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US MI: Who’s Making Money Off Medical Marijuana?

Newshawk: Please Write a LTE www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides Pubdate: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) Page: 4A Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/ZU02YgTA Copyright: 2010 Detroit Free Press Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009 Author: Katherine Yung, Free Press Business Writer Cited: Michigan Department of Community Health http://drugsense.org/url/nDFeNDPs Referenced: Michigan’s law http://drugsense.org/url/8mvr7sW8 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Michigan+medical+marijuana Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis […]

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US CA: The Color of Pot Campaign Is Green, and Based in Oakland

Source: Oakland Tribune, The (CA) Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/PRmIjMrf Copyright: 2010 Bay Area News Group Contact: http://www.insidebayarea.com/feedback/tribune Author: Josh Richman, Oakland Tribune Cited: Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act http://www.taxcannabis.org/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Tax+Cannabis+Act Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis – California) THE COLOR OF POT CAMPAIGN IS GREEN, AND BASED IN OAKLAND Win or lose, the […]

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Does Sarah Palin Favor Legalization of Marijuana?

By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

No, Sarah Palin doesn’t favor legalization of pot. But in a recent appearance with Rep. Ron Paul on the Fox Business Network, the half-term former governor of Alaska sounded … sensible. She said that while she opposes legalization–we don’t want to encourage kids to try it–she thinks that the police probably have more important things to do than bust adults who quietly toking up in the privacy of their own homes.

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My First Visit With My Husband, Marc Emery

I went to visit Marc today for the first time at SeaTac FDC. Thankfully, I’m able to visit him even while he’s in SHU (“segregated housing unit”, solitary confinement). When I arrived at 1:30pm, it was very nerve-racking. I stepped up to the massive building’s entrance, got buzzed in, then found myself in a big lobby with a reflective glass booth and a little hole to pass ID and paperwork through.

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Why Californians Should Vote In Favor of Tax & Regulate

Why Californians Should Vote In Favor of Tax & Regulate In Northern California there is a debate raging among commercial marijuana growers over whether they should vote in favor of the Tax & Regulate proposition that is on the November 2nd ballot in California. Some growers fear that legalization will bring in major corporations
that will dominate the industry, reducing Humboldt into an Appalachian-type county once again They say, why should we vote for this? It might be putting us out of business.

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US MI: Marijuana Vote Is 1 Step Away

Newshawk: Taking the Initiative http://www.drugsense.org/caip#take Pubdate: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) Page: 7A, top of page, four column banner headline Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/i5kHhmhl Copyright: 2010 Detroit Free Press Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009 Author: Naomi R. Patton, Free Press Staff Writer Cited: Coalition for a Safer Detroit http://www.saferdetroit.net/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?261 […]

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US CA: An Unlikely Evangelist for Legal Marijuana

Pubdate: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Page: A – 1, Front Page Webpage: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/13/MN3N1DPDS1.DTL Copyright: 2010 Hearst Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/submissions/#1 Website: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388 Author: Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer Cited: Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act http://www.taxcannabis.org/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Richard+Lee Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Tax+Cannabis+Act Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis […]