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http://cannabisliberty.com Marijuana News and Views Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Money can grow on trees.”  That is the message of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Foundation (NORML) in a 15-second digital ad scheduled to debut in New York City’s Times Square next week.  The advertisement, produced and paid for by NORML’s educational arm, The NORML Foundation, ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6764 With ‘marijuana’ already one of the most popular topics on the Internet, NORML proudly announces that the ‘Reefer Revolution’ has now found its way into the smart phone technology tsunami that is sweeping the world up into instant access and connectivity to important information and like-minded community. Available for a .99 ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6743 I work this issue every day and am well aware of the racist nature of the War on (Certain American Citizens Using Non-Pharmaceutical, Non-Alcoholic, Tobacco-Free) Drugs. But even I wasn’t aware of the outrageous statistics comparing the Drug War to Jim Crow era. Michelle Alexander lays it all ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6738 Last week Rhode Island became the fifth state this legislative session to introduce legislation seeking to legalize and regulate the adult use, possession, production, and distribution of non-medical marijuana. Also last week lawmakers in the Hawaii Senate approved legislation seeking to ‘decriminalize’ (replace criminal penalties with civil fines) marijuana possession ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6693 One of the best (or worse, it depends on one’s perspective and physical location!) indicators of the total failure of a law, is when it is woefully and subjectively applied. When trying to answer inquiries from reporters, columnists, policymakers and medical cannabis patients regarding as to ‘why specifically has Bryan Epis ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6682 Lawmakers around the country are debating a record number of marijuana law reform bills in 2010. NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up is your one-stop guide to pending marijuana law reform legislation around the country, along with tips for influencing the policies of your state. ** To first time readers: NORML can ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6646 Author’s update: the graphics in the post below have been updated to correct some minor mistakes, such as dated information that left out Rhode Island and Maine’s dispensaries and Oregon’s recent acceptance of Alzheimer’s agitation as a qualifying condition. Also, I have outlined Oregon’s attempt at legalization through the ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6603 Once again members of the mainstream media are running wild with the notion that marijuana use causes schizophrenia and psychosis. To add insult to injury, this latest dose of reefer rhetoric comes only days after investigators in the United Kingdom reported in the prestigious scientific journal Addiction that the available evidence ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6563 Talk about chutzpah! The United Nation’s Anti-drug agency, International Narcotic Control Board, recently attacked the Parliament-sanctioned Canadian Medical Cannabis Program, oddly looking right past Prohibition-addled but medical cannabis-friendly America. That’s right. Despite the continued 73-year old federal prohibition against cannabis, with 90 million Americans currently living in 14 states and the ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6498 An excellent and thoughtful analysis appears today via Alternet.org. Below is an excerpt. To read the entire story, please visit here. Why Growing Numbers of Baby Boomers and the Elderly Are Smoking Pot More and more of the nation’s 78 million Boomers are discovering they’d rather smoke marijuana than reach for a ... http://cannabisliberty.com/?p=6476