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Adrian Wyllie, Libertarian Candidate for Governor, Wants to Fully Legalize Marijuana

By William Breathes on October 16, 2014 News

Adrian Wyllie.

When Adrian Wyllie is elected the next governor of Florida, he’s going to legalize all marijuana and have it regulated like alcohol. That’s just one of a plethora of libertarian ideas from the Libertarian candidate, who is looking to take down establishment candidates Rick Scott and Charlie Crist.
Like any Libertarian, he believes government should mind its own damned business and stop meddling in people’s lives. That includes same-sex marriage, taxes, Medicare, and, yep, weed. But no one knows this. Because he’s not even getting an opportunity to debate it with Scott or Crist directly, which is significant. Because while Wyllie’s chances of actually winning this thing are slim to none, he might just tip the scales one way or the other for those other two guys. More at the Broward-Palm Beach New Times.

Oregon Marijuana Legalization Leading in Latest Polls

By William Breathes on October 16, 2014 Legalize It, News

Oregon’s Measure 91, which would legalize limited amounts of pot in the state, should pass according to polls conducted this week. The survey, conducted by Oregon Public Broadcasting, showed that 52 percent of voters approve the measure while only 41 percent opposed it.
But it’s not a lock yet, and advocates say voters still need to remember to show up or mail in their ballots. And no, that’s not a bad pot joke about forgetful stoners.

Disc Golfer Rejects Cop’s Stoner Stereotype, Refuses Vehicle Search

By William Breathes on October 16, 2014 News, Say what?

Aspen Snowmass/Flickr.

“Why is it everyone who plays Frisbee golf smokes weed?”
While it’s true that there are plenty of tokers on the disc golf greens, a bag full of frisbees is not an indication that someone smokes cannabis. Nor is it ever probable cause for a nosy cop to search your car, as this disc golfer in Iowa shows us in the video below with his smart refusal of a search despite the (rather obvious) baiting from the cop. It’s a video worth watching a few times because it’s exactly how the situation should have been handled:

Arizona Lawmaker Wants State Lawmakers to Legalize Pot, Not Citizens

By William Breathes on October 16, 2014 Legalize It, News, Say what?

Arizona state Rep. Ethan Orr, R-Tucson.

Tucson Republican state Rep. Ethan Orr doesn’t trust the people. Out of fear that a proposed (but unwritten) 2016 marijuana legalization ballot might be too loose of a plan, Orr says he’s going to push for a marijuana legalization bill next year to make sure the state has a say in the rules and regulations.
“I would rather us as elected leaders be the ones directing the conversation and the debate, and ultimately controlling the policy, as opposed to letting it go to a citizens’ initiative where you can’t change the law once it’s in place,” he told the Arizona Capitol Times this week.

Recreational Marijuana Sales Outpace MMJ in August as Colorado Sets Another Pot Record

By William Breathes on October 16, 2014 Legalize It, Medical, News

In August, recreational cannabis sales outpaced medical sales in Colorado for the second month in a row, with rec topping medical by about $730,000 en route to total sales of $32,999,068. All told, the state saw more than $65 million in pot sold in August. That beat the old record by about $4 million.
From those sales, the state collected $935,807 in medical pot sales taxes and $4.26 million in recreational pot sales tax in August. That brings the total sales tax revenue from recreational sales to more than $22 million so far this year.

Ted Arboleda, BSO Deputy, Let Probation Violator Out of Arrest in Exchange for Blowjob

By William Breathes on October 15, 2014 FTP, News, Say what?

Ted Arboleda.

On Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office had to put the cuffs on one of their own. An arrest among the ranks of law enforcement is always bad enough, but the crime Deputy Ted Arboleda is accused of is particularly grimey: swapping sex in exchange for looking the other way on a probation violation. More at the Broward-Palm Beach New Times.

Denver Police Video Advises Parents Worried Trick-or-Treaters Will Be Given Pot Edibles

By William Breathes on October 15, 2014 News, Say what?

Last month, after the Denver Westword shared Denver Police Department concerns about trick-or-treaters possibly receiving pot edibles while trick-or-treating this Halloween, literally hundreds of readers dismissed such fears as unreasonable and reactionary. But the DPD isn’t backing down.
The department has now issued a video in which Urban Dispensary owner Patrick Johnson describes the visual similarities between typical goodies and the infused kind and suggests that any unwrapped candies handed out on Halloween be tossed as a precaution — the same advice that’s been given since he was a kid, he adds.

Man Brags About His Hash Oil on Facebook Then Blows Up Apartment Making It

By Jack Daniel on October 15, 2014 Culture, News

Facebook

Prohibition has many faces

If you are wondering why it is taking so long to legalize cannabis in America, you have supreme dumbasses like 24-year old Patrick Wayne Austin of Missoula, Montana to thank.
Blasting cans of compressed and highly flammable butane gas through a weed-filled tube indoors? Check. Doing it in an apartment building? Check. Doing it with a child in the house? Check. Posting about your wacky adventures as an “extract artist” on social media sites like Facebook? Check mate.

Randy Lanier, IndyCar Driver and “Super Drug Kingpin,” to Be Released From Prison

By William Breathes on October 14, 2014 News

From Randy Lanier’s Facebook page.

A onetime Indy 500 Rookie of the Year is about to realize a dream he never thought possible: to be released from prison. He had been serving life without parole for marijuana trafficking.
Randy Lanier’s days of playing chess and practicing tai chi in prison are coming to a close, as the U.S. government has issued his release from Coleman Federal Correction Complex in Coleman, Florida, according to Autoweek. For years, the popular GTP sports car champion has been reading letters from fans in jail, but now he will have the chance to shake their hands and thank them as he enters his new life outside of prison. More at the Broward-Palm Beach New Times.

Columbia, Missouri Council Member Wants to Decriminalize Pot Cultivation of up to Two Plants

By William Breathes on October 13, 2014 Legalize It, Legislation, News

Barbara Hoppe, council member from Columbia’s Sixth Ward, introduced legislation earlier this year that would allow people to grow up to six plants at home. Those without a medical recommendation from a doctor would face a $250 fine and the confiscation of their plants if busted. Medical patients wouldn’t face any penalties. That plan saw a lot of scrutiny, so Hoppe has rewritten her bill.
Her new plan, introduced this week and set for a hearing at the October 20 council meeting, allows for only two plants to be grown in a locked area and would allow medical patients to designate growing to a caregiver.

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