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March 4th, 2009
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Minnesota Bill aims to aid farmers with new but controversial crop
Uh… “new”? Somebody needs to read their American history… It can be made into paper, rope, food, biodegradable plastic and even low-carbon concrete, but in Minnesota it is illegal to grow hemp. A bipartisan group of legislators is hoping hemp production will be a boon to Minnesota farmers and manufacturers as demand for the plant [...]
Virtual Bowl: An old joke from my ol’ dad
Dad’s 67 this year and cannot believe it. He was a poly-drug addict, primarily alcohol and speed. Got into treatment when I was 12, then went back to college at age 40 and graduated as president of the student social workers. He went back to the treatment center where he got clean and was hired [...]
Aw, it’s just a couple of beers …
HAYESVILLE – Narcotics officers assigned to a two-county drug task force drank beer and ate pizza outside the home of a suspected marijuana dealer after executing a search warrant there, authorities acknowledged Monday. The incident nearly two years ago became public last week after the prosecutor trying the case that came from that search questioned [...]
Stash for Wed, Mar 4, 2009
Download the NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2009-03-04 Today on the Stash: Hemp Headlines California DMV states medical marijuana alone not valid reason to suspend license Cluster headaches responsive to smoking cannabis… so use Marinol? Will the Obama administration put justice back in the criminal justice system? Cannabis Science: Dr. Mitch Earleywine explains the clinical [...]
Music: Reggae Wednesday – ‘Ganja Farmer’ by Marlon Asher
Reggae Wednesday from Marijuana Music Awards brings us the internationally recognized anthem, ‘Ganja Farmer’ by Marlon Asher from Trinidad. Marlon is a conscious reggae music artist. With his songs, Marlon says he communicates to the world the spiritual soulfulness of reggae music. Marlon has toured the Caribbean, USA, Africa, Europe and the UK. He has [...]
Medical Marijuana and the Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical companies fear seeing medical marijuana advance as a natural effective medicine as they know its increasing legality threatens to potentially devastate their treasured “bottom line”, says Medical Marijuana Expert Dr. Phillip Leveque, who also writes for Salem-News.com. Situations and attitudes change and progress in this world, and the Drug Enforcement Agency, still insistent [...]
Stash Pot Quiz: On average, my monthly expenditure for marijuana (assuming I can find it) is…
Stasher s8an was noting that there haven’t been many Stash Pot Quizzes lately. I can fix that! Feel free to discuss the poll in the Comments, and look for four more questions over the next four days, right at 5pm Eastern / 2pm Pacific.
Fueling Mexico’s Drug Cartels
The Wall Street Journal’s Kelsey Hubbard talks to colleague Mary Anastasia O’Grady, their Americas columnist, about the contradiction of using the middle ground in ceasing raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in California and other other states. Her assessment is concise and correct that by not legalizing and regulating marijuana, the US is still putting money directly [...]