December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Zen Healing: Veterans Get Free Marijuana at Los Angeles Dispensary With Proof of Military Service

Zen Healing: Veterans Get Free Marijuana at Los Angeles Dispensary With Proof of Military Service

West Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary Zen Healing announced this week that it’s giving vets a true “gift of appreciation:” Free weed!
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Video: Cop Gives Two Women Body Cavity Search for Pot on Public Highway, Using Same Glove

Video: Cop Gives Two Women Body Cavity Search for Pot on Public Highway, Using Same Glove

Who knew throwing a cigarette butt out of your car window in Texas (sure it’s littering) would lead to a publicly humiliating body cavity search under the...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
First Rural Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Cochise

First Rural Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Cochise

Arizona owner and operator Cathy Mead is a breast cancer survivor who began to see marijuana in a different light when she witnessed how it helped her...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Will Cigarette Makers Jump Into Cannabis Market?

Will Cigarette Makers Jump Into Cannabis Market?

A Philip Morris USA (Marlboro) spokesman was vague when asked if the nation’s largest tobacco company will produce or market cannabis. A spokesperson from the 2nd largest firm, Reynolds American...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Lubbock Orchestra Teacher Alejos Anaya Reinstated After Resolution of Marijuana Charge

Lubbock Orchestra Teacher Alejos Anaya Reinstated After Resolution of Marijuana Charge

Lubbock High School’s orchestra director, Alejos Anaya, resumed teaching duties on Monday after the resolution of his arrest Nov. 7 on a marijuana charge.
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Alternet: “Will Obama Go After Legal Pot In Washington and Colorado?”

Alternet: “Will Obama Go After Legal Pot In Washington and Colorado?”

It has been nearly seven weeks since voters in Colorado and Washington made history, enacting at the ballot box unprecedented measures legalizing the adult possession on cannabis. Yet...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Home Grow Setups for Amendment 64 – 1’x3’x4′ LED Bookshelf

Home Grow Setups for Amendment 64 – 1’x3’x4′ LED Bookshelf

Very Small – LED Bookshelf Personal Stash Garden – Great for light to moderate smokers. Required Space – 1′ x 3′ x 4′ shelf Equipment Costs – $414 to $456 – 100...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.18)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.18)

04:54pm A small-town Florida department run amok loses its chief–at least temporarily–an Alabama cop gets caught delivering weed, four South Texas cops get caught running cocaine,...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012

The Next Seven States to Legalize Marijuana?

09:15pm Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson continues his coverage of marijuana legalization with a not unjustifiably optimistic article, “The Next Seven States to Legalize Pot.” Dickinson’s predictions:...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Man Sues Larimer Sheriff over Destroyed Medical Marijuana Plants After Acquittal

Man Sues Larimer Sheriff over Destroyed Medical Marijuana Plants After Acquittal

Denver lawyer Rob Corry said his client expects to receive $5,000 per plant (totaling $210,000), based on what law enforcers have testified a marijuana plant is worth,...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
The Aqua Pipe: A Portable Little Bong

The Aqua Pipe: A Portable Little Bong

If you are looking for a new water bong but you have limited funds, try the Aqua Pipe out for size. Not only is it compact and cute,...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Feds Settles With Montana Medical Marijuana Provider Chris Williams

Feds Settles With Montana Medical Marijuana Provider Chris Williams

Montana medical marijuana provider Chris Williams has reached a settlement with prosecutors.
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Medical Marijuana? Heck Yes… But I Want to Go Beyond That

Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Medical Marijuana? Heck Yes… But I Want to Go Beyond That

During an interview with HuffPo Live yesterday, Newark Mayor and potential gubernatorial candidate Cory Booker made some very strong statements in favor of drug law reform. When asked...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Colorado Marijuana Task Force Holds First Meeting

Colorado Marijuana Task Force Holds First Meeting

The group in charge of creating rules for an industry that has never existed before — the recreational marijuana stores allowed under Colorado’s newly enacted Amendment 64...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Seattle Times: “It’s Time For Employers To Rethink Marijuana, Drug-Testing Policies”

Seattle Times: “It’s Time For Employers To Rethink Marijuana, Drug-Testing Policies”

A majority of Americans are now demanding we reassess our cannabis policies. As I argue in The Seattle Times, this reassessment should also include amending employers’ policies that sanction workers’...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Great Christmas Gift Ideas for Weedists

Great Christmas Gift Ideas for Weedists

Christmas is just around the corner, and if you’re a procrastinator like me, you haven’t crossed much off your gift list yet. Don’t worry, there’s still time to...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Study Shows Marijuana Often Substituted for Alcohol and Other Drugs

Study Shows Marijuana Often Substituted for Alcohol and Other Drugs

I remember one of the clients I had on internship. He’d been drinking a fifth of bourbon a day for years. As you’d guess, his liver was...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club

Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club

The city of Oakland renewed demands to stay forfeiture proceedings against a local medical marijuana dispensary whose business it defends as a matter of state’s rights. Though...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Massachusetts Communities Seek Delay in Medical Marijuana Law

Massachusetts Communities Seek Delay in Medical Marijuana Law

At least two Massachusetts towns have voted already to ban dispensaries — Wakefield and Reading. Other communities are considering similar moves.
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
US Has 330,000 Drug Offenders in Prison

US Has 330,000 Drug Offenders in Prison

04:55pm The number of people in prison in America declined last year for the second year in a row, according to a new report from the Bureau...
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