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A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test. Police said a 34-year-old man tried Jan. 3 to bribe a state worker to allow him to use a device called a "Whizzinator" to pass a drug test he had to take while on parole. The man allegedly said he had a medical marijuana card, though officials couldn't confirm whether that was true.
Colorado's medical marijuana law allows convicted criminals to get cards, but those on parole still must pass drug tests. State lawmakers are currently weighing new marijuana rules that would prevent people on parole from having the cards.
Prosecutors said the man offered a state worker $300 after the worker found him with the "Whizzinator," a device of tubing and heater packs attached to a prosthetic penis sold to cheat drug tests.
An arrest warrant affidavit reported by The (Grand Junction) Daily Sentinel Thursday said a caseworker became suspicious about his urine sample after he tried to block the worker's view while he was providing his sample.
When asked to raise his shirt and lower his pants, the man was seen wearing the "Whizzinator." The man allegedly offered the state worker $300, then $500, to throw away the device. The worker refused.
The caseworker took the device, and the man left.
That same day, the man called state parole officials and said he had panicked after smoking marijuana on New Year's Day, the anniversary of his father's death, saying he was "having a very hard time dealing with it."
The man now faces felony bribery charges and is being held in the Mesa County Jail. He was on parole for a 2007 menacing conviction.A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash... more
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You are never going to hear Barack Obama seriously address the issue of legalization of marijuana until it is more politically expedient for him to do so.
Look at health care “reform”. Candidate Obama promised all sorts of tough talk against the combined interests of Big Pharma and Health Insurance. When push came to shove, the healthcare titans got pretty much everything they wanted in the debate.
So, with public option health care a landslide issue supported by super-majorities of the American people, with health care a vital issue that directly affects nearly every American, with 47 million Americans going without health care insurance altogether, Barack Obama found the words of the health care lobbyists better than he heard the shouts of the majority of the American people.
Do you think he’s then going to react favorably to the cyber-screaming of 14.5 million American cannabis consumers demanding the same rights as beer drinkers, especially when the issue hasn’t even yet achieved full majority support in America? Most especially when those same health care lobbyists who killed bulk drug negotiations by Medicare and cheap drug importation from Canada don’t want to see people growing their own pot plants and cutting their demand for opioids, NSAIDs, and benzodiazapenes. And considering that health care lobby is joined by chorus of law enforcement lobbies protecting their jobs and Pentagon lobbies protecting their off-the-books cash cow.
So, no, do not look to Washington for any serious discussion on marijuana law reform. Barack Obama does not want to be “the Pot-Legalizing President”.
However, come November when Californians are voting to re-legalize marijuana and Democrats are suffering mid-term defeats, if following re-legalization California realizes an economic revival in cannabis while the rest of the nation struggles, and if Republicans do the smart thing and latch on to a naturally conservative issue of ending adult marijuana prohibition and start winning some seats, we could have a whole new discussion in Washington.You are never going to hear Barack Obama seriously address the issue of legalization... more
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Once again, the President wants to know what you think about marijuana policy. His latest online voting forum is sponsored by YouTube, and you can submit your questions about marijuana legalization either on video or in writing.
Participants are asked to focus their questions on how legalization will impact the following areas:
Jobs & the Economy
Health care
Energy & Environment
Foreign Policy & National Security
Education
Financial Reform
Government Reform
After looking around a bit, I've noticed that some internet trolls have been attempting to disrupt the dialogue by submitting questions that have nothing to do with the legalization of marijuana. Some of the categories include a number of non-marijuana-related questions, so please click over there and use your up and down votes to keep the conversation focused by making sure the marijuana questions stay at the top in each section.
With all the problems facing our nation, obsessively discussing marijuana legalization on the internet is more important than ever. After all, if people get sick of hearing about this, there's only one way to shut us up.
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http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2010/jan/28/obama_launches_youtube_forum_on_Once again, the President wants to know what you think about marijuana policy. His... more
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Recently retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James Gray is on a crusade. You might think a conservative judge from a conservative county would advocate for the prohibition of marijuana, but – based on his experiences, he is adamantly pro legalization.
Witnessing first hand what he calls the utter failure of our current policies of drug prohibition – marijuana in particular – he cites unnecessary prison growth, increased taxes, increased crime and corruption, and loss of civil liberties as the unhealthy side effects of an anemic policy in need of drastic reform.
