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Cannabis Shows Promising Results for Treating PTSD

Study: Cannabis plant contains molecules that are 30 times more effective at reducing inflammation than aspirin

Hemp is economically and environmentally sustainable

Researchers find CBD improves arthritis symptoms in dogs

What you need to know about CBD oil, the health craze getting national buzz

A Single Dose of CBD Reset the Brains of People at High Risk of Psychosis

FDA panel recommends marijuana product to treat epilepsy(4/19/2018)

Father Effectively Treats Daughter Crohn's Disease by Juicing Cannabis (3/27/2018)

Government-Run Cancer Institute Quietly Acknowledges That Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells

Over 100 Scientific Studies Agree: Cannabis Annihilates Cancer (6/2/2015)

 

Hawaii decriminalizes marijuana possession, expunges some criminal records

 

Study shows growing hemp is a powerful tool to fight bee population decline

 

Cannabis found in 2,500-year-old pots used for burial rituals unearthed in China

 

How Legal Weed Is Killing America’s Most Famous Marijuana Farmers: In the forests of Northern California, the regulatory state—not the DEA—is forcing thousands of growers out of business, or back underground. (6/04/2019)

 

Woman Arrested for CBD Oil at Disney World Demands Apology: Arrest highlights disconnect between federal and state laws on CBD (5/14/2019)

 

The Stoner as Gym Rat (5/8/2019)

 

Denver voters approve decriminalization of ‘magic mushrooms’
- Denver first in U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
- Denver Voters Support ‘Magic’ Mushrooms

- Denver voters consider the next frontier in decriminalizing drugs: magic mushrooms

 

"What do you say to parents whose children died taking your drugs?" S51 5:06

 

Here's where you can legally consume marijuana in the US in 2018 (11/7/2018)

 

Look Who's Got the Antidote to Trump's Prescription for Global Drug War: The former heads of state behind the Global Commission on Drugs, that's who. (9/26/2018)

 

Dogs are turning to weed to cope with fireworks (July 3, 2018)

 

URUGUAY: FIRST NATION TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA CAN’T KEEP UP WITH DEMAND


Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it? (12/5/2017)

CBD Ban? DEA Tries to Reclassify Non-THC Cannabis Oil as Schedule 1 (December 16, 2016)

Former DEA ‘Propagandist’ Says Agency Knows Marijuana Is Safe

Bernie Sanders files marijuana bill in Senate (11/4/2015)

Synthetic Drugs A Game Changer (Page 4: The Washington Post: Express 7/20/2015)

Comparative risk assessment of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit drugs using the margin of exposure approach
- Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say (Washington Post)

Johann Hari: Everything We Know About the Drug War & Addiction is Wrong (2/4/2015)

2014 Marijuana Law Changes (12/26/14)

Crime Feds: Granny Mailed Ganja To Granddaughter Pot, hash seized before it reached 17-year-old (12/3/2014)

When It Comes to Medical Marijuana, Obama's White House Is a Science-Free Zone

Regular marijuana use muddles your brain more than you think: Study (TechTimes: 11/11/14)

Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired? (07/10/2014)


About a 1,000 show up in Colorado Springs for veterans marijuana giveaway

Pot Rules (NY Times: 6/7/14)

Don’t Harsh Our Mellow, Dude (NY Times: 6/3/14)

After 5 Months of Sales, Colorado Sees the Downside of a Legal High (NY Times: 5/31/14)
Repeal Prohibition, Again (The New York Times Editorial Board)

The End of Pot Prohibition as We Know It (7/19/14)

Governor: Colorado Pot Market Exceeds Tax Hopes

Colo. pot aids kids with seizures, worries doctors

NH house to vote on legalizing up to 1 oz. of pot

The War on Marijuana In Black and White

The corrupting influence of nation's war on drugs. (Seattle Times)

Marijuana study for veterans with trauma faces hurdle (10/4/11)

Study: Crime Rose in LA Near Closed Pot Clinics (9/21/11)

Major Panel: Drug War Failed; Legalize Marijuana (ABC News)

Governor asks: What if pot's legal and taxed? (5/6/09)

From Beijing to Bongs (2/4/09)

#20 Marijuana Arrests Set New Record

New marijuana law rolls into MA. (1/2/09)


Mellowing Out on Marijuana (11/8/07: TIME)

