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			<title>Nutrients</title>
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			<description>We are currently offering 10% off of all nutrients right now! :thumb:  
I would hurry in, we all know it will go quick!</description>
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<div><font color="DarkOrchid">We are currently offering 10% off of all nutrients right now! :thumb: <br />
I would hurry in, we all know it will go quick! </font></div>


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			<title>some help with my bubblers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[i just had my birthday a few days ago and a few of my friends got me a couple really nice bubblers and the only problem is i'm on vacation in northern michigan and i gotta go back to so-cal in the morning so im not sure how to get them back home!!?? last time i was here water pipes were considered...]]></description>
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<div>i just had my birthday a few days ago and a few of my friends got me a couple really nice bubblers and the only problem is i'm on vacation in northern michigan and i gotta go back to so-cal in the morning so im not sure how to get them back home!!?? last time i was here water pipes were considered illegal so i donno if i should wrap them in bubble wrap and just bring them on my carry on (theres no way im going to put them in a check in) and risk getting in some trouble or just mail them?? any help would be greatly appriciated. :hippie:</div>


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			<title>Salsa Dancing Dog.....must see!!</title>
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			<title>Stop Bans in California!</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:11:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[*Stop Bans in California!* 
  
ASA is telling all California cities and counties to lift bans on medical cannabis dispensing collectives.  In a letter (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c7uvrMNw4wqk3yY7u8gnyx1O6HmXIdj5) sent to all 143 California localities that have bans in...]]></description>
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<div><b><font size="3">Stop Bans in California!</font></b><br />
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ASA is telling all California cities and counties to lift bans on medical cannabis dispensing collectives.  In a <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=c7uvrMNw4wqk3yY7u8gnyx1O6HmXIdj5" target="_blank">letter</a> sent to all 143 California localities that have bans in place, ASA Chief Council Joe Elford, demands that bans be replaced with reasonable regulations that protect patient access.<br />
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For the first time, a California <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=XX1IolHkIe%2BnoJ5zujHomC3IyYQXrwoa" target="_blank">Court of Appeal has ruled</a> that state-compliant distribution of medical marijuana is not preempted by federal law.  This means that local officials can no longer hide behind federal law when prohibiting dispensaries in their communities.  It also affirms the validity of existing state law and cites the Attorney General's guidelines in bolstering the legality of dispensing collectives.<br />
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<font size="3"><b>Take action now! </b></font><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=GwN5U%2B7iQxs4cNWjiPfNLh1O6HmXIdj5" target="_blank"><font size="3"><b>If you city or county has a ban</b></font></a><b><font size="3">, tell your elected officials that:</font><br />
1.  </b>  Continuing the ban is a legally risky policy <br />
<b>2.  </b>  Establishing effective regulation of medical cannabis dispensing collectives is the right thing to do for patients and for the community<br />
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The court did not rule on whether localities could lawfully ban such activity and sent the case back to the trial court for further factual development. Still, this decision clearly undermines the justification for local bans. <br />
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We need your support to continue the fight for the right of patients to access medical cannabis through local dispensing collectives. Thanks,<br />
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Steph Sherer                        Don Duncan<br />
ASA Executive Director        ASA California Director<br />
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Handout to government officials: <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=tbj%2Bmz2S2pLceoKuIqDFHh1O6HmXIdj5" target="_blank">ASA Report on Dispensing Collectives</a><br />
<font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=EyVcnU2M7n9WTI0UzDP%2FxR1O6HmXIdj5" target="_blank">ASA Press Release</a></font></div>


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			<title>Another Rig Explodes!</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Think Progress » One Day Before Its Gulf Oil Rig Exploded, Mariner Energy Said Obama &#8216;Is Trying To Break Us&#8217; With Moratorium (http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/02/mariner-oil-obama/) 
 
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			<title>Florida Law Enforcement Veteran Disputes George LeMieux’s Claims About Marijuana Proh</title>
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			<description>with Mike Stark, Florida Senator George LeMieux came down squarely against the rights of individual states to regulate marijuana, indicating that he was against both legalizing medical use and ending prohibition in general.  He also believes that it’s 
 
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<div>with Mike Stark, Florida Senator George LeMieux came down squarely against the rights of individual states to regulate marijuana, indicating that he was against both legalizing medical use and ending prohibition in general.  He also believes that it’s<br />
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<a href="http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r5274093982u&amp;w=2390512" target="_blank">More...</a><br />
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			<title>Closed Monday for Labor Day</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:29:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>buying a greenhouse</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:01:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm gonna buy a small greenhouse and I was wondering if any of you had any advice.. I'm really trying to keep the fn moths out and was thinking that a greenhouse would help me accomplish this since bt and neem seem to do next to nothing.. I was thinking about building one but noticed they sell em...]]></description>
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<div>I'm gonna buy a small greenhouse and I was wondering if any of you had any advice.. I'm really trying to keep the fn moths out and was thinking that a greenhouse would help me accomplish this since bt and neem seem to do next to nothing.. I was thinking about building one but noticed they sell em pretty cheap but have no idea of the quality.. my budget is 200.00 and it can't be huge something that will fit in your average backyard..<br />
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I was checking out amazon and they have cheap ones what do you think? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=greenhouse&amp;x=0&amp;y=0" target="_blank">Amazon.com: greenhouse</a><br />
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			<title><![CDATA['King Of The South' Rapper T.I. & Wife Tiny Arrested In L.A.]]></title>
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			<description>CjkEZYcxKAI 
 
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			<title>More on the Cristina Lake bears...</title>
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			<description>Article on the bears from the pot bust.  
 
 Cristina Lake looks cool. I might wanna live there. There is a short vid embedded in the article . Watch it. Those bears are so docile. I would love to get that close to a sorta domesticated bear. I felt bad for the 3 legged guy.  
 
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<div>Article on the bears from the pot bust. <br />
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 Cristina Lake looks cool. I might wanna live there. There is a short vid embedded in the article . Watch it. Those bears are so docile. I would love to get that close to a sorta domesticated bear. I felt bad for the 3 legged guy. <br />
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<a href="http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/09/01/BC-Devises-Plan-Get-Grow-op-Bears-Return-Wild" target="_blank">B.C. Devises Plan to Get Grow-op Bears to Return to the Wild | Cannabis Culture Magazine</a></div>


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			<title>Prop 19 is great! until LBC tax it to death</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was going to vote yes, but after reading how cities can tax it any which way they feel like doing to enrich their own coffers, imagine Long Beach's current crap ordinance...this may go in the no column :doh: 
 
 
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After a Rancho Cordova woman complained last year about the skunky smell of pot being grown by a medical marijuana-using neighbor, one City Council member suggested a ban on residential pot cultivation.<br />
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That proposal went nowhere. But now Rancho Cordova is asking voters to make the city the first in California to approve a tax on home-grown pot for personal use.<br />
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Advocates for medical marijuana and a state initiative to legalize pot for recreational use say the proposed tax is so prohibitive that virtually no one could afford to grow marijuana in the Sacramento County city. <br />
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The city's Personal Cannabis Cultivation Tax measure on the Nov. 2 ballot would impose an annual tax of $600 per square foot on indoor marijuana cultivation of up to and including 25 square feet, and a $900-per-square-foot tax for anything larger.<br />
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The tax, which makes no distinction between medical and recreational cultivation, would cost a resident $15,000 a year if he or she cultivates pot in a 5-foot-by-5-foot growing space indoors. The measure would allow the city to lower the tax.<br />
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The tax proposal is drawing the ire of Don Duncan, California director of Americans for Safe Access, an advocacy group for medical marijuana.<br />
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&quot;I think that will have the effect of essentially banning legal cultivation,&quot; Duncan said. &quot;I don't know anyone who is prepared to pay $600 a square foot.&quot;<br />
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Rancho Cordova Mayor Ken Cooley said the city is protecting its interests should California voters approve Proposition 19. The state initiative, also on the Nov. 2 ballot, would legalize recreational marijuana use for adults over 21, allow small residential cultivation and permit cities to tax retail pot sales.<br />
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Cooley said the measure – which would impose a lower tax on outdoor growing – was a response to concerns &quot;about problems caused in neighborhoods by growing marijuana.&quot;<br />
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&quot;It just raised the issue for us that, as we comply with state law, we keep on top of quality of life issues,&quot; the mayor said.<br />
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Neighborhood services manager Kerry Simpson said code enforcement officers have uncovered a few cases of altered circuit boxes and fire hazards from dangerous wiring for residential pot cultivation.<br />
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Simpson said the city recently responded to residents complaining about mold in a rental unit.<br />
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&quot;Lo and behold, they were causing it themselves because they had a (marijuana) grow in the bedroom,&quot; she said.<br />
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Dale Gieringer, the California director for National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, said he opposes any tax on medical pot growers but could envision a permit and modest fees for recreational cultivation.<br />
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Nevertheless, Gieringer said, the Rancho Cordova cultivation tax is likely an &quot;unconstitutional&quot; and &quot;punitive&quot; measure to keep people from growing pot.<br />
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&quot;At that level, the city would collect no money,&quot; Gieringer said. &quot;Nobody would pay that tax. It's a punitive tax. And I think it would be thrown out by the courts.&quot;<br />
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Separate from its ballot measure, Rancho Cordova passed an ordinance declaring outdoor pot cultivation exceeding 25 square feet an unlawful &quot;public nuisance.&quot; The ordinance also requires special permits for any indoor grows above 25 square feet.<br />
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Rancho Cordova currently bans medical marijuana dispensaries. It has placed a second measure on the November ballot to impose a gross receipts tax of 12 percent to 15 percent on pot sales if any pot stores are allowed to open in the city in the future.<br />
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In nearby Sacramento, voters will consider a local measure to levy a gross receipts tax of 2 percent to 4 percent on some 39 existing medical pot dispensaries and impose a tax of 5 percent to 10 percent on new retail pot outlets if Proposition 19 passes.<br />
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Cooley said Rancho Cordova has no interest in allowing dispensaries but wanted a pot business tax in place should the courts force the city to accept the establishments.<br />
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Council member Dan Skoglund, who cast the only dissenting vote on pot business and cultivation taxes, said the ballot measures falsely suggest the city supports Proposition 19 or marijuana use.<br />
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&quot;My vision of an all-American city is not to have a dispensary storefront,&quot; Skoglund said. He added: &quot;How are you going to sell your house when you're overlooking the neighbor's (pot) garden?&quot;<br />
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Although other cities have targeted marijuana businesses and commercial cultivators for taxes, Rancho Cordova is the first to look at people who may grow pot for themselves.<br />
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That infuriates Dr. Phillip Denney, a Carmichael physician who works with medical-marijuana patients, including several from the city.<br />
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&quot;I see this as a very thinly veiled threat to the hard-won right of people to use cannabis as medicine,&quot; Denney said.<br />
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But Rancho Cordova spokeswoman Nancy Pearl said the cultivation tax seeks to pay for city code enforcement and protection against &quot;general threats to the neighborhood&quot; from potential crime, traffic, stench or other nuisances.<br />
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&quot;Our building and safety people and police and fire will have to work more to protect the community,&quot; Pearl said. &quot;And there are costs associated with that.&quot;</div>


