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Uruguay’s Prez Rips Into U.N. Official Over Marijuana Law: ‘Stop Lying’ (+) Uruguay Becomes First Country To Fully Legalize Marijuana

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From Huffington Post   By  Posted: 12/19/2013 2:40 pm EST  |  Updated: 12/20/2013 1:57 am EST

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. . . ‘The Uruguayan legislature voted this month to legalize the government-regulated sale of marijuana to registered nationals, marking a major departure from repressive drug war policies pioneered by the United States.” . . .

. . . ““This is a change so obviously sensible, squeezing out the crooks and allowing the authorities to concentrate on graver crimes, that no other country has made it,” The Economist quipped. “If others followed suit, and other narcotics were included, the damage such drugs wreak on the world would be drastically reduced.” . . . Read Complete Report

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Uruguay Becomes First Country To Fully Legalize Marijuana

Published on Dec 12, 2013

The small Latin American country of Uruguay has become the only country that allows growing and selling marijuana

Dig a LITTLE DEEPER ~ THEI.us ARCHIVE “Uruguay – Marijuana”

Uruguay Legalizes Marijuana ~ Will Sell at $1.00 a Gram

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Uruguay Legalizes Marijuana

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Uruguay Shows World How To End Marijuana Black Market By Selling Weed For ONE DOLLAR A GRAM!

Published on Nov 4, 2013

November 03, 2013 CBC News

Federal Government Has Basically Just Legalized Marijuana (+) Doctor Sanjay Gupta Publicly Apologizes For Being SO WRONG About Medical Marijuana (Video Reports)

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Doctor Sanjay Gupta Publicly Apologizes For Being SO WRONG About Medical Marijuana

August 08, 2013 CNN  by PlantofRenown

Doctor Sanjay Gupta Publicly Apologizes For Being SO WRONG About Medical Marijuana

Colorado and Washington Legalized Marijuana Tuesday, What Happens Now? (+) Latin American leaders call for review of US legal pot vote

from NORML

Colorado and Washington Legalized Marijuana Tuesday, What Happens Now?

by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director

November 8, 2012

Tuesday night, the states of Colorado and Washington sent a loud and clear message to the federal government that they no longer wish to enforce the futile prohibition on cannabis. The symbolic impact of these victories are immediate, but what are the practical effects on the ground now that these two initiatives have been approved?

In Washington State, regulations for the marijuana retail outlets are going to start being drafted by the Washington State Liquor Control Board. This process is expected to last about a year. The immediate impact of passing I-502 is on the state laws regarding possession. Starting on December 6th, Section 20 of the initiative will take effect. This section effectively states that any person over the age of 21 is legally allowed to possess up to 1oz of dried marijuana, 16oz of marijuana solids (edibles), and 72oz of cannabis infused liquids (think oils and lotions). It is also no longer a crime to possess marijuana paraphernalia. . . . Read Complete Report

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from The Seattle Times

LatAm leaders call for review of US legal pot vote

Originally published Monday  November 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN

Associated Press


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A group of Latin American leaders declared Monday that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling, offering the first government reaction from a region increasingly frustrated with the U.S.-backed war on drugs.

The group of Latin American leaders declared Monday that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling, offering the first government reaction from a region increasingly frustrated with the U.S.-backed war on drugs. declaration by the leaders of Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica did not explicitly say they were considering weakening their governments’ efforts against marijuana smuggling, but it strongly implied the votes last week in Colorado and Washington would make enforcement of marijuana bans more difficult. . . . Read Complete Report

2 states legalize pot, but don’t ‘break out the Cheetos’ yet (+) R.I.P: Marijuana Prohibition (w/Video)

Finally!

Prohibition of alcohol was finally overturned, not by the FEDS making it legal, but by legalizing alcohol state by state, thereby ignoring the 18th Amendment.  

First the State of New York legalized it while it was still illegal  under Federal law.  Then other states started to legalize until it reached the point that the FEDs didn’t have enough officers to enforce the law.  Then, and only then, did the FEDS join in by passing The 21st Amendment which repealed the 18th Amendment,the prohibition of alcohol. Amendment 21 repeals Amendment 18. This is the same plan being used for the legalization of marijuana.  Looks like we’re on the right track.  Smoke um if you got um!!!. . . EDITOR

from CNN News

2 states legalize pot, but don’t ‘break out the Cheetos’ yet
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 12:17 PM EST, Wed November 7, 2012

Los Angeles (CNN) — Pro-pot groups cheered passage of referendums legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington state as the “light at the end of the tunnel” in their 50-year campaign to make the drug legal nationwide.

