March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
The Green Rush is Spreading Across America

The Green Rush is Spreading Across America

The Green Rush is on. Cannabis deregulation is opening up so many new possibilities that economists are comparing it to the Gold Rushes of the 1800’s. Suddenly...
By: Mercedys
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Idaho Lawmakers Tone Deaf to Constituents

Idaho Lawmakers Tone Deaf to Constituents

Senate Concurrent Resolution 112 is set for a final vote on the Idaho House floor. Already approved by the Senate, if passed it would officially proclaim...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Second NYPD Whistleblower Tells Why He Taped Brass

Second NYPD Whistleblower Tells Why He Taped Brass

A second Bronx police officer on Thursday told a federal judge why he recorded his superiors pressuring him to stop and frisk more young black and Latino...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Treating PTSD with Medical Marijuana Could Curb Veteran Suicides

Treating PTSD with Medical Marijuana Could Curb Veteran Suicides

How many people could we save by switching our treatment strategy away from psychotropic drugs and towards medical marijuana? It’s worth finding out.
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Petitions Full DC Circuit to Review Rescheduling Appeal

Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Petitions Full DC Circuit to Review Rescheduling Appeal

Patient plaintiffs argue that federal appeals panel has set unreasonable standard for medical efficacy Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a petition...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
TheFix.com: “The Drug Warriors Cashing In on Pot Prohibition”

TheFix.com: “The Drug Warriors Cashing In on Pot Prohibition”

“Former public servants, from DEA chiefs to cops, are using their clout to lobby for drug policies that enrich themselves.” That’s the sub-headline on today’s exceptional feature story on...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
40th Anniversary of the Report That Could Have Stopped the War on Drugs

40th Anniversary of the Report That Could Have Stopped the War on Drugs

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Shafer Report, the extensive study commissioned by Richard Nixon to advise him on drug policy. Surprisingly, both to Nixon and to most readers...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Weed Vending Machines Coming to California

Weed Vending Machines Coming to California

California weed-smokers no longer have to go through the grueling inconvenience of dragging themselves to a dispensary. Hurray, weed vending machines. At least three dispensaries in L.A. are...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Bill Advances in Maryland House

Medical Marijuana Bill Advances in Maryland House

A measure to allow medical marijuana in Maryland moved forward in the House of Delegates on Saturday. The legislation would create a commission to oversee a medical marijuana...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
As NYC Pot Busts Continue, New York Punts on Marijuana Reform

As NYC Pot Busts Continue, New York Punts on Marijuana Reform

People — almost all of them young people of color — are being arrested at the rate of a thousand a week in New York City for...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Piece of the Week | Bates/Worm Worked Diffusion Pump with Box Fan Space Dome

Piece of the Week | Bates/Worm Worked Diffusion Pump with Box Fan Space Dome

This week’s Piece of the Week is a real treat, a live milk demo of a collabo between two of the glass industries heaviest hitters. Steve Bates...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Secret Roll Call Recordings Played in NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Trial

Secret Roll Call Recordings Played in NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Trial

An NYPD officer testified Wednesday that his bosses retaliated for his blowing the whistle on quotas by prosecuting him for false statements on forms that his patrol...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Oklahoma to Consider Lessening Marijuana Penalties

Oklahoma to Consider Lessening Marijuana Penalties

Oklahoma has some of the harshest penalties for marijuana possession in the nation. A second offense for possession of any amount of marijuana is a felony punishable...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
New Hampshire House Passes Decriminalization Bill

New Hampshire House Passes Decriminalization Bill

For the fourth time in five years, a cannabis decriminalization bill has been approved by New Hampshire’s House of Representatives. The bill would reduce penalties for possession...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
After Multiple Defeats, San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis Will Prosecute Jovan Jackson Again

After Multiple Defeats, San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis Will Prosecute Jovan Jackson Again

013 Jovan Jackson a medical cannabis patient, Navy veteran, and former operator of Answerdam, a medical marijuana collective in San Diego, was in court yesterday to learn...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Pot Prices – February 2013

Pot Prices – February 2013

High Times reports the US Price, Kind, and Mids indices all finished above their respective January averages. The US Price Index jumped up $35 per ounce from January to...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
United Nations: Three-Quarters of World’s Illicit Drug Users Consume Cannabis

United Nations: Three-Quarters of World’s Illicit Drug Users Consume Cannabis

Cannabis is consumed by an estimated 75 percent of all the world’s illicit drug users, making it the most widely-used illicit substance in the world, according to the United...
By: NORML
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Aurora, Colorado Calculates Money from Marijuana Tax

Aurora, Colorado Calculates Money from Marijuana Tax

Aurora could regulate marijuana retailers like liquor stores, which are required to be about 2,000 feet apart from any rival. That would give Aurora room for about...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Sens. Leahy and Paul Introduce Bill to Undo Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

Sens. Leahy and Paul Introduce Bill to Undo Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

013 Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have introduced S. 619, the bipartisan “Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013,” allowing judges to set aside mandatory...
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March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
Great Music While High: Jefferson Airplane

Great Music While High: Jefferson Airplane

Prospero recently discussed the joys of psychedelic rock. Why not get classic and discover the real psychedelic music from the 60s that started it all? Even if...
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