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January 28, 2014
01/28/2014
Patrick Kennedy Concedes Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol

Patrick Kennedy Concedes Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol

Patrick Kennedy, chairman of anti-pot crusading Project SAM, has finally admitted that marijuana is safer than alcohol. He still argues in favor of prohibition.
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January 27, 2014
01/27/2014
Obama Drops Truthbomb, Prohibitionists Poop Pants

Obama Drops Truthbomb, Prohibitionists Poop Pants

Prohibitionists are crapping themselves in disgust, in response to a recent interview President Obama gave wherein he stated that cannabis was safer than alcohol and that prohibition...
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January 24, 2014
01/24/2014
Marijuana Or Alcohol: Which Is Really Worse for Your Health?

Marijuana Or Alcohol: Which Is Really Worse for Your Health?

Joseph Brownstein explores the health affects, short and long term, answering the question of which is safer: marijuana or alcohol?
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January 21, 2014
01/21/2014
Nottingham, UK: Bar Closed for Hosting Cannabis Club Event

Nottingham, UK: Bar Closed for Hosting Cannabis Club Event

A Nottingham bar was closed for hosting the Nottingham Cannabis Club, and law enforcement reminds us that all drugs destroy user’s lives… Oh, except alcohol.
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January 20, 2014
01/20/2014
President Obama: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol; Legalization in WA and CO “Important”

President Obama: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol; Legalization in WA and CO “Important”

In a profile published online over the weekend in New Yorker magazine, President Barack Obama continued his softening towards marijuana legalization. In the interview, the president alluded...
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January 9, 2014
01/09/2014
It’s Not an Opinion, Marijuana Is Less Dangerous

It’s Not an Opinion, Marijuana Is Less Dangerous

Fusion examines the media’s tendency to refer to the fact that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol as some unproven claim by legalization proponents.
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December 30, 2013
12/30/2013
A Whole New World: Legal Pot Sales Pit Patients vs Consumers

A Whole New World: Legal Pot Sales Pit Patients vs Consumers

And so it begins. On the first day of 2014, the cannabis policy battle lines decisively shift. No longer strictly a fight between drug warriors and POWs,...
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December 24, 2013
12/24/2013
Prohibitionist Crusaders React to Teen Drug Use Survey

Prohibitionist Crusaders React to Teen Drug Use Survey

Resident breastplate-nipple Gil Kerlikowski and Prohibitionist Jr. Woodchuck Kevin Sabet have reacted in truly glorious form to the new teen drug use survey, citing a statistically miniscule...
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December 19, 2013
12/19/2013
Marijuana Arbitrarily Blamed for Young Man’s Ruination

Marijuana Arbitrarily Blamed for Young Man’s Ruination

This story of cannabis woe out of West Chester, PA caught my eye. The claim is that James Kiesling, a once smart and promising young man with a...
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December 18, 2013
12/18/2013
Above the Influence? How About the Truth RE: Marijuana

Above the Influence? How About the Truth RE: Marijuana

As part of my/our ongoing quest to combat misleading, incomplete, or down right bad “facts” about marijuana, I recently found myself perusing the cannabis page at Above...
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December 18, 2013
12/18/2013
Cannabis 101: Booze vs Grass

Cannabis 101: Booze vs Grass

With the recent news that there may be a global wine shortage turning out to be a bit exaggerated, there has been a lot of “Huzzahs!” going...
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December 16, 2013
12/16/2013
An Open Invitation to Mr. Bill O’Reilly: Smoke a Bowl With Me

An Open Invitation to Mr. Bill O’Reilly: Smoke a Bowl With Me

Dear Mr. Bill O’Reilly: I couldn’t help but notice how angry you got a few days ago after the Denver Post, which is the paper of record...
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December 12, 2013
12/12/2013
Taming Tinctures – Liquid Cannabis

Taming Tinctures – Liquid Cannabis

When people refer to marijuana tincture they’re talking about cannabis dissolved into some liquid. There’s two main liquids used in tinctures: alcohol and glycerin. THC may be...
By: Alice
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November 19, 2013
11/19/2013
High Times: Weed Continues to Win Over Booze

High Times: Weed Continues to Win Over Booze

In response to the argument that legalizing marijuana will add to society’s problems, High Times points to New Zealand, where residents have been giving up the bottle...
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November 8, 2013
11/08/2013
Alcohol Is Really Pissed Off at Marijuana Right Now

Alcohol Is Really Pissed Off at Marijuana Right Now

Alcohol lobbyists are not happy about the increasing acceptance of the fact that marijuana is safer than alcohol.
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November 6, 2013
11/06/2013
Washington Liquor Control Board Wants to Ban Marijuana in Bars

Washington Liquor Control Board Wants to Ban Marijuana in Bars

I highly doubt I am the first to say it, but I am going to say it again: what in the clear blue f*#k is up with...
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November 4, 2013
11/04/2013
Marijuana Legalization Will Produce Public Health Benefits

Marijuana Legalization Will Produce Public Health Benefits

Jacob Sullum explains on Forbes that marijuana legalization will reduce drinking, producing public health benefits such as fewer traffic deaths.
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October 31, 2013
10/31/2013
California Study Suggests Marijuana a Substitute for Alcohol

California Study Suggests Marijuana a Substitute for Alcohol

A New York Times article this week, Few Problems With Cannabis for California, reports that a pending study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management by Mark Anderson and...
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October 31, 2013
10/31/2013
Morgan Stanley Says Global Wine Shortage; We Say Cannabis Great Substitute

Morgan Stanley Says Global Wine Shortage; We Say Cannabis Great Substitute

Quick, wine connoisseurs, panic! Morgan Stanley Research released a report on Monday showing global demand for wine exceeded supply by approximately 300 million cases. The report goes...
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October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
Dan Riffle on CNN: Marijuana is Safer Than Alcohol

Dan Riffle on CNN: Marijuana is Safer Than Alcohol

In an excellent article on CNN, MPP’s Dan Riffle explains that marijuana is safer than alcohol, and describes the folly of cannabis prohibition.
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