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US CA: ACLU Attacks Draft Pot-Dispensary Ordinance

Pubdate: Mon, 3 May 2010 Source: North County Times (Escondido, CA) Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/G1Dn3nUX Copyright: 2010 North County Times Contact: http://www.nctimes.com/app/forms/letters/index.php Website: http://www.nctimes.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1080 Author: Edward Sifuentes Cited: Americans for Safe Access http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/ Cited: Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/ Cited: American Civil Liberties Union in San Diego http://www.aclusandiego.org/issues.php?sub_cat_sel=000066 Cited: San Diego […]

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US CA: OPED: It’s Time to Legalize and Regulate Pot

Pubdate: Sat, 1 May 2010 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Page: 13A Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/JiVvKvjJ Copyright: 2010 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/2006/09/07/19629/submit-letters-to-the-editor.html Website: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Author: John Russo 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) IT’S TIME TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE POT When […]

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UK: Column: Why Can’t Our Politicians Come Clean on Drugs?

Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis – California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?207 (Cannabis – United Kingdom) WHY CAN’T OUR POLITICIANS COME CLEAN ON DRUGS? What is the single most curable evil afflicting community life in London? The answer is the criminalisation of drug use under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act. It blights half the […]

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New Zealand: Bust ‘Breaks Cornerstone’ of Cannabis Industry

Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?251 (Cannabis – New Zealand) BUST ‘BREAKS CORNERSTONE’ OF CANNABIS INDUSTRY Police Minister Judith Collins has congratulated police on shutting down what they allege is a major source of equipment for commercial cannabis growers. A nationwide drugs bust was executed today, closing down the 16 branches and distribution centre […]

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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

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Jack Herer, 1939 – 2010

Pubdate: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2010 Los Angeles Times Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Photo: Of Jack Herer printed in black and white in the newspaper http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-04/53454182.jpg JACK HERER, 1939 – 2010 Proselytizer for Legal Pot Jack Herer, an energetic advocate for marijuana legalization who was a […]