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Colombian Shaman Arrested for Ayahuasca on Arriving in US
Indigenous tradition runs afoul of US drug laws... and now, a respected Colombian shaman is behind bars in Houston, charged as a drug criminal.
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Prop. 19: Exit Polls Show Voters Split by Age
Age is a major indicator of support for the measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use, according to the first wave of exit polling conducted for The Sacramento Bee and other media outlets by Edison Research.
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Iowa Pharmacy Board Says Marijuana is Medicine
Iowa's Board of Pharmacy has recognized that marijuana has medicinal uses. Now maybe the state legislature will act. Or not.
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Bring on Prop. 19: Stars Who Want Their Marijuana Legal
Proposition 19 would make California the first state to legalize marijuana, and plenty of celebrities have voiced their support.
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Prop. 19 Backer Richard Lee Not Ready to Count Out Pot Legalization
Lee, the pot entrepreneur behind Oaksterdam University -- and the driving fiscal force behind Proposition 19 -- was decidedly noncommittal when queried about electoral success. "We did a side-by-side robo poll vs. a live one. And the robo showed it winning and the live didn't," he said.
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Live from UC Berkeley: Are Students Voting for Prop 19?
Prop. 19 organizers are hoping that under-polled one-issue voters â like the college kids at Berkeley â will push them over the top. At a press conference in Oakland Tuesday morning, Aaron Houston, who heads up the group Students for Sensible Drug Policy, said it would be a "historic election" in which the youth turnout would push the marijuana measure over the top. The Bay Citizen headed to Berkeley to see what students are thinking about Prop. 19 and whether they are turning out to vote because of it.
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Massive Youth Turnout Reported in San Diego
I just heard that young voter turnout from the universities in San Diego has been so huge that they ran out of ballots. If so, that would definitely be helpful for Prop 19.
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Mexico's former president Vicente Fox supported Prop 19
Mexico Drug War Update
Last month was the bloodiest in Ciudad Juarez history with 352 people killed in prohibition-related violence. Four US citizens were among the dead. Hoping to stop the violence, Mexico's former president weighed in supporting California's Prop 19 legalization initiative.
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VOTE, and Other Fun and Important Info
Ballot measures, phonebanking, legalizers at the Sanity/Fear Rally. And why Prop 19 win or lose has been a winner for the cause.
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Prop. 19 Supporters Say Win or Lose They've Sparked a Debate
The marijuana legalization campaign said volunteers had made more than 188,500 calls to voters and hoped to hook 125,000 "Yes on 19" door-hangers on the homes of likely supporters, including young male Democrats and members of the Green and Libertarian parties. The campaign's message is, win or lose, the initiative has stimulated widespread debate and shown that the nation's ban on marijuana is destined to fall.
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As the Marijuana Debate Heats Up, an Industry Blossoms
Californians are set to vote on Proposition 19 today, which would essentially legalize recreational marijuana use in the Golden State.
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B.C. Bud Hangs in the Balance, as California Casts Marijuana Vote
As Californians go to the polls Tuesday night, they won't just be deciding the future of marijuana in their state - the vote may also rattle the booming B.C. bud industry. If the law passes, B.C.'s illegal pot industry - which generates between $3 billion and $7 billion a year - could take a big hit, says Darryl Plecas, a criminology professor at B.C.'s University of the Fraser Valley.
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California Proposition 19 - Snoop Dogg, San Jose Police Chief Joseph McNamara Vote Yes (Video)
It is a rare day when Hip Hip star, Snoop Dogg and the former chief of police for San Jose, Joseph McNamara agree - especially when they agree on reforming California's marijuana laws.
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Iowa Board of Pharmacy Takes Action On Medical Marijuana
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy took action Tuesday by making marijuana a drug with medicinal purposes. The Board agreed to re-classify marijuana from a schedule one to schedule two drug.
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Marijuana Legalization: Why Tea Party Might Support Prop. 19
Conventional wisdom says tea party conservatives would vote against marijuana legalization in California. Yet Prop. 19 could test how serious tea partyers are about states' rights. Instead of opposing Prop. 19, parts of the tea party â including some of its stalwarts like Tom Tancredo in Colorado and Rand Paul in Kentucky â have hailed drug legalization as an ideological linchpin in the fight between progressivism (a broader role for government) and the ideals of states' rights (get the government out of living rooms).
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Prop. 19 Has Wide U.S. Support
More Americans than not would welcome a vote by Californians to legalize marijuana, a poll released Monday says.
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Prop 19 logo projected onto stadium side, World Series game, spotted Thursday night (twitpic.com/31xdog)
Prop 19 Counting on Broad Coalition, Late Ad Blitz to Prevail [FEATURE]
Prop 19 has built a formidable coalition of supporters, and it's generated nearly $2 million in donations in the past month. It will need every bit of that cash and support to get over the top, but the campaign says it can still do it.
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Prop 19: Last Minute Request
Help us bring Latino voters to the polls in California for Prop 19 - chip in $5.
Or click here to volunteer to call voters for Prop 19.
Dear friends,
We've received urgent requests from Hispanic community leaders for a Spanish language version of our phone banking tool to help get out the vote for Prop 19, and we need your help.
Polling shows that when Latino voters learn that Prop 19 will save tens of millions of dollars in incarceration costs, those who oppose the measure overwhelmingly become supporters.
But if they don't hear the message, they'll never know.
Can you chip in $5 or more to help us get Latino voters to the polls tomorrow?
If you can't donate, we still need your help. Thousands of activists have called young California voters for the past month, and their votes are critical to whether Prop 19 will pass or fail.
Or, sign up to make calls yourself to young California voters for Prop 19.
We need your help to pull it off in these final hours. The entire country is watching what happens in California.
Let's show everyone that the people who want an end marijuana prohibition believe passionately in the cause, and we're willing to fight every step of the way to make it happen.
Thanks for all you do.
Michael Whitney
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Website Tracks Street Value of Marijuana
Marijuana users can go online and see what kind of bargain theyâre getting from their marijuana dealer. The site, which has been online since September, compiles averages of marijuana prices for each state. A representative from the website says that the goal of www.priceofweed.com is simply to give marijuana users tools for assessing prices.