King Hemp IV: Rope and Dope (10/1/07)

Calif. pot clinics proliferate (3/10/07)

Perry pardons man's life sentence for pot (3/9/07)

U.S. Is Sued Over Position on Marijuana (2/21/07)

Pot is called biggest cash crop (12/18/06: Los Angeles Times)

US: 75% in AARP Poll Back Medical Marijuana Use (12/19/04)

Murder case sharpens fight over pot laws (10/31/04)

Marijuana Petition Signature Count Back on After Ruling (8/13/04)

Netherlands seeks to stub out 'cannabis tourism' (4/23/04)

Pot legalization petition on track (12/31/03)

A New Generation of Drugs

Canada Moves Toward Reform Of Drug Policies (9/4/02)

NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Pot Use is NORML (4/10/02)

Courts rejects odor-based drug bust


Could Hemp Save The Planet?

Study: Marijuana may not lead to hard drugs (CNN)


What If Marijuana Were Legal? Possible Outcomes (NPR)

REEFER SADNESS
by Jeff Prince

Commentaries by Michael Levine

Fake-drug suits may cost Dallas millions

DRUG WAR NEWS NOT FIT TO PRINT by Michael Levine

Was Rainbow Farm Another Waco?

The Media Awareness Project

George Bush's Heroin Connection

Easing drugs law wins support

Jenna Bush Inhales

Portugal shifts aim in drug war (10/11/01)

The Truth About the War on Drugs

King County prosecutor backs lower drug penalties

Pot Seed Merchant, Winked at by Police, Prospers in Canada

Albert Hofmann, father of drug LSD, dies in Switzerland

The truth of how governments view drugs

One Year After Uruguay Legalized Marijuana, Here's What It's Become
Study Reveals Cannabis May Offer a Breakthrough Treatment for Alzheimer’s (11/30/2016)

Cannabis Oil Cured Girl’s Leukemia After HPV Vaccine Broke Down Her Body: Hayley Willar (12/2/2016) 

Medical Study Shatters the Theory that Cannabis Acts as a Gateway Drug (11/19/2016)

US veteran’s children taken away over his use of medical marijuana (2/1/2016)


Using weed's DNA, Mowgli Holmes has created the world's largest genomic database of marijuana

Study Says Long Term Teen Marijuana Use Does Not Cause Problems Later In Life (Tech Times: 8/6/2015)

Rethinking Marijuana: As Colorado Opens World’s First Pot Retail Stores, NY to Allow Medical Usage

40 Years of a Pointless, Tragic Drug War -- But As Feds Crack Down, Reformers Fight Back: Tension between popular will
and the political establishment makes this a time of hope and frustration for the drug reform movement.
(12/27/11)

Selling the Drug War for $3 Billion? How the Pentagon Will Privatize an International War on Drugs: In part of a move to transfer tactics
from the "war on terror" to the "war on drugs", the Pentagon is paying private security firms millions to fight the drug war internationally.
(12/7/11)


Why Jurors Should Refuse to Convict Drug Arrestees: Jurors are not required to enforce unjust laws, and can legally refuse to convict a person, even if he or she appears to be guilty. (12/22/11)

Mendocino pot raid causes stir among California's medical marijuana advocates (10/30/11)

Mendocino pot raid causes stir among California's medical marijuana advocates (10/30/11)

Canadian Medical Association Journal calls for Marijuana Decriminalization


When It Comes to Medical Marijuana, Obama's White House Is a Science-Free Zone

Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Hemp Farming Legislation - HR 1866 (4/3/09)

Opponents say it would create new costs for society. (2/24/09: LA Times) related
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Tom Ammiano, CA. State Assemblyman, Wants Marijuana Legalized (CNN video: YouTube)

Kellogg's to drop Michael Phelps from endorsements over bong photo (2/6/09)

Esquire / the-side / Richardson Report / Obama Marijuana Legalization (12/23/08)

Local law enforcement not going to write citations for certain marijuana offenses (9/01/07)

FORMER COP TO SELL VIDEO SHOWING DRUG USERS HOW TO AVOID POLICE DETECTION (12/21/06)

These are the latest Marijuana Reform ads refused in Washington D.C. (12/13/06)

No 'smoking' gun -- Research indicates teen marijuana use does not predict drug, alcohol abuse (12/4/06)

