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Movement in Poland to Legalise Marijuana
Balanced News Blog | September 3rd 2008
According to Polish Radio, a campaign to loosen the marijuana laws is underway in Poland. A petition to the Ministry of Justice requesting the legalization of marijuana for personal use has already been signed by hundreds of people, including drug re read more
HEMPFEST ’08: ONE OF AMERICA’S BIGGEST ALL-VOLUNTEER EVENTS
NORML Blog | September 2nd 2008
NORML Advisory Board Member and travel author Rick Steves addresses 100,000 @ 2008 Seattle Hempfest By George Rohrbacher, NORML Board Member The largest marijuana legalization rally in the world, Hempfest, is held annually on the third weekend of Aug read more
Researching Leads to Interesting Finds
Lolipops and Hand Grenades | August 26th 2008 by Lolli
NORML's recent post on the Italian Study done on the anti-bacterial properties of marijuana was exactly what I was looking for. I think it is an important find that should not be ignored.This research is for my final paper due in six weeks and the co read more
Colbert on Hemp
William Dipini | August 20th 2008 by William Dipini
"Oh my God I'm so high." Heh.My thoughts on decriminalization/legalization of marijuana in a future post. (Promise!) read more
America's Drinking Age and Responsible Consumption
Further Up And Further In | August 19th 2008
You may have seen the recent news of over 100 major college representatives calling upon Congress to have the nation's minimum drinking age reduced to less than 21. They're arguing research that shows that the previous increase of of the drinking ag read more
Thoughts on the Legalization of Marijuana.
sorry,all the clever names are taken | August 19th 2008
It was 1970.…a time before the planet cooled-dinosaurs walked the Earth and the Beatles were still together. I was but a mere lad of 18 and like all 18 year olds, I was a complete dunderhead.Full of myself, I believed I was more brilliant than I ac read more
Another Theory Up in Smoke
The Discovering Alcoholic | August 18th 2008 by The Discovering Alcoholic
I found this rehash of an older story about using marijuana as a substitute for alcohol in Cannazine, “the daily zine for the cannabis scene”. While I have always considered marijuana the lesser evil when compared with alcohol, still I see no g read more
Cybersquatter Taunts Australian Politicians
Foolocracy | August 14th 2008 by Glenn Church
An Australian cybersquatter has riled leaders of the new Liberal National Party. The new party formed at the end of July. Within four days, Wayne Smith bought the domain for liberalnationalparty.org. Smith slapped together an official looking foru read more
All Aboard the 'Pineapple Express' for Highly Addictive Drug Lega…
The Spewker | August 7th 2008 by Cheryl Taragin
At the Hollywood premiere of Judd Aptow's stoner flick, Pineapple Express, Hollyscoop dug up a motherload of dirt from the cast, as well as a few choice celebrities.As the movie involves copious amounts of marijuana smoking, Hollyscoop couldn't resis read more
Drug Warriors May Run, But They Can’t Hide
NORML Blog | August 1st 2008
Anyone who follows this issue closely knows that paid prohibitionists like John Walters and Scott Burns refuse to engage in debate with marijuana law reformers. In fact, several years ago the US Drug Enforcement Administration actually published a read more
Legalize the Ganja
UltravioletUnderground | July 31st 2008 by Zoe
I did predict the legalization of marijuana would happen in the next 5 years or so, and I sincerely believe it. Lord knows it wouldn't hurt the economy if marijuana and hemp were utilized for their properties (hemp is a multi-use bad a-- that can do read more
Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use - CNN.com
. independent . fame . | July 30th 2008 by jax
Best quotes from this article: “I don’t think it is the government’s business to tell you how to spend your leisure time.” - Rep. Barney Frank (MASS., Dem) “Legalization of marijuana, no matter how it begins, will come a read more
Time to Get High While Flying High?
Make Marijuana Legal | July 25th 2008 by Jeff Johnston
Recently US Attorney Ted Eid stated that alcohol abuse on airplanes was an issue that needed to be addressed. Denver pro marijuana legalization group S.A.F.E.R. (Saver Alternatives for Enjoyable... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website read more
What about legalizing hard drugs?
