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Fiona Apple facing up to 10 years in jail over Texas marijuana bust
Singer Fiona Apple may face serious jail time in Texas thanks to a state law that classifies possession of any amount of hashish, no matter how small, as a third-degree felony. In Texas, a third-degree felony is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, or no less than two,…
Former law enforcement officials endorse Colorado marijuana legalization
A handful of former law enforcement officials said Thursday that they hope Colorado votes this November to legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol. The signatories to an open letter in support of Colorado’s Amendment 64 ballot initiative included former police officers, former judges and even a former Colorado assistant…
Singer Fiona Apple busted for marijuana in Texas: report
Singer Fiona Apple was arrested Wednesday and is currently being held in a Texas jail after allegedly being caught with marijuana, a published report said Thursday morning. Apple was on her way to a Friday show in Houston when she was pulled over in Hudspeth County, a notorious west Texas…
Uruguay takes ‘war on drugs’ in new direction: state monopoly over the production and distribution of marijuana
Uruguay takes ‘war on drugs’ in new direction: The state as dealer Uruguay has long been at the vanguard of social reform in Latin America. Today, it is on the verge of passing into law one of its most radical ideas yet. The Broad Front – the center-left coalition that…
Lady Gaga smokes marijuana on stage
U.S. pop singer Lady Gaga asked a crowd in Amsterdam on Tuesday night if anyone had any marijuana. After a nameless member of the audience obliged, she held a joint aloft, placed it in her mouth and happily puffed away. “Does anyone have any weed?” Gaga asked after a frenzied…
Paul Ryan’s campaign immediately retracts candidate’s support for medical marijuana
Campaign aides for Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) busied themselves this weekend with telling reporters that the candidate “agrees with Mitt Romney” on keeping marijuana illegal, despite him telling a Colorado television station that he supports letting states flout federal laws on medical marijuana. Romney said earlier this…
Survey finds potential link between marijuana and testicular cancer
The use of marijuana in young adulthood might increase the risk of testicular cancer, researchers at the University of Southern California said in a study published by the medical journal Cancer on Monday. No tests were carried out to determine whether marijuana use actually causes cancerous growths, but the study…
VP candidate Paul Ryan: States should decide medical marijuana laws for themselves
In a pre-taped interview based on questions submitted by viewers of KRDO in Colorado Springs, Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) endorsed the view that states — like Colorado — should be able to decide their own laws on medical marijuana. Anchor Eric Singer asked Ryan, “In Colorado…
Snoop on Obama’s reelection: ‘He cleaned half [Bush's] sh*t up in four years’
Snoop Lion (née Dogg), currently in Toronto promoting his new documentary film and album Reincarnated, which mark his transition from the self-proclaimed “childish gangster rapper” Snoop Dogg to “peace and love” Rastafarian and reggae artist Snoop Lion, took time out from his press conference to address the need to reelect…
Reagan-appointed Judge Richard Posner calls marijuana prohibition ‘really absurd’
Judge Richard A. Posner, a Chicago law school professor and Reagan-appointed jurist on the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, said Thursday that the criminalization of marijuana is “really absurd,” explaining that he sees no difference between the currently-criminalized substance and cigarettes. “I don’t think we should have a fraction…
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