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National Guard Soldier Faces Court-Martial For Medical Marijuana

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By on Medical, News

Photo: Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian
Spc. Richelle Golden got a doctor’s authorization to legally use medical marijuana — and her caregiver was her former Guard commander. But, apparently in a cynical attempt to deny her retirement benefits, she faces a court-martial anyway.

Spc. Richelle Golden of the Oregon Army National Guard suffers from two incredibly painful autoimmune diseases. ​When she got to Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state back in February, she arrived in a wheelchair, expecting to stay a few weeks and be medically retired from service. She immediately reported that she legally used cannabis to combat pain and nausea, and produced her Oregon medical marijuana card.

Now it’s five months later, and Golden is still at Joint Base Lewis-McChord facing court-martial, caught between the laws of her home state, which allow medicinal marijuana use with a doctor’s authorization, and the U.S. Army, which forbids it under any circumstances, reports Julie Sullivan at The Oregonian.
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Video of the Day: Me, I Get High On Reefer

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Photo: Two Man Gentleman Band

​The Two Man Gentleman Band, “the nation’s finest and rowdiest vaudevillian-swing duo,” has released “Me, I Get High On Reefer,” an instant cannabis classic.
“We sing some drinking songs, and get a lot of free drinks as a result,” The Gents told Toke of the Town. “So, we thought we’d apply the same logic to a reefer tune.  And it worked!”
The song is from the guys’ brand new CD, ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!, their sixth album, released August 31.
Just a few years ago, The Gentlemen were busking in New York City’s parks and subways. These days, they travel the country playing hundreds of shows per year for growing crowds of fans.
The Gents “prove that making old-fashioned music needn’t be polite or predictable,” according to Time Out New York, deftly balancing lighthearted romps about reefer, wine, boy/girl parties, and chocolate milk with tender ballads of loneliness and fidelity.
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Bob Marley’s Daughter Pleads Guilty To Growing Marijuana

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By on Culture, Growing, News

Photo: Makeda Marley’s MySpace
Bob Marley’s daughter Makeda pleaded guilty to growing marijuana in her home. Sentencing is October 10

​The youngest child of reggae icon Bob Marley has admitted she grew marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home.

Makeda Jahnesta Marley, 29, pleased guilty Tuesday to having “nearly a dozen” large marijuana plants inside her home in Cain, Pa., about 30 minutes west of Philadelphia, reports the West Chester Daily Local News.
Marley was arrested in 2008 after police claimed they found her removing plants from her basement when officers arrived on a domestic dispute call.
Marley told the court at a February hearing that she had spent all the money from a trust fund she got from her father’s estate when she turned 18.
Makeda was born just three weeks after her legendary father died in 1981. She was the youngest of Bob’s 13 acknowledged children.
Last year, Marley marketed a “Liv Luv” line of clothing, with hoodies and t-shirts marked with the Liv Luv logo.
Sentencing is scheduled for October 10. Thomas Schindler, Marley’s attorney, said he will seek probation.
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Mike Tyson’s Biggest Regret: Not Smoking Pot With Tupac

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Photo: Fanclub.ro
Mike Tyson, right, wishes he had another chance to smoke weed with Tupac.

​Boxing great Mike Tyson recalls his friendship with rap icon Tupac Shakur in a new documentary airing on ESPN Tuesday night. The film, One Night In Vegas: Tyson & Tupac, chronicles the pair’s friendship and the night in 1996 when Shakur was shot on the Las Vegas Strip.

The mercurial boxer has one big regret about their relationship. “He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did, and I wish I did,” Tyson said, reports AP music writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody.
Tyson said he turned down the pot because he was a “closet smoker” and “didn’t want it to get out” that he smoked weed.
“That’s my biggest regret,” Tyson says now, when he looks back on the lost opportunity.
Shakur, 25, was shot after a Tyson fight in Vegas on September 7, 1996. He died six days later.
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Daycare Worker Finds Marijuana Stashed In Baby’s Diaper

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Photo: Orlin Wagner/AP
Marijuana was found stashed in a baby’s diaper in Waco, Texas. The father, David Shepherd, was arrested on Saturday.

