Posts By: Alexander Martin

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Brief Bio:

"It's always darkest just before the dawn. So stay awake with me, let's prove them wrong." - Make it Stop, Rise Against

July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Medical Marijuana Is a Classic States’ Rights Issue

Medical Marijuana Is a Classic States’ Rights Issue

Bob Morris writes a great article on how the Fed should stay out of medical marijuana and leave it to the states (just reschedule it out of Schedule I please, Feds). I love the conclusion, “States’ rights: it’s not just for conservatives anymore!” Read more at IVN.us.

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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
What Would Marijuana As a Schedule II Drug Mean?

What Would Marijuana As a Schedule II Drug Mean?

    Senator Perry B. Clark ( D-Louisville) is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2pm EDT on Thursday, July 5 to introduce  the Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Stoner MacGyver Marijuana Product Review: The Incredibowl i420

Stoner MacGyver Marijuana Product Review: The Incredibowl i420

Stoner MacGyver reviews the Incredibowl i420, a two time High Times Cannabis Cup winner.  Read more at Denver Westword Blog about a “pretty useful device that falls somewhere between a bong without the need for water and a steamroller without the punch to the lungs.”

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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Discovery Channel Working On Humboldt County Marijuana Trade

Discovery Channel Working On Humboldt County Marijuana Trade

Times-Standard reports the Discovery Channel is actively trying to put together a reality series covering the marijuana investigations and eradication efforts in famed Humboldt County, California.

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June 29, 2012
06/29/2012
State Senator To Hold Press Conference About Bill To Make Marijuana Schedule II

State Senator To Hold Press Conference About Bill To Make Marijuana Schedule II

Lex18 reports “Senator Perry B. Clark, D-Louisville, will hold a press conference to introduce legislation that would make marijuana a schedule II drug, legal for doctors to prescribe, at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 5.  The bill is being titled the Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act.”

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June 29, 2012
06/29/2012
Video Trailer: “The Culture High” On the Failed War On Marijuana

Video Trailer: “The Culture High” On the Failed War On Marijuana

The Culture High is an ambitious project covering the prohibition of marijuana with the mere aim of being “the documentary that will tear into the very fiber...
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June 29, 2012
06/29/2012
Edibles Review: Xternal’s Caramel Corn Nails the Marijuana Mix

Edibles Review: Xternal’s Caramel Corn Nails the Marijuana Mix

Check out SF Weekly’s cannabis edibles review of Xternal’s delicious caramel corn, including a video infomercial with MMA fighter Leslie Smith.  You may know Xternal from their “Muscle Re-Leaf” cannabis topical pain relief rub.

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June 28, 2012
06/28/2012
Medical Marijuana Activists Add to Attorney General Eric Holder’s List of Woes

Medical Marijuana Activists Add to Attorney General Eric Holder’s List of Woes

Americans for Safe Access have launched a website HolderStoptheRaids.com to lobby Attorney General Holder to actually honor his words that medical marijuana distributors operating under state law will stop being raided by the feds. Read more on Holder’s dishonorable medical marijuana past at SFWeekly.

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June 28, 2012
06/28/2012
Seshat, Egyptian Goddess of Wisdom, Knowledge… and Cannabis?

Seshat, Egyptian Goddess of Wisdom, Knowledge… and Cannabis?

Seshat was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. She was seen as a scribe and record keeper, and her name means she who scrivens (i.e....
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June 28, 2012
06/28/2012
New Pro Colorado Amendment 64 Billboard Covering Childrens’ Access to Marijuana

New Pro Colorado Amendment 64 Billboard Covering Childrens’ Access to Marijuana

Moms and Dads for Marijuana Regulation unveiled this billboard in support of Colorado’s Amendment 64. Printed on it is “Please, card my son. Regulate the sale of marijuana and help me keep it out of his hands.”  Read more at Denver Westword Blogs.

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June 28, 2012
06/28/2012
Major Compounds in Cannabis and the Impact to Your High

Major Compounds in Cannabis and the Impact to Your High

Here’s a 101 primer on the major compounds in cannabis and how it impacts the high you experience.  With 6,000 Americans trying marijuana for the first time...
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June 28, 2012
06/28/2012
Pitkin County Colorado Passes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Pitkin County Colorado Passes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Pitkin County Colorado commissioners approved in a  2-1 vote yesterday a system to approve medical marijuana businesses, modeled after Boulder County’s approach. Read more at aspendailynews.com.

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June 28, 2012
06/28/2012
Jon Stewart Slams Gov Christie Over Marijuana Inconsistency

Jon Stewart Slams Gov Christie Over Marijuana Inconsistency

Jon Stewart, during his June 27, 2012 Daily Show, continues to keep marijuana prohibition in the national spotlight. After a dig at the Republican-controlled New York state senate...
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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Chicago City Council Approves Marijuana Decriminalization

Chicago City Council Approves Marijuana Decriminalization

The Chicago City Council approved the new marijuana possession policy today to decriminalize and issue a fine instead.  Read more at pjstar.

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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Fewer DEA Agents For Greater Economic Growth?

Fewer DEA Agents For Greater Economic Growth?

With our private sector now officially falling short of “just fine,” the failed war on marijuana is something both Obama and Congress should revisit.  Squandering precious federal...
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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Arizona Deptartment of Health Services Flooded With Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications

Arizona Deptartment of Health Services Flooded With Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications

The Arizona Department of Health Services has received 486 applications to open medical marijuana dispensaries. Only 126 dispensary licenses will be awarded in Arizona initially, one for each defined geographic region, aka Community Health Analysis Areas (CHAAs).

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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
NH Senate Fails To Overturn Governor’s Medical Marijuana Veto

NH Senate Fails To Overturn Governor’s Medical Marijuana Veto

The New Hampshire Senate failed to overturn Governor John Lynch’s veto of Senate Bill 409 yesterday. The final vote was 13 for overturning the veto vs 10 against. A 2/3...
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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Marijuana Has Many Medical Uses, but Curing Anti-Semitism?

Marijuana Has Many Medical Uses, but Curing Anti-Semitism?

White nationalist band “Prussian Blue” claim marijuana has helped them find “a place of love and light.” Sure add one more cure to the list for marijuana, if it drops their message of hate.  Read more at algemeiner.

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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Chicago City Council to Review Marijuana Decimalization Plan Today

Chicago City Council to Review Marijuana Decimalization Plan Today

The full Chicago City Council is expected to review and vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s marijuana decriminalization plan today. Read more at Chicago Tribune.

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June 26, 2012
06/26/2012
Video: Tour of Largest Medical Marijuana Farm in Oregon

Video: Tour of Largest Medical Marijuana Farm in Oregon

The Oregonian reports on James Bowman, who grows for more medical marijuana patients than any other grower in Oregon. He produces for 200 medical marijuana patients. In addition...
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