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You know marijuana is going mainstream when day after day we see pillars of American society, such as Time magazine, step up and speak out with clarity and wisdom. Exposing a topic that has been ignored and relegated to the shadows, for far too long. By Joe Klien – With Republicans in a chaotic retreat… Read more »
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by Erik Altieri –NORML Communications Director House and Senate lawmakers yesterday passed an amended version of Senate Bill 50, “An Act relating to industrial hemp.” The floor votes took place with only hours to go before the close of the 2013 legislative session. Proponents of the measure acknowledged that “public pressure to pass the bill helped achieve… Read more »
Oregon State legislators are busy grappling with their desperate need for new revenue sources …in a search for increasingly scarce funding for K-12, mental health and a host of other public safety programs, many in Oregon’s statehouse are hoping to cultivate their way out of their current financial dilemma. Unlike tax increases…these funds would not… Read more »
Everyone knew the day was coming, and many feared it. For the pot hating Department of Justice and their slightly more sinister cousin, the Department of Defense, this sequestration nightmare is going to get ugly. With a heart full of hate for anything marijuana-based, the DOJ are about to take a major hit to their… Read more »
Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) believes that medical marijuana is low rent trade; a seedy world filled with misfits and bad drivers…and is desperately searching for that polarizing issue to help him succeed the current California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris in 2018. Despite the mountain of evidence showing that driving while intoxicated from marijuana and… Read more »
One veteran Stoner pointed out – that pot smokers come from all walks of life, including the highly educated and extremely successful. The burning question for Florida’s sick and suffering this morning, is whether or not the country’s fourth populous state will follow the rapidly growing list of states that seek to legalize medical marijuana… Read more »
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Just as hopes were hitting an all-time high for the Kentucky farmer’s ability to cultivate industrial hemp – primarily based on Republican Sen. Mitch – the pot hater – McConnell’s backing a few weeks back. The crazies have come out of the closet, questioning hemp’s industrial uses. And what any potential federal ramifications might look… Read more »
Not that West Virginia is unique in having bizarre and laughable laws on the books…like the intriguing little piece of legislation that allows for the slightly more degenerate males within the great state of West Virginia, to have sex with animals. So long as the violated critter doesn’t “exceed 40 pounds.” Showing signs of serious… Read more »
Medical marijuana’s roots began to germinate throughout California in 1996…17 years is ample time for even the chronically stoned to understand the importance of strong political allies within major political organizations, particularly when those alliances determine the difference between winning and losing critical ballot initiatives. A case of enlightened self-interest can be made between America’s… Read more »
As Congress sits poised at the precipice of common sense, a total of 29 congressional leaders have signed on to the notion that hemp should be removed from the controlled substance act Apparently full-time right wing nut bag, and part-time turtle imitator – Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s comments about wanting hemp legalized in Kentucky… Read more »