July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
Trayvon Martin’s Marijuana Use Not Brought Up in Trial

Trayvon Martin’s Marijuana Use Not Brought Up in Trial

After all the controversy caused by the judge’s decision to allow testimony about the levels of cannabinoids in Trayvon Martin’s system, the defense decided not to even...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in DC

Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in DC

District of Columbia Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) filed a marijuana decriminalization bill for the nation’s capital Wednesday. Wells is chairman of the council’s Committee on the...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
NM Rep: Veterans Need Better Access to Medical Marijuana

NM Rep: Veterans Need Better Access to Medical Marijuana

The “Freedom of Choice” campaign kicked off in New Mexico Tuesday to protect veterans access to medical marijuana. PTSD is a qualifying condition for medical marijuana in...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
Chronicle Book Review: Cannabis Nation and Marijuanamerica

Chronicle Book Review: Cannabis Nation and Marijuanamerica

Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928-2008, by James Mills (2013, Oxford University Press, 292 pp., $58.50 HC Amazon) Marijuanamerica: One Man’s Quest to Understand America’s...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.10)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.10)

More trouble for Philly and its rogue narcs, an Alabama jail guard goes down, so does a Mississippi narc, and a Calfornia narc cops a plea to...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Great Music While High: Fun

Great Music While High: Fun

Fun is an indie rock band which has received international attention with the release of their second album. Few songs have spoken to me as personally as the...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Reflections From the Kush Expo

Reflections From the Kush Expo

I attended my first cannabis-industry event this weekend: The Kush Expo, in Anaheim, CA. Thousands came together for two days to network, explore products / services available on...
By: Mercedys
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Video Game Review: Big Buck HD

Video Game Review: Big Buck HD

I have to say immediately that the branding in the title is what initially caught my eye. I am an avid gamer, I knew the Big Buck...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Judge Allows Marijuana Use Evidence in Trayvon Martin Case

Judge Allows Marijuana Use Evidence in Trayvon Martin Case

Judge Debra Nelson, the Florida judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin case, has ruled to allow jurors to hear evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin’s system. The...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
GW Pharmaceuticals, Legal Marijuana Monopoly, Launches Sativex Spray in Italy

GW Pharmaceuticals, Legal Marijuana Monopoly, Launches Sativex Spray in Italy

GW Pharmaceuticals has launched their Sativex cannabis extract spray in Italy for use by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Beware of GW’s creeping monopoly on medical marijauna in...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Medicinal Marijuana is Now Officially Kosher

Medicinal Marijuana is Now Officially Kosher

Prominent orthodox rabbi Efraim Zalmanovich has officially declared that the use of medicinal marijuana is not only perfectly acceptable, but it also happens to be kosher. However, Zalmanovich clarified that, “Taking drugs to escape this...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Seattle Company Offering Marijuana Sampling Tours

Seattle Company Offering Marijuana Sampling Tours

Now that cannabis consumers are expected to flock to Washington and Colorado, entrepenuers are getting creative with ways to cash in on “the Green Rush” without risking...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
Study: Cannabis Smoking Not Associated With Pulmonary Risks

Study: Cannabis Smoking Not Associated With Pulmonary Risks

Pulmonary complications associated with the regular smoking of cannabis are “relatively small” and far lower than those associated with tobacco smoking, according to a recent review published in the...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
MI Medical Marijuana Service Center Raided Twice in One Week

MI Medical Marijuana Service Center Raided Twice in One Week

Hydro World, a medical marijuana service center in Jackson, Michigan, was raided by police on July 1. After receiving word that the center was back in operation,...
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
NORML Meets With Former Mexican President on Cannabis Legalization

NORML Meets With Former Mexican President on Cannabis Legalization

At a meeting with drug reform advocates in San Francisco, former Mexican President Fox expressed support for California’s efforts to legally regulate cannabis, medical and otherwise. He...
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July 9, 2013
07/09/2013
Great Movies While High: Blade Runner

Great Movies While High: Blade Runner

The threats of a sequel (why Ridley why?!), combined with the good fortune of catching it on late while faded lately has tempted me to remind you:...
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July 9, 2013
07/09/2013
Become a Leader of the Cannabis Legalization Movement

Become a Leader of the Cannabis Legalization Movement

Leadership is defined by dictionary.com as “the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group,” “ability to lead [defined as “to conduct...
By: Mercedys
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July 9, 2013
07/09/2013
710 – Potland’s New Holiday

710 – Potland’s New Holiday

With the advent of cannabis concentrates and oils and their top billing among cannabis concoctions, celebrations of the oil, or “710” have popped up here in Portland,...
By: Anna Diaz
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July 9, 2013
07/09/2013
Washington Releases Marijuana Market Regulations

Washington Releases Marijuana Market Regulations

The Washington State Liquor Control Board released its final proposed regulations for the state’s adult marijuana industry on July 3. Among the proposed rules are requirements that the industry ensure public...
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July 9, 2013
07/09/2013

Higher Education Potential Indicator of Marijuana Use

A study looking at survey data pooled in 2010/11 comes from Northern Ireland and reveals that marijuana use rates tend to be greater for those engaged in higher...
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