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			<title>West Hollywood Triple Murder was a Marijuana Robbery Gone Wrong</title>
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From the August 26th issue of the Valley Vantage, with regards to the August 18th Woodland Hills Warner Center Neigbhorhood Council meeting:<br />
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Neighborhood Council Meeting Erupts Amid Cries of “Impeach Zine!”<br />
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A week ago, news stories and press releases proclaimed that Costco’s plan to move to Warner Center was a “done deal.” But it looks like residents and businesses in the West Valley have only just begun to fight that notion.<br />
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At a meeting of the Woodland Hills Neighborhood Council Board (NC) on August 18, there were no specific items on the Agenda concerning the proposal for a Costco in Warner Center. Using the Public Speaker card, however, several representatives stood and challenged the NC to take the lead on community outreach concerning the proposal. Two speakers specifically demanded the recall of Councilman Dennis P. Zine over of his role in moving Costco from its existing site on Roscoe Blvd in Canoga Park to the proposed Westfield Village project at Topanga Canyon and Victory Boulevards.<br />
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Jim Anderson, the Neighborhood Council’s at-large representative, was the first to stand and demand the recall of Councilman Zine, saying “his actions are contrary to the area’s best interests, and he has deceived and manipulated the public.” Anderson questioned if the Councilman’s actions were contrived to gain financial support for his purported run for City Controller when his term ends. Anderson pointed at the Councilman’s efforts in helping Westfield massively alter their plans for the supposedly “upscale” Village project without ever opening discussion of potential problems with the community at large.<br />
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Echoing Anderson’s plea for Zine’s recall was Neighborhood Council representative Marty Lipkin. He was even more emphatic about Zine’s recall. “He has lied to his constituents. He has betrayed our communities. He has conspired with Westfield, Costco and the Mayor to push a hastily conceived and ill-advised plan down the throats of people who deserve at least some say in the future of their neighborhoods. Am I calling for Zine’s head? Absolutely—except I’m not sure there’s anything in it,” he said.<br />
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On a slightly different note, Shirley Blessing, a well-respected Woodland Hills leader, said that she has received dozens of calls from apoplectic neighbors who are incensed at the Councilman’s “utter lack of respect for the communities he supposedly represents.” She urged all to stand tall, and state their case to their representative; “Just say no. This plan lacks foresight and vision.”<br />
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Joyce J. Pearson, currently the Community Based Organization Board Representative for Area 2, called for a series of three Town Hall meetings with residents and business owners, paid for from the Council District’s coffers, but hosted by an impartial entity who could prevent the meetings from turning into PR events. “I’m sure our Councilman is open to ‘full transparency’ on this issue—and to picking up the tab for these hearings on what many consider proposed changes to our community too important to ignore. It’s an idea that could only prove to be beneficial to all,” Pearson stated.<br />
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Pearson pointed out that when concepts for The Village were first presented several town halls and seminars were held by both Westfield and the Neighborhood Council to introduce the concept of a retail/entertainment/commercial destination to virtually the entire West Valley. “Sure, the economy has changed,” she said. “But to disregard the public’s involvement in the project now would be unfortunate.”<br />
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Gordon Murley of the Woodland Hills Home Owners Organization offered another insight. “There seems to be a lot of ‘City of Bell’ in the development – especially dumping Costco on the community. There were no meetings with the community to refine what was being proposed.  All of the dealings have been behind closed doors and all the deals worked out between the various City entities, Westfield and Costco. Nowhere were there any invitations to have the<br />
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community sit in with Costco or those in the City to voice concerns since there is a Warner Center Specific Plan. We would hope that planning is more than telling a community what they are going to get. Woodland Hills and especially Warner Center deserves planning that will not lower the quality of the visual development that would bring a sense of a place people want to visit and invest. And, the fact that they have not yet revealed just how much they’ve given away to Costco in terms of tax breaks and subsidies from the City, creates concern.”<br />
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In a follow up interview, according to Pearson and Blessing, many of the residents and businesses that have contacted them keep asking why there isn’t an Ikea going in instead of a Costco? Ikea is also a big box store, but it is willing to have second or third stories. Anderson and Lipkin said that many of the people they’ve talked to have been calling for some sort of “impeachment” hearing that would force the<br />
Mayor and the Councilman to bring all the details of the Costco deal into the spotlight.<br />
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“People aren’t happy about this,” Anderson emphasized. “They know they’ve been kept in the dark and misrepresented by their so called representatives. They want someone they can trust, and they don’t seem to trust Councilman<br />
Dennis Zine anymore.”<br />
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			<description>Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday that the recent triple murder in West Hollywood during an illegal sale of medical marijuana is another example of how the industry has been taken over in part by enterprising criminals.:der: 
 
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<div>Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday that the recent triple murder in West Hollywood during an illegal sale of medical marijuana is another example of how the industry has been taken over in part by enterprising criminals.:der:<br />
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“The medicinal marijuana program that voters authorized years ago has been hijacked by underground drug dealing criminals who are resorting to violence in order to control their piece of the action,” Baca said.<br />
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He said the criminal element has flooded the business because of the outrageous profits to be made. “There are predators armed and seeking easy dollars in sales of marijuana,” Baca said.<br />
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Baca said his detectives have found marijuana collectives buying from cartel sources and selling to people in large amounts. In the triple slaying case, two of the dead men did business with at least four dispensaries.<br />
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A man charged Wednesday with capital murder in the slayings confessed to the crime during an interview with detectives, investigators said.<br />
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Harold Yong Park, 31, told investigators he previously bought and sold marijuana from two of the men and that a dispute erupted when he came to the West Hollywood apartment Thursday evening, where the victims were shot to death.<br />
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Sheriff Lt. Pat Nelson said Pirooz Moussazadeh and Bernard Khalili had bought high-grade medical marijuana from local pot dispensaries — some in L.A. and two in West Hollywood — and then resold it. In this case, Park had stolen 4 to 5 pounds of high-grade hydroponically grown marijuana after killing the trio.<br />
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The third man killed, Shahriar Moussazadeh, was not involved in the drug deal and was a man in the wrong place at the wrong time, Nelson said.<br />
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He said Park did not bring enough money to the deal to buy the drugs he wanted. But detectives are not certain when he decided to kill the men. Nelson said Park has a prior drug conviction and worked previously for a marijuana collective.<br />
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Park is expected to appear in a Beverly Hills court Wednesday on murder, robbery and burglaries charges. He is being held without bail. He was arrested Monday in Lomita after his license plate that had been entered into a wanted car database was spotted using a sheriff’s patrol car with an automatic license plate reader.<br />
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Meanwhile, the campaign to defeat Proposition 19 announced Wednesday that Baca and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will head up the effort to defeat the marijuana legalization measure on the November ballot.  <br />
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<div>you know this brother be as beautiful as can be....and i know what ya thinking...no no no....you betta than that brotha..but mang!!this brother cant hardly get his curl on his perm done without some one eye balling me like i was a lightly battered deeply caramelized tenderloin treat....you feel me??..anyone else got these issues???we all know a sweet and saucy skinnzy be a real close...like #2..on the sexyman W.T contest.....but this brother be tired of hearing how skinnzy gots to push the women back with his lightly speckled,angelic skin, ginger self....c'mon now dont be shy...p.m's is acceptable to....if you scared to put yo fine ass out there like that......</div>


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			<description><![CDATA[*Sheriff Baca says state's medical marijuana program has been hijacked by criminals, citing triple slaying  (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/sheriff-baca-says-triple-murder-in-west-hollywood-is-example-of-how-the-states-medical-marijuna-prog.html)* 
 
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                         Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday that the recent triple murder in  West Hollywood during an illegal sale of medical marijuana is another  example of how the industry has been taken over in part by enterprising  criminals.<br />
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 &#8220;The medicinal marijuana program that voters authorized years ago has  been hijacked by underground drug dealing criminals who are resorting  to violence in order to control their piece of the action,&#8221; Baca said.<br />
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 He said the criminal element has flooded the business because of  the outrageous profits to be made. &#8220;There are predators armed and  seeking easy dollars in sales of marijuana,&#8221; Baca said.<br />
<br />
 Baca said his detectives have found marijuana collectives buying from  cartel sources and selling to people in large amounts. In the triple  slaying case, two of the dead men did business with at least four  dispensaries.<br />
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 A man charged Wednesday with capital murder in the slayings confessed  to the crime during an interview with detectives, investigators said.<br />
 Harold Yong Park, 31, told investigators he previously bought and  sold marijuana from two of the men and that a dispute erupted when he  came to the West Hollywood apartment Thursday evening, where  the victims were shot to death.<br />
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 Sheriff Lt. Pat Nelson said Pirooz Moussazadeh and Bernard Khalili  had bought high-grade medical marijuana from local pot dispensaries --  some in L.A. and two in West Hollywood -- and then resold it. In this  case, Park had stolen 4 to 5 pounds of high-grade hydroponically grown  marijuana after killing the trio.<br />
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 The third man killed, Shahriar Moussazadeh, was not involved in the  drug deal and was a man in the wrong place at the wrong time, Nelson  said.<br />
 He said Park did not bring enough money to the deal to buy the drugs  he wanted. But detectives are not certain when he decided to kill the  men. Nelson said Park has a prior drug conviction and worked previously  for a marijuana collective.<br />
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 Park is expected to appear in a Beverly Hills court Wednesday on  murder, robbery and burglaries charges. He is being held without bail.  He was arrested Monday in Lomita after his license plate that had been  entered into a wanted car database was spotted using a sheriff&#8217;s patrol  car with an automatic license plate reader.<br />
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 Meanwhile, the campaign to defeat Proposition 19 announced Wednesday  that Baca and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will head up the effort  to defeat the marijuana legalization measure on the November ballot.<br />
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BACA....BITE ME!:bounce::bounce:</div>


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			<description>Master Keif 15g 
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Ear Wax 40g 
Silly Putty 40g 
Death Star Og Budder 70g (Real Deal; has a playdoe like consistency) 
Chem Dog Bubble 25g 
Thai Crack Hash 20g 
Og Kush Full Melt 30g 
Marble Hash 25g</description>
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Diamond 20g<br />
Moon Rock 40g<br />
Ear Wax 40g<br />
Silly Putty 40g<br />
Death Star Og Budder 70g (Real Deal; has a playdoe like consistency)<br />
Chem Dog Bubble 25g<br />
Thai Crack Hash 20g<br />
Og Kush Full Melt 30g<br />
Marble Hash 25g<br />
Headband Melt 35g<br />
Shivas Rock 20g<br />
Purple Kush 25g<br />
Sour Diesel 25g<br />
Bubba Kush Bubble 25g<br />
OG Caviar 30g<br />
Sour OG Caviar 30g<br />
Banana Kush Full Melt 35g<br />
Amber Glass .5g 20 / 40g<br />
Thc Gold .5g 40/ 80g<br />
Assorted OILS 50g<br />
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			<title>Feinstein To Co-Chair Anti Prop19 Campaign</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:49:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sen. Feinstein to Co-Chair Campaign Against Marijuana Legalization - Politics - The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/sen-feinstein-to-co-chair-campaign-against-marijuana-legalization/62378/) 
 
Virtually every politician running for State office is against P19. I will...</description>
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Virtually every politician running for State office is against P19. I will call Feinsteins office and politely tell them she has permanently lost my vote. It is interesting that in this anti-incumbant fever the anti-P19 people tout endorsements from incumbants.</div>


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			<title>New Riverside Cannabis Club: Amazon Green Go (AGG)  (IESBR)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Let's all welcome...  
 
Amazon Green Go (AGG) (http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/2273-cannabis-clubs-collectives-and-dispensaries/2282-california-ca/1672-inland-empire-san-bernadino-riverside/2438-amazon-green-go-agg/) 
3191 Interchange St., Suite 3, Riverside, Ca. 92501  
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<div>Let's all welcome... <br />
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<a href="http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/2273-cannabis-clubs-collectives-and-dispensaries/2282-california-ca/1672-inland-empire-san-bernadino-riverside/2438-amazon-green-go-agg/" target="_blank">Amazon Green Go (AGG)</a><br />
3191 Interchange St., Suite 3, Riverside, Ca. 92501 <br />
Phone: (951) 686-3330 <br />
Hours: 10a to 8p, 7 days <br />
Map: <a href="http://www.co-opmaps.com/map/location/map/1106" target="_blank">Click Here</a> <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[jerry brown:" we need more welfare and fewer jobs"]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:10:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>» Jerry Brown Flashback: We Need More Welfare and Fewer Jobs - Big Government (http://biggovernment.com/mrichmond/2010/06/10/jerry-brown-flashback-we-need-more-welfare-and-fewer-jobs/) 
 
wow! talk about freaky and scary at the same time :faint: 
 
and to think the democrats elected this freak in...</description>
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wow! talk about freaky and scary at the same time :faint:<br />
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and to think the democrats elected this freak in the primaries.:doh:<br />
the sad thing here imo though, is the fact that this is the trend and the path that the controlling democrats in the state senate and assembly have been taking us on and apparently following browns insane advice.<br />
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currently CA is the official welfare state of the nation where we have over 32% of the nations welfare recipients, yet CA only makes up approx 12% of the nations pop. this is thanks in part to democrats ignoring the federal welfare reform rules and they refuse to limit the time in which welfare recipients can collect.<br />
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now take into consideration the amount of business and jobs that have left CA due to democrats voting in higher taxes on business and excessive regulations= fewer jobs and more welfare=higher taxes.<br />
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			<description>North Valley Holistic Health 
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EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE REVERIFIED. PLEASE BRING YOUR PAPER SCRIPT AND VALID CA DRIVERS LICENSE OR CA ID. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCES.  
 
