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The Student Association of Otago University in New Zealand recently voted to uphold a policy that allows students to smoke marijuana on campus.

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Los Angeles Pot Shops Protest Massive Shut Downs

After an ordinance was passed last January to better regulate Los Angeles’s Pot Shop scene, hundreds of marijuana dispensaries have until June 7 to close up shop. But, many of the dispensaries’ owner aren’t willing to put down the bud and go quietly.

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Los Angeles Prepared to Smoke Out Pot Dispensaries

Eric Matuschek, owner of Starbudz medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles and hundreds of other business owners across LA have until June 7 to close their clinics or they may be confronted with civil fines and even jail time.

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Mobile Marijuana Dispensary Forced Out Of Commission

An RV used as a dispensary for medical marijuana has been temporarily forced out of operation by Norco authorities, who say the weed wagon violates city laws banning distribution of the drug.

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San Diego Man Getting His Weed Back From Cops

A judge Friday morning ordered the San Diego Police Department to return all property seized from medical marijuana patient and provider Eugene Davidovich, including the dried marijuana and concentrated cannabis seized more than a year ago, in February 2009.

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Saturday Marijuana March in Madison part of worldwide

On Saturday May 1 (and Saturday May 8 in some places including Milwaukee), marijuana activists in more than 300 cities around the world and right here in Madison will rally to call for an end to Cannabis Prohibition. The event is sponsored locally by the Madison chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and

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Marijuana Legalization More Popular Than Obama, Health Refor

You read that right. Legalizing marijuana for recreational use by adults has more widespread support than President Obama’s administration. Pot legalization is also more popular than the recent health care bill that passed in Congress and has higher approval ratings than our handling of the Global War on Terror.

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Tony Newman: Dismantling the Talking Points of Marijuana Pro

The war on drugs will be on the ballot in California this November. The nation will watch the state decide whether to tax and regulate marijuana or continue to arrest adults for possession of this plant.

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Happy 4/20! A History of Pot Propaganda [PICS]

To help celebrate national marijuana day, here’s a photographic history of pot propaganda.

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420 Infographic Mashup

Marijuana has inspired a lot of artists to great heights. Now that the move toward legal marijuana is in full swing, that art can actually be a powerful force in changing cannabis policy.

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25 Excellent Marijuana Quotes

“If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you’ll add eight to 24 years to your life.” -Jack Herer

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20 Strains Of Marijuana To Smoke On 4/20 (PICS)

In honor of 4/20 I figured I’d post all about marijuana. If you do indeed smoke then you have got to get your hands on what I have listed here.

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The Great American Pot Smoke-Out (PICS)

Advocates for the legalization of marijuana (as well as a few recreational tokers) will mark the movement’s progress on April 20, a.k.a. 4/20, the drug’s unofficial national holiday.

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Famous Pot Activist “Emperor of Hemp” Dies

​Famous marijuana activist and author Jack Herer, “The Emperor of Hemp,” died Thursday morning at 70.

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Police Return Man’s Medical Marijuana — With No Court Order

Going against its own policy, a police department in California has returned several containers of marijuana to a 21-year-old man who said he was falsely accused of possession, transportation and sales. Meow.

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2000 Pound Marijuana Case Dismissed After Illegal Search

A huge marijuana bust was dismissed by the court after it was found that the police did not get a search warrant before performing the search. Doh!

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Will K3 Fake Weed Get You High?The Pitch smokes up, er, prod

Another legal synthetic marijuana is on the market, but does it work? A newspaper staff smokes up in the name of consumer advocacy…

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San Diego Medical Marijuana Victory: Davidovich Not Guilty!

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’s war on medical marijuana patients and providers suffered another crushing defeat Thursday afternoon, as activist Eugene Davidovich was acquitted by a jury of all charges stemming from his arrest last year as part of Operation Green Rx. Davidovich, a Navy veteran, was facing serious jail time.

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Sample Medical Marijuana Menu

For those of you who don’t live in Medical Marijuana states, here is some of what you are missing out on. Bet your dealer doesn’t have a selection like this.

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Report: Marijuana Use By Seniors Growing As Boomers Age

Long a fixture among young people, use of the country’s most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers grow older. Approximately 5.1% of seniors 55-59 reprt that they use marijuana on a regular basis.

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