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Here is What Marijuana Laws Mean for Americans

Cops shoot dogs and traumatize children over a few grams of marijuana in Missouri.

(COLUMBIA, Mo.) - Are you angry today? Well get ready, because here is another video showing what police are all about today, along with the country's outdated marijuana laws.

The video shows Colombia, Missouri police raiding a family's home, to serve a warrant. They are regular stormtroopers, working as a team with no chance of not succeeding.

Federal Judge Recommends Reclassification of Medical Marijuana

Judge Wu also removes random drug testing and some restrictions for Charles Lynch.

(LOS ANGELES) - Federal District Judge George H. Wu issued a revised 41-page written sentencing order this week for former medical cannabis provider, Charles C. Lynch.

In addition, the Judge also granted the defense’s request for reduced supervised restrictions as Lynch remains out on $400,000 bail pending appeal. Lynch’s Federal Public Defender filed an appeal Thursday, May 6.

Medical Marijuana Malicious Information: The Oregonian & Portland Tribune
Wrong, Wrong & Wrong Again

Get the Legislature to Legalize the use of marijuana; bankrupt the Mexican Mafia and run them out.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am repeatedly astonished by the Reefer Madness articles in the newspapers by reporters who are using ignorant scare tactics to reduce or block the use of one of the safest medicines ever found.

The Oregonian almost always has some snide remarks to make about me & marijuana in general based on the Reefer Madness diatribe.

Washington D.C. Council Approves Medical Marijuana Law

Measure Finally Implements 1998 Initiative Supported by 69 Percent of District Voters; Adds D.C. to List of Medical Marijuana Jurisdictions.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, by a unanimous vote, the D.C. Council approved amendments to a medical marijuana law first passed in 1998 by 69 percent of District voters.

Congress had blocked implementation of Initiative 59 for more than a decade, until it lifted its ban last year.

Medical Marijuana Patients: Medicated or Intoxicated?

Most medical users say that they MEDICATE. This is a far more genteel term.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - If one reads any U.S. Government hogwash, it says ALL marijuana users are INTOXICATED.

I presume that this comes from the same source that says an alcoholic drunk is intoxicated. Tipsy comes in there someplace like maybe ¼ drunk.

NSML Decries Suspension of UNLV Basketball Player for Adult Marijuana Use

Suspension highlights the way society treats individuals who make the rational choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol.

(LAS VEGAS, Nv.) - UNLV basketball player Matt Shaw has been suspended for one year — ending his career with the team — because of one positive test for marijuana.

Shaw, fourth on the team in scoring last year, tested positive during a random drug test administered during the recent NCAA tournament.

Eleventh Annual Global Cannabis March

Winner of the “Open 4 Snoop Dogg” contest, Bad Habitat, is just one of the bands set to perform.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Saturday, May 1, 2010 marks the eleventh annual Global Cannabis March in Portland, Oregon. This year’s march and rally runs from 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.

Participants will gather in Pioneer Courthouse Square to march at high noon through downtown Portland, accompanied by a police escort. Cures-Not-Wars and Urbage Designs join Oregon NORML as sponsors of this event.

Oregon Green Free Announces CareGrowers Cup Winners

This year the winner of "The Cup" was a grower from the North Coast Chapter of OGF and they took first place with "The White" and second place with "OG Kush Abusive."

(GRESHAM, Ore.) - Oregon Green Free hosted their Sixth Annual Oregon CareGrowers Cup in Gresham Oregon.

Nearly 400 patients, care-givers, and growers from around the state of Oregon came together for a banquet and award ceremony.

Hemperor Jack Herer is Laid to Rest (Photos)

Photos tell more than a thousand words; here is a slideshow of this historical event.

(MISSION HILLS, Calif.) - Jack Herer, 70-year old noted author and leader in the worldwide hemp/cannabis movement was laid to rest at 1:00 pm April 25th, at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, CA.

The ceremony was open to the public and attended by hundreds of family, friends, followers and others that wished to pay their respects to the most well-known hemp activist in the world.

Marijuana: Mega-Business for the Mexican Mafia
Oregon`s Miserable, Misguided Response

There is only one way to break up the Mexican Mafia’s control of this illegal business – make it legal so everybody could grow their own.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - On April 25, 2010 The Oregonian headlined POT GROWERS MAKE RURAL OREGON THEIR OWN.

The Oregon Department of Health Services (DHS), The Oregon Medical Board (OMB) and The Oregon Legislature all like little Bo Peep lost their sheep and bumbled miserably about Marijuana/Cannabis (MJ/C) as medicine.