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January 2, 2014
01/02/2014
Raw Story: Colorado Lets You Smoke Pot, Your Boss Might Not

Raw Story: Colorado Lets You Smoke Pot, Your Boss Might Not

Raw Story’s Travis Gettys explains that while Colorado lets you smoke pot, employers still have the right to fire employees for it.
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December 31, 2013
12/31/2013
Alberto Willmore: Arrested by NYPD for Smoking

Alberto Willmore: Arrested by NYPD for Smoking

I have to say that I am just perplexed by the amount of force and energy that the NYPD (under Mayor Bloomberg’s directive) uses to crack down...
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December 9, 2013
12/09/2013
Customer Gets Blunt in Burger, Calls Cops for Some Reason

Customer Gets Blunt in Burger, Calls Cops for Some Reason

TMZ is reporting one lucky winner at a Wendy’s in Lovejoy, Georgia, received in addition to her cheese a “half-smoked” blunt, conveniently located inside the sandwich itself....
By: Andy Cush
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December 2, 2013
12/02/2013
Medical Marijuana Gaffe: 3 Patients Fired, 1 Home Invasion

Medical Marijuana Gaffe: 3 Patients Fired, 1 Home Invasion

So far, Health Canada’s less-than-discrete envelopes are responsible for at least 3 patients being fired and a home invasion, a lawyer claims.
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November 19, 2013
11/19/2013
Positive Drug Tests for Marijuana Plummet

Positive Drug Tests for Marijuana Plummet

Over the past decade, positive drug tests for marijuana in the general workforce have dropped by 1/3.
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November 14, 2013
11/14/2013
Survey: Unacceptable To Be Fired For Off-Job Marijuana Use

Survey: Unacceptable To Be Fired For Off-Job Marijuana Use

Nearly two-thirds of Americans disagree with workplace policies that allow employers to sanction an employee for his or her off-the-job consumption of cannabis, according to a just released...
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August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

Man Tweets for Weed at Work; Job Goes Up in Smoke

An auto shop worker in Toronto decided to use twitter to ask someone to deliver him some weed at work, a tweet which the York Regional Police...
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April 23, 2013
04/23/2013
Study: Medical Marijuana Will Create 1,500 Jobs in Arizona

Study: Medical Marijuana Will Create 1,500 Jobs in Arizona

A study sponsored by the Regulated Dispensaries of Arizona Association estimates that 1,500 jobs will be created by Arizona’s new medical marijuana industry. Oregon’s medical marijuana industry...
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March 6, 2013
03/06/2013
Decision On WA State Marijuana Consultant Taking Time

Decision On WA State Marijuana Consultant Taking Time

Washington’s Liquor Control Board has delayed the announcement of the new state marijuana consultant hired to advise the board on the implementation of I-502. The board received...
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February 19, 2013
02/19/2013
112 Make Deadline to Apply for Washington Marijuana Expert Consultant Positions

112 Make Deadline to Apply for Washington Marijuana Expert Consultant Positions

The Washington State Liquor Control Board received 112 applications for marijuana expert consultants to help implement recreational marijuana legalization under Initiative 502. Desired knowledge includes how to grow...
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January 15, 2013
01/15/2013
StoptheDrugWar.org Internships: Legislative, Writing/Research, Web, IT, Admin/Finance, Communications

StoptheDrugWar.org Internships: Legislative, Writing/Research, Web, IT, Admin/Finance, Communications

StoptheDrugWar.org works for an end to drug prohibition worldwide and an end to the “drug war” in its current form. We believe that much of the harm...
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January 14, 2013
01/14/2013
Washington State Seeks Marijuana Consumption Experts

Washington State Seeks Marijuana Consumption Experts

On Jan. 14,  the Washington State Liquor Control Board will issue a request for consultants to gauge marijuana consumption in WA state under Initiative 502. About 70 applications...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Debating the Virtues of the Wake and Bake

Debating the Virtues of the Wake and Bake

To wake and bake, or to not wake and bake? This is the ultimate question for those regular tokers with a busy schedule. For those with a...
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