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HEMP BEER To Celebrate Legalization Of Marijuana And FREEDOM (Video Report)
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How are the Feds Reacting to Pot Legalization?:Holder May Step Down Does legal marijuana in the US really mean trouble for Mexican drug cartels?(W/Video)
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How the Feds are Reacting to pot Legalization
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:42 am by David Downs in Legal, Politics
How are the authorities reacting to pot legalization in Washington and Colorado? Well, Attorney General Eric Holder says “I don’t know [if I’ll be coming back for four more years]“, according to a newly released video of Mr. Holder speaking at a law school. Many see that as the warm-up before the departure of the embattled AG, who oversaw a largely ineffective crackdown on medical marijuana.
Kristen Gwynne at AlterNet does a great round-up of all other responses today, noting that the governor of Colorado said, “The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or goldfish too quickly.” . . . Read Complete Report
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from Christian Science Monitor
Does legal marijuana in the US really mean trouble for Mexican drug cartels?
By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / November 8, 2012
A look at the numbers.
It has long been a popular argument among campaigners for reform of America‘s marijuana laws that legalization would strike a major blow against the violent Mexican drug gangs that have brought so much misery to parts of that country and, increasingly, along the US border.
The logic is simple. Marijuana smuggling is a major earner for drug gangs, so a legal crop in the US would have a dramatic impact on their operations, lowering the amount of money available to them to bribe cops and hire killers south of the border. . . . Read Complete Report
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Pot Legal in Colorado and Washington, but Feds Still Loom
Published on Nov 7, 2012
Democrats may be high on President Obama’s re-election victory today, but constituents in Colorado and Washington state are feeling the buzz a little stronger than everyone else. The western states have become the first ever in America to legalize pot for recreational use. . . . posted with video on youtube
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TEDxRainier Presentations : beyond the marijuana monster myths
Stoners coming out – beyond the marijuana monster myths | David Schmader | TEDxRainier
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Drug Smuggler Speaks Out About Incarceration and Marijuana | Richard Stratton | TEDxFultonStreet
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Making peace with cannabis | Zachary Walsh | TEDxPenticton
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Viva Las Vegas!! Legal Sales of Recreational Marijuana
How to “buy” weed on the street in Las Vegas
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The 1st guy in Vegas to buy RECREATIONAL CANNABIS!
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Florida: Top Lawyer & #1 Supporter of Medical Marijuana filed a lawsuit to overturn the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana
John Morgan and his firm are one of the best known “Peoples Law firms” in the state and has become a local hero in his support of making medical marijuana available to Florida Residents. Most of the money spent in the legalization movement has come from him personally.
Due in large part to Mr. Morgan’s involvement in our last election 71% of Florida’s voters voted “yes” on legalizing medical marijuana and it became added to our state constitution.
However as has been happening all over our country Florida Legislatures have forgotten that they are in Tallahassee to perform the will of the people and are trying every way they can think of to stop this State Constitutional Amendment. Mr. Morgan is our champion in the fight to stop this movement. . . . Your Editor Dennis Crenshaw
A Letter from John Morgan ESQ. to your editor Dennis Crenshaw Dated 7/6/17
Dennis,
Today, I am filing a lawsuit to overturn the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana, which everyone knows is in direct contradiction to the constitutional amendment we passed.
The ban is unconstitutional, and as promised, we are going to take it to the courts and win.
Getting anything passed through the legislature, as you know, was an accomplishment. Tallahassee politicians often forget who the they are working for.
I know who I am working for: The patients and all of you who have fought with us for years to make sure those patients have access to the medicine they need.
Now, thanks to our collective efforts, most patients will get that access via certain types of marijuana. But it’s not enough and not everything the voters passed.
So we start the new fight today in the courts. And we will continue to fight anywhere and any place where the will of the voters is attempting to be side-railed or ignored.
We are unified in this fight and we will bring our cause to a complete and unasterisked victory soon.
