize marijuana. The secretary of state’s office said Monday the initiative petitions have been approved for circulation to get them on the 2012 ballot. […]
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Hemp Activists and “Truthers” Unite
Posted by Camron Wiltshire on November 5, 2011 HempVia the Bob Tuskin Radio Show: After 11 years, the Florida Hemp Fest is back with a new twist. Dennis “Murli” Watkins, who served four months of jail time for orchestrating a “doobie toss” at the event in 1994, is bringing back […]
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Juicing fresh cannabis
Leaf introduces Dr. William Courtney and Kristen Peskuski of Cannabis International; along with the people involved in researching, promoting, regulating and benefiting from raw cannabis. Dr. Courtney is a physician and researcher from Mendocino, California, who gives medical marijuana approvals to qualified patients in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties. Kristen Peskuski […]
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Calgary addicts no longer given crack pipes
CBC News Aug 19, 2011 Alberta health officials will no longer hand out free crack pipes to addicts in Calgary. For three years Alberta Health Services [AHS] has been quietly handing out clean crack pipes to drug users on the street through a mobile van program called Safeworks. Continues: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/08/19/calgary-crack-pipes-street-health.html
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Softer pot laws saved Philadelphia $2 million in 2010
By David Ferguson Saturday, July 9th, 2011 The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office estimates that it saved the city two million dollars in revenue through a new program designed to deal with individuals arrested with less than 30 grams (slightly more than one ounce) of marijuana. According to The Philadelphia Daily News, new […]
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Snitch Site For Marijuana Informers Backfires In Utah
The state made it easy with a website with helpful links to assist its deputized citizenry in identifying marijuana and signs of grow operations, reports Greg Campbell at dscriber. “Did you know marijuana is being illegally grown in Utah?” the site, with a keen grasp of the obvious, ominously warns. […]
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Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human Health – Documentary
In this myth shattering, information packed documentary, learn from physicians and leading researchers about medicinal cannabis and its demonstrated effects on human health. This game-changing movie presents the most comprehensive synopsis to date of the real science surrounding the world’s most controversial plant. Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human […]
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The Wire producer: War on drugs is ‘a war on the underclass’
By Eric W. Dolan Thursday, March 10th, 2011 — 7:04 pm David Simon, the creator and executive producer of HBO’s The Wire, said the war on drugs had devolved into a war on the underclass after actress Felicia Pearson was arrested in Baltimore on drug charges. Thirty-year-old Pearson had served a prison […]
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‘High’ holy men downed by Nepal cannabis ban
Mohideen Mifthah KATHMANDU, March 2, 2011 (AFP) – Police in Nepal on Wednesday cracked down on the sale of cannabis at a major religious festival where the drug is smoked legally by thousands of long-haired holy men to honour a Hindu god, an official said. Marijuana is illegal in Nepal, […]