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Cops And Judges Ask California Legislator to Withdraw Marijuana DUI Bill

Law Enforcers Say Bill Will Criminalize Legal Medical Marijuana Patients & Distract Police

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Former California police officers, prosecutors and judges are asking Assemblymember Norma Torres to withdraw a bill she has introduced that would criminalize driving with any amount of cannabinoids in the body.

Unlike cocaine and meth which leave the body after a day or two, marijuana stays for thirty days;

Sergeant Bayles: Martyr of Medical Malpractice, Officer Arrogance and Irresponsibility, Sequel 2

How he ended up in the “snake pit” of Ft. Lewis and Afghanistan is the basis of my story.

(MOLALLA, OR) - As a former Private front-line Combat Infantryman with a college degree I am extremely troubled by what appears to be going on now in the Army.

Not Just Fish Bait and Cockatoo Nibbles Anymore. Mikey Likes It!

Remember, there's no weed in these hemp seeds!

(VICTORIA, B.C.) - “Tastes like sunflower, looks like sesame”, a clever little catch-phrase I picked up along the way which coins hempseed-as-a-food to a tee.

Be it hemp morning shakes, peanut chocolate energy balls made of hemp, almond goji powerballs, apple-power porridge (available right here in Victoria BC), finger licking brownies, hemp “cornchips”, veggie burgers or seeds in a salad dressing, there›s no doubt hemp is super-food. Not just hype; it is actually good for you. Hemp has been called the new soy and it’s ever more popular.

Willie Nelson Officially Endorses Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012

Country music legend has long been a supporter of ending cannabis prohibition.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA 2012) has been gaining momentum as the time grows closer to the deadline for signatures to be submitted to the State, but nothing compares to the recent endorsement by the legendary country music star Willie Nelson.

That’s just the thing to add fuel to their signature-gathering fire.

Human Rights is a Foreign Concept in the UN`s `War on Drugs`

Latin American Presidents’ Calls for Legalization Debate Go Unheeded at UN Drug Policy Meeting in Vienna.

(VIENNA) - Several Latin American presidents called for an outright debate on drug legalization this week in the United Nations.

Delegates at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting this week failed to even discuss a change in the global prohibitionist drug treaties.

PTSD: the Trillion Dollar Time Bomb
Cannabis is the Best Therapy

In the meantime Military and veteran suicides are reaching an alarming level.

(MOLALLA, OR) - The Oregonian newspaper, March 10, 2012, Broken Bodies, Broken Souls, which aptly exposes the monstrous medical dilemma about maybe 1,000,000 military PTSD victims.

Probably about one half will be declared unemployable because of what military battle service has done to their minds. PTSD and/or TBI literally destroyed their minds!

The Two-Day Denver 420 Rally Celebrates Legal Cannabis

Kick off Earth Day weekend in Denver learning about hemp and responsible cannabis use.

(DENVER) - Organizers of the Denver 420 Rally have announced that the 2012 event will be two consecutive days, Friday April 20th and Saturday April 21st, at Civic Center Park. They will be "celebrating community, exercising constitutional rights and petitioning our government for redress".

Salem Police Ransack Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Smokey's Lounge is a private club for legal medical marijuana patients.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Tuesday morning police responded to a broken window at Smokey's Novelties in downtown Salem. At 6:30 a.m. morning walkers saw the aftereffects of an alleged robbery, with police surrounding the store for hours afterward.

Marijuana Finally Recognized by The Oregonian, Part 2

More than five U.S. Presidents were known marijuana users.

(MOLALLA, OR) - I would guess that the Oregonian will not write a story about the 101 comments they received on this subject but it is necessary to do so.

I read all of the comments, in here is the first part of my critique. Thirty-three comments were quite positive for Marijuana. Twenty were against, some most vehemently (more later).

Safe Access: LA`s 2nd District Court of Appeals Affirms Legality of Storefront Dispensaries

"...imposing the Attorney General’s requirement would, it seems to us, contravene the intent of [state law] by limiting patients’ access to medical marijuana and leading to inconsistent applications of the law..." - court

(LOS ANGELES) - The California Court of Appeal issued a landmark published decision last week affirming the legality of storefront dispensaries.

The court rejects the argument that every member of a collective or cooperative must participate in the cultivation.