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More violence during North California pot raids.
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Authorities are trying to determine what’s causing an increase in violence that has left five suspects dead during raids of marijuana gardens across Northern California during the past several weeks. www.mercurynews.com
Facebook censoring images of marijuana leaves.
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Facebook is censoring marijuana. Just last week, the social networking giant abruptly changed its policies and decided to ban images of marijuana leaves from ads, claiming pictures of the plant promote tobacco products. We’re fighting back against Fac…
Pot, Parties and Political Policy: Hemponomics Infographics
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Marijuana ‘Hemponomics’ and Drug Policy information grapghocs by Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf aka NILcannagraphic.com
Massachusetts Towns Give Up On Marijuana Enforcement
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Some Massachusetts towns have given up enforcing a law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying the law is written with too many loopholes to be effective. That has led to a patchwork of enforcement across the state, wit…
Medical Marijuana Helping Budget Deficit, Colorado Gov. Says
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Gov. Bill Ritter is using $9 million from medical marijuana registrations to help the state meet a $60 million fiscal emergency. The state anticipates ending the year with 150,000 applicants for medical marijuana cards, up from 41,000 in 2009.www.huffi…
Vikings Percy Harvin Sidelined; Can’t Use Medical Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Since the age of 10, Percy Harvin, a Vikings wide receiver, has suffered from chronic, debilitating migraines. Luckily, later in life, Harvin found a therapeutic substance that not only relieved his migraines effectively, but also allowed him to play f…
Longshore Workers Endorse Prop 19
Posted by admin in Political News on August 21, 2010
The Northern California council of the ILWU, otherwise known as the Longshoremen, announced its support for Prop 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative. The 25,000-member council cited the extraordinary “waste” of money and lives in t…
Black Cops Argue in Favor of Marijuana Legalization on MSNBC
Posted by admin in Political News on August 20, 2010
In this video, a 33-year veteran cop from Baltimore talks about why the National Black Police Association and many individual African American officers are now endorsing the marijuana legalization initiative on California’s ballot this November.www.you…
Thousands of marijuana plants found in Granada Hills park.
Posted by admin in Political News on August 20, 2010
For weeks, LAPD narcotics officers kept watch over hundreds of marijuana plants they had discovered in O’Melveny Park in Granada Hills, hoping to catch the person cultivating them.latimesblogs.latimes.com
$4.2 Million Drug Search and Seizures Fund Trips to Vegas.
Posted by admin in Political News on August 20, 2010
National Drug Control Policy Report on the state of Texas Profile of Drug Indicators stated a total of 129,192 arrests for drug possession in 2008 with a total of 70,578 arrests for possession of marijuana. Arrests mean the courts, in the vast majority…
Wedding Photographer Busted With 700 Pounds of cannabis…
Posted by admin in Political News on August 19, 2010
A Massachusetts photographer has been arrested after allegedly trying to retrieve more than $1 million worth of marijuana from a shipping facility. Tommy Colbert, 52, of Brockton, Mass., one of the area’s top wedding photographers, is a suspect in conn…
Prop 19: National Black Police Association Endorses Marijuan
Posted by admin in Political News on August 19, 2010
Great news from our friends at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: the National Black Police Association, a 38-year-old advocacy group for African American law enforcement professionals, has endorsed Prop 19, California’s marijuana legalization initia…
Court rules that federal drug act doesn’t preempt state laws
Posted by admin in Political News on August 19, 2010
A state appeals court declined Wednesday to decide whether California’s medical marijuana laws prevent cities and counties from outlawing dispensaries. In its decision, the appeals court did reject Anaheim’s contention that the federal Controlled S…
GOP Senate Candidate Ridicules Marijuana Pain Study
Posted by admin in Political News on August 15, 2010
GOP Senate Candidate Dino Rossi: “This bill isn’t going to stimulate anything other than sales of Cheetos.” Just one day after sending out a news release making pot jokes about a Washington State University study on marijuana’s effect on pain…newsjun…
East Texas skies raining marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on August 14, 2010
Duffel bags of marijuana came crashing down on roof tops in Caddo Mills, Texas, 35 miles northeast of Dallas, on Monday morning.www.digitaljournal.com
Palin leads among Republicans who say they’ve smoked pot
Posted by admin in Political News on August 14, 2010
Among Republicans who say they’ve smoked Marijuana:
Palin 25
Gingrich 22
Huckabee 17
Romney 17
Paul 8hotair.com
Medical marijuana store owner faces life in prison. [VIDEO]
Posted by admin in Political News on August 11, 2010
Medical marijuana store owner faces life in prison.www.wimp.com
Marijuana May Inhibit Multiple Sclerosis Progression
Posted by admin in Political News on August 11, 2010
Clinical and anecdotal reports of cannabinoids’ ability to reduce MS-related symptoms such as pain, spasticity, depression, fatigue, and incontinence are plentiful in the scientific literature leading many MS-associated patient organizations to take po…
Yes on 19 – Control & Tax Cannabis in 2010 | Pledge to vote
Posted by admin in Political News on August 10, 2010
If you live in California and you wish to see an end to marijuana prohibition, go here and make your pledge. It helps us to focus our efforts elsewhere, to gain more support. Decriminalization of this medicinal herb, will help free up criminal justic…
The Petition to End Drug Prohibition
Posted by admin in Political News on August 10, 2010
Our drug laws aren’t working. High school students find it easier to get marijuana than alcohol or prescription drugs. With our economy struggling, we can’t afford to waste billions of dollars every year on a policy that has failed. Legalize and regul…
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