• BY: SCOTT PAULSON

 
According to a CBC Canadian news report regarding the Super Bowl, one ought to think twice before laughing off previous lawless actions regarding pot possession and smoking – even in these times when the push by some states is to legalize marijuana. On Sunday, it was revealed that Myles Wilkinson, the winner of a trip to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans was denied the benefits of winning a fantasy football contest a couple of days ago when United States Customs wouldn’t let him enter the country from Canada due to a thirty-two-year-old pot arrest.
 
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http://www.examiner.com/article/super-bowl-xlvii-contest-winner-denied-entry-due-to-32-year-old-pot-arrest
 

By Gene Johnson

 
Wanted: A green thumb with extensive knowledge of the black, or at least gray, market. As Washington state tries to figure out how to regulate its newly legal marijuana, officials are hiring an adviser on all things weed: how it’s best grown, dried, tested, labeled, packaged and cooked into brownies.
Sporting a mix of flannel, ponytails and suits, dozens of those angling for the job turned out Wednesday for a forum in Tacoma, several of them from out of state. The Liquor Control Board, the agency charged with developing rules for the marijuana industry, reserved a convention center hall for a state bidding expert to take questions about the position and the hiring process.
 
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http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=003000DAU2YX&page=1

By John Hingsbergen

On this week’s edition of Kentucky Tonight, host Bill Goodman and guests will discuss industrial hemp.  The program that airs “live” Monday evening on KET, will be repeated Tuesday morning at 11:00 on the WEKU Stations.

Scheduled guests are:  Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer; Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer;Former Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller, founder of The Recovering Politician; and Dan Smoot, vice president of Operation UNITE
Viewers with questions and comments may send e-mail to kytonight@ket.org or use the message form at www.ket.org/kytonight.  Viewers may also submit questions and comments on Twitter @BillKET, #kytonight, or on KET’s Facebook page.  All messages should include first and last name and town or county.  The phone number for viewer calls during the program is 1-800-494-7605.
http://www.weku.fm/post/industrial-hemp-topic-kentucky-tonight
 

by Laurie Roberts, columnist – The Republic | azcentral.com
It starts the minute he wakes up and puts his feet on the floor. The nausea quickly builds from the base of his stomach to the back of his throat, and he tries to think mind over matter, but matter generally wins. And this is just the beginning of the day.
The really hard time, he would tell you, comes later in the afternoon, when he must force down the pills he needs to stay alive and hope they stay down. Food? The thought of it makes him gag, and this goes on day after week after year. His parents wonder whether he can survive it. So far, in well over a decade, Bennett Black has found only one thing that eases the nausea enough so that he can eat, so that he can live.
Marijuana.
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2013/02/01/20130201roberts-an-unlikely-plea-support-medical-marijuana.html

 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The push to re-establish industrial hemp in Kentucky has won an endorsement from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Kentucky’s most influential Republican said Thursday that legalizing the versatile crop would be a “positive development” for Kentucky’s economy and farmers. McConnell said he took his stand after discussions with two fellow Kentucky Republicans who support hemp – U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer.
 
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http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/McConnell-says-hemp-would-help-Kentucky-economy-189235801.html

 
HASTINGS (AP) — The Michigan appeals court says there’s nothing illegal about a medical marijuana user providing a small amount of pot to another registered user at no cost.
 
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http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=854279#.URC55B3LdMJ

By Steve Elliott
 
Daisy Bram, a California mother whose children were seized in Butte County last year because of a medical marijuana grow at her home, has now had her three children taken from her by Tehama County officials, and even had her vehicle seized.
When Bram arrived for an appearance in Family Court on Tuesday, officers blocked her 2002 Ford Explorer in the parking lot and told her they were seizing it because “it had been purchased with drug proceeds.”
They have now left the young mother without transportation, while her children are in foster care. In addition, she has been criminally charged in Tehama County.
The three children, who were healthy when they were taken from their mother, now all have bronchitis and are sick, according to Cheri Sicard of the NORML Women’s Alliance, who said she spoke to Bram on Wednesday afternoon.
 
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http://tokesignals.com/county-seizes-mothers-children-now-her-car-because-shes-a-medical-marijuana-patient/
 

Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill has been pre-filed in the Alabama House that would legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
The sponsor, Democratic Rep. Patricia Todd of Birmingham, says legalizing the drug for medical purposes would help cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and others suffering from severe pain. The bill has failed several times, but Todd says her spirits are buoyed because similar bills have recently passed In other states.
 
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http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Ala-House-to-consider-bill-to-legalize-marijuana/fv0QwgHfQ02YM3q1Di4xpg.cspx
 

By SAPA

 
Prague – Czech lawmakers on Wednesday green-lighted marijuana as a legal medicine for use by patients suffering from serious illnesses.
The bill, which must now be signed by the president to take effect, makes the drug legal and available on prescription for patients with cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or psoriasis.
The move was approved by 67 of 74 senators present in the 81-member upper house.
 
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http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/czechs-legalise-medical-marijuana-1.1461454#.URC4gx3LdMJ
 

BY CAMPBELL WOOD