Hemp is the Hidden Key to Legal Marijuana

By: Sunday October 17, 2010 12:15 am

Hemp is the far bigger economic issue hiding behind legal marijuana. Ask any sane person why HEMP is illegal and you’ll get a blank stare.

Arnold Reduces Pot to Infraction with $100 Ticket

By: Friday October 1, 2010 8:41 am

Toke of the Town is reporting that Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB1449, a bill that reduces Ca. penalties for possession of a oz of Cannabis or less from a misdemeanor to a infraction. No longer will a person with a oz or less have to appear in court or face time in jail.
Decrim In Cali! Schwarzenegger Signs Bill: Pot Now $100 Fine.

The Last Closet

By: Wednesday September 29, 2010 8:42 pm

The Last Closet

Reality Check on Rep. Lamar Smith’s Marijuana Lies

By: Friday September 24, 2010 8:45 am

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is pushing a bill that aims to put yet more people in jail for using marijuana, even hoping to create a crime for “conspiracy to possess” marijuana that could put people in jail for planning to fly to Amsterdam with their friends to smoke pot.

That’s bad enough, and luckily Nancy Pelosi pulled the bill off the House’s fast track. But Lamar Smith continues his war on marijuana, hilariously suggesting on Fox News that Barack Obama is “encouraging the use of marijuana.”

But Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML, took to the pages of The Hill newspaper to give a reality check to Lamar Smith’s lies.

For Kathryn in MA and others

By: Tuesday September 21, 2010 11:35 am

Drug prosecutions of U.S. citizens overseas

Raid on 2 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Northern CA; Blowback on Prop 19?

By: Friday September 17, 2010 6:43 pm

A bit of breaking news from NorCal about Feds busting medical pot dispensary.

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