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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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

A Nova Scotia man who buys medical marijuana from drug dealers says it should be tax deductible because the government-supplied drug is poor quality. Tom McMullin, 45, has Health Canada’s approval to use marijuana to deal with chronic nerve pain in his back and legs. The Prospect man smokes five grams a day and says [...]

CANNABIS CULTURE – Chris Bennett is preparing for battle in his quest to become the first Canadian legally permitted to use marijuana for religious purposes. read more