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NORML Joins Companies Filing Lawsuit Against NSA for Spying on Americans

July 17, 2013 at 12:30 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A lawsuit filed against the National Security Agency by a coalition of 19 organizations illustrates how some Federal policies violate American rights, regardless of demographics, political affiliation or personal beliefs. The group, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, includes a variety of organizations focused on everything from human rights abuses, gun rights and Islamic relations to the Unitarian church and marijuana reform advocates. At the heart of the case, First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. NSA, is the NSA’s [...]

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How Legalizing Marijuana Could Save the World

July 16, 2013 at 12:05 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

For his book “Too High to Fail,” author Doug Fine took off to Mendocino, California, where growing marijuana is big business. A tolerant county sheriff sees pot as a source of much-needed revenue for his department and local government, even as the Obama administration sporadically swoops down on medical marijuana dispensaries. Entering the gray zone of the green revolution in northern California, Fine documents an entrepreneurial spirit that represents a key feature of the stereotype of the American dream: risk [...]

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Why are the Feds REALLY Still Prosecuting for Marijuana?

July 15, 2013 at 5:29 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

To all appearances, Connecticut is well on the way to making medical marijuana available to people who are suffering from certain serious illnesses. Regulations have been drafted and will be voted on by a legislative committee next month. Physicians have thus far certified 660 patients as eligible for the palliative substance. Proposals for production facilities have surfaced in Watertown and Middletown, with others on the way. But there remains one nagging, unresolved issue: It is still a federal crime to [...]

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DC Announces Plans for Marijuana Decriminalization within US Capitol

July 12, 2013 at 3:55 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization

Smoking weed on the steps of the US Capitol may soon result in little more than a slap on the wrist: the Washington, D.C. City Council has announced that it may soon decriminalize small quantities of marijuana possession in the US capital. Councilman Tommy Wellson Wednesday unveiled legislation that would eliminate criminal penalties for anyone caught possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. If the bill is passed, those in possession of the drug would face a civil fine of [...]

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“Medicated” (feat. Chevy Woods and Juicy J) by Wiz Khalifa [VIDEO]

July 11, 2013 at 5:06 pm / Cannabis News, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Music

O.N.I.F.C. is the fourth studio album by American rapper Wiz Khalifa, released on December 4, 2012, by Atlantic Records. It is his second album for the label. The album’s title was inspired by the album H.N.I.C. by Prodigy of Mobb Deep. The clean version of the acronym is “One Night In First Class”. The explicit version is “Only Nigga in First Class”. Upon release O.N.I.F.C. received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics and debuted at number two on the [...]

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Colorado Moving to Keep Marijuana Transactions Safe from Feds

July 11, 2013 at 2:21 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Colorado Democrat Rep. Ed Perlmutter is hoping to make the banking industry more pot-friendly by immunizing banks from prosecution by federal authorities if they handle money from marijuana businesses operating in compliance with their state laws. Ironically, while the marijuana market has been slowly making its way from the shadows into the mainstream, one aspect of selling pot remains the same as always — even in pot-friendly havens like Colorado, it’s a still mostly a cash-only business. Because marijuana is [...]

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New Hope Arises for MS Patients Seeking a Cannabis Solution

July 9, 2013 at 2:58 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

It is possible to take medical marijuana or approved cannabis in different ways, including eating it. In states such as California in the US, medical marijuana dispensaries have sprung up, offering a wide range of ways to absorb the drug. One such shop in Harbor City, California, for example, has an extensive menu from which pre-approved customers can buy a range of medicated goodies, including “edibles” such as chocolate fudge brownies, peanut butter, cookies and lollipops. The Irish Times takes [...]

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Oregon House Legalizes Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

July 8, 2013 at 5:37 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

The Oregon House on Saturday passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana retail establishments, moving what has been a booming but legally hazy industry squarely into the mainstream and handing medical marijuana advocates a major victory. House Bill 3460, now headed to Gov. John Kitzhaber’s desk, creates a registry of businesses that sell the medical marijuana. Patients have long sought retail access to cannabis, arguing the state’s rules — grow your own marijuana or have someone do it for you — [...]

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Redemption Song (Acoustic) by Bob Marley [VIDEO]

July 6, 2013 at 2:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Music

“Redemption Song“ is the final track on Bob Marley & the Wailers’ ninth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. The song is considered one of Marley’s greatest works, with Rolling Stone having listed it as #66 among The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey. At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Bob Marley had been diagnosed with the cancer [...]

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