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Premim Indoor: 18g, 55 eigth 
Agent Orange</description>
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<div><font color="RoyalBlue"><font size="5"><div align="center">North Valley Holistic Health<br />
530-891-HERB<br />
WE NOW ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS AND DEBIT!!!<br />
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<font size="6"><font color="blue"><div align="center">EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE REVERIFIED. PLEASE BRING YOUR PAPER SCRIPT AND VALID CA DRIVERS LICENSE OR CA ID. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCES. </div></font></font><br />
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Trainwreck<br />
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Elvis<br />
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Larry OG<br />
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SanFernandoValley og<br />
purple diesel<br />
private reserve OG<br />
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Liquid Gold! 97% CBD 87% THC. 35 half gram. 60 one gram<br />
Ear Wax is Back 30 for half gram 60 for 1 gram<br />
Bubble Hash 20g<br />
Outdoor Keif 10g<br />
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<font size="5"><font color="YellowGreen">Edibles:</font></font><br />
Donger Treats(aka: danger treats): 4 dose treats 8 dollar donation<br />
Edy's Edible's. 2 does. 7 dollar donation<br />
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Jedi: 25 1/8th, 75 1/2oz, 150oz</div>


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			<title>The BOB MARLEY Strain Will be Back Tomorrow!</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:18:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>MANY have been coming back asking for The Bob Marley we had!  We will have it available TOMORROW! 
 
It went fast the last time so if you plan to get more or try it this time....come TOMORROW!!</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's Getting Really Freaky!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Weigel : A Good Get for the Birthers (http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/09/01/a-good-get-for-the-birthers.aspx) 
 
This is a huge boost to the Birther Movement. This fella is a former Lt General in the Air Force, and a Fox News contributer. Take a minute and read his screech. If...</description>
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This is a huge boost to the Birther Movement. This fella is a former Lt General in the Air Force, and a Fox News contributer. Take a minute and read his screech. If the Republicans take back Congress, expect official hearings into this insanity. Sure, this crap has humor value, but it is getting frightening closer to the mainstream.</div>


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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>*Flowers: 
 
 
 
Skywalker OG Kush - $60 Per 1/8 
 
Headband Kush - $55 Per 1/8 
 
Sour Diesel - $55 Per 1/8</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NBC's "Persons Unknown"]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Has anyone been watching this summer series, which had its two-part finale last Saturday night?  I'm dying to discuss it with somebody, ESPECIALLY the ending!  Was Persons Unknown a one-season show, or will there be a second season to pick up where the mind-blowing finale left off?  I feel like a...]]></description>
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<div>Has anyone been watching this summer series, which had its two-part finale last Saturday night?  I'm dying to discuss it with somebody, ESPECIALLY the ending!  Was Persons Unknown a one-season show, or will there be a second season to pick up where the mind-blowing finale left off?  I feel like a LOST viewer ;-)</div>


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			<title>New Long Beach Cannabis Club: The Treehouse Collective (LBTHCW) (LB)</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:02:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Let's all welcome...  
 
 
The Treehouse Collective (LBTHCW) (http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/2273-cannabis-clubs-collectives-and-dispensaries/2282-california-ca/15-long-beach/2437-the-tree-house-collective-thc/) 
1069 E Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, Ca. 90807  
Phone: (562) 424-6420  
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<div>Let's all welcome... <br />
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<a href="http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/2273-cannabis-clubs-collectives-and-dispensaries/2282-california-ca/15-long-beach/2437-the-tree-house-collective-thc/" target="_blank">The Treehouse Collective (LBTHCW)</a><br />
1069 E Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, Ca. 90807 <br />
Phone: (562) 424-6420 <br />
Hours: 10a to 8p, 7 days <br />
Map: <a href="http://www.co-opmaps.com/map/location/map/1105" target="_blank">Click Here</a> <br />
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			<title>Medical Marijuana Ad on Television</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Sacaramento’s Fox Affiliate KTXL broadcast what is believed to be the first paid advertisement for a medical marijuana dispensary. The 30-second ad, paid for by Sacramento-based "CannaCare" and produced by KTXL, shows various people delivering 
 
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<div>Sacaramento’s Fox Affiliate KTXL broadcast what is believed to be the first paid advertisement for a medical marijuana dispensary. The 30-second ad, paid for by Sacramento-based &quot;CannaCare&quot; and produced by KTXL, shows various people delivering<br />
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Nation's Largest Indoor Marijuana Grow Proposed In Chico, Calif. <br />
A southern California business is hoping to capitalize on the medical marijuana movement by opening a 600,000-square-foot indoor medical marijuana grow in Chico. Plant Properties Management, LLC is asking to use the Koret building near the Chico airport, which has been vacant since 2007, to house what would be the nation's largest indoor grow.<br />
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Plant Properties Management says the project would take up to nine months to renovate the building, and could provide as many as 230 jobs. The company’s idea is to lease space inside the building so collectives can cultivate their medicine under one roof.<br />
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Paul DeFlores spoke for the company at a Chico City Council meeting earlier this month, and said the project would also bring in much needed revenue to the area. DeFlores said projected business revenues would be, “approximately $200 million, and local tax revenue would be approximately $3.6 million.”<br />
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Despite the possible financial benefits, Chico Associate Planner and Zoning Administrator Greg Redeker isn't sold. Redeker says the city has yet to agree on an ordinance for collectives, so adding this proposal is out of the question right now. “We are moving forward with our medical marijuana ordinance which would allow, in certain zones, store front dispensary-type operations…but this sort of large scale cultivation is not being recommended at this time.&quot;<br />
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In order for the facility to be utilized for growing medical marijuana, Redeker says the city council would have to reconfigure the zones in which medical marijuana is allowed to be obtained. As of now the Koret building is in an airport manufacturing district, and the current proposed medical marijuana ordinance would only allow collectives to operate in light, or general manufacturing districts.<br />
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Oakland currently has the largest operating indoor medical marijuana grow at 100,000-square-feet. The one in Chico would be six times that, groundbreaking to some, but not for Redeker. “Oakland is kind of leading the charge, if you will, for medical marijuana…so we’re gonna go ahead and let them take that role.”<br />
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The Chico City Council meets September 16th to discuss the new medical marijuana ordinance for collectives.<br />
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A travesty occurred in San Diego today, Jovan Jackson a US Navy Veteran and medical marijuana patient was denied a medical marijuana defense in State Court. 
 
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A travesty occurred in San Diego today, Jovan Jackson a US Navy Veteran and medical marijuana patient was denied a medical marijuana defense in State Court.<br />
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After the decision came this morning, Steve Walters, Dumanis' #1, celebrated the Judge's decision with high fives and congratulatory hugs to Linbergh and the other DA's gathered in the courtroom to witness the Judge's decision.<br />
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According to Judge Shore, all 1600 members of the Answerdam collective would have had to participate in the cultivation of marijuana. The Judge maintains that sales of marijuana are not legal and that dispensaries are not legal. The only thing legal according to the DA and Judge Shore, is a community garden, where all members associate only for the purposes of cultivation.<br />
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Lance Rogers, Jovan Jackson's attorney said after the hearing that today's decision will be appealed.<br />
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Jovan Jackson is due back in court on September 8th at 9am.<br />
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More information to come later.<br />
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Americans for Safe Access<br />
<a href="http://www.safeaccesssd.org" target="_blank">San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access - San Diego Medical Marijuana / Cannabis</a><br />
<a href="http://www.safeaccessnow.org" target="_blank">ASA*:*Advancing Legal Medical Marijuana Therapeutics and Research</a><br />
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Without this move Jovan goes free, just like the last time they tried him on these very same charges. Our DA had to find a judge that would finally agree with her that everyone has to farm to belong to a collective.  The appeal will take time and in the mean time Jovan has to suffer through a second set of identical charges separated by a few months.  This is an act of desperation on the DA's part, however that does not add to anyone's comfort down here.<br />
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Our County ordinance is being contested by several organizations and will be a re-enactment of the ID Card fiasco.  The County will eventually lose, but in the mean time they get to act as if they are right.<br />
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The City ordinance is still being crafted by the City Attorney and should come up soon.  The City Council is now re-convening after a break.  There are 3 problems with the City ordinance.<br />
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1.  It requires a level 4 permit which alone will cost over $50k.<br />
2.  It requires police permitting as well.<br />
3.  It requires that ALL dispensaries be statutory cooperatives.<br />
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<font size="1">Posted: August 31, 2010 12:14 PM</font><br />
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<b>Imagine it. <br />
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Grownup Californians making a choice that should never have been denied them in the first place.</b> <br />
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Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 would allow adults in that state to possess up to an ounce of marijuana for personal consumption; to use marijuana in a non-public place; and to grow the weed at a private residence in an area not to exceed 25 square feet. <br />
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Whether you live in New Jersey or Tennessee, Texas or Oregon, there are compelling reasons for you and residents of all the other states to actively support this campaign in California. <br />
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Who should favor, and therefore work for the passage of Proposition 19? An abbreviated list, including both overlapping and contradictory stakeholders:<br />
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<i>Law enforcement</i> whose members face on the one hand the prospect of sudden, violent death at the hands of drug cartels and street gangs, and on the other the hostility they encounter when enforcing draconian, everybody-loses prohibition laws;<br />
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<i>Members of the medical community</i> who understand that marijuana is far less harmful to individuals and to society than alcohol and tobacco; <br />
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<i>The scientific community</i> whose research findings on both medical and recreational uses of marijuana have been widely ignored or distorted by drug war fanatics;<br />
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<i>Politicians</i> who could and should have moved years ago to legalize, tax, and control cannabis, and who now have an opportunity to show some real civic leadership;<br />
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<i>Teachers, preachers, coaches, and counselors</i> who, under a controlled and regulated system, would theoretically be able to make a more reasoned and persuasive anti-drug use appeal to children;<br />
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<i>Parents</i> who would finally be able to look their kids in the eye and tell them, &quot;Yes, I use it. And, no, you cannot. Not until you're 21&quot;;<br />
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<i>Conservatives</i> who believe in states' rights; <br />
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<i>Libertarians</i> who believe in limited government;<br />
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<i>Liberals and progressives</i> who believe in nondiscriminatory policing, freedom of choice, and social justice;<br />
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<i>Editorialists</i> in both old and new media who, as opinion shapers, can make up for years of blind acceptance of the &quot;This is your brain on drugs&quot; lies and distortions of drug war propagandists;<br />
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<i>Civil libertarians</i> who are rightly offended by the erosion of Americans' civil liberties, particularly those embodied in the Fourth Amendment; <br />
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<i>Ethnic minorities</i> who for decades have been targeted, arrested, jailed, convicted, and sentenced to much longer prison terms in stunningly disproportionate numbers; <br />
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<i>Students, workers, residents of public housing</i> who have lost loans, jobs and career prospects, and/or the roofs over their heads because of a drug bust;<br />
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<i>Families of the busted</i> who've seen their loved ones -- breadwinners, fathers, mothers -- incarcerated for nonviolent offenses;<br />
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<i>Law-abiding consumers of alcohol</i> who, despite personal struggles with &quot;adult beverages,&quot; have rejected use of the safer but forbidden cannabis;<br />
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<i>Terminally ill or chronically pain-tormented patients</i> who stand to benefit from freer access to a drug that, for many, has proven advantages over opioids in managing pain, enhancing appetite, and improving quality of life; <br />
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<i>Abusers of marijuana</i> who because of the risk and stigma attached to possession, have not had the courage or the wherewithal to get professional help; <br />
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<i>Taxpayers</i> who have been losing billions in tax revenues because of the myopic, moralistic attitudes implicit in prohibition; <br />
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<i>Current, responsible consumers</i> who would no longer be considered &quot;criminals.&quot;<br />
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I was born and raised in California, spending the first 48 years of my life in San Diego. For the past 16 years I've called Washington State home. I love the Pacific Northwest, but for the next two months I'm a Californian again. My head and heart belong to a massive social movement that aims to restore human dignity, civil liberties, and common sense in the Golden State.<br />
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It's been said before but bears repeating: For better or worse, what germinates and blossoms in California often finds itself being lifted by prevailing winds of change and deposited in the other 49 states. <br />
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Californians have an opportunity to do what no other state has done, indeed, what no other country has accomplished. (No, pot is not legal in Amsterdam or anywhere else; it has been allowed, controlled, and regulated, not legalized). <br />
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Every American has a stake in the passage of Proposition 19.<br />
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<font size="1">Norm Stamper, 34-year veteran police officer who retired as Seattle's chief of police in 2000</font><br />
			
