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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 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 16, 2013
12/16/2013
Vaporizers Under Fire in Mainstream Media

Vaporizers Under Fire in Mainstream Media

It’s happening everywhere. Maybe in your very own neighborhood. People enjoying themselves with marijuana…but not suffering all the agony of smoking it! They’re using these mysterious new gadgets which...
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December 12, 2013
12/12/2013
Apple Accepts Cannabis Now Magazine Into the App Store

Apple Accepts Cannabis Now Magazine Into the App Store

Apple has accepted Cannabis Now magazine in its app store, the first cannabis magazine to be accepted.
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December 12, 2013
12/12/2013
Cannabis Critic Bill O’Reilly Criticizes Cannabis Critics

Cannabis Critic Bill O’Reilly Criticizes Cannabis Critics

Bill O’Reilly is a tad upset about the Denver Post hiring a cannabis editor.
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November 15, 2013
11/15/2013
Magazines From Right and Left Come Together on Legalization

Magazines From Right and Left Come Together on Legalization

Chris Soda from Drug Policy Alliance describes the growing support for marijuana legalization from all parties.
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November 11, 2013
11/11/2013
Drug-Related Hashtags Active After Instagram Kills Them

Drug-Related Hashtags Active After Instagram Kills Them

Yesterday, the BBC reported that Instagram had blocked several drug-related hashtags after a BBC investigation about drug sales on the photo-sharing network. Curious to see what had...
By: Andy Cush
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September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
San Diego Union Tribune Endorses Medical Marijuana

San Diego Union Tribune Endorses Medical Marijuana

San Diego Union Tribune endorses medical marijuana and urges San Diego City Council to adopt an ordinance allowing safe access for patients rather then an outright prohibition....
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September 11, 2013
09/11/2013
Big Marijuana? How About Be Afraid of Big-time Prohibitionists?

Big Marijuana? How About Be Afraid of Big-time Prohibitionists?

A fellow named David Frum recently wrote an anti-cannabusiness screed on CNN.com entitled “Be Afraid of Big Marijuana.” Frum is a Prohibitionist yammerer who’s on the Board of Directors...
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September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
Youth Drug Use on Decline, Most Media Fail to Notice

Youth Drug Use on Decline, Most Media Fail to Notice

One of the two annual major drug use surveys in the US released its results this week, coinciding with National Recovery Month, according to the news release from the...
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September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Federal Official: Pot Farmers Didn’t Start Yosemite Fire

Federal Official: Pot Farmers Didn’t Start Yosemite Fire

Over the weekend, we brought you the meta-story that a fire chief was quoted speculating that the cause of the massive Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park...
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August 31, 2013
08/31/2013
Someone Is Trying To Blame the Yosemite Fire On Marijuana

Someone Is Trying To Blame the Yosemite Fire On Marijuana

A recent story in the San Jose Mercury News really rustled my jimmies, because it was entitled “Rim Fire: Did illegal marijuana growers start the blaze?” Basically, the...
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August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Hot on the heels of CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently announced his support for the use of medical cannabis (just like we predicted), is Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox...
By: Andy Cush
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August 13, 2013
08/13/2013
NY Post, NYPD Confirm: Weed Lollipops Won’t Get You High

NY Post, NYPD Confirm: Weed Lollipops Won’t Get You High

“Weed World vans around NYC are selling phony marijuana pops that don’t contain pot,” reads the New York Post headline, and below it, a banner screaming “EXCLUSIVE.” That paper’s intrepid...
By: Andy Cush
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August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
Reflections on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Documentary: WEED

Reflections on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Documentary: WEED

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, created a documentary, simply titled WEED, based on a year’s research. The show focused on medical cannabis and aired last night. Overall, I was...
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August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
Will Washington Post Sale Help End Marijuana Prohibition?

Will Washington Post Sale Help End Marijuana Prohibition?

I jumped into a cab Monday afternoon at the airport at the top of the hour, when the all-news radio station led with an almost hysterical-in-tone news...
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June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

An impressive cast and crew list has came together to create HUSH The Series, a drama web series about the staggering consequences for a doctor who used...
By: Mercedys
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February 20, 2013
02/20/2013
Federal Marijuana Reform Bills Gaining Attention

Federal Marijuana Reform Bills Gaining Attention

In the wake of the introduction of federal marijuana reform bills on February 5, the national media has started paying closer attention to the possibility of change in the...
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November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Jon Stewart to Media: Grow Up On Cannabis Reform, It Matters

Jon Stewart to Media: Grow Up On Cannabis Reform, It Matters

Even with two states legalizing recreational marijuana, another state legalizing medical marijuana and several cities decriminalizing cannabis use this 2012 election year… apparently many in the mainstream media would...
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October 24, 2012
10/24/2012
Mainstream Media Cast Attention To Marijuana Legalization

Mainstream Media Cast Attention To Marijuana Legalization

The past few days affirm that the mainstream media is now starting to cast serious light and attention on both the numerous state cannabis legalization ballots pending...
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