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Zimmerman on Drugs With Violent Side Effects When He Killed Trayvon
By Kirsten West Savali While the mainstream media made sure to report with exclamations and gasps that marijuana was found in Trayvon Martin‘s system on the night that he was killed, many outlets failed to also report that the level was well below what medical studies show cause “performance impairment.” The same can not be said for George Zimmerman. [...]
Read more.Psychedelics Are the New Pot
As weed goes mainstream, hallucinogens are making a scientific and cultural comeback. Cannabis has passed the tipping point toward widespread social acceptance (and probable legalization). Even prominent judges in states where marijuana is illegal are coming out as users and advocates. And now, if pop culture and scientific inquiry are any indicators, it would seem that psychedelics are re-entering [...]
Read more.Inland medical marijuana activists head to Sacramento to advocate for legalization
Chuck Neault, 67 of Chino, waits for the charter bus. (Thomas R. Cordova/Staff Photographer) Local medical marijuana activists took a bus from Upland to Sacramento via Riverside on Friday to attend a unity conference and meet state legislators. “I need it,” said Chuck Neault Sr., 67, of Chino, before the bus picked him and others [...]
Read more.NY judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
By REUTERS Photo credit: AP | File photo shows a marijuana plant in Portland, Ore. Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don’t mess with pot. (March 28. 2011) A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use [...]
Read more.The Hemp Comeback
Reporter: Sean Murphy PIP COURTNEY, PRESENTER: Hemp is one of the oldest crops known to humankind. And some historians believe the need for material to make ropes and sails for the Royal Navy was the real reason behind the establishment of Australia as a penal colony more than two centuries ago. Now hemp is [...]
Read more.Former NFL lineman says at least 50 percent of players use marijuana
Brown claims 90 percent smoked marijuana in 1985 Former NFL offensive lineman Lomas Brown, an ESPN analyst, believes more than half of NFL players smoke marijuana. Brown made his claim to the Detroit News on Friday. He said that three marijuana-related arrests of Detroit Lions players this off-season are just examples of what is [...]
Read more.George W. Bush Convicted of War Crimes, Can’t Leave U.S. Fearing Arrest
Kuala Lumpur — It’s official; George W Bush is a war criminal. In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were yesterday (Fri) found guilty of war crimes. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their legal advisers Alberto [...]
Read more.Willie Nelson Says Pot Saved His Life
Willie Nelson at the Fillmore, January 2011. Willie Nelson , king hippie of country music and walking THC repository, was recentlyasked a question about legalizing marijuana. And guess what? He’s for it. The fact that ol’ Willie thinks weed oughta be legal and taxed is about as surprising as hearing that Ted Nugent acquired his dinner with a [...]
Read more.Poll: Decriminalize Marijuana?
A bill floating in the state Assembly would do just that By Charlie LaPlaca A bill up for consideration by a state Assembly panel next week would decriminalize possession of less than 15 grams of marijuana. The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday will review bipartisan legislation that would replace criminal penalties with fines for possession [...]
Read more.Charges against Rick Simpson withdrawn
Cannabis cruisader has been in Europe since 2009 AMHERST – A series of drug charges against an Athol man who says he’s exiled in Europe have been withdrawn. Rickey Logan Simpson, 62, was charged with the production of cannabis marijuana, possession of cannabis marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of cannabis marijuana and [...]
Read more.Hemp Can Save the Planet
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- Zimmerman on Drugs With Violent Side Effects When He Killed Trayvon
- Psychedelics Are the New Pot
- Inland medical marijuana activists head to Sacramento to advocate for legalization
- NY judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
- The Hemp Comeback