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The best cannabis posts from around the web

July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Study: Cannabis Extracts Mitigate Muscle Stiffness In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Study: Cannabis Extracts Mitigate Muscle Stiffness In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

The oral administration of cannabis extracts significantly reduces muscle stiffness in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to just published clinical trial data published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Video: What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum (ReasonTV)

Video: What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum (ReasonTV)

We found this video today by Reason.com, here’s what they have to say about the DEA museum in Arlington, VA: Since 1999, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Today’s City Council vote disregards public health needs of thousands of patients, makes city legally vulnerable. Los Angeles, CA — After more than four years of attempting to craft...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

04:32pm Lebanese security forces began eradicating cannabis fields in the Bekaa Valley Monday, but locals fought back with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, wounding one policeman...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection

Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection

Federal judges reinforced marijuana’s Schedule I status under the Controlled Substances Act by dismissing lawsuits advocating for dispensaries in all four California court districts. Medical marijuana supporters sought to stop...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
CAMP, California’s Annual Pot Eradication Program Scaled Back

CAMP, California’s Annual Pot Eradication Program Scaled Back

CAMP (The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting), California’s 28-year-old marijuana eradication program that has destroyed millions of pot plants in public and private wilderness areas is no more. It is...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week

Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week

06:52pm This has been a good week for I-502, the Washington state initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana, and its sponsors, New Approach Washington. Over...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

02:33am Several hundred — perhaps as many as a thousand — medical marijuana patients, providers, and supporters took to the streets of Oakland Monday afternoon to...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Marijuana Legalization Could Set Up State Versus Federal Showdown

Marijuana Legalization Could Set Up State Versus Federal Showdown

Governing.com ponders what kind of federal response and ultimate showdown we may see after the November elections if at least one of the three states (Colorado, Oregon...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Canadian AIDS Doctors Join International Call to End ‘War On Drugs’

Canadian AIDS Doctors Join International Call to End ‘War On Drugs’

Two prominent Canadian doctors, Dr. Evan Wood and Dr. Julio Montaner, in British Columbia have joined an international campaign including Sir Richard Branson calling on world leaders to...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Mysterious NYC Weed Van Selling Cannabis Flavored Lollipops

Mysterious NYC Weed Van Selling Cannabis Flavored Lollipops

There has been a mysterious NYC weed van spotted at 14th Street and 7th Avenue selling pot “it’s just flavor” lollipops. Read more at Gothamist to find...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Want to Put a Piranha in the Political Fish Tank? Allow Gary Johnson in the Presidential Debates

Want to Put a Piranha in the Political Fish Tank? Allow Gary Johnson in the Presidential Debates

The Washington Times believes Gary Johnson’s “penchant for snappy redirects and crowd-winning zingers would be the kind of fan service that scratches the itch for spontaneous, unscripted...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Will Los Angeles Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Today?

Will Los Angeles Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Today?

The Los Angeles City Council is set to vote today on a proposed measure that would make LA’s medical marijuana dispensaries illegal. Read more at Village Voice...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Video: Tokin Daily: a Day in the Life of Working at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Video: Tokin Daily: a Day in the Life of Working at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Paul from Tokin Daily recently filmed a day in the life of working at River Rock North, a Denver Colorado medical marijuana dispensary. The first 3:25 is...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
ASA Director to Obama: Wake Up, Medical Marijuana Patients Are Voters

ASA Director to Obama: Wake Up, Medical Marijuana Patients Are Voters

Steph Sherer, Executive Director at Americans for Safe Access writes a candid piece on the level of hope and excitement she had for Obama in 2008 only...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Marijuana Authors Talk at Oaksterdam

Marijuana Authors Talk at Oaksterdam

03:05am Despite the May DEA raids and Richard Lee’s retirement, Oaksterdam University is still alive, and Saturday evening saw its first event under the leadership of his replacement,...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
Gary Johnson Could Appear in Presidential Debates After Sustained Social Media Protests

Gary Johnson Could Appear in Presidential Debates After Sustained Social Media Protests

After weeks of angry protests on Reddit, Facebook and Twitter to get Libertarian party nominee Gary Johnson in the presidential debates, Janet Brown from the Commission on...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
SUNY Professor Shreds Heritage Foundation Reefer Madness Article

SUNY Professor Shreds Heritage Foundation Reefer Madness Article

Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany shreds an anachronistic reefer madness article written by The Heritage Foundation’s Charles Stimson entitled “Why...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Puts Discussion of Legalized Marijuana on Front Burner

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Puts Discussion of Legalized Marijuana on Front Burner

In an attempt to understand and discuss what life in California might be like if marijuana were legal (versus should be legal), the Santa Barbara Foundation and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History are...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
Racism and Marijuana Arrests: It’s Not Just NYC

Racism and Marijuana Arrests: It’s Not Just NYC

Racism and marijuana go back to the early days of prohibition. New York City is notorious for the racial skewing of its marijuana arrests. Over the last...
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