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Barney Frank: POT BUST Took Place With Congressman Present

Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...

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Mexican Pot Gangs Infiltrate Indian Reservations In U.S.

wsj.com | JOEL MILLMAN | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. -- Police Chief Carmen Smith says he knows three things about suspected drug trafficker Artemio Corona: He's from Mexico, prefers a...

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Breckenridge Votes Overwhelmingly To Legalize Marijuana

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana. Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal ...

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A Seedling of Sanity Takes Root in the War On Drugs

Rich Robinson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law, Medical Marijuana, Justice Department, Medicine, Marijuana, Pot, Marijuana Legalization, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News
Rich Robinson

It is time to cast aside all of the misinformation and propaganda about what marijuana is and what it is not. At least we are on the right path.

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Push To Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground In California

nytimes.com | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California -- and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federa...

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DEA 'Cartel' Claims Lack Facts, Again

Erin Rosa | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

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Erin Rosa

DEA agents in Denver have a sordid history when it comes to backing up their claims, and their most recent allegation that medical marijuana dispensaries are being supplied by 'cartels' is no different.

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John Suthers, Colorado Attorney General, Says New Federal Marijuana Policy Based On Faulty Assumptions

The Denver Post | Jordan Steffen | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

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Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says that if an Obama administration plan not to arrest medical-marijuana users and suppliers is going to work,...

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LA's District Attorney Vows To Shut Down Marijuana Shops

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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LOS ANGELES — Clay Tepel knew there were risks to setting up a medical marijuana shop: it could lose money, be robbed or be raided by authoritie...

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New Blue Review: And Peter Tosh Will Advertise It

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aspen, Dispensaries, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Obama, New Blue Review, Pot, Legalization, Peter Tosh, Colorado, Politics News
Todd Hartley

There was an interesting little tidbit of information out of Aspen last week, with the Aspen Daily News reporting Wednesday on the opening of a fourth medical marijuana dispensary in the tony ski town known for its laissez-faire attitude toward drugs.

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Marijuana Licensing Fails To Make The Pot Business Safe: NYT

nytimes.com | ABBY GOODNOUGH | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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New Mexico's new medical marijuana law was intended to provide safe, aboveboard access to the drug for hundreds of residents with chronic pain and oth...

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Pot Legalization Gains Momentum In California

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home

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SAN FRANCISCO — Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in Californ...

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Medical Marijuana: Boulder DA Makes Pot Laws Lowest Priority

Daily Camera | Daily Camera | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said Tuesday that the state's medical marijuana laws desperately need more clarity, and he's not interes...

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The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

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Dustin Diamond: Sex, Drugs On 'Saved By The Bell' Set, Mark Paul Gosselaar Did Steroids

usmagazine.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

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The new Us Weekly (on newsstands now) has a sneak peek at Dustin Diamond's shocking tell-all, Behind the Bell, which claims drug use and sex were ramp...

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Netherlands Sees Increase In Youth Smoking Pot; Taking Steps To Revise Cannabis Laws

Inter Press Service | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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Alecia D. McKenzie I IPS AMSTERDAM, Sep 22 (IPS) - Along with "canal" and "dyke", young people visiting this city will learn some other interesting...

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Free the 'Prince of Pot?' You Be the Judge...

Mason Tvert | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marc Emery, Drugs, Canada, War on Drugs, Pot, Legalization, Marijuana, Politics News
Mason Tvert

Emery operated his seed business entirely in Canada with no American branches or employees and he conducted business openly in Canada without ever facing charges of manufacturing or distributing marijuana.

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Andrew Sullivan's "Special" Treatment Should Be Standard

Mason Tvert | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Mason Tvert

Sullivan may have received special treatment, but he received the appropriate treatment. Now, we need to change our marijuana laws so that this appropriate treatment is the rule, not the exception.

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Blind, Diabetic, Double-Amputee Dies After Being Evicted for Medical Marijuana Use

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Anthony Papa

Marijuana is an indispensable medicine that helps mitigate chronic pain and stimulates appetite. Patients suffering from cancer, AIDS and other forms of disease greatly benefit from access to marijuana.

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Legalized: Oral Sex, Sodomy and Immoral Prosecutions

Tina Dupuy | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Tina Dupuy

Illegal is not the same as immoral. Jaywalking is illegal, few would argue it's immoral. What lawmakers, banks and brokers did to the economy was technically legal -- but it was far from being moral.

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

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

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Paul Armentano

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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Sex, Drugs, Rock 'N Roll in Redneck Country

Ethel Grodzins Romm | Posted 09.15.2009 | New York

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Ethel Grodzins Romm

He introduced his girlfriend as "my old lady." She was maybe 17. They were both stripped to the waist, lying in a zipped-open sleeping bag, like hundreds, thousands, of couples around them.

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Cannabis Cures Swine Flu? Colorado Springs Company Says Possibly

Westword | Michael Roberts | Posted 09.12.2009 | Denver

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​Does cannabis contain the magic ingredient that will keep swine flu from sweeping the planet? A Colorado Springs company has (yes, you knew it was ...

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The Benefits To Legalizing Pot You Haven't Heard About (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

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The war on drugs may be a noble intention, but the illegal growing of marijuana is destroying our environment and we need to step in. Primarily run...

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Let's All Have a Beer and Talk Police Work

Norm Stamper | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Work, Harvard, Disorderly Conduct, President Obama, Beer, Police Brutality, Cambridge Police Department, Sgt. Crowley, Pot, Police Oppression, Henry Louis Gates, Guns, Police Bias, Politics News
Norm Stamper

The president, wounded by a wave of criticism, hounded by police union demands for an apology and struggling to get the country's focus back on health care, did a very smart thing.

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Drug Testing For State Lawmakers Proposed In California

Orange County Register | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Do our state legislators behave as though they're on drugs? Somebody thinks so, as there is a petition in circulation for a proposed ballot measure th...

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