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Penn Jillette Goes Off On President Obama
Magician and entertainer Penn Jillette recently went off on President Obama in a profanity-laced tirade about Obama’s policy on marijuana and the incredible stupidity of ruining people’e lives over marijuana. And he makes an excellent point. Where would Barack Obama be right now if he had been busted for the marijuana he freely admits he smoked [...]
Federal Judge Tosses Evidence In Marijuana Case Over Use Of GPS
Federal Judge Amul R. Thapar has ruled that 150 pounds of marijuana found by Kentucky state troopers in a car they stopped last fall is inadmissible in a case because the DEA placed a GPS tracker on the suspect’s car without a warrant. Robert Dale Lee is charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, but without the [...]
Notorious ‘Mountain Man’ Arrested In Parking Lot
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Police arrested notorious “mountain man” Don Nichols Tuesday on drug charges following a months-long search that came nearly three decades after he and his father kidnapped a world-class athlete. Nichols was taken into custody after phoning the U.S. Marshals Service and saying he would be in the Walmart parking lot in [...]
Australia: No Deal Was Made In Indonesia Drug Case
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia on Wednesday denied reports it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker. But Foreign Minister Bob Carr conceded that Indonesians saw a link between the treatment of Australian Schapelle Corby and young Indonesians [...]
California Lawmakers Address 2012 Unity Conference
Californians to Regulate Medical Marijuana held a “Unity Conference” this past weekend and several lawmakers addressed the gathering, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), Rep. Sam Farr (D-Monterey), Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-SF), and State Senator Mark Leno (D-SF). There is a good group of legislators in California fighting for medical marijuana and for patients. Hopefully they [...]
Advocates In Colorado Push To Add PTSD To Colorado MMJ Qualifying Conditions
Medical marijuana advocates in Colorado are pushing for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to be added to the list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. The advocacy group Sensible Colorado sent out an email alert today detailing a rally to support a petition to add PTSD to the list. Join Sensible Colorado and supporters as we [...]
The World’s Scariest Drug?
There are frightening reports coming out of Columbia of a drug called scopolamine, and the awful things being done to people while on it. It sounds similar to “Roofies,” but taken to another level. You never know what craziness you’re going to find out there. With all the scary and destructive drugs that there are, what [...]
Mich. Teen Shot By Grandmother Had Drug Conviction
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police were still trying to determine what prompted a 74-year-old Michigan woman to shoot her 17-year-old grandson, as dozens of his classmates and relatives gathered Tuesday for the boy’s funeral. Police say Jonathan Hoffman was shot at least five times with a .40-caliber handgun in the suburban Detroit condo [...]
Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana In New Jersey Advances
A bill to decriminalize up to a half ounce of marijuana possession is advancing in the New Jersey legislature. The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard almost uniformly supportive testimony before unanimously approving the proposal Monday. The measure downgrades possession of up to 35 marijuana cigarettes and drug paraphernalia, making both civil offenses punishable by fines of [...]
Massachusetts Doctors’ Group Opposes Medical Marijuana Legalization
The largest doctors’ group in Massachusetts has come out against medical marijuana legalization. The Massachusetts Medical Society approved a resolution at its annual meeting this past weekend opposing legalization of medicinal marijuana without scientific studies proving it would be safe and effective. The organization’s House of Delegates also backed a second resolution opposing any legislation [...]
NY Supreme Court Justice Says Legalize Medical Marijuana
A current Supreme Court Justice in New York has publicly come out in favor of medicinal marijuana legalization after finding that it is the only thing that helps him with a myriad of ailments he is enduring because of cancer and its treatments. Calling the synthetic drug Marinol “useless,” Judge Gustin L. Reichbach says marijuana is the [...]
10 Years In Prison For 2-ton Marijuana Bust
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a 2-ton marijuana bust in a ring that prosecutors said stretched from Mexico to Kentucky. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II on Monday also sentenced Exsaul Silva-Garcia of McAllen, Texas, to five years of supervised release. A federal [...]
Tons Of Pot Found Floating Off Southern Calif.
DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California. A boater spotted 160 bales of pot around noon Sunday about 15 miles off the coast of Dana Point. Orange County authorities and the Coast Guard sent boats to gather up [...]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Hold Press Conference In CA Capitol
The lobbying group Californians to Regulate Medical Marijuana is holding a press conference soon in Sacramento, CA in support of AB 2312 and SB 1182, bills that would regulate the medical marijuana industry in the state and clear up some of the legal confusion that now reigns. Americans for Safe Access put out a press release [...]
Gary Johnson On Whether Medical Marijuana Should Be Studied
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has secured the Libertarian Party nomination for president and is moving full steam ahead with his campaign. He recently held another online town hall where he took questions directly from the people. In this video he speaks with a woman about further study of medical marijuana and his support [...]
