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Time To Substitute Hemp for OiL

USA -- As the recession renews interest in the growing hemp marketplace as a potential boon for the green economy -- even Fox Business News has touted ..

 

Momentum Builds for Broad Debate on Legalizing marijuana

New York -- The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, “ ..

 

Interview with richard of the hemp museum

JEMM: Hello we are here with Richard and Brenda from the Hemp Museum and we are going to see what’s up with the Hemp Museum and what their plans are ..

 

The hemp museium, preserving the history of hemp and it’s many uses

RICHARD: We now have a fairly good-sized museum, we have maybe 20 rooms in our museum right now that have to do with history, agriculture, plastics, f ..

 

Rhode Island Senate Pases Medical Marijuana BilL

Providence, R.I. -- Rhode Island would be the third state in the nation and the first on the East Coast to allow nonprofit stores to sell marijuana to ..

 

Wm. Kroger, attorney at law

If I own a collective, is it alright to have a big marijuana leaf on the front of it? Right now in the city of Los Angeles there are really no guid ..

 

A Drug War Truce

USA -- Looking at the headlines, you might get the impression that America is approaching a cease-fire in the War on Drugs. After four decades of min ..

 

Clarification on Medical Marijuana Policy

USA -- With some uncertainty surrounding the Obama administration's policy on the use of medical marijuana in states that have legalized the drug for ..

 

Hemp For Victory - Volume V - The Trilion Dolar Crop

HEMP FOR VICTORY: THE TRILLION DOLLAR CROP is the fifth in the HEMP FOR VICTORY series of books by the USA Hemp Museum. THE TRILLION DOLLAR CROP focu ..

 

Another Victory For Marijuana Reformers

Rhode Island -- In the latest advancement for marijuana law reformers, the Rhode Island state legislature today legalized medical marijuana stores in ..

 

R. I. Assembly Oks Dispensaries

Providence, R.I. -- Now that it has overcome Governor Carcieri’s ongoing attempt to impose a statewide ban on compassion, the Rhode Island General A ..

 

Is Now The Time To Legalize marijuana?

USA -- The Obama administration, already overtaxed with two foreign campaigns, made headlines when it waved a white flag in a fight much closer to hom ..

 

Doctor’s Note Enough To Grow Pot, Judge Rules

Michigan -- After testimony from a Southfield clinic doctor who recommends medical marijuana, a judge in the 43rd District Court in Madison Heights ha ..

 

Medical Comunity Split on Marijuana Bil

Delaware -- If a bill before the state Senate is passed, Delaware soon could join 13 other states that have legalized the possession of marijuana for ..

 

U.S.Rep. Mark Kirk To Push Tougher Sentences for Potent Pot

Illinois -- U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug-trafficking laws regarding a highly potent form of marijuana ..

 

Everybody Must Get Stoned

California -- Maybe it’s just me, but whenever I find mainstream newspapers, cashstrapped politicians and libertarian think tanks all on the same pa ..

 

Find The Right Prescription for Legal Acces

Grand Rapids, MI -- Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana ballot initiative last year. A majority of voters in every county sup ..

 

Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Legislation

Washington, D.C. -- Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts has introduced two pieces of legislation on marijuana -- one medical, and one recreat ..

 

San Bernardino County gets ready for medical marijuana

San Bernardino County could begin providing identification cards to medical marijuana patients by August, but dispensaries will have to wait for guide ..

 

Pot Foes, Proponents Eye Michigan’s Marijuana Law

Lansing, Mich. -- Lynn Allen was born with severe hemophilia. In 1978, Mr. Allen discovered he had been infected with HIV and hepatitis C through a ..

 

Arizona Could Make Medical Marijuana Reality

Calif. -- As California goes, so goes the nation. If that old adage still holds true, then the nation may soon see a gradual backpedaling from the ..

 

MPP’s 4th Annual Party at the Playboy Mansion

MPP hosted its fourth annual party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on June 4, 2009. The most exciting and successful to date, with close to 700 ..

 

Soto test positive for marijuana

Soto tested positive during Classic Marijuana incident ‘isolated,’ will not affect status with Cubs DETROIT -- Cubs catcher Geovany Soto tested ..

 

Rhode island pa sses medical marijuana bil

Providence, R.I. -- Rhode Island would be the third state in the nation and the first on the East Coast to allow nonprofit stores to sell marijuana to ..

