| Photo: Ofer Amram |
| Marijuana protest in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Following widely publicized reports on Tel Aviv’s refusal to allow a rally for the legalization of marijuana, the Israeli city on Sunday relented, announcing that after “reexamining the situation,” it has decided there are no grounds to forbid the rally, pending police approval.
| Photo: Reality Catcher |
| No, this isn’t the guy. And these aren’t the chips. But it seemed somehow appropriate. |
Police officers in Rome, Georgia arrested a man on a misdemeanor marijuana charge after finding what they claimed appeared to be pot seeds in a bag of potato chips, according to official reports.
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| Montel Williams uses medical marijuana to ease the symptoms of MS, and he advocates for safe access for other patients |
Former talk show host, U.S. veteran and New York resident Montel Williams on Tuesday will urge Governor David Paterson and members of the state Legislature to act quickly in order to finally pass New York’s medical marijuana bill.
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| Dude definitely knew what he was doing. These are some of the plants found in firefighter Sean Berte’s home in Maine. |
A federal judge in Maine sentenced a 32-year-old former Boston firefighter to eight months in prison on a marijuana-growing charge this week, noting that the man had admitted smoking about two ounces of pot a week, reports Martin Finucane of the Boston Globe.
| Graphic: ASA |
Rhode Island’s department of health will hold public hearings Tuesday, June 29, to review and receive comments on 15 applicants to open the state’s first medical marijuana compassion centers (dispensaries). The dispensaries will operate as nonprofit entities to safely and securely distribute marijuana to qualified patients in the state.
| Photo: Derek Shields |
| This is the van that handed out free pop lollipops at the Lakers’ parade on Monday. |
Some of that happiness among fans at the Los Angeles Lakers’ parade on Monday might have been other than the “thrill of victory” kind. As reported here on Toke of the Town on Tuesday, a mysterious medical marijuana truck emblazoned with WeedWorldCandies.com was giving out free pot lollipops along the parade route.
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Sieg High? Just when you think you’ve heard every possible reason for cultivating cannabis, some imaginative farmer comes along to prove you wrong.
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| The 19-year-old mother said this photo is a joke, and that she doesn’t allow her child to smoke pot. |
| Photo: Customs and Border Protection |
| This 146-pound brick of Mexican schwag was discovered in the gas tank of 1999 Chevrolet Astro Van. |
A Texas woman is in jail after officers said they found more than 146 pounds of marijuana in her car’s gas tank.
| Photo: Dyersburg State Gazette |
| Members of the West Tennessee Drug Force in Lake County: “I haven’t found any pot plants. Have you found any pot plants? I hope we have jobs next year.” |
Pity the poor Lake County Sheriff’s Department and the Governor’s Task Force on Marijuana. They are facing difficult times this summer in Tennessee. Not only do they have the usual worries of trying to catch pot farmers, and wasting enough tax money so their budgets don’t get cut next year — now they can’t even seem to find any damn plants.