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  1. Ron Strider

    FL: Who Benefits With Legalized Medical Pot? Could Be Big Citrus And Big Sugar

    When Florida lawmakers vote today on sweeping legislation expanding access to medical marijuana, they'll also be approving a sweetener for the state's citrus industry. Tucked into the legislation, which establishes a system for patients to buy cannabis, is language that requires the...
  2. Ron Strider

    War On Drugs Killed More People In 2016 Than US Troops Killed In Vietnam War

    For the first time in U.S. History, more Americans died in 2016 of drug overdoses than were killed in the Vietnam War. Let that sink in. Last year's death toll in the War on Drugs was 59,000 killed, while during the entire Vietnam War, 1955 to 1975, 58,220 American service members' lives were...
  3. Kilakev420

    First time indoor grow

    I am looking for people to chat with and get more information and talk about growing cuz nobody I live with is into it so I need people who are into it not sure how to insert a pic of my girls yet hope I figure it out
  4. Ron Strider

    Who Was Smoking Weed In The Cavs Locker Room

    The Cleveland Cavaliers locker room reportedly reeked of weed after Game 2 of the 2017 NBA Finals. The Undefeated's Mike Wise tweeted the following Sunday night in Oakland, California: "Cavs locker room has a strong reefer aroma to it tonight. Hey, it's Cali. You're down 2-0 and it's all about...
  5. Ron Strider

    CA: Marin County's Pot Law Falls Short Of Goal

    More than 20 years ago, California voters approved the Compassionate Use Act, legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. More than two decades later, Marin's county government remains unable to find an appropriate location that fulfills that measure's promise, one that was supported by 73...
  6. Ron Strider

    Battling The Racial Roadblocks To Joining The Legalized Marijuana Trade

    Darryl Hill, hailed for integrating college football in his youth half a century ago, was a successful entrepreneur with no criminal record and plenty of capital when he applied for a license to grow marijuana in Maryland – a perfect candidate, or so he thought, to enter a wide-open industry...
  7. Ron Strider

    VA Chief: Medical Marijuana Could Help Vets

    Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Wednesday he's open to expanding the use of medical marijuana to help service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but noted it's strictly limited by federal law. "There may be some evidence that this is beginning to be...
  8. Ron Strider

    Growing Pot Industry Offers Breaks To Entice Minorities

    Andre Shavers was sentenced to five years on felony probation after authorities burst into the house where he was living in one of Oakland's most heavily policed neighborhoods and found a quarter ounce of marijuana. After the 2007 raid, Shavers couldn't leave the state without permission. He...
  9. Ron Strider

    SD: Winners, Losers In Wake Of Flandreau Marijuana Trial

    It took a Moody County jury just two hours on Wednesday to acquit a former consultant of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe on marijuana charges. The two hours included lunch. The quick decision left some in the state's legal community perplexed, especially those who felt the state had a...
  10. Ron Strider

    MI: Gov Snyder Names Lobbyist, Lawmaker Rick Johnson To Chair Medical Marijuana Board

    Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday made long-awaited appointments to a board that will control medical marijuana licenses in Michigan, including a former lobbyist with ties to the medical marijuana industry who was named chairman of the influential board. Chosen for the board are: -Former Speaker...
  11. Ron Strider

    More Athletes Advocating More Cannabis Use

    By now, pretty much everybody knows Michael Phelps. Olympic swimmer. Holder of seven world records (three individual, four relay). Winner of 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold. Now 31, Phelps also holds another distinction: he may be the most famous athlete ever caught smoking marijuana...
  12. Ron Strider

    Grandmothers And Medical Marijuana: A New Growth Industry

    Jeanine Moss, a 62-year-old grandmother of two, never expected to get into the cannabis industry. But that was before her hip-replacement surgery. Ms. Moss, of Marina Del Ray, Calif., had quit her job as a marketing consultant before she had her hip done in 2014. As she left the hospital, her...
  13. Ron Strider

    Mexican Journalists Lose Another Colleague To The Drug War

    In his last public remarks, made on a live television show, "El Almohadazo," on Monday morning, the Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas spoke by Skype with the show's presenter, Fernanda Tapia. Their conversation dealt with issues pertaining to Mexico's decade-old drug war, in which at...
  14. Ron Strider

    You Can Get Weed Delivered To Your Door In D.C. Just Like Pizza. But Is It Legal?

    In Washington, it is now as easy to get marijuana delivered to your front door as pizza. Really expensive pizza. More than two years after the District allowed residents to legally cultivate and possess cannabis for personal use, a growing gray market of companies has sprung up that will...
  15. Ron Strider

    Jeff Sessions' War On Drugs Is A Huge Win For Private Prisons

    Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently issued new sentencing rules to help fill prisons, and his renewed attack on marijuana is certain to put more and more people behind bars. The only people who benefit from this are private prison owners, and they are currently celebrating Sessions' moves...
  16. Ron Strider

    Canada: Manitoba Prepares For Legalization Of Pot

    The provincial government is preparing for federal legislation that will legalize the recreational use of marijuana in 2018. Premier Brian Pallister says they working hard to deal with all the justice, policing, safety, health, and marketing issues related to the regulation of marijuana in an...
  17. Ron Strider

    NH: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Faces Crucial Vote On Thursday

    New Hampshire's state Senate's scheduled to vote Thursday on a measure that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Similar bills have passed through the state House of Representatives eight times over the past decade. But they've been repeatedly shot in the Senate...
  18. Ron Strider

    Branson Sticking To his Position On Weed

    British billionaire Sir Richard Branson has hit back at a Barbadian criminologist who last week accused him of being way off the mark after he recommended decriminalization of marijuana use. The Virgin Atlantic boss, who addressed a business seminar here last week, got drawn into the...
  19. Ron Strider

    Marijuana Is Not Attracting Homeless People To Denver Or Colorado

    It’s a pretty widespread idea and one for which it’s not hard to find anecdotal evidence. This would be the idea that Colorado in general and Denver in particular have gone to pot, with hordes of homeless people flocking to the state to partake without fear of legal consequences. I put this...
  20. Ron Strider

    Georgia Republican Exposing Faults In Medical Marijuana Prohibition

    For many Americans who are coping with a variety of ailments, only medical marijuana has allowed them to live somewhat normal lives. The drug, which is far less addicting and dangerous than opioid-based painkillers, has not only been used to comfort those living with chronic pain, but has found...
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