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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

03:42pm Yes, it’s true, medical marijuana dispensaries really are coming in Arizona, and in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Harborside wins in state court, and Mendocino County ponders a...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Free Weedist Lighter at Kamaceuticals: Attention Colorado MMJ Patients!

Free Weedist Lighter at Kamaceuticals: Attention Colorado MMJ Patients!

  The Weedist powers-that-be have bestowed a huge crop of Weedist-branded lighters on the Denver area. As a way to spread the word about the site and...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

01:46pm Some 20 Colorado business organizations wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday urging him to enforce federal laws barring the sale and possession...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Colorado Cannabis Coffeeshops?

Colorado Cannabis Coffeeshops?

While someone smoking pot at a table on a patio or next to a window might run afoul of the Amendment 64 ban on “openly and publicly”...
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December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Amendment 64 Allows Home Grows – Let’s Get Growing, Colorado

Amendment 64 Allows Home Grows – Let’s Get Growing, Colorado

It is now legal for adults 21 and over to possess, use and grow cannabis in Colorado. With the opening of non-medical marijuana retail stores about a...
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December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Denver Apparently Host to First Terrestrial Cannabis Radio Station, Pot 107.1

Denver Apparently Host to First Terrestrial Cannabis Radio Station, Pot 107.1

Driving around with a friend after work last night, he flipped on the radio to 107.1, expecting the electronic dance music that usually plays on there. What...
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December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Legal Marijuana May Give NFL a Headache

Legal Marijuana May Give NFL a Headache

The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks play in states where marijuana is now legal, a massive potential legal and public relations headache for the NFL. This could have implications for where...
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December 3, 2012
12/03/2012
Congressional Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Halt Federal Interference In State Marijuana Laws

Congressional Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Halt Federal Interference In State Marijuana Laws

United States Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress — House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 — to amend the US Controlled...
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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
TSA Says Flying Between Colorado and Washington With Marijuana Will Be Okay… Sort Of

TSA Says Flying Between Colorado and Washington With Marijuana Will Be Okay… Sort Of

According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), if medical marijuana patients’ paperwork checks out, they can board a flight with meds in tow as long as they are headed...
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November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Governor Hickenlooper to Create Marijuana Task Force to Iron Out Laws for Legal Weed in Colorado

Governor Hickenlooper to Create Marijuana Task Force to Iron Out Laws for Legal Weed in Colorado

Colorado Governor Hickenlooper will create a marijuana task force to help iron out the new laws and policy regarding legal marijuana in the state.
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November 28, 2012
11/28/2012
The Hill.com: “Voters Say ‘No’ To Pot Prohibition”

The Hill.com: “Voters Say ‘No’ To Pot Prohibition”

I have an op/ed today online at The Hill.com’s influential Congress blog (“Where lawmakers come to blog”). Read an excerpt from it below: Voters say ‘No’ to...
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November 27, 2012
11/27/2012
Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana

Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana

In the wake of the historic votes for marijuana law reform on November 6th, there has been a renewed focus on the topic and a shift in...
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November 22, 2012
11/22/2012
Weedist is Thankful For…

Weedist is Thankful For…

Happy Thanksgiving Have a smoke, snack on some edibles, or hit the vaporizer and reflect with us on the meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday. Many of us...
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November 21, 2012
11/21/2012
Colorado US Representatives Move to Support Legal Marijuana

Colorado US Representatives Move to Support Legal Marijuana

012, 04:02pm In the wake of this month’s vote in Colorado to legalize marijuana, which won with 55% of the vote, a bipartisan group from the state’s...
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November 21, 2012
11/21/2012
MOMENTUM: Post Election, Marijuana Law Reform Bills to be Introduced at Both State and Federal Level

MOMENTUM: Post Election, Marijuana Law Reform Bills to be Introduced at Both State and Federal Level

The message from our big wins on Election Day has already begun to reverberate around the nation. Right on the heels of the votes in Washington and...
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November 21, 2012
11/21/2012
Law Enforcement Call on DOJ to Respect State Marijuana Laws

Law Enforcement Call on DOJ to Respect State Marijuana Laws

012, 03:12pm Tuesday morning, former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former police officers, judges, prosecutors, and federal agents to...
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November 20, 2012
11/20/2012
Prosecutors in Colorado, Washington Dismiss Even More Marijuana Cases

Prosecutors in Colorado, Washington Dismiss Even More Marijuana Cases

Prosecutors throughout Colorado and Washington state continue to dismiss hundreds of pending misdemeanor marijuana possession cases. On Thursday, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey and City Attorney Doug Friednash announced that they...
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November 19, 2012
11/19/2012
Another Trio of Drug War Deaths

Another Trio of Drug War Deaths

04:02pm Colorado and Washington may have legalized marijuana, but the drug war continues apace. We here record three more deaths in the name of drug prohibition....
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November 19, 2012
11/19/2012
UN Drug Watchdog “Concerned” with Marijuana Legalization Votes

UN Drug Watchdog “Concerned” with Marijuana Legalization Votes

01:31pm The president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Thursday voiced “grave concern” about the votes legalizing marijuana in the US states of Colorado and...
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November 16, 2012
11/16/2012
Voters Legalize Marijuana, States Dismiss Hundreds of Pending Marijuana Cases

Voters Legalize Marijuana, States Dismiss Hundreds of Pending Marijuana Cases

Many wondered just what the exact effects of passing a marijuana legalization law would be. Some speculated no good would come of passing a state law while...
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