Gradi JordanSalt Lake City Medical Marijuana Examiner
“Prohibition is ending, and it’s time we embrace this change instead of fight it,” stated Deanna Jean, marijuana advocate and organizer of the first annual Austin Minnesota Hemp Festival which being held this weekend, September 15, 2013 from noon to 9 p.m. at the Bandshell Community Park (4th Street and 9th Place SW) in Austin, Minnesota.
Advocates and organizers such as Deanna Jean are billing the festival as a drug-free, family-friendly event with a mission to educate the importance and benefits of HEMP through educational speeches, arts and crafts demonstrations, food and music.
The festival will feature a variety of artists, including Joshua Whalen, JfRO with GTSound, Bartbarian with JRad, Space Brothers Anonymous, 420 Allstars & Manifesting Miracles Music Group, featuring King Fuji along with the Heart of Gold Band. Speakers scheduled for the festival include NORML Sensible Moms and Dads for Marijuana.
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http://www.examiner.com/article/first-ever-hemp-festival-coming-to-austin-minnesota-this-weekend
Category: Cannabis News Corner
US Pacific territory of Guam to debate legislation decriminalising marijuana
HAGATNA, Guam —- A senator in Guam is calling for the US Pacific territory to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Tina Muña-Barnes is planning to introduce legislation to decriminalise cannabis.
She’s told Pacific Beat there was “resounding support” at a recent public hearing in Guam for medicinal use of the drug.
“The legal system should focus more on serious crimes – people should not have to go to jail for simple possession of cannabis,” she said.
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http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/guam/2848/us-pacific-territory-of-guam-to-debate-legislation/
Comer: Farmers in Kentucky will be able to grow hemp by next year
By KATIE BRANDENBURG The Daily News kbrandenburg@bgdailynews.com/783-3242
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer today said he will send a letter co-signed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, to the Department of Justice informing the department that Kentucky plans on moving forward with the regulation and cultivation of hemp.
Members of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission approved the drafting of the letter during a meeting today hosted at the Kentucky Department of Agriculture offices in Frankfort.
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http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/local/comer-farmers-in-kentucky-will-be-able-to-grow-hemp/article_ca3f2d63-784b-5995-b373-d2b785e4bd0e.html
New Jersey State gives medical marijuana dispensary $357,000 loan
By Susan K. Livio/The Star-Ledger
In this 2012 file photo, Compassionate Care Foundation CEO William Thomas, Grow Manager Darren Henney and General Manager Tom Pendergast inside their large warehouse which is poised to become the second medical marijuana dispensary to open in New Jersey. The NJ Economic Development Authority granted a request from the dispensary founders for a $357,000 loan today. (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)
In an unexpected move that signals the Christie administration’s support for New Jersey’s fledgling medical marijuana program despite its misgivings about the law, the state Economic Developmental Authority today approved a $357,000 loan to the founders of a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township that plans to open in mid-October.
Compassionate Care Foundation Inc. said it would use the money to buy equipment and expand its cultivation space, add 12 good-paying jobs to the seven it has already created, and eventually produce enough medicine for about 1,500 patients a month, said CEO Bill Thomas, formerly a medical researcher. Within 10 years, the dispensary expects to generate about $2.8 million in state sales tax, he added.
The 15-0 vote by the EDA — an independent authority connected to the Department of Treasury — “legitimizes this business in the eyes of the public,” Thomas said.
Compassionate Care Foundation Inc. said it would use the money to buy equipment and expand its cultivation space, add 12 good-paying jobs to the seven it has already created, and eventually produce enough medicine for about 1,500 patients a month, said CEO Bill Thomas, formerly a medical researcher. Within 10 years, the dispensary expects to generate about $2.8 million in state sales tax, he added.
The 15-0 vote by the EDA — an independent authority connected to the Department of Treasury — “legitimizes this business in the eyes of the public,” Thomas said.
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Cop David Bratzer pushes for marijuana leniency
David Bratzer believes that prohibition of drugs is wrong.
CARLITO PABLO
DAVID BRATZER IS unlike other canvassers in the ongoing initiative campaign to decriminalize marijuana in B.C.
Depending on the time and day, he could be asking someone on the street to support the petition or possibly slapping the cuffs on another for pot possession.
Bratzer is a Vancouver Island Capital Regional District police officer who believes that drug prohibition is wrong.
“When I’m on duty, I’ve always been clear that I will enforce the law as it stands,” Bratzer told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview. “I’ve sworn an oath to uphold the law.”
But after the uniform comes off, the constable aims to sign up about 1,000 people during the 90-day signature drive that started Monday (September 9).
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http://www.straight.com/news/423281/cop-david-bratzer-pushes-marijuana-leniency
Bratzer is a Vancouver Island Capital Regional District police officer who believes that drug prohibition is wrong.
“When I’m on duty, I’ve always been clear that I will enforce the law as it stands,” Bratzer told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview. “I’ve sworn an oath to uphold the law.”
But after the uniform comes off, the constable aims to sign up about 1,000 people during the 90-day signature drive that started Monday (September 9).
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http://www.straight.com/news/423281/cop-david-bratzer-pushes-marijuana-leniency
The Beauty Of Homemade Hemp Milk
Amber Noel
You might be surprised with the variety of milks available. Soy, almond, coconut, rice, oat, hemp. etc. Each type of non-dairy milk is known for having different properties. Out of all the different varieties of milk, hemp is the most nutritious, and most delicious too. Yet, most people don’t even know that hemp seeds can easily be made into milk.
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http://www.ladybud.com/2013/09/12/the-beauty-of-homemade-hemp-milk/
Your Views on U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag [Poll] Go vote!
BY BETSY KIM
Melinda Haag
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Melinda Haag is known for aggressively closing medical marijuana dispensaries, seizing property under forfeiture laws. California law allows medical patients and their designated primary caregivers to legally possess and grow marijuana. (But they cannot sell or distribute it.) Marijuana is still considered an illegal substance under federal law.
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http://blogs.lawyers.com/2013/09/haag-poll/
Dear Stoner: When do I harvest my plants?
By William Breathes
Dear Stoner: I found a few seeds in a bag last winter and planted them in my back yard earlier this spring. I know enough to know I lucked out in getting a female plant, but when exactly do I harvest this thing? I can’t find any definitive answers.
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http://www.westword.com/2013-09-12/news/harvesting-pot-plants/
Industrial Hemp Bill Passes California Assembly
by Ali Bay
Legislation that allows California farmers to be prepared to grow industrial hemp upon federal approval has cleared the Assembly. SB 566, authored by Senator Mark Leno, would permit growers in the Golden State to cultivate industrial hemp for the sale of seed, oil and fiber to manufacturers and businesses that currently rely on international imports for raw hemp products. The bill, which is co-authored by Assemblymember Allan Monsoor, R-Costa Mesa, and has received strong bipartisan support in both houses, would go into effect once the federal government lifts its ban on hemp cultivation.
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http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Industrial_Hemp_Bill_Passes_California_Assembly_11826.html
Medical marijuana helps Downtown Eastside transplant recipient get off pain medication
by GAIL JOHNSON
Gerald Lacroix shows off his scar after his heart and single-lung transplant.
CHARLIE SMITH
GERALD LACROIX SAYS it was tough financial times, including losing his job working in auto parts, that landed him in a single-room-occupancy hotel in the Downtown Eastside four years ago. He was in that tiny space in April 2012 when, after hours of pouring sweat and becoming so weak he could barely stand, he called 911. Once he was in the ambulance, he says, his heart “exploded”.
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