Regarding medical marijuana, he states:
“Does marijuana work [as medicine]? Well, there’s no direct evidence by a government study showing that marijuana is an effective medicine. And you know something? They’re right. However, it’s beyond hypocrisy for them because it’s the federal government that controls the marijuana. Numbers of reputable groups, the Centers for Disease Control, The University of California and others have requested to conduct the studies and they’ve been deprived of that authorization… The government affirmatively does not allow this research to take place and then they sanctimoniously say, ‘well there’s no research [showing marijuana is medicine]…’ it’s beyond hypocrisy, I view it as Chutzpah” (audacity).
A little more on the problems our government has created for medical marijuana research (source):
At present, the only way for medical marijuana to be properly evaluated by the FDA is for privately-funded sponsors to conduct FDA-approved clinical trials (like any other drug evaluation). [If any progress is to be made on the medical marijuana research front, we must first] remove the monopoly imposed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on licenses for the cultivation of medical-grade cannabis for research purposes. Currently, the DEA exclusively licenses the cultivation of medical-grade cannabis to the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), which primarily investigates only the negative effects of cannabis. This monopoly obstructs any investigation and research in the U.S. into the medical properties of cannabis and thwarts the normal drug approval process.
(Listen to Judge Gray speak on medicinal marijuana at link.)Recently retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James Gray is on a crusade. You... more
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There's a lot of misinformation blowing around out there concerning the medical benefits, and detriments, of smoking marijuana, but two UK researchers are making an argument for why you should perhaps pass on the puff-puff -- as well as why recreational use should not be outlawed in the future.
Cannabis has been shown through research to spur the brains of a susceptible minority toward long-term psychosis, particularly in young people who can significantly increase their risk of developing a disorder like schizophrenia. Findings like these often get a good deal of play in the media, not always accompanied by the key phrase "susceptible minority," fueling the Reefer Madness-like obsession with banning pot outright.
Amanda Feilding at Oxford's Beckley Foundation and Paul Morrison at London's Institute of Psychiatry argue that what's often overlooked is the kind of pot consumed, and that requires a more Mendelian approach to the problem. Your parents may have told you that the grass in their day wasn't as strong, while the old guy that hangs outside the grocery may hold the opinion that you just can't get the good stuff anymore. They could both be right. The problem is one of balance.
Street cannabis -- aka "skunk" -- has been selectively bred to increase the level of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). That's not news. But Feilding and Morrison point out that, in upping the potency through selective breeding, another important molecule, cannabidiol (CBD), has been selectively eliminated from skunk over time.
Research on CBD shows it to have an antipsychotic effect, the yang to THC's yin. So the selective breeding to make pot more potent has also made it more dangerous, throwing the psychotic/anti-psychotic balance strongly in favor of the psychotic. To boot, Feilding, Morrison, et al. have run some experiments administering THC and CBD to volunteers that bolster these claims, and they're setting up further research projects at dispensaries in California to further test their hypothesis, that pot bred to be high in THC but also in CBD would not have the harmful psychosis-aggravating effect of modern skunk.
The implications here, of course, are vast. First, Feilding and Morrison's work makes a strong case for the regulation of recreational pot market; as long as marijuana remains a black market good, growers will strive for a more potent product over a safe one, and if the psychosis issue is removed from the argument there's really little reason to keep pot illegal. But it also raises questions about the future of drugs, both legal and illegal. Can a Peruvian coca farmer selectively breed coca that is easier on the brain? Could opium farmers intelligently develop a pharmaceutical class of less-addictive opiates through unnatural selection? Can we employ Darwinian principles to bring illegal drugs safely back into the legal mainstream? It's enough to blow your mind.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/lack-balance-not-thc-makes-pot-health-riskThere's a lot of misinformation blowing around out there concerning the medical... more
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We grow it here already, let's make it legal.
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Law enforcement groups are fighting to maintain Marijuana Prohibition and their industry of arresting and prosecuting people for marijuana. SAFER is fighting back and we need your help.
