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Uruguay faces UN backlash for legalizing pot & other Reports From the Frontlines

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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

Seal_of_Colorado.svg CREDIT Svgalbertian Source Wikipedia Public Domain2014 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 NewsOpinion

Friday, December 13, 2013 at 11:20 am
Pot Plant CREDIT United States Fish and Wildlife Service SOURCE Wikimedia.org Public Domain
Image: A photograph of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
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)
It was a Tuesday morning in San Diego, just over a month ago on November 7th, when SDPD received reports of broken glass at a local business, with a possible burglary having had occurred overnight. Police investigators arriving on the scene quickly determined that the business in question was a medical marijuana dispensary, and the focus of their investigation quickly shifted from aiding possible burglary victims, to persecuting law abiding citizens and shuttering a legitimate business. . . Read Complete Report

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 Entrapment: Cops Trick Autistic Student Into Selling Weed

From High Times FRI DEC 13, 2013

Marajuana Joint SOURCE middletown-ct.patch.com Public DomainHas 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

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Dig a Little DEEPER: Medical Marijuana

Best Marijuana Argument Ever: Given By Superior Court Judge James P. Gray + UPDATE: Latest Medical Findings Mar 25, 2017

I have been involved with the movement to end the prohibition of marijuana since “Proposition 13” in California in the 1970’s. I’ve heard a lot of explanations or why we must end marijuana prohibition over all of their years.  This is one of the best. We commend Superior Court Judge Gray for explaining the steps needed to end the problems he addressed. . . . . EDITOR

from YouTube cambell1308

Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012

Superior Court Judge James P gives his view point on the legalization of marijuana(Hemp) and points out how it would affect so many lives in a positive way, stop the drug cartells, stop the use of children as drug runners, empty our jails help our health etc etc etc.
With all the problems we have today marijuana use is pretty far down the line of importance, so why is so much time energy and resources put into keeping it illegal? These resources should be going into poverty, hunger, education and catching actual criminals

Since written records have been kept the medical value of Marijuana has been known. Despite the Controllers years of trying to eradicate this wonder plant it is still here. Here’s that latest findings . . . EDITOR

Update 2017 Marijuana: The Latest Scientific Findings and Legalization

YouTube ~ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Published on Mar 25, 2017

California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada became the latest states to legalize recreational marijuana, bringing to 28 the number of states that have okayed the drug for medicinal use, recreational use, or both. Even more states have rules that allow certain kinds of cannabis extracts to be used for medical purposes. At the same time that state legalization is increasing, the Trump administration is signaling that it may ramp up enforcement of federal drug laws, even when they come into conflict with state laws allowing recreational marijuana use. State and local governments may find themselves on uncertain legal ground. Meanwhile, policymakers navigating this new landscape are also working largely without the benefit of a solid foundation of scientific evidence on the drug’s risks and benefits. In fact, a new National Academy of Medicine report describes notable gaps in scientific data on the short- and long-term health effects of marijuana. What do we know about the health impacts of marijuana, and what do we still need to learn? This Forum brought together researchers studying marijuana’s health impacts with policymakers who are working to implement new laws in ways that will benefit and protect public health.

Part of The Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forums, this event was presented jointly with The Huffington Post on Friday, March 24, 2017.

Dig a Little DEEPER: Medical Marijuana