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Loose lips cause rips – Oregon medical marijuana patient victim of home invasion robbery
(FOX 12 Oregon) OREGON CITY, Ore. — An Oregon City man was held at gunpoint and his three children were locked in a closet after three intruders invaded their home in search of medical marijuana. At about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, the man heard someone knocking on his front door and proclaiming that his girlfriend had [...]
Behind the DOJ Medical Marijuana Memo
10/25/09 by Chris Goldstein Scoop: Staffers at Americans for Safe Access met with Department of Justice officials before the memo on medical marijuana was released last week. My role with several marijuana reform non-profits in New Jersey and Pennsylvania requires interaction with the national reform groups. One that has represented patients with great passion and [...]
New Stash Category to track Women in Cannabis
With all the latest stories about Republican Moms and Stiletto Stoners, I’ve added a new category to the Stash to track the emergence of women’s voices in the cannabis re-legalization movement. Check the Women category for the latest entries and the archive or subscribe to the Stash Women feed.
Washington Post’s Kathleen Parker highlights Jessica Corry and female support for re-legalization of marijuana
Ah, now here’s a Washington Post opinion writer who doesn’t insult our intelligence, Kathleen Parker: The debate over whether Americans ought to have the right to be stupid — or to make other people seem more interesting — continues apace after 40 years of the (failed) “war on drugs.” … But the shift toward a [...]
New NORML Chapters at U. Virginia, Arizona State, and Minnesota State
I’m happy to announce the formation of three new college chapters of NORML at the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, and Minnesota State University. Contact information for the three new chapters will be online at http://norml.org/chapters tomorrow morning if you wish to contact them. If you would like to form a new college chapter [...]
Another Stiletto Stoner Story: Elle Magazine on marijuana as anxiety relief
First it was Marie Claire magazine with their “Stiletto Stoners”, followed by a sympathetic follow-up on the NBC Today Show. Now* Elle Magazine prints 2,758 words from another Stiletto Stoner who has discovered that cannabis is a superior medication for her generalized anxiety disorder than the Zoloft and Paxil her doctors had recommended. (Elle Magazine) [...]
Cal State University Fullerton: No medical marijuana for students
(The Daily Titan) When Eden Gonzalez, 21, first arrived at California State University Monterey Bay, she wanted to take her doctor-prescribed medication. Her resident adviser said no. The reason? Her medicine was marijuana. “The biggest problem we were having at CSUMB was the issue with Residential Life,” Gonzalez said. “Campus police were actually pretty cool [...]
Getting Rid of the Stigma, “Stiletto Stoner” Style
by Delia Pratico (with extra hyperlinks by “Radical” Russ) When I first read the article entitled “Stiletto Stoners” in Marie Claire magazine this month, I thought, “Wow, I can’t believe they’re talking about this ‘taboo’ subject.” The article dives into the lives of young professional women who enjoy smoking marijuana at the end of a [...]
Alcohol is safer than marijuana, says Foundation for a Drug-Free World
Right off the bat, you’ve got to distrust anyone called the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Might as well be called the Coalition for an Ice-Free Antarctica or the Alliance for a Sand-Free Sahara. Not only is it a completely unattainable goal, but also an undesirable one. Do we really want a world without Lipitor, [...]
Audio from NORML Conference 2009, Part I
I’m editing and compressing audio from our NORML National Conference last month in San Francisco as fast as I can. Here are five items from the conference that are already up at the Special Events feed at http://www.norml.org/rss/normlevents_podcast.xml Secret Stash – Register to access (This also means that tonight’s podcast will be posted late – [...]