According to a recent report in The Denver Post, state and federal law enforcement officials have been meddling in Colorado's legislative process in hopes of rolling back the state's progress toward safer, more rational marijuana laws. As a result, bills are being introduced on their behalf, which threaten to shut down every medical marijuana dispensary in the state and allow these officials to continue harassing medical marijuana patients.
We wish this weren't the case, but these law enforcement officials are not motivated by maintaining public safety or developing a workable system of medical marijuana regulation. They are motivated by one thing -- job security. Perhaps even more unsettling is the source of the financial support behind the arrest and prosecution industry's war on marijuana.
In particular, the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), the group spearheading anti-marijuana lobbying efforts, is sponsored by several local and national businesses including Starbucks Coffee, Glock handguns, and -- you guessed it -- members of the alcohol industry! This might seem a bit odd, but when you consider the fact that their Web site and merchandise features the grim reaper and military helicopters, a skull motif, and the slogan, "Death on Drugs," it all makes a little more sense. These guys are not out to protect people; they're out to fight a literal war on marijuana, ensuring alcohol -- the substance that contributes most to the crime and violence that keeps them busy -- is the only legal recreational drug available.
It's no surprise that the Arrest and Prosecution Industry is determined to maintain the war on marijuana. But Starbucks and other companies' funding of this war should strike any marijuana consumer or reform supporter as truly appalling. It's time to stand up and send them all a message.
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...Make no mistake about it, this is a battle over jobs. Supporters of medical marijuana want to create new legitimate, state-licensed businesses with hundred of new taxpaying employees. CDIA wants to ban these new businesses so that they can continue spending taxpayer money to arrest and prosecute people involved with medical marijuana.Law enforcement groups are fighting to maintain Marijuana Prohibition and their... more
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Teddy Dupay will never be uninteresting. He was a riveting figure at Cape Coral's Mariner High, setting a probably unassailable Florida state scoring record. ("It'll never be broken," Dupay says, "unless they add a five-point line.") He was a lightning rod for love and hate at the University of Florida first as a 5'10" sparkplug with range for days, then as a pariah whose career ended early after he got caught up in a gambling case.
He was intriguing as a pro basketball player in Ecuador, amusing as a telemarketer, and appalling as a man charged with rape. His life has not been dull. To paraphrase Kanye West, everybody feels a way about Teddy Dupay, but at least they feel something.
So I am curious to see how Dupay's new crusade to legalize marijuana is portrayed. There's certainly plenty to think about in his FanHouse profile.
Dupay talks about legalizing pot as an economic decision and a challenge, something he compares to choosing Billy Donovan's unproven Florida program as a prep star. He talks about clocking six figures as an educational sales representative. ("I was making $250-300K," he said, "without even breaking a sweat.") He talks about being charged with three felonies after whatever happened on that night in Utah, solemnly doing his eventual 30 days of time in prison, and coming out still in love with the woman he cannot contact.
Oh, and he talks about pot. He talks about pot a lot. He talks about smoking it in the past. About what he knew before launching his movement: "All I knew about pot was that Jason Williams smoked a lot of it." About how paying people to sign up other people to be part of this movement isn't a pyramid scheme: "We are the first advocacy group that will pay you to stand up for what's right." And about what the purpose of his push really is: ""This isn't about smoking it," Dupay said. "This is about finding solutions."
I'm sure there will be more than a few jokes about Dupay after this, and more than a few dismissals of him and his group. But I can't imagine he'll mind all that much.
"You know me," Dupay said. "Controversy is my middle name."
Indeed it is, Teddy. And I'll be watching you tote that name to every toker you can. It'll be interesting, no doubt.
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/52679/teddy_dupay_shoots_for_legalized_marijuanaTeddy Dupay will never be uninteresting. He was a riveting figure at Cape Coral's... more
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bill-to-legalize-marijuana-is-up-in-smoke-81751932.html
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Religious Faithful, Law Enforcement and Activists Hail Victory
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Legislature formally proclaimed Assembly Bill 390 "dead on arrival" today as lawmakers rejected an 11th hour plan to save it from demise. Opponents of the measure hail the news as a resounding victory for the people of California.
