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news.com.au March 22 2012 http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/vending-machine-dispenses-marijuana-so-no-one-gets-arrested/story-e6frflri-1226306981177?sv=b3ce0aabb9e9f421f598d53e4a5754e8 In New Zealand a medicinal dispensary has started using a vending machine to supply cannabis to patients so no-one can be arrested for selling. However I don't see how this prevents being arrested... Surely the owner of the machine is responsible for it's contents? Still, an interesting idea.
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Full article can be found here from Alternet news site.
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Richard Branson and Ian Blair debate drug decriminalisation Is decriminalisation the best way to deal with drugs? Richard Branson argues in favour of helping rather than punishing addicts, but Ian Blair thinks enforcement must go on ... Interview by Emine Saner guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 March 2012 21.00 GMT Article history http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2012/3/16/1331919774741/Richard-Branson-left-and--007.jpg Richard Branson (left) and Ian Blair debate the idea of decriminalising drugs. Photograph: David Levene It is more than 40 years since the war on drugs was declared. Ian Blair, former commissioner of the Metropolitan Po…
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http://www.guardian....mation-20-facts Taken from the UK Guardian. UK and American statistics, but still interesting. Tried to embed but failed.
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An interesting article about a book called The New Jim Crow. Has anyone read this book? The argument that drug laws are about racial division has been punted around for a long time, but apparently this book actually gathers the statistics to back the claim. After giving a speech on it the author received a 2min standing ovation and reading the book inspired on state representative to write legislation addressing the issue. While it may not be so much a race as a class issue here in oz, as the tide turns against the reasons for prohibition and exposes the underlying discrimination, books like this give me hope that more people will join the cause. The question I ask is …
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Dutch move to ban sale of strong hashish cannabis The Netherlands moved to ban the sale of potent hashish cannabis on Thursday, eroding 40 years of liberal drug policy, over fears that the proceeds were flowing to organised crime gangs. A parliamentary proposal to prohibit the sale of hashish resin in the Netherlands' famous coffee shops had the backing of both parties in the Liberal-Christian Democrat coalition. The sale of marijuana, the dried bud and leaves of the cannabis plant, will not be affected. "Almost all of the hash that is sold in Dutch coffee shops is smuggled into the Netherlands by international criminal gangs from countries like Afghanistan, Morocco…
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Spanish town of Rasquera leases land for marijuana plantation Town's mayor says scheme, which is legal, is chance to bring in money and create jobs Giles Tremlett in Madrid guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 March 2012 11.53 GMT A tiny Spanish country town believes it has found a way to make unemployment, debt and economic crisis disappear in a puff of smoke – by leasing out its land for marijuana plantations. The town hall of Rasquera in Catalonia on Wednesday voted to sign a €1.3m (£1.1m) agreement with a cannabis association in nearby Barcelona to plant marijuana for its 5,000 members. It will allow the association to plant on a seven-hectare stretch of town hall land – ro…
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http://control.mpp.org/images/content/pagebuilder/alert_header_02.27.12.png Dear Supporter, It is done. Official. Signed (more than 90,000 times), sealed, and delivered. The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol initiative in Colorado has qualified for the November 2012 ballot! In a little more than eight months, the voters of Colorado will have the opportunity to make the state the first place in the world with a fully legal and regulated marijuana market for all adults. The battle to end marijuana prohibition starts now. MPP – which provided more than 90 percent of the funding for this signature drive, including direct contributions…
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I thought this was an interesting read http://www.weedworld...s-boost-tourism In a bid to boost tourism and to stamp out the problems associated with black market Cannabis trading in the region, The Marianas Islands has passed a bill through parliament legalising cannabis. The group of islands in the pacific between, Japan, Philippines and Indonesia, which is the northern most section of a larger group of islands called Micronesia, has passed the bill, despite pressure from the U.S. which provides $10 million dollars in aid to the islands. This is because the Marianas Islands fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Despite the U.S. threatening to withdraw their financia…
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All 16 coffeeshops in Haarlem, the Netherlands, refuse to discriminate tourists and to register their local customers! http://www.coffeesho...roduce-weedpass
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This is pretty sickening, thought I would share. Source Pretty disgusting if you ask me.
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A movement is afoot in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky to bring medical marijuana to patients who desperately need it. The Marijuana Policy Projectrecently sent an email to all of their Kentucky supporters – of which I am one – alerting them to these new developments and urging action. Kentucky is the newest entry in the growing list of states considering medical marijuana legislation. Sen. Perry Clark (D-Louisville) has introduced SB 129, a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with debilitating illnesses and reschedule marijuana under state law. There are some technical problems with the language in the bill vis-à-vis federal law, but those is…
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/suspect-in-police-shooting-says-he-feared-for-life-1.3505124 Suspect in police shooting says he feared for life Published: February 4, 2012 7:11 PM By The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - (AP) -- A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were breaking into his home to rob and kill him. Matthew Stewart told The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/zMxrig ) that he never heard the drug strike force members identify themselves or announce they were at his home to serve a search warrant the night of Jan. 4. Stewart, …
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http://www.huffingto...&comm_ref=false Fresh off a third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, a weary-looking Ron Paul spoke with CNN Wednesday morning but managed to summon his usual enthusiasm while railing against the U.S. war on drugs. "This war on drugs has been a detriment to personal liberty and it's been a real abuse of liberty," Paul said. "Our prisons are full with people who have used drugs who should be treated as patients -- and they're non-violent. Someday we're gonna awake and find out that the prohibition we are following right now with drugs is no more successful, maybe a lot less successful, than the prohibition of alcohol was in the '20s.…
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KUCHING: A couple has been sentenced to life imprisonment for growing cannabis in their house and also possessing 20.44g of cannabis. Sessions Court judge Afidah Abdul Rahman handed down the sentence on Tajol Ashikin Tambi, 39, and his wife Rozaimah Mat, 37, yesterday after taking into consideration the seriousness of the charges against them as well as public interest. Tajol, an auxiliary policeman, and Rozaimah, who is unemployed, were arrested at their house in Bandar Baru Semariang here on Jan 12 last year. http://starstorage.blob.core.windows.net/archives/2012/2/1/sarawak/sw_03tajol.jpg Off to jail: Tajol and Rozaimah being led out of the courtroom after being …
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