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Vote for Marijuana legalization on Change.org!

This is round 2 of voting on Change.org…let’s make legalization happen!

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Vote for marijuana legalization by Feb 22nd!

The war on drugs has been waged long enough, and more lives have been destroyed and families torn apart by the prison system than by marijuana itself.  Legalization of marijuana would save countless time and money from being wasted by law enforcement and by our courts. It would save national and state governments an…

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Cops Say Legalize Marijuana to Hurt Criminal Gangs

A group of cops, prosecutors and judges is cheering the recent successful marijuana legalization vote in the California state legislature. They liken the ban on recreational drugs to Prohibition, when the government’s ill-fated attempt to end the sale of liquor created a lucrative industry for criminals. Sound familiar?

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CA Supreme Court ends limits on medical marijuana possession

The California Supreme Court today struck down the state’s limits on how much medical marijuana a patient can possess, concluding that the restrictions imposed by the Legislature were an unconstitutional amendment of a 1996 vote

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Marijuana Milestone: First Vote in 100 Years to End Marijuan

Lawmakers on the California Assembly, Committee on Public Safety, voted 4 to 3 today in favor of Assembly Bill 390: The Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act — which seeks to legalize the production, distribution, and personal use of marijuana for adults age 21 and older.

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Victory in the Golden State

Yesterday, the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 in favor of legislation that would make marijuana legal, taxed, and regulated throughout the state. Before the vote, committee members heard supportive testimony from me and the Drug Policy Alliance’s Stephen Gutwillig.

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California Pot Legalization Bill Up For Vote

In a move proponents are billing the “first formal consideration of marijuana legalization in American history,” the public safety committee of the state assembly will today vote on Tom Ammiano’s ganja bill.

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New Jersey passes nation’s toughest medical marijuana law

By a vote of 48 to 14 in the state’s assembly on Monday, New Jersey became the 14th state in the union to make legal accommodations for the use of medical marijuana. … However, California this is not.

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N.J. lawmakers approve bill legalizing medical marijuana

The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 25-13, with no debate. The Assembly approved the measure 48-14. It now goes to the desk of Gov. Jon Corzine who has said he would sign the bill before leaving office Jan. 19. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), a bill sponsor, said he believes the legislation will satisfy Gov.-elect Chris Christie.

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California Ready for Historic Vote on Marijuana Regulation |

Retired Orange County Judge Jim Gray Speaks on AB 390, Legalization and regulation of Marijuana.

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Barack Obonga: 12 Edited Photos Of Obama With Weed

Ok so I am not much of a political guy outside of marijuana legalization discussions. I did vote for Barack …

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State of California Assembly votes on marijuana legalization

NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up “Legalization vote in California on Jan. 12th California: Reminder — On Tuesday, January 12, members of the California Assembly will decide on Assembly Bill 390, the Marijuana Control, …

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California: Historic Vote On Cannabis Regulation To Take Pla

On Tuesday, January 12, members of the California Assembly will hold a historic vote on statewide marijuana policy. Members of the Public Safety Committee will decide on Assembly Bill 390, the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, which seeks to regulate and control the production, distribution, and personal use of marijuana for adults

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Will decriminalizing pot catch a buzz outside Seattle?

Legislators supporting decriminalization of marijuana say it will be a hard vote.The nation’s new drug “czar”, former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, was here on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of King County’s drug court. He has to be taciturn – by law. Congress has forbidden the nation’s drug chief from talking about legalizing pot.

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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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Colorado ski town legalizes pot

The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana.
Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote. The measure would allow adults over 21 to have up to 1 ounce of marijuana.
The measure is largely symbolic because pot possession remains a state crime for people without….

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Breckenridge Votes Overwhelmingly To Legalize Marijuana

DENVER — The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana. Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote.

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Could Marijuna Legalization sway your vote in 2010?

The Time is coming!! The drug czar is ready for pro wrestling. He already has the name, and now he’s got the prefight talk down cold. In every speech he makes in Nevada, where Bush appointee John Walters has traveled to fight an initiative that would legalize marijuana, he calls out his three sworn enemies as if he were Tupac Shakur. The czar has

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Vote Hemp: News: DEA Hemp Planting – October 13, 2009

Industrial Hemp & Medical Marijuana are not evil. Let us live in peace. Register to vote!!!

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Legalising cannabis ‘could stop recession’

In July, Oakland City Council voted overwhelmingly to tax the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries to increase its profits. At the time of the vote the city faced an $US83 million budget shortfall, and expected the marijuana tax to raise $315,000, according to the report. The city auditor projected the tax would ring up to $17.5 million in sales.

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