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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
LA Medical Cannabis Advocates Submit 70,000 Initiative Signatures

LA Medical Cannabis Advocates Submit 70,000 Initiative Signatures

A coalition of medical cannabis patients, providers, and organized labor submitted 70,000 signatures on Friday to qualify a voter initiative for the May ballot in Los Angeles. The Committee...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media

Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media

02:54pm A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, “Obama’s Pot Problem,” missed the mark on the federal preemption question — can the feds shut...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Feds Say City of Oakland Can’t Stop Medical Pot Crackdown

Feds Say City of Oakland Can’t Stop Medical Pot Crackdown

The U.S. government told a federal judge that the city of Oakland lacks standing to try and block it from seizing a medical marijuana dispensary. Harborside Health...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012

Medical Marijuana Moving in Czech Republic

11:21am The Czech Republic took a big step last week toward becoming the next European country to approve the use of medical marijuana. Last Friday, the...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Help Put White House Petition For Medi-Pot Prisoner Over-the-Top

Help Put White House Petition For Medi-Pot Prisoner Over-the-Top

At the dawn of the cannabis legalization epoch that was ushered in on election night when the commonsense-minded voters of both Colorado and Washington elected to end...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States

Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States

10:42pm A slight majority of adults say the federal government should not attempt to enforce federal marijuana laws in states which have voted to legalize it,...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law Upheld

Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law Upheld

Arizona’s medical marijuana law is not pre-empted by federal drug laws because it does not stop the federal government from enforcing its laws, a Superior Court judge...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Georgia Police Kill Armed Man During Marijuana Bust

Georgia Police Kill Armed Man During Marijuana Bust

04:35pm Police officers in Buford, Georgia, shot and killed a man who refused to drop his weapon after they encountered him as they investigated a report...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Cannabis Is Now Legal in Washington State

Cannabis Is Now Legal in Washington State

History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502. And at 12am this morning, history was made once again. Today,...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Washington State’s Cannabis Legalization Explored in Detail on NPR

Washington State’s Cannabis Legalization Explored in Detail on NPR

On what sounded more like ‘National Pot Radio’ than good ol’ National Public Radio, a two-part series today on the morning and afternoon shows did a good...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization “Just a Matter of Time”

Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization “Just a Matter of Time”

08:46pm The third different poll in less than a week to report a majority favoring marijuana legalization was released Wednesday, with the pollster saying the results...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

03:42pm Yes, it’s true, medical marijuana dispensaries really are coming in Arizona, and in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Harborside wins in state court, and Mendocino County ponders a...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today — and Again One Day from Now

Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today — and Again One Day from Now

01:16pm On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing federal prohibition of alcohol and sending alcohol regulation back to the states. Tomorrow,...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.04)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.04)

09:12pm Greed strikes down a pair of cops, including a Bay Area drug task force commander, and two more go down because of dope habits they...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce “Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act”

Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce “Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act”

A bipartisan group of legislators from around the country led by Rep. Diana DeGette  (D-Colorado) introduced a bill in Congress today that would clarify that Colorado and...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Poll: Solid Majority of Voters Back Legalizing Cannabis

Poll: Solid Majority of Voters Back Legalizing Cannabis

Nearly six out of ten Americans support legalizing cannabis, according to a just released Public Policy Polling automated telephone survey of 1,325 voters, commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. 58...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
First Non-Violent Drug Offender Released Under CA Prop 36

First Non-Violent Drug Offender Released Under CA Prop 36

02:14pm It didn’t take long. Voters in California last month approved Proposition 36, which amends the state’s draconian Three Strikes law to require that a third...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

The Mendocino Board of Supervisors and County Counsel Thomas Parker are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss a pending federal subpoena for records...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

01:46pm Some 20 Colorado business organizations wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday urging him to enforce federal laws barring the sale and possession...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Coast Guard Officer Killed By Drug Smugglers

Coast Guard Officer Killed By Drug Smugglers

01:13pm A member of the US Coast Guard was killed in the line of duty early Sunday morning when his vessel was rammed by a panga...
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