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By "Radical" Russ Belville on October 14, 2009
My Report From The Massachusetts Committee on Revenue Hearing for HB2929 (Cannabis Taxation and Regulation) on October 14, 2009 By Brian Bergeron I just returned home from the meeting at the statehouse. It kicked off at 10am and lasted until close to 1. Though there were other bills on the docket, HB2929 received by far [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Brian Bergeron, MA HB2929, Massachusetts
By "Radical" Russ Belville on October 14, 2009
(The Herald-News) The question in 2009 is whether we keep the prohibition laws in place or repeal them, replacing them with a system of regulation and taxation, with controls over cultivation, purity, distribution and sales, and age limits on purchases. There’s a big problem with that suggestion, however, and it’s not that it’s a radical [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LEGISLATION | Tagged Massachusetts, Richard Evans
By "Radical" Russ Belville on October 13, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash – Register to access Hemp Headlines PayPal dumps California NORML, “We have made the business decision to not be involved with this type of business.” Mendocino county sheriff ordered to return hash to patients Dr. Bronner among those arrested for planting hemp at DEA HQ Daily Toker Tunes by Marijuana Music [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged California, california norml, Dr. Bronner, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Keith Stroup, Massachusetts, Mendocino County, supersuckers
By Chris Goldstein on September 21, 2009
Boston: 30,000 smoke pot, celebrate decrim 9/20/2009 - Chris Goldstein An estimated 30,000 people were crowded onto the Boston Common at the peak moment of the 20th annual Boston Freedom Rally on September 19th 2009. That moment was 4:20PM ET. The thousands celebrated freely under a landmark victory for cannabis prohibition reform. In 2008 Massachusetts [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LEGISLATION, SOCIETY | Tagged Boston, Boston Freedom Rally, Massachusetts, MassCann
By Chris Goldstein on September 21, 2009
Included that day was an exclusive interview with NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup and Associate Publisher at High Times Magazine Rick Cusick … just after their arrest for a minor marijuana violation on the Boston Common. Play 9-17-07 AudioStash MP3 Also included: Speeches from the Freedom Rally Stage from Keith Saunders of MASSCANN/NORML, Danny Danko of [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, LEGISLATION, SOCIETY | Tagged Ben Scales, Boston, Boston Freedom Rally, Chris Goldstein, Danny Danko, Keith Stroup, Massachusetts, MassCann, Steve Bloom, Steve Hagar
By "Radical" Russ Belville on September 20, 2009
There’s a certain surreal part of this job. I’m typing this post from Keith Stroup’s place in Virginia, watching the San Diego Chargers play the Baltimore Ravens. Ten feet away he’s catching up on email and I’m snapping pics of his framed pictures on the wall. One is a signed personal pic photo of Hunter [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY | Tagged Boston, Boston Freedom Rally, Chris Goldstein, Dr. Frank Lucido, Georgine DiMaria, Keith Saunders, Keith Stroup, Massachusetts, MassCann, MikeCann, Washington DC
By "Radical" Russ Belville on September 19, 2009
Hey, Stashers, just getting ready to head out to the Boston Freedom Rally. I’m rescheduling NORML SHOW LIVE to fit the time frame; they only run Freedom Rally from Noon to 6pm out here, and then from 9pm on there is a special invite-only party I have to go to that won’t be conducive to [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, SOCIETY | Tagged Boston, Boston Common, Boston Freedom Rally, Massachusetts
By "Radical" Russ Belville on September 8, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash – Register to access Hemp Headlines Arizona Supreme Court: Drug laws trump religious use of marijuana LA Times: The Racism of Marijuana Prohibition Sin tax the rolling papers? Why not tax the pot instead? Daily Toker Tunes by Marijuana Music Awards . com Urban – ‘Welcome to Holland’ by Lionart California [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Arizona, California, Massachusetts
By "Radical" Russ Belville on August 20, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash – Register to access Hemp Headlines Massachusetts’ decriminalization law’s huge loophole leading to local recriminalization of marijuana 9th Circuit Court rules possessing gun while growing marijuana is a crime The Taliban’s cure for marijuana “addiction” Another former Hempfest speaker trashing Hempfest: Eric Sterling Southern California Scene with Tere Joyce Rosalea Manzo [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged 9th Circuit Court, California, ed rosenthal, Elvy Musikka, Eric Sterling, George Rohrbacher, Madeline Martinez, Massachusetts, Paul Stanford, Simon Bell, Taliban, Tere Joyce, Vivian McPeak
By "Radical" Russ Belville on August 20, 2009
The Republican reported earlier this week that at a meeting packed by police officers there to defend their Quinn Bill money the West Springfield City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that will allow police the arbitrary power to enforce public pot consumption violations with either criminal or non-criminal disposition. The criminal offense will bring [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged MA Question 2, MASS CANN, Massachusetts, MPP
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