Month: April 2014
Arkansas – Signature Drive to Put Medical Cannibas on Ballot
New vacation rentals that allow pot smoking
Colleen Ferreira, KUSA
AirTHC is a spin off of AirBNB (bed-and-breakfast). The concept allows you to rent out your home, a bedroom in your home or an entire property to visitors. AirTHC is specifically directed toward visitors that want to enjoy weed without any restrictions.
Full Article:
http://www.9news.com/story/money/personal-finance/real-estate/2014/04/24/marijuana-vacation-rental/8087127/
Would you support the legalization of industrial hemp for commercial use? – Poll – Go Vote!
Here’s the link to the poll:
http://www.yankton.net/poll_cd5972a2-cbe0-11e3-8d94-0019bb2963f4.html
It’s Easier to Die from Drinking Too Much Water Than Smoking Too Much Pot
Steven Ross Pomeroy
THC-3D-(with-cannabis-leaf-bkg) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What chemicals are deadlier than THC? Quite a few actually. Cyanide, arsenic, and strychnine obviously top THC, but so does nicotine, caffeine, ethanol, and table salt! A convincing case can even be made that it’s easier to overdose on the very essence of life on Earth: water.
Full Article:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rosspomeroy/2014/04/24/its-easier-to-die-from-drinking-too-much-water-than-smoking-too-much-pot/
Study: Legalizing Pot Does Not Increase Teen Use Of Drug
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Parents can rest easy: Legalizing marijuana does not result in an increase in adolescent use of the drug, a new study shows.
Full Article:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/04/24/study-legalizing-pot-does-not-increase-teen-use-of-drug/
Proposal to Limit Prosecutions of Marijuana Cases in Brooklyn
By
Kenneth P. Thompson
Michael Nagle for The New York Times
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office will stop prosecuting people arrested on charges of possessing small amounts of marijuana, according to a confidential policy proposal that the district attorney, Kenneth P. Thompson, sent to the New York Police Department this month.
The policy is part of a broader push on the part of Mr. Thompson, who took office this year, to look at alternatives to court for low-level offenders. His office is also participating in a task force looking into placing 16- and 17-year-olds who commit low-level, nonviolent misdemeanors, like scrawling graffiti or aggressively riding bicycles on sidewalks, into a short behavioral program, rather than the court system.
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Initiative seeks to legalize recreational pot in Nevada
By SANDRA CHEREB, Associated Press
CARSON CITY (AP) — A pro-marijuana group hoping to ride a wave of mounting acceptance for cannabis filed an initiative petition Wednesday seeking to legalize recreational pot use in Nevada.
The measure backed by a group called Campaign to Regulate Marijuana would allow adults 21 and older to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana. It also sets up a regulatory structure for cultivation and dispensaries similar to what’s being implemented for medical marijuana in the state.
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Newspaper Article Accidentally Sums Up The Marijuana Legalization Debate
The Huffington Post | by Matt Ferner
That was the question posed by the Dayton City Paper, an independent alternative weekly in Dayton, Ohio, to its readers last week. As part of its coverage of the legalization issue, the paper set aside a page for a “debate forum,” with one DCP staffer arguing for marijuana legalization on the left side of the page, and another staffer arguing the anti-legalization case on the right side.
Full Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/this-article-sums-up-the-_n_5188301.html?ir=Media
Arizona high court: Pot metabolite doesn’t prove DUI
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Republic | azcentral.com
The state’s high court ruled Tuesday that motorists with a secondary marijuana metabolite in their system cannot be charged with a DUI on that basis alone, indicating the court was unconvinced the mere presence of the metabolite proves impairment.
Full Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/04/22/arizona-high-court-pot-metabolite-prove-dui/8011323/