by Oscar Pascual

 
Journalist and author Doug Fine is a busy man these days. When he isn’t hosting a TED Talk,appearing on television, or goat herding, he’s working on the follow-up to his critically received book, Too High to Fail:Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution.
Fine’s upcoming book is yet to be titled, but will focus on the future of the use of industrial hemp and will be published on actual hemp paper.
 
Full Article:
http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2013/10/04/cannabis-journalist-doug-fine-to-print-new-book-on-hemp-paper/

 
LITTLE ROCK, AR — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has certified a ballot title proposal to legalize marijuana for medical use in the Natural State.
The “Arkansas Medical Cannibis Act” was submitted by Arkansans for Compassionate Care, who previously had several other attempts rejected due to ambiguities in the language.
McDaniel issued the opinion Thursday, writing, “The purpose of my review and certification is to ensure that the popular name and ballot title honestly, intelligibly, and fairly set forth the purpose of the proposed amendment or ac,” and that neither his certification nor rejection of the ballot title does not reflect his view on the merits of the proposal.
The Arkansas Medical Cannibis Act must now collect more than 62,000 signatures before it can be put on the 2014 ballot.
 
Full Article:
http://m.fox16.com/display/574/story/8281e78eb4576d7e9e4fba62435eda97

by Phillip Smith

 
In a sign of changing times, at least two separate marijuana initiative campaigns are getting underway in Wyoming, one of the reddest of the red states. One initiative would legalize marijuana and hemp, while the other limits itself to medical marijuana.
 

 http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/oct/01/wyoming_marijuana_initiatives

By Liam Heylin

 
A motorist who admitted smoking two cannabis joints half an hour before driving denied he was incapable of driving and the judge agreed, dismissing the case against him.
 
Full Article:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/judge-joint-smoker-in-control-of-car-245085.html

by Bill Chappell

Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
 
Canada is ushering in what it projects to be a $1.3 billion medical marijuana free market this week, as it replaces small and homegrown pot production with quality-controlled marijuana produced by large farms. The market could eventually serve up to 450,000 Canadians, according to government estimates.
As Toronto’s explains, a transition phase began Monday that will allow more price fluctuation and phase out home and small-scale production.
“In its place, large indoor marijuana farms certified by the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] and health inspectors will produce, package and distribute a range of standardized weed, all of it sold for whatever price the market will bear,” the newspaper reports. “The first sales are expected in the next few weeks, delivered directly by secure courier.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/30/227775955/canada-launches-billion-dollar-marijuana-free-market-this-week
 

By Simone Wilson

The Cohens designed the angles of Tikun Olam’s main greenhouse to best interact with the natural light and wind in the area. Photos by Simone Wilson
 
Just over six years ago, in the lush Upper Galilee of northern Israel, the nation’s first large-scale harvest of legal medical marijuana was flowering on the roof deck of Tzahi Cohen’s parents’ house, perched on a cliff overlooking the bright-green farming village of Birya. Until then, fewer than 100 Israeli patients suffering from a short list of ailments had been allowed to grow the plants for themselves, but this marked the first harvest by a licensed grower.
The Cohen home soon became a temple in the area for believers in the healing powers of cannabis — a legendary family operation that, in this early golden era, served as a grow house, a pharmacy and a treatment center all in one. In “Prescribed Grass,” the 2009 documentary that would open the eyes of Israeli politicians to the vast potential of medical cannabis, a group of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans, suffering from army wounds such as phantom pains and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are shown sitting around a table at the Cohens’ house. There, they help trim the harvest, smoke their medicine from a small glass bong and sing the miracles of cannabis.
Those were the farm’s whimsical beginnings. Today, up a country road from the Cohens’ house, at a guarded location hidden by trees but open to steady sunshine, sits the family’s now-massive operation. It’s an almost three-acre setup of greenhouses, high-tech “Twister” trimming machines and huts with labels such as “Flowering House” and “Mother House.”
The Cohens have named their farm Tikun Olam, the Hebrew phrase for “healing the world” — and they believe their marijuana-growing and -processing facilities to be among the most advanced on Earth.
 
Full Article:
http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/green_gold_israel_sets_a_new_standard_for_legal_medical_marijuana_reasearch

by Riley Cote, former NHL player and current Assistant Coach to the Adirondack Phantoms (AHL) and shown (above) with wife Ashey Cote

The wheels started falling off the carriage at the ripe young age of 28, and was the main reason I retired from my playing days in the NHL. I was physically worn down, mentally drained, and I had a lot of questions about why that might be. I was always fit, in good shape and did everything in my power to be the best I could be. Or so I thought.

I realized I neglected the single most important part of being a human being, and on top of that, a professional athlete. Proper nutrition. I say proper because the words nutrition and health are thrown around pretty loosely these days and without any real substance.

As I embarked on a new chapter in my life coaching professional hockey, I also changed my lifestyle drastically. I cut out chemically processed, dead foods and replaced them with nutrient-dense whole foods.

Still having a passion for fitness, I adopted a totally different way of taking care of my body and fueling it. As most of you know, protein is the building block of muscle development and repair, so I began learning about different types of protein and learned how not all protein is equal. I also learned that one of the most balanced and digestible forms of protein was the hemp seed.

HEMP?  You crazy, won’t you get high?

Full Article:

http://www.ladybud.com/2013/10/02/the-one-thing-missing-from-my-fitness-routine-hemp/