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<font size="1">Helen Redmond provides the background on a key initiative on the California ballot.</font><br />
<font size="1">September 1, 2010</font><br />
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<b>ON NOVEMBER 2, Proposition 19--the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010--will be on the ballot in California. If it passes, it will allow adults 21 years or older to possess, cultivate or transport marijuana for personal use.</b><br />
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The passage of Proposition 19 would strike a serious blow against the drug warriors who have been locking up marijuana smokers with impunity for decades. Arrests for small-scale possession and distribution of pot are the leading edge of the &quot;War on Drugs&quot;: Nearly half of all drug arrests in 2008--some 750,000--were for marijuana use.<br />
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Marijuana busts are easy, a guaranteed moneymaker for the judicial system (think of the court costs and fines) and a steady supplier of prisoners for California's sprawling, for-profit prison industry. Adding a dimension of racism to the question, African Americans are three and four times more likely to be arrested and convicted of marijuana offenses.<br />
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MARIJUANA PROHBITION in the U.S. has deep roots in racism. From 1930 until 1962, Harry J. Anslinger headed the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Anslinger launched a national crusade against marijuana and used a hysteria about &quot;reefer madness&quot; and open racism to pressure politicians to pass a series of laws making marijuana illegal.<br />
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Anslinger's racist rants alleged that marijuana made Black people violent and insane, and encouraged race-mixing. He concocted deliberate lies to stoke racism: &quot;Colored students at the University of Minnesota partying with white female students, smoking and getting their sympathy with stories of racial persecution. Result: pregnancy.&quot; He also believed: &quot;Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men.&quot;<br />
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Anslinger's campaign against cannabis even attacked famous Black musicians and the groundbreaking new genres of music they created: &quot;There are 100,00 total marijuana smokers in the U.S., and most are negroes,&quot; he ranted. &quot;Their Satanic music, jazz and swing result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.&quot;<br />
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Today, Anslinger's racism reads like a sick joke, but in Jim Crow America of the 1930s, his ideas got a wide hearing.<br />
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Fast forward to &quot;post-racial&quot; America: A new report released by the Drug Policy Alliance titled &quot;Targeting Blacks for Marijuana: Possession Arrests of African Americans in California, 2004-08,&quot; shows the racism of Harry Anslinger is still alive and kicking in the disproportionate enforcement of drug laws against African Americans. Among the findings:<br />
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-- In every one of the 25 largest counties in California, Blacks are arrested for marijuana possession at higher rates than whites, typically at double, triple or even quadruple the rate of whites, yet government studies consistently find that young blacks use marijuana at lower rates than young whites.<br />
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-- In Los Angeles County, with nearly 10 million residents and over a quarter of California's population, Blacks are arrested at over triple the rate of whites.<br />
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-- Blacks are less than 10 percent of LA County's population, but are 30 percent of the people arrested for marijuana possession.<br />
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-- Criminal records for marijuana possession severely limit the life chances of the poor, young, and especially of young Blacks and Latinos. <br />
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The report confirms what African Americans have known for decades--the War on Drugs is a war on them. It is directly responsible for the explosion in the number of Black people incarcerated. The legalization of marijuana is an issue of racial justice.<br />
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The politically connected and well-funded law enforcement authorities--which have fought tooth and nail to deny medical marijuana to sick and dying patients and continue to raid medical marijuana dispensaries--oppose Proposition 19. They've partnered with conservative organizations and churches to create a campaign of fear and hysteria based on outright lies and distortions about the effects of marijuana.<br />
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Among the most dishonest assertions are that marijuana use causes permanent mental illness, is highly addictive and is a &quot;gateway&quot; drug. The gateway theory claims smoking marijuana leads to the use of &quot;harder drugs&quot; like crack cocaine and heroin, but the fact is that the vast majority of marijuana users never use any other illegal drugs. <br />
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The California Democratic Party has adopted a neutral position on Proposition 19, but Democrats are split on its passage. Jerry Brown who is running for governor opposes Proposition 19 and is working with law enforcement officials to defeat it.<br />
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Brown is a hypocrite. As governor of California in 1975, he signed a law decriminalizing marijuana, citing many of the same reasons that supporters of Proposition 19 use today. And studies show that after Governor Brown decriminalized marijuana, it didn't lead to an increase in pot smoking.<br />
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Now candidate Brown is peddling classic drug-war lies in order to get elected: &quot;If the whole society starts getting stoned, we're going to be even less competitive. And we're going to have more broken families and more angry husbands and wives.&quot;<br />
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THE FIGHT to legalize marijuana in California has an important ally--the NAACP. Alice Huffman, President of the California state conference of the NAACP, declared, &quot;There is a strong racial component that must be considered when we investigate how the marijuana laws are applied to people of color. The burden has fallen disproportionately on people of color, and on young black men in particular.&quot;<br />
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Two law enforcement organizations have broken with their brethren in blue and publicly endorsed Proposition 19--the National Black Police Association (NBPA) and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.<br />
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The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) has also endorsed Proposition 19. Union leaders believe its passage could create thousands of jobs in agriculture, health care and retail sales. Some estimates claim that Prop 19 will generate between 60,000 and 110,000 new jobs.<br />
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The Northern California District Council of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) backed Proposition 19. Its statement concluded: &quot;People's lives are ruined for a lifetime because of criminal records incurred from using a drug that is used recreationally by people from all walks of life. Those criminal records fall disproportionately on the backs of workers, poor people and people of color.&quot;<br />
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Perhaps one of the most telling signs that bodes well for Proposition 19--the Oakland City Council approved an ordinance allowing the industrial production of marijuana on four, large-scale parcels of land. The city of Berkeley also wants to grow marijuana for the market, and there is an ordinance about this on the ballot in November.<br />
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A recent poll by EMC Research of California voters found that 76 percent agree &quot;marijuana is already being used. We need a system to control its use&quot;--and 74 percent agree that &quot;marijuana should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco.&quot;<br />
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The passage of Prop 19 would have an important impact in Central and Latin America. The U.S. dictates drug policy in those regions, and interdiction and prohibition of drugs has been a complete failure. Meanwhile, the death toll from the drug war has been staggering--in Mexico, 28,000 people have been killed in the last four years.<br />
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In an interview with W Radio de México, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos pointed out that if a measure like Prop 19 passes in the largest state in a country that is the largest importer of illegal drugs, it will be hard to &quot;explain to indigenous Colombians who grow marijuana that it is illegal, their crops will be destroyed, and they'll go to prison when it's legal to consume marijuana in the U.S.&quot;<br />
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Despite the fact that a majority of Californians want to legalize marijuana and believe it's common sense to stop locking up recreational pot smokers, the drug warriors and prison operators who stand in Harry J. Anslinger's long, ugly shadow won't give up without a fight.<br />
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Drug legalization threatens their power and profits. Anyone who wants to see racial justice and human rights front and center should hope that Proposition 19 passes.
			
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			<description>Thats right folks, I am finally back. the last year or so has been rather trying on me, I lost my shop (collective),my Dog (best friend) and my health is slipping more and more each day. 
 
I return today (night whatever!) with a heavy heart. As many of you may know the City of Los Angeles in their...</description>
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<div>Thats right folks, I am finally back. the last year or so has been rather trying on me, I lost my shop (collective),my Dog (best friend) and my health is slipping more and more each day.<br />
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I return today (night whatever!) with a heavy heart. As many of you may know the City of Los Angeles in their so called ultimate wisdom have backstabbed those of us whom attempted to work with them to forge a reasonable ordinance for Los Angeles.<br />
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It appears that they intend to close down as many collectives in the city that they can get away with even if by false pretences.In the past you have been asked to attend protest's,rally's and other events aimed in support of our common cause.Some showed and many did not.<br />
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I do not know about you and your situation but I rely on the collective that I hold membership in (California Patients Alliance) to provide me with the medicine that helps me make it through each and every day with the minimum amount of pain.If the city has it's way my collective will no longer exsist,Will yours?<br />
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This is totally unacceptable and I am willing to fight for my rights and the right of my collective to operate within the City of Los Angeles under reasonable guidelines and regulation but the City of Los angeles has not only crossed the line of reasonable but their regulation could even be considered unconstitutional by most. Are you willing to just stand by and let YOUR &quot;Safe Access&quot; slip away? I'm not! Are you going to stand up for your rights as a Californian and a United states Citizen? I am! Are you going to be there on September 7th and try to make a difference? I am and I hope to see ya there, LOUD &amp; PROUD</div>


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As City Backs Off On Pot-Shop Crackdown, Infamous K.F.C. Dispensary Boldly Reopens - Los Angeles News - The Informer (http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/marijuana/kfc-pot-shop-reopens/) 
 
 
 
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<font size="1">By Dennis Romero, Mon., Aug. 30 2010 @ 11:20AM</font><br />
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<b>The city of Los Angeles has stopped cracking down on allegedly illicit medical marijuana dispensaries, and it appears at least one has reopened to take advantage of the new stance: The infamous K.F.C. pot shop, a.k.a. Kind For Cures, has reopened, a worker there confirmed to LA Weekly Monday.</b><br />
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The Palms dispensary's MySpace page (via Curbed LA) boasts that it reopened Thursday -- the day after the City Clerk's office announced it would cease enforcing against out-of-compliance dispensaries -- and that it will be open &quot;10am to MidNight 7 Days Per Week! Come on in for your favorite flavors!!!&quot;<br />
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That the city is taking a hands-off stance when it comes to pot shops was a downplayed angle of Wednesday's announcement by the Clerk that only 41 shops, not the roughly 170 originally thought to be entitled, would be allowed to operate under L.A.'s strict pot-shop ordinance, which went into effect in June.<br />
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At that time the City Attorney's office sent letters to more than 400 pot shops telling them to shut their doors or face serious legal action, including $2,500-a-day fines and even possible jail time. Many did close. Ones that didn't and that were the then the source of neighbors' complaints often got visits by the cops.<br />
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K.F.C. was one of those, and it shut down in June.<br />
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But under the Clerk's announcement Thursday, pot shops will get free reign in L.A., at least until a series of lawsuits against the city's ordinance make their way through the legal system beginning later next month: &quot;Until then, you are not precluded from continuing your interim operation as a collective as long as long as you comply with all other provisions of California state law,&quot; the Clerk stated.<br />
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Asked on Monday if the Clerk's ruling means that the city is basically letting pot shops run free, a City Attorney's representative said, &quot;You're basically correct.&quot;<br />
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And so, after several years of wrangling with the issue in City Hall, it looks like L.A. is back to square one -- the Wild, Wild West -- at least for now.
			
