White House Lifts Restrictions on Marijuana Research

By Alexandra Ossola

 
Marijuana may be one of the most popular drugs in the world, but marijuana is notoriously difficult to research, particularly in the United States. Access to cannabis plants for research is tightly controlled, the official supply is extremely limited, and tons of bureaucratic red tape means that studies are often delayed by years. But tomorrow, the White House will announce an updated policy for marijuana research, making it easier for scientists to access the plant and better understand how it can be used for medicinal purposes.
 
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http://www.popsci.com/white-house-lifts-restrictions-marijuana-research

Old mining town turns to marijuana after prison, factory close

Trevor Hughes
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WALSENBURG, Colo. – A developer’s plan to build hundreds of cannabis greenhouses could make this tiny southern Colorado town one of the nation’s largest producers of legal marijuana.
The town sold 330 acres of municipal land for more than $1 million to create a campus for growing, processing and distribution, with the marijuana to be trucked 160 miles north to consumers in metro Denver. Walsenburg is a former coal mining town that never recovered when the mines closed by the 1960s, and its population has dropped to fewer than 3,000 residents. In Huerfano County, which is home to Walsenburg, 20% of the population lives below poverty level.
 
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/22/colorado-walsenburg-marijuana-facility/29110033/

Lencho: A Tale Of Decent Vagabonds

by L L Kellerman (Author)
 

 
As more and more states legalize marijuana for medical and recreational use, and with the current administration no longer willing to take orders from the likes of the DEA, it’s becoming clear the public no longer buys into the concept of ‘demon weed’ and reefer madness’ perpetrated on us since at least the 1930s and the days of the ‘Marihuana Tax Act’ (mis-spelled by Congress). We should not however forget the way it used to be if anybody wanted to smoke a joint. You had to go to your local weed dealer and the weed dealer had to go to the ‘weed man’ for his product. As with any product, there was a chain of command and in the not so distant past that wasn’t the fearful and violent Mexican Cartels that now spill across American borders. Herein find ‘Lencho’ – a true weed man, smuggler, grower, adventurer and dare devil. For the moment let us call this book a ‘biographical novel’. The narcs may call it ‘nonsense’ but then they have much to hide. Lencho is a marijuana pioneer of almost 50 years and a man who has given all for a noble cause.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Lencho-Tale-Of-Decent-Vagabonds/dp/1500626481

Bud beauty: New York woman, 68, claims a toke a day keeps her healthy and looking younger

By PETE D’AMATO FOR DAILY MAIL ONLINE
Beauty secret: 68-year-old Catherine Hiller claims she feels younger and stays active thanks to her daily weed smoking habit
 

A 68-year-old woman claims she’s kept her looks and feels more active thanks to smoking weed throughout her life and thinks more Americans should be allowed to do the same.

Catherine Hiller estimates she’s smoked a joint once a day since she was 18 and says pot has enhanced her daily activities.

Hiller, the author of Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir, says instead of keeping her glued to the couch, weed makes activities like kayaking and listening to music more enjoyable.

 
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3131787/Bud-beauty-New-York-woman-68-claims-toke-day-keeps-healthy-looking-younger.html

The little girl behind $37m donation for medicinal cannabis research

KATE AUBUSSON
Katelyn Lambert's father Michael still cries when he thinks about the day his daughter was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome.

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Katelyn Lambert’s father Michael still cries when he thinks about the day his daughter was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome.

 
Watching his six-month-old daughter endlessly spasming in pain drove Michael Lambert beyond the bounds of Australian drug laws.
Three years later, Katelyn’s recovery has prompted an unprecedented A$33.7 million (NZ$37.29m) donation to fund research into medicinal cannabis.
The three-year-old’s grandparents made the staggering donation on Friday to scientists and the University of Sydney – the largest donation ever made to any Australian university.
 
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/69361884/The-little-girl-behind-37m-donation-for-medicinal-cannabis-research

Tribe Bets on Legal Pot

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The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has legalized marijuana for recreational use. Many visitors to the tribe's South Dakota reservation are senior citizens who enjoy gambling.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, popular with casino gamblers, has legalized recreational pot with plans to become a tourist destination.

Get ready for Little Amsterdam on the Prairie: A Native American tribe that operates a successful casino in eastern South Dakota is about to become the first to enter the legal marijuana business, and if they’re successful other tribes may follow suit.
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s governing body quietly voted last week to legalize pot for recreational use and welcome tourists 21 and older to consume it on tribal land. Tribal attorney Seth Pearman says the plan is to cultivate an atmosphere similar to Amsterdam, the Dutch capital famous for marijuana-dispensing coffee shops and popular with weed-seeking tourists.
 
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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/16/tribe-bets-on-legal-pot

Banda turns herself in as attorney and supporters speak out


 

As she approached the Finney County Sheriff’s Office Monday, Shona Banda, the local medicinal marijuana advocate who gained national attention after the state took custody of her son, was surrounded by supporters, including Jennifer Winn, the Republican candidate who challenged Gov. Sam Brownback in last August’s primary.
Banda, accompanied by her attorney Sarah Swain and several others, turned herself in at the Law Enforcement Center at 2 p.m. Monday. Several local media outlets gathered outside along with other supporters.
Banda was charged June 5 with endangering a child, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of school property, unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Three of the charges are felonies and Banda faces a potential sentence of 11 to 17 years.
Following her client’s surrender, Swain held a press conference where she fielded questions about the case, Banda’s health, and the status of the child-in-need-of-care custody case involving her 11-year-old son.
Swain believes the combination of charges, because of their respective severity levels, could land Banda in jail for more than 30 years if she is convicted and sentenced.

 
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http://www.gctelegram.com/news/local/banda-turns-herself-in-as-attorney-and-supporters-speak-out/article_0781da90-553f-5806-9f75-f7df51d5e089.html

Be.e, the World’s First All-Hemp Electric Scooter

Within the first few months of 2016, a Holland based company called Van.eko plans on introducing the world’s first ever electric scooter made completely out of hemp. The fact that the ingenious idea for this one-of-a-kind vehicle comes from a country known for its environmentalism is no surprise, and neither should its eventual impact on the European market once available.
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Oglala tribal member says he should be allowed to grow hemp

DAVE KOLPACK
Rapid City Journal
 
Alex White Plume thought his decade-long wait to produce industrial hemp on a South Dakota Indian reservation was ending when the federal government softened its stance on marijuana enforcement and lawmakers expanded the development of hemp under certain circumstances.
But federal prosecutors in South Dakota refuse to lift an injunction against White Plume that prevents the enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Nation from growing the crop.
 
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http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/oglala-tribal-member-says-he-should-be-allowed-to-grow/article_4578e2d6-11ef-11e5-bd86-23a37e34be44.html

San Francisco to host medical marijuana food fair today

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, imagine what a pancake breakfast might do for medical marijuana.
Marijuana is only legal for medical purposes in California, but that isn’t stopping purveyors of pot-infused cupcakes, nuts and other edible forms of the drug from putting on an outdoor food festival to showcase their wares.
The “Get Baked Sale” is happening today at a food truck hub in San Francisco comes as marijuana advocates are working to legalize recreational use of the drug through a statewide voter initiative next year.
 
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http://kron4.com/2015/06/13/san-francisco-to-host-medical-marijuana-food-fair/