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1. Tacoma, Seattle, and Olympia dispensaries raided simultaneously by DEA
2. Smaller California cities can’t afford to continue court battles against dispensaries
3. 11-year-old turns in stepdad for using medical marijuana
4. Georgia proposes drug testing for welfare qualification
5. Study shows kids with high IQs more likely to try drugs in life

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• Sun Dried Vibes – “Revolution”

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1. California marijuana arrests skyrocket despite legal medical marijuana
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3. Mexican drug gangs are torturing and beheading bloggers
4. Seattle’s former FBI head endorses legalization I-502 in Washington
5. THCF Southern Oregon clinic director sentenced to 16 months

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• THE Dubber – “As I Sit on HIGH”

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• Russ Belville keynote speech at Atlanta Capitol Cannabis Reform Jam

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1. Utah Attorney General welcomes legislative action to create medical marijuana law, just completed colon cancer treatments and “understands”
2. Korean rapper Crown J. gets 8 months in Korean jail for using marijuana… in Atlanta, Georgia.
3. Michigan reaps $8 million in medical marijuana program profits in just two years
4. Grants Pass woman rolls over in Portland-to-Boston trafficking scheme

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• Roots Monday: Ian Moore Band – “Champagne and Reefer”

NORML Legal Committee

• Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel and Founder, on Aspen Legal Seminar, Kentucky v. King, Washington State’s employment discrimination case against medical marijuana patients, update on federal legalization bills

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• Oregon legislators sneak 2X-4X fee increase on medmj patients into budget

In Atlanta, a deadly standoff ended in a man’s suicide inside his home.

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Standoff Between Swat Team and Man With a Marijuana Garden Ends In Suicide

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1. Denver outlaws private caregivers – only patients can grow their own at home
2. DEA celebrates “Red Ribbon Week” a week before critical marijuana votes
3. Aussie Rugby player banned for life from sport for third positive cannabis test
4. Atlanta traffic stop leads to marijuana grower barricading himself in home and committing suicide

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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Speaker’s Corner

• Joseph McNamara, Norm Stamper, Stephen Downing, and Kyle Kazan explain why cops say Yes on Prop 19

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• Steve Berker joins me to discuss YouTube censorship of his pro-Prop 19 parody video, “Should Be Legalized”

This fifteen second Flash animation from NORML touting the economic benefit of marijuana legalization was too objectionable to CBS, who canceled NORML’s contract to place the following on the giant “Super Billboard” in Times Square:

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We also noted the hypocrisy of telling us that NORML’s ad was too contentious an issue ad for the billboard while running – on Super Bowl Sunday – the controversial Focus on the Family anti-abortion ad featuring college QB Tim Tebow and his mother:

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Now courtesy of Huffington Post we can show you another acceptable advertisement for CBS Billboards in Atlanta:

...but this billboard in Atlanta is perfectly acceptable

It does not matter which side of the abortion debate you lie, you can certainly agree that abortion is one of the most contentious and controversial issues of our times. NORML, Focus on the Family, and the African-American anti-abortion outreach group Life Education and Research Network that funded these latest Atlanta billboards are all non-profit advocacy organizations lobbying for very controversial issues.

However, the anti-abortion groups seem to have no trouble getting their message out on CBS airwaves and billboards, while NORML is denied four times in two years the opportunity to pay to use the same airwaves and billboards.

I also find it interesting that the groups whose messages are accepted by CBS are trying to criminalize a legal activity (abortion), a policy position only supported by 42% of the American people surveyed in the latest Quinnipiac University poll; whereas NORML’s message of legalization rejected by CBS is a policy position supported by 44% to 53% of the American people surveyed lately by Gallup and Angus Reid.  Even more interesting when CBS itself polled support for legalization at 41%.

(El Paso Times) EL PASO — Mexican federal police said Saturday that they arrested a second man in connection with the recent birthday party massacre in Juárez in which gunmen killed 16 people, including 11 teenagers.

Federal officials said the team of shooters were tipped off that people at the birthday party were members of a rival gang known as Artistas Asesinos (Artists Assassins), who reportedly work for the Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán drug cartel from Sinaloa.

