In Vancouver, Washington, last night a pedestrian crossing illegally in the dark was hit and killed. But to follow the coverage from Portland’s KGW, you’d believe the only reason the pedestrian is dead is because of marijuana being legalized in Washington State.
In Vancouver, Washington, last night a pedestrian crossing illegally in the dark was hit and killed. But to follow the coverage from Portland’s KGW, you’d believe the only reason the pedestrian is dead is because of marijuana being legalized in Washington State.
Bar owner Frank Schnarr has opened up the second floor of his Frankie’s Sports Bar & Grill in Olympia, Washington, to pot smoking.
Oregon activists can’t wait four years and thousands of marijuana arrests later to legalize and there are now more deep pockets than just Peter Lewis who want in on the legal marijuana game.
Huffington Post’s Lucia Graves has been doing some stellar reporting on the marijuana issue of late and I wanted to share some of her piece today on “Washington Dispensary Owners Against Marijuana Legalization”.
There have been many stories told of the people who will use dogs like pit bulls to guard their marijuana grows. But now we bring you the story of the Ganja Guard Gators!
We will live to see the day when the idea of treating children and adults with cannabis and other plants is seen as a natural first line of defense for good health and treatment for bad health. After all, until just the past couple of centuries, it was.
According to the Drug Czar, if we legalize marijuana, pot smokers who didn’t smoke pot before because it was illegal and expensive will bypass the less-expensive, taxed, inspected, potent weed of multiple varieties sold in a professional, secure, legal store and buy it instead from a criminal with a limited supply who’ll give them a few bucks off the store price.
Amendment 64 legalization foe Kathleen Chippi has failed in her attempt to punish the campaign that legalized marijuana in Colorado.
CEO Greg Rayburn’s firm has been paid $120,000 per month since April to “restructure” the 82-year-old company, a euphemism for “break the unions or break up the company”.
“We need to stop talking about it as if it is funny,” said Andrew Sullivan, editor at The Daily Beast. “The right to save your own life is not that funny. The right to do with your own body as you please is not a subject of humor. It is a serious issue.”
The 2013 Marijuana States of America map shows criminal, decrim, medical, and legal status of marijuana in the United States.
The killing of the dog is seen by many of these cops as a justifiable punishment for a “dirty doper”. In this video raid, the cop says, “When you deal dope, and the police have to come to your house, that’s what happens.”
It seems these two dudes, Stephen and Trevor, had twenty-four one pound bags of marijuana in their BMW parked at an In-N-Out Burger in Glendale.
A British couple in their sixties have received a three year prison sentence each for growing marijuana in their backyard.
For those interested in lending a hand by making calls to voters down the home stretch, you are encouraged to go http://OregonLawReform.com. From there volunteers will be able to follow a link to the phone bank dashboard.
Rick Steves brought his A New Approach to Marijuana Tour to Vancouver, Washington, in support of Initiative 502, the measure to legalize marijuana.
Please join us on The Russ Belville Show for Marijuana Election Night 2012 – Tuesday, November 6th – for live coverage of the most important votes in marijuana law reform history.
Day Two of the NORML National Conference in Los Angeles began with what I’m told was a fiery speech by Dominic Holden, the Seattle-based writer for The Stranger, former NORML Board Member, and this year’s winner of the Hunter S. Thompson Award.
First hand coverage of the NORML National Conference in Los Angeles,
NORML Leader Allen St. Pierre says fundraising woes for the campaign to legalize marijuana in Oregon are hamstrung by association with Measure 80′s chief petitioner, Paul Stanford.
