September 18, 2012
09/18/2012
Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Measure Polls 51 Percent

Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Measure Polls 51 Percent

04:55pm The latest poll, released Saturday by SurveyUSA for the Denver Post, has Colorado’s marijuana legalization initiative at 51%, with 40% opposed and 8% undecided. The initiative, Amendment...
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September 18, 2012
09/18/2012
Pepperdine University Denies Student Internship at MPP

Pepperdine University Denies Student Internship at MPP

Last week, the deans of Seaver College internship program at Pepperdine University officially refused to approve the application of sophomore political science major Victoria Stanzione to intern...
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September 18, 2012
09/18/2012
Doug Darrell Acquitted Of Marijuana Charges Through Jury Nullification In New Hampshire

Doug Darrell Acquitted Of Marijuana Charges Through Jury Nullification In New Hampshire

Doug Darrell, a New Hampshire Rastafarian facing felony marijuana cultivation charges, was declared not guilty on Friday because a jury believed that punishing him for the offense...
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September 18, 2012
09/18/2012
2012 High Times Cannabis Cup Seattle Winners

2012 High Times Cannabis Cup Seattle Winners

The 2012 High Times Cannabis Cup Seattle winners were chosen over the weekend (also of interest: the winners of the 2012 Cannabis Cup San Francisco). Here’s some...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Tales of California Medical Marijuana | Family Road Trip Vacation

Tales of California Medical Marijuana | Family Road Trip Vacation

Being a transplant to California, many things out here catch me a bit off-guard, but our California medical marijuana system, now that’s something special. I was a...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Grand Rapids, MI Police Chief Opposes Relaxing Pot Law

Grand Rapids, MI Police Chief Opposes Relaxing Pot Law

The police chief in Michigan’s second-largest city opposes a ballot question that would make marijuana possession a civil infraction in Grand Rapids, not a misdemeanor crime. He said...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Showtime’s ‘Weeds’ Goes Up in Smoke After 8 Years

Showtime’s ‘Weeds’ Goes Up in Smoke After 8 Years

Showtime’s “Weeds” had its series finale last night after 8 years and 100 episodes. Although a few seasons were iffy (IMO), Weeds was a groundbreaking series for...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA) Accepting Applications

Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA) Accepting Applications

The eleventh annual Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA) will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe.   The day event includes...
By: Anna Diaz
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Senior Citizens and Cannabis Patient Advocates Brave San Diego Federal Courthouse

Senior Citizens and Cannabis Patient Advocates Brave San Diego Federal Courthouse

by Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Over 60 senior citizens put the Edward Schwartz Federal Courthouse on its ear by forming a long line...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Dallas Star Larry Hagman Used Medical Marijuana After Cancer

Dallas Star Larry Hagman Used Medical Marijuana After Cancer

Larry Hagman, the 80-year-old star of both the original Dallas TV series and its reboot, was treated for throat cancer last year. Hagman turned to medical marijuana...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal Endangers 34,000 Drug Cases

Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal Endangers 34,000 Drug Cases

05:27pm Some 34,000 eastern Massachusetts drug cases could go up in smoke in the wake of a still unfolding scandal around a state laboratory analyst who...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
7 Steps to Smoke Pot and Never Get Caught

7 Steps to Smoke Pot and Never Get Caught

Smoke pot? Radical Russ shares 7 tips to minimizing the odds of an unpleasant conversation with law enforcement, although to be batting 1,000 you also need to be...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Most Statewide Marijuana Initiatives Lead Solidly In Polls

Most Statewide Marijuana Initiatives Lead Solidly In Polls

Four of the six statewide marijuana initiatives appearing on the November 2012 ballot are solidly favored among likely voters. Voters in six states – Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon,...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Piece of the Week | Robert Mickelsen AR-15 Bong

Piece of the Week | Robert Mickelsen AR-15 Bong

Now you have the perfect gift for your buddy who loves weed and the NRA… the Robert Mickelsen AR-15 bong. Details on the Mickelsen AR-15 Bong You...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Palo Alto City Council Opposes Measure to Permit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Palo Alto City Council Opposes Measure to Permit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

The Palo Alto City Council established its opposition this week to a controversial November ballot measure that aims to make it legal for medical marijuana dispensaries to...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Massachusetts Voter Guide Lists Spoof Website Calling Medical Marijuana a Gateway to “Twinkie Addiction”

Massachusetts Voter Guide Lists Spoof Website Calling Medical Marijuana a Gateway to “Twinkie Addiction”

The opposition to the medical marijuana state ballot measure submitted a URL to the Massachusetts State Voter Guide without registering it. Now the URL is home to a spoof site declaring, among other...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Political Think Tank Looks At Legal Marijuana Revenue

Political Think Tank Looks At Legal Marijuana Revenue

The well-respected, non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts wrote a fairly balanced article in their newsletter about the possible consequences of legal marijuana, based on pending initiatives in Washington, Oregon, and...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Drug Sentences Driving Federal Prison Population Growth, Government Report Finds

Drug Sentences Driving Federal Prison Population Growth, Government Report Finds

04:58pm In a report released Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that growth in the federal prison population is outstripping the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) rated capacity...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Oregon’s Measure 80 Launches Online Shop

Oregon’s Measure 80 Launches Online Shop

The Measure 80 online store is now open for business. They have bumper stickers, t-shirts and posters available now. More items are being added every day, so...
By: Anna Diaz
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Little-Known Cannabinoid May Treat Epileptic Seizures

Little-Known Cannabinoid May Treat Epileptic Seizures

Epilepsy is a serious medical condition noted chiefly for recurrent brain seizures, affecting many millions of people across the world. Typical pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, often...
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