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Converted trailers help rural residents get medical marijuana. by CNN: A rodeo cowboy with a bum shoulder, a middle-aged woman who has trouble sleeping and a handful of snowboarders are all crowded around a shiny aluminum trailer on a sunny winter day. Some clutch X-rays, others look around nervously hoping a neighbor won’t spot them … Read more
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Indiana legislature to introduce medical marijuana bill. by Associated Press: Sen. Karen Tallian, D- Portage, is sponsoring a bill that would direct the criminal law and sentencing study committee to examine Indiana’s marijuana laws next summer and come up with recommendations. Other states have decriminalized small amounts of marijuana or created programs to allow medical … Read more
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Illustrations of chemical influence on human brain. by Good.is: Multimedia artist Bryan Lewis Saunders has done one self-portrait per day, every day while on drugs. The results of his endeavor are a fascinating glimpse into how different chemicals shape our perceptions of self. Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Xanax Absinthe Adderall Ambien Buspar Butalbital … Read more
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Entrepreneur plans to market medical-marijuana soft drinks. by Santa Cruz Sentinel: How strange is the emerging world of medical-marijuana entrepreneurship? Consider Clay Butler, who may soon be marketing a food product that he’s never tasted, and that he would never buy. The product is called Canna Cola, and it’s a soft drink that contains THC, the … Read more
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Medical marijuana debate coming to Montana. by KAJ18: The Montana Legislature will hear the first of several medical marijuana bills on Friday. House Bill 68 would change the current law, passed by voters in 2004 and people on both sides of the medical marijuana debate say the current Montana law needs changing. “It’s been up … Read more
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80-year-old Republican leads Virginia’s marijuana decriminalization fight. by The Raw Story: Virginian lawmakers will have a unique opportunity to end criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana in their state when the 2011 Virginian General Assembly Session convenes on Wednesday, January 12. Surprisingly enough, 80-year-old Republican Delegate Harvey Morgan, an assistant clinical professor of pharmacy at … Read more
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Pat Robertson wants marijuana decriminalization laws. by Tucson Citizen: On a recent 700 Club show, televangelist and standard bearer for the Christian right, Pat Robertson, mused about the folly of criminalizing pot use and mandatory sentencing. Robertson has a history of crazy talk– like when he said Haitians had made a “pack with the devil” and … Read more
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New Orleans City Council reclassifies pot possession. by NOLA: In a move that proponents said will reduce the dockets in Criminal District Court and give police more time to deal with major crimes, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously Thursday to designate marijuana possession, prostitution and two other relatively minor crimes as municipal offenses, … Read more
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Oakland medical marijuana sales wrap up at 35 million. by Bay Citizen: The city’s finance wizards are projecting that Oakland’s three dispensaries will sell between $35 million and $38 million worth in marijuana this year. Translated that equals approximately three and a quarter tons, 104,000 ounces, or 4.2 million joints. The total has been climbing … Read more
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Marijuana reform efforts in California on January 29 in Berkeley. by Califorina NORML: In the aftermath of Proposition 19, California NORML will host a statewide conference to discuss the future of marijuana reform efforts in California at the David Brower Center in Berkeley on Saturday, January 29, 2011. The conference will feature a public discussion with drug … Read more
