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October 5, 2012
10/05/2012
Piece of the Week | Mustache Sherlock Glass Pipe

Piece of the Week | Mustache Sherlock Glass Pipe

We shift gears this week and look at something goofy and fun, the mustache Sherlock glass pipe. This would make a great gift for the Weedist who...
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October 5, 2012
10/05/2012
Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War

Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War

02:18am Harkening back to his days as a student antiwar activist in the 1960s, but also drawing heavily on the example of the contemporary Caravan for Peace (with...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
$10 Million Marijuana Farm Found in Chicago

$10 Million Marijuana Farm Found in Chicago

Cook County Police discovered a huge marijuana farm in urban Chicago yesterday. The pot farm was as big as two football fields and contained plants the size of...
By: Lateralus
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Accepting Vendor Applications – Friday Only

Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Accepting Vendor Applications – Friday Only

The staffers at the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division have announced that they will be taking a limited number of new vendor applications this Friday, October 5.
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.04)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.04)

01:05am Just over a month out, medical marijuana and marijuana legalization initiative campaigns are heating up. Arkansas See our feature article this week on the Arkansas...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
CO Presidential Debate Unwittingly Sets Precedent for Marijuana Reform

CO Presidential Debate Unwittingly Sets Precedent for Marijuana Reform

In case you missed the first Presidential Debate of 2012, it appears that both the incumbent President and presidential hopeful were in agreement about marijuana reform based...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
NMA.tv on Marijuana Legalization in 2012

NMA.tv on Marijuana Legalization in 2012

Ready for a laugh? NMA.tv (Next Media Animation), the group that brought us the infamous Tiger Woods animated video is at it again with their take on...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Sir Richard Branson Labels US Drug Policy ‘Racist’

Sir Richard Branson Labels US Drug Policy ‘Racist’

Sir Richard Branson has labeled US drug policy as racist, stating that its a “war on black people” which results in the jailing of too many African Americans.
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

03:24am Mitt Romney (mis)speaks out on medical marijuana, the LA dispensary ban is repealed, and the feds keep on grinding away at medical marijuana providers with...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Marijuana Could Be Legal in Oregon, Colorado and Washington After Election Day

Marijuana Could Be Legal in Oregon, Colorado and Washington After Election Day

Two lines of coke killed Carter’s plan to legalize marijuana. Thirty-five years later, pro-pot leader Keith Stroup reflects on how close he came and how close we...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)

07:37pm It’s been a fairly quiet week on the corrupt cop front, but we’ve still got some Missouri jail guards in trouble, a Houston cop accused...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Marijuana Washing Up On South Florida Shores At Record Rate

Marijuana Washing Up On South Florida Shores At Record Rate

Smuggling in Florida is big business again, and this time it’s marijuana, not cocaine. Since April, 885 pounds of marijuana worth roughly $1.5 million has washed up on Florida beaches.
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads for Finish Line

Arkansas Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads for Finish Line

05:28pm Medical marijuana has made great inroads in parts of the United States. With the exceptions of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, the West is medical marijuana...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells “the Size of a Typical Elevator”

NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells “the Size of a Typical Elevator”

Mike Riggs analyzes some pretty horrific findings in a new New York Civil Liberties Union report, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished with months,...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions

MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions

01:59am Court administrators in Massachusetts are scrambling to set up special court sessions to address the cases of more than a thousand people imprisoned after being...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Presidential Debates Should Address Marijuana Prohibition

Presidential Debates Should Address Marijuana Prohibition

The Brownie Mary Club Democratic Club of California is hosting an online petition to be presented to the chairman of the Presidential Debate Commission, to include at...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
I-502: Legalize Marijuana for Racial-Justice Reasons

I-502: Legalize Marijuana for Racial-Justice Reasons

Washington voters should legalize marijuana and vote yes on Initiative 502 (I-502) because drug laws disproportionately harm African Americans and Latinos.
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Breaking: LA City Council Reverses MMJ Dispensary Ban!

Breaking: LA City Council Reverses MMJ Dispensary Ban!

50,000 signatures from medical marijuana activists, supports, and everyday voters apparently got the attention of the Los Angeles City Council. The LA Times is reporting that they...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Canada Health Ministry Bans “Bath Salts” Drug

Canada Health Ministry Bans “Bath Salts” Drug

05:42pm The Canadian government has banned MDPV (methylenedioxypyrovalerone), a synthetic stimulant commonly found in “bath salts” drugs. The ban went into effect last Wednesday, the same...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Amendment 64 Could Threaten Colorado Medical Marijuana Paradise

Amendment 64 Could Threaten Colorado Medical Marijuana Paradise

The Ticket examines some Colorado medical marijuana businesses’ concerns that if Amendment 64 is passed in November, it “could goad the federal government into a crackdown on...
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