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Texas Legislator Files Bill to Legalize Marijuana

March 5, 2015 at 1:02 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Texas legislator, David Simpson, is mounting a campaign to make marijuana as legal as tomatoes. Representative Simpson, in Longview, Texas, filed a bill Monday that would remove prohibition of marijuana from every Texas law on the books. House Bill 2165 would not just create a new law pertaining to certain marijuana use, it would repeal all previous laws relating to the cannabis plant by striking each reference to marijuana from Texas law. “I am proposing that this plant be regulated [...]

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World’s First Marijuana Commercial Introduced by Canadian Company

July 15, 2014 at 4:48 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A Canadian company recently released a sneak peek into what the owners are calling “the world’s first marijuana commercial.” Here’s the scene: A man walks into a liquor store in search of products that come from “a plant that grows out of the ground.” He is met with hostility from an employee, who suggests choosing the “liquid alternative” that’s legal. “You know, the [liquid alternative] that leads to violence, social problems, the occasional gruesome death,” the store clerk adds. The [...]

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Legal Pot in the US Is Crippling Mexican Cartels

May 9, 2014 at 10:33 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Marijuana has accounted for nearly half of all total drug arrests in the US for the past 20 years, according to the FBI’s crime statistics. And according to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a large portion of the US illegal drug market is controlled directly by Mexican cartels. The DOJ’s National Drug Intelligence Center, which has since been shut down, found in 2011 that the top cartels controlled the majority of drug trade in marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine in over 1,000 US cities. Now, [...]

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Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales Commence

January 1, 2014 at 9:30 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

At 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day, in an industrial area a few miles from downtown Denver, a former Marine named Sean Azzariti walked into a giant store and bought a bag of weed. Legally. To smoke just for fun, if he’s so inclined. Azzariti’s transaction — 3.5 grams of Bubba Kush for $40 and 50 mg of Truffles for an additional $9.28 — was the first in the state’s grand experiment in legalizing marijuana for recreational use. The first-in-the-nation [...]

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Colorado Resorts Brace for Marijuana Tourism

December 23, 2013 at 8:25 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Colorado’s ski resorts and mountain towns are bracing for an influx of tourists seeking a now-legal Rocky Mountain high. Last year, the state legalized the possession and use of small amounts of recreational marijuana, and on Jan. 1 special stores will be allowed to sell pot to anyone 21 and over. Voters had previously approved a medical marijuana system, but last fall’s vote threw the doors wide open by requiring state officials to regulate pot like alcohol. With several companies [...]

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Majority Of Texas Voters Want To Legalize Marijuana

October 8, 2013 at 3:16 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A majority of Texas voters support marijuana legalization, according to a recent survey. Public Policy Polling found that 58 percent of Texans “support making marijuana legal for adults and regulating it like alcohol.” Even more — 61 percent — were in favor of decriminalizing marijuana possession and instead punishing violations with a civil citation. Texas law currently views possession of marijuana, even on a minute scale, as a criminal offense, punishable by $2,000 in fines and up to a year of [...]

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Tommy Chong Cancer Free From Using Cannabis Oil

May 8, 2013 at 4:28 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Last year activist and comedian Tommy Chong announced that he was battling prostrate cancer – he was diagnosed in 2012, eight years after feeling initial symptoms. Now, with great joy (and it puts a big smile on our face too), Tommy Chong has announced that he’s entirely cancer-free. “I brought my PSA numbers down drastically and eliminated the cancer threat… That’s right, I kicked cancer’s ass! So the magic plant does cure cancer with the right diet and supplements. I’m due for [...]

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Texas Lawmakers Consider Medical Marijuana Legislation

May 3, 2013 at 12:47 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Earlier this week Texas lawmakers held a public hearing on House Bill 594, a medical marijuana measure which would protect qualified patients in the state by adding an “affirmative defense”. This law, which is similar to affirmative defense laws in places like Washington State, gives individuals who receive an authorization from a physician a legal defense from prosecution. ` Although in this instance patients can still be technically prosecuted, it has to be done by a jury which explicitly ignores the [...]

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The War on Drugs Is a Failure [NY TIMES VIDEO]

April 29, 2013 at 11:56 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The War on Drugs Is a Failure [NY TIMES VIDEO]

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