​A young Texas father was arrested after a worker at his daughter’s daycare found marijuana stashed in the girl’s diaper.

The daycare, Waco Child Development Center in Waco, Texas, called police to report the find, reports CBS News Affiliate KWTX.
Police said the father must have hidden the small baggie of marijuana in the diaper and then forgot about it.
When a worker started the change the girl’s diaper, the cannabis was found.
Police arrested 23-year-old David Shepherd on Saturday.
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Man Passed Out In Truck Busted For 242 Grams Pot, Xanax

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Photo: WINK
Daniel Dunn was passed out when a deputy arrived, but the officer finally shook him awake. When a drug dog alerted on his pickup, he decided to make a run for it.

​A road patrol deputy arrested a Florida man after he fled from his pickup Saturday at 2 a.m. After his capture, deputies found 242 grams of marijuana, Xanax, and “other drug related items” in the truck.

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a man slumped over the steering wheel in a pickup in Port Charlotte, Fla., reports WINK News. Upon arrival, the deputy shook the sleeping Daniel Jacob Dunn, 21, 3740 Easy Street (perfect), until he finally woke up. A “strong odor of marijuana” was coming from the pickup, according to the deputy.
A K9 unit was called to search around the vehicle, and the dog alerted for the presence of drugs.
At that point, Dunn, apparently deciding to make a run for it, got out of the truck and fled, causing a foot chase. After making some pretty impressive evasive moves for someone who must have been Xanaxed to the max, Dunn was finally tackled by the officer a couple of blocks away.
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LA Containers Offer Elegant, Practical Cannabis Storage Solution

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Photo: LA Container
Philips RX™ Pop Tops from LA Container have easy-seal, easy-open squeeze tops to help avoid spilling your meds.

​Baggies, as almost all of us have realized by now, are a far from perfect storage solution when it comes to cannabis. For dispensaries and collectives which want a better way of storing meds, LA Container Inc., in business since 1984, offers some elegant solutions.

LA Container is so far doing business only at the wholesale level, selling containers by the case to retailers such as dispensaries and smoke shops — but if you’re a client rather than a business owner, you can always ask for them by name at your favorite outlet.

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Judge: Pot-Slinging Sheriff’s Statements Can Be Used In His Trial

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Photo: Steve Jahnke/The Southern Illinoisan
Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond Martin is transported to the Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro, Ill. Martin, already accused of dealing marijuana while on duty, also faces federal charges that he tried to have witnesses killed while he was jailed awaiting trial.

​A southern Illinois sheriff accused of selling marijuana on the job has lost in his bid to prevent federal jurors from hearing jailhouse statements he made that led to charges of plotting with his wife and son to have two potential witnesses killed.

Raymond Martin’s quest to have interviews with two investigators last January ruled inadmissible as evidence during his trial was rejected by U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert on Friday.
The sheriff’s trial is scheduled to start Monday, September 6, in Benton, Ill., reports Jim Suhr at STLtoday.com.
Federal agents arrested Martin last year on charges he trafficked marijuana while serving as sheriff of Gallatin County, Ill. He allegedly supplied a pot dealer and threatened to kill the man when he said he wanted out.
At least twice, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration agent’s affidavit, Martin pulled his service revolver to press the point that it would be “that easy” to make the dealer “disappear.”
While Martin was jailed on those marijuana charges, authorities claim he masterminded a scheme between September and December 2009 to have witnesses assaulted and possibly killed. None of the witnesses were actually harmed.
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Marijuana Smokers Gather In Mexico, Demand Legalization

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By on Global, News

Photo: AFP
People pose with a joint during a marijuana legalization rally in Mexico City on Sunday, September 5, 2010.

​With much of the nation in the throes of a bloody drug war against violent cartels, more than 200 people gathered Sunday in a Mexico City park to smoke marijuana and demand its legalization.

The activists braved pouring rain to rally on the popular tourist drag of the Alameda to have a smoke-in protesting marijuana’s illegal status in Mexico, reports AFP.
Mexico is among a handful of Latin American countries that allow for possession of small “personal use” amounts of marijuana and other drugs.
The limit for marijuana is five grams, between an eighth and a quarter-ounce. Amounts greater than than can still get you jailed and/or fined.
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