the one thing many NY'ers who toke won't have to worry about is getting pulled over for under the influence. Some people seem to think they can smoke and drive legally, lol! It's like being pulled over for drinking and telling the officer it's medicinal, DOH!!

[www.reuters.com]
A California voter initiative that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana has qualified for the November ballot, state election officials said on Wednesday, in what supporters called a "watershed moment" for their cause.



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Kennedy,
Here is what is happening today in Denver.
[www.indenvertimes.com]

The first was at an old movie theatre 2 or 3 yrs ago,big enough for the Convention Center now.

Union-Square-May-Need-to-Weed-the-Weed....

Marijuana grows in Union Square!

[www.nbcnewyork.com]

For three months until last week, marijuana dealers had something they could only dream of before: the apparent stamp of approval of a federal agency.

On April 1, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office created a new trademark category: "Processed plant matter for medicinal purposes, namely medical marijuana." The patent office, part of the Department of Commerce, posted the new category on its website.




[online.wsj.com]



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[longisland.newsday.com]

AN OUNCE
OF HOPE New life breathed into NY’s medical
marijuana push, but clearing through
Albany’s smoke won’t be easy Page 3



[longisland.newsday.com]



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By GEORGE SOROS
Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good. The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences.




[online.wsj.com]



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Erica, a resident of the trendy DUMBO neighborhood, is just like any other busy Brooklyn mom with a small child, juggling play dates, naptime, temper tantrums and PB&Js. The difference: She counters the daily chaos by lighting up a joint.

“I think it’s a pretty common thing,” confesses 33-year-old Erica (not her real name), mother to a 4-year-old daughter. “That’s how some mommies cope with stress.”



Read more: [www.nypost.com]


[www.nypost.com]



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The Chinese had it in their pharmacopoeia by 2700 B.C. The Founding Fathers used pot processed into paper stock to write a draft of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which made sense, since Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, along with their slaves, of course, had been raising the crop for decades.
[nymag.com]



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[en.wikipedia.org])

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking state legislators to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana that are in public view.


[articles.cnn.com]



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