Richard Lee

Lucia Graves

Obama Administration's War On Weed Rolls On

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When federal agents raided Oaksterdam University, Richard Lee's downtown Oakland, Calif.-based trade school, earlier this month, it wasn...

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Oaksterdam University Founder: 'I Quit'

AP | Posted 04.06.2012

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The founder of a Northern California medical marijuana training school said Friday he was giving up his downtown Oakland-based pot ...

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While Obama's Thugs Raid Marijuana School, People Die

Neill Franklin | Posted 04.03.2012

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Neill Franklin

While federal agents were using a battering ram, a sledgehammer and power saws to break into a business that complies with state and local law and pays taxes, a gunman was murdering seven people at Oikos University, just three-tenths of a mile away.

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Oaksterdam University Founder: Marijuana Legalization Is 'Dead' In California

| Posted 11.09.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly. By Chris Roberts Last year's Proposition 19 was quite a wild ride, but marijuana legalization in...

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Proposition 19 Backer Richard Lee's Top 10 Reasons to Legalize Marijuana in California

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shana Ting Lipton

I got in touch with Prop 19's chief promoter and originator Richard Lee and asked him to outline his top 10 reasons for marijuana legalization. Here's what he said.

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