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• in Politics
  Pot Legalization; Just a Matter of When?
  Pot or Not?
  by christinevega / on Mar 3, 2011
• in Politics
  California's Proposition 19; Not Such A Dopey Idea
  Proposition 19 in California sounds like the only good thing that might happen in November, but not if the feds have anything to say about it.
  by shadowdoc1953 / on Oct 19, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “prohibition”

 

• Libertarian New Jersey State Senate Candidate Don Dezarn on Adam Kokesh’s Arrest

  
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  On May 18th, Adam Kokesh, libertarian activist, veteran, radio and TV host was arrested at “Smoke Down Prohibition V” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was a rally in support for maurijuana legalization. Kokesh was arrested before he could even smoke. He is currently being held in a detention center. Fans on ...
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• "How to Legalize Pot"

  
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  The title of this post is the headline of this notable new op-ed in todays New York Times authored by Bill Keller.  Here are some excerpts from an interesting read: The marijuana debate has entered a new stage.  Today the most interesting and important question is no longer whether marijuana will be ...
  3 days ago

• Parents, Marijuana, And Prohibition: Daisy Bram’s Story

  
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  As her children were being taken away from her, Daisy Bram screamed, “My babies! My babies!” In 2011, Daisy Bram and Jayme Walsh lived with their two small children, Thor and Zeus, in Butte County, California. Like so many other people in northern California, Bram and Walsh had medical marijuana recommendations ...
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• Passionate Speech By Member Of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

  
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  The following speech was given in Eugene, Oregon during the Global Marijuana March earlier this month. The author, Shelly Fox-Loken, gave us permission to post it. Hopefully it inspires TWB readers as much as it did to me: Hi Everyone and welcome. I want to thank you for coming out on this beautiful day to ...
  3 days ago

• Participate In Kickball Tournament To Support Cannabis Reform In Missouri

  
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  By John Payne We are pleased to announce Kick It for Cannabis, a kickball tournament hosted by Midwest Kickball to benefit Show-Me Cannabis! The tournament will be held Saturday, August 31 at Bingham Fields in south Saint Louis near the intersection of Gravois and Bingham avenues. Starting at 11:00 A.M., three pools ...
  3 days ago

• 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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• Tell The Mayor Of Meridian, Idaho To Stop The Lies About Cannabis

  
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  Moms for Marijuana’s main focus is to bring education and awareness and to create honest discussion in our communities about the cannabis plant. In doing so, we are fighting decades of lies, fear and propaganda, propagated by our government and big industries that don’t care about anything other than their huge ...
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• Breaking: Feds Disappear Adam Kokesh!

  
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  As witnessed in footage of the event filmed by fellow activists, Kokesh appears to have been arrested for the victimless crime of exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. … Read More
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• Illinois on verge of becoming second biggest state to legalize medical marijuana

  
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  As reported in this Chicago Tribune article , only a Governors veto now stands in the way of Illinois becoming the most populous state other than California to have legalized medical marijuana.  Here are the details: The Senate today approved legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to ...
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• POLL: Essentially No One Believes Marijuana Users Should Go To Jail

  
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  By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director Reason-Rupe has just released new polling data that revealed only a minuscule percentage of Americans believe that marijuana use and possession should result in jail time. When asked which approach they thought the government and law enforcement should take toward ...
  4 days ago

• Attend The Texas Regional NORML Conference Next Month

  
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  If you are in Texas, check out the event below. Even if you are not in Texas, you should still consider attending this event, because it is going to be outstanding: It’s high time Texas grabbed prohibition by the horns! DFW NORML proudly presents the Texas Regional NORML Conference at the Norris Conference Center in ...
  4 days ago

• May 11, 80 Years Ago

  
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  I’m reposting my article from five years ago in commemoration of the amended Volstead Act on this day at 6pm. It’s Thursday, May 11th 1933 at 6pm. What would you as a beer drinker be doing? Most likely waiting in line to buy your first legal beer in Michigan for 15 years. Since the beer [...]
  1 week ago

• Springfield City Council Considers Reducing Penalties On Cannabis Possession…Again

  
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  By John Payne As you probably recall, last summer we helped activists in Springfield gather signatures to put an initiative petition before the Springfield City Council that reduced penalties on possession of less than 35 grams of cannabis. The council was supposed to have two options: Either vote for the measure and ...
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• US Reps To House: BEER Me

  
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  You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. – Frank Zappa There was a time when, if following Zappa’s criteria, the U.S. might not have been considered a real country. We ...
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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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• Federal Measure To End Marijuana Prohibition Gains 15th Bipartisan Sponsor

  
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  Earlier this week Alaskan Congressman Don Young announced, in a press release, that he’s joining a growing list of bipartisan sponsors who support H.R. 1523, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013. The measure would explicitly protect marijuana consumers and businesses from federal prosecution if they’re ...
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• Cato Institute Interviews Rep. Steve Cohen On Marijuana Policy

  
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  In this interview, Cato Institute’s Caleb Brown talks with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) about the federal government’s reaction to the end of marijuana prohibition in Colorado and Washington and the future of marijuana policy reform. Take a few minutes to watch this: Rep. Cohen is a great ally to reformers, whether ...
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• Vermont: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Measure

  
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  By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Members of the Senate this week approved legislation to significantly reduce marijuana possession penalties. On Tuesday, Senators voted 24 to 6 in favor of a House measure that amends penalties for the possession of personal use amounts of marijuana and/or marijuana ...
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• Low-Level Marijuana Offenders “Pay The Rent” For Law Enforcement

  
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  In Texas Monthly, there is a great article on the subject of “trace cases” that quotes Former DA Pat Lykos’ presentation at the Baker Institute that I was a part of in 2012: To help explain her reasoning, at an appearance at Rice University’s Baker Institute, she held up a package of Splenda, which weighs ...
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• Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Shuts Out Show-Me Cannabis

  
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  Venue Fears Governmental and Social Backlash By John Payne On Monday, a representative from The Point (KPNT 105.7 FM) contacted Show-Me Cannabis to tell the public advocacy group that Verizon Wireless Amphitheater had refused their vendor application for Pointfest on May 12. Since then, Show-Me Cannabis has been ...
  1 week ago

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