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By Candice So, Ottawa Citizen With Files From Zev Singer

A coalition representing local sex trade workers is urging Ottawa police to stop cracking down on prostitutes in monthly sting operations.

The group's open letter to police was sent in …

UPDATE:  As of 7pm Pacific, I checked the YouTube.com/WhiteHouse page to see how many votes our question received in President Obama’s latest YouTube Forum.  The good news?  Our question, “With over 850,000 Americans arrested in 2010, for marijuana charges alone, and tens of billions of tax dollars being spent locking up non-violent marijuana users, isn’t it time we regulate and tax marijuana?” received 4,023 votes, making it one of the most popular submissions to the forum. The bad news?  See for yourself: “The submission has been removed because people believe it [...]

Canadian Gov't Wants to Eliminate Personal Medical Marijuana Grow-Ops

The Conservative government of Canada is pushing for new medical marijuana regulations that would eliminate person cultivation and stop sick and dying Canadians from growing t…

The administration of the non-psychotropic cannabis plant constituent cannabidiol (CBD) is protective in an experimental model of colon cancer, according to preclinical trial data published online in the Journal of Molecular Medicine. Investigators at the University of Naples assessed the effect of CBD on colon carcinogenesis in mice. Researchers reported that CBD administration was associated with cancerous tumor reduction and reduced cell proliferation. Authors wrote: “Although cannabidiol has been shown to kill glioma cells, to inhibit cancer cell invasion and to reduce the growth of breast carcinoma and lung metastases [...]

A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge has dropped the criminal cases against six local people arrested after a two-month investigation of mobile medical marijuana collectives ended with a sting and arrests in December 2010.
Judge Barry LaBarbera on Tu…

Snoop Nominates Wiz for HIGH TIMES Stoner of the Year

Who will be the HIGH TIMES Stoner of the Year? Snoop Dogg – who won the prestigious award in 2002 – thinks Wiz Khalifa has earned the high honor. During a HIGH TIMES photo shoot in Hollywood, Cal…

CANNABIS CULTURE – Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: Marius Soska, assistant editor of Cannabis Culture, gets high and reviews the marijuana news highlights.
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By. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Don't fear the reefer. That's the message to the Conservative government from a group that fights to legalize pot.

The Beyond Prohibition Foundation says weed could be a real cash crop for Canada.

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Nearly 14 months after Arizona voters approved Proposition 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is finally directing the Arizona Department of Health Services to move forward to fully implementation the law. A brief history: In November 2010 Arizona voters narrowly decided in favor of ballot measure 203, which removes state-level criminal penalties for the use and possession of up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana by patients who have written certification from their physician indicating that cannabis may alleviate their condition. The measure also mandated the [...]

Medical Marijuana Crackdown By Feds In Colorado

A federal crackdown on some medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado is discussed by Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson on The Young Turks. www.huffingtonpost.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Fi…