Deane's Dimension | July 13th 2008 by Deane
Prompted by my earlier post on legalizing marijuana, Jack Point thinks that a good way of tackling the problem of hard drugs, such as heroin is for government to give it away for free for addicts and encourage them to voluntary enroll themselves to t read more
Marijuana Legalization. Individual Rights. Constitutional Amendme…
Oh! San Diego | July 13th 2008 by Melissa Hedwall
Since I have found no place online to sign this petition, and no way to contact “Christopher Springer,” I have begun this signature collection to contribute to the 694,354 needed for this to get to the presidential election in November th read more
Legalizing Marijuana in Sri Lanka
Deane's Dimension | July 11th 2008 by Deane
I was recently reminded by a friend that Sri Lanka actually does have legal access medical Marijuana (Ganja). The practitioners of traditional Ayurvedic medicine are allowed to carry 1kg (figure unconfirmed) amount of Ganja to be used for medicinal p read more
Battle against ignorance
Academy of Local Poltics | July 7th 2008 by Local Government Pontificator
As a long time advocate of the legalization of hemp, I am happy to report that Vermont has now acted. According to VoteHemp.com ... Your calls to Governor Douglas worked. He allows H.267 to become law without his signature and the Attorney General's read more
Paging Christopher Springer, Let's Get This "Grass Roots" Effort…
Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection | July 3rd 2008
I've been a proponent for the legalization of marijuana for a while. Marijuana is no more harmful to people than it's legal cousins cigarettes and alcohol -- in fact many of the studies that I've seen actually suggest that marijuana is in fact far * read more
Weeds, the Show's Music, Xavier Rudd, and the Legalization of Mar…
Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection | July 1st 2008
I heard Xavier Rudd recently from the Showtime television series Weeds. Weeds has some pretty great music. They have a page set up where you can hear most of the music from their TV series here.I just finished watching the third season of Weeds on read more
Happy Cannabis Day Canada! (a Happy 420! update)
www.chycho.com | June 30th 2008 by chycho
“April 20th is known as 420; May 3rd (was) this year's Global Marijuana March; and July 1st is Canada Day, but in Vancouver we call it Cannabis Day!” Why, you ask. First, because the majority of us Canadians believe the consumption of cannabis s read more
FLIP-FLOP OBAMA
According to Nikki | June 29th 2008 by Nikki
I am not talking about those shoes that were called thongs when I was much younger. Now thongs are underwear, butt floss to be exact, and flip-flops are sandals. You know what I am talking about and no I am not talking about that. I am talking about read more
The Death Penalty
Watching and Listening | June 25th 2008 by Elizabeth
Today, the Supreme Court said that the death penalty was too harsh for those that had been convicted of raping a child. In my Philosophy 160 class, Intro to Ethics, at UTM, we discussed all types of practices and ideas. The death penalty, abortion, e read more
Weeds fans the flames and heads south for the summer
Remote Access | June 16th 2008 by Amy Vernon
How do you feel about marijuana? The answer that question—and a score of related ones about regulation, legalization, medical use, etc.—may well inform your feelings about Weeds, Showtime's dark comedy about the stuff. Depending on what read more
Radio Arvyla 15/5/08 Legalization of Marijuana Theme
Jamaica.gr | June 16th 2008
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Yippie veteran in jail on dodgy charges
Circle of 13 | June 11th 2008 by Peacedream
It has been more than 40 years since Dana Beal came to prominence as a theoretician for the Youth International Party, known as the Yippies, and embarked on a long career in the world of countercultural politics. Since 1973, Mr. Beal and other Yi read more
Myth Builders: Skunk
Make Marijuana Legal | June 11th 2008 by Jeff Johnston
If you've been following the marijuana legalization movement you have heard of Skunk marijuana, or more general claim that pot today is more powerful then in the past. It is the myth that supposedly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web read more
Libertarianism Is Stupid
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud | June 5th 2008
Libertarians do have some beliefs that I support wholeheartedly among them legalization of marijuana, pro-gay marriage, anti-censorship, pro-privacy, women's right to choose and pro-property rights. Most of the rest I find kinda screwy. If we were to read more
Where Did My Future Goodies Go?
Adapt, Adopt and Improve | May 13th 2008 by Ron DesGroseilliers
So here we are in the 21st century and I have to wonder, what happened? In 1976, our English teacher made us write a paper to put in a time capsule in celebration of the bicentennial year. While I have a feeling that time capsule was actually the t read more
Why Should Marijuana Be Legalized? -- An Economic Standpoint
Ben's Blog | May 12th 2008 by Ben
Marijuana legalization is an issue that is currently being discussed politically. I personally think that marijuana should be legalized because the government would have more money to spend on social betterment programs and other drugs that are curre read more