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Uruguay faces UN backlash for legalizing pot
From RT.com Published time: December 12, 2013 13:52
Edited time: December 13, 2013 10:44
Uruguay is facing criticism, as the UN’s drug body, supporting the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), lashed out at the country for allegedly breaking international law, after it legalized the consumption and growing of the plant on Tuesday.
“Uruguay is breaking the international conventions on drug control with the cannabis legislation approved by its congress,” said the INCB, citing several reasons why it thinks Uruguay has made a mistake, among them the purported health risks associated with the plant’s use, the drug body said on its website. . . . Read Complete Report
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Will Colorado’s demand for pot exceed supply on Jan. 1
From USA Today Jessica Durando, USA TODAY Network 10:14 a.m. EST December 11, 2013
2014 is just around the corner and that means selling recreational marijuana will become legal in Colorado. This change brings about several challenges . . . Read Complete Report
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The deadly consequences of marijuana prohibition
From Toke of the Town By Jack Daniel in News, Opinion
A photograph of a cannabis plant. The photo at that site is marked as being copyright-free, and is credited to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
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Entrapment: Cops Trick Autistic Student Into Selling Weed
From High Times FRI DEC 13, 2013
Has it really come to this? It seems that with marijuana legalization legislation popping up in states across the country, the coppers are feeling backed into a corner. In one of their most despicable ploys yet, a number of agencies in Southern California have been deploying undercover cops into high schools with the mission of befriending teens, gaining their trust, and entrapping them into selling small amounts of marijuana so that they can arrest them.
This time it occurred at Perris and Menifee high schools where on 12/12/13, undercover cops who had been embedded in the high schools since the beginning of the year arrested over two dozen students on charges surrounding marijuana, hashish, and various other drugs. The remaining student population was thrown into a frenzy of distrust for both their school and their classmates as each one wondered who the cops were. . . . Read Complete Report
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Marijuana Refugees! I Must Say! This Is Actually A Miracle Plant! Marijuana
From youtube uploaded by Latest News
Published on Dec 1, 2013
President’s pot comments prompt call for policy
From MercuryNews.com
By Paul Elias
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama says he won’t go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But advocates argue the president said the same thing about medical marijuana — and yet U.S. attorneys continue to force the closure of dispensaries across the U.S.
Welcome to the confusing and often conflicting policy on pot in the U.S., where medical marijuana is legal in many states, but it is increasingly difficult to grow, distribute or sell it. And at the federal level, at least officially, it is still an illegal drug everywhere. . . . Read Complete Report