 

Marijuana Backers Out in Force At Statehouse

Posted by CN Staff on June 25, 2009 at 05:27:33 PT By Dana Smith, Staff Writer Source: Nashua Telegraph Concord, NH -- For the last five years, Ma ..

 

Congress Introduces HR 2835, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Bill would reschedule marijuana for medical use, end federal interference in state laws By: Americans for Safe Access Washington, D.C. In another ..

 

Medical marijuana Bill is a Sign of Times

Delaware -- In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush claimed 59 percent of the vote in beating John Kerry in Montana - no surprise in one of ..

 

After Being Sued , Solano County Votes to Implement Medical Marijuana ID Card Program

Vallejo, CA -- The Solano County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 today to begin implementation of the state-mandated identifi cation card program for m ..

 

Medical Marijuana Group Gets $139,000 in Landmark Case

Oakland, CA -- The national medical marijuana advocacy organization Americans for Safe Access (ASA) was paid yesterday by the City of Garden Grove $13 ..

 

Arizona Could Make Medical Marijuana Reality

USA -- The worse the economy gets, the better marijuana looks—not necessarily for its psychedelic properties, but for its revenue potential. As more ..

 

Pot Panacea ?

New York -- The debate about medical marijuana isn’t quite as divided as the debate about overall legalization, but it is still a somewhat polarizin ..

 

Ri Assembly Overides Veto on Marijuana Centers

Providence, R.I. -- Rhode Island became the third state in the country Tuesday to allow the sale of marijuana for medical purposes. The House and Sena ..

 

RI Senate Pases Medical Marijuana Bil

Providence, R.I. -- Rhode Island would be the third state in the nation and the fi rst on the East Coast to allow nonprofi t stores to sell marijuana ..

 

Webs Bent on Corecting Broken Corections System

USA -- It is an immodest goal for a freshman senator: Reshape America’s entire criminal justice system. But Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., waded boldly into ..

 

Legal Pot in California in 2010

California -- There is a buzz moving through the culture, as the public attitudes around cannabis use are rapidly shifting, that the legalization of m ..

 

Un Backs Drug Decriminalization In Drug Report

World -- In an about face, the United Nations on Wednesday lavishly praised drug decriminalization in its annual report on the state of global drug po ..

 

Marijuana Foes And Proponents Eye Michigans Marijuana Law

Lansing, Mich. -- Lynn Allen was born with severe hemophilia. In 1978, Mr. Allen discovered he had been infected with HIV and hepatitis C through a c ..

 

Medical Marijuana Use: Miracle Medicine Good for Dozens of Diseases

Recently a long-distance patient from Australia sent me a list of the diseases for which marijuana was useful with the website addresses of the refere ..

 

Time To Substitute Hemp for Oil

USA -- As the recession renews interest in the growing hemp marketplace as a potential boon for the green economy -- even Fox Business News has touted ..

 

The Emperor Wears No Clothes - “NEW BILLION-DOLLAR CROP”

Modern technology was about to be applied to hemp production, making it the numberone agricultural resource in America. Two of the most respected and ..

 

The Most Profitable & Desirable Crop That Can Be Grown

The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown Mechanical Engineering, February 26, 1937 “Flax and Hemp: From the Seed to the Loom” ..

 

Momentum Builds for Broad Debate on Legalizing marijuana

New York -- The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, “Yes ..

 

On medical Marijuana, Let The States Decide

Editorial Source: Seattle Times Seattle, WA -- In 2003, Seattle voters approved a ballot measure to make marijuana possession the lowest police pr ..

 

LA City Council Denies Hardships

The Los Angeles City Council quickly denied fourteen hardship applications today for medical cannabis collectives that opened or relocated since the c ..

 

City Closes Medical Marijuana Clinic Loophole

In a move to check the proliferation of questionable medical marijuana clinics, city officials moved Tuesday to close a loophole that has allowed near ..

 

Endometriosis: Marijuana Treatment

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I don’t think I have to explain what this is to anybody. If you have it, you know it. Endometriosis is graded in stages I,II, III ..

 

Special Hardship Planning & Land Use Committee Meeting

Dear Union Members, Dispensaries, Collectives, Patient Organizations, and Medical Marijuana Supporters, Due to the recent hardship and ICO activity ..