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Anti-Marijuana Billboards Taken Down in Portland
These utterly misleading anti-marijuana billboards have been taken down in Portland. Golf clap to Florida-based Drug Free America Foundation for funding...
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Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives
Despite pleas from drug enforcement experts, the Obama administration has not said how the federal government would deal with possible state marijuana laws.
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Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, "California State Law Does Not Exist Here"
Major medical marijuana trial, pitting the federal government against state law, ends in Aaron Sandusky being found guilty on drug conspiracy charge.
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After Connecticut Legalizes Medical Marijuana, Now What?
Connecticut took the historic step as of October 1 to become the 17th state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use. Now what?
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MI Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Two Medical Marijuana Cases on Oct. 11
The MI Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on October 11 regarding two controversial medical marijuana cases, People v McQueen and People v Bylsma.
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Prominent GOP in Washington State and Colorado Support Legalizing Marijuana
GOP politicians, US Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner and former Representative Tom Tancredo support marijuana legalization ballot measures...
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Tax Cheat or Hero? Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing
Taxes are never far from Dave Hodges' mind. According to California, Hodges, the founder and operator of the All American Cannabis Club in San Jose...
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Aaron Sandusky Faces Federal Marijuana Trial Tuesday in LA
Aaron Sandusky, founder and owner of G3 Holistic that once had a store in Upland and Colton has been charged with six felony counts.
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Gary Johnson: Most Americans Get Legalizing Marijuana, When Will DC?
POTUS candidate Gary Johnson: The 'war on drugs', like 1920s Prohibition, has been a miserable failure. The US would be better-off with a legal marijuana...
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LA Marijuana Ban Retreat Shows Clout of Pot Activists
The LA City Council's decision to repeal its ban on medical marijuana dispensaries underscores the political savvy of the increasingly organized and...
Talk to Your Parents, Grandparents; Help End Prohibition Now
If every weedist had a simple conversation with their parents and grandparents, could cannabis prohibition come crashing down at a record pace?
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NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells "the Size of a Typical Elevator"
A new NY Civil Liberties Union report details some horrific findings, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished...
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Amendment 64 Could Threaten Colorado Medical Marijuana Paradise
The fate of Amendment 64 passing in Colorado has an unlikely bunch of people very nervous: owners of the state's medical marijuana dispensaries.
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CNN: 2012 Cost of Failed War on Drugs Through September
The utter failure that is the war on drugs has reached a combined $30 billion so far this year and 1.2 million Americans have been arrested for drug...
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Gary Johnson Endorses Florida Medical Marijuana Effort
Libertarian Party POTUS nominee Gary Johnson endorsed the current effort to legalize medical marijuana on the 2014 Florida ballot...
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Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending
Pioneering marijuana growers in the hills of Mendocino and Humboldt counties are being pushed to the margins by the legalization they long espoused.
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Forbes: Credit Card Processors Discriminate Against Medical Marijuana
Legal in 17 States and the District of Columbia, medical marijuana dispensaries are not recognized as legal operations under federal law and are under siege
Medical Marijuana Researchers to Present Findings at UCSF
Top researchers & medical professionals will talk about what medical marijuana does to the mind, lungs and tumors at UCSF's Laurel Heights campus on Oct. 24