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Facebook Bans Use of Marijuana Leaf in Ad
Pot leaves are easy to find on Facebook pages. But the nation’s largest social-networking site has decided they cannot appear in advertisements, prohibiting them as “illegal content.” The policy was disclosed Tuesday after a national campaign promoting legalization accused Facebook of censoring political speech. The Just Say Now campaign said the popular website rejected its…
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Legalize Pot, Former San Jose Police Chief Says
July 25, 2010 – California voters have a chance on this November’s ballot to bring common sense to law enforcement by legalizing marijuana for adults. As San Jose’s retired chief of police and a cop with 35 years experience on the front lines in the war on marijuana, I’m voting yes. I’ve seen the prohibition’s…
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Cops Kill Father-to-Be in Botched Marijuana Raid
June 22, 2010 – A 21-year-old father-to-be was killed last Friday night by a Las Vegas Police Department narcotics officer serving a search warrant for marijuana. Trevon Cole was shot once in the bathroom of his apartment after he made what police described as “a furtive movement.” Police have said Cole was not armed. Police…
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Canada: Montreal Medical Marijuana Club Refers Clients to the Street
June 14, 2010 – A medical marijuana dispensary shut down by Montreal authorities earlier this month is urging clients to buy their drugs on the street. The Compassion Club on Papineau Street is telling clients who need to refill their prescriptions that they now only have two choices if they want to obtain marijuana. “We…
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‘Prince of Pot’ is at a Low
June 13, 2010 – For years, his seed catalogs were scrutinized by discerning cannabis cultivators across the U.S. and Canada, much like the ladies of Cumbria might fuss over Chiltern’s inventories of sweet peas and heirloom tomatoes. There was Blue Heaven pot, capable of producing a “euphoric, anti-anxiety high,” or Crown Royal, whose “flower tops…
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Canada: Marijuana Arrests Help The Mob says Senator
June 10, 2010 – Police have done the Mob and street gangs a favour by cracking down on cannabis clubs, say pot decriminalization advocates. They warn that people will now be buying their stuff from criminal networks instead of tax-paying businesses. Thirty-five people were arrested in raids on Quebec’s so-called “compassion clubs-” storefront outlets operating…
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Canada: Raids Highlight Gaps in Medical Marijuana Program
June 6, 2010 – Police raids that shut down five compassion clubs in Quebec on Thursday underline some key problems with the federal government’s medical marijuana distribution program, says the former leader of the Marijuana Party, Marc-Boris St-Maurice. St-Maurice was among 35 people arrested in the raids in Montreal and Quebec City, which targeted clubs…
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Canada: Pot Club Busts Only Help Criminals, Tory Senator Says
June 6, 2010 – MONTREAL—Police have done the Mob and street gangs a favour by cracking down on cannabis clubs, say pot decriminalization advocates. They warn that people will now be buying their stuff from criminal networks instead of tax-paying businesses. Thirty-five people were arrested in raids on Quebec’s so-called “compassion clubs” — storefront outlets…
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Why Hemp became Illegal in America
Here is the link to the original: Source June 4, 2010 – The answer is simple and can be summed up in three words. RACISM, GREED and LIES. You see? It was the perfect crime under the auspices of law. ♦ Anslinger could justify his new high profile position within the United States Government. ♦ Hearst had the…
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Canada’s ‘Prince of Pot’ Admits Marijuana Seed Dealing
May 25, 2010 – A Canadian cannabis advocate has pleaded guilty to selling millions of marijuana seeds in the US in exchange for an agreed five year jail term. Marc Emery appeared in court in Seattle after being extradited from Vancouver. Emery, who became known as the Prince of Pot, sold millions of marijuana seeds…