By The Associated Press 

By: Tom Morgan

I couldn’t accept that I was going to die. And when I found I was cured I was completely shocked

Mike Cutler

BY JONATHAN J. COOPER
 
Oregon voters will be deciding this year whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. State elections officials certified Tuesday that the petitioners submitted enough valid signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot. Election workers say there were roughly 88,500 valid signatures — about 1,400 more than required.
 
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By Jake Ellison

James Garner is shown in character as “Bret Maverick” on the set of his television show, in this April 13, 1982. Photo: Wally Fong, AP
 

James Garner — one of America’s most iconic actors whose work in the 1950s TV Western “Maverick” and then “The Rockford Files” created two of popular television’s memorable characters — died on Sunday.

And, if his memoir “The Garner Files” can be relied upon, he likely had a puff or two of cannabis on his way down his last dusty trail.

From his memoir:

“I started smoking marijuana in my late teens. I drank to get drunk but ultimately didn’t like the effect. Not so with grass. Grass is smooth. It had the opposite effect from alcohol: it made me more tolerant and forgiving. …

“I smoked marijuana for 50 years. I don’t know where I’d be without it. It opened my mind to a lot of things, and now it’s active ingredient, THC, relaxes me and eases my arthritis pain. I’ve concluded that marijuana should be legal and alcohol should be illegal. But, good luck with that.”

Full Article:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2014/07/20/james-garner-a-fan-of-marijuana-and-legalization-died-sunday/#10916103=0&14898101=0

Full Article:
http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/positively-lv/Celeb-chef-Kerry-Simon-gets-memorabilia-case-at-Hard-Rock-Hotel-267642651.html
 

KERRY SIMON: WHAT I’VE LEARNED

By Michael Kaplan

 
About five years ago, I suddenly had trouble standing up in the kitchen, my eyes hurt, and holding a knife to chop vegetables became a problem. Doctors said I had either Parkinson’s disease or multiple system atrophy (MSA), a rare neurological disorder in which your whole system eventually shuts down. I prayed for Parkinson’s. When you’re praying that you have Parkinson’s disease, you know you’re in trouble.
 
Full Article:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/kerry-simon-what-I-learned

Sam Tracy Become a fan Chairman of Students for Sensible Drug Policy
 

 
This past Saturday, the LA Times published a fantastic article, “DEA may be losing the war on marijuana politics,” outlining the federal agency’s downfall from undisputed moral high ground to the wrong side of history. It explains that members of Congress from both parties are finally catching up to the public and supporting marijuana reform, and how DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart’s refusal to support sensible reforms has led to sharp criticism from Congress and even the White House. But I don’t think the title goes far enough: there’s no longer any doubt that the agency’s propaganda has failed. The DEA is absolutely, indisputably, hands-down losing the war on marijuana politics.
 
Full Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-tracy/dea-is-absolutely-losing-_b_5595312.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

 
Henderson seems poised to cash in on the medical marijuana industry.
The city received 28 applications for medical marijuana establishments by the end of the application period Thursday, nearly three times as many as the city’s low-end estimate going in.
 
Full Article:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pot-news/henderson-gets-28-medical-pot-applications

By Chris Roberts

 
It’s not just cops and weedheads who are eagerly watching Colorado’s experiment with marijuana legalization. Bankers and businesses also have a very literal stake in the legal cannabis game. What happens in Colorado is likely a bellwether for what will happen elsewhere in the country once marijuana is made legal.
 

Here’s an example: Based on what we’re seeing in Colorado, demand for legal, recreational marijuana in California could exceed 2.1 million pounds. If a pound of weed fetches about $1,000, that’s $2.1 trillion worth of marijuana at the retail level.

Full Article:

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/07/demand_for_legal_marijuana_in.php

 
Full Article:
http://www.torontolife.com/informer/random-stuff-informer/2014/07/16/theres-going-marijuana-scavenger-hunt-high-park/