Believe,
John Morgan
Paid for by Florida for Care, 801 Arthur Godfrey Rd. 402A, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Full press conference: John Morgan discusses medical marijuana lawsuit
Published on Jul 6, 2017
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Week in Weed: July 6, 2017 | The Cannabist Show
Published on Jul 6, 2017
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Cannabis Legalization Updates
Protecting Marijuana’s $2.7 Billion Cash Industry When Banks Won’t
Published on Feb 17, 2015
Thanks to recreational legalization in Colorado and Washington, the U.S. marijuana industry exploded from $1.5 billion to $2.7 billion in one year. But now, businesses making hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars a week are facing a serious problem: There’s nowhere to stash all the money.
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Marijuana Legalization State by State
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Cheech & Chong Debate On Fox News About Marijuana
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From NBC San Diego By R. Stickney Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 | Updated 8:57 AM PST
High in the Sky: Pot Falls From Plane Near U.S.-Mexico Border
Bundles of pot fell from the sky over San Diego, arriving in an airdrop from a plane that originated in Mexico, federal officials said Tuesday. . . Read Complete Report
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From U.S. News on NBC News.com 11/27/13
Then and now: Who supports pot legalization? It might surprise youBy Tony Dokoupil, Senior Staff Writer, NBC NewsIt bears an aura of inevitability, the state-by-state fall of marijuana prohibition, starting with January’s debut of commercial sales in Colorado and Washington state.Even as the legalization trend has spread, however, gathering momentum in at least 11 other states and setting up a prolonged clash with federal law, the issue has drowsed in the shadows of establishment conversation. It’s been officially ignored by major editorial boards, legal and medical societies, blue-chip companies and religious groups. . . . Read Complete Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From Denver Channel 7 ABC
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From CBS Denver Channel 4 November 27, 2013 2:36 PM
Denver Using ‘Nasal Ranger’ To Measure Pot Grow House Odors
DENVER (CBS4) – A Denver City Council committee is talking about changing the city’s odors laws weeks before recreational marijuana is to become legal and go on sale. . . . Read Complete Report
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THE WACKY WEED! Andy Panda!
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Smokin’ News: Marijuana Across the U.S.A. (+) Worldwide Report: Cannabis Culture News LIVE: Glass is Blowing Up (video Report)
from AJC.com Updated: 2:29 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2013 | Posted: 10:10 p.m. Monday, June 3, 2013 By Alexis Stevens The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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$2.4M in counterfeit items, 4 pounds of pot seized
If you pay $40 for a $250 pair of jeans, there’s a good chance you aren’t getting the real thing.
The same goes for many of the knock-off sneakers, purses and clothes being sold at Metro Mart USA in southwest Atlanta, according to police. And there was more than high-priced sneakers, purses and clothes being sold in the market.
Vendors were also allegedly selling marijuana — some of it in plain view on the counter, Lt. Scott Kreher with Atlanta police said Tuesday. . . . Read Complete Report
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From Cannibus News 6/4//13
Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests
Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data.
This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks were around eight times as likely to be arrested. During the same period, public attitudes toward marijuana softened and a number of states decriminalized its use. But about half of all drug arrests in 2011 were on marijuana-related charges, roughly the same portion as in 2010. . . . Read Complete Report
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From Toke of the Town By William Breathes in Legislation, Medical, News
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 1:20 pm
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New York General Assembly approves medical marijuana bill
The New York General Assembly yesterday approved a bill allowing medical marijuana use in the Empire State.
