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Sugar High: Colo. Man Busted With 36 Pounds Of Marijuana Candy

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Nebraska State Patrol, Marijuana Food, Marijuana, THC Levels, Thc, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Candy, Kearney Nebraska, Denver News

Nebraska authorities say they've arrested a Colorado man found with 36 pounds of marijuana-laced candy in the trunk of his car. Harrison Goldberg,...

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MPD's Misleading Affidavit on Capitol Hemp

Josh Davis | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Marijuana, Hemp Farm, Hemp Seeds, Thc, Adam Eidinger, Industrial Hemp, Hemp Fiber, Hemp Fabric, Capitol Hemp, DC News

In the affidavit Officer Brett Cuevas states, "On the main online web page 'Capitol Hemp' is written in a field of marijuana plants." This statement is incorrect and goes to the crux of a larger issue.

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Could Marijuana Combat Alzheimer's?

www.foxnews.com | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Marijuana, Thc, Health Post50, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, Medicinal Marijuana, Fifty News

The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzhe...

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Former Seattle U.S. Attorney Pushes Pot Legalization In Washington State

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Aclu, Congress, Rick Steves, Pot Prohibition, Marijuana, George W. Bush, Seattle-Washington, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, Prince of Pot, Alison Holcomb, Marc Emery Prince of Pot, John Mckay, Sensible Washington, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, Liquor Control Board, Drug Cartels, Canada's Prince of Pot, California, New Approach Washington, Drug War, Marc Emery, Washington State, Justice Department, Pot Legalization, Pete Holmes, Thc, Marijuana Prohibition, Proposition 19, Marijuana Legalization, Seattle, Politics News

SEATTLE — A man who once served as the Justice Department's top official in Seattle said Tuesday that he is sponsoring an initiative to legalize...

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New Kind Of Drug Lab, Same Old Risks

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Drug Houses, Moorpark Explosion, Video, Hash Oil Lab, Marijuana, Thc, Los Angeles News

A sleepy suburban neighborhood was rocked early this morning when a home exploded and burst into flames, reports KTLA. What authorities first susp...

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MMJ Community Sound Off On Bill That Would Limit THC Levels For Drivers

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Legislature, Thc, TCH Driving, Claire Levy, Mark Waller, Norml, Medical Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Marijuana, Denver News

DENVER — The surge of medical marijuana use in Colorado has started another debate in the state Legislature: What constitutes driving while high...

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Latest CBS News Polls Finds Majority of Western Voters, Californians, Back Marijuana Legalization

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Norml, Marijuana, Drugs, Obama, Cbs, Pot, Zogby, Marijuana Is Safer, Prohibition, California, Cannabis, Tax Cannabis, Angus Reid, Alcohol, Tax Marijuana, Thc, Ballot Inititiative, Tax and Regulate, Legalization, Politics News

The poll reported that a majority of West Coast residents favor legalizing the use of cannabis. In the northeast, 44% of respondents back legalization, vs. 40% in the South and 36% in the Midwest.

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Big-Pharma Backed Marijuana Spray Approved As Medicine, But Consumers Of The Natural Herb Still Face Jail

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bayer, United Kingdom, Norml, Marijuana, Dea, Multiple Sclerosis, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Pot, Big Pharma, Britain, Sativex, Cannabis, Thc, Health Care, Drug Czar, Politics News

British health regulators have approved the sale and marketing of Sativex, an oral spray consisting of natural cannabis extracts as a treatment for symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

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Why Students Hold the Key to Ending Marijuana Prohibition

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Youth, Norml, Crime, Marijuana, Alcohol, Thc, Obama, Pot, Tobacco, Legalization, Students, Prohibition, Politics News

If we're going to finally end this 70+ year failed public policy known as marijuana prohibition, then we need students to play a lead role.

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Associated Press: After 40 Years, $1 Trillion, US Drug War "Has Failed to Meet Any of Its Goals"

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Armentano, Cannabis, Norml, Marijuana, National Drug Control Strategy, Mexico, Drug Czar, Thc, Drug War, Obama, Pot, Legalization, Mexican Drug War, Gil Kerlikowske, Politics News

The Associated Press has taken the entire U.S. drug war strategy and raked it over the coals. It's about damn time!

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"Money Can Grow On Trees," Marijuana Legalization Group Announces

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, First Amendment, Times Square, Tax and Regulate Marijuana, Marijuana, Norml, CBS Super Screen, Thc, change.org, Cbs, Legalization, New York City, CBS Corporation, Media News

"Money can grow on trees." That is the message of NORML in a 15-second digital ad scheduled to debut in New York City's Times Square next week.

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Judge: Religious Marijuana Use Still Illegal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pot, Religion, Marijuana, THC Ministry, Thc, Clear Creek County, Trevor Douglas, Religious Marijuana Use, Denver News

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — A Colorado man who says marijuana is a sacrament in his religion has been convicted of misdemeanor drug charges. A Clear Cr...

