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(Left) PeaceBud explains how the political changes in America's past along with the industrial revolution has led us into a historical era of post-industrial Oil Wars; and (Right) The Flower contrasts a utopian society that freely farms and consumes a pleasure-giving flower with a society where the same flower is illegal and its consumption is prohibited.
"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson
Salem-News.com (May 20,2013 09:40)
Study: No Association Between Cannabis Smoke and Risk of Lung Cancer
NORML
Numerous preclinical studies have documented that cannabinoids possess potent anti-cancer properties, including the inhibition of lung cancer cell growth.
(LOS ANGELES) -Investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles provided the latest data reaffirming that cannabis consumption is not associated with an elevated risk of lung cancer.
The study included data from six case-control studies conducted from 1999 to 2012 in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand...
Student Researchers on Front Lines of Marijuana Issue
Salem-News.com
"It feels like one of those things you'll look back on in 20 years and say to your kids, 'I was there when this was happening.'" - Emily Hamilton
(LOS ANGELES) -In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction.
While the work is academic, the issue has real-world implications.
"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. it is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this county is closely connected with this."
(LEFT) US Government data demonstrates the failure of cannabis prohibition, ScienceInDrugPolicy; (RIGHT) "Hemp For Victory" was
shot by the USDA, who denied its existence, until Jack Herer proved it.
Salem-News.com (May 10,2013 23:39)
California Supreme Court Shoots Down Marijuana But Will It Last?
Eric Salerno Salem-News.com
The old guard of prohibition has failed, it's high time for a new more educated law of action to be enforced.
(SACRAMENTO, CA) -On May 6th 2013 the California Supreme Court accepted the arguments that Cities and Counties could ban medical marijuana dispensaries within their localities.
This decision came about after an appeal to the higher courts in the Riverside case.
Dr. Phil Leveque speaks with Bonnie King about what the last year has meant for the future of legal medical marijuana across the United States, and beyond.
Lawmakers Not Stoked About Protecting State`s Pot Laws
Shelby Sebens Special to Salem-News.com
It appears Smith is the only Washington lawmaker willing to back the legislation, at least now.
(PORTLAND, OR) -A proposed law that would force the federal government to respect state marijuana laws is gaining bipartisan support, but U.S. representatives from Washington state aren’t so stoked.
It would be a lot cooler if they were, advocates say.
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