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Busted Grower Wants To Hug And Kiss His Pot Plants Goodbye

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on June 12, 2010 Growing, News

Photo: WAFF

Willis Allen Shackelford asked drug agents if he could give these plants a last hug and a kiss goodbye.

An Alabama man busted for growing marijuana had a hard time parting with his plants. He told Limestone County drug agents he loved them, reports WAFF.

Agents claimed they could smell pot coming from an air conditioning unit at Willis Allen Shakelford’s home on Quinn Road. When they went inside, they found 55 marijuana plants from six inches to four feet tall.

Shackelford told them he grew the plants from seed, and that he was “concerned” about the marijuana’s safety, agents claimed.

“He requested to know where his plants were; they were his babies,” said Deputy Johnny Morrell. “We advised him they were in the back of the truck.”

Upcoming Marijuana March Reaches Goal Of 300 Cities

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on April 26, 2010 News

Graphic: Cures Not Wars

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is hailing the passage of another milestone for the Global Marijuana March, with Georgetown, Guyana and Ryebrook, N.Y., as the 299th and 300th cities holding a march, rally, forum or benefit on the weekends of Saturday, May 1 and May 8.

NORML and numerous other groups called for more cities this year to participate, so that organizers could meet and surpass their stated goal of more than 200 cities.

“Worldwide action is necessary for any outright legalization, since cannabis is largely prohibited globally by a United Nations treaty known as the Single Convention, enacted in 1962 through the efforts of top anti-cannabis zealot Harry Anslinger, the original instigator of U.S. cannabis prohibition in 1937,” said Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML.

Legalization For Medication: College Student Speaks Out

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 17, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Photo: Ron Crumpton

Ron Crumpton: “The truth is that the war on marijuana is almost over; the stigma is gone.”

From time to time, Toke of the Town reads something that helps to shore up our sometimes shaky faith in the possibility, at some time in the future, of sane marijuana laws in the United States. Now and again, we see a piece of writing on the Web that makes us say, “Yeah! Things are going to be just fine.”

I had one of those moments recently when reading an op-ed from a student-run university newspaper in Alabama.

“Which university?” You might ask. Well, I can’t tell you, since they don’t want their name associated with Toke of the Town… which shows us there’s still a lot of work to do.

In any event, Ron Crumpton, who wrote the editorial in question, has generously agreed to allow us to reproduce the piece in its entirety.

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