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Shocking. Tommy Chong Is A Yes On Prop. 19 Pot Legalization - Los Angeles News - The Informer (http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/election-2010-1/shocking-tommy-chong-is-a-yes/) 
 
 
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<font size="1">By J. Patrick Coolican, <br />
Tue., Aug. 31 2010 @ 11:57AM</font><br />
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<b>In a bit of news about as surprising as a bag of coke allegedly falling out of Paris Hilton's bag -- it wasn't hers, she swears -- Tommy Chong has come out in favor of Proposition 19, California's marijuana legalization initiative on the ballot this fall.</b> <br />
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Chong and Richard &quot;Cheech&quot; Marin made films and comedy albums that made jokes about marijuana cigarettes and their humorous effects on the human brain. <br />
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Chong went to prison when the feds nabbed him for selling bongs. <br />
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In his blog post, on the site, CelebStoner, Chong makes a rather brief argument in favor of Prop. 19, one that supporters may want to flesh out a bit. <br />
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&quot;The privatized jails and the law enforcment budget pigs want to keep it illegal so they can maximize their bottom line.&quot;
			
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Illinois Valley News Vol. 73 No. 25 Dated: September 01, 2010 (http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2010/09/01/medical_mj/) 
 
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<a href="http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2010/09/01/medical_mj/" target="_blank">Illinois Valley News Vol. 73 No. 25 Dated: September 01, 2010</a><br />
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<b>Advocates of a ballot measure aimed at expanding Oregon&#8217;s medical marijuana laws presented their case during a Grants Pass-based KAJO Radio talk show, on Wednesday, Aug. 25.</b><br />
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Measure 74 will appear on the ballot for the Nov. 2 general election. If approved, that measure would allow for the establishment of dispensaries to provide marijuana to patients.<br />
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Williams resident Laird Funk, a longtime medical marijuana advocate, said that his efforts to de-criminalize the substance began in the early 1990s. Funk was the chief petitioner for measures 86, 88 and 90, which would have legalized marijuana.<br />
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Through his work on those measures, Funk said, he encountered people who wanted marijuana to be legal so they could use it as medicine to combat their various illnesses.<br />
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&#8220;The people who were sick and dying needed medicine,&#8221; Funk said.<br />
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Funk said he helped draft Senate Bill 865 during the 1993 legislative session. That medical marijuana legislation passed its first hearing that session but not its second. Funk said he introduced similar legislation during the subsequent two sessions, in which the bill was &#8220;slowly modified over time.&#8221;<br />
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That legislation became the basis of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA), Funk said, which was approved by voters in the November 1998 general election.<br />
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John Sajo, the executive director of Voter Power, said that organization was formed to help pass the OMMA and has been involved in its implementation ever since.<br />
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OMMA has prevented patients from being arrested for possessing marijuana, Sajo said, but for many supply issues remain. As such, Sajo said, Voter Power spent a couple of years drafting Measure 74 to mitigate those issues.<br />
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The original OMMA has been modified three times by the Legislature, Sajo said. In 2005, the limit on how much pot a patient could possess was raised to 24 ounces, he said. A new category of license was established that year, Sajo said, to enable patients to designate third parties to grow marijuana for them.<br />
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But some patients are incapable of growing their own marijuana and don&#8217;t know how to find a grower, Sajo said, adding that it still is a felony to pay that person for their labor.<br />
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&#8220;We wrote Measure 74 to fix the current system that leaves many patients behind,&#8221; Sajo said.<br />
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Measure 74 would create two new categories of licenses, if passed into law. One set would be for non-profit dispensaries to sell medical marijuana to qualified patients. The other would be for individuals or non-profit organizations to grow and sell the substance to the dispensaries.<br />
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Sajo said that the dispensaries would be in competition with each other, which would result in lower prices and higher quality medicine for patients. Measure 74 also would generate revenue to fund other functions in the state health department, he said.<br />
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&#8220;We are adding regulation to the system,&#8221; Sajo said. &#8220;Really, what we are doing is replacing prohibition with regulation.&#8221;<br />
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The best way to eliminate marijuana grows on federal land is to have a regulated system where patients can obtain their medicine through legitimate channels, Sajo said.<br />
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<font size="2">For more information, visit voterpower.org or regulatemedicalmarijuana.org.</font>
			
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			<description>*Wealthy marijuana backer returns to Oregon politics* 
 
Wealthy marijuana backer returns to Oregon politics | OregonLive.com (http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/08/wealthy_marijuana_backer_retur.html) 
 
 
 
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<font size="1">Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 9:20 AM     Updated: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 10:28 AM</font><br />
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<b>Peter Lewis, the billionaire chairman of Progressive Auto Insurance, is back dabbling in Oregon politics.  <br />
He recently gave $12,800 for the November ballot measure allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon.</b><br />
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Given his past enthusiasm for pro-marijuana causes, it wouldn't be surprising if this isn't a down-payment for the Measure 74 campaign.    Lewis and two of his fellow billionaires - currency trader George Soros and Phoenix University founder John Sterling - bankrolled the  1998 ballot measure allowing medicinal marijuana use.<br />
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In fact, that was just one of four medical marijuana measures passed that year thanks to the financial backing from the trio through their group, Americans for Medical Rights.<br />
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Share Lewis was also a big supporter of the Marijuana Policy Project, which sought to legalize the drug.  If you can believe celebstoner.com (I confess a lack of familiarity with this segment of the news media), Lewis contributed some $40 million to the group over the course of a decade before having a falling-out with the organization earlier this year.<br />
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Lewis and Soros also contributed heavily to a huge get-out-the-vote effort in 2004 aimed at preventing President George W. Bush's reelection.  It failed, of course, but their money certainly helped train a generation of liberal organizers.<br />
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Lewis inherited Progressive from his father in 1955 and built the relatively small company into a powerhouse that grabbed a big share of the auto insurance market.  Besides his political activism, Lewis has been a huge philanthropist.  Among other things, he has given $101 million to his alma mater, Princeton University.<br />
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According to Accuracy in Media, Lewis has described himself as &quot;half screwball, half businessman&quot; and was once said by Hoover's Handbook of American Business as a &quot;functioning pot-head.&quot;  He was busted in New Zealand in 2000 for possession of marijuana, which his lawyer said he used on the advice of a physician for pain relief related to the partial amputation of his leg.</div>


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			<description>The California Assembly failed to adopt SJR 14 by only four votes on Monday (37 ayes, 29 no, 12 no vote). We are disappointed by this outcome, but I want to thank the hundreds of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) members and supporters who called their representatives in the Assembly over the last...</description>
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			<description>It is my belief that, even if Ca passes prop 19, the federal government will surely step in and stop it from becoming law.  Just think of the Arizona immigration law and prop 8.  Again, IMHO, Ca will not be allowed to become the Amsterdam of the world. 
 
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<div>It is my belief that, even if Ca passes prop 19, the federal government will surely step in and stop it from becoming law.  Just think of the Arizona immigration law and prop 8.  Again, IMHO, Ca will not be allowed to become the Amsterdam of the world.<br />
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These are my thoughts.  I would appreciate hearing other thoughts.  Particularly answers to the question,  &quot;How can the federal government allow California to become the world's Mecca for marijuana?&quot;.  Also, how can the federal government allow a state to categorically change federal laws surrounding marijuana? <br />
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Here is a fun question.  If it becomes legal, will you be able to fly on airlines with marijuana thereby overcoming federal laws?  <br />
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A travesty occurred in San Diego today, Jovan Jackson a US Navy Veteran and medical marijuana patient was denied a medical marijuana defense in State Court. 
 
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A travesty occurred in San Diego today, Jovan Jackson a US Navy Veteran and medical marijuana patient was denied a medical marijuana defense in State Court.<br />
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After the decision came this morning, Steve Walters, Dumanis' #1, celebrated the Judge's decision with high fives and congratulatory hugs to Linbergh and the other DA's gathered in the courtroom to witness the Judge's decision.<br />
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According to Judge Shore, all 1600 members of the Answerdam collective would have had to participate in the cultivation of marijuana. The Judge maintains that sales of marijuana are not legal and that dispensaries are not legal. The only thing legal according to the DA and Judge Shore, is a community garden, where all members associate only for the purposes of cultivation.<br />
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Lance Rogers, Jovan Jackson's attorney said after the hearing that today's decision will be appealed.<br />
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Jovan Jackson is due back in court on September 8th at 9am. <br />
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More information to come later.<br />
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Americans for Safe Access<br />
<a href="http://www.safeaccesssd.org" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.safeaccesssd.org</font></a><br />
<a href="http://www.safeaccessnow.org" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.safeaccessnow.org</font></a> <br />
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:20:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well I wasn't doing to good Some of you may know I have been battling a health condition which im listed as one in a billion people on the planet The condition causes my body to not break down Calcium,Sodium,Potassium, and I dont produce enough uric acid to help break stones down so I pass 2-3...]]></description>
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<div>Well I wasn't doing to good Some of you may know I have been battling a health condition which im listed as one in a billion people on the planet The condition causes my body to not break down Calcium,Sodium,Potassium, and I dont produce enough uric acid to help break stones down so I pass 2-3 kidney stones a month.  so I went to the er and they had to admit me for 2 kidney stones that were trying to come out one in each kidney.<br />
One was 5.4MM and the other was 4.8MM due to the amount of kidney stones I have passed over the years I have developed LOT'S of scar tissue and that has caused my stones to not come out lol These stones have been stuck in my ureter's for 2-3 months the doctors think. So I have not been able to fully empty my bladder which over  time poisoned me. They admitted me and were running test when basically my infections kicked into high gear and started to affect my heart and mental state so they moved me to the ICU where I had a team of 5 doctors and their interns and a surgeon because my heart was throwing out some crazy numbers like 193 over 147 with a heart rate of 139(Mind you im only 27)  and I had a fever of 103 they finally got me on the right meds and got me to stop vomiting with my new  miracle medicine Marinol. I for the first time in 13 years dont feel like I have to throw up this is the best medicine I have ever had.<br />
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Then I had some crazy thing happen and they still dont know what it was the doctors and nurses all say they have never seen anything like it before. They said it was like a heart attack, seizure or blood clot but they could only rule out a heart attack at least thats good.<br />
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so basically all this happened from 2 tiny stones lol  but im out now ive been home for a couple hours and it feels great I have to go back for surgery on the 8th but thats nothing.<br />
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I would really like to thank everyone for their support over the last week this was pretty hard on me not only was I going through all the medical stuff it was the first time I was away from my Daughter for more than 2 days so it made it that much harder. The Kind words and thought's truly help im so glad I was able to access weedtraker from my iphone while I was in there it was the <b>only</b> outlet I had.<br />
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<font size="5"><font color="DarkOrchid">Thank you everyone!!!!</font></font>:grouphug:<br />
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			<title>New San Jose Cannabis Club: Yerba Buena Collective (YBC) (SJ)</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:16:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Let's all welcome..  
 
