All posts tagged "Pot"

INDIANAPOLIS — A Green Party presidential candidate made a $300 payment to the First Church of Cannabis and, understandably, the Federal Election Commission is skeptical.

A Raw Story review of public records shows the FEC sent Jill Stein for President 2024 a letter questioning the legitimacy of the transaction and soliciting an explanation.

Jason Call, a spokesman for Stein’s campaign, told Raw Story that the payment to the Church of Cannabis was for rental of the building for a campaign event during the eclipse....

Back in 2012, authorities in Kansas raided the home of two CIA analysts due to suspicions that the couple was trafficking marijuana. When the SWAT team barged into the home of Robert and Addie Harte in search of a major grow operation, they failed to find any evidence of the sort, so they changed their objective to finding pot for personal use. They found nothing.

A television anchor in Oregon just lost her job for doing something completely legal in her state. Cyd Maurer, a morning weekend anchor at Eugene's ABC affiliate KEZI-TV, said she was fired after getting into a minor accident while out on the field.

The Supreme Court in Colorado, a state that has legalized marijuana for both medicinal and recreational use, has just ruled that employers can fire workers if they happen to smoke pot during off-duty hours for medical reasons. It doesn't matter if the employee is an excellent worker, or if he isn't impaired while on the job.

The so-called Proposition 19 -- one of a series of referendums held at the same time as mid-term polls -- were rejected by 57 percent against 43 percent in favor, said CNN, while Fox News and the LA Times also forecast a No vote.