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Cannabis Hemp

What is the Meaning of 420?

April 20, 2010

420 Meaning: The True Story Of How April 20 Became ‘Weed Day’ By Ryan Grim first published last year on April 20 Where does the expression 420 come from? Depending on who you ask, or their state of inebriation, there are as many varieties of answers as strains of medical bud in California. It’s the [...]

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Remembering Jack Herer on 420

April 20, 2010

At the 1994 Gainesville Hempfest Jack Herer, author of “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”, stopped to speak just before he went on stage…

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Jack Herer – The Emperor of Hemp

April 18, 2010

Jack Herer – The Hemperor, author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes and renowned Cannabis Hemp activist who is known and loved around the world, died at age 70 in Eugene, Oregon.

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Decade Long Scientific Studies Show Medical Marijuana Works

March 9, 2010

Decade-Long Scientific Studies: Medical Marijuana Works by Steve Elliott The evidence is in. In a landmark report to the Legislature, the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research announced that its studies have shown marijuana to have therapeutic value. CMCR researchers, in a decade-long project, found “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment” [...]

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Marijuana Use Growing In Popularity Among Older Americans

March 6, 2010

Marijuana Use Is Growing In Popularity Among Older Americans, U.S. Government Study Says Nearly 10 Percent Of Men Age 50 To 54 Now Using Pot Americans over age 50 are using marijuana in greater numbers, according to survey data compiled by the United States Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA). Among men age [...]

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Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Marijuana Law Reform?

March 3, 2010

Did Benjamin Franklin Invent the Marijuana Law Reform Movement? By George Rohrbacher, NORML Board of Directors, medical marijuana patient Of all of America’s Founding Fathers, only Benjamin Franklin was a signer of all three of our country’s essential documents, The Declaration of Independence, the Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and the United States Constitution. [...]

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More Baby Boomers and Elderly Smoking Pot

March 2, 2010

An excellent and thoughtful analysis appears in Alternet.org. Below is an excerpt from Norml.org. To read the entire story, please visit here. Why Growing Numbers of Baby Boomers and the Elderly Are Smoking Pot More and more of the nation’s 78 million Boomers are discovering they’d rather smoke marijuana than reach for a pharmaceutical. Conventional [...]

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Its just a plant

February 8, 2010

Legalize Cannabis – Its just a plant… Legalization: Yes We Can Grand Prize Winner for the 2009 NORML Ad Contest! Producer, Writer, Director, Editor- Jason Druss Director Of Photography- Jon Boal Sound- Dan Lehner First Assistant Director- Greg Lewis Key Gaffer- Derrick J. Horton Key Grip- Alex Homan Grip- Nick Carroll Music by Loomer Professional [...]

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