 
Yerba Buena Collective (YBC) (http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/2273-cannabis-clubs-collectives-and-dispensaries/2282-california-ca/25-san-jose-and-santa-clara/2436-yerba-buena-collective-ybc/) 
2365 Quimby Rd., San Jose, Ca. 95122  
Phone: (408) 238-8812  
Hours: 11a to...]]></description>
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<div>Let's all welcome.. <br />
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<a href="http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/2273-cannabis-clubs-collectives-and-dispensaries/2282-california-ca/25-san-jose-and-santa-clara/2436-yerba-buena-collective-ybc/" target="_blank">Yerba Buena Collective (YBC)</a><br />
2365 Quimby Rd., San Jose, Ca. 95122 <br />
Phone: (408) 238-8812 <br />
Hours: 11a to 8p, 7 days <br />
Website: <a href="http://www.ybcollective.com/" target="_blank">ybcollective.com</a> <br />
Map: <a href="http://www.co-opmaps.com/map/location/map/1104" target="_blank">Click Here </a><br />
Staff: <a href="http://www.weedtracker.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=157620" target="_blank">Bicdpho</a><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[[Menu] 8/31/10 - Current Menu]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[*Welcome to Elemental Wellness**.  
All of our medicine is lab-tested for THC percentage, mold & mildew.* 
 
******Current menu*******TOP SHELF:*NEW *Golden Pineapple (S/I):wub:Image: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs394.snc4/45741_151986378161099_121518841207853_391290_4958407_n.jpg...]]></description>
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<div><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font size="6"><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Welcome to Elemental Wellness</font></font></b></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><font size="6"><b>. <br />
All of our medicine is lab-tested for THC percentage, mold &amp; mildew.</b></font><br />
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</font></font><font color="seagreen"><font face="&amp;quot">******Current menu*******</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">TOP SHELF:</font></font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW </font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Golden Pineapple (S/I):wub:</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
</font></font></font><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font face="&amp;quot"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs394.snc4/45741_151986378161099_121518841207853_391290_4958407_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW</font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"> Apollo Kush (I/S) </font></font><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
</font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW </font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Blackberry Kush (I/S) Brand new batch!<br />
<b>NEW</b> Blue Dream (I/S)<b><br />
NEW</b> XJ-13 (S/I) 17.93% THC</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Green Cush (S/I) 14.48% THC<br />
Sour OG (S/I) 17.4% THC<br />
Chem 4/OG (S/I) 15.09% THC<br />
East Coast Sour Diesel (S/I) 16.38% THC<br />
Mango OG (I/S) 15.36% THC<br />
The True OG (I/S, 15.67% THC) - High Times Medical Cup Winner - 2nd Place, Indica</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">HIGH GRADE:</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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<b>NEW </b>OG/Sweet Tooth (I/S, 18.42% THC)<br />
<b>NEW</b> Rhino Wreck (S/I, 15.62% THC))</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
</font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW </font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Endless Sky (I/S, 13.37% THC)<br />
<b>NEW </b>Big Wreck (S/I)</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">LA Confidential (I, 13.72% THC)<br />
Purple Trainwreck (I/S, 17.05% THC))<br />
Headband (S/I, 15.83% THC)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Big Buddha Cheese (I/S, 13.18% THC)<br />
Sour Diesel (S/I, 12.21% THC)<br />
U2 Kush (I/S, 14.85%)<br />
<b>NEW </b>Bio Diesel (S/I) 16.57% THC<br />
<b>NEW</b> Mr. Nice (I/S) 11.8% THC<br />
DC Strawberry Cough (I/S)<br />
Grand Daddy Purple (I, 13.27% THC)<br />
J-27 (S/I) 15.42% THC<br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">MID GRADE:</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Sensi Star (I) 11.32% THC<br />
<b>NEW</b> Dream Queen (S/I) 13.39% THC<br />
Super Silver Haze (S/I) <br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">EXCELLENT VALUE:</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Orange Crush (I/S) $40 eighth<br />
<b>NEW</b> Atomic Mix $30 eighth<br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">CONCENTRATES:</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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<b>NEW</b> Shiva Crystals<br />
<b>NEW</b> Ganesh Wafers</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">GOLD THC - 95% Cannabinoids. Very strong and incredibly effective! Wowzers!</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"> <br />
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</font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Afgooey Super Melt (I, 47.99% THC) <br />
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G-18 Full Melt <br />
Purp Bubble<br />
Banana Full Melt (I, 53.85%)</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"> <br />
</font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Million $ Purp Full Melt (I, 45.78% THC)<br />
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</font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Hash Oil (I/S, 33.83% THC / 2.37% CBD)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
<b>NEW</b> Ingrid Bubble (I/S, 38.07%THC) - Gold Winner High Times Medical Cannabis Cup<br />
Thai Skunk Bubble (S/I, 56.52% THC)<br />
Trainwreck Bubble (S, 24.68% THC)<br />
NYC Diesel Bubble (S/I, 51.4% THC)</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW</font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"> Blue OG Bubble (I/S, 43.66% THC)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
<b>NEW</b> God's Gift Bubble (I/S, 36.61% THC)<br />
Purple Kush Bubble (I, 42.74% THC</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW </font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Black Domina Bubble $20/g<br />
Purple Kush Hash (I, 42.74%) $20/g<br />
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</font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Green Alloy Hash (S/I) - $20/g<br />
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Kief Sour Diesel (S/I) $10/half gram</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">BEVERAGES:<br />
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</font></font><b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">NEW</font></font></b><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"> Sweet Relief Drink Mix - Super delicious thirst quenching drinks that pack a pure Sativa punch.</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Flavors: Blueberry, Kiwi Strawberry, Chai, Cherry, Lemonade, Key Lime, Cran Raz, Iced Tea, Sugar Free Mocha, Vegan Hot Chocolate </font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Irish Moss Drink (8 oz.)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">EDIBLES:</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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<b>NEW </b>Creme de Cannabis Ice Cream - 1/2 pint <br />
Flavors: Chocolate Brownie, Banana, Strawberry Cheesecake <br />
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Bliss Edibles PB Cookie Cake <br />
Bliss Edibles Candy Bar<br />
Bliss Edibles German Chocolate Truffles - High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Winner - 2nd Place <br />
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<b>NEW</b> Aporia's Edibles Chocolate Chip <br />
<b>NEW</b> Aporia's Edibles Tuxedo <br />
<b>NEW</b> Aporia's Edibles Peanut Butter<br />
<b>NEW</b> Aporia's Edibles Oatmeal Butterscotch<br />
<b>NEW</b> Aporia's Edibles Snickerdoodles<br />
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Spiral Heart Apple Cider Vinegar Tincture</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Spiral Heart Veggie Glycerin Tincture<br />
Spiral Heart Alcohol Tincture<br />
Spiral Heart Cannabis Infused Honey<br />
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Forest Nymph Tincture</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Forest Nymph Auntie-En Enflame Tincture<br />
Forest Nymph Sweet Dreams Tincture<br />
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Shaman Healers Cakes Strawberry Kush</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Shaman Healers Cakes Strawberry &amp; Lemon Haze<br />
Shaman Healers Cakes Lemon Skunk<br />
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On the Rise Potent Brownie</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
On The Rise Super Potent Brownie<br />
On The Rise Gingerbread<br />
On The Rise Super Gingerbread<br />
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Butter Brothers Caramels</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Butter Brothers Brownie<br />
Butter Brothers Peanut Butter, Cookie<br />
Butter Brothers Ginger Snap Cookie<br />
Butter Brothers Chocolate Chip Cookie<br />
Butter Brothers Oatmeal Raisin Cookie<br />
Butter Brothers Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie<br />
Butter Brothers Raspberry Streusel<br />
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Yak Haute Chocolate drink mix</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Yak Mocha-Juana (Indica) drink mix<br />
Yak Fudge (wheat-free)<br />
Yak Brownie<br />
Yak 4X Greenies<br />
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Stop Light Cookie</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Tricome Lozenge</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Coco Caps (10pk, 30pk)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Coco Caps Sweet Almond Oil<br />
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Eat Me Caps (3pk/10pk Green, 3pk/8pk Red)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Cocopotamus Chocolate bar with Cannabis buds</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Herb Butter</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Delicious Dose Cannabis Infused Gelato (1/2 pint, Vanilla Chocolate Chip, Chocolate, Mint Chocolate Chip, Coffee Cappucino Chip, Chai)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">TOPICALS:</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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Doc Green's Lotion (1 oz, 4 oz bottle)</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
Cannabis Infused Shea Butter<br />
Cannabis Infused Shea Butter Soap<br />
Mystic Herbal Cannabis Massage Oil - Mango, Lavender, Sandalwood, Jamaican Vibe, Relax, and Unscented <br />
Mystic Herbal Bodybutter RX<br />
Forest Nymph Pain Relief Cream<br />
Forest Nymph Nerve Calm Cream<br />
Spiral Heart Original Salve, Green Tiger Salve<br />
Kind Rub Healing, Moisture, and Menthol Salves<br />
Cannabis Topical Spray</font></font><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">CLONES $12<br />
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</font></font><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Blue Odyssey<br />
Sweet and Sour Diesel<br />
Jack the Ripper<br />
Master Hindu<br />
Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">707 Headband<br />
Santa Cruz Kush</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">XXX Chem</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Purple Urkel</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Purple Snow</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Chem 4 </font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">LA Confidential</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
</font>   <font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="purple"><font face="&amp;quot">Hindu Skunk</font></font></font></font><font size="4"><br />
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</font><b><font color="seagreen"><font face="&amp;quot">If you like us, vote for us as </font></font></b><b><font face="&amp;quot">Best Alternative Medicine Dispensary </font></b><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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</font><b><font color="darkslategray"><font face="&amp;quot">http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/metronews/2010-best-of-silicon-valley/</font></font></b><b><font color="seagreen"><font face="&amp;quot"><br />
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  6 days until voting ends! :)</font></font></b></font></font></div>


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			<title><![CDATA[[Menu] $49 - All Top Shelf 4g 8ths (tax incl.) - Blueberry Kush Back!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:51:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>* 
* FREE for new members with $40+ donation on first visit 
* FREE Edible with a donation of $30+ for existing Members. Limit one Free edible per day. 
* FREE Gram for referring a friend that donates $40+. Only applies to existing members that had donated $40+ 
* Leaf Lab offers 4 gram for 8ths...</description>
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<div><b><font size="3"><ul><li>FREE for new members with $40+ donation on first visit</li>
<li>FREE Edible with a donation of $30+ for existing Members. Limit one Free edible per day.</li>
<li>FREE Gram for referring a friend that donates $40+. Only applies to existing members that had donated $40+</li>
<li>Leaf Lab offers 4 gram for 8ths (13% More Free), 8 gram for 1/4 (13% More Free), 16 gram for 1/2 (13% More Free),  Oz are 28g</li>
<li>Mix and Match Strains!</li>
<li>We accept MasterCard and Visa.</li>
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===========Menu <font color="Red">*All Donations Prices Include Tax*</font>===========<br />
<font size="2">Available Flowers:</font><br />
<font color="Green"><font size="2">Top Shelf 1g = $18, 4g 1/8ths = $49, 8g 1/4 = $98, 16g 1/2 = 186, 28g 1oz = $325</font></font><br />
<font color="Purple"><font size="2">B Grade 1g = $16, 4g 1/8ths = $45, 8g 1/4 = $90, 16g 1/2 = 170,  1oz = $300</font></font><br />
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<font color="green"><ul><li>91' Chemdawg (S/I) **NEW**</li>
<li>Blueberry (I/S)</li>
<li>Blueberry Kush (I/S) **NEW Today**</li>
<li>Lavender (S/I)</li>
<li>J1-TS (S/I)</li>
<li>G13 (I)  **NEW**</li>
<li>Green Crack (S)  **NEW**</li>
<li>Sour Diesel (I)</li>
</ul></font><br />
<font color="purple"><ul><li>Pure Kush (I)</li>
<li>Dream Queen (I) **NEW**<br />
</li>
</ul></font><br />
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<font color="blue">  Pre-Roll Joint (0.4g) Made from BUDS.  $8 each or 3 for $21<ul><li>AK-47 (S/I)</li>
<li>Blue Dream (S/I)</li>
<li>Jack Herrer (S/I)</li>
<li>Kryptonite (I/S)**NEW**</li>
<li>Haze Wreck (S/I)</li>
<li>Romulin (I)</li>
<li>Purple OG (I) **NEW**</li>
<li>White Rhino (S/I) **NEW**<br />
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<font color="brown">Edibles:<ul><li>Caramel Popcorn 4x  $4</li>
<li>Chocolate Chip Cookie 2x  $4</li>
<li>Chocolate Chip Cookie 5x  $8</li>
<li>Almond Chocolate Biscotti 2.5x $7</li>
<li>Blueberry Cookie 2x $4</li>
<li>Blueberry Cookie 5x $8</li>
<li>Double Chocolate Chip Cookie 2x $4</li>
<li>Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie 2x $4</li>
<li>Chocolate Butterscotch Cookie 2x $4</li>
<li>Oatmeal Raisin Pecan 7x $10</li>
<li>Orange Hard Candy 3x $7</li>
<li>Strawberry Jello Shot 2.5x $5 <br />
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</li>
</ul></font><br />
__________________________________________________  __________<br />
<font color="DarkOrange">Concentrates:<ul><li>Bubble Gum Hash Oil 1g $28</li>
<li>Shiva Crystal (bubble hash) 1g  $35</li>
<li>Ganesh Wafers (bubble hash) 1g $24</li>
<li>Lemon Thai Honey Elixir $25</li>
<li>Purple Kush Honey Elixir $25</li>
<li>Grape Wreck Agave Elixir $25</li>
<li>Grape Wreck Tincture $25</li>
<li>Purple Kush Tincture $25</li>
<li>Lemon Thai Tincture $25<br />
</li>
</ul></font><br />
Legand:<br />
(I) = Indica strain<br />
(I/S) = Indica dominate hybrid strain<br />
(S/I) = Sative dominate hybrid strain<br />
(TS) = Top Shelf<br />
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			<title>Brazilian City Makes Food A Basic Right And Ends Hunger</title>
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			<description>Brazilian City Makes Food A Basic Right And Ends Hunger : TreeHugger (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/brazilian-city-makes-food-a-basic-right-and-ends-hunger.php) 
 
