October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Marijuana Could Be Legal in Oregon, Colorado and Washington After Election Day

Marijuana Could Be Legal in Oregon, Colorado and Washington After Election Day

Two lines of coke killed Carter’s plan to legalize marijuana. Thirty-five years later, pro-pot leader Keith Stroup reflects on how close he came and how close we...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Talk to Your Parents, Grandparents; Help End Prohibition Now

Talk to Your Parents, Grandparents; Help End Prohibition Now

If every weedist had a simple conversation with their parents, grandparents or any other elderly friend/family could prohibition come crashing down at a record pace? Only 31%...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)

07:37pm It’s been a fairly quiet week on the corrupt cop front, but we’ve still got some Missouri jail guards in trouble, a Houston cop accused...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Marijuana Washing Up On South Florida Shores At Record Rate

Marijuana Washing Up On South Florida Shores At Record Rate

Smuggling in Florida is big business again, and this time it’s marijuana, not cocaine. Since April, 885 pounds of marijuana worth roughly $1.5 million has washed up on Florida beaches.
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads for Finish Line

Arkansas Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads for Finish Line

05:28pm Medical marijuana has made great inroads in parts of the United States. With the exceptions of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, the West is medical marijuana...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells “the Size of a Typical Elevator”

NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells “the Size of a Typical Elevator”

Mike Riggs analyzes some pretty horrific findings in a new New York Civil Liberties Union report, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished with months,...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Marijuana Ordinance Adopted by Kalamazoo City Commission

Marijuana Ordinance Adopted by Kalamazoo City Commission

People caught possessing marijuana in Kalamazoo will receive an appearance ticket instead of being arrested, under an ordinance adopted Monday by the Kalamazoo City Commission.
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions

MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions

01:59am Court administrators in Massachusetts are scrambling to set up special court sessions to address the cases of more than a thousand people imprisoned after being...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Presidential Debates Should Address Marijuana Prohibition

Presidential Debates Should Address Marijuana Prohibition

The Brownie Mary Club Democratic Club of California is hosting an online petition to be presented to the chairman of the Presidential Debate Commission, to include at...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Just Say Now and the Amendment 64 Campaign Need Your Help Contacting Voters in Colorado

Just Say Now and the Amendment 64 Campaign Need Your Help Contacting Voters in Colorado

Just Say Now is looking for donations of time and money to help reach the Amendment 64 voters in Colorado. If you have time over the next...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Mitt Romney: Marijuana ‘For Recreational Use’ Is Bad, But I Also Oppose It For All Purposes

Mitt Romney: Marijuana ‘For Recreational Use’ Is Bad, But I Also Oppose It For All Purposes

In an interview with the Denver Post, Mitt Romney was asked to weigh in on the future of the state’s medical marijuana industry. His response: “I oppose marijuana being...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
The World of One Hitters

The World of One Hitters

In my college days, I had (and still have) a one hitter that was my go-to piece for a quick smoke. One hitters are small metal pipes...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
I-502: Legalize Marijuana for Racial-Justice Reasons

I-502: Legalize Marijuana for Racial-Justice Reasons

Washington voters should legalize marijuana and vote yes on Initiative 502 (I-502) because drug laws disproportionately harm African Americans and Latinos.
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Breaking: LA City Council Reverses MMJ Dispensary Ban!

Breaking: LA City Council Reverses MMJ Dispensary Ban!

50,000 signatures from medical marijuana activists, supports, and everyday voters apparently got the attention of the Los Angeles City Council. The LA Times is reporting that they...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Canada Health Ministry Bans “Bath Salts” Drug

Canada Health Ministry Bans “Bath Salts” Drug

05:42pm The Canadian government has banned MDPV (methylenedioxypyrovalerone), a synthetic stimulant commonly found in “bath salts” drugs. The ban went into effect last Wednesday, the same...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Video: Roseanne Barr’s Oaksterdam Speech

Video: Roseanne Barr’s Oaksterdam Speech

Roseanne Barr was invited to Oaksterdam University last week to speak about her push for complete legalization of marijuana. Fifty-nine year-old Barr, who currently runs a nut farm in Hawaii, talked...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Amendment 64 Could Threaten Colorado Medical Marijuana Paradise

Amendment 64 Could Threaten Colorado Medical Marijuana Paradise

The Ticket examines some Colorado medical marijuana businesses’ concerns that if Amendment 64 is passed in November, it “could goad the federal government into a crackdown on...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Rolling Stone: 9 Signs That Pot Legalization is Coming Soon

Rolling Stone: 9 Signs That Pot Legalization is Coming Soon

In a recent article, Rolling Stone magazine’s Julian Brookes suggests that there are 9 signs that pot legalization is coming soon. When you consider the evidence, it’s...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Opinion: South Dakota Marijuana Laws Waste Resources

Opinion: South Dakota Marijuana Laws Waste Resources

This war on our neighbors in South Dakota is an epic waste. Republican In Name Only. R.I.N.O. That is what people on the radical religious right call people,...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
British Columbia Local Governments Call for Marijuana Decriminalization

British Columbia Local Governments Call for Marijuana Decriminalization

03:29pm Municipal leaders across British Columbia last week endorsed a resolution calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. The move came at the meeting of the Union...
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