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PhillyNORML: Hundreds turn out for marijuana legalization c

About 300 marijuana law reform supporters gathered at The Rotunda in West Philly on Friday night to raise money for legalization. The Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws took in over two thousand dollars in donations throughout the night.

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What’s the difference between pot and parsley?

Blackberries and beets are on the list. So are horseradish, hops and horehound. Even wasabi, wormwood and watermelon are eligible to receive money under the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Block Grant Program. But marijuana?

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Mother Nature is My Cannabis Middleman

A friend of mine (who shall go unnamed) recently harvested about a half a pound of quality marijuana from his backyard. He grew it from some seeds he got for free, watered it regularly and after a few months, had enough to last him through next harvest. As far as medicine/drugs goes, all pharmaceuticals cost money. Research, testing, marketing, etc

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Washington Legislator Moves To Legalize Marijuana!

Rep. Dickerson wants it taxed and regulated like Alcohol. Makes sense to me. End prohibition and give the economy a much needed boost. A whole new green industry, plus the money saved on investigation, enforcement, and incarceration.

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Month long Investigation = less than 20 Lbs Of Pot

53% of Americans want Marijuana legalized: Yet Drug Warriors spend an entire month to bust 2 men with less than 20lbs of Marijuana. What a waste of the taxpayers money, add to that court time, jail, prison, and probation costs. No wonder Americans are fed up with the wasteful W ar on Marijuana!

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Jocelyn’s Corner: Keep marijuana illegal!

For one thing, my cousins are prison guards. Their job security depends on constant prison overcrowding. They also make good money supplying marijuana to certain prisoners. And it’s understood that most drug convicts make excellent prison bitches for the truly violent offenders. Simply put, legalization would put our nation’s fragile prison economy

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Marijuana Legalization on the Horizon

Marijuana Legalization seems to be getting closer every day.  While Denver, Colorado is looking to make money by taxing medical marijuana, Breckenridge, Colorado has just overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalizing marijuana altogether. 

Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote. The measure wo

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Medical Marijuana Sales Tax – The Lost Revenue Files

Regardless of where you stand on the Medical Marijuana debate, there is one thing that it seems everyone can agree with … by not taxing Marijuana, the government is loosing out on a LOT of money.

 

Denver City Council members Charlie Brown and Chris Nevitt are polar opposites on how much regulation the burgeoning medical marijuana indu

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Marijuana should be personal health-care choice

If you want to talk about health concerns, let’s be concerned with pharmaceuticals. Have you heard the stories about Thalidomide, Vioxx, Avandia? Even Tylenol kills people. Marijuana doesn’t kill people, never has. Studies show there is no known lethal dose. Medical and pharmaceutical interests have control (and money) they don’t want to lose.

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Gov Charlie Crist locks up even more Florida Kids

Politicians rely on money from Paper companies, Large chemical companies, pharmaceuticals, and The huge prison industrial complex who all lobby to keep the amazing Cannabis plant illegal. In exchange, Gov Crist has signed the harshest marijuana law in the nation making felons of Florida children or anyone who may smoke a marijuana cigarette.

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War on Drugs conference: Legalize marijuana…

EL PASO — Legalizing marijuana in the United States would weaken Mexico’s powerful drug cartels, panelists at a War on Drugs conference said Tuesday.
“If you take away half of their money, it will hurt them,” said William Martin…

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LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.

Lets face it. Were in tough times right now. Recession shouldn’t mean we just legalize every drug to make money, but its about god damn time we legalize marijuana. It would save BILLIONS every year in law enforcement and prison costs, as well as make BILLIONS in sales. Were a marijuana culture now; lets make it official.

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Marijuana Legalization: Answer for California Budget Woes?

Proponents of marijuana legalization have advanced plenty of arguments in support of their drug of choice: marijuana is less dangerous than legal substances like cigarettes and alcohol; pot has legitimate medical uses; the money spent prosecuting marijuana offenses would be better used for more pressing public concerns.

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[Video] Push to tax medical marijuana in Calif.

A new push to tax medical marijuana to raise money for cash-strapped California.

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