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LA’s Measure D Wants to Create a Marijuana Monopoly
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Measure D Passes In Los Angeles: Now What?
Yesterday voters in the city of Los Angeles approved ballot Measure D with nearly 63% -
Michigan Supreme Court Rules Medical Marijuana And Driving Not Automatically A Crime
On Tuesday the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that driving under the influence of marijuana is -
Uruguay’s President Proposes Legalizing Marijuana
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Does Feeding Pigs Marijuana Waste Make Them More Savory?
Susannah Gross is a livestock farmer with property just north of Seattle, Washington where she has been conducting an unusual but practical experiment with some of her pigs; she’s been feeding them marijuana waste materials. She chose four pigs to conduct the study on and proceeded to supplement their feed with potent plant leavings during [...]
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Researchers Discover Hemp Waste Could Produce Graphene-like Nanomaterial
Researchers at the University of Alberta are attempting to reduce the price of manufacturing a graphene-like nanomaterial using an agricultural byproduct that’s usually sent to the landfill: hemp fiber. It’s been reported that graphene has the capability to modernize approximately every energy-generating technology on the planet, from batteries to solar panels. There is only one [...]
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Springfield, MO City Council Votes Against Lessening Marijuana Penalties
On Monday night the Springfield, Missouri City Council defeated a proposal that would have lessened certain penalties for marijuana possession by a vote of 6 to 2. The city has gone to great lengths recently to keep marijuana penalties where they are and this time around the council voted 8 to 0 to not put [...]
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Israeli Government Releases New Medical Marijuana Restrictions
The Israeli government has released new regulations regarding the country’s medical marijuana program which include limitations on the patients and list of conditions qualify for treatment. The new list of qualifying conditions has been reduced significantly and many important ailments such as psychiatric disorders, glaucoma and Parkinson’s disease have been scrubbed. In response to the [...]
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Is There A Better Mayor In The U.S. Than Bob Filner?
Of course many factors go into being a great mayor, but if your looking for a mayor to fight for medical marijuana patients, you can’t grow wrong with Bob Filner of San Diego. Mayor Filner recently appeared at a press conference in support of jailed medical marijuana dispensary operator Ronnie Chang. “Fortunately, that gag order does [...]
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New York Senator Announces Legislation To Legalize Marijuana
New York Senator Liz Krueger has announced her plans to introduce legislation that would legalize the recreational use, possession, home cultivation and state-licensed retailing of marijuana for adults over the age of 21 in her republic. The legislation in question is entitled the Marijuana, Regulation, and Taxation Act, which would permit adults to cultivate up [...]
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Kayne West Raps About Private Prisons In New Song
We’ve discussed private prisons before here at The 420 Times, and it is a very serious issue. Private prison companies have every incentive to support laws that fill their prisons with more people; they also support politicians who help them in that goal. Now a pop culture icon is speaking out in rap form about [...]
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Georgian Government Considering Relaxing Marijuana Laws
Currently the marijuana laws in the Republic of Georgia are quite strict considering that individuals who are caught with more than two grams find themselves facing heavy fines and the possibility of being incarcerated for a year, but that may be about to change. Mikheil Saakashvili was the president of Georgia at the time those [...]
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Organization of American States Releases Report Recommending Marijuana Legalization
An inclusive report recently released via a conglomerate of nations regarding drug policy in the Americas suggests that the legalization of marijuana, but not other illicit drugs, be deliberated among a range of ideas in order to reexamine the effectiveness of the current war on drugs. The report in question was publicized by the Organization [...]
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Illinois Governor Says He’s “Open Minded” About Medical Marijuana
Last week a medical marijuana bill in Illinois passed the final hurdle and now sits on the desk of Governor Pat Quinn. Today the Governor told the City Club of Chicago that he’s “open minded” on the issue. Quinn’s Lt. Governor, Sheila Simon, is supportive of the bill. The Governor, who is up for reelection next [...]
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Los Angeles Reader Poll: Will You Be Voting For Measure D Or F This Tuesday?
Tomorrow residents of the city of Los Angeles will be going to the polls, and one of the things they will be deciding on is the future of medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives in the city. We covered tomorrow’s ballot measures here at The 420 Times, and now it is time for the people to [...]
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Is New Jersey’s Medical Marijuana Program Too Strict To Facilitate Minors?
The parents of two-year old Vivian Wilson, a recently registered medical marijuana patient in New Jersey, are claiming they discovered the state’s restrictive law and medical community’s reluctance to participate in the program is inhibiting minors from receiving assistance. Vivian has been diagnosed with an uncommon and severe form of epilepsy identified as Dravet syndrome [...]
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