15 Nov 2012

Comer: Legalizing industrial hemp is top priority

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BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press Updated 2:24 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2012     FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer says he will seek to legalize industrial hemp in 2013, and to kick off the effort he convened a Wednesday meeting of a hemp commission that hasn’t met in years. A grassroots movement seeking to allow Kentucky farmers to grow industrial hemp gained new ground as the commissioner vowed passing hemp legislation would be his top priority. For … Read More

14 Nov 2012

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Champions Legalization of Industrial Hemp Bill S.3501 (Oct 17, 2012)

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Sen. Rand Paul Answers Farms.com Questionnaire on Hemp Bill     By Amanda Brodhagen, Farms.com  Kentucky Senator Rand Paul introduced a historic bill on Aug. 2, 2012 that would remove restrictions on industrial hemp farming in the United States. While Bill S.3501 has gained wide bi-partisan support, it has also sparked a controversial debate largely over federal policy that currently doesn’t distinguish between non-drug oilseeds – hemp from psychoactive drugs such as Marijuana. There have been over seventeen states that … Read More

12 Nov 2012

Marijuana Prosecutions Dropped

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 Prosecutors and police in Washington moved Friday to swiftly back away from enforcing marijuana prohibition, even though the drug remains illegal for another month. On Friday, the elected prosecutors of King and Pierce counties, the state’s two largest, announced they will dismiss more than 220 pending misdemeanor marijuana-possession cases, retroactively applying provisions of Initiative 502 that kick in Dec. 6. In King County, Dan Satterberg said his staff will dismiss about 40 pending criminal charges, and will not file charges … Read More

12 Nov 2012

Tough New Law Irks MLA, Pot Supporters

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C-10.  Federal bill’s mandatory sentencing for serious drug crimes came into effect on Tuesday If you grow six marijuana plants, prepare to spend six months in the slammer. Canada’s drug prohibition laws got tougher as a component of Bill C-10 came into effect Tuesday, legislation B.C.  MLA and former police chief Kash Heed dubbed “ridiculous” when it comes to marijuana. The bill imposes harsher penalties and mandatory jail time for drug offenders who participate in organized crime, sell drugs to … Read More

11 Nov 2012

KELLY: Hemp vs. oil: How corporate & gov’t collusion perverted the free market

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Travis Kelly   Since the days of Cain and Abel, hemp has been one of the world’s largest and most versatile crops, used to make textiles, paint, soap, rope, building materials, fuel oil, protein supplements, and medicines. An acre of hemp produces far more paper than an acre of trees — and you would have to smoke an acre of it to get high, as industrial hemp, though similar in appearance to its close cousin, marijuana (cannabis), contains almost no … Read More

8 Nov 2012

Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use

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The Rocky Mountain High just got a whole lot higher. On Tuesday night, Amendment 64 — the measure which sought the legalization of marijuana for recreational use by adults — was passed by Colorado voters, making Colorado the first state to end marijuana prohibition in the United States. With about 36 percent of precincts reporting at the time of publishing, 9News and Fox31 report that Amendment 64 has passed. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper reacted to the passage of A64 in … Read More

8 Nov 2012

Voters Approve I-502 Legalizing Marijuana

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Washington enthusiastically leapt into history Tuesday, becoming the first state, with Colorado, to reject federal drug-control policy and legalize recreational marijuana use. Initiative 502 was winning 55 to 45 percent, with support from more than half of Washington’s counties, rural and urban. The vote puts Washington and Colorado to the left of the Netherlands on marijuana law, and makes them the nexus of a new social experiment with uncertain consequences. National and international media watched as vote counts rolled into … Read More

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