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Colorado Marijuana Legalization Qualifies For November Ballot

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Marijuana Connections

​Historic Vote Would Allow Adult Possession and Create Revenue
 
On Monday, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler certified an initiative for the state’s November general election ballot that would legalize personal marijuana possession and allow regulated sales of marijuana to adults.
Gessler announced that the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol turned in more than the required number of valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Voters in Colorado will have the opportunity to vote on this measure on November 6.
If passed, the initiative would allow adults 21 and older to possess and use limited amounts of marijuana. It would also establish a system of regulations to control and tax cannabis sales, much like the system that already exists for alcohol, and direct the Colorado Legislature to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sales of industrial hemp.
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Cypress Hill Leading Protest Of Feds’ Attack On Medical Marijuana

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Cypress Hill SmokeOut

​Thursday, March 1 at 4:20 pm in Downtown Los Angeles

Cypress Hill SmokeOut has teamed with Americans for Safe Access (ASA)  and Medicine & Music Project for a peaceful protest in response to recent federal activities against medical marijuana as well as the local Los Angeles ban on medical marijuana.
The event will start with protesters meeting at the west steps of City Hall at 4:20 pm and will then proceed to the Edward R. Royal Federal Building where speakers will include Cypress Hill’s  B-Real, Americans for Safe Access’ California Director Don Duncan and more. 
The goal of the rally is to draw attention to local threats towards patient access and federal interference in efforts to regulate medical marijuana. The scope of the  federal crackdown is shocking, as federal officials and agencies have threatened providers, growers and property owners.
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Three New Marijuana Bills Intro’d In California Legislature

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The Weed Blog

​Three new marijuana-related bills were introduced on Friday in the California Legislature, according to Dale Gieringer of California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).

AB 2465 (Campos, D-San Jose) would require all medical marijuana patients to get a state ID card and also register the address where they grow cannabis.
“This bill is a blatantly unconstitutional amendment to Prop 215, as it abridges the fundamental right of patients not to be arrested upon the ‘written or oral’ recommendation of their physicians,” Gieringer said.
AB 2365 (Nestande, R-Palm Desert) would amend the Family Code to require that family courts consider parents’ documented use of prescribed controlled substances — including medical marijuana and “narcotic maintenance medications” — in child custody proceedings.
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NORML Releases Official Reply To Patients Against I-502

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NORML Foundation/Russ Belville
Alan St. Pierre, NORML: “We fully recognize that the per se DUI provisions in I-502 are arbitrary, unnecessary, and unscientific, and we argued strongly with the sponsors for provisions that would require proof of actual impairment”

​Executive Director Allen St. Pierre of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has released NORML’s official reply to the group Patients Against I-502, which opposes a Washington state cannabis legalization initiative because of arbitrary DUI limits and other concerns.

“NORML supports (and publicly endorses when requested by the principal organizers) marijuana legalization, regulation, and medical use initiatives that qualify for the state ballot, so long as they move us closer to full legalization, even if they contain provisions we do not believe should be included in a perfect proposal,” St. Pierre said.
“We fully recognize the per se DUI marijuana provisions in I-502 are arbitrary, unnecessary, and unscientific, and we argued strongly with the sponsors for provisions that would require proof of actual impairment to be shown before one could be charged with a traffic safety offense,” St. Pierre said, echoing the concerns of Patients Against I-502.
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Miley Cyrus Spotted Shopping At A Marijuana Dispensary

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X17online.com
Miley Cyrus, in the shorts, and an unidentified female friend leave Therapeutic Health Care, a medical marijuana dispensary in Sherman Oaks, California

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Pop tart and self-proclaimed “stoner” Miley Cyrus was photographed leaving a medical marijuana dispensary in Sherman Oaks, California, with a friend this week. Hey Miley, are you about ready to stick up for weed, yet?

