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The Origins of April 20th as a Day of Celebrating Cannabis

marc — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:42:06 +0000

The biggest celebration day in the cannabis culture is April 20. The April 20 (4/20) celebration originally started in the mid 1970s as the time of day after school, 4:20 pm, for high school students in San Rafael, California to meet to smoke pot. The phrase "I'll see at you at 4:20" became code for, "I'll be there to smoke a joint with you after classes are over".

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How the Sinaloa Cartel Won Mexico’s Drug War

marius — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:08:15 +0000

Jan-Albert Hootsen, Global Post

Mexico’s drug war has cost 70,000 lives, yet drugs still flood across the border. Here’s how the Sinaloa cartel prevailed.

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Marc Emery's Application to Help Grow Washington's Legal Pot

marc — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:02:17 +0000

Upon learning that the Washington State Liquor Control Board is seeking consultant applications for a legal marijuana production and distribution system, Marc wrote this tongue-in-cheek submission. Marc was extradited to and sentenced in Seattle, Washington despite operating his seed business in Vancouver, BC, Canada at all times.

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"True Living Organics: The Ultimate Guide To Growing All-Natural Marijuana Indoors" by The Rev

marius — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:09:48 +0000

Mik Mann, Cannabis Culture

CANNABIS CULTURE - One fine afternoon, while hanging out at the Cannabis Culture offices, I picked up a book titled True Living Organics by 'The Rev.' Now, as I had found this tome on Cannabis Culture Editor Jeremiah Vandeermer's desk, I was soon handed the assignment of reviewing it. (This is of course why you shouldn't go touching things on other peoples desks.)

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Gay Marriage and Pot: Washington State Puts Ballot Measures Into Practice

marius — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:28:22 +0000

Chris McGreal, The Guardian

Paul Harris has spent the past 15 years issuing marriage licences in Vancouver, Washington, but throughout it all has been deprived of the right to marry his partner of four decades.

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CBS Poll Has Support for Marijuana Legalization at All-Time High

marius — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:15:14 +0000

Phillip Smith, Stop the Drug War

A CBS News poll released this week has support for marijuana legalization at an all-time high, with as many Americans now saying it should be legal as saying it should not. Some 47% of respondents said it should be legal, while another 47% were opposed.

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Medical Marijuana Law Firm Sets Up Shop In Massachusetts

marius — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:48:42 +0000

Sacha Pfeiffer and Lynn Jolicoeur, 90.9 WBUR Radio

Legalized medical marijuana is coming to Massachusetts next year, and along with it is coming a wide variety of business opportunities — including legal work.

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Marc Emery's Reaction to Legalization in the USA

marc — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:07:31 +0000

It took 75 years. Seventy-five years to win the majority support for legalizing marijuana at the ballot box.

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World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Totally Busted

marius — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:44:53 +0000

Discovery News

Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.

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Drug War Movies: How Hollywood Treats America's Complicated Relationship With Drugs

marius — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:59:13 +0000

Kia Makarechi, The Huffington Post

Hollywood is known for being a liberal town, where conservatives like Jon Voight and Chuck Norris seem outnumbered by a cadre of Clooneys and Weinsteins. So when it comes to issues like the Drug War, it would logically follow that the thrust of movies touching on America's relationship with cocaine, marijuana and any other number of illegal substances would denounce the government's war on drug users and vilify the DEA.

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Kansas Jury Revolts Against Marijuana Laws

marius — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:39:13 +0000

Scott Morgan, Stop the Drug War

Jacob Sullum shares this incredible story from a defense attorney in Kansas, "They felt marijuana should be legalized."

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Ever been busted for possession in BC? We need your help.

Dana Larsen — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:20:08 +0000

If you live in BC, and have ever been charged with cannabis possession, or faced police action because of simple cannabis possession, please contact SFU Criminology professor Neil Boyd at nboyd@sfu.ca.

As part of the Sensible BC campaign, we are conducting research into the costs and outcomes of enforcing the marijuana possession laws in BC.

All your information will be kept confidential unless you agree otherwise.

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Pot-Smoking Moms Defend Their Habit

marius — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:48:54 +0000

Amanda Kwan, The Globe and Mail

Which parent is worse: The one who smokes pot or the one who knocks back wine? Some pot-smoking mothers are defending their habit and say they’re tired of being judged by other moms who religiously drink glasses of wine.

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Marijuana Reveals Memory Mechanism

marius — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:40:28 +0000

Ruth Williams, Scientific American

Until recently, most scientists believed that neurons were the all-important brain cells controlling mental functions and that the surrounding glial cells were little more than neuron supporters and “glue.” Now research published in March in Cell reveals that astrocytes, a type of glia, have a principal role in working memory. And the scientists made the discovery by getting mice stoned.

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