The shooters were informed that the party would be at 10:30 p.m. Around that time, 16 gunmen arrived, some armed with AK-47s and AR-15 assault rifles, to shoot the partygoers, and sealed off the 1300 block of Villas del Portal.

Officials said some of the victims were gang members, but most were identified as students and athletes.

The attackers initially did not mean to kill some women and children. Arzate Meléndez said at a news conference Saturday that Ramírez said “que dispararan a todos parejo,” which roughly translates to “shoot everyone.”

In total, 16 died and 12 were wounded. The youngest killed was a 13-year-old girl; the oldest was 42.

Stop and think about this.  This massacre occurred just over the border from El Paso, Texas.  Imagine chaperoning your teenage son’s or daughter’s birthday party.  Picture gunmen with assault rifles bursting in, spraying your home with gunfire.  Try to comprehend the horror of trying to escape, trying to help your child, and finding every escape route blocked by more gunmen.

28% of young people will use marijuana this year; 11% will use twice a week or more.

You may think that Juárez is far away and that you and your children have nothing to do with rival drug gang warfare, so this doesn’t affect you.  But so long as there exists a War on (Certain American Citizens Using Non-Pharmaceutical, Non-Alcoholic, Tobacco-Free) Drugs, there is the chance you can get caught up in the crossfire.  These Mexican gangs are controlling marijuana trafficking in 230 American cities.  28% of all young people aged 18-25 will use marijuana this year; 11% will use more than twice a week.  Those young people are going to get their marijuana from someone.  Will it be a dealer for a Mexican gang from Sinaloa or Juárez?  Could there be a misunderstanding that leads to gunmen attacking your college-aged child’s party in Peoria, Pocatello, or Portland?

Plus you must remember that both sides fighting the War on Marijuana are well armed and that sometimes, police make mistakes, too.  Mistakes on search warrants for drug raids killed 64-year-old John Adams of Lebanon, Tennessee; 46-year-old Willie Heard of Osawatomie, Kansas; 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston of Atlanta, Georgia; 45-year-old Israel Mena of Denver, Colorado; 44-year-old Cheryl Noel of Dunkalk, Maryland; 65-year-old Mario Paz of Compton, California; and 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda of Modesto, California were all shot by police who were serving warrants on locations that either turned out to be wrong addresses or turned out to find no drugs whatsoever.

The only sensible way to protect our children from the horrors of prohibition-related drug trafficking violence is to take the market away from the criminals and give it to responsible law-abiding businesspeople.  After all, when is the last time you hear of teenagers getting caught in the crossfire of Al Capone’s gang warring over moonshine distribution?

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• Rockin’ Friday: Swank Sinatra – “Silverback”

CelebStoner.com Entertainment Report with Steve Bloom, co-author of Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life

• Discussion on the recent pot bust of Atlanta Falcon’s Jonathan Babineaux

Even with all of the success they have had, they still have not forgotten who they are, and what playing music is truly about. They still run their own website and myspace, they handle their own booking and promotion, and they only work with people that get what they do, and who are not in this for the wrong reasons.

They have been rocking the southeast for 5 years, spreading the word that rock is not dead; it is just in need of a revival. With one of the most energetic live shows this side of the Mason-Dixon Line, they are doing just that. I have toured with these guys in the past, and I can tell you one thing: they are the epitome of what rock n’ roll should be.

For more information on Swank Sinatra, visit their myspace at myspace.com/swanksinatra

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The Bastard Suns

The Bastard Suns are a five-piece group from Atlanta, Georgia who perform original music comprised mostly of reggae-infused punk rock, often mixed with Irish drinking music. The Suns bring a high energy performance that has made them one of the best shows in Atlanta.

The Bastard Suns have independently released 2 full length albums and a subsequent split CD with Louisiana-based No Fuego. You can check them out at myspace.com/thebastardsuns

This song is called “SBMT (Sweet Leaf Between My Teeth)”, one of many pot-friendly songs on their new album “Here Come The Suns” now available through their myspace.

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