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More Harm Caused by Prohibition

I chose Mr. Anslinger’s picture because today’s harm runs right back to that black-hearted bureaucrat of the 1930′s.  We know that cannabis itself has never caused a death.  It is a rather benign intoxicant, if that is how you interact with the plant.  So with no known toxicity level capable of being reached, the federal [...]

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Driving in a Cannabis Legal Future

There is a discussion underway and it needs your input.  Re-legalization is coming.  Once it arrives, how are we going to keep ourselves out from behind the wheel of a car while we are too high to drive?  Yes, just like most of us do now — if I’m high I don’t drive.  Maybe you [...]

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So You Wanna Be A Dealer: The Business Of Marijuana eBook

I forgot what I was searching for online yesterday and ended up finding this randomly. It seems like a pretty good find if you ask me. It seemed right to since we talked to you guys about the Business of Cannabis last week. This is a ebook written Ivan G and the ebook was released [...]

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Fear in West Virginia; Fight in New Jersey

An effort to get the ball rolling in WV has stalled.  Several hundred e-mails and at least two dozen telephone calls bombarded Delegate Mike Manypenny after he offered a bill in this session to decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes.  Most interestingly, all of the missives lent support to his cause.  Trouble was, no one else [...]

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LEAP and Pat Robertson Agree

Pat Robertson and LEAP have both made it into this column recently, and now they are publicly agreeing with one another.  Pat Robertson of the 700 Club recently said, “I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol. …This war on drugs just hasn’t succeeded.”   LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, gets [...]

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The Business of Cannabis

Here’s something different in the cannabis news.  There’s a new business application for use in medical marijuana dispensaries.  The Wall Street Journal reports that BudGenius.com, an online medical marijuana laboratory system developed by BG Medical Technologies, Inc.announced “MenuGenius”, a new online tool available to all cannabis caregivers. This application is offered to all cannabis professionals [...]

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The Dirty Heads and HMJ: Smokeout 2012

Hello greenies, Semi and myself; Babycorn, scored a chance to talk with The Dirty Heads while at Smokeout 2012. It was all very exciting–full of odd anecdotes and “fun-facts” from both Jared and Dustin.  For those who are unsure who The Dirty Heads are, let me break it down for you.   What started out as a [...]

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African Americans and Cannabis Supporters…..? Using Flame Words for Attention Equals Disrespect Times Dos

  Now, we here, in the beautiful world of Hailing Mary Jane realize that our herbal loving brethren span across the racial rainbow and the seven seas. We strive hard to bring you news and articles of interest that appeal to everyone kind enough to stop into our humble blog for a visit. Of course, [...]

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Where the Truth Is Found

Out of California comes two sides to the story, only one of which can be true.  Supporters of medicinal marijuana filed a petition with the city of Imperial Beach on Monday afternoon to enact an ordinance that would allow marijuana dispensaries to operate in their community. The city has said “no” to dispensaries because of [...]

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Not Good News

Even though we know there will be setbacks, this still hurts.  A federal judge in Sacramento dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the Obama administration broke its promise to leave the pot industry alone when it began an aggressive crackdown against California dispensaries last fall.  Proponents of the suit cited President Obama’s 2009 Ogden Memo, which [...]

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