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New York Mayor Bloomberg Talks Out Both Sides of His Mouth on Marijuana

The New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who admits to smoking pot and enjoying it has quietly made marijuana arrest his number one police priority.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was elected for his centrist policies and business experience. His pursuit of the War on Drugs, however, has cost the tax payers of New York dearly. A report authored by Professor Harry Levine of Queens College was recently published by the Drug Policy Alliance. The report criticizes the manner in which Mayor Bloomberg has prosecuted the drug war. Professor Levine’s report claims that Bloomberg has inappropriately spent tax-payer money to carry out a personal social philosophy. Continue reading →

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Oct 11

New York Times Endorses Medical Marijuana

The NY Times joins a growing list of politicians and originations that have either softened or reversed their views on medical marijuana.

The New York Times has seen the light! They have come to realization that marijuana is medicine and it helps people with seriously debilitating diseases. In a recent article the Times called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to legalize medical marijuana calling it, “sensible and humane.” The New York Times deserve credit for giving the medical marijuana community a fair chance. They had previously come out strongly against medical marijuana. In an earlier article the New York Times stated they did not support allowing medical marijuana because it was a step down the road to legalization. Continue reading →

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Oct 11

The Real Rastafarian

Most Americans only know Rastafarianism as Bob Marley, weed, and Jamaica. We delve deeper into what Rastafarianism’s true beliefs are.

America’s stoners love rastafarianism, but have no real idea what it is about. Most of our knowledge is limited to Bob Marley lyrics and calling weed ganja. Originally, Rastafarianism began in Jamaica during the 1930′s as a Christian Black pan-African movement. During the 1930′s King Haile Selassie was the last black monarch in Africa. Having defeated the Italian invasion in 1896, the Italians were threatening Ethiopia again in the 1930′s. The Rastafarian movement was born out of this threat to the last shred of African sovereignty. Rastas motivated all blacks as children of Africa to show loyalty to King Selassie. Continue reading →

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Sep 11

2012 Candidates on Marijuana: Part 2

We continue our grading of all the 2012 candidates for President on their support for Marijuana.

Part one is here: 2012 Candidates on Marijuana: Part 1

Mitt Romney- Grade: F

Romney got into trouble in 2008 when a wheelchair-bound medical marijuana patient asked him about his stance on medical marijuana. Romney listened compassionately to the man’s description of his illness and even apologized for his condition, until the young man turned to the subject of medical marijuana. Romney briskly turned his back on him and walked away. Romney has since stated that the medical marijuana movement is an effort by a small minority intent upon getting marijuana publicly accepted and eventually legalized. Romney is exactly right, except for the small minority part; over half of Americans support medical marijuana rights. During his term as Governor, Romney opposed research at two universities that were testing medical marijuana. Romney is not only against drug usage he is fundamentally opposed to drug culture. Romney is reported as saying, “I don’t want to encourage more involvement in or allow more people to get involved in marijuana and the drug culture.” Opposing drug culture is a big step from opposing drugs. What lengths would Mitt go to to stop drug culture? No more Cheech and Chong movies? No more Woodstock? In a field with few pro-pot choices, Romney might actually be the worst out of all of them.

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Aug 11

2012 Candidates on Marijuana: Part 1

We Grade all the 2012 candidates for President on their support for Marijuana.

Part 2 is here: 2012 Candidates on Marijuana: Part 2

Michelle Bachmann- Grade: D

Michelle Bachmann has seemingly come out of nowhere to become a major political figure. She was first elected to Congress in 2006 and has become a major figure in the Tea Party. The Tea Party’s stated position is one of limited government intervention in the private lives of citizens. Despite this, Bachmann has come out strongly in support of using government power for social issues. Before her election, she ran the Bachmann & Associates psychiatric clinic; where they allegedly practiced sexual orientation correction. Bachmann is quoted as saying, “We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” Bachmann has never given a direct statement on marijuana usage, but given her record on social issues her support for legalization is unlikely.

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Aug 11

Rick Perry Will Turn On Medical Marijuana

Texas Governor Rick Perry has been a strong defender of states’ rights. The only exception to this rule seems to be when not supporting what will get him elected.

Texas Governors seem to have a way of ending up President. We know all too well the story of our former Governor/President George W. Bush. After his term in office one would think the people would need a break before electing another Governor from Texas, but perhaps not. The current Texas Governor, Rick Perry, is positioning himself for a serious run for the White House. Perry has made a name for himself as a leading advocate of states’ rights. His recent book Fed Up is entirely about the Federal Government overstepping its role in all areas. With his history of supporting a state’s right to choose, his support of medical marijuana makes sense.

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Jul 11

US Congress Introduces Federal Medical Marijuana Statutes

In an amazing feat of clarity, the United States Congress is considering not one but four new pro-marijuana laws.

Bills in favor of relaxing the drug war have come before congress before. They are far between and usually dismissed without debate. Times have changed, however, as the US Congress is now considering several new bills including: HR 1983 The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, HR 1984 The Small Business Banking Improvement Act of 2011, RD 1985 The Small Business Tax Equality Act of 2011, and HR 1831 The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011. Never before have so many anti-drug war bills come before the house in rapid succession. Never before have these bills garnered serious debate. As Obama said, however, these days drug legalization is worth of serious debate. Continue reading →

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Nov 10

Bill Maher says the Marijuana joint was fake

This pass Friday Zach Galifianakis was a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher” and turned a fe heads when he lit up and smoked a marijuana joint. He did this in response to support today’s ballot of Proposition 19 for full legalization of marijuana in California. Continue reading →

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Nov 10

TE for Buccaneers busted for Marijuana

Jerramy Stevens, TE for the Buccaneers, was arrested on marijuana charges. He was pulled over in Tampa for loud music, and when the officer approached the vehicle had smelled marijuana. After further search of the car the police found 38 grams of marijuana. Stevens was charged with marijuana possession, intent to sell, and possession of paraphernalia.

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Oct 10

Ziggy Marley – A Fire Burns for Freedom

In about two weeks the California voters will get the chance to vote for legalization of marijuana through Prop 19. Ziggy Marley is contributing and supporting the effort by releasing a song “A Fire Burns for Freedom” that will be offered to supports as a free download for listeners.

The Wild and Free Singles, available at www.ziggymarley.com, are a collection of free downloads, which not only describes the free download of the song, but also what Ziggy believes should be the natural state of marijuana and its relations to the hemp plant. As we know the hemp plant has many uses just on industrial and medicinal purposes alone.

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