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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
LA Warns Marijuana Dispensaries to Close by Sept. 6 or Face Fines, Jail

LA Warns Marijuana Dispensaries to Close by Sept. 6 or Face Fines, Jail

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office sent out a letter this week to dispensary operators and landlords advising them that medical marijuana dispensaries must be shut down by...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Edward Karl lost his job as a Nashville, TN police officer because he was caught in a “fake drug check point” with marijuana edibles while driving back...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Spokesman For Medical Marijuana Group Against I-502 Fired

Spokesman For Medical Marijuana Group Against I-502 Fired

Philip Dawdy, a well known spokesperson for Safe Access Alliance was fired during a press conference with “minor theatrics” to discuss opposition among medical marijuana patients to Initiative 502.
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

All eyes should be focusing on the Aaron Sandusky trial, a man who faces a federal sentence of 10 years to life for running the G3 Holistic medical marijuana...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Runner Had No Phone GPS Privacy Right, Court Says

Marijuana Runner Had No Phone GPS Privacy Right, Court Says

Melvin Skinner, a man convicted in Texas of marijuana trafficking, had no reasonable expectation of privacy with the mobile phone he was using when apprehended, a U.S....
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Honolulu Police Officer Fired After Marijuana Guilty Plea

Honolulu Police Officer Fired After Marijuana Guilty Plea

The Honolulu Police Department has fired Michael Steven Chu, the officer who pleaded guilty to federal marijuana possession and cultivation charges for running two indoor growing operations...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Redefining the English Language to Fight the Drug War

Redefining the English Language to Fight the Drug War

12:54am The tendency of the courts to trash our privacy rights in a pathetic attempt to prevent marijuana smoking is so routine that I seldom bother to...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
New Anti-Drug Ad is Scary and Ironic

New Anti-Drug Ad is Scary and Ironic

11:11pm The Partnership at DrugFree.org has been putting out outrageous anti-drug propaganda for many years, but this latest spot takes us in a really strange direction…...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Infographic: Hemp vs. Cotton

Infographic: Hemp vs. Cotton

If you’ve always wondered about the advantages of hemp in regards to paper, textile, and food purposes, check out this infographic from ounodesign. It’s easy to see hemp’s...
By: Lateralus
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
List of Cannabis Related Bills in Congress

List of Cannabis Related Bills in Congress

Popvox has an easy-on-the-eyes list of all the cannabis related bills presently in Congress, covering marijuana, medical marijuana and hemp.
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Measure 80 Cites Bible For Marijuana Legalization

Measure 80 Cites Bible For Marijuana Legalization

Oregon’s proposed Measure 80 for recreational marijuana legalization quotes Genesis and our rights to “herb bearing seed” to make its case.
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Weedists: Meet Ken Unger “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Kenneth Unger is a disabled Navy...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Facebook To Allow Marijuana Reform Ads

Facebook To Allow Marijuana Reform Ads

We previously reported that Facebook had censored ads related to marijuana activism. Responding to outreach by EFF and the ACLU of Northern California, Facebook corrects this error and affirms...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

The NYPD fired 12 shots and killed Darrius Kennedy, a 51-year-old African-American man in the heart of Times Square surrounded by tourists on Saturday afternoon during a...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

Jim Harper of the Cato Institute writes “You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist” which he theorizes is from the...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Barney Frank to Speak at Boston Marijuana Legalization Rally

Barney Frank to Speak at Boston Marijuana Legalization Rally

Congressman Barney Frank will head the list of speakers at the 22nd annual Boston Freedom Rally, Sept. 15, from noon to 6 p.m., on Boston Common.
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Truthout shares an excerpt from Martin A. Lee’s book “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific” which alleges Eric Holder and the Obama...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
WA State Legalizing Marijuana Worth 400 Million Per Year

WA State Legalizing Marijuana Worth 400 Million Per Year

If voters in Washington state pass I-502 this November legalizing marijuana, the state Office of Financial Management forecasts $1.9 billion in new tax revenue over the next...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
FedEx Delivers Pound of Pot to Connecticut Office…

FedEx Delivers Pound of Pot to Connecticut Office…

Stuart Rosenberg, a 63 year old man in Fairfield, Connecticut had a pound of marijuana delivered to his office via FedEx and was arrested after being turned in by...
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August 10, 2012
08/10/2012
What Are the Best and Worst Countries for Drug Users?

What Are the Best and Worst Countries for Drug Users?

A recent article by TheFix.com explores the Best and Worst countries for drug users. The author considers what makes good drug policy? Should a nation make sure...
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