Assembly Bill 6357 was voted in with a 95-38 vote. The discussion now moves over to the state Senate in the next few weeks, which takes up the nearly identical Senate Bill 4406. If approved, the bill would allow for qualifying patients to receive a doctor’s recommendation to use cannabis. Patients would be allowed to possess up to 2.5 ounces purchased at one of several state-regulated medical marijuana dispensaries.Overwhelmingly, New Yorkers favor medical marijuana legislation. A recent Sienna Research Institute Poll showed that 82 percent of voters agree that physicians should be able to recommend cannabis. . . . Read Complete Report
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From Toke of the Town By William Breathes in Legislation, News
Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 3:20 pm
Louisiana bill removing marijuana from three-strikes laws, lessening penalties approved by House
An amended version of a bill that would end Louisiana’s draconian three-strikes law for some marijuana crimes has finally made its way through the house.
But it could be a tight squeeze to get the bill through. The Louisiana Senate adjourns next week, leaving little time to have the bill heard, debated and voted on before the politicians leave Baton Rouge for the year House Bill 103, which we’ve written about in the past, originally would have capped felony marijuana conviction sentences at five years. That version failed to clear the House floor last week, so authors amended it to make the penalties a little more harsh. . . . Read Complete Report
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From News Press.com Jun. 3, 2013 Written by Mary Wozniak
Florida medical marijuana advocates claim impending victory
Supporters of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes in Florida are sure 2014 will be the year their wish becomes reality.
“Florida is ready to explode,” said Jodi James, executive director of the Florida Cannabis Action Network. “We firmly believe that Florida patients will have legal access to cannabis by November 2014.” . . . Read Complete Report
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From Huffington Post By Harry Bradford Posted: 06/04/2013 5:05 pm EDT
Marijuana Law Enforcement Cost States An Estimated $3.6 Billion In 2010: ACLU
States together spent somewhere around $3.6 billion enforcing marijuana possession laws in 2010, according to a new study by the American Civil Liberties Union, entitled “The War On Marijuana In Black and White.” That’s the authors’ “best estimate,” though approximations using different methodologies put the cost as high as $6 billion and as low as $1.2 billion.
The paper grabbed headlines Tuesday with its finding that blacks are nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested for possessing marijuana, despite both races using the drug at about the same rate.
Here are some most startling numbers from the ACLU’s report with regards to the cost of enforcing marijuana laws: . . . Read Complete Report
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Cannabis Culture News LIVE: Glass is Blowing Up
Published on Jun 3, 2013
POT TV – Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE every Friday at 4PM PT on http://Pot.TV for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: Glass is blowing up! We talk to Marco Renda of the Treating Yourself Expo about his new glass gallery and glass artist Redbeard about the great Canadian Glass Gathering.
Also on today’s show: We play video clips from the highly successful Treating Yourself Expo 2013
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[Inside] Tha Jackal’s Head+Hard Copy: Marijuana Support ~ Hip Hop ICONS Layzie Bone & Thin C on the “Hemp” Bible, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”
From [Inside] tha Jackal’s Head: 5/31/2013
Hip Hop legends Layzie Bone of super rap group Bone Thugs, and Harmony, and fellow Mo Thugs artist Thin C give major props to the late Jack Herer who wrote the book “The Emperor Wears No Clothes.” If you are not familiar with Jack Herer I suggest you check out the video below this one.
The Emperor Wears No Clothes is a book written by Jack Herer. Starting in 1973, Jack Herer took the advice of his friend “Captain” Ed Adair and began compiling tidbits of information about cannabis and its numerous uses. After a dozen years of collecting and compiling historical data, Herer first published his work as The Emperor Wears No Clothes in 1985. The eleventh edition was published in November 2000, and the book continues to be cited in cannabis rescheduling and re-legalization efforts.
The book, backed by H.E.M.P. (America), Hanf Haus (Germany), Sensi Seeds/Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum, Amsterdam, (Netherlands), and T.H.C., the Texas Hemp Campaign (America), offers $100,000 to anyone who can disprove the claims made within. Quoting from the book’s back cover:
“If all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as trees for paper and construction were banned in order to save the planet, reverse the Greenhouse Effect and stop deforestation; then there is only one known annually renewable natural resource that is capable of providing the overall majority of the world’s paper and textiles; meet all of the world’s transportation, industrial and home energy needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, rebuilding the soil, and cleaning the atmosphere all at the same time… and that substance is — the same one that did it all before — Cannabis Hemp… Marijuana! . . . Jack Herer The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The title of the book alludes to the classic fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen. Herer uses Andersen’s story as an allegory for the current prohibition of cannabis.
