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NORML Executive Director voted for his own job, national board divided

Through my sources I have learned that NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, who is also a member of the NORML Board of Directors, was one of the eight votes against searching for his own replacement.

NORML Executive Director voted for his own job, national board divided

Through my sources I have learned that NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, who is also a member of the NORML Board of Directors, was one of the eight votes against searching for his own replacement.

Marijuana Election Night – Legalization and Medical Marijuana Voting Results

Here is a breakdown of the Marijuana Election Night Results for 2012, as we learned them East to West:

Tonight We End Marijuana Prohibition

Here’s hoping that reason, sanity, and pragmatism prevails. Join us tonight from 4pm Pacific onward for our live coverage of Marijuana Election Night 2012 at radicalruss.com, on Twitter: @RadicalRuss #MJVote

NORML’s Allen St. Pierre not fired in “coup attempt”

In an email to The Russ Belville Show, NORML Founder and board member Keith Stroup emphasizes that the board has not yet even considered any motion to replace the executive director, who has no intentions on resigning, and referred to the speculation as “an attempted coup by some dissidents.”

Portland-area medical marijuana dispensary raided by county sheriff

We just learned of a sheriff’s raid taking place this morning in Washington County. The Human Collective, located in Tigard, just a few miles from Portland, Oregon, was the subject of a raid by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, according to reporting from The Oregonian.

TUNE IN at 1pm to our live show for updates from on the scene and call-ins from the collective owners, our reporter Jen Alexander, and attorney Leland Berger.

Anti I-502 logic would have opposed medical marijuana laws

It occurred to me that if I were to apply some of the I-502 opponent’s logic to the passage of medical marijuana laws in America, they would have had to come out in opposition to them if they wished to remain ethically consistent. Here, then, are the top complaints about I-502, if they were applied to medical marijuana laws:

Activists planning strategy to counter Los Angeles dispensary ban

Following a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council to ban all store-front medical marijuana dispensaries, activists in the community are planning their next actions to counter the ban.

Why Kevin Sabet’s got it all wrong on California medical marijuana

For sixteen years, the LA City Council has failed every opportunity to work with medical marijuana advocates to craft workable dispensary regulations, such as those that seem to serve San Francisco and Oakland so well. Now they want to throw the baby out with the bath water and ban all dispensaries.

Chicago passes decrim on a 43 to 3 vote

A marijuana decriminalization bill that was first brought to the city council last November has passed as law in Chicago, and the council passed it on a 43 to 3 vote.

New York Assembly passes medical marijuana, likely to die in Senate

In a move that legislative watchers are calling largely symbolic, the New York State Assembly approved medical marijuana legislation yesterday.

Daily Cannabis Chronicle – Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Vermont opens up medical marijuana dispensary applications, but one town already wants to ban them
New York Republican worries about pot smokers openly displaying twenty joints in their ears
Will Colorado’s marijuana vote affect presidential election?

The Russ Belville Show #3 – Never Underestimate the Power of the Green Side

Dr. Mitch joins us for the inaugural launch of the new Cannabis Q&A segment, taking your live calls and chat questions; Radical Rant: Has California Medical Marijuana Doomed California Legalization?; music by J Boog.

Will Colorado’s marijuana vote affect presidential election?

Voters in Colorado will be voting whether or not to legalize marijuana in their state, and they will also be voting between two presidential candidates who are on the same side of the matter, both against it.

John Kerry in Portland

www.johnkerry.com A week ago today I attended the rally for John Kerry here in Portland, Oregon. Right after the rally …Read the Rest

Jim Hightower’s Book on American Kleptocracy

> Mr. Hightower shouldn’t really be targetting the Republirats in this > article. He should be pointing the finger at …Read the Rest

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