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Want to Lower Traffic Fatalities? Try Legalizing Medical Marijuana.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 15:57

Want to Lower Traffic Fatalities? Try Legalizing Medical Marijuana.

That’s at least according to a paper published today by University of Colorado Denver Professor Daniel Rees and Montana State University Assistant Professor D. Mark Anderson. The study looked at traffic fatalities nationwide for the years 1990-2009 to see if there was any correlation between highway fatalities and liberalized medical marijuana laws. They found that, [...]

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Mexico Faces War Crimes Investigation Over ‘War On Drugs’

Monday, November 28, 2011 23:00

[img_assist|nid=29171|title=|desc=A man looks at a van containing the bodies of several men in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Thursday. Mexican authorities found 26 bodies in three vehicles abandoned near a major intersection, officials said.
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Flaw In Entire California Medical Marijuana System

Monday, November 28, 2011 21:33

Flaw In Entire California Medical Marijuana System

Flaw In Entire California Medical Marijuana System

A top state medical official says a KCRA investigation exposed a flaw in Californias entire medical marijuana system.
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Go “Green” on Cyber Monday

Monday, November 28, 2011 11:38

Go “Green” on Cyber Monday

The holiday shopping season kicked off in earnest on Friday and retailers are heavily promoting online sales today, which they have dubbed “Cyber Monday.”
Online doing some holiday shopping and looking for the perfect gift for the marijuana enthusiast in your family? Why not sign them up for a NORML membership? We also have a [...]

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Current TV: Marijuana Prohibition In America Examined Tonight

Monday, November 28, 2011 10:45

The award-winning (and totally watchable) Vanguard series from Current TV examines Cannabis Prohibition in America tonight at 9PM (eastern) in ‘The War on Weed’ with not only an obligatory review* of western states’ medical cannabis laws (including California, Colorado and Washington), but, more notable for NORML, is the documentary’s critical review and juxtaposition to the [...]

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Debate Continues To Rage Over Medical Marijuana

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 16:20

Debate Continues To Rage Over Medical Marijuana

Debate Continues To Rage Over Medical Marijuana

The debate over medical marijuana is raging across the country right now and, in many ways, Washington is the epicenter, as there's confusion between state and federal law when it comes to medical …

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Former Vancouver Mayors Call for End to Pot Prohibition

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 16:17

Former Vancouver Mayors Call for End to Pot Prohibition

 

Four high-profile former mayors of Vancouver — Mike Harcourt, Sam Sullivan, Larry Campbell and Philip Owen — released a letter Wednesday pushing to decriminalize and regulate marijuana use in B.C.

They urge politicians to work …

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HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup Raided in Amsterdam

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 15:25

Early this morning, Dutch authorities raided the HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.
According to the East Bay Express:
…police in Amsterdam are in the process of raiding the 24th annual High Times Cannabis Cup Expo. Possession of marijuana has been decriminalized in the Netherlands. But according to tweets on the scene, “everyone will have their buds confiscated, [...]

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Hospital Prescribes Cancer Patient Pot, Then Refuses Him a Life-Saving Transplant For Smoking It

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 18:11

Hospital Prescribes Cancer Patient Pot, Then Refuses Him a Life-Saving Transplant For Smoking It

Norman Smith was within two months of receiving a liver transplant when the same hospital that prescribed him the pot de-listed him. Now, he may die as the result.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has denied a liver transplant to a pat…

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Opinion: One Ganjaphile’s Report From the High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 17:59

Opinion: One Ganjaphile’s Report From the High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam

 

A former candidate for the BC NDP leadership takes the reader through "the world's most famous and longstanding marijuana judging event"

By Dana Larsen, Special to The Vancouver Sun
 

Amsterdam is in many ways th…

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