Archive for: April, 2011

Montana Governor Will Let Pot Reform Bill Become Law

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By Daniel Person |  Published in Bozeman Daily Chronicle Gov. Brian Schweitzer will allow a major overhaul of Montana’s medical marijuana act to become law, the governor told the Chronicle editorial board this afternoon. Schweitzer was highly critical of the reform bill, which will allow caregivers to serve no more than three patients and bar [...]

Vendors roll ERP for medical marijuana dispensaries

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By Chris Kanaracus |  IDG News Service You know an industry has reached critical mass when vendors start developing software for it, and that time has come for medical marijuana. A number of companies have cropped up with inventory, point-of-sale and supply-chain-related software applications that they say can help dispensary operators cut through the rapidly [...]

Authorities Raid Spokane Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

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By Rob Kauder | Published on KWLY News (excerpt) Chanting “DEA Go Away!” supporters of medical marijuana met DEA agents and other law enforcement officials as they were raiding a South Hill medical marijuana dispensary Thursday afternoon. The DEA is raiding several medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane in what Assistant US Attorney Tom Rice is [...]

Steven Colbert Reports on Cannabis Gardens

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The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Wade Graham www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive   Steven Colbert discusses how most Americans grow their gardens… “indoors, and with grow lights” with American Eden author Wade Graham.

Gabor Mate on Uprising Radio While on Tour in Los Angeles to Discuss ADD/ADHD, Addiction

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By UprisingRadio.org | Published on KPFK.org A recent study by psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of South Carolina, Columbia found that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were significantly more likely to develop drug addictions as adults. Compared to children without the disorder, researchers concluded ADHD made addiction to nicotine [...]

Centennial of Marijuana Prohibition

Shortly after the first anti-cannabis laws were passed, the federal government created the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.

100th Anniversary of the First Anti-Marijuana Law – April 29, 2011 The Government’s Hundred Years’ War on Marijuana by Dale Gieringer | California NORML | April 29, 2011 This week marks a centennial worth notice if not celebration, the 100th anniversary of the nation’s first anti-marijuana law.  On April 29th, 1911, Massachusetts enacted a statute [...]

Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson is Latest to Lend Support to Medical Marijuana Patients Facing Federal Prison

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There will be a national day of action on May 2, to shine a light on two medical marijuana patients who have lost nearly everything and are now faced with a federal prison sentence from charges dating back to the Bush administration. Americans for Safe Access filed a clemency petition in the federal Eastern District Court [...]

Charged With Growing Pot, Man Claims Medicinal Marijuana Defense — and Wins

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Prosecutors dropped criminal charges today against a Palm Beach County man who had claimed a medicinal marijuana defense in a case that could have sent him to prison for five years for growing pot plants. Jeffrey Kennedy, a 53-year-old Boynton Beach resident, had turned down a plea deal in the case in the hopes that [...]

From Jeffery Kennedy – Trial Dismissed!!

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BREAKING NEWS – From our friend, Jeffery Kennedy: HISTORICAL MEDICAL CANNABIS TRIAL HAS BEEN DISMISSED!!!!!!!!! The State Has Decided To Dismiss All Charges On Jeffrey Kennedy ! This Could Not Have Been Done With Out The Support Of All. And For That My Wife And I Thank Everyone Involved ! …Please Be Safe, Jeffrey & [...]

Medical marijuana could become legal in Illinois

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Tough new bill, surprise political alliance boost chances By Todd Wilson, Tribune reporter | April 27, 2011   A stricter set of rules and a surprise political alliance are helping build momentum for a long-thwarted effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes in Illinois. Some lawmakers are looking to make cannabis available for people seeking [...]

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