Pot Smoking Politician Defends His Use In Televised Speech

In this video from The Providence Journal at projo.com, Rhode Island house minority leader, Robert Watson, tells his side of the story concerning the DUI traffic stop that occurred on Tuesday in which he was found to be in possession of small amounts of marijuana and a wooden pipe.



Read the full in-depth article and get involved in the discussion at, "The Providence Journal" (projo.com)


Here we have a lawmaker exempting himself from the law because, wait for it... he's in the business of making laws. Being in such a compromising position, he wants us to believe that he had no recourse but to break the law, or else he may face the possibility of not being re-elected, thus losing his job.

Well, Mr Watson, this is the very predicament that millions of Americans have faced over the seventy years that our nation has waged a war against marijuana. The propaganda and prohibitionist programs born in Washington and enacted across the country, even the world, have lead to a state of such social phobias regarding cannabis that even patients fear the ramifications of rumors of their use of this effective medicine.

-PH

Legislators Pass New Restrictive Medical Marijuana Bill in Montana

From Forbes.com:

HELENA, Mont. -- Montana lawmakers passed a revised version of a medical marijuana overhaul bill Thursday after rejecting Gov. Brian Schweitzer's amendment to allow 25 patients per pot provider and to let those providers make a profit.
Legislators in both chambers agreed to the governor's changes increasing privacy rights for patients and procedural changes for accessing the drug. But after frenzied negotiation over the governor's amendments to increase pot access, legislators decided to leave mostly intact the strict regulations included in the bill they passed Wednesday.

In a letter to the Senate president, Schweitzer said he was disappointed with SB423 in its current form, saying the bill had unconstitutional provisions and that he feared the limited access in the overhaul would drive patients to the illegal market for marijuana.

Read the full article at 'Forbes.com'

Breaking News: Ongoing Raids at Medical Marijuana Businesses in Spokane, Washington

(3:27pm PDT)- Just moments ago Kevin Oliver called into the webcast of NORML SHOW LIVE with breaking news about ongoing raids at medical marijuana businesses in and around Spokane, Washington. 

Kevin Oliver of Washington NORML, Steph Sherer of Americans for Safe Access, and members of Cannabis Defense Coalition were conducting a meeting concerning “raid training” for medical marijuana dispensary owners and employees when they learned that raids were occurring at up to four locations.

Loading into four separate vehicles, those in attendance drove to the nearest location of the reported raids. When they arrived at THC Pharmacy, Kevin Oliver reported seeing one police cruiser, several officers wearing vests, a few media crew, and a score of onlookers.

Immediately upon arrival, Kevin asked a uniform police officer, “What’s going on here?” To which the officer replied, “I don’t know.”

Tune in to NORML SHOW LIVE at live.norml.org for breaking news and ongoing coverage of this event!


UPDATE: Locations being raided reported to include: THC Pharmacy, Club Compassion, Evergreen Medical Inc., Medical Herb Providers and Human Connection.
Click here to view a google map created by "Radical" Russ Belville to track the locations of these raids in Spokane.