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Toronto Freedom Festival Could Lose its Freedom
March 10, 2010 – The Toronto Freedom Festival – Canada’s largest cannabis-related event when held every year at the same time as the Global Marijuana March – has been denied an occupancy permit by officials responsible for the city’s parks. Activists planning the event, who have never had problems receiving a permit in the past,…
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South African Hemp/Cannabis Activist Missing
February 28, 2011 – A South African humanitarian and marijuana activist whose cultivation case was recently thrown out of court has been missing for more than 72 hours under suspicious circumstances. Peter Charles Freeman Miller has been well known as a cannabis and industrial hemp activist in South Africa for a number of years. Peter…
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Shoes made with Hemp Sprout Flowers when Planted
February 26, 2010 – Your old sneakers may smell like something found only in fetid corners of nature, but chances are there’s plenty that’s not natural about them. A pair of Dutch entrepreneurs wants to change that. They’ve created a fully biodegradable shoe that will sprout flowers when planted at the end of their life.…
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Will You Join The Great American [Toilet] Paper Boycott?
January 27, 2011 – The Great American Paper Boycott is a cause begun by environmentalist and musician Lloyd Hart as a way to halt deforestation in the United States. Excerpts from the cause’s Facebook page: The Great American Paper Boycott is about halting deforestation. We at The Great American Paper Boycott are challenging all the…
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Soda Pot: This Soda Really Pops
January 25, 2011 – Marijuana drinks aren’t new. At the “Farmacy” in West Hollywood, there are flavors like Lemonade and Pomegranate, right next to the more familiar brownies and popcorn. But the drinks are getting more popular among medical marijuana patients who’d rather not light up. “People really like the idea of having a drink.…
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Food Drive for Free Pot Nets 12,000 Pounds of Food from Medical Marijuana Dispensary
SANTA CRUZ (CBS/KCBS) The Second Harvest Food Bank in Santa Cruz County had a successful holiday food drive, thanks in part to an amazing number of donations from a small business. No, not a car dealership or a restaurant. The Granny Purps Marijuana Dispensary. The food collection barrels were pretty empty at the dispensary in…
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Willie Nelson Arrested After Pot Found on Tour Bus
November 29, 2010 – Living country music legend Willie Nelson was charged with possession of marijuana after six ounces were discovered aboard his tour bus in Texas, according to a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman. Nelson’s tour bus pulled into a routine checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas — approximately 85 miles east of El Paso —…
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Medical Marijuana Advocate Michelle Rainey Dies from Cancer
October 21, 2010 – Prince of Pot Marc Emery’s ex-business partner and blonde bombshell medical marijuana advocate, Michelle Rainey has died from cancer. She had lived with Crohn’s Disease since a teenager and in the last years of her life struggled against melanoma and lymphatic cancer. Her husband Jef Tek and mother Emilie were at…
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Ziggy Marley Releases Pro-Hemp/Marijuana Song
October 19, 2010 – LOS ANGELES — Just two weeks before California’s historic vote goes before the people, Ziggy Marley releases his latest song, a pro-hemp/marijuana anthem entitled “A Fire Burns For Freedom.” This song will be offered as a free download for listeners, as part of a larger set of free downloads, called the…
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Cheech & Chong Taking on Marijuana Prohibition in New Comedy Tour
September 30th, 2010 – BY APRILL BRANDON Dude, did you hear? Like, dude! It’s freaking crazy, man. Cheech and Chong are back together again, and they’re taking their act on the road. Better yet, in November, the two hemp-lovin’ comedians will be stopping in both San Antonio and Houston. The Cheech & Chong: Get It…