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| Advocates worry that Colorado’s proposed “driving while stoned” limit will unfairly affect medical marijuana patients |
Colorado could soon establish tough new measures to crack down on those who smoke marijuana and drive — and advocates are worried that the proposed limits will unfairly affect medical marijuana patients.
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| Erin Alberino, pictured above, was arrested for methamphetamine — which she says turned out to be fake snow |
A New Zealand glamor model who was charged with possessing half a million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine said test results show the substance was harmless fake snow.
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In a sure sign of the growing public acceptance of the medical marijuana industry in Washington State, two dozen members of the community have joined forces to create the Washington Cannabis Association.
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| At the end of her April 8 concert in Vancouver, Britney stopped performing because, she said, “people were smoking marijuana in the audience.” |
New audio released by Star magazine contains pop tart Britney Spears’ “confession of smoking marijuana,” and we are evidently supposed to be shocked and dismayed by this news. On the tape, recorded by Britney’s ex-husband, Jason Alexander, he also confesses to smoking pot, and says to her: “You know I got the best pot in California if you really want to smoke.”
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| New York City is the world “leader” in marijuana arrests. And if you don’t have bail money, you could be spending a couple of weeks in jail for a misdemeanor offense. |
Thousands of people charged with low-level marijuana “crimes” in New York City spend days in jail for these misdemeanors, not because they have been found guilty, but because they are too poor to post bail, according to a report released on Friday.
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| Swazi marijuana is one of the few pure Sativa strains left in the world. |
A challenge to the marijuana laws of the southern African nation Swaziland is going all the way to the High Court. Dr. Ben Diamini wants cannabis legalized, and he has also called upon the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade to grant him a 10-year exclusive license to grow “dagga,” as the herb is called locallly.
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| Don Duncan, ASA: “It’s not acceptable to marginalize the patient community in Los Angeles and deprive them of access to this important medication” |
In a move called unnecessary and hurtful by patient advocates, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to take a final vote Tuesday on an ordinance that would ban medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county, rescinding dispensary regulations adopted by the board in 2006.
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| Plant cannabis everywhere this spring. Overgrow The World! |
Overgrow The World has the same goal as most of us: “Full re-legalization of cannabis/hemp for all farmers and responsible adults around the world.” But OTW plans to achieve this goal through a unique method: planting marijuana in public, highly visible places.
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The Christmas Cards for Cannabis effort, sponsored by the activist group Moms for Marijuana, gives you a way brighten the holidays for those who are being held in prison for weed.
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| This 18-wheeler had from 600 to 1,000 pounds of marijuana aboard, but the driver fled on foot after a Texas State Trooper found the weed. |
Law enforcement authorities are searching for a man who fled on foot after a large amount of marijuana was found inside his truck.