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Immigrants Are Being Kept as Slaves in European Grow Operations
In early 2012, a woman approached a Vietnamese grandmother and offered her a stable job in Europe as a nanny. The grandmother accepted, delighted at the possibility of earning enough money to pay off her heavy debts and support her family. But she had been tricked. Instead of taking care of children, she says she was kept as a slave in a marijuana-growing operation on the outskirts of Dublin and forced to care for the weed plants.
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Grand Closing: America’s Pot Farmers Are Putting Mexican Cartels Out of Business
For the first time in generations, farmers in central Mexico have stopped planting marijuana. Due to ample supplies up north, courtesy of medical and recreational cannabis legalization, cartel farmers can’t make any money off pot anymore, they told the Washington Post this week. The price for a pound of Mexican marijuana has plummeted 75 percent from $100 per kilogram to less than $25.
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Springfield City Council Tried to Stop Marijuana Reform Vote, Now Has to Pay Up $225,000
A coalition of groups working toward marijuana reform has earned a six-figure settlement from the City of Springfield after council members there unconstitutionally quashed a petition to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Now Springfield will have to pay $225,000 to those pro-reform groups.
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Feds seek prison for rural Washington pot growers
The green-cross storefronts of medical marijuana dispensaries are common in much of Washington, and the state is plowing ahead with licensing people to grow and sell recreational pot to adults. But a federal trial scheduled to begin in the coming weeks for five people in Spokane suggests not all is OK with weed in the state.
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3 Months Since Legalizing Marijuana, Here's What Colorado Looks Like
Opponents said it would spark violent crime and raise health costs. Here's what's really happened.
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No, marijuana isn't a gateway drug
A new study from Emory University researchers looked at federal surveys and states that legalized medical marijuana to evaluate the impact of legalization on marijuana and other drug use. Researchers found medical marijuana legalization led adults 21 and older to use more marijuana, but the increase did not lead people to try harder drugs.
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Weed legal in 5 years: Kash Heed's take on marijuana
A former B.C. solicitor general predicts Canada will legalize marijuana in the next five years — no matter who is in charge in Ottawa. Kash Heed, a retired politician and a former chief of the West Vancouver Police Department, is now working as a consultant for medical marijuana companies.
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Texas man faces possible life sentence for selling pot brownies
A couple of weeks ago, I put up a post about the absurd method in which the drug laws allow law enforcement officials to determine the quantity of an illicit drug for which a suspect can be charged. The laws aren’t written to punish offenders for the amount of a given drug they have made available to the public (or, put another way, for the amount of harm they have done). They’re written to inflict the maximum possible amount of punishment.
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Apple Pulls No. 1 Game “Weed Firm” From The App Store
Apple has pulled the No. 1 game in the U.S., called “Weed Firm,” from the App Store. The game, which had been described as something of a “Grand Theft Auto” for the marijuana-minded, allowed players to grow and sell weed, interact with gangsters, and earn lots of dough for their drug-dealing activities.
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Where the War on Pot Will Go to Die
In some states, there's an untenable mismatch between the crime and the time, but does anyone think that pot—medical or recreational—will still be illegal in 10 years?
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House Passes Bill to End Medical Marijuana Raids by the DEA
In a historic move Thursday night, Congress voted to pass a bill that will end federal raids on medical marijuana. The first major marijuana reform to pass, it’s a sign of a new day rising in the war on drugs.
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US lawmakers have taken their first step toward rolling back marijuana prohibition
Last night, a minor vote in a spending bill made the first crack in the foundation of the US federal government’s firm opposition to marijuana. While an increasing number of state governments have approved medical marijuana, and Washington and Colorado have authorized recreational use of the drug, the federal government’s strict prohibition against possessing and distributing it has created legal tension and fraught circumstances for businesses.
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Man angry after police break into and damage his truck over dubious marijuana suspicion
Matthew Heller was returning to his truck after having attended a Juicy J concert in Ybor City, Florida last February when he noticed something was wrong. As Mr. Heller told WFLA News Channel 8, “I come outside, jump in the truck, and the whole thing’s been torn apart inside, wires had been yanked out, the paneling had some scratches on it…”
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Hershey Sues Edible Marijuana Company
The Hershey Co. has sued a Colorado marijuana edibles maker, claiming it makes four pot-infused candies that too closely resemble iconic products of the chocolate maker. The trademark infringement lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver this week against TinctureBelle LLC and TinctureBelle Marijuanka LLC.
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DEA obstructs research into medical marijuana: report | Al Jazeera America
Study says agency should not be in charge of scheduling drugs or giving access to drugs for medical research
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Jamaica to decriminalize personal marijuana possession
The Jamaican government has decided to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, joining the trickle of countries moving to soften laws on the drug known on the Caribbean island as "ganja." Minister of Justice Mark Golding made the announcement at an afternoon news conference on Thursday, saying that Jamaica's Dangerous Drugs Act would be formally amended this summer.
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Activists Are Planting Weed in Public All Over the UK
Since other places—notably Uruguay and the couple of newly weed-friendly American states—started decriminalizing and legalizing, British activists have stepped it up, uniting previously-fractured groups together under the UK Cannabis Social Clubs banner. Last week I met up with “Finn,” who fronts Feed the Birds.
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Ex-RCMP officer co-invents marijuana breathalyzer
A former British Columbia RCMP officer has co-invented a marijuana breathalyzer he hopes will eventually be used to catch motorists who "drug and drive." Kal Malhi worked in the drug enforcement division for four of his 10-year RCMP career. Malhi says many drivers in Canada are not afraid to get behind the wheel when they’ve been using marijuana because they don’t believe they will get caught.
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Natural Progression: E-Cigs Pave the Way for New E-Joints
A Dutch company called E-Njoint BV says it now produces 10,000 electronic joints in fruity flavors every day. The e-cig has paved the way for e-joints.
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Pot shortages could be dire at Washington's stores
Randy Oliver has a pressing question as legal marijuana sales are about to begin in Washington state: Where's all the weed?
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