Parts of marijuana may fight dementia: Study: Drug reduces brain inflammation found in Alzheimer’s (10/19/06)

Nevada religious leaders make case to legalize pot (10/4/06: MSNBC)

HR 5843 Decriminalizes Personal Marijuana Use LSD's creator celebrates 100th birthday: Researchers say drug still has more potential as Albert Hofmann reaches milestone (1/12/06)

Superior Court Judge Violated Pregnant Women's Rights by Sentencing Her to Prison To Protect Fetus, N.J. Appeals Court Rules (6/16/04)

Detective indicted on charges he helped frame immigrants (4/16/04)


A new survey shows that 72 percent of Americans are against jail time for people arrested with small amounts of marijuana, the New York Post reported Oct. 28.

Vancouver to take new approach with legal injection site for addicts (6/9/03: Seattle Times)

Drug Czar Battles Hordes of Crazed Potheads! (4/18/03)

Senate Committee recommends legalization of cannabis (OTTAWA: 9/4/02) - Senator Pierre Claude Nolin (Chair of the senate committee) said "Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and public health issue."

Brits and Drugs (7/31/02) OR Great Britain has recently announced it's joining a wave of European countries that are relaxing their official policies toward marijuana.

America In A Fix by John L. Kane (a United States senior district judge in Denver, Colorado)

Billy Rogers , campaign manager and spokesman for Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, is the man behind the drive to make Nevada the first state with legal marijuana.

On September 6, 1988, the DEA's chief administrative law judge, Francis L. Young, declared that marijuana in its natural form is "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. (CNN)

Taxing pot could become a political toking point: An Assemblyman from San Francisco argues that it's time to tax and regulate the state's biggest cash crop in the same manner as alcohol.

Hemp-Food Firms Fight U.S. Ban, Deny Marijuana Link (1/13/02: Washington Post)

Washington fares only slightly better in treating drug users (6/10/01: Seattle PI)

Amherst Voters Approve Referendum to "Deprioritize" Marijuana Enforcement

Police Foundation Report Calls for Marijuana Decriminalization, Lower Penalties for Other Drugs (UK)

Racial disparities found in Illinois drug prosecutions: 99% of Cook County youth tried as adults are non-white.

SIGN-ON STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT CLINTON is a list of clergy and faith leaders who have signed onto a letter calling for President Clinton to pardon all non-violent drug affenders who have served 5 yrs. or more.

Doc Ellis Says He Pitched 1970 No-Hitter On LSD (10-21-00: Sightings.com)

Switzerland plans legislation to decriminalize marijuana. (10/4/00: Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Mendocino marijuana may get legal approval if voters give their OK. ( 10/1/00: Seattle Times)

High hopes in Alaska for sweeping pot law.(9/25/00: Seattle Times)

A post
of how a person's aura looks like (to a metaphysician) after using drugs.

Who are these people who oppose some, if not all of the Drug War policies and tactics?

FBI Reports Marijuana Arrests Exceed Those For Violent Crime (10/21/99)

Why are police arresting more dope smokers than murderers, robbers, thugs, and rapists? (10/20/99: Libertarian Party)

National Agendas Color D.C. Marijuana Debate  (10/10/99: Washington Post)

Search and Seizure Setbacks:
High Court Expands Car Search Authority (4/6/99: ACLU News)


What the WHO doesn't want you to know about cannabis - Portland NORML News - Sunday, May 10, 1998

The November Coalition is a "growing body of citizens whose lives have been gravely affected by our government's present drug policy." Their "goal is to make their voices heard, expose the folly of America's War on Drugs, and demand change." They "are encouraged by the scores of Federal Judges, physicians, law enforcement officers, lawyers, mayors, governors, educators and legislators who have become outspoken critics of our country's current policy."

Beyond Prohibition: Listen to, the highest elected official ever to advocate legalization of now illegal drugs, New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson's Tuesday, October 5, 1999 speech explaining the logic behind ending the legal discrimination against those who favor more benign forms of tension release than alcohol; like marijuana.

hemp.net is "An exhaustive source of information relating to medical, spiritual, industrial, and recreational uses of marijuana in Washington. Updates on the various movements to decriminalize or legalize the plant are also provided. The side also has infrmation about the Green Cross, which runs an underground system of medical marijuana distribution. In addition the site is the home page of hemp.net, an Internet service provider.

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