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Original Technorati articles tagged “legalization”

• in Politics
  The Election Cluster F***
  Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story
  by Mozart99 / on Nov 6, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Medical Marijuana Patients Going Organic
  Organic options provide more benefits for medical marijuana patients
  by jimwriter1 / on Mar 23, 2012
• in Film
  Marijuana Movie Night
  It’s been said that 55% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana. What do you think?
  by missbobetier / on Aug 9, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “legalization”

 

• Legislation Announced To Legalize Marijuana In New York

  
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  Senator Liz Krueger has announced that she intends to file legislation in New York aimed at legalizing the recreational use, possession, private cultivation and state-licensed sales of marijuana for adults. The measure comes as New York’s Legislature continues to push forward a measure to legalize medical ...
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• Baby Boomers And Marijuana: Blunts Over Booze Is The Newest Trend

  
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  Marijuana has become a highly accepted legalization movement by teens across America, and now baby boomers are joining in as they return to lighting “spliffs” over enjoying a few drinks after work. Most baby boomers gave up marijuana as they ventured into their careers, but after a wave of acceptance and ...
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• Adam Kokesh Arrested for Speaking at Pro-Marijuana Demonstration

  
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  Youtube Phone bomb 215 686 3388 and demand Adam be released   Update:  Adam   has been taken captive NOT by the Philly Police but by Federal PARK POLICE. I just spoke with a woman in the Park Police (215-597-7077) who spoke with her supervisor for me.    Her supervisor said that the Park ...
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• The Pot President

  
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  Hendrik Hertzberg on the hypocrisy of the hip. In a blog post at the New Yorker last week, Hendrik Hertzberg spotlighted a recent joke made by the President of the United States at the White House Correspondents dinner. In reference to the rapidly changing media landscape, Obama said: “You can’t ...
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• "Marijuana taxes as a cash cow? Think again"

  
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  The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new CNN article , which gets started this way: Taxing pot could raise hundreds of millions of dollars but still not be the moneymaker states were hoping for. Colorado and Washington State are launching their legal recreational marijuana industries, and both ...
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• Colorado Is The First & January 1st The Date

  
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  In the election last November, two states (Colorado and Washington) voted to legalize the sale and use of small amounts of marijuana -- not just for medical use, but also for recreational use. After that, it was just a question of ironing out just how the sales would be done (and taxed). Colorado has now done that . ...
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• Video: Marijuana Tourism Surfaces In Colorado and Washington State

  
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  The recent legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State has sparked some interest in potential tourism benefits. via:
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• The Federal Government Could Save Some Money

  
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  … by not doing this . Maybe some of those states’ rights advocates could apply some states’ rights to the issue. Related Posts: Controlling the Money Means Controlling the Speech When Campaign Finance Reform Has the Reverse Effect Think about How This Does NOT Represent Family Values Jerry ...
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• Colorado Lawmakers Approve First-In-The-Nation Regulations Governing Retail Marijuana Production And Sales

  
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  Colorado lawmakers made history Wednesday by approving first-in-the nation regulations governing the retail production and sale of cannabis to those age 21 and older. The Huffington Post has the story here : On the final day of the legislative session, Colorado lawmakers finally passed two historic bills to ...
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• Illinois moves closer to becoming 20th state to legalize medical marijuana

  
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  As reported in this article , headlined "Medical marijuana bill clears Illinois Senate committee," a very big and significant state has now moved one step closer to joining the ranks of states legalizing marijuana for some purposes. Here are the basics: A key panel of Senate lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday ...
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• Looking for a few good Hemp-and-Cannibis-Friendly Democrats!!!

  
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  . This was passed on to us by old Orange Juice friend and Democratic cannabis warrior John Paul Lucas, who has NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT on this important issue! ...
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• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on State Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

  
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  This helpful, timely, April 5, 2013 report State Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: Selected Legal Issues [R43034] By Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney & Brian T. Yeh, Legislative Attorney is  here . Hat tip to  Law Librarian Blog . Cross-posted at  Law Library Blog .
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• You Don’t Think We Are Doomed?

  
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  A Reader’s Digest Poll provided proof that we are, indeed, doomed. It conducted a poll of 1000 people (how that few people can actually be construed to represent the entire country is perplexing) to find who the most trusted people in the country are. The results are just plain stupid – and frightening. Number ...
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• Ohio Legislator Files Two Marijuana Legalization Proposals

  
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  A Democrat lawmaker made a fresh attempt, May 2, to legalize marijuana in Ohio. Representative Robert Hagan of Youngstown introduced House Joint Resolution 6 and House Bill 153, which call for decriminalizing the recreational and medical use of marijuana. Like Colorado’s Amendment 64, House Joint Resolution 6 would ...
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• David Sarasohn: Extending the logic of pot-distilled brandy to pot

  
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  It is ever trickier to figure out why a state more and more deeply committed to alcohol as both an economic and a recreational choice doesnt apply the same regulatory approach to marijuana.
  2 weeks ago

• Will Georgia Ban Abortions?

  
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  ______________________________ The Georgian state has begun thinking of banning abortions after influential Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili   pitched the idea  in his  Easter sermon  on 5 May. Many churches may be pro-life, but in this  devout Christian country , which ...
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• Sneaky Senators Approve Measure To Repeal Legalization In Colorado

  
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  Just minutes before midnight, on the last day for them to approve a measure, Colorado’s Senate voted to approve legislation designed to repeal the legality of recreational marijuana sales, made legal by Amendment 64, which was approved by double-digits in November. Recently the proponents of Amendment 64 held a ...
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• $6.3 Trillion Dollars to Legalize Illegals in America

  
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  The comprehensive immigration overhaul being taken up in the Senate this week could cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion if 11 million illegal immigrants are granted legal status, according to a long-awaited estimate by the conservative Heritage Foundation. The cost would arise from illegal immigrants tapping into the ...
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• California Supreme Court decides localities can ban storefront marijuana shops

  
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  As reported in this new AP article , "local governments in Californias have legal authority to ban storefront pot shops within their borders, Californias highest court ruled on Monday in an opinion likely to further diminish the states once-robust medical marijuana industry." Here is more about the ruling and the ...
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• Clock Ticking On Colorado’s Marijuana Repeal Bill

  
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  Proposal to revote on pot legalization is losing steam. While the rest of the nation argues over Colorado’s recent decision to legalize limited amounts of marijuana, a small but determined group of legislators in that state have been promoting a bill that would allow a “conditional repeal” of the ...
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