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‘I’m Part Cherokee And We Don’t Consider Marijuana A Drug’

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​A Florida woman whose husband allowed officers to search their home was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after they found cannabis in a grinder on the kitchen table.

“I’m part Cherokee Indian and we don’t consider marijuana a drug,” the 30-year-old Crestview woman told officers, reports Wendy Victora at Northwest Florida Daily News.
The woman “smelled of alcohol,” according to the arrest report from Crestview Police Department, which does consider marijuana a drug.
Three young children were in the house at the time, according to police.
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Attendant Reports Customer For Rolling Blunt At Drive-Through

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​I’m not lovin’ it. Staff at a Crestview, Florida McDonalds called police on December 14 after the drive-through window attendant noticed a customer was “rolling a blunt” at the window, according to the arrest report.

The customer, a 21-year-old Pensacola woman, showed police the notebook on which she rolled the blunt, according to the Crestview Police Department, reports Wendy Victora at the Northwest Florida Daily News.
Officers found marijuana residue on the notebook, and when the suspect got out of her car, they saw more cannabis on the seat and center console, according to the arrest report.
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Iowa Football Star Adam Robinson Arrested For Marijuana

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Star running back Adam Robinson of the Iowa Hawkeyes — shown here in an unguarded moment from July — was arrested and charged with marijuana possession Monday night

​Iowa running back Adam Robinson has been charged with possession of marijuana, endangering his career with the Hawkeyes.

Robinson was arrested at 10:45 p.m. on Monday night, said the Iowa State Patrol, reports KCCI in Des Moines. He was a passenger in a car that was stopped by troopers, according to spokeswoman Courtney Greene, who said Robinson was cited and released.
A trooper stopped the vehicle in Des Moines because it didn’t have a front license plate, according to officials. As he approached the vehicle, the trooper reported noticing “a strong odor of marijuana” coming from the vehicle, which constituted probable cause to search, officials said.
The driver, Ermin Zornic, 20, was charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana and OWI, pending toxicology tests. He was driven to Polk County Jail.
Robinson, a running back and the team’s leading rusher for the past two seasons, had already been suspended from the Hawkeyes due to failure to follow team policies. He did not travel with the team to Arizona to play in the Insight Bowl. He is originally from Des Moines.
Earlier this month, head coach Kirk Ferentz commented on Robinson’s suspension, saying, “While Adam has been cleared medically, he will not be participating in the upcoming Insight Bowl game as a result of failing to comply with team expectations and policies. Adam will have the option to rejoin the team when classes resume in January.”
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Merle Haggard Sticks Up For Willie Nelson, Pot Legalization

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Merle Haggard: “I think it’s silly to put someone in jail for marijuana possession”

​“We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee,” Merle Haggard sang back in 1969. But Merle’s changed his tune these days. The plain-spoken 73-year-old is still making music, winning awards and taking a stand for what he believes — including the legalization of cannabis.

“There are some people in this world that have no idea what the real deal is,” Haggard told Jennifer Self of the Bakersfield Californian when asked about his friend Willie Nelson’s recent pot bust. “I think it’s silly to put someone in jail for [marijuana possession]. I think it’s a threat to the pharmaceutical industry that you can go to the garden to grow something that might keep you from having to use Lipitor.”
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Toking In 2010: Biggest Cannabis Stories of the Year

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​​By Jack Rikess

Toke of the Town
Northern California Correspondent

Here are the stories, tidbits and bong-thoughts of 2010 that caught my attention. 

In July, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs changed its stance from “attention” to “at ease” by allowing the use of medical marijuana for GI’s in the states where medicinal cannabis is legal.
Maybe one of the biggest underreported stories of the year was the acceptance by the U.S. federal government to allow marijuana as a possible medical treatment.
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New Book Tells Inside Story Of Biggest Hippie Commune In U.S.

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Melvyn Stiriss: “The Farm collective was our attempt to create a utopia.”

​Voluntary Peasants Trilogy Tells The Story of S.F.’s Monday Night Class and The Farm

When a ragtag band of hippies set out in a 20-bus caravan from San Francisco in 1970 looking to reinvent society, they rode into the history books with a psychedelic, very weird yet very American tale of idealism and do-it-yourself utopia.
And right there in the midst of things was young writer Melvyn Stiriss. Tom Brokaw once said of himself, “In the sixties, I was a young up-and-coming reporter, and I came right up to the edge of what was happening, and I backed away.” 

