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Virginia To Study Benefits Of Selling Marijuana At Liquor Stores

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 20, 2012 Legislation, News

All those bottles, and not a single bag of weed. But that could change at Virginia liquor stores under a new plan suggested by Delegate David Englin

At least one local lawmaker believes Virginia should explore the idea of selling marijuana at state-run liquor stores.

Delegate David Englin, a Democrat, is calling for a study to look at the potential benefits, reports NBC Washington. Liquor sales generate millions of dollars of revenues for the commonwealth every year.

Part of the legislation reads, “As society changes, products that were deemed illegal at one time are made legal and even sold by stores that are operated by government agencies in the attempt to control the sale of the products,” reports Katie Pyzyk at ARL now.

DARE Unit Pulled Over Carrying Marijuana Also Had Sex Toys

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 15, 2011 News

Pikeville KY

The DARE Dildo Debacle: Crime Commission President Calls For ‘A Hard Look’ At Backpack Full of Dongs

A Louisiana DARE unit that was pulled over in New Orleans last March carried not only marijuana, but sex toys and performance enhancing pills.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education sport utility vehicle was at the center of a controversy earlier this year after it was pulled over and New Orleans police discovered marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside on March 8, reports WDSU.

Canada: Conservatives To Bar Patients From Growing Own Pot

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on June 17, 2011 Global, Growing, Medical

Graphic: Cannabis Culture

Canada’s federal government is expected to announce new rules for medical marijuana that would allow only a few licensed growers to be permitted to cultivate cannabis.

The move would eliminate individual and private growers from the current system, under which eligible people apply to Health Canada, which then issues the license, reports Amy Minsky at Postmedia News.

People in the medical marijuana dispensing community who have heard about the impending change said it is unwelcome, and will do more harm than good.

Black Tuna Pot Smuggler Gets 5 Years After 30 Years On The Run

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on June 16, 2011 News

Photos: U.S. Marshals Service

Mark Steven Phillips was arrested in his senior community apartment 31 years after his original arrest in 1979, left.

More than three decades after he went on the run, Mark Steven Phillips, a former associate of the Black Tuna Gang of marijuana smugglers, will serve five years in federal prison for his part in bringing cannabis into the United States, a federal judge has ruled.

Phillips, 62, was re-arrested in January while living at a retirement community in West Palm Beach. He was sentenced on Wednesday by the same judge who was over his case in 1979 in Miami: U.S. District Court Judge James Lawrence King, reports David Ovalle at the Miami Herald.

Worth Repeating: Cannabis Found In Ancient Shaman’s Tomb

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on April 19, 2011 Culture, News

The Chinese shaman tomb and its contents from 2,800 years ago. Almost 800 grams of cannabis was found inside the tomb.

Welcome to Room 420, where your instructor is Mr. Ron Marczyk and your subjects are wellness, disease prevention, self actualization, and chillin’.

Worth Repeating

By Ron Marczyk, R.N.

Health Education Teacher (Retired)

To begin, please watch the following to understand the significance of this cannabis discovery.

China’s Secret Mummies: National Geographic Explorer, December 2007

This National Geographic special provides major archeological evidence of religious cannabis use 2,800 years ago (at minute 38:00 of the video).

Upon your death, what personal items would you want placed next to your corpse in your tomb?
What very special items define you and what your life stood for, in the very short period of time you were alive?
In other words, what is most sacred to you?
To the holy men in this story, cannabis represented the sacred.
I believe that humans have a natural right to use cannabis as part of their private spiritual/religious practice. We all walk our own spiritual path.
Remember, you experience the divine in your head, not in a temple or church.
Meet the “Yanghai shaman,” who will be your guide.

Marijuana Legalization’s Next Battleground: Colorado

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 4, 2010 Culture, Legislation

Graphic: Wussup Hater

Colorado will be the next battleground in the national conflict over marijuana legalization, according to Sam Kamin, a professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Kamin’s statement followed local votes on medical marijuana bans throughout Colorado and the defeat of Proposition 19, which would have legalized limited amounts of marijuana for adults in California, reports Kyle Glazier at The Denver Post.

