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Seattle Hempfest and City of Seattle Reach Agreement: Hempfest Gets Three Days!

A planned construction project had threatened to derail this year's "protestival"

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - Seattle Hempfest is pleased to announce that Hempfest will take place at Myrtle Edwards Park, Aug. 19, 20, 21, 2011. After six months of ongoing negotiations, and a federal lawsuit filed by Hempfest, the City of Seattle has agreed to grant Hempfest a Special Event Permit for 2011.

Hempfest organizers are encouraging the public to ignore all rumors of cancellation.

THCF`s Paul Stanford Arrested for Filing Taxes Late

"This is absolutely a case of looking for a reason to arrest."

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Every arrest of a lawbreaker makes a big difference to the state of Oregon- every dime collected, a huge relief to the tax payers. That’s what one would hope, that the powers-that-be had the best interests of we average citizens at heart. Not so, where Portlander Paul Stanford is concerned.

That rose-colored version of life in Oregon is far off, proven by the odd announcement recently by Attorney General John Kroger about his "big catch of the day".

White House Requests Meeting with Seattle Times to Bully Against Pro-Pot Editorials

The ex-Washingtonian is expected Friday to discuss pot with the paper.

(SEATTLE) - The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy director Gil Kerlikowske wanted to fly to Seattle to speak personally with the paper's full editorial board after they ran an editorial supporting a bill to tax and regulate marijuana.

Bruce Ramsey, the editorial writer, says the White House called “right after our editorial ran, so I drew the obvious conclusion... he didn’t like our editorial.”

Stuttering, Pain and Battle Fatigue Part 1 in a 2 Part Series

When I was in severe pain I stuttered badly. It seemed to me that all the pain neurons in my head were repeatedly firing and my normal speech was destroyed.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I guess most people understand the first two but how does Battle Fatigue get into the picture. Well it isn’t, it’s Terror Fatigue and rightfully so.

Mount Marijuana Permit Explosion

Almost 50,000 Oregon patients now have permits.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Way back in 1998 learned gentlemen of the Department of Human Services (DHS) when confronted with the legalization of Medical Marijuana collectively opined that about 500 patients in Oregon would qualify and be eligible for the ultra-valuable Oregon Medical Marijuana Permit.

After the first year, there were about 1000 patients and they of the DHS contentedly settled back, “Well we were only half wrong”.

Medical Marijuana: Lying, Addicted Patients and Gullible, Duped Doctors

Marijuanaphobes and Miserable Diseases

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Marijuana therapeutics, the use of marijuana as medicine, is probably the most reviled medical substance ever found, which is ironic to the extreme. It is simultaneously the safest, most useful and most used medicine ever found.

The patients who use marijuana are reviled as pot heads which is about pejorative as possible.

Dr. Oz and Medical Marijuana: Continuation

Reality is a goal for doctors walking along the (golden) yellow brick road

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I recently posted an article “Medical Marijuana and Dr. Oz”, responding to his article “You Docs: Risks in Taking Medical marijuana”.

I took him to task because he was writing about the medical risks which are minimal and glossing over the great, therapeutic benefits which are many and in fact, drugs of choice for about 100 disparate medical problems.