Prohibition, Black Markets, and What is Best for Our Children
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Video Interview with Adam Scorgie, Marijuana Documentary Film Maker
Urban Rush interviews Adam Scorgie, who made the amazing 2007 marijuana documentary “ The Union: The Business Behind Getting High ” which really helped changed the perspective of many prohibitionists. They discuss…
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Kentucky Senator Clark unveils Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Memorial Act
Kentucky Senator Perry Clark held a press conference today to unveil his Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Memorial Act, which would move marijuana to Schedule II in KY allowing for doctors to legally…
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Officers Seize 207 Grams of Marijuana at Wisconsin Phish Concert
Walworth County Today reports that drug enforcement officers issued185 citations for possession of marijuana and seized 207 grams at the Phish concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre near East Troy, WI. What…
Medical Marijuana Update
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 4, 2012:
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Government-Sponsored Study Destroys DEA’s Classification of Marijuana
A must read at The Raw Story ; A government-sponsored study concludes that marijuana provides relief to some chronic pain sufferers and that more clinical trials are desperately needed, utterly destroying DEA’s…
Obama, Fool Me Once, Shame On You; Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me
GQ's article "In His Second Term, Obama Will Pivot to the Drug War" made its way around the Internet yesterday and sparked plenty of conversations...
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Medical marijuana bill proposed for 2013 Nevada Legislature
Assemblyman Tick Segerblom requested a bill yesterday to allow eligible patients in Nevada to obtain medical marijuana from dispensaries. Presently there is no legal way in Nevada for medical marijuana dispensaries to…
Did the AZ and Obamacare Rulings Help or Hurt Marijuana Reform
Did the AZ and Obamacare Rulings Help or Hurt Marijuana Reform There is no way to know until the next case goes before the Supreme Court
Five More US Drug War Deaths
The War on Drugs…causing crime scenes daily. At least five people have been killed in the drug war on America’s streets in the past few weeks. They become the 30th through the…
Will CNN Allow Gary Johnson to Debate?
Anti-Prohibition activists want someone who actually represents their views to debate the national implications of modern-day prohibition
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Poll: Two-Thirds Of Canadians Say Decriminalize Marijuana
Nationwide survey in Canada shows 2/3 support decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Read more at The Windsor Star .
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Medical Marijuana Is a Classic States’ Rights Issue
Bob Morris writes a great article on how the Fed should stay out of medical marijuana and leave it to the states (just reschedule it out of Schedule I please, Feds). I…
What Would Marijuana As a Schedule II Drug Mean?
What would it mean if marijuana was moved to Schedule II and out of Schedule I off of the Controlled Substances Act?
Nevada Drug Dog Troopers Allege Official Misconduct
Drug sniffing dogs can be trained to alert on cue. (US Navy) A group of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers and a retired police sergeant have filed a lawsuit against the Patrol and…
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Moms and Dads for Marijuana in Colorado - Yes on 64
Some parents have formed a new group to support cannabis reform in the Colorado “Yes on 64” movement: Moms and Dads for marijuana .
Colombia High Court Okays Drug Decriminalization
In Colombia, you can possess a gram of coke with no fear of arrest (wikimedia.org) Colombia’s Constitutional Court has approved the government’s proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs…
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State Senator To Hold Press Conference About Bill To Make Marijuana Schedule II
Lex18 reports “Senator Perry B. Clark, D-Louisville, will hold a press conference to introduce legislation that would make marijuana a schedule II drug , legal for doctors to prescribe, at 2 p.m.…