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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Women Rally for Measure 80 With Moms for Marijuana

Women Rally for Measure 80 With Moms for Marijuana

About 100 Oregonians rallied on the steps of the Capitol Building in Salem to support Measure 80 and the Moms for Marijuana First Cannabis Quilt Regional Conference...
By: Anna Diaz
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Melrose, Massachusetts Makes Preemptive Strike Against Marijuana Dispensaries

Melrose, Massachusetts Makes Preemptive Strike Against Marijuana Dispensaries

Melrose, Massachusetts is joining a growing list of communities throughout the Commonwealth in a preemptive push to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within the city.
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Religious Leaders Speak Out on Both Sides of Amendment 64

Religious Leaders Speak Out on Both Sides of Amendment 64

Several religious leaders spoke out in opposition of Colorado’s Amendment 64 Wednesday in Denver. This opposition of some religious leaders comes as no surprise to most. Some...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
‘Code of the West’ Illustrates Need for Sensible Regulation

‘Code of the West’ Illustrates Need for Sensible Regulation

Of the 17 states that have passed medical marijuana laws, only one — Montana — has experienced a serious legislative effort to repeal the law. How could...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

Just hours after the US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Gardens Could Spring Up in Vancouver, Washington Under Proposed Ordinance

Medical Marijuana Gardens Could Spring Up in Vancouver, Washington Under Proposed Ordinance

Medical marijuana gardens supplying as many as 10 people each and growing as many as 45 plants each may flourish in Vancouver, Washington by next year.
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

05:36pm With less than three weeks to go until election day, there is a lot of activity on the state-level initiative front–but not everywhere. Some campaigns...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Where To on Cannabis Reform? Navigating Around Federal Apathy

Where To on Cannabis Reform? Navigating Around Federal Apathy

As Americans for Safe Access battles cannabis scheduling nationally, advocates need to push social movement locally. On Oct. 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. considered the...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

06:31pm A St. Louis cop is headed for federal prison for re-selling seized pot, a Camden cop is heading there too, for running amok in the...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas: The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts

Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas: The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts

If you ever happen to be driving through Sierra Blanca,  the dusty West Texas small town just 30 miles from the Mexican border, leave your drugs at...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

04:35pm In a case that would appear to raise serious First Amendment questions, a Mesquite, Texas woman has been arrested and charged with a felony after she allegedly...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Marijuana Legalization Backers Courting Conservatives

Marijuana Legalization Backers Courting Conservatives

Can conservative support for marijuana legalization in CO, OR and WA be increased for next month’s vote on themes of states’ rights and fiscal prudence with the help of respected...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Decriminalize Drug Possession, UK Experts Say

Decriminalize Drug Possession, UK Experts Say

05:20pm In a report six years in the making, the United Kingdom Drug Policy Commission, a non-governmental advisory body chaired by Dame Edith Runciman, has called for...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

Jan Goldsmith wrote: “Those who were making bundles of money enticing customers with phony medical marijuana cards ‘issued’ through Skype by a phony ‘provider’ were no better...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

Through much of the year, Colorado’s Amendment 64 has enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. As election day nears, as was to be expected, we are...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

War on Drugs is a powerful, well-produced comic that purveys a message that cannabis advocates empathize with. For some time, Milton Friedman and his fellow economists have witnessed the ills...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey issued its first permit to a medical marijuana distributor in Montclair and expects it to begin dispensing by year-end, Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd said. About 320...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Christie Vetoes NJ Good Samaritan Overdose Bill

Christie Vetoes NJ Good Samaritan Overdose Bill

03:29am New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) Friday conditionally vetoed the 911 Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act, which would have exempted from criminal prosecution people who participated...
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