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Pope Strongly Against the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

June 21, 2015 at 3:23 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis came out strongly against the legalization of recreational drugs on Friday. The pontiff told members of a drug enforcement conference meeting in Rome that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs “are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.” Francis has frequently railed against the “evil” of drug addiction and has met with addicts on several occasions. Just last month, Uruguay — next door to Francis’ [...]

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California: Demand for Recreational Cannabis Reaches All-Time High

June 10, 2015 at 12:59 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Support for the legalization of recreational marijuana use by adults has reached an all-time high in California, a state whose pot-friendly reputation precedes it but that has failed to get residents to approve full legalization in the past. A record 54 percent of potential California voters said they favored legalizing weed this year, a 3 percent increase in support from 2014, according to a June poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. While the poll wasn’t the first to [...]

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Zach Galifianakis Smokes Marijuana On National Television

November 23, 2014 at 1:48 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Zach Galifianakis lit up late-night TV, literally, when he decided to smoke some weed on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher.’ Maher — a longtime opponent of legislation outlawing marijuana — welcomed Galifianakis (while promoting his movie ‘Due Date,’ co-starring Robert Downey Jr.) to the set of his current-events talk show, where a live panel discussion ensued about California’s upcoming vote on whether to decriminalize the drug. “It’s a tricky thing politically to jump on that bandwagon [and vote for [...]

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Comedian Bill Hicks on the Legalization of Marijuana

September 27, 2014 at 2:36 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

It isn’t his birthday or a remembrance of when he died, but Bill Hicks was a huge influence on not just me and my beliefs but many other people too. Comedians steal from each other all the time but even greats like George Carlin and Robin Williams stole from Hicks. Hicks was a modern prophet, a true believer and he stuck to his beliefs right up to the end. Most importantly he said, “Folks its time to evolve ideas. Ya [...]

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Marijuana Officially Legal in Colorado

December 11, 2012 at 6:49 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

The recreational use of marijuana officially became legal Monday in Colorado, a little more than a month after voters in the state passed an amendment in favor of the measure. “Voters were loud and clear on Election Day,” Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, said in a statement, as he signed an executive order to officially legalize the personal use and limited growing of marijuana for those 21 or older. Amendment 64, as it’s called, is now a part of the [...]

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