“California has had its chance,” said Kamin. “Colorado is the next obvious choice.”

New Father-Daughter Firm Unites Two Of CA’s Top Pot Lawyers

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 20, 2010 Culture, Products

Graphic: Fishbowl LA

Allison Margolin, “L.A.’s Dopest Attorney,” is joining forces with her famed dad Bruce Margolin to form a powerhouse law firm.

When Allison Margolin went into the practice of law, she followed in the footsteps of her distinguished father, attorney Bruce M. Margolin. Bruce is currently the director of the Los Angeles chapter of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), a post he has held for more than 30 years.

It took ambitious Allison just under a decade to establish herself as an equally sophisticated criminal defense lawyer in her own right, gaining fame as “L.A.’s Dopest Attorney.”

Now father and daughter are merging to form a new law firm which will unite two of the country’s most prominent marijuana law experts.

In his career, spanning four decades, Bruce has successfully represented thousands of clients, including Dr. Timothy Leary, well known attorney Tony Serra, Marlon Brando’s son Christian Brando, and porn star Linda Lovelace.

He has also been involved in the “Lawyer in the Classroom” Program on behalf of the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

A Columbia College graduate and Harvard Law School alumnus, Allison’s greatest professional achievements have come in the courtroom as a successful trial lawyer. She is as known for her toughness in the courtroom as she is for being easy on the eyes (Allison isn’t averse to appearing in ads rocking tank tops and fishnets.)

Profiled in front-page stories for the Los Angeles Times and Daily Journal in 2006 and recently appearing on the cover of the April issue of California Lawyer magazine, Allison has been quoted in newspapers throughout the U.S.

Michigan Judge Allows Medical Marijuana Defendants’ Use

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 3, 2010 Medical, News

Photo: Fox 2

A district judge in Ferndale, Michigan said Thursday he would allow state-approved medical marijuana defendants to keep using cannabis while out on bond — in sharp contrast to a Waterford judge’s statement Tuesday that said pot use by defendants in a parallel case would be a bond violation.

“They have every right to use whatever medications” their physicians authorize, Ferndale District Judge Joseph Longo said.

The contrast in treatment for those arrested in metro Detroit’s first major medical marijuana raids showed just how differently judges can interpret the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, according to Wayne State University law school professor Bob Sedler, reports Bill Laitner of the Detroit Free Press.

Congress May Double Penalties For Pot Brownies

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on July 28, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Graphic: Cannabis Defense Coalition

A bill has just reached the floor of the United States Senate that would double penalties for any edible products combined with medical marijuana in California and the 13 other states that provide compassionate relief for patients.

The worst part is that the bill was written and sponsored by Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic senator from California!

S. 258, the “Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act,” was introduced by Sen. Feinstein and is using a hyped-up media scare about “candy flavored methamphetamine” to attack medical marijuana patients and providers.

Since there is no national trend toward lacing candy and other edibles with meth or any other drug besides cannabis, this bill clearly targets legitimate medical marijuana dispensaries, caregivers and patients in states that have legalized it as medicine.

Team President Fined For Remarks On NBA Star’s Pot Habit

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on July 26, 2010 Culture, News

Photo: Sports News

The Minnesota Timbewolves’ team president was fined $50,000 for talking about how much marijuana Michael Beasley smokes.

The National Basketball Association on Friday fined Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn $50,000 for his recent remarks about the marijuana habit of forward Michael Beasley, for whom the team recently traded, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The big-mouthed Kahn spoke in a radio interview Thursday about Beasley’s marijuana use in Miami, claiming that it hampered his play with the Heat, reports Hardcourt Mayhem at the Bleacher Report.

He added that he spoke to Beasley about discontinuing his marijuana use with the Timberwolves, which would supposedly help him become a better player.

Kahn called Beasley “a very young and immature kid who smoked too much marijuana” during his disappointing tenure with the Miami Heat NBA team.

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