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Stash for Fri, Oct 24, 2008
Download the NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2008-10-24 Whee, one more week until Halloween! It’s my favorite holiday / party, unless the Packers are winning a Super Bowl. This year I will be dressed as General Lehigh, commander of the Allied Forces on the front lines of the Drug War. Should be fun. This weekend [...]
Paralyzed New Mexico woman faces eviction over medical marijuana
Silver City woman faces eviction over medical marijuana – Silver City Sun-News SILVER CITY — A handicapped Silver City woman says she is being discriminated against because she has medical marijuana in her home and was told to move out of her apartment as a result. Bobbie Wooten, who lives in the Silver Cliffs apartments [...]
Traffic Stop Nets 110 Pounds Of Marijuana
STPNS – Traffic Stop Nets 110 Pounds Of Marijuana, Socorro, New Mexico SOCORRO, New Mexico (STPNS) — Reserve Magistrate Court Judge Clayton Atwood presided over a preliminary hearing Tuesday for a man who was charged with two felonies after a state police officer discovered more than 100 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in [...]
Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) spouts Drug War Lies
A Stasher from New Mexico wrote to his representative, Heather Wilson (R-NM), to urge her to support Barney Frank’s HR5843 to end federal penalties for personal adult marijuana possession. Here is her reply, with my snarky replies interspersed: Dear Max, Thank you for contacting me about medical marijuana. I appreciate hearing from you. I am [...]
Study Tackles Marijuana Addiction
Study Tackles Marijuana Addiction – Health – redOrbitWhen [marijuana is] used in adolescents, it can permanently change the brain’s chemistry and how the brain functions, said Francesca Filbey, a research scientist at the Mind Research Network at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Filbey and another Mind research scientist, Kent Hutchison, have started a [...]