Posts Tagged legalization

If Politicians Ran On Issues the Internet Cares About

Obama may be the most tech savvy president to date, but his laughter at the prospect of marijuana legalization would seem to suggest he’s not exactly worried about what the Internet thinks. We asked you to show us what elections might look like if poli…

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Signatures Turned In For Colorado Marijuana Legalization

Proponents Submit 159,000 Signatures to Put Cannabis Legalization on November Ballot in Coloradowww.tokeofthetown.com

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Barney Frank schools George Will, Paul Ryan on marijuana legalization

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told columnist George Will and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday that Republican opposition to marijuana legalization was “a great embarrassment to the conservatives.”

During a town hall-style debate on ABC, Frank demanded a…

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Marijuana Legalization: East Coast, West Coast Governors Call For Legit Medical Cannabis on a …

Medical marijuana supporters this week were high on statements from the governors of Washington and Rhode Island, who have joined a chorus of support for making medical marijuana possible across the land.blogs.laweekly.com

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Nebraska reverses course on pot-promoting vanity plate

OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) – Nebraska reversed course on Monday on its decision to refuse a request for a personalized license plate that refers to an unofficial holiday known as National Pot Smoking Day, saying it would allow the plate. An attorney who supp…

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White House Dismisses Popular Marijuana Petitions

Late Friday evening the White House issued a typical evasive rejection of the few numbers of marijuana legalization petitions that collected more signatures than any other problem on its “We the People” website.newzwars.com

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White House ‘Responds’ To Marijuana Legalization Petitions – Toke of the Town

The Obama Administration has officially “responded” to the “We The People” online petitions regarding marijuana legalization. Well, kind of — if you’re willing to dignify a bureaucrat mouthing the same old meaningless platitudes by calling that a “res…

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Record High Support: Are Americans Ready to Legalize Pot?

Legalize it? Support for marijuana legalization now outweighs opposition, for the first time since Gallup began polling the issue 42 years ago. Fifty percent of Americans say pot use should be legal, while 46% say it should be prohibited.theweek.com

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An Obama Call For Marijuana Legalization Would Cinch His Reelection

The President, citing economic benefits and erasing the costly prohibition of pot, could finally make a bold and gusty proposal that would meet favor with a majority of Americans. He could even flip Southern states, in Tobacco Country, which would bene…

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Joe Rogan on Marijuana legalization (Video)

Joe Rogan talks some sense on the debate about marijuana law reform. What do you think?hailmaryjane.com

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FRONTLINE: “The Pot Republic” | 420 News

FRONTLINE’s primetime monthly newsmagazine returns with three new stories, leading with a timely report from the frontlines of marijuana legalization in California. The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the borde…

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Indiana Lawmakers Studying Marijuana Legalization

The idea of legalizing marijuana is going to be studied by lawmakers in Indiana. The General Assembly’s criminal law and sentencing policy study committee plans to examine all the different angles of the marijuana issue, including legalization. Medical…

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Marijuana Breakfast Cereal? Parody Marijuana Legalization Commercial (VIDEO)

A crunchy combination of toasted oats, rice crisps, and nutritionally rich shelled hemp seeds that add omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, as well as extra protein and fiber.goodandbaked.com

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Must-Watch: Marijuana Legalization Hearing in Washington State Part 1

Marijuana activists, politicians, and former and current law enforcement officials spoke to the Washington State legislature in support (and against) of Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson’s House Bill 1550, which would legalize cannabis and make it available for …

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Congressman Frank Backs Marijuana Legalization At Expo

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) told attendees at the first Maine Medical Marijuana Expo on Saturday that current laws against marijuana use are expensive, are applied unevenly and should be repealed.www.tokeofthetown.com

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The Boring Centrist Confessions of a Radical Progressive

Despite being dismissed as an extremist left-winger by even this Democratic administration, there is hardly an important issue I support that doesn’t have fairly strong popular support. The few that do lack majority support, like gay marriage and mar…

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It’s Time to Retire the Red State/Blue State Shorthand

I understand that the red/blue shorthand is convenient for the media, but it’s not helpful, and reduces people to caricatures. For example, I haven’t supported a Democrat for president since George McGovern in 1972—the exuberance of youth; I was …

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Marijuana legalization: Did Obama’s ‘pot cheat sheet’ kill California’s Proposition 19?

Why did Proposition 19, the CA pot legalization measure, fail? One reason might have been Obama administration antagonism exemplified by the memo “Marijuana legalization: A bad idea.” As Colorado begins the march to a 2012 legalization measure, let’s s…

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Marijuana Legalization’s Next Battleground: Colorado

Colorado will be the next battleground in the national conflict over marijuana legalization, according to Sam Kamin, a professor at the University of Denver. “California has had its chance,” said Kamin. “Colorado is the next obvious choice.”www.tokeoft…

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Not-So Insane in the Membrane: Cypress Hill Plans Marijuana Dispensary Chain in California

Cypress Hill, the band whose song Insane in the Membrane launched them to stardom in 1993.  Since then, the band has become popular with their pro-marijuana stance. Now the band is planning to open a chain of dispensaries to sell marijuana to the publ…

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