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05.13.10
D.C.: Hemp fans look toward Lyster Dewey's past, and the Pentagon, for higher ground
Hemp fans look toward Lyster Dewey's past, and the Pentagon, for higher ground
5-13-2010 | Manuel Roig-Franzia | The Washington Post

05.10.10
IL: Patients continue push to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois
Patients continue push to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois
5-10-2010 | Dean Olsen | GateHouse News Service

05.08.10
CO: Mom's New Bake Sale:Activists Trying To Persuade Moms Marijuana Safer Than Booze
CO: Mom's New Bake Sale: Pot Activists Trying To Persuade Moms Marijuana Is Safer Than Booze

04.29.10
Associated Press: “Study Links Drug Enforcement to More Violence”

Just in case this recent CNN headline — “Government: More than 22,000 dead in Mexico drug war” — didn’t make this point crystal clear, we now have a scientific study published by the good folks at International Centre for Science in Drug Policy to drive home the painfully obvious.

04.27.10
CA: In Mendocino County, pot initiative's a touchy topic
CA: In Mendocino County, pot initiative's a touchy topic
SacramentoBee / Peter Hecht / 04,25,2010

04.27.10
OR: Marijuana goes mainstream in Southern Oregon
OR: Marijuana goes mainstream in Southern Oregon
OregonBusiness / Ben Jacklet / 04,27,2010

04.26.10
OR: Jack Herer, Advocate For Marijuana Legalization, Dies At 70
OR: Jack Herer, Advocate For Marijuana Legalization, Dies At 70
Los Angeles Times / April 24, 2010 / John Hoeffel

04.24.10
Framing the questions

So much depends on how you ask the question. Widely publicized 4/20 poll actually shows majority support for drug reforms
As with many instances in politics, actuality can often be obscured behind the wrong frame: ask a question just the right way and results can be wildly tilted, one way or another.

04.24.10
NY: Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession
NY: Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession
NYTimes / Jesse McKinley / 04,23,2010

OAKLAND, Calif. — Like hip-hop, health food and snowboarding, marijuana is going corporate.

04.24.10
TN: Weighing The Pros And Cons Of Using Marijuana
TN: Weighing The Pros And Cons Of Using Marijuana
times free press.com / April 24, 2010 / Emily Brugel

04.23.10
CA: Marijuana, Boom and Bust

CA: Marijuana, Boom and Bust
CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names | 4/23/2010 | Alexander Cockburn

04.21.10
NJ: Marijuana: Recreational drug or natural health miracle?
NJ: Marijuana: Recreational drug or natural health miracle?
TheCollegeVoice / Kevin Genovario / 04,19,2010

04.16.10
In memoriam: Jack Herer (1939-2010)

Jack Herer and his award winning cannabis strain

04.14.10
Running a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

medical-marijuanaMedical cannabis dispensaries should, in essence, be run a

04.11.10
CA: The Democratic Way of Prohibition
CA: The Democratic Way of Prohibition
ReasonFoundation / by Matt Welch / 04,11,2010

How the party of pot smokers ended up standing in the way of pharmacological freedom

04.08.10
CA: Berkeley Looks at New Medical Marijuana Regulations
Berkeley Looks at New Medical Marijuana Regulations
4-8-2010 | Riya Bhattacharjee | Berkeley Daily Planet

Berkeley might soon start resembling the fictitious city of Agrestic featured in the hit TV series “Weeds,” where a widowed young mother bakes pot cookies at home to make ends meet.

04.06.10
ME: House approves pot dispensary bill
House approves pot dispensary bill
4-6-2010 | Susan M. Cover | Kennebec Journal

AUGUSTA -- The medical marijuana bill that will set up a dispensary and registration system in Maine received final House passage Monday, setting the stage for the next phase of work before dispensaries can open.

04.02.10
CA: Republicans officially oppose legalizing/taxing dope in CA
CA: Republicans officially oppose legalizing/taxing dope in CA
SFGate/Posted By: Joe Garofoli/03,31,2010

03.27.10
TX: El Paso CBP Officers Seize Marijuana' Bologna From SETRI Participants
03.15.10
CO: Reduce unintended consequences of medical marijuana
Reduce unintended consequences of medical marijuana
3-15-2010 | Delbert Elliott | Denver Post

03.11.10
CO: Pot bill opens door to health inspections
Pot bill opens door to health inspections
The Daily Sentinel | 3/10/2010 | Emily Anderson

Medical marijuana sellers that bake the product into food could soon face the same checks for sanitary kitchen conditions that restaurants experience.

03.09.10
USA: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste
How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste
Alarab Online | 3/9/2010 | Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow

02.27.10
MI: Michigan medical marijuana
Michigan medical marijuana
Tri-County Times | 2/27/2010 | Anna Troppens

Patients use it for pain relief, but law creates issues for police.

He needed a liver transplant and was given six months to live. That was a few years ago.

02.21.10
CA: Marijuana Co-ops Evolve As They Mature
CA: Marijuana Co-ops Evolve As They Mature
Redding.com / Feb 20, 2010 / David Benda

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02.21.10
MO: 'Legal Marijuana' Shows Up On Local Store Shelves
MO: 'Legal Marijuana' Shows Up on Local Store Shelves
EMissourian.com / Feb. 19, 2010 / Nathan Woodside

It's said to have the same effect as marijuana, it's completely legal and now it's being sold in St. Clair.