“Yesterday’s elections have forever changed the playing field regarding cannabis prohibition laws in America (and probably in large parts of the world too),” Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML — the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — wrote in a celebratory blog Wednesday.

But Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper warned it’s too soon to “break out the Cheetos” since his state must still navigate federal laws before citizens can legally buy and sell cannabis. . . . Read Complete Report

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from NORML

R.I.P: Marijuana Prohibition

by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

November 7, 2012

The beginning of the end…has begun.

Yesterday’s elections have forever changed the playing field regarding cannabis prohibition laws in America (and probably in large parts of the world too)

The citizens of Colorado, Washington and Massachusetts delivered game changing victories last night for the nearly fifty year-old cannabis law reform Movement. Massachusetts becomes the eighteenth state to pass legal protections for qualified medical patients who’ve cannabis recommended to them by a physician. Colorado and Washington become the first places in the world, ever, where citizens have cast votes to reject cannabis prohibition, and replace the failed public policy with alternatives like tax-n-regulate models (similar to the control and taxation models widely accepted for alcohol and tobacco product use by adults). . . . Read Complete Report

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 First Announcement of Marijuana Legalization EVER in World History 

Published on Nov 6, 2012

November 7, 2012, was a historic day. For the first time since Marijuana was criminalized worldwide with UN’s “Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs” in 1961, a state has legalized marijuana!

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Legalization Of Marijuana In Washington Leaves Many Unanswered Questions

Published on Nov 7, 2012

November 06, 2012 CBC News
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FBI director gets schooled on marijuana legalization

Uploaded on May 21, 2009

Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen takes FBI Director Robert Mueller to task on marijuana legalization and the “gateway theory.”

THEI Update: Marijuana Legalization

Why is Marijuana Treated As a Dangerous Substance “Trey Gowdy grills national drug policy director”

Published on Jul 27, 2017

Why is Marijuana Treated As a Dangerous Substance “Trey Gowdy grills national drug policy director” 26-7-2017 Please Subscribe to me https://goo.gl/Y1XfnI

US Rep. at Pot Hearing: ‘People Don’t Smoke Marijuana and Beat Up Their Wives’

Published on Feb 4, 2014

Rep. Steve Cohen asks Dep. Director of Drug Control Policy to explain US’s equal treatment of pot and heroin.

Congressman Destroys War on Marijuana in Four Minutes

Published on Feb 13, 2015

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) details how marijuana prohibition has been a “spectacular failure” and previews reform legislation he will soon introduce. Check out http://MarijuanaMajority.com to see more politicians who know it’s time for change.

 

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TEDxRainier Presentations : beyond the marijuana monster myths

Stoners coming out – beyond the marijuana monster myths | David Schmader | TEDxRainier

Published on Feb 1, 2016

In this funny, informative talk, David Schmader makes the case for thinking more broadly about what a marijuana user is and can be. David Schmader is a multi-talented writer, playwright, newspaper columnist, and performance artist. With wit and intelligence he blends personal experience and biting humor to provide insight on difficult cultural issues. He creates autobiographical solo plays that include, Letter to AXL, (homophobia and the unifying power of anger), Straight (“pray away the gay” conversation therapy), and A Short-Term Solution to a Long-Term Problem (angst, escapism, and forgiveness). His shows have toured the country, with productions at New York City’s Dixon Place, Los Angeles’s Highways Performance Space, Seattle’s Bumbershoot Arts Festival, and the Wexner Center of the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Drug Smuggler Speaks Out About Incarceration and Marijuana | Richard Stratton | TEDxFultonStreet

Published on Nov 12, 2015

Richard Stratton’s education helped him to vacate a coercively harsh sentence, and now he speaks out to help others who are behind bars unjustly. The irony is not lost on Stratton, that recent cannabis legislation has legalized many of the activities for which people are still locked up. He offers a unique glimpse into the mind of an underworld leader, an award-winning writer and filmmaker, and a human rights advocate. Richard Stratton is a former international cannabis smuggler, CEO of a multi-million dollar operation. Arrested in 1982, he was convicted under the “Kingpin Statute” and sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

Making peace with cannabis | Zachary Walsh | TEDxPenticton

Published on Sep 2, 2014

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Talk explores human beings’ dynamic relationship with the cannabis plant and what recent developments might mean for our health and well-being.

