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Yeah, marijuana legalization sounds like such a great idea…until a bucket of soapy water, or even an entire human body, comes crashing down on top of you and turns your peaceful life into a nightmare. Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department’s Robert McMahon is charged with enforcing the law on marijuana use. But he is very concerned about the many hidden ramifications of decriminalizing cannabis, making it legal for anyone to grow and smoke hemp. He’s afraid of what the second largest city and most populous state in the country would look like in 20 years if weed is made legal. "I think that anytime that an intoxicant is made legal there are social costs associ…

Christopher Steven Cash, 26, Trent John Horton, 20, Hayden Lee Roseman, 21, and Patrick Lloyd Swayn, 37, watered and fertilised the 37 plants that were growing in the Byfield State Forest, unaware that all the while they were being watched and photographed ... View the full article

The city council of Copenhagen voted 39-9 Thursday night to set up a committee to explore how best to legalize and regulate the sale of marijuana in the Danish capital. The move is supported by Mayor Frank Jensen. After the committee makes its recommendations, the issue will go to the Danish parliament, where similar efforts have been blocked in the past, but some Danish politicians are saying this time could be different. The council vote paved the way for the council's Social Affairs Committee to draft regulations making Copenhagen the first city in Europe to legalize marijuana sales. Holland's famous cannabis cafes operate in violation of Dutch law, but are allowed…

In a speech at a meeting held by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform on Thursday, Baroness Manningham-Buller said the "war on drugs" has proven "fruitless" and that drug policy should no longer be a "taboo subject." "Given its effects on us all and the enormous cost of our efforts to limit the problems which drugs cause, I find it extraordinary that it is not at the forefront of national debate. "Instead there is a presumption that the current policy is the best we can do. And there is knee-jerk opposition to any change." Baroness Manningham-Buller also said at the meeting that Britain should follow countries like the Czech Republic and Portugal,…

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-14/higher-iq-linked-to-illegal-drug-use-in-adulthood-study-finds.html "Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- A high childhood IQ may be linked to illegal drug use in adolescence and adulthood, according to research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Researchers at Cardiff University and University College London based their findings on data from about 8,000 people included in the 1970 British Cohort Study, which has tracked 16,571 babies born in April 1970. Across most illegal drugs, men and women at age 16 and 30 who reported using drugs had a significantly higher IQ score at age 10 than those who…

The crack-down on Skunk cannabis in Amsterdam gives New Zealand a chance to corner the global market. Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis party leader Michael Appleby said ALCP policy would legalise cannabis for recreational and commercial purposes for anyone over 18. "The GST from tourism and other export markets could reach over $1 billion each year," he said. "The Dutch have banned cannabis over 15% THC and have restricted sales of cannabis to foreigners, undermining its appeal to cannabis-tourists." Mr Applebys said outlets like the Daktory in Auckland, where cannabis can be bought from a vending machine, showed such outlets were viable in New Zealand. "People from a…

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The Bay Area is renowned for having some of the best produce in the world, and that reputation again extends to its sun-kissed cannabis. California's annual outdoor marijuana crop has come in, and despite global warming and heated federal threats, the harvest looks quite golden. Growers, dispensary operators, and experts say California's 2011 outdoor is bountiful, cheap, high-quality and more medicinal than in years past. While the federal government has publicly pilloried medical marijuana profiteers and exporters, the DEA generally is not interested in qualified patients cultivating marijuana according to state law. More people are growing more ganja than in year…

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/images/icons/leaf.png Feds Give California Marijuana Dispenaries 45 Days to Shutdown! The US government will announce today, a state-wide crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries. U.S. Attorneys have sent out letters to at least 16 dispensaries in California, notifying them that they have 45 days to shutdown or face prosecution and confiscation of their assets. Besides sending nasty letters to the pot clubs, the attorneys also sent letters to landlords threatening to confiscate their property and demanding all rent proceeds ever received from the clubs. So the Obama administration has decided to go back on its promise not to pro…

Absolute Madness!!! The War on Drugs in the US is out of control http://www.encod.org...19-SECONDS.html You hear a whole of statistics ... but Woah! And they are saying that that equates to approximately 750,000 , 3/4 of a Million Arrests for Cannabis in one Year. Truly Insane. Although I'd wonder how many were related to the Law changes in Those Few States For Medicinal Distribution etc. Still ... I'd want Investigation to Centre on How the Corporate Prison System Profits from such Massive Drug Arrest Numbers ... And How the Police are Obviously benefitting aswell ... While the laws are so suspiciously placed to keep this madness happening. Almost seems l…

The founder of New Zealand's first cannabis club, Dakta Green, has had his jail sentence more than doubled following an appeal by the Solicitor General. View the full article