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Video of the Day: Me, I Get High On Reefer

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Photo: Two Man Gentleman Band

​The Two Man Gentleman Band, “the nation’s finest and rowdiest vaudevillian-swing duo,” has released “Me, I Get High On Reefer,” an instant cannabis classic.
“We sing some drinking songs, and get a lot of free drinks as a result,” The Gents told Toke of the Town. “So, we thought we’d apply the same logic to a reefer tune.  And it worked!”
The song is from the guys’ brand new CD, ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!, their sixth album, released August 31.
Just a few years ago, The Gentlemen were busking in New York City’s parks and subways. These days, they travel the country playing hundreds of shows per year for growing crowds of fans.
The Gents “prove that making old-fashioned music needn’t be polite or predictable,” according to Time Out New York, deftly balancing lighthearted romps about reefer, wine, boy/girl parties, and chocolate milk with tender ballads of loneliness and fidelity.
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Bob Marley’s Daughter Pleads Guilty To Growing Marijuana

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Photo: Makeda Marley’s MySpace
Bob Marley’s daughter Makeda pleaded guilty to growing marijuana in her home. Sentencing is October 10

​The youngest child of reggae icon Bob Marley has admitted she grew marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home.

Makeda Jahnesta Marley, 29, pleased guilty Tuesday to having “nearly a dozen” large marijuana plants inside her home in Cain, Pa., about 30 minutes west of Philadelphia, reports the West Chester Daily Local News.
Marley was arrested in 2008 after police claimed they found her removing plants from her basement when officers arrived on a domestic dispute call.
Marley told the court at a February hearing that she had spent all the money from a trust fund she got from her father’s estate when she turned 18.
Makeda was born just three weeks after her legendary father died in 1981. She was the youngest of Bob’s 13 acknowledged children.
Last year, Marley marketed a “Liv Luv” line of clothing, with hoodies and t-shirts marked with the Liv Luv logo.
Sentencing is scheduled for October 10. Thomas Schindler, Marley’s attorney, said he will seek probation.
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Mike Tyson’s Biggest Regret: Not Smoking Pot With Tupac

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Mike Tyson, right, wishes he had another chance to smoke weed with Tupac.

​Boxing great Mike Tyson recalls his friendship with rap icon Tupac Shakur in a new documentary airing on ESPN Tuesday night. The film, One Night In Vegas: Tyson & Tupac, chronicles the pair’s friendship and the night in 1996 when Shakur was shot on the Las Vegas Strip.

The mercurial boxer has one big regret about their relationship. “He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did, and I wish I did,” Tyson said, reports AP music writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody.
Tyson said he turned down the pot because he was a “closet smoker” and “didn’t want it to get out” that he smoked weed.
“That’s my biggest regret,” Tyson says now, when he looks back on the lost opportunity.
Shakur, 25, was shot after a Tyson fight in Vegas on September 7, 1996. He died six days later.
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Montana Teen Accidentally Texts Sheriff To Buy Marijuana

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Photo: The Baltimore Files

​It’s usually best not to text the sheriff with a marijuana purchase request. That may seem obvious, but a Helena, Montana teen sent a text message last week looking for pot — and instead of contacting the dealer, he hit a wrong humber and accidentally sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

“Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?” the text read.
At first, the sheriff thought somebody was just messing with him, but then he realized it was a real request from a cannabis consumer, reports Alana Listoe at the Helena Independent Record.
“I’m thinking, ‘Hey, this is odd,’ ” Dutton said. “I was looking around to see if there was someone outside my window playing a prank.”
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Prop 19 Pot Legalization Holds Onto 47-43 Lead In New Poll

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Graphic: Yes On Prop 19

​It’s gonna be a close one in California, as the latest poll on Proposition 19, this November’s tax and regulate voter initiative, shows the numbers tightening.

According to the latest SurveyUSA poll [PDF] of likely voters, taken August 31-September 1, Prop 19 still holds a modest lead with 47 percent of voters saying they will vote yes with 43 percent saying they will vote no. Ten percent still weren’t certain how they’d vote on the measure.
The last two times SurveyUSA polled the state, August 9-11 and July 8-11, 50 percent of likely voters said they’d vote yes for legalization, while 40 percent said they would vote no, reports Jon Walker at Firedoglake.
The initiative would allow adult Californians to possess up to one ounce of cannabis, while allowing cities and municipalities to allow, prohibit or regulate its sale in retail stores, reports Dennis Romero at LA Weekly.
Just this week, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein announced she will co-chair the campaign against legalization of marijuana with L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca.
“Is it no surprise that people are going to get killed behind this easy profit?” Baca said Wednesday, reports Nannette Miranda of ABC 7. The sheriff seems to be unaware that the illegal nature of pot is what leads to the violence — just as with alcohol Prohibition.
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Cal Expo Decides Medical Marijuana Is Immoral; Kills Billboard

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Graphic: a site so dumb I ain’t linkin’ it

​In an unusual alliance, Sacramento dispensary CannaCare had been running an advertisement on Cal Expo’s digital billboard along Interstate 80. But Cal Expo, a unit of California government which puts on the state fair, unaccountably got paranoid and decided to nix the ad.

“Although we haven’t had any complaints, we discussed it internally and decided it wasn’t appropriate,” said Cal Expo Assistant General Manager Brian May. So it looks like the state agency won’t be selling any more ad space to the local cannabis shop.
So how did Cal Expo officials go about killing the pot billboard? Documents show that agency bigwigs approved a “morality clause” against marijuana advertising, report Hugh Biggar and Nick Miller at the Sacramento News & Review.
That’s right, folks: Marijuana may be used for medical purposes, but it’s still “immoral,” according to these mental midgets.
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‘Weeds’ Star Mary-Louise Parker Doesn’t Smoke Weed

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Graphic: Showtime
Mary-Louise Parker may star in Weeds, but she doesn’t smoke ’em.

​In some disconcerting news for those of us who have been fantasizing about hot marathon smoking sessions with Mary-Louise Parker, the star of Showtime’s Weeds has admitted she doesn’t smoke marijuana.

But at least Parker, 46, who plays the role of pot-peddling housewife Nancy on the hit cable series, doesn’t judge you for toking up, reports Gerrick D. Kennedy at the Boston Herald.
It’s not that Parker has anything against cannabis, you see. It’s just that it doesn’t seem that exciting.
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Rapper T.I. And Wife Arrested On Felony Drug Charges

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T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle face felony drug charges after a traffic stop Wednesday night.

​Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle for alleged possession of a controlled substance Wednesday night after Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies smelled a strong odor of marijuana emitting from vehicle.
The newlyweds — they just got married on July 30 in Miami — were booked at the West Hollywood sheriff’s station, reports Jolene Michael at Gather. Both were held on charges of felony possession of a controlled substance, and bail was set at $10,000 apiece. Both had posted bail as of 4 a.m. Thursday, and are due back in court on September 3.
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