Cyrus, 19, was looking casual but hot in denim cut-offs and a Pat Benatar t-shirt when X17online.com got some paparazzi shots of her and a female friend exiting Therapeutic Health Care. Miley didn’t seem to be very worried about being spotted outside the dispensary; after all, medicinal cannabis is legal in California for anyone with a doctor’s authorization.
Therapeutic Health Care (THC, get it?) is listed on WheresWeed.com as selling ounces of OG Kush indica for $18 a gram, $50 an eighth, $90 a quarter, $140 a half, or $280 an ounce. Oddly, no other strains are listed.
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Former Baseball Star Tries To Eat Bag Of Weed, Gets Busted

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Fox Sports
Elijah Dukes was arrested after allegedly trying to eat a bag of marijuana

​Former Major League outfielder Elijah Dukes was arrested in Florida early Thursday after he allegedly tried to eat a bag of marijuana, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Dukes, 27, who played for the Tampa Bay Rays from 2003 to 2007, then the Washington Nationals from 2008 to 2010, was pulled over about 1 a.m. in Tampa “after he committed a traffic violation,” an officer wrote in the arrest report, reports the Tampa Bay Times. The police report does not specify the violation.
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The IRS Is Coming! Are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Ready?

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280E Reform

​The Internal Revenue Service is threatening to turn back the clock on medical marijuana. But now a national alliance of industry leaders, patients and elected officials is fighting back with a new project aimed at education and policy change.

The 280E Reform effort says it plans to bring an end to the current IRS campaign to close medical cannabis dispensaries.

The IRS campaign of aggressive audits — sometimes resulting in collectives being held responsible for millions in supposed back taxes — began a couple of years ago and uses Section 280E of the IRS code to deny dispensaries the ability to claim any legitimate business expenses. Denied expenses include essential items such as rent, payroll, and all other necessary business expenditures.
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Arkansas Group Gains Support To Legalize Medical Marijuana

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Arkansans for Compassionate Care

​A petition is circulating in Arkansas to allow the sick and dying access to medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation.

Arkansans for Compassionate Care (ACC) are encouraging others to support the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, which would legalize the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, reports Will DuPree at KAIT.
“It’s common sense,” said ACC campaign director Ryan Denhem. “It’s time to have a policy like this in Arkansas.”
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SLO Prosecutors 0-11 In Medical Marijuana Dispensary Cases

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True News

​San Luis Obispo County prosecutors are now 0-11 in their yearlong effort to convict a dozen medical marijuana collective operators, after a SLO Superior Court judge dismissed the cases of two more defendants last week.

None of the so-called Doobie Dozen has even made it to trial, reports Matt Fountain at New Times SLO.

On February 15, Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Duffy dismissed all charges against Shelly and Rianna Allred after prosecutors said they couldn’t bring the cases before a jury.
The Allreds were arrested along with 10 other SLO County residents near the end of 2010 after a two-month investigation into medical marijuana collectives. The arrests were carried out under “Operation Green Sweep” by they SLO County Narcotics Task Force, which has since been disbanded.
Prosecutors are now just one case away from being complete, 0-12 losers on the local level.
The District Attorney’s Office has said it will take all 11 dismissals to the state appellate court. Chief Deputy D.A. Jerret Gran claimed the office had filed the paperwork for its intent to appeal.
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Canada To Cite US Medical Cannabis States To Justify Pot Laws

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Freaking News

​Editor’s note: Canadian medical marijuana patient, activist, and blogger Matt Mernagh won perhaps the biggest marijuana court victory in Canada’s history last year, forcing the Canadian government to argue in court for the validity of its marijuana laws.

Here, previous Toke of the Town contributor Mernagh shares his plans and insights regarding his next court appearance. 

By Matt Mernagh
To save Canada’s marijuana laws from becoming null and void, U.S. state medical marijuana programs will be cited as working examples of what other countries have created. Canada’s federal legal medical marijuana program is similar to what U.S. states have, a Canadian prosecutor will argue in May before the country’s second highest court.
It’s one of many arguments designed to overturn a landmark court ruling (R v. Mernagh) that eliminated Canada’s weed laws, decimated their federal government-run medical marijuana program, and allows me to legally grow and possess my own without a government license of any kind.
The feds really need to win their appeal if marijuana is to remain a prohibited substance, so naturally they’ve thrown plenty of arguments on why the ruling must be overturned by two of three justices on the Ontario Court of Appeal.
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