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DEA Investigates Pro-Medical Pot State Rep
An ominous story out of Montana surfaced earlier this week when it was reported that thrice-elected state House Representative Diane Sands (D-Missoula) was the subject of Drug Enforcement Administration questioning of a potential witness in a federal investigation of legal medicinal cannabis dispensaries. Specifically, DEA agents from the Billings, Montana office asked the possible witness if Sands was part of a broader conspiracy engaging in medical marijuana sales.
The …More
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Mexican Pot Production Diminished By Drought
Killing crops, killing cattle, and also killing cannabis. That’s the effect of northern Mexico’s worst drought in the country’s recorded meteorological history. Take the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, which hugs the coastline of the Gulf of California, and is regarded as a major pot-producing region. An army general stationed in Sinaloa told the AP that the planting of cannabis had “declined considerably” because of the drought, a report …More
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President Obama Avoids Pot During Online Chat
President Obama opted to completely ignore all questions regarding pot legalization and the war on drugs during a national online chat Monday, disappointing cannabis activists across the country.
YouTube aired the online event, which was moderated by Google. The exclusion of the marijuana issue from the chat is particularly egregious as 18 of the top 20 most popular questions submitted by those voting on YouTube concerned medical marijuana, cannabis legalization in general, and …More
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Marijuana Education Day in Nashville
In a high-profile effort intended to increase awareness regarding medicinal cannabis and pot issues in general, Tennessee NORML sponsored “Marijuana Education Day” in Nashville on January 28 at the Sunset Grill, in what was described as a luncheon seminar.
For a fee of $30 attendees were brought up to speed on the latest developments in the realm of medical, legislative and recreational cannabis concerns. NORML founder Keith Stroup was on hand, and as reported by …More
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Connecticut State Marshal Popped for Pot
State marshal Alan Freedman of Norwalk, Connecticut was charged with felony marijuana possession with intent to distribute on Tuesday after being busted with over a quarter-pound of pot.
Like so many before him, the 58-year-old Freedman was done in by a simple traffic violation after Norwalk PD Sgt. David O’Connor pulled him over for running a red light.
Apparently, being a state marshal in Connecticut doesn’t carry too much cache, as Sgt. …More
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