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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/11/colorado-marijuana-law http://imageceu1.247realmedia.com/0/default/empty.gif 'This is the beginning of the end for marijuana prohibition across the world' Colorado voted to legalise recreational use last week in a move that could hurt the cartels and challenge the long US 'war on drugs' http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pixies/2012/11/11/1352596058055/University-of-Colorado-008.jpg A woman holds a sign at a pro-marijuana rally at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters Another glass facade among a string of restaurants, boutiques and offices in downtown Denver…

http://www.examiner....approval/?cs=95 TASMANIAN farmers have welcomed scientific approval of industrial hemp seed being grown in Australia as a food source. That decision still has to be accepted or appealed against by state and federal governments within the next two months.Food Standards Australia and New Zealand yesterday announced that it had approved the use of hemp seeds with very low psychoactive properties in food oils and to be eaten as seeds. Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association chief executive Jan Davis said that if the ruling was accepted, it would allow farmers to diversify. ``There is a global demand for it as a fibre, used in rope and clothing,…

Some argue if this bill is a step forward or back but I think most mj advocates feel that despite the negatives this is a move in the right direction. The 220 odd misdemeanour's that were dropped in Pierce and King county were a positive from the bill, that's a given but I think there is a issue with the media being unusually quiet on the negative aspects, especially the D.U.I.D provision. One definite is that the public is not being informed that the marijuana legalization could be a state power grab in sheep's clothing. I hope that the talks to make the new laws more user friendly are something that will actually happen and not just idealism. The tax rate is just rid…

Advocates of legalizing marijuana will take issue to Oregon Legislature By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press Published: Nov 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM PST Last Updated: Nov 9, 2012 at 11:48 AM PST 0 comments print email http://media.kval.com/images/121024politics_of_pot640.jpg GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Rebuffed by voters, proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Oregon will take their cause to the Legislature, but persuading lawmakers will be a longshot. Rep. Peter Buckley, co-chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said Wednesday there will be a discussion of why Measure 80 failed, but odds are against the Legislature coming up with someth…

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POSTMAN POT: Drug users turn to world weed web http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/postman-pot/story-e6frg6n6-1226513118222 The latest Customs figures show a boom in the number of cannabis detections in international mail at the border. The latest Customs annual report shows that detections at the border have surged from 412 in the year 2004/05 to 2692 in 2011/12... Sounds like Silk Road is doing a roaring trade.