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Barney Frank and Ron Paul will introduce legislation on Thursday to fully legalize marijuana. byReason: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce “bi-partisan legislation tomorrow ending the federal war on marijuana and letting states legalize, regulate, tax, and control marijuana without federal interference,” according to a press release from the Marijuana Policy … Read more
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International Global leaders announce “Global war on drugs a failure.” by Al Jazeera: A high-level international commission has declared the global “war on drugs” to be a failure, and has urged countries to consider legalising certain drugs, including cannabis, in a bid to undermine organised crime. The Global Commission on Drug Policy, in its report released on Thursday, … Read more
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Delaware legalizes medical marijuana. by Reuters: Delaware became the 16th state on Friday to legalize marijuana for medical use after the governor signed the bill into law. The law allows patients who certify they have a serious medical condition such as cancer to possess up to six ounces, or 170 grams, of marijuana. State-licensed centers … Read more
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New Hampshire House passes medical marijuana bill. by Toke of the Town: The New Hampshire House of Representatives, which has a nearly 3:1 Republican supermajority, overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday that would allow residents to use marijuana for medical purposes. H.B. 442, which would create a narrow exception in New Hampshire law for people with … Read more
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Former Baltimore officer, “Save a cop’s life, end the war on drugs.” by Neil Franklin from Baltimore Sun ‘Maryland Voices’: As a former narcotics cop in Baltimore who has lost several of my best friends in the line of fire, I know what U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder meant when he said, “These courageous deputies put … Read more
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57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana. by Miami News Blog: A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot as soon as 2012. Bob Norman reports that the poll was conducted by Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates, … Read more
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Massachusetts congressman, Barney Frank, endorses medical marijuana. by KJ Online: U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. told the state’s first Maine Medical Marijuana Expo on Saturday that current laws against marijuana use are expensive, are applied unevenly and ought to be repealed. “People who make a personal decision to smoke marijuana should not be subject to … Read more
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Drug laws gone wrong: Oklohoma mom receives 10 years for $31 pot sale. by News OK: On Dec. 31, 2009, Spottedcrow and her mother, 50, sold a “dime bag” of marijuana to a police informant at Starr’s home in Kingfisher, court records state. Starr handled the transaction and asked her 9-year-old grandson — Spottedcrow’s son — … Read more
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Majority of Americans favor legalizing marijuana. by Economist: Including the undecided, a clear majority favors support the legalization and taxation of marijuana. The data (see chart) reveal some interesting patterns. In every age group, more people favour than oppose legalisation. Predictably enough, the young are very strongly in favour, but babyboomers are almost as strongly so; and even those … Read more
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Big win for medical marijuana in U.S court system. by Toke of the Town: A southwest Washington man who grew cannabis for a dying cancer patient has been acquitted of drug charges Mark Hensley of Vancouver, Wash., was arrested last year with 133 marijuana plants, many of them small clones between 1.5 to 2 inches tall, attorney … Read more
