Category Archives: Media News

News excerpts from media sources around the world.

Pro-Pot Campaign Gets Big Names, Deep Pockets

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

Marijuana legalization in Washington has been an activist’s pipe dream for decades, but a new campaign with deep pockets and prominent supporters is poised to force the state Legislature to vote on the issue or send it to the 2012 … Continue reading →

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Feds should back off medical-marijuana dispensaries

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

The federal crackdown on medical-marijuana dispensaries in California is wrong — a wrong policy and a wrong use of federal power to block social change. President Obama was supposed to be for change. He appointed a drug-policy adviser, Gil Kerlikowske, who … Continue reading →

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Montana: Second Amendment, Up in Smoke

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

The federal government says it will deny Second Amendment rights to about 26,000 Montanans. Some people are upset about it, but that probably won’t last long. After all, these lost freedoms only apply to medical marijuana cardholders. Last week, one of … Continue reading →

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Feds target California “pot industry”

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

Federal prosecutors in California announced a series of actions Friday targeting what they characterized as the “large, for-profit marijuana industry” that has developed since the state legalized medical marijuana for select patients 15 years ago. They include letters of warning … Continue reading →

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