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We have aggregated RSS feeds with all the cannabis news from The NY Times. Cannabis News and High Times. Keep informed!March 9th, 2010
Why decriminalize marijuana when drugs are central to many of the problems relating to gangs, teenage suicide, teenage violence and low academic achievement?
Anyone close to the issue — teachers, police officers, counselors, and parents — can speak to this with certainty: Kids have been reaching out for guidance and direction for [...]
March 9th, 2010
LOS ANGELES — James Gray once saw himself as a drug warrior, a former federal prosecutor and county judge who sent people to prison for dealing pot and other drug offenses. Gradually, though, he became convinced that the ban on marijuana was making it more accessible to young people, not less.
“I [...]
March 9th, 2010
Washington, D.C. — From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, state laws restricting marijuana use are slowly going up in smoke, a newspaper review indicates.
Advocates of legalizing marijuana say shifts propelled by culture, politics and generational attitudes have moved the United States to the point that could see the relaxation of 40 years of tough [...]
March 9th, 2010
Marijuana Is Becoming Part of Our Culture.
Hope for marijuana supporters and consumers in California has reached an all time high with the “Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act” initiative on the path for the November ballot.
The first step in ending the ban on marijuana, which is getting the required amount of signatures, has almost reached [...]
March 9th, 2010
Oxford, Mississippi — It is the smell — pungent and slightly citrusy — that first greets visitors to Mahmoud ElSohly’s office on the University of Mississippi campus.
Next are pictures lining the hallways of the bright green plants ElSohly has spent the past 35 years researching as chief cultivator of the nation’s only federally sanctioned marijuana [...]
March 8th, 2010
Sen. Ed Harbison ( D-Columbus ) plans to introduce a bill next week that would make synthetic pot — known as K2 or “spice” — illegal.
The substance, which like potpourri and is marketed as incense, is sold in smoke shops. It mimics the affects of THC, the chemical in marijuana that gives users a high.
But [...]
March 8th, 2010
Medical marijuana legislation pending in the state legislature could legitimize hundreds of dispensaries, and we don’t think that honors the intent of voters who approved narrowly drawn access for sick people.
While state lawmakers may believe they have the authority to create a dispensary system for medical marijuana — that is, we think, a debatable legal [...]
March 7th, 2010
LOS ANGELES – With a 13-year head start on Michigan, California’s efforts to transform marijuana from illicit to prescription drug offers a clear lesson: It ain’t easy.
The conflict has flared in recent weeks with a new Los Angeles ordinance aimed at hundreds of marijuana dispensaries, many that [...]
March 7th, 2010
Four state lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries sent a request to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday to stop raids on medical marijuana operations.
March 2nd, 2010
A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges Los Angeles’s crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, claiming that it would force nearly all of them to close.
February 18th, 2010
Los Angeles authorities have gone after 21 medical marijuana dispensaries, arresting one owner and filing lawsuits and eviction orders against outlets. The actions on Thursday involved alleged violations of state and federal marijuana laws. Prosecutors filed lawsuits against three dispensaries and sent eviction notices to business and property owners involving 18 others.
January 26th, 2010
The Los Angeles City Council voted to shutter roughly 80 percent of the city’s dispensaries and restrict their hours.January 24th, 2010
An Indian reservation is caught between the U.S. and Mexico as a major transit point for drugs as well as people.January 18th, 2010
Despite the Obama administration's tacit support of more liberal state medical marijuana laws, the federal government still discourages research into the medicinal uses of smoked marijuana. That may be one reason that -- even though some patients swear by it -- there is no good scientific evidence that legalizing marijuana's use provides any benefits over current therapies. Lyle E. Craker, a professor of plant sciences at the University of Massachusetts, has been trying to get permission from f...
January 15th, 2010
To the Editor: Re ''Compassion in New Jersey'' (editorial, Jan. 13):
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March 9th, 2010
After public outrage forced Colorado lawmakers to postpone a vote on a bill that aimed to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a group of legislators have responded by asking the Feds to back off.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, a bipartisan group of two state senators and two representatives called for an end to medical marijuana raids by the DEA.
The DEA is already responsible for three Colorado raids this year alone – two of which focused on …More
March 9th, 2010
Public support for marijuana legalization has been growing. But what else is on people’s minds these days? This is important, because the legalization of marijuana requires more than widespread public support. It also has to become a priority for the political system. Maybe not the biggest priority, but politicians and legislators need to make it an action item; they have to perceive this as an issue the public not only supports but also an issue the public wants resolved.
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March 9th, 2010
An animated interpretation of the viral dispatch call of the cop who ate too many pot brownies.
March 9th, 2010
Devillac:
The story of the band goes way back, and although Devillac was founded in the summer of 2000, band members have played together in various acts (including Supercruiser and Fuzzbender) for well over a decade.
After Daredevil Records released the well-received Devillac vs. Transonic Science split in 2001 the group started to work on a bunch of new songs for a full-length album. However, that album was never released due to some major line-up changes that were …More