"Tom Ammiano is trying to spin his committee's endorsement of the bill as a major breakthrough that will lead to a national legalization movement; yet his own colleagues in the Legislature are unwilling to take it any further than the seven-member Public Safety Committee," said an elated John Redman, executive director of Californians for Drug Free Youth (CADFY). "In deciding not to advance this measure, the California Legislature recognized that AB 390 was bad public policy. And, in spite of the four Bay Area legislators who voted for its passage in committee, the majority of lawmakers didn't even think the bill was worth taking up in subsequent committees or the Assembly floor."
Procedurally, the Assembly Health Committee had to act on AB 390 by today, January 15, 2010, to keep it alive. Since members chose to miss that deadline, AB 390 will not reach the Assembly floor, effectively killing it.
"This victory is really for the children growing up in California's neighborhoods," said Bishop Ron Allen, founder and president of the International Faith Based Coalition, who admits to being led down a destructive path of cocaine addiction that started with marijuana. "Our grassroots efforts paid off in reaching California voters to support our dream that our communities become free of drugs and are made safer for our kids."
"I nearly lost everything - my home, my family and my reputation - as a result of taking that first puff of pot, and I have lived to regret it every day," said Allen, who resides in drug-infested Oak Park, Sacramento. "We've made it our mission to stamp out this destructive drug once and for all, and we will not relent until our work is finished."
As a recognized public safety expert and retired veteran CHP officer and assistant chief, Assemblymember Danny Gilmore (R-Hanford) voted against the bill. "We're going to legalize marijuana and tax it and then use that money to educate our kids about the harms of drugs? You got to be kidding me!"
Added Redman, "Plain and simple, taxing marijuana is blood money. I think the Legislature came to its senses in realizing how ridiculous it would be to turn to drugs to balance the budget. There are legitimate ways to get our economy moving again, and this is not one of them."
SOURCE International Faith Based Coalitionhttp://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bill-to-legalize-marijuana-is-up-in-smoke-81751... more
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Jessica Peck Corry is a Denver-based attorney, public policy analyst, and political strategist. She has been highlighted as one of Colorados most influential women by the Denver Examiner and named one of Colorados top political Movers and Shakers by the Colorado Statesman. See Corry's personal site here.
Reason.tv conducted this short interview with Corry on November 10, 2009. On the same day, she spoke to students at the Washington Center for Journalism and Politics on "The Politics of the Drug War" with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law's Keith Stroup. The whole panel discussion, hosted by Reason contributor Terry Michael can be viewed at reason[dot]tv
Shot and edited by Dan Hayes. Approximately 6 minutes.Jessica Peck Corry is a Denver-based attorney, public policy analyst, and political... more
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The "Gateway Theory" has been proven false, and in fact, the exact opposite of reality. Studies show marijuana use actually discourages heavy drug use. Marijuana (Cannabis) is being shown to be effective in treating opiate and alcohol addiction.
Now how do we get the media to report these new findings instead of allowing Reefer Madness to continue?
From the brand new study debunking the Gateway Myth:
"CONCLUSION: These results suggest the “gateway” pattern at least partially reflects unmeasured common causes rather than causal effects of specific drugs on subsequent use of others. This implies that successful efforts to prevent use of specific “gateway” drugs may not in themselves lead to major reductions in the use of later drugs."
Links added in comments section.The "Gateway Theory" has been proven false, and in fact, the exact opposite... more
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Harvard Professor Emeritus, Dr. Lester Grinspoon testifies that there is no rational basis in science for criminalizing use of marijuana.
“I’ve been smoking marijuana for 44 years now, and … I think it’s a tremendous blessing.
In fact, I first began to look at marijuana as a professor of psychiatry at Harvard medical school in 1967…
I wanted to do something about all these young people who were using this terribly dangerous drug and perhaps if I could write a reasonably objective statement about this and get it published, in a vehicle which they would be interested in, maybe I could do something about it.
Much to my astonishment, here I was trained in science and medicine and had to discover that I had been brainwashed like just about every other American.
I first approached it [marijuana] from the point of view—you know—I was sure it was unsafe. Once I was convinced that it was safe, and satisfied my curiosity about it, it took me a number of years to realize what a remarkable substance it was.
I have also concluded that there’s a third reason [for humans to use marijuana], I mean, there’s recreation, there’s medicine, and there’s what I call ‘enhancement.’
