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The best cannabis posts from around the web

July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Kentucky Senator Clark unveils Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Memorial Act

Kentucky Senator Clark unveils Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Memorial Act

Kentucky Senator Perry Clark held a press conference today to unveil his Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Memorial Act, which would move marijuana to Schedule II in KY allowing for...
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July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Raw Story: The ‘Gateway Drug’ is Alcohol, not Marijuana

Raw Story: The ‘Gateway Drug’ is Alcohol, not Marijuana

If you are a weedist, you already know cannabis is not a gateway drug. Guess what is, and is 100% legal…alcohol says a The Journal of School Health study....
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July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Industrial Hemp Uses

Industrial Hemp Uses

You’ve probably heard quotes from the United States Presidents about how important industrial hemp was to the fledgling US economy: “Make the most you can of the...
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July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Officers Seize 207 Grams of Marijuana at Wisconsin Phish Concert

Officers Seize 207 Grams of Marijuana at Wisconsin Phish Concert

Walworth County Today reports that drug enforcement officers issued185 citations for possession of marijuana and seized 207 grams at the Phish concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre near...
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July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Medical Marijuana Update

Medical Marijuana Update

07:38pm California continues to have conniptions over medical marijuana, a scientific review finds marijuana’s Schedule I status “untenable,” and much, much more: National On Monday, the Open...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
Government-Sponsored Study Destroys DEA’s Classification of Marijuana

Government-Sponsored Study Destroys DEA’s Classification of Marijuana

A must read at The Raw Story; A government-sponsored study concludes that marijuana provides relief to some chronic pain sufferers and that more clinical trials are desperately needed, utterly...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
Medical marijuana bill proposed for 2013 Nevada Legislature

Medical marijuana bill proposed for 2013 Nevada Legislature

Assemblyman Tick Segerblom requested a bill yesterday to allow eligible patients in Nevada to obtain medical marijuana from dispensaries. Presently there is no legal way in Nevada...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
Video: Excessive Force Used On Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Employee During Raid

Video: Excessive Force Used On Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Employee During Raid

Check out this LA Weekly article on the bullshit June 19th raid by police on the THC Downtown Collective, aka The Happyending Collective (video below). This is a...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
The Union – The Business Behind Getting High – Full Movie (free)

The Union – The Business Behind Getting High – Full Movie (free)

The independent film The Union – The Business Behind Getting High is a must see. The Union crew (Adam Scorgie, Brett Harvey, Graeme Flannigan, Stephen Green, Kieran...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
Manhattan Court Forces Twitter to Hand Over Occupy Tweets

Manhattan Court Forces Twitter to Hand Over Occupy Tweets

A Manhattan criminal court judge ordered Twitter to hand over data, including non-public constitutionally protected information, on a user that was involved in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
Did the AZ and Obamacare Rulings Help or Hurt Marijuana Reform

Did the AZ and Obamacare Rulings Help or Hurt Marijuana Reform

According to The Latest Word, there are two latest words. The first Word said that the healthcare ruling helped the advocates of ending prohibition in CO. The...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Five More US Drug War Deaths

Five More US Drug War Deaths

04:53pm At least five people have been killed in the drug war on America’s streets in the past few weeks. They become the 30th through the 34th...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Video: Glass Blowing With High Times Cannabis Cup Winner Skye Perry Norton

Video: Glass Blowing With High Times Cannabis Cup Winner Skye Perry Norton

For those curious on how high-end glass bongs are made, check out R3DBAND‘s 9 minute video from Colorado’s Skye Perry Norton. Skye Perry Norton won 1st place in the Best...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Poll: Two-Thirds Of Canadians Say Decriminalize Marijuana

Poll: Two-Thirds Of Canadians Say Decriminalize Marijuana

Nationwide survey in Canada shows 2/3 support decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.  Read more at The Windsor Star.
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Medical Marijuana Is a Classic States’ Rights Issue

Medical Marijuana Is a Classic States’ Rights Issue

Bob Morris writes a great article on how the Fed should stay out of medical marijuana and leave it to the states (just reschedule it out of Schedule...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Stoner MacGyver Marijuana Product Review: The Incredibowl i420

Stoner MacGyver Marijuana Product Review: The Incredibowl i420

Stoner MacGyver reviews the Incredibowl i420, a two time High Times Cannabis Cup winner.  Read more at Denver Westword Blog about a “pretty useful device that falls somewhere between a...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Discovery Channel Working On Humboldt County Marijuana Trade

Discovery Channel Working On Humboldt County Marijuana Trade

Times-Standard reports the Discovery Channel is actively trying to put together a reality series covering the marijuana investigations and eradication efforts in famed Humboldt County, California.
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Nevada Drug Dog Troopers Allege Official Misconduct

Nevada Drug Dog Troopers Allege Official Misconduct

05:58pm A group of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers and a retired police sergeant have filed a lawsuit against the Patrol and the Las Vegas Metro Police...
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June 29, 2012
06/29/2012
Colombia High Court Okays Drug Decriminalization

Colombia High Court Okays Drug Decriminalization

04:09pm Colombia’s Constitutional Court has approved the government’s proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. The opinion (scroll down to item three,...
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June 29, 2012
06/29/2012
State Senator To Hold Press Conference About Bill To Make Marijuana Schedule II

State Senator To Hold Press Conference About Bill To Make Marijuana Schedule II

Lex18 reports “Senator Perry B. Clark, D-Louisville, will hold a press conference to introduce legislation that would make marijuana a schedule II drug, legal for doctors to...
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