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08/28/08 Nimbin's Hemp Bar will close its doors on August 29 and the future of the Nimbin Museum is unclear after police issued a letter to the land owners of both buildings requesting they evict their tenants
08/28/08 Billionaire champions pot reform
A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros
08/28/08 Cannabis: police seizures show drop in drug's strength
Official data seen by guardian.co.uk shows potency of marijuana gathered in police seizures has fallen
08/28/08 'Blunt' ban under review to cut down on drug use
Council chairman concerned that cigar wrapping can be used to smoke pot
08/27/08 Alberta's Reefer Madness Hitting New Highs
As Albertans go, they outnumber Catholics, smokers, Edmontonians, voters and overweight folk -- though a massive intake of potato chips might soon balance out the latter
08/27/08 Orange County reacts to new medical marijuana rules
Officials explore what state directive means; pot advocates applaud
08/27/08 Injured troops increasingly turning to prescription medication
Six soldiers in the Army's new Warrior Transition Units — created to help them heal from the physical and psychological wounds of war — "have died from lethal combined drug toxicity," according to Col. Susan J. Durham of the Army surgeon general's office
08/27/08 Demonstrators Protest Federal Marijuana Crackdown
Peaceable Protest Calls for Feds to Stay Out of Santa Barbara's Dispensaries
08/26/08 Priest Gets Field of Marijuana as Gift from God
He firmly states that the good harvest of cannabis is actually a gift from God and that the plant grew on its own
08/26/08 Update on Rob's wife Sonya's battle with cancer
08/26/08 Time to speak up on hemp farm licencing
A draft of the proposed new licensing scheme to allow industrial hemp production in New South Wales is available for public comment for 28 days
08/26/08 Killing bacteria with cannabis
Pharmacists and chemists have found another use for the multipurpose cannabis as a source of antibacterial chemicals for multidrug resistant bacteria
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