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I’ve mentioned in a few places that House Bill 642 The Michael Phillips Compassionate Care Act has been placed on the house calendar for full debate this coming Tuesday, April 13. However, I just talked to Rep. Todd and she was as surprised as everyone else when that bill miraculously made it through rules committee [...]

CANNABIS CULTURE – Yesterday’s YES vote on HB642 by the Alabama House Judiciary Committee was historic. It was the first time a medical marijuana bill has passed the first hurdle toward becoming law in the state of Alabama. read more

The Queen Street East ”compassion club” raided and picked clean by police last week reopened yesterday, but it was selling only politics, not marijuana. Neev Tapiero, owner of Cannabis As Living Medicine (CALM), said its current goal is to spread the word about a protest this Sunday outside police headquarters over the government’s medical marijuana [...]

A few months ago, Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Price. I wonder if there is actually a method of rescinding the prize… I don’t think Obama wants it. The war continues in Afghanistan, (I’m sure you are saying “You’ve said that before Ed,”) but the war in fact still continues in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and [...]

CANNABIS CULTURE – Pot-puffing Comedian Bill Maher made an hilarious appearance on the (nearly always unfunny) Jay Leno show and, while discussing California’s legalization efforts, told the Tonght Show host he was a “buzzkill”. Jay Leno: “Here’s my thing on the issue. I’ve nothing against legalizing it; I hate when they say it’s a way [...]

A family in Williamson County, Austin have lost custody of their 7-year-old son as part of a Child Protective Services investigation because the parents taught their children to mistrust the government, an action that deemed them to be “unsuitable parents,” according to charges leveled by police officers in CPS documents. read more

Voters in the western Colorado town of Fruita on Tuesday approved a 5 percent sales tax on medical marijuana and related paraphernalia, making it the first city in Colorado to tax pot. Fruita ? an agricultural community located west of Grand Junction near the Utah border ? doesn’t yet have any medical-marijuana dispensaries, which have [...]

Tonight we guarantee to be interesting. The show started off with us talking about our lovely weekend at the Colorado Cannabis Convention. Next up, Paul the Producer smashed the gavel down over a petty disagreement with JDR. Thomas Pearson, a courageous man from Alabama came on to talk about the Norml chapter that is starting [...]

I will be on the Matt Murphy show in the morning (Tuesday, April 6) at 7:45 am to discuss HB642 The Michael Phillips Compassionate Care Act coming up in committee on Wednesday. You can listen live online at Matt Murphy Show. You may also call in at 1-877-569-1005.

CANNABIS CULTURE – Almost a week after the raid on Toronto’s C.A.L.M. Compassion Club, the press is finally starting to pay a little attention. Here are some stories from the Canadian media about the aggressive police raid last Wednesday at the Queens St. location of Cannabis As Living Medicine, one of the oldest medical marijuana [...]