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  Wisconsin Marijuana advocates planning State Capitol lobby day Jan. 16

  November 23, 2012 at 7:46 am / Cannabis News

  State medical cannabis patients and activists are planning a Medical Cannabis Lobby Day on Wed. Jan. 16, 2013 at the State Capitol in Madison.     The Madison and Wisconsin chapters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), along with Is My Medicine Legal YET? (IMMLY), the Wisconsin medical cannabis advocacy group founded by medical cannabis bill namesake Jacki Rickert, are joining forces to bring advocates to Madison. NORML has already filed permits for the event. [...]

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  Will Marijuana Legalization Teach Progressives the Virtues of Federalism?

  November 23, 2012 at 4:11 am / Cannabis News

  While former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo endorsed that state’s marijuana legalization initiative, the think tank he ran before he was elected to the House did not.     The Independence Institute (“Freedom’s Front Line”) “held no position on Amendment 64,” its current president, Jon Caldara, notes. But Caldara argues that, “even if you hate pot being legal,” the measure’s passage two weeks ago created “a great teachable moment”: We finally have a state-rights issue that the Left can, must and [...]

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  Dutch govt scraps `weed pass’ for coffee shops

  November 23, 2012 at 4:05 am / Cannabis News

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dope-selling coffee shops in Amsterdam won’t be shutting their doors to foreign visitors any time soon, a huge relief to the hundreds of thousands of tourists who enjoy a toke or two in the Dutch capital alongside their excursions on the canals and to the museums. Amsterdam welcomed Tuesday changes in the national government’s drug policies as a green light to let tourists keep rolling in to the city’s 220 world famous cafes that sell cannabis, [...]

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