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Pot advocate sues Mile High Stadium, Pat Bowlen over ban of Cannabis University vehicle

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Michelle LaMay in front of her Cannabis University bus

Broncos owner Pat Bowlen had to suffer along with the rest of us as his team got crushed in the Super Bowl. And now, PDB Sports, the company that handles the squad’s business on his behalf, is being sued for discrimination and defamation.
The plaintiff is Cannabis University, whose founder, Michelle LaMay, says a vehicle was ejected from two home playoff games in January simply because the word “cannabis” was printed on it.
Our buds over at Denver Westword have photos and further details, including the full text of the complaint.

Marijuana advertising lawsuit: State should treat pot more like alcohol, Westword attorney says

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Denver Westword

Earlier this week, Westword and High Times magazine filed a lawsuit against the State of Colorado in regard to regulations that restrict recreational marijuana advertising to publications that are deemed “adult” by a state-mandated formula. Attorney Steve Suskin, who represents Westword on behalf of the paper’s parent company, Voice Media Group, says the complaint was filed because the state’s current rules could violate the First Amendment. Meanwhile, the paper’s publisher emphasizes that when it comes to such ads, Westword is very much open for business.
“We are 100 percent confident of the legality of where we are in terms of taking this business,” says Scott Tobias, who is also the CEO of Voice Media Group, a company that owns publications in Los Angeles, New York and other major U.S. cities in addition to Denver. “From the very start of Amendment 64, we committed ourselves to being a reference point to the medical marijuana community, and now the retail marijuana community. We remain committed to strong partnerships and support of these businesses.”
The story does not end there…go straight to the source for the rest at Denver Westword

Medical Marijuana in FL: Miamians Predict “Bob Marley Fest Every Day”

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Miami New Times

Is Florida ready for medical marijuana? Well, yeah actually. The latest polls show that seven in ten statewide support legalized weed for various ailments, and supporters have gathered enough signatures to put the question on November’s ballot. One way or another, loosened mary jane restrictions seem coming to the Sunshine State.
But everyone knows Miami rocks to its own beat on just about every statewide issue. How’s the average Magic City resident feel about medical marijuana?
Miami New Times’ Kathryn Sotolongo took a trip to Bayfront Park to find out.

Photos: Pot and comedy at Denver’s Medical Cannabis Health Fair

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Phillip Poston/Westword

Comedy can be the best medicine, especially if mixed with some medicinal cannabis. That was the idea behind the Medical Cannabis Health Fair & Comedy Fundraiser held last Friday night at the Oriental Theater.
Set up by the Cannabis Patient Network, the event featured healthcare and educational vendors, speakers and patients, who shared how cannabis has helped them. Following the educational fair, there was also comedy show.
Westword’s Phillip Poston was there to catch all the action.

Marijuana tourism is getting mainstream hype whether state officials like it or not

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As we’ve noted, official tourism agencies in Colorado continue to keep marijuana at arm’s length, as it were. For instance, a VISIT DENVER list of things the city has in common with Seattle, released prior to the Super Bowl, somehow managed to skip legal pot entirely.


Not that the media has needed much prodding to promote such trips. A recent CBS feature on the subject has now been supplemented by a hefty Washington Post spread that even includes a “vocabulary lesson for pot tourists.”
Click over to Denver Westword where Michael Roberts has the rest of the story.

FL Senator Marco Rubio refuses to answer whether or not he’s smoked pot

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Have you asked yourself, “Wow, I wonder if Marco Rubio has ever been stoned?” Probably not, because, honestly, who cares?
The funny thing is that Rubio refuses to answer the question because he thinks people might actually care.
The Associated Press decided to ask Rubio the pot question.
Our friends over at the Miami New Times have his response, and their reaction.

Humor: Medical Marijuana Will Kill Florida

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This November, throngs of Floridians will strap on their sandals and flop their way to the polls to cast ballots that may well be the end of Florida as we know it. That’s right, folks. It’s over. Kiss it all goodbye.


Because on November’s ballot is an amendment so evil and insidious that mere contact with the ink will be enough to turn toddlers into meth-crazed cannibals. I don’t even want to say it.
Fine, I’ll say it: Medical Marijuana.
To read the hilarious full parody, click on over to our friends at the Broward/Palm Beach New Times

High Times Medical Cannabis Cup returns to SoCal this weekend

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This weekend, on February 8th and 9th, an estimated 17,000 weed enthusiasts from every corner of the cannabis community will descend on the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino for the second time in as many years, to feast their eyes, and their lungs, on the finest marijuana and concentrates that the west coast has to offer.
While, technically, this weekend’s event is referred to as a High Times Medical Cannabis Cup, little or no flavor or culture is lost in translation between the new-age Cups in the U.S., and the granddaddy of them all, the official annual Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. Competitors, vendors, and buyers all converge for two full days to form a scene complete with informational seminars, special guest appearances, live music, and of course, the awards.

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Mason Tvert Q&A: The burning ambition of an advocate who’s been pushing pot for a decade

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Mason Tvert, featured in the following wide-ranging Q&A, has played a key role in Colorado’s legalization of marijuana since 2005.

Mason Tvert, of the Marijuana Policy Project


Beginning with pro-pot campaigns at Colorado State University and the University of Colorado, Tvert and his SAFER organization advocated for statewide recreational marijuana legalization for eight years, working step by step on MMJ initiatives and then decriminalization on city and state levels until Amendment 64 passed in November 2012.
Now communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, Tvert has begun work on vaporizing marijuana laws outside of Colorado.
Josiah Hessie with Denver Westword sat down with Tvert to get his take on the black market, contact highs, smoking in public, and why he feels it’s too early to tell what the legal weed world is going to look like.
The full interview can be seen over at Westword

Another bogus headline about weed warns of stoned drivers

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In a stunningly misguided article written by Dennis Thompson for HealthDay.com, and unfortunately republished on WebMD.com, he asserts that society is bound to pay a steep price for allowing various forms of marijuana legalization to be passed into law.
In his hit piece on pot, Thompson warns of the “dark side” of legal weed, claiming that the growing trend we are seeing in marijuana acceptance is directly creating a major uptick in fatal car accidents, and that soon the dangers of drunk driving will pale in comparison to the dangers of driving with weed in your system.

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