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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/

By Karen Keast 

Daniel Haslam

Throughout her 20-plus year nursing career, Lucy Haslam was familiar with issues around pain management and cancer treatment.
A community nurse, Lucy founded and ran her own home nursing service in Tamworth, New South Wales, often assisting palliative care patients.
But it wasn’t until her son Daniel began battling bowel cancer four years ago that she realised the medical benefits of cannabis.
Cannabis has helped Daniel, now 24, largely overcome nausea, vomiting and poor appetite around his chemotherapy treatments while Daniel is also using cannabis oil in a final bid to halt the terminal disease.
Now, Lucy and her husband, a former drug squad police officer, are fighting to decriminalise the medical use of cannabis for Daniel and others like him.

Full Article:

http://www.ncah.com.au/news-events/former-nurse-fights-to-decriminalise-medical-cannabis/2125/

by sam whitten

 
sam whitten has designed and manufactured ‘hemp eyewear’, sunglasses made from a hemp fibre composite. 
 
Full Article:
http://www.designboom.com/design/hemp-eyewear-07-16-2014/