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Hemp and marijuana emerge as expanding cash crop options

Source: Guelph Mercury, Nov 19 2012, 12:23am CST

Our friends in the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, and there’ll be no shortage of post-election dinner-table topics. In many households, I suspect one topic will be newly legalized recreational marijuana laws ... and ...

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State ballot board clears a hurdle for group working to legalize marijuana (video)

Source: Cleveland.com  |   May 23 2013, 5:52pm CDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Ballot Board cleared the way on Thursday for supporters to begin collecting signatures for a ballot issue that could make medical marijuana legal in the state. Voters in Colorado and Washington have vo ...

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Marijuana is drug most often linked to crime, study finds

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 23 2013, 4:10pm CDT

WASHINGTON -- Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a “bumper-sticker approach” that should be avoided. Gil Kerlikowske, the White House direct ...

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What Made Jimmy Carter Flip-Flop on Marijuana? And Could the Same Tactic Work on Voters?

Source: Reason  |   May 23 2013, 3:13pm CDT

ScreencapIn the space of five months former Pres. Jimmy Carter has seemingly done a 180-degree turn on marijuana policy. During a December 2012 CNN panel, Carter endorsed Colorado and Washington's decision to liberalize their ...

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Scientific American weighs in on driving while stoned

Source: Truckers News  |   May 23 2013, 3:08pm CDT

In an OverdriveOnline poll, 56 percent of respondents said pot should be legalized nationwide for any use. Washington and Colorado voters approved the measures in November. It’s expected other states will eventually follow suit, con ...

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Show the world NH respects motto

Source: The Cabinet Press  |   May 23 2013, 1:24pm CDT

Congratulations to the 112 of you who voted for HB 337 (legalize marijuana). Shame on the 239 of you who voted against it. Live Free or Die is more than a slogan for most of us. Living free means free from government intr ...

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Andres Oppenheimer: OAS report breaks ground on marijuana

Source: Orlando Sentinel  |   May 23 2013, 11:36am CDT

Latin American presidents who support decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued a report that considers that option as one of several polici ...

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Breaking the Taboo: Why the OAS Report on Alternatives to Drug Prohibition is Such A Big Deal

Source: Drug Policy Alliance Network  |   May 23 2013, 9:58am CDT

The Organization of American States (OAS) released an unprecedented report last Friday that presents the most high-level discussion of alternatives to drug prohibition in history. This report is a big deal. I ...

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America: What's more harmful, pot use or incarceration?

Source: MinnPost.com  |   May 23 2013, 8:31am CDT

NEW YORK — Danielle Bradford was raised in state custody because of her parent’s abuse and drug dependencies. When she was 18 she moved out, found work at a local waffle shop and got her first apartment in Nashville, Tenn. Her estranged father helped by ...

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Legal Marijuana can Still Spell Trouble for Drivers

Source: FOX Business  |   May 23 2013, 8:24am CDT

Question: Here in Colorado marijuana was legalized. Will this make any difference in regard to auto insurance? One study estimates that Coloradans will consume 2.2 million ounces of marijuana next year once new laws go into effect. Hypothetical ...

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13 hours ago

Is recreational pot use safe?

Source: Salon  |   May 23 2013, 7:55am CDT

Marijuana is more popular and accessible in the U.S. than any other street drug. In national surveys, 48 percent of Americans say they have tried it, and 6.5 percent of high school seniors admit to daily use. So it was not too surprising ...

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