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Countdown Is On for the 2015 HIGH TIMES U.S. Cannabis Cup in Denver
The HIGH TIMES U.S. Cannabis Cup in Denver presented by MMJ America, Keef Cola and HighThere! is less than a week away, and we know you're getting excited for the largest 4/20 party on the planet! We are too! Read article here: High Times
Parents of Missing Mexican Students Take Campaign to U.S.
March 28 saw more angry protests in Mexico's conflicted southern state of Guerrero, as students from the rural college ofAyotzinapaclashed with police in the state capitalChilpancingoat a march demanding the return alive of the43 abducted… Read article here: High Times
U.S. Justice Department Says It Will Ignore Federal Law and Prosecute People for Medical Marijuana Despite Congressional Spending Ban
Congress Passed One-Year Amendment in December Prohibiting Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws; Members of both Parties Sought to Stop Prosecutions and Let States Set Their Own Medical Marijuana Policies Drug Policy Alliance Calls on President Obama to Rein in Out-of-Control Prosecutors A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told the […]
UN Investigates U.S. and Uruguay for Violation of Drug Treaties
The United Nations remains adamant that the efforts displayed by the United States and Uruguay to reform marijuana laws is a direct violation of international drug treaties, and perhaps the beginning of an international shakedown – if an adequate explanation for the blata… Read article here: High Times
Bill Clinton Apologizes for Mess of the U.S. Drug War
When any leader of the free world steps on to a stage to deliver a speech intended to inspire and enlighten, the last thing a crowd of bright-eyed spectators expect to hear is an admission of guilt. However, this is, reportedly, what a room full of students and world lead… Read article here: High Times
Lawmakers Move To Legalize U.S. Industrial Hemp Industry
Congressional leaders are moving full steam ahead to finally make hemp a legitimate agricultural crop in the United States. Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 on January 8th in the Senate (S. 134) and its counterpart (HR 525) on January 22nd in the House of Representatives. If passed, it would remove […]
Hemp A Huge Missed Opportunity For The U.S.
For more than five decades, industrial hemp has suffered mis-classification because of its resemblance to marijuana. Both are members of the cannabis family, but where hemp is grown for food and other everyday uses, marijuana gets users high. Marijuana remains banned under the federal Controlled Substances Act, which theoretically extends to industrial hemp, though it […]
Cuomo Administration Asks U.S. Department of Justice to Allow New York to Acquire Medical Marijuana From Other U.S. States for Critically Ill Children
Patients, Families, and Advocates Thank Cuomo For Federal Request, But Urge Additional State Action to Save Lives of Critically Ill Patients Patients Call on Governor to Create State-Based Emergency Access Program New York — Friday, the Cuomo Administration sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Cole following up on an earlier letter to U.S. Attorney […]