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Obama’s New Drug Control Report Calls for More Workplace Drug Testing, Nationwide Zero Tolerance Laws

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How Can You Tell If Your Marijuana Comes From A Cartel? | Digg Topnews

A couple of days ago we posted a piece about the importance of purchasing your marijuana from a local source to decrease the chances of your purchase supporting cartels. The author of the article, Chance Campbell stated, ‘Every product, every purchase-vote, carries consequences. The computer I write this from was fabricated in a factory famous for its roof-jump suicides. Making computers sucks so much that Foxconn had to install safety nets so that workers couldn’t even kill themselves. But the difference between computers and weed is similar to the difference between 14 dead and 50,000. And while you’d be hard pressed to find an affordable computer that wasn’t fabricated at Foxconn, marijuana that isn’t sourced through a drug war is relatively easy to get your hands on. It just takes intention.’

Our guest post by Chance Campbell stimulated a question in the comments section from a reader asking how can you tell if your marijuana comes from a cartel. The reader wrote, ‘Most people just cop from their connect, and nobody really knows where it came from. When I lived in Florida I just got the quap and smoked it. Everyone said they had that Cali kind but who really knows?’ That’s a really good question that I think is worth discussing. It’s not as important out West where we grow most of our own or purchase it directly from a grower, but as you go East it becomes much harder to find locally grown marijuana, especially in the ruthless states.

I think it’s important to discuss ‘what is a cartel’ for starters. I think there is a difference between cartels and ‘organized crime’ which I feel is a less accurate term. When I get two people to grow marijuana illegally and sell it to me so I can sell it to other people that I’ve been friends with my whole life, is that a cartel? It involves crime, which is clearly coordinated, but I don’t think the ‘cartel’ label fits. I don’t even think ‘organized crime’ fits, but I’d at least entertain the statement. However, no one is getting their heads cut off when someone buys a pound from a grower and sells an ounce to 16 friends on payday, no matter how coordinated, which is the case with cartels.

When I think of a cartel, I think of enormous organizations who’s sole purpose is to profit, almost always at the expense of innocent people. Cartels are bloodthirsty, they provide no benefit to anyone except themselves, and they are a cancer to the world. Supporting them in anyway should be avoided at all costs. Marijuana purchases especially. For a veteran on the West Coast, it’s probably pretty easy to spot cartel marijuana. However, if you live in the Midwest or back East, it’s a lot harder because you don’t see locally grown marijuana as much. Below are some things that my friends and I came up with to look for. These are obviously not all the tips on the planet, so if you have anything to add, please do so in the comments section below.

Where did the marijuana originate?

As I hinted to earlier, where you are at geographically will dramatically increase the chances that you will see cartel marijuana. If you live along the Mexico border, you are much more likely to see cartel marijuana than if you are in Cave Junction, Oregon (lots of local marijuana is grown there). It’s not easy to know exactly where your marijuana originated from unless you bought it from the grower. But if you know your marijuana originated in a border town, then chances are it is cartel marijuana. A border town is not exactly a good place to set up a garden by the way…

How fresh is the marijuana?

Freshness, or lack thereof, is a great indicator that marijuana came from a cartel. The marijuana is grown far away, it is smuggled in various packages that don’t always keep the marijuana fresh, and the marijuana no doubt sits at the border decaying for a period of time. Ever get marijuana that smells like hay? That’s not because it was packed in hay, it’s because old decaying marijuana that wasn’t given air for a couple months smells like hay. This is not to say that there isn’t old local marijuana around. I know a guy in Eugene that sells three year old outdoor. My advice – if marijuana is old, don’t buy it. It either came from a cartel, or a greedy grower, and either way you don’t want it…Unless you know it’s from the local grower, and he/she gives you one heck of a deal.A couple of days ago we posted a piece about the importance of purchasing your... more

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Move over cotton, hello hemp

Matthew Horne explains how bast, plant stem fibres, could become a sustainable... more

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Elvy Musikka – “Not a Penny on 4/20″

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Obama: Legalizing drugs not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas

CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the... more

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Ron Paul "What If You Started Using Something You Grow & Stopped Buying Expensive Drugs!"

April 12, 2012 C-SPAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJs9891ZUnI

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It’s time for legal marijuana

We have less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but over 25 percent of... more

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San Francisco Mayor Asks Feds to Back Off Pot Dispensaries

On Wednesday, Mayor Ed Lee issued the following statement about the current crackdown... more

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Spain village votes to grow weed to boost economy

To the delight of Mayor Bernat Pellisa, 308 voters agreed with 239 against, a 56.3... more

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Operation Cannabis 420 – The OFFICIAL Press Release

Dear Citizens of the World For far too long cannabis has been oppressed by big... more

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California State Athletic Commission Passes Amendment, Exemptions For TRT, Marijuana Now Allowed

The California State Athletic Commission was thrown into the center of the TRT debate... more

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Regulate marijuana billboard grabs eyes near Mile High Stadium | The Raw Story

Colorado’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has just fired its first... more

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Reasons Why Marijuana Users Are Safe Drivers

20 years of study has concluded that marijuana smokers may actually be getting a bad... more

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Medical Marijuana Lawsuit takes on Chris Christie and his pals in the Garden State

A patient sued New Jersey officials Wednesday over delays in starting the state's... more

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Regulate marijuana billboard grabs eyes near Mile High Stadium

By Stephen C. Webster Friday, April 6, 2012 11:14 EDT Colorado’s Campaign to... more

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Make Hemp Not War

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Obama and Holder unleash the US Marshals, IRS and DEA on Oaksterdam University. Lib's quiet.

Oakland's Oaksterdam University was taken over by federal officials Monday.... more

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POLL: Should the sale of medical marijuana, under supervision by licensed physicians, be legal in Tennessee?

Under the law proposed in Tennessee, marijuana could be prescribed for a broad range... more

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Smoking Marijuana a Month Ago Could Get You a DUI Today Under Proposed Law

Marijuana can stay in your bloodstream for two weeks, one month, even longer.... more

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Oaksterdam University raided by the Feds

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