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Maine — Seventeen groups hope to be among the first to open nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries in Maine, state officials said Friday. Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services received 29 license applications from those groups before the deadline at 2 p.m. Friday. Some submitted multiple applications in hopes of operating [...]

Sitting across the table, at a Starbucks in San Clemente, Kandice Hawes is all business in black Capri pants, a fashionable top and a demure gray sweater. “Of course I smoke pot,” she says in a loud voice that expresses both surprise and amusement at the question. Holy smoke! I look around, worried someone [...]

While most Californians and the media in recent months have understandably remained focused on The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 — which seeks to eliminate criminal penalties for the adult personal possession and cultivation of marijuana — state lawmakers in Sacramento have quietly been moving forward on a cannabis liberalization bill of [...]

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this today's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.] British health regulators have approved the sale and marketing of Sativex, an oral spray consisting of natural cannabis extracts (primarily the plant cannabinoids THC [...]

With a Herculean effort of volunteers, the best of intentions, no financial resources to draw upon, regionalism (i.e., citizens in western WA support cannabis law reform more than the eastern part of the state currently does) and terrible spring weather, well over 100,000 signatures have been gathered to place a ‘legalization’ ballot initiative before the [...]

I had a bad feeling when I was smoking my last doobie on Canadian soil just before embarking on my adventure behind the iron curtain. I didn’t know what to expect in that country, cradle of Communism, so I prepared myself well, packing everything that I could need to fulfil my mission. “Goodbye BC bud” [...]

CANNABIS CULTURE – Members of Toronto’s cannabis community will be hosting the G-420 parade on Saturday, June 26 in downtown Toronto. The protest will start at 12pm at Dundas Square and parade will depart at 2pm to Queens Park South, via Yonge and Wellesley Streets. Organizers are adamant that nobody attend the protest wearing masks, [...]

In Mexico this week, authorities in the northern state of Nuevo Leon announced that soldiers and police are being deployed to patrol around public schools. In addition 5,000 teachers are going to be trained in how to react if a gun battle occurs near their classrooms. Listen to the Story on NPR read more

Guerilla Union, the live events company behind world-class platforms such as Cypress Hill SmokeOut Festival and Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival, has announced the return of the 7th annual ROCK THE BELLS 2010 FESTIVAL SERIES. This year’s ROCK THE BELLS will feature performances from headliners Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, KRS-One, and Slick Rick, plus an [...]

Policies that criminalize drug users fuel the spread of AIDS and should be reformed, experts preparing for an international conference said Monday. read more