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Obama Has the Chance To Be Another FDR — He Can End the Era of Marijuana Prohibition
The parallels between the 1933 coming of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama must include the issue of Prohibition: alcohol in 1933, and marijuana today. As FDR did back then, Obama must now help end an utterly failed, socially destructive, reactionary crusade. Marijuana prohibition is a core cause of many of…
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Hemp Revolution part 1 of 2
Feb 12, 2009 – Making a hemp advocacy documentary is an uphill cinematic battle because of the unintentional humor that surfaces. It is difficult to keep a straight face when you’re told that hemp can be used to build “anything from a 2×4 to the body of a stealth jet bomber”; or how hemp packaging…
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Why I Give My 9-year-old Pot
May 11th, 2009 Question: why are we giving our nine-year-old a marijuana cookie? Answer: because he can’t figure out how to use a bong. My son J has autism. He’s also had two serious surgeries for a spinal cord tumor and has an inflammatory bowel condition, all of which may be causing him pain, if…
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Growing Hemp Food and Body Care Sales is Good News for Canadian Hemp Seed and Oil Producers
Left Out of Hemp’s Renaissance, U.S. Farmers Continue Legal Battle WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), a trade association consisting of hundreds of hemp businesses, has just released final estimates of the size of the U.S. retail market for hemp food and body care products in 2008. Data…
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The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009
April 27, 2009 – Texas Republican Ron Paul, along with ten co-sponsors, is once again seeking to allow for the commercial farming of industrial hemp. House Bill 1866, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009, would exclude low potency varieties of marijuana from federal prohibition. If approved, this measure will grant state legislatures the authority…
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New York – Medical marijuana OK, say DA hopefuls Leslie Crocker Snyder, Cy Vance and Richard Aborn
April 22nd 2009 – The three Democratic candidates for Manhattan district attorney said Tuesday they back the legalization of medical marijuana. “Doctors should be able to prescribe marijuana for patients with serious health conditions – or side effects, like those from chemotherapy – when they determine that it is medically appropriate,” said DA hopeful Richard…
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Cannabusiness-the ABC’s of opening a pot franchise
April 16th, 2009 – UNDER A MICROSCOPE, it’s easy to tell really good marijuana from schwag. Look for trichomes. On the best pot, they cluster, thick and crystalline, indicators of potency. If you’re training to become a professional pot dealer, as I was last fall, it’s important to be able to pick out the good…
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DR. Ron Paul On Legalizing Marijuana: Drug War Is A Horrible Failure
Great interview with Ron Paul. Federal Drug War has failed. Let the States manage drug regulation. The real drug problems are alcohol and nicotine.
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Hemp Is Not Pot: It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need
By Dara Colwell, AlterNet. Posted March 26, 2009. We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal? While Uncle Sam’s scramble for new revenue sources has recently kicked up the marijuana debate — to legalize and tax, or…
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How to Get a Medical Marijuana Card-State-by-state guide on how to register and obtain a card
February 2, 2010 Guide Note – Most states that have passed laws legalizing marijuana for medical use have some type of registration program and require patients and caregivers to obtain a medical marijuana card. This page includes a state-by-state guide on how to register and obtain a card. Introduction * As of March 2009, 14…