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Athlone Cooling Towers Demolition (Video)
Posted by admin in World News on August 24, 2010
Video of the demolition of the South African Athlone Cooling Towers on Aug 22nd.
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2011 Pot Legalization Push Begins At Hempfest Today
Posted by admin in World News on August 21, 2010
Giving up is not an option for Sensible Washington, the all-volunteer group that sponsored a marijuana legalization bill that didn’t make it to the Washington ballot this year. The 2011 legalization campaign kicks off at this weekend’s Seattle Hempfest…
Germany plans to legalize medical marijuana.
Posted by admin in World News on August 20, 2010
The German health ministry has announced plans to legalize medical use of marijuana, prompting praise from advocates for patients with chronic pain and terminal illnesses.www.dw-world.de
Canadian pot growers use black bears to guard operation
Posted by admin in World News on August 20, 2010
Police said Wednesday they were astonished to find at least 14 wild black bears guarding an illegal marijuana growing operation after a recent raid on the property in westernmost Canada.rawstory.com
Canadian pot growers use wild bears to guard stash
Posted by admin in World News on August 19, 2010
Police said Wednesday they were astonished to find at least 14 wild black bears guarding an illegal marijuana growing operation after a recent raid on the property in westernmost Canada.rawstory.com
Canadian Man and Woman Used Bears to Guard Marijuana Grow-op
Posted by admin in World News on August 19, 2010
A not-so-startling fact about British Columbia, Canada, is that the weed laws are quite lax. Weed is not so looked down upon as the actual harmful drugs, so it’s no surprise that the grow-ops are bountiful in this beautiful Canadian province. What di…
Life in Prison for Half an Ounce of Medical Marijuana?
Posted by admin in World News on August 13, 2010
A 20-year-old asthmatic who obtained cannabis legally with a doctor’s prescription in California is pulled over for an expired vehicle registration in Texas. The trooper finds 14 grams of marijuana & hashish in the car. Now the young man, charged with …
Detroit rejects vote to legalize possession of marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on August 12, 2010
“It’s strictly a political decision” organizer Tim Beck said of the Election Commission ruling. “They don’t like the issue, and they’re afraid it’s going to pass”www.mlive.com
The Biggest Underground Weed Bust (PICS)
Posted by admin in World News on August 7, 2010
These caverns were elaborately furnished with living quarters, showers, offices, and a huge area where over 1,000 marijuana plants were being grown. Needless to say, the police were shocked at the sophistication of this operationwww.familyhomesecurity.com
432000 Marijuana Plants Worth $1.7 Billion Seized in CA Raid
Posted by admin in World News on August 4, 2010
Almost 100 people were arrested for the commercial growing of marijuana in California’s Sierra Nevada range. The arrests came as part of a 450 agent collaboration between federal and state agents targeting operations of Mexican cartels. The arrest led…
CA Immigrant Teens Forced to Grow Pot to Pay Off Smugglers
Posted by admin in World News on August 3, 2010
Authorities in Ventura County fear they might have come across a trend: Teenagers from Mexico forced to tend marijuana crops in Southern California as a means of paying of smugglers who brought them into the United States.blogs.laweekly.com
Medical Marijuana Surplus Leaks to Black Market
Posted by admin in World News on August 1, 2010
A loophole in Colorado’s medical marijuana rules means thousands of pounds of surplus marijuana are left to feed the black market here and in neighboring states, an I-News Network investigation has found. A new state law, which took effect July 1, does…
Medical Marijuana Surplus Leaks to Black Market
Posted by admin in World News on August 1, 2010
A loophole in Colorado’s medical marijuana rules means thousands of pounds of surplus marijuana are left to feed the black market here and in neighboring states, an I-News Network investigation has found. A new state law, which took effect July 1, …
Gov Calls Rejection of Medical Marijuana Plan ‘disJointed’
Posted by admin in World News on July 30, 2010
Gov. Chris Christie said today he was surprised that Rutgers University turned down an opportunity to be the lone grower of the state’s medical marijuana crop ….www.nj.com
Morocco: Marijuana economy goes up in smoke.
Posted by admin in World News on July 29, 2010
For generations this remote mountainous town has been the heart of Morocco’s cannabis-growing area, where growers earned a reasonable living from cultivating marijuana. But now farmers are angry that they are being forced to pay bribes to local police …
Marijuana Test Resulted in Wrongful Convictions?
Posted by admin in World News on July 29, 2010
More than 800,000 people are arrested on marijuana charges each year in the United States, many on the basis of an error-prone test.www.alternet.org
Las Vegas Police Kill Wrong Man Over 1.8 oz.of Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on July 26, 2010
So, based on four purchases of less than a half-ounce of marijuana totaling less than a thousand bucks and cops who don’t check middle names and who shoot at “furtive movements” made by large black men in their own homes, Trevon Cole’s pregnant…
V.A. Easing Rules for Users of Medical Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on July 24, 2010
Hospitals and clinics in the Department of Veterans Affairs system will formally allow veterans to use the drug in states where it is legal, though they will not prescribe it.www.nytimes.com
How Legalized Pot Could Hurt Mexico’s Cartels
Posted by admin in World News on July 18, 2010
So far, no modern country has ever legalized marijuana production—not even the Netherlands. Yet with heavy drug-related violence plaguing the U.S.-Mexican border, some analysts and policymakers now say that America should legalize weed in order to re…
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