By: Stephen Carter
Contact Stephen via email at TXCann@gmail.com

 
 
There were so many cannabis related activities going on around Texas this weekend and their success added to the mountain of reasons why marijuana will soon be legal in The Lone Star State.
Everything happened on Saturday, March 15, keeping this reform train running full steam ahead.
 
Full Article:
http://txcann.com/2014/03/16/texas-cannabis-activists-score-4-major-successes-for-st-patricks-day-weekend/

by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki and Todd Tanner

 
A six-year-old girl who helped inspire one of Utah’s newest laws died Saturday morning.
Charlee Nelson sometimes suffered from hundreds of seizures in a single day. The girl’s parents were among those who reached out to law makers for the legalization of cannabis oil in Utah for medical use. The resulting bill was officially called Charlee’s Bill.
The little girl leaves behind a big legacy.
“We just felt honored. We just felt completely honored that her legacy would be continued on after she was gone. That she could help other children to benefit from this, that she never had a chance to try.” said Catrina Nelson, Charlee’s mother.
 
Full Article:
http://fox13now.com/2014/03/15/girl-who-helped-inspired-new-utah-law-dies/

By Rich Newberg

 
The family says the results have been significant.
Joe said, “This is the fourth day. Normally he probably would have had, at the worst case, he probably would have had 400 seizures, and he’s had five. We’ve never really had a true reduction in seizures. And so this is something, this is something that’s working.”
The little boy’s parents get the marijuana in a ground-up form. This product is called “Harvest of Tempe.” It has to be carefully measured and mixed, in this case with pear, carrot, or apricot baby food, so Joey will accept it.
 
Full Article:
http://wivb.com/2014/03/18/family-says-medical-marijuana-is-helping-their-9-month-old/

By Ricki Lake

 
When I was a contestant on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” in 2011, an adorable 6-year-old fan reached out to me on social media. She was undergoing chemotherapy and found a comforting escape through watching the show and rooting for me, a total underdog like her.
 
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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/how-cannabis-can-save-cancer-striken-kids–an-intro-to–weed-the-people—by-ricki-lake-165741433.html

By Dice Raw

 
As a five-time Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter, I live, breath and salute an art form born of the streets and connected to the very people affected by biased drug laws across our country​.
I had a homie who was arrested for having an ounce of weed that was just for his personal use. He had full custody of his four children and still did 8 long months. My friend hasn’t been the same since, to be quite honest, and I just can’t get over the fact that before he went into the system, he was funny, sensitive, and charismatic, and now, he’s just different.
And, he’s not alone. He’s just another casualty of the War on Drugs, which is taking directly from the frontline. I know so many people who have been victimized by insanely unbalanced and truly outdated drug laws that do more damage to the fabric of modern society than to the actual so-called criminal offense the laws are disciplining.​
 
Full Article:
https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/we-shouldnt-arrest-one-more-person-having-marijuana

by MARK WIGGINS / KVUE News and photojournalist DENNIS THOMAS

 
Full Article:
http://www.kvue.com/news/Kinky-Friedman-Agriculture-Commissioner-Runoff-250391281.html

Written by Gregory A. Hall The Courier-Journal

A truck drives past bales of dried hemp on the premises of company Hanffaser Uckermark eG in Prenzlau, eastern Germany on July 27, 2013. (BERND SETTNIK/AFP/Getty Images) / AFP/Getty Images
 
Chris Poynter, a spokesman for Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, said hemp can help pull many contaminants out of the soil of former industrial sites, a valuable step toward potentially redeveloping so-called brownfields.
 
Full Article:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140217/BUSINESS/302170030/Hemp-project-Louisville-would-look-cleaning-brownfields
 

By Erielle Reshef

OKLAHOMA CITY —A local group said Saturday that a petition to change the penalty for possession of marijuana in Oklahoma City is gaining traction quickly.
“The purpose of the petition in Oklahoma City is to take away jail time for the simple possession of marijuana,” said petition proponent Mark Faulk.
If passed, the measure would make the punishment for possession of marijuana similar to a traffic violation.
“It will reduce it basically to a traffic ticket, $500 or less,” Faulk said.
Those who filed the petition said they were on pace to surpass their goal for signatures.
“We have (obtained) between 1,000 and 1,500 signatures within one week,” Faulk said.
 
Full Article:
http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/okc/petition-to-lessen-punishment-for-marijuana-in-oklahoma-city-gains-momentum/25000182

CBC News

Henry is one of eight applicants from New Brunswick — and 450 across the country — seeking marijuana production licences from Health Canada. (Micah Walter/Reuters)
 
“Understanding that you have to process your trauma. Marijuana’s just a tool. All the opiates and all the alcohol and all the prescription medications don’t allow you to process the trauma — it didn’t work. When I got off them all and just used cannabis, I could start understanding my trauma,” he said.
 
Full Article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/vet-fighting-to-provide-medical-pot-for-others-with-ptsd-1.2574951

SUSAN STRONGMAN