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The Evolution of a Pot Smoker

Speaking in real terms, the author tells his story of becoming a cannabis user...a pot smoker, and proud of it.

(MELBOURNE, Australia) - I remember it very clearly, it was a significant moment in my life. It was the first time I laid my eyes on cannabis.

ASA vs US Court of Appeals: Cannabis Studies DENIED

The Court ignores the existence of over 200 credible studies on marijuana.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The appeal to the D.C. Circuit was the first time in nearly 20 years that a federal court has reviewed the issue of whether adequate scientific evidence exists to reclassify marijuana.

"It's time for President Obama to change his harmful policy with regard to medical marijuana and treat this as a public health issue, something entirely within the capability and authority of the executive office."

Medical Marijuana Users: The Greatest Imminent Danger

It's Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske

(PORTLAND, OR) - Gil Kerlikowske, Executive Director of the Office of National Drug Policy, and President Barack Obama's point man on this subject. Actually, he is the most destructive element as far as medical patients are concerned.

He has apparently included medical users with every other kind of criminal, and calls marijuana a harmful drug with a strong potential for addiction...

A Family`s Struggle for Justice!

An army of advocates exist, ready to help patients, get their story out to the media and newspapers. Like Daisy... never stop pushing for justice.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - These past few years have been very tough for medical marijuana patients in California. Some Cities and Counties have attempted to ban or restrict growing that is clearly allowed under state law.

Nothing however compares to what one tragedy a family in Butte County has been facing. Jayme Walsh and Daisy Bram along with their two young sons, Thor and Zeus, were raising their family in a quite outskirt of Butte County, within the serene mountain area know as Concow.

California Woman Asks Obama to Drop Federal Marijuana Charges Against Her Husband

Conflict in state and federal marijuana law threatens family; wife doesn't want kids to grow up fatherless.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - "What has my husband done that would justify the federal government forcing my young daughters to grow up without a father?"

Cannabis Community Mourns Passing of Ric Smith

"Munchies Save Lives!" was Ric's favorite motto

(SEATTLE) - A beloved & irreplaceable treasure of the Washington Cannabis Community has passed away.

Ric Smith's legend as a cannabis freedom fighting activist began in 1996, when a friend dragged him out of the "AIDS hospice" and took him to the Seattle Hempfest.

11th Annual Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards in Portland

The special event has been anxiously awaited by the medical cannabis community.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA) will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the World Famous Cannabis Cafe. From noon until 5:00 pm, event-goers will enjoy a variety of vendors, seminars and speakers. OMCA is open to the public.

A highlight of the day will be the sustainable Fashion Show which features clothing made of hemp and bamboo.

Washington State`s I-502 Freeing Cannabis Users Before Even Going Into Effect

"There is no point in continuing to seek criminal penalties for conduct that will be legal next month." - Atty Dan Satterberg

(COTTAGE GROVE, Ore.) - Since Washington's I-502 has legalized Cannabis possession for All Washingtonians aged 21 and over, the King County (Seattle) Washington prosecutors are reporting plans of dismissing 175 pending cases regarding cannabis users of legal age.

Medical Marijuana Error and Paranoia in Newspapers:
Monstrous Disinformation

40% of High School students have used Cannabis

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - I don't understand the anti-Cannabis/marijuana diatribes recurring in the major newspapers.

Medical Marijuana and Pot Romnesia at the Oregonian

What will they forget next?

(PORTLAND, OR) - I don’t know what to diagnose or think about the Oregonian’s medical marijuana problem. They seem to bounce around just like the Romney ball on the ocean --- here or there, up and down, sideways and back.

I can’t really tell whether they are for marijuana or against it, or both, just like Romney and Romnesia.