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America Cannabis company buys entire California town to create marijuana tourist destination, Canada Weed Update & Stoners Coming Out

A 100-year-old ghost town founded during the California Gold Rush is being modernized for the “green rush” after a cannabis company purchased all the land, buildings and businesses for $5 million.

On Thursday, American Green, a marijuana technology company, announced they purchased a small town in San Bernardino County with the intention of turning it into the “the country’s first energy-independent, cannabis-friendly hospitality destination.” . . . Read Complete Report

Pot Company Wants to Turn California Town Into ‘Cannabis-Friendly Municipality’

United News International

Published on Aug 4, 2017

Arizona-based cannabis company, American Green, announced Aug. 3 that it had made a $5 million offer on the town of Nipton, California in order to transform it into a marijuana mecca.

CANADA: Liberals to announce marijuana will be legal by July 1, 2018

CBC News

Provinces will have right to decide how marijuana is distributed and sold, CBC News has learned

By David Cochrane, CBC News Posted: Mar 26, 2017 9:00 PM ET

Last Updated: Mar 27, 2017 12:54 PM ET

The Liberal government will announce legislation next month that will legalize marijuana in Canada by July 1, 2018.

CBC News has learned that the legislation will be announced during the week of April 10 and will broadly follow the recommendation of a federally appointed task force that was chaired by former liberal Justice Minister Anne McLellan.

Bill Blair, the former Toronto police chief who has been stickhandling the marijuana file for the government, briefed the Liberal caucus on the roll-out plan and the legislation during caucus meetings this weekend, according to a senior government official who spoke to CBC News on condition of anonymity. . . . Read Complete Report

Stoners coming out – beyond the marijuana monster myths | David Schmader | TEDxRainier

TEDx Talks

Published on Feb 1, 2016

In this funny, informative talk, David Schmader makes the case for thinking more broadly about what a marijuana user is and can be.

David Schmader is a multi-talented writer, playwright, newspaper columnist, and performance artist. With wit and intelligence he blends personal experience and biting humor to provide insight on difficult cultural issues. He creates autobiographical solo plays that include, Letter to AXL, (homophobia and the unifying power of anger), Straight (“pray away the gay” conversation therapy), and A Short-Term Solution to a Long-Term Problem (angst, escapism, and forgiveness). His shows have toured the country, with productions at New York City’s Dixon Place, Los Angeles’s Highways Performance Space, Seattle’s Bumbershoot Arts Festival, and the Wexner Center of the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.

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Viva Las Vegas!! Legal Sales of Recreational Marijuana

 How to “buy” weed on the street in Las Vegas

Published on Feb 17, 2017

Weed is “legal” for recreational use in Nevada, but what do you do when the government hasn’t authorized any shops? To help support this production and see why you can’t trust YouTube to help me challenge the status quo, please check out my Patreon at http://patreon.com/adamkokesh

The 1st guy in Vegas to buy RECREATIONAL CANNABIS!

Published on Jul 4, 2017

I was one of the first dudes in VEGAS to buy LEGAL WEED!! Whaaaaaaat!!!???!?! A HUGE thank you to Euphoria wellness and Summa Cannabis for making this happen!

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Who is behind the anti-legalization of Marijuana Movement? Follow The Money

 

 

 

 

Judge Jim Gray on The Six Groups Who Benefit From Drug Prohibition

YouTube ~ ReasonTV

Uploaded on Mar 8, 2010

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange County, California, held a press conference during which he recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed policy.

Today, more and more Americans are coming to the realization that prohibition’s costs—whether measured in lives and liberties lost or dollars wasted—far exceed any possible or claimed benefit

 

 

Americas Now— Private Prisons in the U.S. Make Big Profits 04/04/2016

YouTube ~ CCTV English

Big Alcohol is bankrolling anti-pot efforts

YouTube ~ TYT Nation

Published on Sep 15, 2016

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“THE FIGHT AGAINST legalized pot is being heavily bankrolled by alcohol and pharmaceutical companies, terrified that they might lose market share.

On the heels of a filing last week that revealed that a synthetic cannabis company is financing the opposition to legal marijuana in Arizona comes a new disclosure this week that a beer industry group made one of the largest donations to an organization set up to defeat legalization in Massachusetts.

The Beer Distributors PAC, an affiliate that represents 16 beer-distribution companies in Massachusetts, gave $25,000 to the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts, tying it for third place among the largest contributors to the anti-pot organization.”

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