European experts on hemp, like Dr. Hayo M.G. van der Werf author of the doctoral thesis Crop physiology of fibre hemp (1994), criticized the book for containing some inaccuracies.
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2013: A great year to Celebrate 4/20 ~ the underground Marijuana Holiday (W/Video) (+) Selected Short Subject (Video)
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It’s High Time for That Cannabis Holiday: 4/20
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The Internet is up in smoke in anticipation of 4/20. Practically a national holiday for college kids and aging hippies alike, 4/20 celebrates the consumption of cannabis, Mary Jane, pot, whatever you like to call it. According to Wikipedia, the holiday got its origins in 1971 from a group of teenagers in San Rafael, Calif., who liked to meet up at 4:20 p.m. to get high. As a result, 4/20 became their secret code word and 40 years later, the code word for an entire nation.
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From ABC News By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press DENVER April 15, 2013 (AP)
Legal Pot Draws Tourists to Colo., Wash., for 4/20
Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend.
And the events and crowds will likely test the limits of new laws permitting pot use by adults. . . . Read Complete Report
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From Business Insider By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press | Apr. 15, 2013, 4:55 AM
Thousands Of Pot Tourists Are Coming To Colorado And Washington This Week To Celebrate Legalization
DENVER (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, including out-of staters and even packaged tours. The events and crowds will test the limits of new laws permitting pot use by adults.
More than 50,000 are expected. . . . Read Complete Report
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From Cornwall Free News Ottawa Canada. Added by admin on April 15, 2013.
Is 420 A Party Or A Protest? Actually, It’s Both by Russell Barth April 15, 2013
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. . . “Every year for the past decade or more, Ottawa, like many other cities around the world, has had a 420 celebration of some sort. And in true Ottawa fashion, we don’t do it anywhere near the same as any other city. Most cities have a single central location that is agreed upon beforehand. Up until last year, 420 Ottawa was an organically-formed event where the majority of participants went to Major’s Hill Park (right across the street from that eyesore of a US embassy) for the huge party/drum circle that occurs there, while another crowd would form on Parliament Hill to break the law on the front lap of the seat of power.” . . . Read Complete Report
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From OC Weekly By Nick Schou Wed., Mar. 27 2013 at 10:00 AM
Weedorama, San Bernardino Pot Fest Scheduled For 4/20, Has Been Cancelled
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. . . “the culprit is parking–or rather, the lack of it. In a statement issued yesterday, 420 Times editor Dave Brian said the event was being postponed because the “substantial” parking lots that had been promised for Weedorama were no longer available. No further details were provided about how or why the parking fell through, but Brian promised that ticket holders would receive a full refund. . . . Read Complete Report
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From Inside Pulse by Joe Corey on April 13, 2013
Disc News: Cheech and Chong Get Animated For 4/20
Cheech and Chong might as well get credited for turning April 20th into an unofficial holiday. What’s to celebrate that day? What Cheech and Chong love to do the best. Although this year they arrive with a gift for you. Cheech and Chong’s Animated Movie arrives in theaters and shortly thereafter on home video for people who’d rather enjoy the film in their parents’ basement. The comedy duo will be spending April 20th on various social media spreading the word about their new adventure. Here’s the press release: . . . Read Complete Report, Press Release and complete 4/20 schedule.
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Published on Mar 22, 2013
In Theaters April 18, 2013! You’re not hallucinating (but they are)… It’s the legendary toker jokers Cheech & Chong as you’ve never seen them before — in their very first Animated Movie.
Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie Trailer
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