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The best cannabis posts from around the web

August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Bill Maher Reviews ‘Too High to Fail’ by Doug Fine

Bill Maher Reviews ‘Too High to Fail’ by Doug Fine

Longtime marijuana advocate and weedist Bill Maher reviews Doug Fine‘s latest book Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution. Read Bill’s great thoughts at...
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Cannabis Prohibition Now Seventy-Five Years Old

Cannabis Prohibition Now Seventy-Five Years Old

Infamously, America’s federally created Cannabis Prohibition marks its seventy-fifth anniversary this August 2, 2012. The so-called ‘great failed social experiment’ of Alcohol Prohibition of the 1920s barely...
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Drug Smuggling Diplomat Denied Diplomatic Immunity and Jailed

Drug Smuggling Diplomat Denied Diplomatic Immunity and Jailed

KUNA reports Amelework Wondemagegne, an Ethiopian Embassy official, attempted to claim diplomatic immunity after being caught trying to smuggle cannabis into the UK . The Washington DC based, 36...
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
13 Year Old Madera Boy Arrested Facing Felony Drug Charges

13 Year Old Madera Boy Arrested Facing Felony Drug Charges

KSEE24 News reports a 13-year old Madera, California boy is facing felony drug charges for cultivation of marijuana for one full grown and some starter plants. Crazy.
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
“Pot is The New Gay” says NY Medical Marijuana Screener

“Pot is The New Gay” says NY Medical Marijuana Screener

Kenny Toglia is on a mission to legalize medical marijuana in New York and save marijuana users from the lack of quality control and health standards that...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
DEA’s Cannabis Crop Seizures Fell 35 Percent From Previous Year

DEA’s Cannabis Crop Seizures Fell 35 Percent From Previous Year

Total cannabis crop seizures fell an estimated 35 percent between the years 2010 and 2011, according to statistics provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson

Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson

02:57pm, (Issue #745) Special to the Chronicle by Houston-based investigative journalist Clarence Walker, who can be reached at cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com. This article is the latest in his...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Phelps Wins 20th Medal and Another Olympics First

Phelps Wins 20th Medal and Another Olympics First

Michael Phelps earned his 20th medal (16 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) with a win in the men’s 200-meter individual medley. He became the first man to...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Snoop Dogg transforms into Snoop Lion

Snoop Dogg transforms into Snoop Lion

Rap artist and known weedist, Snoop Dogg is rebranding himself into Snoop Lion. Snoop Lion is born out of a spiritual and artistic journey in Jamaica, no...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Video: The Irony of It All, an Amazing Song On Hypocritical Prohibition

Video: The Irony of It All, an Amazing Song On Hypocritical Prohibition

The Irony of It All is an older tune from the now defunct UK band The Streets but its words still ring completely true.  The video matches the equally fantastic...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Lebanon Hash Eradication Hits New Obstacle

Lebanon Hash Eradication Hits New Obstacle

04:09pm, (Issue #745) Last week, we reported on armed resistance against Lebanese government marijuana plant eradication teams in the Bekaa Valley, one of the world’s leading...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Talks Marijuana With Rolling Stone

Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Talks Marijuana With Rolling Stone

Aaron Paul, who masterfully plays Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, is on the cover of Rolling Stone hitting stands August 3rd. Unlike his character, Aaron is against hard...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Handcuffed Marijuana Offender Shot, Killed in Police Car

Handcuffed Marijuana Offender Shot, Killed in Police Car

05:03pm, (Issue #745) A Southhaven, Mississippi, man arrested for marijuana by police in nearby Jonesboro, Arkansas, was shot and killed as he sat handcuffed in the...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Piece of the Week | What Brand is the Michael Phelps Bong?

Piece of the Week | What Brand is the Michael Phelps Bong?

You’ve probably seen the photo of Michael Phelps hitting the bong in 2009, but what brand is the Michael Phelps bong? It turns out that best-Olympian-stoner-ever Phelps...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
How the National Institute for Drug Abuse Helped Create the Dangerous Marijuana Alternative AKA “Spice”

How the National Institute for Drug Abuse Helped Create the Dangerous Marijuana Alternative AKA “Spice”

Shocker, the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) helped fund the creation of the dangerous marijuana alternative known as “Spice” and “K2,” which the Drug Enforcement Agency now...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

06:32pm, (Issue #745) What!? No DEA raids? Not this week, but the federal crackdown on dispensaries continues, and cities and localities in medical marijuana states continue...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
Obama Campaign Raises Money With Hemp Products While Banning Farmers From Growing Hemp

Obama Campaign Raises Money With Hemp Products While Banning Farmers From Growing Hemp

Read at the Huffington Post about the “made in the USA” hemp scarf Obama has for sale in his re-election campaign store. Rather ironic since American farmers...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
Commentary: The Racial Politics of Pot Arrests

Commentary: The Racial Politics of Pot Arrests

BET provides a great post with insights and supporting statistics on the racial disparity in marijuana busts and how it paints a clear picture of two different Americas:...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
DOJ to Sentencing Commission: Fewer Prisoners, Please

DOJ to Sentencing Commission: Fewer Prisoners, Please

04:46pm In a Congressionally mandated annual report to the US Sentencing Commission on the operation of federal sentencing guidelines, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said continuing increases...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
Tacoma: City Council Adopts New Rules for Medical Cannabis Gardens

Tacoma: City Council Adopts New Rules for Medical Cannabis Gardens

Soon you will be able to grow your very own medical cannabis garden in Tacoma, Washington, as long as you don’t flaunt it, advertise it or draw complaints...
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