It astonishes me that we can’t get around this prohibition. It’s like something is sacred about it. You can’t question it. You can’t bring any factual data to it…”
.Aspirin is “safe,” although it claims between 1,000-2,000 people per year.
With cannabis, it’s been around for thousands of years. There has never been a death – never been a death.
Is there any other substance in the pharmacoepia about which you can make that claim? I’m not sure there is.” ~ Dr. Grinspoon
Lester Grinspoon, M.D., is associate professor emeritus of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the author of Marihuana Reconsidered, and Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine. He is considered to be the most eminent scientist in the field of medical marijuana. As a doctor, Grinspoon was the first American physician to prescribe lithium carbonate for bipolar disorders. He also founded the Harvard Mental Health Letter, and was its editor fifteen years.
Grinspoon originally endeavored to write Marijuana Reconsidered in order to build a case against marijuana, but as his research progressed, he realized the complexities of the plant and was moved to advocate for legalization. He has testified before Congress and as an expert witness in various legal proceedings, including the deportation hearings of John Lennon.
An excerpt from "Marihuana Reconsidered":
In spite of the illegality of marihuana and the prejudices against it, large numbers of Americans continue to use cannabis regularly. Once considered a youthful indulgence or expression of youthful rebellion, marihuana smoking is now a common adult practice. Millions have smoked marihuana for years, and many of them will continue to smoke it for the rest of their lives. They are convinced that they are harming no one else and not harming themselves, if at all, as much as cigarette smokers or alcohol drinkers are.
Most users, in fact, believe that marihuana enhances their lives — a subject rarely discussed in print. In more than two decades of research, I have read a great deal about the potential harmfulness of cannabis (much of it nonsense) and very little about its value. Although this value has several aspects, medical use is one of the most important and one that has been seriously neglected. I have come to conclude that if any other drug had revealed similar therapeutic promise combined with a similar record of safety, professionals and the public would have shown far more interest in it. The largely undeserved reputation of cannabis as a harmful recreational drug and the resulting legal restrictions have made medical use and research difficult. As a result, the medical community has become ignorant about cannabis and has been both an agent and a victim in the spread of misinformation and frightening myths.
http://www.drcnet.org/pubs/guideHarvard Professor Emeritus, Dr. Lester Grinspoon testifies that there is no rational... more
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Oh yes, people! We shall overcome this dark age of prohibition! Yes we shall!
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(original post includes video interview with Tashkin)
For 30 years, Donald Tashkin has studied the effects of marijuana on lung function. His work has been funded by the vehemently anti-marijuana National Institute on Drug Abuse, which has long sought to demonstrate that marijuana causes lung cancer. After 3 decades of anti-drug research, here’s what Tashkin has to say about marijuana laws:
“Early on, when our research appeared as if there would be a negative impact on lung health, I was opposed to legalization because I thought it would lead to increased use and that would lead to increased health effects,” Tashkin says. “But at this point, I’d be in favor of legalization.
UCLA’s Tashkin studied heavy marijuana smokers to determine whether the use led to increased risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. He hypothesized that there would be a definitive link between cancer and marijuana smoking, but the results proved otherwise.
“What we found instead was no association and even a suggestion of some protective effect,” says Tashkin, whose research was the largest case-control study ever conducted.
Prejudice against marijuana and smoking in general runs so deep for many people that it just seems inconceivable that marijuana could actually reduce the risk of lung cancer.
But that’s what the data shows and it not only demolishes a major tenet of popular anti-pot propaganda, but also points towards a potentially groundbreaking opportunity to develop cancer cures through marijuana research.
Over and over again, all the bad things we’ve been told about marijuana are revealed to be not only false, but often the precise opposite of the truth.(original post includes video interview with Tashkin)
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It is not often that I feel compelled to write to NORML’s membership and supporters regarding the day-to-day operations of America’s leading marijuana lobby group. Then again, in my tenure as Executive Director of NORML and the NORML Foundation, there’s never been a time like right now.
Over the past several months NORML’s public prominence and political influence has grown by leaps and bounds. As I write you today I’m reflecting upon two of the most significant – and productive – weeks in NORML history. As we close the year 2009 I am proud to say that NORML has galvanized its position as the leading marijuana law reform organization. Why do I say this? Take a look at the events of these two weeks late this fall, and decide for yourself:
-Marijuana legalization in Massachusetts? NORML testifies ‘Yes!’