Back in 1993, the newly elected city government of Belo Horizonte, Brazil declared that food was a right of citizenship. At...</description>
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Back in 1993, the newly elected city government of Belo Horizonte, Brazil declared that food was a right of citizenship. At that time, the city of 2.5 million had 275,000 people living in absolute poverty, and close to 20 percent of its children were going hungry. Since the declaration the city has all but wiped out hunger and only spends 2% of the city budget to do so.<br />
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So how did they make it happen?<br />
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Writing in the Spring edition of Yes! Magazine Frances Moore Lappé, author of the classic book Diet For A Small Planet, digs into how Belo Horizonte residents and government officials keep their city food secure. ....</div>


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			<description><![CDATA[*PROTEST at LA CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SEPT. 7th @ 9am*  
ASA is conducting a protest at CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 
  
  
*Tuesday SEPT. 7th, 2010 @ 9AM* 
  
*PROTEST AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE* 
  
*200 North Main Street* 
*Los Angeles, CA 90012*]]></description>
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<b>Tuesday SEPT. 7th, 2010 @ 9AM</b><br />
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<b><font color="blue">PROTEST AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE</font></b><br />
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<b>200 North Main Street</b><br />
<b>Los Angeles, CA 90012</b><br />
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<font size="4">Be There!</font><br />
<font size="4">10:30AM-Go and Speak at the City Council. Ask them for help against the ACTIONS of the CITY ATTORNEY!</font><br />
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<font size="4">let's spread the word to everyone!!</font></div>


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<b><font color="blue">PROTEST AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE</font></b><br />
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<b>200 North Main Street</b><br />
<b>Los Angeles, CA 90012</b><br />
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<font size="4">Be There!</font><br />
<font size="4">10:30AN- Then Go and Speak at the City Council. Ask them for help against the ACTIONS of the CITY ATTORNEY!</font><br />
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<font size="4">let's spread the word to everyone!!</font></div>


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<b>Tuesday SEPT. 7th, 2010, 9AM</b><br />
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<b><font color="blue">PROTEST AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE</font></b><br />
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<b>200 North Main Street</b><br />
<b>Los Angeles, CA 90012</b><br />
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<font size="4">Be There!</font><br />
<font size="4">10:30AM-Then Go and Speak at the City Council. Ask them for help against the ACTIONS of the CITY ATTORNEY!</font><br />
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Beware of fake new Microsoft Security Essentials rogue software | The Windows Club (http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software) 
 
*Beware of fake new Microsoft Security Essentials rogue software* 
 
              By Windows Club...</description>
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<b>Beware of fake new Microsoft Security Essentials rogue software</b><br />
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              By <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/" target="_blank">Windows Club</a>| August 23rd, 2010. Filed under:         <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/category/security" target="_blank">Security</a>. Tags: <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/tag/mse" target="_blank">MSE</a>, <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/tag/rogue" target="_blank">Rogue</a><br />
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     There is a new fake <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#" target="_blank"><font color="#0066c0"><font face="&amp;quot"><font face="&amp;quot">Microsoft</font></font></font></a> Security Essentials doing the rounds! This <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#" target="_blank"><font color="#0066c0"><font face="&amp;quot"><font face="&amp;quot">Microsoft </font><font face="&amp;quot">Security </font><font face="&amp;quot">Essentials</font></font></font></a> Alert is basically a Trojan which tries to trick you into buying one of the 5 rogue anti-virus programs that it is pushing. <br />
 <div align="center"><img src="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/fake-microsoft-security-essentials-alert-400x214.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div>  <br />
When the fake alert pops-up, it says that a malware has detected on your computer. It will list this Trojan as <i>Unknown Win32/Trojan</i> and  will then prompt you to clean your computer using any one of the security <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#" target="_blank"><font color="#0066c0"><font face="&amp;quot"><font face="&amp;quot">software</font></font></font><img src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" border="0" alt="" /><br />
</a> program.<br />
      It will then list 35 different  anti-virus programs, 30 of which are legitimate anti-virus programs and 5  that are the following rogues that the Trojan is distributing:<br />
 <ul><li>Red Cross Antivirus</li>
<li>Peak Protection 2010</li>
<li>Pest Detector 4.1</li>
<li>Major Defense Kit</li>
<li>AntiSpySafeguard or AntiSpy Safeguard</li>
</ul> During this fake online scan only the 5  fake anti-virus programs listed above will state that this supposed  Trojan is an infection. It does this to scare you into clicking the Free  Install button next to them that will install the rogue program onto  your computer and then <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#" target="_blank"><font color="#0066c0"><font face="&amp;quot"><font face="&amp;quot">reboot</font></font></font></a> your computer.<br />
 Read More: <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-fake-microsoft-security-essentials-alert" target="_blank">Bleeping Computer</a>.<br />
 <i>You can see the <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#" target="_blank"><font color="#0066c0"><font face="&amp;quot"><font face="&amp;quot">download </font><font face="&amp;quot">links</font></font></font></a> for the original Microsoft Security Essentials <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/download-microsoft-security-essentials" target="_blank">here</a>.</i><br />
                           Anand aka HappyAndyK is an end-user <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#" target="_blank"><font color="#0066c0"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Windows</font></font></font></a>  enthusiast, a Microsoft MVP in Windows Desktop Experience since 2007,  and the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com &amp; WinVistaClub.com.             <br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/beware-of-fake-new-microsoft-security-essentials-rogue-software#ixzz0yDiWTzUD" target="_blank">Beware of fake new Microsoft Security Essentials rogue software | The Windows Club</a></div>


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			<description><![CDATA[Just wondering if any Trackers are finding challenges w/this service ? ~ it seems there is a shortage of '"servers"' ,esp during peak hours (7-11pm ,LA))~ the movies are interrupted(freeze) infrequently during high traffic viewing ~ 
 
Hav had to switch servers (SanDiego) to avoid interruptions...]]></description>
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Hav had to switch servers (SanDiego) to avoid interruptions after 9pm (SanDiego settles down after 9)~ that is all</div>


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			<title>Marijuana scheme may be at center of West Hollywood triple homicide</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:42:52 GMT</pubDate>
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L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials are investigating whether a medical marijuana reselling scheme is at the center of a triple homicide in West Hollywood. 
 
Detectives said a 31-year-old man who was arrested Monday in connection...]]></description>
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				L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials are investigating whether a medical marijuana reselling scheme is at the center of a triple homicide in West Hollywood.<br />
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Detectives said a 31-year-old man who was arrested Monday in connection in the killing of three men at a Kings Road apartment last week was in possession of several pounds of marijuana.<br />
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&quot;It is believed the marijuana may have been taken by [suspect Harold Yong] Park from the West Hollywood apartment following the murders,&quot; Sheriff's Lt. Pat Nelson said.<br />
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The three men may have been buying marijuana from dispensaries and reselling it, Nelson said. Detectives believe they were killed when Park stole the drugs.<br />
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Park, of East Hollywood, was taken into custody Monday after he was pulled over in an area patrolled by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's Lomita station in the South Bay, the department said.<br />
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His vehicle was identified by an automated license plate recognition system in the patrol car. Detectives had developed leads and staked out the area where the arrest was made.<br />
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The three men were shot and killed late Thursday night in an apartment in the 600 block of North Kings Road.<br />
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The slayings shocked neighbors in the quiet neighborhood, which is a short walk from trendy Melrose Avenue.<br />
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The victims were identified as Pirooz Moussazadeh, 27; his brother, Shahriar Moussazadeh, 38; and Bernard Khalili, 27.<br />
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Several neighbors said the 28-unit apartment building is filled with immigrants from Iran, Israel, Poland and Russia.<br />
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They said there was a high turnover of tenants in the building.<br />
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Park was interviewed by investigators after he was pulled over and was arrested on suspicion of homicide.<br />
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He was being held at the Lomita sheriff's station.<br />
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Nelson credited detectives and investigators with the sheriff's crime lab for coming up with the leads that led to Park's arrest.<br />
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<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/marijuana-scheme-at-center-of-triple-murder-in-west-hollywood-detectives-say.html" target="_blank">Marijuana scheme may be at center of West Hollywood triple homicide, detectives say | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times</a></div>


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From the highways of Los Angeles to the Citarum River of Bandung, Indonesia, earth's most polluted city of Linfen, China to the streets of...]]></description>
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From the highways of Los Angeles to the Citarum River of Bandung, Indonesia, earth's most polluted city of Linfen, China to the streets of London, the world is laden with man-made pollution. Chemical, air, water and oil pollution ruin the environment, cause premature deaths, spoil the world's resources and worsen climate change.<br />
<br />
As the world's population soars to nearly 7 billion, we here at HuffPost Green thought that it time to investigate some of the world's most polluted places. Check out our slideshow of nine of the most polluted places in the world. Find out which city's death rate surpasses its birth rate by 260 percent. Or which city has 50,000 people die prematurely each year due to man-made air pollution. As always, we want to hear from you. Tell us what you think in the comments.</div>


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			<description><![CDATA[Newsweek Poll: Republicans Think Obama 'Probably' Wants To Impose Islamic Law | TPMDC (http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/newsweek-poll-republicans-think-obama-probably-wants-to-impose-islamic-law.php?ref=fpb) 
 
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This has got to be willfull ignorance at work here. There can't be any other explanation IMHO. Do these people read American History? Are these people aware that the POTUS does not have such powers?  Each new poll comes up with astounding results. The influence of the conservative media is freaky. We have a large segment of our population that will believe things that are just not true. Wow!</div>


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			<title>Bigoted Church Building Church Near Ground Zero</title>
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			<description><![CDATA['Ground Zero church': A 'bigoted' Christian response? - The Week (http://theweek.com/article/index/206643/ground-zero-church-a-bigoted-christian-response) 
 
A very famous bigot is building a church near Ground Zero. I feel he has every right to build this church as long as he can afford it, and it...]]></description>
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A very famous bigot is building a church near Ground Zero. I feel he has every right to build this church as long as he can afford it, and it passes zoning muster. I am not hearing a peep out of the anti-Community Center folks, even though this would appear to be controversial. This Pastors legacy is one of hate and division. You would think it would cause a stir!</div>


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			<title>PROTEST SEP 7th 10am</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:58:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ASA is conducting a protest at CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 
 
 
Tuesday SEPT. 7th, 2010, 10AM 
 
PROTEST AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 
 
200 North Main Street 
Los Angeles, CA 90012]]></description>
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<div>ASA is conducting a protest at CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE<br />
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<br />
Tuesday SEPT. 7th, 2010, 10AM<br />
<br />
PROTEST AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE<br />
<br />
200 North Main Street<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90012<br />
<br />
<br />
Please mark your calendars<br />
<br />
<br />
WHO IS COMMING?<br />
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<br />
let's spread the word!</div>


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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sun Valley CAregiver's]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[[Deal] Check Out This New Patient Special]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:25:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>New Patient Special :thumb: 
 
 
The First 50 New Patients To Come In And Mention WeedTracker, Will Recieve A Free 1/8th With Purchase!!:whoo: You Must Be A New Patient And Must Mention WeedTracker!! This Special Is For Saturday The 4th And Sunday The 5th!!!:thumb:</description>
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<font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="5">The First 50 New Patients To Come In And Mention WeedTracker, Will Recieve A Free 1/8th With Purchase!!:whoo: You Must Be A New Patient And Must Mention WeedTracker!! This Special Is For Saturday The 4th And Sunday The 5th!!!:thumb:</font></font></div>


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			<title>Gread Movies with hot women starring in them!</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[5uMlNKozweg&feature=channel:hippie:]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I am listening to Snoop dog and wondering how many people like Snoop like I do...You can post his songs, interviews, etc...Here. 
 
