Visitors from around the planet are already gathering in Nimbin for MardiGrass – the famous cannabis law reform rally – this Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2. Mardigrass has been going since 1993 in protest against the prohibition of cannabis and will continue “every year until we are not […]
Letter of the Week
Maybe Legalizing Drugs Would Be Best Tactic
LETTER OF THE WEEK MAYBE LEGALIZING DRUGS WOULD BE BEST TACTIC Re: “Mexico can’t win drug war without U.S.” ( editorial, 4-21 ). A colloquial definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.” We’ve been throwing billions upon billions of dollars and […]
Cannabis & Hemp
Medical Marijuana Patients Hopeful Federal Judge Sides With Them
The lawyer for four California patients has cited the Americans with Disabilities Act and the fact that Congress allowed the city of Washington’s medical marijuana initiative go into effect as the reason a federal judge should hear their case. The judge agreed as these two articles state: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n319.a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n319.a01.html
Announcements
MAMA’s 2010 Tour
Announcement http://www.mamas.org/Images/2010TourFlier.pdf Schedule http://www.mamas.org/Images/2010TourSchedule.pdf
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Jack Herer, 1939 – 2010
Pubdate: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2010 Los Angeles Times Author: John Hoeffel, Los Angeles Times Photo: Of Jack Herer printed in black and white in the newspaper http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/å-04/53454182.jpg JACK HERER, 1939 – 2010 Proselytizer for Legal Pot By John Hoeffel, Los Angeles Times Jack […]
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Kathleen Parker
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post for her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues, gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions. A MAP author search turns up 121 articles by her […]
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Medical marijuana dispensary initiative headed for Oregon 2010 ballot
http://www.regulatemedicalmarijuana.org/ Backers of a new medical marijuana initiative announced that they have collected over 97,000 signatures on petitions to place Initiative 28 on the November 2010 ballot. The new initiative would add a regulated supply system of dispensaries and producers to Oregon’s current medical marijuana law. Backers need 82,769 valid […]
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Cultural Baggage * Century of Lies * 4:20 Drug War NEWS
Cultural Baggage for 04/25/10 29:00 Pat Lykos, district attorney of Harris County/Houston sees need for continuity and to change drug laws LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2880 Century of Lies for 04/25/10 29:00 John H. Richardson of Esquire, Dr. Steve Beyer’s “Singing to the Plants” + US Govt LSD archive & surprise, surprise: marijuana […]
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Our Marijuana Law Stasis
Opinions on marijuana use have changed considerably over the years. Government policy, however, remains the same. Neil Boyd Associate Director, Criminology, Simon Fraser University. My first foray into marijuana research began 40 years ago, in the spring of 1970. It was what sociologists call participant observation research; I smoked some […]