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It takes a lot to get some of the state's most conservative lawmakers on board with a Democratic Congressman from the People's Republic of Boulder. But that's just what happened this week.

The unifying cause? None other than Colorado's hot button headline-grabbing medical marijuana debate. In coming together, however, rabble-rousers did so to draw awareness to a much more important cause: telling the federal government to butt out of our legislative process and local communities. On Monday, national media, including the New York Times, started taking note.

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Thomas Sexton wept over a ragged pile of marijuana stalks, stems and leaves Thursday.

As an expert in the cultivation of medicinal marijuana testified that 128 plants seized on Sexton's farm Aug. 14, 2007, were nowhere near maturity, Sexton looked over the three boxes of evidence — including one with bundles of stripped stalks — then turned to the defense table, shook and wiped his eyes.

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Mason Tvert

Executive director and co-founder, SAFER

Posted: February 5, 2010 10:28 AM

Not too long ago, it was absolutely necessary for businesses to maintain an appearance of opposition to marijuana use and legalization. But the times they are a-changin', and it is beginning to seem like many major companies are striving to maintain an appearance of NOT opposing marijuana use and legalization.

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Published January 13, 2010 @ 06:42AM PT

Change.org: What cause or causes would you most like to promote as a Changemaker and why?

Nothing matters to me more than ending the war on drugs and reducing our extraordinary overreliance on the criminal justice system. I want to make marijuana legal, decriminalize all drugs for personal use, and shift our drug policies to a health-based approach.

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DENVER — A lab that tests medical marijuana for dispensaries and patients said Thursday it was raided by federal drug agents and ordered to turn over patient records.

Full Spectrum Laboratories president Bob Winnicki said Drug Enforcement Administration agents showed up at his facility in Denver on Wednesday when he was at the Capitol for a hearing on proposed medical marijuana regulations.

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Unanimously the California Supreme Court struck down a law that looked to impose limits on the amount of weed a medical patient can legally possess! As a result of the voter-approved Proposition 215, passed in 1996, patients with a doctor’s recommendation were allowed to possess an unspecified amount of marijuana.

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Last November, the American Medical Association, often cited by the Drug Enforcement Administration, reversed its long-standing policy on marijuana.

According to its report, the association "urges that marijuana's status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines." However, the association does not endorse medical marijuana programs at the state level.

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Proper curing can exponentially increase the quality and desirability of your harvest. The key word to remember is "slow".

Dark & Dry
After cutting the plant or branch, hang it upside down in a cool, dry, and most importantly dark place. Light must be avoided from this point on. Leave the larger shade leaves on and they will gently droop and wrap around the plant, protecting the buds.

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Tax Cannabis 2010 Faces Hurdles As It Prepares for Its Test on the California Ballot Next November.

It’s Dec.  14 and news that the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 has qualified for the California ballot next year has just exploded in time for the evening news cycle.  I am sitting on a sofa in a nearly empty room at Oaksterdam University, filing an update to my scoop for AlterNet and waiting for a chance to speak more at length with Richard Lee, the man behind the measure.

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Denver now appears to have more marijuana dispensaries than liquor stores, Starbucks coffee shops or public schools, according to city and corporate records.

A push by City Council members to regulate the medical marijuana industry and restrict where dispensaries can locate appears to have prompted a surge in sales-tax license applications, city officials say.

As of last week, Denver had issued more than 300 sales-tax licenses for dispensaries.  That number slightly exceeds the number of Starbucks coffee shops in Denver and surrounding areas, calculated within a 50-mile radius.  It is roughly twice the number of the city’s public schools.  It exceeds the number of retail liquor stores in Denver by about a third.

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Medical And Economic Benefits Of The Drug Are Being Discussed.

Although an increasing percentage of Americans support legalizing marijuana, studies by various agencies show a country far from descent into reefer madness.

Polls from different research groups show similar percentages of Americans who believe marijuana should be legalized.

A February telephone survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports found 40 percent of participants in favor of legalizing the drug, with 46 percent opposed.

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By DAVID LUHNOW

Mexico City

In the 40 years since U.S. President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs," the supply and use of drugs has not changed in any fundamental way. The only difference: a taxpayer bill of more than $1 trillion.

A senior Mexican official who has spent more than two decades helping fight the government's war on drugs summed up recently what he's learned from his long career: "This war is not winnable."

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   The most common argument for legalization of cannabis these days is that the medical befits outweigh the negligible side effects caused by its use, and that on the toxicity scale, Cannabis is safer to use than any other pharmaceutical drugs, including aspirin. Add to this argument the damage that prohibition is doing to the fabric of society, and the picture becomes clearer.
   In fact, prohibition of alcohol was once repealed for this very reason...

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Email the House of Commons: Vote NO on C-15

During the Christmas break while nobody is answering the phone in the House of Commons, let's tell the Conservative Political Office how we feel!

Call the Conservatives toll free 1-866-808-8407

And let Stephen Harper know how you feel about his governments plan to endanger Canadians and enrich organized crime with C-15.

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By Malcolm Maclachlan | 12/17/09 12:00 AM PST

A pair of legislators in the state of Washington have submitted a marijuana legalization bill much like the one introduced by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D- San Francisco, back in February.

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     What makes us want to medicate in the first place? The pressures of life can be incredible, and it is human nature to wish to relax or feel better. Nowadays this is even more intense, due to rising populations, social pressures, the onset of new technology, family, and everything that goes with living. We have to be able to shut it off and divert our attention so that we may renew our outlook, refresh our ideas or the stress buildup can result in violent reactions, family and social dysfunctionality and mental breakdown in the individual.

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It is natural to feel intimidated about contacting your elected officials. But the strength and power politicians have is derived directly from their constituents. Legislators are elected to represent your views, and they appreciate hearing from their constituents.

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KTLA 5 news Los Angeles has reported on a family in southern California who, after a series of worsening autism symptoms exhibited by their son, resorted to medical marijuana. The results have been wonderful, according to the boy's parents.

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How Medical Marijuana Is Turning L.A. Pot Dealers into Semilegit
Businessmen - No Beeper Required

THC BREATH STRIPS. That's what Daniel is thinking about -- taking some of those gelatinous Scotch-tape thingies that Listermint makes and putting oil made from marijuana trim in them. There's a guy who's good at producing marijuana concentrates, and he figured out how to bind oil to pullulan, the same carbohydrate gel that Listermint uses for its strips.

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November 17th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

Health-related costs per user are eight times higher for drinkers than they are for those who use cannabis, and are more than 40 times higher for tobacco smokers, according to a report published in the British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions Journal

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Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised.

Prof Nutt told the BBC the possibility of allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes should be "explored". But his call comes as another academic is due to publish a study highlighting the possible links between the drug and schizophrenia.

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