Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Huge Grow Busted in Colorado 7,000 – 9,000 Plants Seized

Huge Grow Busted in Colorado 7,000 – 9,000 Plants Seized

Between 7,000 and 9,000 plants were seized in Pueblo County when a huge grow was raided on Wednesday, August 15. The huge grow was situated outdoors in...
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August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Medical Marijuana Should Make Arkansas Ballot

Medical Marijuana Should Make Arkansas Ballot

04:59pm An Arkansas initiative to legalize medical marijuana appears likely to qualify for the November ballot, after proponents handed in an additional 74,000 signatures Monday. The...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Canadians Among Top Buyers, Sellers on ‘eBay’ for Illegal Drugs

Canadians Among Top Buyers, Sellers on ‘eBay’ for Illegal Drugs

Canadians are among the top sellers and buyers of marijuana, steroids, cocaine and other drugs available at the click of a mouse on an anonymous website called...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Marijuana: The Drought-Tolerant Plant

Marijuana: The Drought-Tolerant Plant

CNBC reporter Jane Wells takes a tour of Iowa’s farmland to survey the drought. She notes that there is apparently one drought-tolerant plant that can thrive in the worst...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Safe Access Alliance Dissolves, Day After Disastrous Press Conference

Safe Access Alliance Dissolves, Day After Disastrous Press Conference

The anti Initiative 502 group Safe Access Alliance dissolved yesterday (good riddance), just one day after firing spokesperson Philip Dawdy for a disastrous press conference.
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Marijuana Groups Backing Denver Outdoor Ad Ban Won’t Disclose Membership

Marijuana Groups Backing Denver Outdoor Ad Ban Won’t Disclose Membership

Vocal supporters of the Denver outdoor ad ban bill included representatives of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group (MMIG) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Police in Rome Seize Marijuana Farm Operating in Tunnel

Police in Rome Seize Marijuana Farm Operating in Tunnel

Italian police have discovered and seized a sprawling marijuana farm in a tunnel in Rome built during the era of Mussolini. The crop had an estimated street value of $3.7...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Ballot Language Approved for Marijuana Proposal in Grand Rapids

Ballot Language Approved for Marijuana Proposal in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids City Commission approved ballot language for a marijuana proposal that voters will consider in November. A Grand Rapids city charter amendment would make possession and...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Seattle Chat About Marijuana Legalization Monday at Noon

Seattle Chat About Marijuana Legalization Monday at Noon

Join representatives from both sides of the marijuana legalization debate next Monday, Aug. 20, at noon, to talk about the pros and cons of Initiative 502, moderated...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

All eyes should be focusing on the Aaron Sandusky trial, a man who faces a federal sentence of 10 years to life for running the G3 Holistic medical marijuana...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Chilean Senator Fulvio Rossi Admitted Marijuana Use

Chilean Senator Fulvio Rossi Admitted Marijuana Use

Chilean senator Fulvio Rossi admitted marijuana use, sparking debate over the drug. Lawmakers have tabled one bill that seeks to decriminalize personal cultivation of marijuana, and another to...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Weedists: Meet Ken Unger “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Kenneth Unger is a disabled Navy...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Medical Marijuana Billboards Under Attack in Denver

Medical Marijuana Billboards Under Attack in Denver

Denver City Council voted 13-0 Monday night to ban outdoor advertising for medical marijuana. The Denver advertising ban doesn’t affect print advertising, radio or television ads but the...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Another Step Closer to the Ballot

Arkansas Medical Marijuana Another Step Closer to the Ballot

Arkansas medical marijuana activists turned in 74,406 signatures on Monday afternoon to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office. This summer activists fell 26,000 short of the 62,507...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Facebook To Allow Marijuana Reform Ads

Facebook To Allow Marijuana Reform Ads

We previously reported that Facebook had censored ads related to marijuana activism. Responding to outreach by EFF and the ACLU of Northern California, Facebook corrects this error and affirms...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

The NYPD fired 12 shots and killed Darrius Kennedy, a 51-year-old African-American man in the heart of Times Square surrounded by tourists on Saturday afternoon during a...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Denver City Council Hearing on Outdoor MMJ Ad Ban TONIGHT!

Denver City Council Hearing on Outdoor MMJ Ad Ban TONIGHT!

Tonight, Monday August 13, the Denver City Council is set to vote on CB 586, a state bill aimed at making it illegal for medical marijuana dispensaries...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Truthout shares an excerpt from Martin A. Lee’s book “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific” which alleges Eric Holder and the Obama...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Paul Ryan is Romney’s VP, a Perfect Partner in Prohibition

Paul Ryan is Romney’s VP, a Perfect Partner in Prohibition

On Saturday, GOP POTUS candidate Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate. Weedists are painfully aware of Mitt Romney’s views on cannabis, but...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
FedEx Delivers Pound of Pot to Connecticut Office…

FedEx Delivers Pound of Pot to Connecticut Office…

Stuart Rosenberg, a 63 year old man in Fairfield, Connecticut had a pound of marijuana delivered to his office via FedEx and was arrested after being turned in by...
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