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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Marijuana billboard for Amendment 64 Touts Pat Robertson Endorsement

Marijuana billboard for Amendment 64 Touts Pat Robertson Endorsement

Denver Westword reports on the new billboard placed in the GOP-heavy Grand Junction Colorado in support of Amendment 64 to legalize marijuana this November. Pat Robertson believes marijuana should...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Video: Know Your Medicine Presents “Terpene Interplay”

Video: Know Your Medicine Presents “Terpene Interplay”

Hats off to Weedmaps and SC Laboratories for producing the Know Your Medicine series. Educating the public is the key to legislative victory in the war against...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Video: NORML & Slightly Stoopid for Marijuana Legalization: Yes on I-502 and Amendment 64

Video: NORML & Slightly Stoopid for Marijuana Legalization: Yes on I-502 and Amendment 64

NORML and one of my favorite bands Slightly Stoopid have teamed up to raise awareness for the marijuana legalization initiatives going before voters this November in Washington State...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Pot-smoking Moms Tired of Being Judged by Wine Drinkers

Pot-smoking Moms Tired of Being Judged by Wine Drinkers

MSNBC writes a great piece on the hypocrisy of the stigma put on mothers that responsibly use cannabis whereas consuming alcohol is just fine. Only 46% of women...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?

There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?

Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML, writes a great piece on the rapidly growing support amongst the people and local politicians to end marijuana prohibition. Read Paul’s deep insights...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Video: MARIJUANA KILLS AGAIN! 22 Year Old Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Small Amount Marijuana

Video: MARIJUANA KILLS AGAIN! 22 Year Old Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Small Amount Marijuana

Seattle’s Kiro 7 News reports on Michael R. Saffioti, a 22 year old man who collapsed and died in prison after being arrested for a small amount of...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Pro-Medical Marijuana Brooklyn Judge Dies From Cancer

Pro-Medical Marijuana Brooklyn Judge Dies From Cancer

Gustin Reichbach, the Brooklyn judge who wrote an op-ed for the NY Times pleading for medical marijuana to be legalized passed away on Saturday from his struggle with stage 3...
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July 14, 2012
07/14/2012
Oregon OCTA Marijuana Legalization Initiative Makes Ballot

Oregon OCTA Marijuana Legalization Initiative Makes Ballot

10:07pm The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) initiative has qualified for the November ballot, the Oregon Secretary of State Election Division’s official Twitter feed announced Friday evening. That means voters...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Book Review: “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know”

Book Review: “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know”

04:45pm Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jonathan Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark Kleiman (2012, Oxford University Press, 266 pp., $16.95 PB) Marijuana...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Owner Of Nation’s First Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS

Owner Of Nation’s First Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS

Lynnette M. Shaw, who opened the 1st licensed medical marijuana dispensary in the US, has filed for personal bankruptcy after the federal government shut down her Marin Alliance for...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Obama’s War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier

Obama’s War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier

10:28pm One month ago, Eric Holder testified before Congress that the Dept. of Justice is only targeting medical marijuana businesses that violate their state’s laws. Anyone who didn’t...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Time-lapse Cannabis Growing

Time-lapse Cannabis Growing

A great video if you want to see what the cannabis plant looks like as it grows. I personally love time-lapse video of plants growing, it reminds...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Video: Harborside Health Center Press Conference July 12 2012

Video: Harborside Health Center Press Conference July 12 2012

Below is a 67 minute mobile video of this morning’s 9am press conference in response to the Obama administration’s latest assault on the Harborside Health Center, which...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Video: Awesome Eye Candy Tour of Colorado’s Breckenridge Cannabis Club

Video: Awesome Eye Candy Tour of Colorado’s Breckenridge Cannabis Club

For those of you not blessed to live in a state with sane medical marijuana laws, take an eye candy trip with Joby Weeks at Colorado’s Breckenridge Cannabis Club....
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Feds Target California’s Highest Profile Dispensary

Feds Target California’s Highest Profile Dispensary

09:54pm, (Issue #742) Harborside Health Center, California’s largest and most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors. Workers at the dispensary’s...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Narc Scandal Front and Center in Florida Sheriff Race

Narc Scandal Front and Center in Florida Sheriff Race

03:26pm, (Issue #742) Scandal has been brewing in the Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office over the possibly criminal misbehavior of some of its narcotics detectives, and...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Chronicle Book Review Essay: Summer Marijuana Reads

Chronicle Book Review Essay: Summer Marijuana Reads

11:38pm, (Issue #742) Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup by Mark Haskell Smith (2012, Broadway Paperbacks, 235 pp., $14.00...
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July 11, 2012
07/11/2012
Pelosi Suggests Movement Post-Election on Medical Marijuana

Pelosi Suggests Movement Post-Election on Medical Marijuana

09:57pm, (Issue #742) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told a bloggers’ roundtable Wednesday that Democrats might be interested in making changes in federal law around medical...
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July 11, 2012
07/11/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.07.11)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.07.11)

02:31pm A former Missouri sheriff heads to federal prison, a former Kansas City cop is headed there, too, and a former South Carolina deputy is looking...
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July 11, 2012
07/11/2012
How to Call Michele Leonhart and Ask Why the DEA Ignores Science On Marijuana

How to Call Michele Leonhart and Ask Why the DEA Ignores Science On Marijuana

Check out this handy page at Firedoglake, which provides the DEA’s phone number and a sample script to use when asking how DEA Chief Michele Leonhart maintains her...
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