“At that time, I too was a rising young journalist,” Stiriss said. “I came up to that same edge as Tom, only I went Wheeee! Over. And that has made all the difference.”
“The fact that I am a trained, experienced journalist placed me in a situation that was both enviable and uniquely challenging,” Stiriss said. “I never entered the hippie world with the idea of writing about it. I was never just a fly-on-the-wall, unattached observer. I was in deep, sometimes over my head.”
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End Times? Pat Robertson Endorses Marijuana Legalization

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I just pray that all you marijuana supporters will join my other followers, and don’t forget to send the cash.

​The marijuana reform movement got some support from an unlikely source this week as 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, closely identified with the fundamentalist Christian Right in American politics, called pot legalization “getting smart on crime.”

Robertson aired a clip on a recent episode of his 700 Club TV show that advocated the viewpoint of drug law reformers who run prison outreach ministries, reports Stephen C. Webster at The Raw Story.
“It’s got to be a big deal in campaigns: ‘He’s tough on crime,’ and ‘Lock ’em up!’ ” Robertson said. “That’s the way these guys ran and, uh, they got elected. But that wasn’t the answer.”
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Big Buds Calendar Will Give You A Contact High All Year

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​Just think of it: Big, juicy buds, so resplendently trichomed you can practically smell ’em, with fresh ones every month. Besides being a description of your life (if you’re lucky), this can also be a description of your calendar (if you have about eight bucks).

Marijuana expert Ed Rosenthal has brought another beautiful cannabis calendar to the waiting weed-lovers of the world, and it’s a doozy.
Every month of the Big Buds 2011 Calendar features a spectacular portrait of a different marijuana plant in full, beautiful bloom. The resins look good enough to roll, and the plant shots are enough to make any ganja gardener green with envy.
The full-color photos are accompanied by information describing the strain, and references the seed company which developed it.
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Miss KushCon II? You Can Still Check Out The Top 10 Products

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Photo: Aaron Thackeray
This glass football bong came in at #4 on William Breathes’ list, but it’s way higher on mine.

​I know, I know. You’re all bummed out because you didn’t get to attend KushCon II in Denver this past weekend. I feel your pain, brah.

But all is not lost! Intrepid Denver Westword pot reporter William Breathes has got our backs! He was there in the trenches at KushCon and he thoughtfully compiled a list — with pics! — of his 10 favorite products at the show.
“Last week I talked about how much I hated holiday shopping,” Breathes wrote.
“After going to KushCon II over the weekend, I’ve changed my mind.”
And with Xmas just around the corner — hey, stoner, it’s five days away, man! — I know some you could sure use some gift ideas right about now.
I guess you can tell which one was my favorite, from the Aaron Thackeray photo on the right. 
Go on over to Westword for the complete list.

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Ads Supporting Medical Marijuana Bill Hit Airwaves In Illinois

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Julie Falco, a multiple sclerosis patient from Illinois whose doctor has recommended medical marijuana, is featured in a new radio ad.

​How will pot play in Peoria? We’re about to find out. Supporters of a medical marijuana law in Illinois on Monday announced the release of radio ads calling on Illinois residents to urge their state representatives to support Senate Bill 1381, which would allow doctors to recommend marijuana to qualified patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and other debilitating diseases.

The ad — which will be broadcast in the Chicago, Peoria, Quad Cities, and Rockford media markets — features Chicago resident and multiple sclerosis patient Julie Falco, who has used medical cannabis to ease the pain and muscle spasms associated with her condition.
“I’ve tried many prescription drugs to control the extreme pain I’ve lived with every day,” Falco says in the ad. “However, most of them caused terrible side effects that left me flattened and nonfunctional. I’ve found that cannabis works best for me. It allows better control of my symptoms so I can lead a fulfilling, healthier quality of life.
“In Illinois, though, it’s a crime for me to use my medicine — even though my doctor recommends it,” Falco says in the ad. “Thankfully the Legislature can change that in early January.”
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