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Status Report: Nullify Federal Marijuana Prohibition | USSA News | The Tea Party's Front Page
Marijuana is the granddaddy of the modern nullification movement. On no other issue do we find state-by-state resistance to federal power so advanced, well-funded, supported and successful. Beginning in California with the legalization of cannabis…
Marijuana Accounts for Most Failed Drug Tests, Clearinghouse Report Shows
A technician reviews data at a Quest Diagnostic lab. (Quest Diagnostics) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] More than 10,000 positive drug tests for marijuana were reported to the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse…
Speaking positively about marijuana online leads to arrest of Japanese man and woman
Around the world there seems to be an increasingly lenient attitude towards pot smoking, with many governments having legalized the substance altogether. Japan, however, hasn't moved an inch when it comes to marijuana and is showing no signs of…
Cultivating a cannabis crop: Missouri grow site gets ready to harvest medical marijuana
With medical marijuana expected to be available in a few weeks, a cultivation facility near St. Louis has geared up for a cannabis harvest that will supply a good portion of the crop. Situated 26 miles west of St. Louis, Earth City-based BeLeaf…
Letter to the editor: Vote no on legalized marijuana
If you want Montana to look more like Colorado, vote to legalize recreational marijuana use. Check out what has happened in Colorado since marijuana became legal, and you'll vote no. In 1995, according to the U.S. surgeon general, the average…
Orange Beach Police arrest Texas travelers on marijuana, controlled substance charges
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — The Orange Beach Police Department arrested a group of individuals from Texas Sunday for unlawful possession of marijuana and controlled substances. Police say these individuals attempted to drive into the city…
NZ's largest ever medical marijuana crop gets the go-ahead
A Marlborough medicinal cannabis company has secured a licence to grow New Zealand's largest ever crop. Puro received the license allowing it to commercially cultivate 90,000 plants for medical use from the Ministry of Health on Thursday. This…
Prop. 207, an initiative to legalize weed, contains significant overreaches
Proposition 207, which would legalize recreational marijuana, constitutes a significant overreach in two respects. Let's begin, however, with first principles: The use of marijuana should not be a criminal offense. In a polity based upon individual…
More than 600 plants believed to be marijuana discovered in Vanua Levu
Police have managed to seize more than 600 plants believed to be marijuana in Vanua Levu in the past week. This comes after the successful raid conducted by a joint team of officers from the Tukavesi Police Station and the Police Special Response…
New Marijuana-Impaired Driving Campaign Created by Coloradans Launched by CDOT
The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new campaign “Uncomfortable High” this month statewide to curb marijuana-impaired driving. The new campaign was developed for Coloradans, by Coloradans as part of a statewide…
South Dakotans to vote on marijuana legalization and sports betting
(KELO) – All eyes are on the race between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, but South Dakotans have much more at stake on the ballot than just the presidential race. Marijuana has remained a big conversation all over…
Drug Use Increases for Workers in Transportation, Warehousing Sector
Drug use by workers in five sectors of the U.S. economy — including the transportation/warehousing sector — showed significant increases from 2015 to 2017, according to a new analysis of more than 10 million urine drug test results…
'We're suddenly drowning in people': Argentinians flock to Uruguay amid pandemic
Agustina Valls' phone is ringing off the hook. “It started as a trickle when the pandemic first hit Argentina, but now we're getting over 20 calls a day,” she said from her office in Uruguay's luxury beach resort of Punta Del Este.
New Jersey in Focus After Congress Delays Bill: Cannabis Weekly
With a major piece of pro-cannabis legislation now likely to be heard after the U.S. Presidential election, the industry is turning its attention to a new hope: a domino effect in the Northeast. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and…
Opinion | Conservatives Try to Lock In Power
The death of the iconic Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has shocked the political world, altered the contours of the upcoming election and induced an overwhelming dread among liberals who fear some basic rights could now be in jeopardy.
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