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Obama ridicules marijuana question
At today’s Town Hall, Obama acknowledged that a whole lot of folks voted marijuana questions to the top (once again). The query, which received more than three million votes, was: “With over 1 out of 30 Americans controlled by the … Continue reading
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More progress for medical marijuana bills
Illinois: Approved yesterday by the Senate Public Health Committee. It’ll be debated next week in the full Senate. Minnesota Approved by the House Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee on Tuesday, which sends it to the Finance Committee. New Hampshire … Continue reading
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Suspected drunk driver rams home, exposes pot farm
Link Authorities said a 63-year-old man suspected of drunken driving crashed his pickup truck into a neighbor’s house, leaving a gaping hole and revealing a small marijuana farm inside. San Diego police got a search warrant after the Sunday afternoon … Continue reading
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Medical Marijuana dispensary raid in San Francisco by DEA
[post revised and updated] Emmalyn’s California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Howard Street in San Francisco. SSDP’s Micah Daigle was on the scene and reported that all the local press were there. (Protesters were there as well.) Micah also reported that … Continue reading
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Too dumb to get out of the rain
New York Times ‹Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,Š [Hillary Clinton] said, using unusually blunt language. ‹Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of … Continue reading
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Tarika Wilson’s life bought 8 hours of training
Well, that’s something, at least… LIMA, Ohio – In the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Lima woman by a police sergeant, community members agreed the police department needed to get back to talking to residents and getting to … Continue reading
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Open Thread
I’ve got a huge presentation to prepare by Wednesday morning, so I have no time to blog, but here are a couple of things to discuss… “bullet” Charlie Lynch’s sentencing has been postponed U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu … Continue reading
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Whatever they do, they can’t ignore us anymore
The notion of change in the air just won’t go away… and it’s great. An excellent article in the Toronto Star: A Fresh Approach Could this be Armistice Day for America’s decades-long war on drugs? Not quite. Not yet, at … Continue reading
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Mark Kleiman adjusts marijuana legalization position
Mark Kleiman, despite his support for prohibition in many forms, has, for quite some time, advocated limited legalization of marijuana, on a “grow-your-own” plan. Here’s one mention of it from earlier this year: So I continue to favor a “grow … Continue reading
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“bullet” Harold Pollack in the New Republic: Obama’s Odd Drug Control Plan: Appoint Qualified People “bullet” Rogue Police Narcotics Squad in Philly Terrorizing Immigrant Grocers via Radley Balko. Yes, this will get your blood boiling, and yet, it’s sadly… familiar. … Continue reading
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Cannabis terpenes are effective for treating pain due to fibromyalgia and post-operative procedures: 20 JUN 2026 -- "Our research is…