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BANGALOW-based Hemp Foods Australia is calling for local farmers to help cater for the growing worldwide demand in hemp products. View the full article
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Usually Miss America contestants are talking about how they want to make the world a more peaceful place, but at last weekend's pageant, one sounded like she wanted to legalize pot. View the full article
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SIX teenage boys were charged with trespassing and drug possession after they were allegedly caught smoking marijuana at Wellington Point State School on Thursday, January 10. View the full article
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From: http://www.qt.com.au/news/facebook-posts-nab-drug-dealer/1720215/ A DRUG dealer's boasting to rival dealers about his exploits on social media led to his downfall in Ipswich District Court. Former Ipswich Grammar School student Blake John Moore pleaded guilty to 11 charges of supplying dangerous drugs and one of possessing dangerous drugs after police found evidence of his dealing on Facebook. Police searched Moore's home on May 12 last year finding five cannabis seeds in his possession. During the search police checked through Moore's iPhone, finding several Facebook posts about drugs he had for sale and boasting about how many drugs he had sold. The posts includ…
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New Zealand researchers are hitting back at a Norwegian doctor who's questioning their finding that heavy cannabis use during the teenage years is responsible for lower IQ. View the full article
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http://www.nknews.org/2013/01/struggle-is-the-enemy-weed-is-the-remedy-the-truth-about-marijuana-in-north-korea/ Quote: There is no taboo around pot smoking in the country – many North Koreans know the drug exists and have smoked it. In North Korea, the drug goes by the name of ip tambae or “leaf tobacco.” It is reported to be especially popular amongst young soldiers in the North Korean military – rather than getting hooked on tar & nicotine like their contemporaries in the West, they fraternize without fear of repercussion by lighting up king-sized doobies during down time on the military beat. I have some experience of Soviet politics and have to say I don't …
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As young people are wont to do, 19-year-old Carson James Hollier made a bad decision. View the full article
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Study: Per Se Drugged Driving Laws Have Little Or No Impact On Traffic Deaths by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director January 14, 2013 The imposition of so-called per se drugged driving laws, which create new traffic safety violations for drivers who operate a vehicle with the presence of trace amounts of certain controlled substances and/or their inert metabolites (byproducts) in their blood or urine, do not reduce incidences of traffic safety deaths. That’s the conclusion of a just-published study by economists at the University of Colorado, Denver and Montana State University. The study is available from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) i…
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More and more Americans want pot legal By David Nathan, Special to CNN updated 10:25 AM EST, Wed January 16, 2013 http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112112912-osler-joints-story-top.jpg A woman hand rolls joints in San Francisco for a medical cannabis cooperative. Colorado and Washington state legalized recreational marijuana on November 6. STORY HIGHLIGHTS David Nathan wrote op-ed from doctor's point of view, urging pot be legal for adults Nathan: Positive response was overwhelming, attitudes to pot are changing fast Nathan says pot might be bad for people with emotional problems and for children He says legal pot would bring in tax money, reduce…
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Bill filed to legalize medical marijuana in Kansas By KHI NEWS SERVICE KHI News Service Jan. 15, 2013 Document Medical Marijuana Bill http://media.khi.org/img/news/documents/2013/01/11/Screen_Shot_2013-01-11_at_4.01.21_PM_t180.png?6ec45598a0efd272cf6d6631efc8bbae7a2ee918 Download .PDF View Document TOPEKA — A bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state was introduced in the Kansas Senate and referred today to the Public Health and Welfare Committee. The "Cannabis Compassion and Care Act" would permit the use of marijuana to treat pain and nausea associated with a number of conditions including cancer, glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, or multiple sclerosis.…
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Pennsylvania Senator Prefiles Cannabis Legalization Bill, Pennsylvanians Approve By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director Last week, state Senator from Montgomery County Daylin Leach announced his intentions to file legislation that would legalize the adult use of marijuana, in a way similar to the laws recently approved in Colorado and Washington. “I acknowledge that it may take a while, but like same-sex marriage,” stated Sen. Leach, “this will inevitably happen. Demographics and exposure will in time defeat irrational fears, old wives tales and bad science. This bill furthers the discussion, which hastens the day.” This legislation, if approved,…
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Land unfit for growing food could make a big contribution to the United States' biofuel needs with wild-growing, non-grain crops, a study said Wednesday.So-called marginal land in 10 states in the American ... View the full article
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POLICE in Zimbabwe say they've seized about four tonnes of marijuana leaf after they spotted a truck being suspiciously "escorted" by a minibus and a taxi. View the full article
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Police in Zimbabwe say they have seized about four tons of marijuana aboard a truck driven from the neighboring country of Malawi, their biggest haul on record. View the full article
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New York, Jan. 16 (ANI): A report that suggests regular marijuana smoking during the teen years can lead to a long-term drop in IQ has been challenged by a paper that says that the statistical analysis behind the conclusion is flawed. View the full article
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