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05.13.10

A public official says what he thinks of us

Here’s another instance of a reader taking it upon himself to write about an issue.

You may have heard that Utah started encouraging snitching on suspected marijuana cultivators with a special website: http://www.illegalutahmarijuanagardens.com/ (as of this writing, the website is unavailable due to exceeding bandwidth limits).

So Larry wrote a nice, polite letter to the various email addresses listed on the site before it crashed:

05.13.10

USA: Obama Drug Policy Calls for Drugged Driving Charges for Unimpaired Marijuana Use

USA: Obama Drug Policy Calls for Drugged Driving Charges for Unimpaired Marijuana Use
NORML | 5/13/2010 | Russ Belleville

Encourage States To Adopt Per Se Drug Impairment Laws [ONDCP]

05.10.10

Reefer Madness Du Jour: Utah Encourages Marijuana Snitching

While no one wants to see public and private lands be misused to cultivate large commercial outdoor cannabis grow operations, does this problem exist with other agricultural products that can create psychoactivity (or a ‘high’) like grapes, sugar cane, barley, hops, corn, apples, potatoes or wheat?

04.29.10

UT: Drug Agents Warn Utahans Of Back-Country Marijuana Grows

UT: Drug Agents Warn Utahans Of Back-Country Marijuana Grows
KSL.com / April 29th, 2010 / Sam Penrod

04.29.10

UT: Utah Marijuana Growers Well-Organized, Well-Funded

UT: Utah Marijuana Growers Well-Organized, Well-Funded
KSL.com / August 28th, 2009/ Staff

WAYNE COUNTY -- Sheriff's deputies uncovered more than 20,000 plants in Wayne County, and drug authorities say it's not locals growing it. The marijuana grow found in Wayne County Friday may be one of the biggest marijuana-growing operations ever discovered in Utah.

03.15.10

CO: With weed legalized in Breckenridge, how can Park City compete?

With weed legalized in Breckenridge, how can Park City compete?
3-15-2010 | Jay Hamburger | The Salt Lake Tribune

When Park City's tourism boosters boast why skiers and snowboarders should choose the city, they talk about Utah's fluffy powder, the easy access from Salt Lake City's airport and the three local ski resorts being so close to each other.

01.04.10

UT: Over-perfumed vehicles can be searched

UT: Over-perfumed vehicles can be searched
Salt Lake Tribune | 1/04/2009 | Lindsay Whitehurst

01.04.10

UT: Over-perfumed vehicles can be searched

UT: Over-perfumed vehicles can be searched
Salt Lake Tribune | 1/04/2009 | Lindsay Whitehurst

12.21.09

USA: Why Is Marijuana Illegal?

USA.: Why is Marijuana Illegal?

Drugwarrant.com / Staff / December 19, 2009

7000-8000 B.C. First woven fabric believed to be from hemp.
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Jamestown Colony, Virginia passes law requiring farmers to grow hemp.
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11.16.09

Drug policy reform in the US Congress is moving along

from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #608, 11/13/09