Month: May 2014
Pony Boy & Estragos – New Video
Hemp: Long Demonized, Plant Poised for Comback
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Kentucky won a lawsuit on Friday against the federal government for the right to plant a shipment of hemp seeds that had been impounded. The case underscores what appears to be a comeback for the controversial plant that, despite having much lower THC levels than marijuana, has been classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency as a Schedule 1 drug on par with heroin.
Full Article:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/24/hemp-history-kentucky.html
Worldwide Campaign: Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes is a Human Right
An international consortium of medical cannabis organisations are demanding that humans, regardless of state or allegiance and without qualification, be able to use cannabis therapeutically. In a joint declaration, the organisations from Europe and North America refer to Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The declaration is the beginning of a worldwide campaign on the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
Full Article:
http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/health-and-fitness/53168-worldwide-campaign-cannabis-for-therapeutic-purposes-is-a-human-right-an-international-consortium-of-medical-cannabis-organisations-are-demanding-that-humans-regardless-of-state-or-allegiance-and-without-qualification-be-able-to-use-cannabis-therapeutical.html
Symphony hosts first cannabis concert
KUSA
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s hosted its first bring-your-own-cannabis fundraising concert Friday night.
About 300 people attended the concert at the Space Gallery in the Art District on Santa Fe. Guests were allowed to smoke pot inside the venue, but the event was invitation only after the city objected to the public sale of tickets.
Full Article:
http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/05/23/denver-symphonys-pot-fundraiser-opens/9520695/
Scholars Scramble for the Archives of Marijuana Legalization
The Anti-Prohibition Movement, once a lonely struggle in the wilderness, the butt of jokes and the object of ridicule, is now attaining a new respectability.
This surprising turnabout flows from its accelerating successes in recent years. Old records are suddenly in great demand.
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When Cannabis Goes Corporate
Happy Birthday Eddy Lepp
Colorado attorney argues federal laws don’t apply to medical marijuana
Jury Power Gets a Courtroom Nod in Possible Boost for Nullification
J.D. Tuccille
Earlier this month, the authority of the jury received a welcome nod from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In a case in which the defendant confessed in the courtroom to all of the charges against him, the court ruled that a directed “guilty” verdict was out of line, since the jury still had the right to make its own decision by its own criteria, no matter what the judge thought. For fans of jury nullification, here’s a new endorsement of the power of a jury to bring a “not guilty” verdict for reasons of its own.
Full Article:
http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/21/jury-power-gets-a-courtroom-nod-in-possi