Hemp movement in Philly headed by Former Flyer

Justin Klugh, Sports Producer

Former Flyer Riley Cote has become an advocate for the usage of hemp. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Former Flyer Riley Cote has become an advocate for the usage of hemp. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
 
Would you give the stink eye to somebody pounding O’Douls in the parking lot before work? I mean, yeah; probably. You might also just walk by quickly and try not to make eye contact. But one thing you couldn’t do is accuse them of showing up to work drunk.  Nobody’s really confusing O’Douls with alcohol, except maybe tragically clueless teenagers, but there are debates in this country that use a similar brand of ignorance to continue. When people hear “hemp,” they assume it’s being said to them by somebody with at least one pot leaf hoodie in their closet. But while hemp is a form of cannabis and gets a lot of eye rolls, there is one thing it doesn’t get: people stoned.
 
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http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/Hemp-movement-in-Philly-headed-by-Former-Flyer.html

Good news Nick Diaz, the NSAC officially raised the testing threshold of marijuana by 300%

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This morning I received an email from Keith Kizer letting me know that as of yesterday, the NSAC has officially raised the testing threshold of marijuana metabolites from 50 ng/mL to 150 ng/mL. That represents a 300% increase, which means you can have 3x more marijuana metabolites in your system before it’s a positive test. something unprecedented in the the industry. From our previous conversation we had a couple weeks ago, Kizer told me to expect this to happen sometime this month, and it seems to be in direct response to the public’s outcry of the nonsensical demonization of marijuana in MMA. Now that the threshold has been raised, fighters could literally smoke marijuana roughly up until a week before their fight — although it’s best to stay off the green, leafy stuff at least two weeks prior to a 150 ng/ML test just to err on the side of caution.
 
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http://middleeasy.com/fighting/item/11884-good-news-nick-diaz-the-nsac-officially-raised-the-testing-threshold-of-marijuana-by-300

Puerto Rico to Debate Medical Use of Marijuana

by Naharnet Newsdesk
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Legislators in Puerto Rico are preparing to debate a bill that would allow people to use marijuana for medicinal purposes in this conservative U.S. territory, officials said Thursday.
The measure would create a system to legally produce the substance and allow state health officials to regulate it, said Rep. Jose Baez, one of the bill’s two authors.
 
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http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/97029-puerto-rico-to-debate-medical-use-of-marijuana

Marijuana laws in Louisiana should be more lenient, new poll results say

By Lauren McGaughy, NOLA.com | The Times Picayune 

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Over half of Louisianians polls this month said they would be in favor of following in Colorado and Washington’s footsteps in regulating and taxing the sale of recreational marijuana. (Brennan Linsley, The Associated Press)
Most Louisianians believe the state’s tough marijuana laws should be changed, according to poll results released Thursday by Public Policy Polling. The poll results were released just three months after lawmakers in Baton Rouge failed to pass legislation to lessen penalties for repeat offenders.
State law says anyone convicted of possessing any amount of marijuana — even a single joint — can be jailed up to six months on a first offense. A repeat offender can be sentenced up to five years and face up to a $2,500 fine, and anyone convicted three or more times is open to a 20-year jail sentence and up to a $5,000 fine.
 
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http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/marijuana_pot_louisiana_poll_p.html

State approves 334 retail pot stores; 61 in King County

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Revised state rules for a recreational marijuana system include the location of 334 retail pot stores, an overall cap on pot production and limits on concentrated ownership of pot stores, growing and processing facilities.
In rules approved this morning, the state Liquor Control Board capped total pot production at 40 metric tons, or roughly 25 percent of the total state market for legal recreational, medical and black market marijuana.
The cap, in turn, helped determine the number of stores and limits on the amount of pot growers could produce. Under the revised rules growing facilities could be up to 30,000 square feet.
 
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http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/09/state-approves-334-retail-pot-stores-61-in-king-county/

Pro-marijuana ad posted outside NFL opener

Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
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Thursday’s NFL season opener is about to get hit with an end-around PR play from a harsh critic that’s ultra-savvy at garnering media attention.
The Marijuana Policy Project will announce Wednesday that it has posted a giant billboard advertisement — within eye-shot of Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium — that warns the National Football League: “Stop Driving Players to Drink.”
The 48 X 14 foot billboard, which shows a football leaning against a foaming beer glass, advises: “A safer choice is now legal here.” Colorado, after all, is one of two states (along with Washington state)that have recently legalized marijuana use by adults 21 and over.
“NFL players are being told that they can go out and get completely drunk, but face no punishment from the league,” says Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy project. “But if a player gets caught using marijuana, they could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars, forced to sit out games and deemed a troublemaker.”
 
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/04/national-football-league-marijuana-advertisement/2760147/