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Colorado per se DUID bill killed by opponents of gay civil unions
A bill proposed and passed by ignorant people who are intolerant of marijuana consumers was left to die because ignorant people who are intolerant of homosexuality had to kill a bill to recognize even a second-class marriage right for gay people.
Australia Coalition of Sports removes marijuana from their list of performance-enhancing drugs
Melbourne, Australia: The country’s major sporting organization, the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports, an entity that oversees cricket, soccer, Australian Rules football, rugby, and tennis, has decided to remove cannabis from the long list of performance-enhancing drugs.
The Roots of Mexican Marijuana Prohibition and the word “marihuana”
Cannabis became “mari-huana,” uniting the name of Mary, the mother of Jesus, with an indigenous word for “property” or “stuff” — huana. The Spanish’s cannabis became the natives’ “Mary’s stuff,” or “Mary’s weed,” Campos theorizes, but no one truly knows.
NORML SHOW LIVE 4/20 Marijuana Liberation Day Coverage
We begin from my room at the San Antonio Marriott, which is, believe it or not, Room #420. Chief Greenbud (Room #421) will join us beginning at 4pm Eastern to kick off our coverage of 4/20. He’ll be performing “It’s 4:20 Somewhere” from Room #420 on 4/20 at 4:20pm!
George Will: Legalized and marketed drugs would be “a public health disaster”
We must also assure the George Wills of the world that legalization of marijuana is not likely to be the “7-Eleven Model”. Why can’t legal marijuana be subject to the same advertising restrictions, government admonishment, and public segregation that legal tobacco is subject to? Why do prohibitionists assume it would have to be just like alcohol with clever Super Bowl commercials, sexy spokesmodels, celebrity endorsements, and a thinly-veiled agenda to market to youngsters? (Oh, yeah, because we keep saying “treat it like alcohol”…)
While legislators worry about stoned drivers, sleepy drivers cause 1 in 6 fatal crashes
“What About the Stoned Drivers?!?” is built on a false premise that once we legalize marijuana, suddenly there will be stoned drivers. It’s as if without legalization, there are no pot smokers, which, of course, is ludicrous. On the other hand, here are some scary drivers that legislators never seem to mention. An estimated one in six fatal crashes — nearly 17 percent — involves a drowsy driver, which is about four to five times higher than previous studies have found. And drowsy drivers are involved in one in eight crashes that result in serious injury, the report found.
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Former Colombian President: U.S. “does not want to accept that people consume [drugs]“
“Society does not want to accept that people consume [drugs],” he told RCN Radio in Colombia. “You cannot turn away from reality. We cannot accept that theory. [American politicians] may prefer not to talk about it. We cannot accept it.. We cannot be condemned to live in war because Americans do not want to talk about it. No one speaks in favor of the war on drugs.”
Montana landlord facing more prison time for leasing to medical marijuana providers than serial raping arsonist
While Montana landlord Jonathan Janetski may be sitting in prison for three years for providing a business space for medical marijuana providers to help sick people get their medicine, guess who’ll be out walking the streets sooner? Serial raping arsonist Kyle Eugene Avery, who may only do six months in prison.
56% of Denver County Republicans support marijuana legalization
(Huffington Post) Fifty-six percent of the delegates at the Denver County Republican Assembly voted in support of a resolution to regulate marijuana like alcohol in the Centennial State. While the initiative, known as Amendment 64, did not receive the two-thirds majority required to adopt it as a plank in the party’s platform, advocates are hailing [...]
Texas NORML’s Josh Schimberg comments on legalization, Pat Robertson, for Austin FOX affiliate (VIDEO)
Texas NORML’s Josh Schimberg comments on legalization, Pat Robertson, for Austin FOX affiliate (VIDEO)