Firebomb Thrown into Medical Marijuana Business in Montana

(abcNEWS) Firebomb thrown into medical marijuana business on day of important vote by City Council

Someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Billings medical marijuana business early Monday and spray-painted "NOT IN OUR TOWN" on its storefront, the second such act in as many days, authorities said.

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It's Official: Canadian Conservatives Extradite Marc Emery to U.S.

CANNABIS CULTURE - The extradition order to send marijuana activist Marc Emery to the United States for an expected five-year prison term has been signed by the Canadian Minister of Justice, Rob Nicholson.

Cannabis Culture has learned that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada made their decision shortly after Emery turned himself in to Canadian authorities this morning: The Prince of Pot will be handed over to the United States for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet.

YOU CAN STILL HELP! Please contact Judge Ricardo Martinez in Seattle, Washington and tell him that he should let Marc Emery return home to Canada with a no-prison sentence instead of the 5-year term in the plea deal.

Mail: Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez
U.S. Courthouse
700 Stewart Street, Suite 13134
Seattle, WA
98101-9906
USA

It's Official: Conservatives Extradite Marc Emery | Cannabis Culture Magazine

Women's Marijuana Movement Launched

And so begins the movement that will end marijuana prohibition just as the prohibition of alcohol was ended when the mothers across the nation got involved. Thanks moms!

Just in time for Mother’s Day, women from all age groups and from all walks of life came out to Colorado’s State Capitol in Denver to help launch the Women’s Marijuana Movement.

Jessica Corry is a mother, wife, lawyer, a conservative political activist, and co-founder of the Women’s Marijuana Movement. She is not a marijuana user; she is a proponent of common sense. Corry feels the marijuana laws are unjust.

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Please visit The Women's Marijuana Movement Website and show your support for the reform of unjust marijuana laws.

The prohibition of marijuana: That's the problem

"People don't feel marijuana is dangerous," DC Assistant Police Chief Peter Newsham said, "but it is, because of the way it is sold."

"It's time for officials to acknowledge reality: Marijuana doesn't kill people. Prohibition does." -Mike Meno, Washington

Follow the link below to The Washington Post where you can read about yet another law enforcement officer that agrees the only real danger posed by marijuana is that which is caused by it's prohibition. While you're at it, why not head over to the website of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and read the testimonies of hundreds of current and retired police officers who have seen first had the harms of prohibition.

Click here to read the full article on The Washington Post

A Mary Jane Mother’s Day

I am the founder of Moms for Marijuana and I support the NORML Women’s Alliance (NWA) in their fight for the educated regulation of Marijuana. Along with the NWA, Moms for Marijuana proudly represents like-minded mothers from all walks of life. On Mother’s Day, the NORML Women’s Alliance will introduce you to a couple of Moms for Marijuana by highlighting several stories of mothers and grandmothers who hold their heads up high and proudly say “I am a mom for Marijuana.” -Serra J. Frank

Click here to read the rest of her moving article

Portland police served search warrants on four houses on Tuesday, seizing nearly 1,000 marijuana plants, about $140,000 in cash and one handgun.

"Marijuana grow operations were found at all four locations, police say."

Portland Tribune: Marijuana bust uproots 1,000 plants in four houses

Illinois State Police Reverse Opposition to Medical Marijuana Legislation!

(Springfield, IL) – May 6, 2010. State Senator William Haine (D-Alton) and House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang (D-Skokie) yesterday announced a huge step forward toward the approval of medical marijuana use in Illinois.

The Illinois State Police is no longer opposed to the legislation.

Woe.

This is a big deal.

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It's refreshing to see that the Illinois State Police are no longer standing in opposition of patients' use of medical marijuana.

ACTION ALERT: Reject Obama’s Nomination of Michele Leonhart for DEA Director

"President Barack Obama recently nominated Michelle Leonhart to direct the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. NORML is asking you to contact your Senator today and urge him or her to reject this nomination."

Visit NORML here to read more and for help contacting your local officials.

I contacted my officials and this is what I said:

"The War on Drugs" has been an utter failure. Prohibition actually causes those harms on society for which it was said to have been enacted to prevent. It creates a black market economy for the inevitable distribution of those now illicit substances which serves only to inflate prices, lining the pockets of those in the drug trade.

Year after year school-aged children report that it is easier for them to obtain marijuana than alcohol or tobacco. This is because alcohol and tobacco are legal and regulated. When we make something illegal we are essentially blindfolding ourselves, pushing an entire sub-culture underground and putting that substance out of the reach of our regulatory agencies.

If we truly want to protect our children, then we must stop wasting billions annually on failed prohibitive strategies and instead focus that revenue on prevention education that strives to teach kids the TRUTH about drugs and how some humans will inevitably choose to recreate. More funding could be allocated to drug rehabilitation services for those of our fellow American citizens who do fall prey the disease of addiction, which is a public health crisis rather than a criminal justice problem.

In short, "The War on Drugs" is a war on American families, on minorities, the youth, and on the impoverished. As a nation we must cast aside our prejudices and remove the blindfold that has kept us from seeing the true cause of our problems for some seventy years. We must repeal prohibition and stop this senseless violence perpetuated at the government level against non-violent, tax paying, everyday American citizens.

I'm a former U.S. Marine and a veteran of the war in Iraq, I'm mad as hell. I oppose prohibition and I vote! I also spend a great portion of my time spreading the truth about the harms of drug prohibition in hopes to do my part in the fight against the "War on Drugs."

Sincerely,
Yours Truly

Columbia, Missouri, police respond to growing furor over SWAT team killing family pet during misdemeanor marijuana raid

"News of the Missouri SWAT raid and the video has gone viral and the Columbia Police Department is scrambling to put the spin on this"

Visit the NORML Stash Blog for the full story here.

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Ban on Industrial Hemp Results in High Prices and Lost Jobs

Read the Statement of Congressman Ron Paul, United States House of Representatives, Statement on Hemp History Week, May 6, 2010, given before congress.

"Madam Speaker, I rise to speak about Hemp History Week. To celebrate the American heritage of growing industrial hemp, the Hemp Industries Association, Vote Hemp, several American manufacturers, and allied companies and organizations have declared May 17 to May 23 to be Hemp History Week. Throughout the week, people will recognize America’s legacy of industrial hemp farming and call for reinstating respect for farmers’ basic right to grow industrial hemp."

Read the full statement here.

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Missouri SWAT team shoots family dog during raid over "small amount" of marijuana

In February of this year in Columbia, Missouri, SWAT team members, performing a night time raid on a private citizen's home, shoot and kill one of the homeowner's dogs and wounding another, while serving a search warrant that turns up a mere 1.3 grams of marijuana; a misdemeanor amount in Missouri. Click the link below to see the heart-wrenching video of the event.

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