US CO: Leave The Marijuana At Home
Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan 2014 – Despite New Law, Denver Airport Has Zero Tolerance Colorado recently became the first state where small amounts of recreational marijuana can be legally sold in specialty shops. But if you are flying out of the Centennial State with a bag of marijuana, be warned that Denver International Airport has […]
Read moreUS OR: OPED: Bandon Should Stop Student Drug Tests
The World, 13 Jan 2014 – At the beginning of the current school year, The Bandon School Board instituted a mandatory drug-testing policy for students who participate in sports and other extracurricular activities sponsored by the Oregon School Activities Association.
Read moreUS WA: Pot-Shop Applicants Hoping For Fair Shake
Seattle Times, 13 Jan 2014 – With 2,035 Applications for Just 334 Retail Pot Stores, the Culling Includes Vetting and Then a Lottery to Pick the Winners. With business booming in Colorado’s new legal pot shops, a license for a retail pot store in Washington state is a coveted prize, a “golden ticket,” said pot […]
Read moreUS WA: PUB LTE: End America's Marijuana Prohibition
Seattle Times, 13 Jan 2014 – I strongly disagree with what David Brooks writes about Colorado and Washington’s legalization of marijuana.
Read moreUS CO: Banks Turn Away Stacks Of Cash From Legal Pot
Washington Times, 13 Jan 2014 – Federal Laws Trip Booming Business DENVER – A week after Colorado’s ballyhooed retail marijuana launch, the line at Evergreen Apothecary is still out the door. That comes as both good and bad news for co-owner Tim Cullen.
Read moreUS NJ: Northern Valley High School Parents Await Documents
The Record, 13 Jan 2014 – Northern Valley Regional High School parents will be able to see 14 documents the district had labeled privileged as well as the personal emails of board members regarding a proposed random drug testing policy.
Read moreUS AK: National Group Joins Budding Opposition to Alaska Pot
Alaska Dispatch, 13 Jan 2014 – Opposition to the marijuana legalization initiative in Alaska will ramp up in coming months. Kevin Sabet, co-founder of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), said Monday that the organization was approached by a “handful of leaders” in Alaska’s medical and scientific communities expressing their concern over the legalization of marijuana […]
Read moreUS NM: PUB LTE: Stop Lies About Marijuana
Albuquerque Journal, 14 Jan 2014 – THE EDITORIAL SLANT evidenced by your use of the cartoon with two “stoned” parents making snow angels and neglecting their hungry child – – compounded by your editorial statement – is so stupidly cliched and disingenuous it must be challenged. Marijuana prohibition was born of lies and maintained by […]
Read moreUS NM: LTE: Draw Line On Marijuana Use
Albuquerque Journal, 14 Jan 2014 – MY BELIEF IS that the proposal to legalize recreational use of marijuana is wrong. My family has experienced, and continues to experience, severe substance abuse problems. The illegality of marijuana and other drugs has not prevented my family from obtaining these drugs and thereby compromising their health and productivity.
Read moreUS AZ: Legalize Pot, Or Criminalize Alcohol?
The White Mountain Independent, 14 Jan 2014 – The state of Colorado has been in the news a lot lately due to the legalization of recreational marijuana. On Jan. 1, stores opened statewide offering high grade marijuana to anyone age 21 or older who had the asking price. Lines of customers waited in front of […]
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