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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

05:36pm With less than three weeks to go until election day, there is a lot of activity on the state-level initiative front–but not everywhere. Some campaigns...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

06:31pm A St. Louis cop is headed for federal prison for re-selling seized pot, a Camden cop is heading there too, for running amok in the...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas: The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts

Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas: The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts

If you ever happen to be driving through Sierra Blanca,  the dusty West Texas small town just 30 miles from the Mexican border, leave your drugs at...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

04:35pm In a case that would appear to raise serious First Amendment questions, a Mesquite, Texas woman has been arrested and charged with a felony after she allegedly...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Although concerned about violating federal law, Ellsworth, Maine police returned 17 stolen cannabis plants to a licensed medical marijuana caregiver worth an estimated $12,800.
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Marijuana Legalization Backers Courting Conservatives

Marijuana Legalization Backers Courting Conservatives

Can conservative support for marijuana legalization in CO, OR and WA be increased for next month’s vote on themes of states’ rights and fiscal prudence with the help of respected...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Decriminalize Drug Possession, UK Experts Say

Decriminalize Drug Possession, UK Experts Say

05:20pm In a report six years in the making, the United Kingdom Drug Policy Commission, a non-governmental advisory body chaired by Dame Edith Runciman, has called for...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Rhode Island Medical Society Challenges New Marijuana Policy

Rhode Island Medical Society Challenges New Marijuana Policy

The Rhode Island Medical Society has joined a lawsuit against the state health department over its decision to accept medical marijuana applications signed only by doctors, not...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

Jan Goldsmith wrote: “Those who were making bundles of money enticing customers with phony medical marijuana cards ‘issued’ through Skype by a phony ‘provider’ were no better...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

Through much of the year, Colorado’s Amendment 64 has enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. As election day nears, as was to be expected, we are...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey issued its first permit to a medical marijuana distributor in Montclair and expects it to begin dispensing by year-end, Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd said. About 320...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Christie Vetoes NJ Good Samaritan Overdose Bill

Christie Vetoes NJ Good Samaritan Overdose Bill

03:29am New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) Friday conditionally vetoed the 911 Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act, which would have exempted from criminal prosecution people who participated...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Former Drug Czars Try Cannabis Scare Tactics on CO, OR and WA

Former Drug Czars Try Cannabis Scare Tactics on CO, OR and WA

Yesterday, former DEA and Office of National Drug Control Policy czars voiced a strong reminder to the DOJ that even if voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
CO Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

CO Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

02:36am A SurveyUSA poll released Sunday shows Colorado’s marijuana legalization initiative, Amendment 64, still winning, but with a shrinking lead and with approval under 50%. A University of Denver poll released...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Prohibition Must Stop: Botched Drug Raid Literally Burns 12-Year-Old Girl

Prohibition Must Stop: Botched Drug Raid Literally Burns 12-Year-Old Girl

Prohibition must stop. A 12-year-old girl suffered 2nd degree burns from a flash grenade thrown by Montana SWAT. The fact it was the wrong house makes it...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Anti-Marijuana Billboards Taken Down in Portland

Anti-Marijuana Billboards Taken Down in Portland

These utterly misleading anti-marijuana billboards have been taken down in Portland. Golf clap to Florida-based Drug Free America Foundation for funding this level of reefer madness misinformation.
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives

Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives

Despite the urging of drug enforcement experts, officials in Washington have not said how the federal government would deal with possible state marijuana laws in Oregon, Washington...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference on Oct. 18

Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference on Oct. 18

Daytime Emmy award-winner, Montel Williams, will speak in Little Rock on behalf of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act on October 18, 2012. Details on time and location will be released...
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