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Weeding Through the Hype: Interpreting the Latest Warnings About Pot and Schizophrenia

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Mental Illness, Cannabis, Norml, Marijuana, Schizophrenia, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Obama, Psychosis, Pot, Politics News

Once again members of the mainstream media are running wild with the notion that marijuana use causes schizophrenia and psychosis.

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Colorado Medical Marijuana Lab Raided By DEA Is Second In State

Westword | Michael Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thc, Marijuana, Colorado, Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Theapeutics, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Dea, Denver News

We recently wrote about how a DEA raid at Full Spectrum Laboratories, a Denver medical marijuana testing facility, was triggered by the lab applying f...

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CBS Corporation Bans Ad Calling For Marijuana Legalization

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Times Square, Weeds, Norml, Marijuana, Tax Revenue, Economy, Fox News, Youtube, Thc, Obama, Cbs, Pot, Legalization, CBS Corporation, Media News

Now, the fifteen-second ad, which asserts that taxing and regulating the adult use and sale of marijuana would raise 'billions of dollars in national revenue, will not appear on the CBS billboard in Times Square

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Is Medical Marijuana Getting Colorado Teens Addicted?

The Denver Post | Christian Thurstone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pot, Drug Abuse, Marijuana, Youth Drugs, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Thc, Drug Addiction, Teenagers, Caregivers, Weed, Denver News

Colorado's public policies regarding the use of medical marijuana are a complete mess -- and as the medical director of a busy adolescent substance ab...

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Behind the Lack of Medical Marijuana Research: Feds Disallowing Initiatives

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Michele Leonhart, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Marijuana, Nida, Dea, Thc, Obama, Pot, Ganja, Politics News

A "catch-22" has long plagued medical marijuana advocates and patients. Lawmakers and health regulators demand clinical studies on safety and efficacy, but the feds bar these studies from being conducted.

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Cannabis Crown 2010: Who's got the best weed? Contest aims to find out

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis Crown, Aspen, Marijuana, Western Slope Cannabis Crown, Thc, Cannabis Crown 2010, Medical Marijuana, Thc Ratings, Peopole's Choice, Pot, Western Slope, Legalization, Colorado, Weed, The Western Slope Cannabis Crown, Aspen Cannabis Festival, What Is the Western Slope Cannabis Crown?, Canibis Crown Denver Colo,, Marajuana Growers Festival Aspen Colorado, The Cannabis Crown Organizer, Bobby Scurlock,, Cannabis Festival Aspen 2010, The Western Slope Cannabis Crown Tickets, Cannabis Festival Aspen Co, Cannabis Crown Tickets, Colorado Cannabis Festival 2010, Denver News

ASPEN, Colo. — It's like a beer competition for marijuana. A cannabis festival in Aspen this spring will be the first in the state for approved...

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'Reefer Mad' Mainstream Media Does It Again

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Depression, Brain, Marijuana, Health, Teens, Dea, Adolescents, Brain Damage, Thc, Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, Anxiety, Serotonin, Politics News

For anyone who missed the worldwide corporate media's hysterical anti-pot headlines last week, here's a sampling.

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Tobacco-Related Health Costs: $800; Booze-Related Health Costs: $165; Pot-Related Health Costs: $20 -- Any Questions?

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Law Enforcement, Medical Cannabis, Smoking, Marijuana, Dea, Alcohol, Thc, Obama, Tobacco, Legalization, Prohibition, Politics News

A new study has directly compared the societal costs of marijuana and alcohol, as well as tobacco, and the final tally isn't pretty.

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2009: The Year In Review - NORML's Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oakland, Cannabis, Adhd, Hemp, Neuropathic Pain, Dispensaries, Marijuana, Norml, Head and Neck Cancer, Thc, Obama, Ama, AB 390, Califorfnia, Politics News

#1 Obama Administration: Don't Focus On Medical Marijuana Prosecutions United States Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a memorandum to federa...

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Pot Arrests for Year 2008 Second Highest Total Ever Reported

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Arrests, Marijuana, Norml, Drug Enforcement Administration, Thc, Obama, Uniform Crime Report, Fbi, Politics News

NORML Director Allen St. Pierre: Present enforcement policies are costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and having no impact on marijuana availability or use.

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: White House, Norml, Marijuana, Obama, Pot, California, Epa, Cannabis, Lung Cancer, Ucla, Alcohol, Brown University, Thc, Cancer, Legalization, Tashkin, Armentano, Healthy Living News

Investigators from Brown University reported that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a "significantly reduced risk" of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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25 Years In Prison For Pot? Congressman's Proposal Is Just Plain Dumb

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis, Mark Kirk, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Obama, Pot, War on Drugs, HR 2835, Legalization, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, Weed, Potency, Health, Politics News

Facts play virtually no role in political drug policy debate, and ignorance hardly disqualifies someone from holding elected office.

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