August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
WI Teen Hit with Marijuana Possession After Mom Lets Cop Search Car

WI Teen Hit with Marijuana Possession After Mom Lets Cop Search Car

John W. Gemeinhardt, an 18 year old in WI, has been charged with marijuana possession after he didn’t allow a cop to search his car, but his...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative Polling Very Well

Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative Polling Very Well

07:34pm It looks like Massachusetts is set to become a new medical marijuana state. According to a new Public Policy Polling survey, the medical marijuana initiative there...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Pot Legalization Campaigns in Two States Raise $3 Million

Pot Legalization Campaigns in Two States Raise $3 Million

Backers of pot legalization in Washington and Colorado have cumulatively raised $3 million dollars in campaigns, far surpassing their opposition. Part of the money has been used to...
By: Lateralus
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Bill Hicks About Marijuana Law: Evolve Ideas

Bill Hicks About Marijuana Law: Evolve Ideas

It isn’t his birthday or a remembrance of when he died, but Bill Hicks was a huge influence on not just me and my beliefs but many...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Seattle Hempfest: Should You Trust the Edibles?

Seattle Hempfest: Should You Trust the Edibles?

Every time I talked with someone about Seattle’s Hempfest, both before and after the event, the conversation started with edibles. Homemade edibles supplied by attending weedists are...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Alabama Narcs Kill One, Wound One

Alabama Narcs Kill One, Wound One

05:21pm Undercover narcs with the Hueytown Police shot and killed one man and wounded another in nearby Brighton Wednesday afternoon. Calvin Robinson, 21, becomes the 44th person...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Vermont Update: Pro-Reform Candidate Gov. Shumlin Holds Massive Lead

Vermont Update: Pro-Reform Candidate Gov. Shumlin Holds Massive Lead

New polling data released this week from Castleton Polling Institute shows pro-reform incumbent Governor Peter Shumlin (D) holding a massive lead over his challenger, Randy Brock (R). A survey of 477...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
NAACP Regional Chapters Endorse CO, OR, WA Marijuana Initiatives

NAACP Regional Chapters Endorse CO, OR, WA Marijuana Initiatives

03:59pm All three marijuana legalization initiatives on state ballots this year have won the endorsement of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) regional...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
DEA Sends Warning Letter to 23 Seattle Area Medical Pot Dispensaries

DEA Sends Warning Letter to 23 Seattle Area Medical Pot Dispensaries

Yesterday, the DEA sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries in the Seattle area determined to be located within “1,000 feet of a school, playground or other...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Oregon, Ellen Rosenblum and Marijuana

Oregon, Ellen Rosenblum and Marijuana

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum surely would prefer to put the issue of marijuana behind her. No such luck. Marijuana will remain a hot topic throughout her...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Attorney General Files to Halt Licensing of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Attorney General Files to Halt Licensing of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are at risk as Attorney General Tom Horne argues that voters are legally powerless to authorize anyone to sell marijuana as long as it...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Piece of the Week | R2D2 Glass Pipe

Piece of the Week | R2D2 Glass Pipe

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… well actually, 2012 from Cookeville, Tennessee… comes the R2D2 glass pipe for people who love Star Wars and love...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Perfect PC Keyboard While Working With Weed (or Munchies)

Perfect PC Keyboard While Working With Weed (or Munchies)

Logitech is soon releasing a fully washable keyboard that can even be submerged in up to 11 inches of water, just don’t include the USB plug. The K310...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Infographic: Another Reminder That Marijuana is Safe

Infographic: Another Reminder That Marijuana is Safe

This infographic, created with data compiled in 1994 by Dr. Jack E. Henningfield and Dr. Neal L. Burkowitz, is just one of the vast sea of examples that...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Do You Agree with Senator Rand Paul That Hemp = Jobs?

Do You Agree with Senator Rand Paul That Hemp = Jobs?

Nick Gillespie at Reason calls Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) a “a socially conservative Christian who wants to end the federal drug war, bring the troops home, and seriously cut...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
California Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Case As Moot

California Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Case As Moot

The California Supreme Court dismissed review yesterday of an important appellate court ruling affecting medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. Specifically, the High Court threw out the...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Yale study: Alcohol Gateway Drug Effect Much Larger Than Marijuana’s

Yale study: Alcohol Gateway Drug Effect Much Larger Than Marijuana’s

A Yale study published Tuesday in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that the alcohol gateway drug effect is much larger than marijuana’s. People who used alcohol or tobacco...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Chronicle Book Review: The FARC

Chronicle Book Review: The FARC

01:10pm The FARC: The Longest Insurgency, by Garry Leech (2011, Zed Press, 178 pages) The FARC (the Spanish-language acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Blunt Force: San Diego Landlord Cleared to Evict Marijuana Dispensary

Blunt Force: San Diego Landlord Cleared to Evict Marijuana Dispensary

The US Bankruptcy Court in San Diego has granted the landlord of Mother Earth Alternative Healing Cooperative’s headquarters permission to move forward with evicting the medical marijuana...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Did You Know Bayer Made Heroin?

Did You Know Bayer Made Heroin?

That’s right, Bayer made Heroin. Well chemically, Heroin is diacetylmorphine and diacetylmorphine was first synthesized in 1874 by C. R. Alder Wright, but the name ‘Heroin’, that’s...
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