On Wednesday, October 14, NORML’s Legal Counsel Keith Stroup and NORML Advisory Board Member Dr. Lester Grinspoon testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Revenue in favor of House Bill 2929, ‘An Act to Regulate and Tax the Cannabis Industry.’ Members of NORML’s state affiliate, MassCann, also spoke on behalf of the measure, which was drafted by former NORML Board Member Richard Evans. The well-attended legislative hearing marked the first time that Massachusetts state legislators had ever publicly discussed legalizing marijuana, and the debate earned prominent media coverage throughout the state.
-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger requests marijuana legalization debate
In May Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger publicly called for a debate on the merits of marijuana regulation. This October NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano and CalNORML Coordinator Dale Gieringer obliged the Governor’s request, and provided his office with a comprehensive action plan for regulating marijuana production and distribution in California.
-Obama to Justice Department: Back off on medi-pot prosecutions. On Monday, October 19, U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a historic memorandum to federal prosecutors advising them to no longer "focus federal resources … [on those] whose actions are in … compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana." The directive upheld a campaign promise by President Obama, who had pledged that he would not use "Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws." Ever since the President took office NORML and other drug policy reform groups had lobbied the administration to follow through, in writing, with this sensible policy. Tellingly, the administration’s decision was hailed by the mainstream media as a major step toward the enactment of marijuana liberalization in America. Not surprisingly, NORML representatives spent the days immediately following the administration’s announcement speaking with dozens of mainstream media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, The Associated Press, and The Christian Science Monitor, urging Congress to move expeditiously to make the administration’s policy changes into permanent law.
CONTINUED>>> http://blog.norml.org/2009/12/31/norml-director-amazing-2009-awesome-2010-ahead/
http://proudsmoke.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/legalize2010.jpgIt is not often that I feel compelled to write to NORML’s membership and... more
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I have some great news! C-15 is no more.
Today, Stephen Harper asked the Governor General to “prorogue” (end the session of) Parliament. This means that all the bills are dead, C-15 included!
Had it not been for the hard work of everyone in lobbying the Senate, C-15 would have passed into law. That's right, we campaigned politically and won! C-15 has been stopped!
The Parliament will resume in March, and we can assume Stephen Harper will reintroduce C-15 in some form shortly thereafter.
We can not stop now! We must continue to build so that when C-15 comes back we can face it with even greater numbers and more intense campaigning.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/21547
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Canada_Weed_Flag.svg/800px-Canada_Weed_Flag.svg.pngI have some great news! C-15 is no more.
Today, Stephen Harper asked the Governor... more
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From the article:
"Retired Orange County Judge Jim Gray, a Libertarian, is saying yes to pot.
How about you?
I checked in with Gray to get his thoughts on the initiative that appears to have enough votes to make the November ballot. Gray is not a smoker, but he has long preached that it's time to stop wasting so many resources on investigation, prosecution and incarceration.
"The only thing I have a quarrel with," Gray said of the initiative, is calling it "legalization" of pot. "It's really regulated control, like alcohol."
Cities and counties could allow the cultivation and sale of marijuana and tax it under the initiative, which would also make it legal for anyone 21 and up to possess an ounce and grow pot for personal use. Backers claim about $1.3 billion in tax revenue could be raised each year.
It's practically legal already, judging by how easy it was for me to get a marijuana "recommendation" from a doctor.
Gray said he has been asked to be a spokesman for the initiative, and he'll be debating L.A. County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley on various marijuana issues Jan. 19 at the California Club.
A poll taken early this year found that 56% of Californians favor legalization, and Gray said he thinks it will pass, but that's no certainty because "law enforcement and others are going to take their hatchets out."
Let's put it to a vote right now."
(end of excerpt)
What do you think?From the article:
"Retired Orange County Judge Jim Gray, a Libertarian, is... more
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multi-platinum rapper Lil Wayne is having difficulty selling his swanky Miami apartment due to his marijuana habit.
The popular Louisiana rapper has been shopping his three bedroom, two bathroom apartment, which is listed at $520,000, but has allegedly run into trouble finding a buyer.multi-platinum rapper Lil Wayne is having difficulty selling his swanky Miami... more
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