EffiRHdKRv8&feature=related]]></description>
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<div>I am listening to Snoop dog and wondering how many people like Snoop like I do...You can post his songs, interviews, etc...Here.<br />
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			<title>The Sunset Thread!!!  A place to post your sunset pics...</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey all, I know we got em, especially livin in So' Cal, or Cali in general...I wanna see your best sunset pics! 
 
If someone wants to start a sunrise thread, by all means....but I am in no way a morning person, lol... 
 
So with all the said, LET THE SUNSET PICS ROLL!!!]]></description>
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<div>Hey all, I know we got em, especially livin in So' Cal, or Cali in general...I wanna see your best sunset pics!<br />
<br />
If someone wants to start a sunrise thread, by all means....but I am in no way a morning person, lol...<br />
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So with all the said, LET THE SUNSET PICS ROLL!!!</div>


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			<title><![CDATA[[Menu] Central Valley Cannabis CLUB - A New Leaf Health Services Picture Menu]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:31:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A NEW LEAF HEALTH SERVICES 
 
Donation Price: 
1/8 - $55  
1/4 - $95  
1/2 - $180  
1oz - $350 
 
OG Kush Donation Price: 
1/8 - $60</description>
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1/8 - <font color="red">$55</font> <br />
1/4 - <font color="red">$95</font> <br />
1/2 - <font color="red">$180</font> <br />
1oz - <font color="red">$350</font><br />
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<font size="6"><font color="LIME">OG Kush Donation Price:</font></font><br />
1/8 - <font color="Red">$60</font> <br />
1/4 - <font color="Red">$100</font><br />
1/2 - <font color="RED">$185</font><br />
1OZ -<font color="RED">$335</font> (<font color="BLUE">SPECIAL THIS WEEK!</font>):bolt:<br />
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<font color="Blue"><font size="6">Click on UNDERLINED TEXT to See NLHS's newest Cannabis MENU!</font><br />
</font><ul><li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0003.jpg" target="_blank"> OG KUSH</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0007.jpg" target="_blank">ChemDawg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0010.jpg" target="_blank"> Blue Dream</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0015.jpg" target="_blank"> Green Crack</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0019.jpg" target="_blank"> 707 HeadBand</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0022.jpg" target="_blank"> Chem 4</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0027.jpg" target="_blank"> Chem '91</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0031.jpg" target="_blank">NYC Diesel</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0039.jpg" target="_blank">Sour Diesel </a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0043.jpg" target="_blank">Violator Kush</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae315/NLHS1/IMG_0046.jpg" target="_blank">White Widow</a><br />
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<font color="Red"><font size="6">1/4 Minimum Order or $95.00 Dollar Equivalent!</font></font><br />
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			<title>100th post 3 years almost TY WT</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[So I was looking at the control panel and noticed I have posted in the forums 99 times , I don't post as much as most cause im anti social as hell but im getting better. so I thought Id make my 100th post my Thank You Weedtracker post. 
 
Weedtracker Staff I don't really know any of you but I dig...]]></description>
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<div><font size="5"><font color="RoyalBlue">So I was looking at the control panel and noticed I have posted in the forums 99 times , I don't post as much as most cause im anti social as hell but im getting better. so I thought Id make my 100th post my Thank You Weedtracker post.<br />
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Weedtracker Staff I don't really know any of you but I dig you and appreciate what you have here for us patients. You make it simple for us patients to find a dispensary with safe access, your forums educate us, and the community you have created is just a bunch of really wonderful people..... and i'm rambling on....  <br />
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The Point...   Thanks very much .... you are Very appreciated by this proud member of weedtracker :) :thumb:<br />
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			<title>Pokers and Bong Lighter Leashes</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:31:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I make them... :hippie:</description>
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			<title>Suspect Arrested in West Hollywood Triple Murder</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[car and initiated a traffic stop. He was arrested without incident and a "significant amount (multiple pounds) of marijuana" was found in his car, according to the Sheriff's Department. Detectives believe the marijuana was taken from the West Hollywood 
 
More......]]></description>
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<div>car and initiated a traffic stop. He was arrested without incident and a &quot;significant amount (multiple pounds) of marijuana&quot; was found in his car, according to the Sheriff's Department. Detectives believe the marijuana was taken from the West Hollywood<br />
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<a href="http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r5255859252u&amp;w=2390512" target="_blank">More...</a><br />
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			<title>Medical Marijuana Inc Launches the Next Phase of The Hemp Network...</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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*Medical Marijuana Inc Launches the Next Phase of The Hemp Network With Over 1,750 Agents* 
 
Medical Marijuana Inc Launches the Next Phase of The Hemp Network With Over 1,750 Agents | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS95873+30-Aug-2010+MW20100830) 
 
 
 
 
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				<font size="3"><b>Medical Marijuana Inc Launches the Next Phase of The Hemp Network With Over 1,750 Agents</b></font><br />
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS95873+30-Aug-2010+MW20100830" target="_blank">Medical Marijuana Inc Launches the Next Phase of The Hemp Network With Over 1,750 Agents | Reuters</a><br />
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<br />
<font size="1">Aug 30, 2010 7:20am EDT </font><br />
<br />
Medical Marijuana Inc (PINKSHEETS: MJNA) through their division The Hemp<br />
Network(R) (<a href="http://www.thehempnetwork.com" target="_blank">My Hemp System</a>), has successfully launched the next<br />
phase of their soft launch.<br />
<br />
&quot;Now we can test the systems, introduce the lead off product line,<br />
Nature's Ancient Wisdom(TM), and move toward final integration in 20<br />
days,&quot; said President Don Steinberg. &quot;For the past months, we have been<br />
consulting with respected immunologists, doctors and formulators in the<br />
development of what we believe are some of the finest whole foods<br />
available, all of which contain the 'super food' hemp. Our focus is on<br />
pure and natural ingredients, bringing the highest quality at the best<br />
prices.&quot; <br />
<br />
    Director of Product Development Dianna Kaplan stated, &quot;We are now<br />
offering natural products that contain plant materials that have been<br />
brought to light after decades of obscurity and now warmly accepted in<br />
this age of nutritional awareness and environmental stewardship. These<br />
products have the potential for huge market share as did the 'Fish Oils'<br />
of the 1980s, or the 'Omegas' of the 1990s.&quot;<br />
<br />
    The Hemp Network(R)'s lead product line, &quot;Nature's Ancient Wisdom(TM),&quot;<br />
is derived from Medicinal Mushrooms combined with hemp protein. These<br />
mushrooms have long been esteemed in traditional Chinese medicine. Turkey<br />
Tail mushroom, an ingredient in one of our blends, has been the subject<br />
of a large number of controlled clinical studies in Asia showing that it<br />
can help rebuild the immune system in people with a wide range of<br />
cancers. Whole food mushrooms supply the body with an antioxidant<br />
enzymatic transport system targeting stress points and improving oxygen<br />
to the cells, increasing energy levels and mental clarity. <br />
<br />
    CEO Bruce Perlowin added, &quot;The potential efficacy of this transport<br />
system bringing hemp protein, with its wide spectrum of beneficials,<br />
including 19 amino acids for more rapid transport to the cells is<br />
intriguing.&quot;<br />
<br />
    Our mushrooms are grown in the USA on organic substrates and air dried at<br />
low temperatures to preserve the proteins and avoid damaging the<br />
important micronutrient structure. The mushrooms are then ground and<br />
blended with hemp protein powder to achieve our &quot;Nature's Ancient<br />
Wisdom(TM)&quot; proprietary formulas.<br />
<br />
    ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA INC<br />
<br />
    Medical Marijuana Inc recognizes the vast and unequaled opportunities<br />
that exist in the rapidly expanding hemp and medical marijuana<br />
industries. The scientific recognition of cannabis has brought legalized<br />
marijuana use to the forefront of mainstream discussion, thus opening the<br />
door for safe and lucrative investment opportunities.<br />
<br />
    MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS<br />
<br />
    Medical Marijuana Inc has developed a suite of solutions to deliver an<br />
efficient and secure infrastructure for the Medical Marijuana Industry<br />
which provides the tools to industry operators to effectively manage<br />
their business with the confidence that they are in full compliance.<br />
Workshops and vender booths covering all aspects of this multi-billion<br />
dollar emerging industry are featured at their Expos -- the next one<br />
scheduled on October 29, 30 and 31st in the Silverdome in Pontiac,<br />
Michigan: <a href="http://www.harmonyharvestfest.com" target="_blank">Harmony Harvest Fest</a><br />
<br />
    ABOUT THE HEMP NETWORK<br />
<br />
    The Hemp Network(R) was established to provide hemp and wellness related<br />
products to a wide marketplace with the use of network marketing to<br />
create massive distribution. <br />
<br />
    President Don Steinberg and CEO Bruce Perlowin have in the past created<br />
one of the world's largest network marketing companies in the<br />
telecommunications industry. They bring that experience plus Dianna<br />
Kaplan heading up the products division with a formidable team of<br />
advisors and associates that include immunologists, formulators, Doctors,<br />
marketing teams, and software engineers. <br />
<br />
    STAY TUNED<br />
<br />
    To learn more about The Hemp Network(R) and to participate in daily<br />
conference calls which discuss the pay plan, products, upcoming events<br />
and exchange of ideas, call 218-339-3600 PIN: 321677, Monday thru<br />
Thursday at 6 PM Pacific time, or listen to the recorded calls 24/7 at:<br />
951-262-3496 or go to: <a href="http://www.thehempnetwork.com" target="_blank">My Hemp System</a>. <br />
<br />
    FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER <br />
<br />
    This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and<br />
information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the<br />
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of<br />
1934, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This<br />
material contains statements about expected future events and/or<br />
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				Message from Judge Gray about keeping our image clean for the campaign.<br />
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---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />
From: Jim Gray &lt;jimpgray@sbcglobal.net&gt;<br />
Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:30 PM<br />
Subject: RE: Ten Weeks To Go!<br />
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This is extremely important, and I reaffirm it. I don't use marijuana, and<br />
don't actually want to be around it when it is used by others. In my view,<br />
that should be my right, and, from a political standpoint, if people were to<br />
take advantage of this situation it could strongly work against what we are<br />
trying to do, which is to allow adults in privacy to decide what to put into<br />
their bodies.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Please read message from the state campaign. Although I do not believe in<br />
regulating people's behavior nor babysitting them, I will request that you<br />
please do not use openly cannabis in the future at any of our events,<br />
rallies, etc. If you do need to medicate, please do it in a discreet<br />
location. We don't want the media to put us in negative light since there<br />
is a lot of stigma out there about marijuana use and the stereotypes that<br />
the mainstream media likes to perpetuate about users. While it is<br />
unfortunate, it is the reality that we live in.<br />
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Which leads me to my next point. Our Sept 11th town hall with Judge Jim<br />
Gray will be held at Irvine United Congregational Church. While both<br />
pastors of this church, which I am a member of, support Prop 19, they<br />
request that absolutely no smoking (cannabis and tobacco) be done on church<br />
grounds. There is a preschool in the area and the Prayer Shawl/Knitting<br />
ministry will be meeting in an adjacent building around that same time. I<br />
had to work very hard to get the church and the Peace and Justice ministry<br />
to agree to host this forum and had to make some concessions with the<br />
Ministries Board in order to get to use the facility for no charge. Suffice<br />
to say, there was some opposition to having the church host this forum from<br />
some members and we are trying to make a concerted effort to reach out to<br />
the faith community and let them know about the social justice and<br />
humanitarian issues that need to be addressed in the issues of drug policy<br />
reform. The last thing we need is to reinforce those stereotypes to those<br />
people that may be on the proverbial fence on this issue.<br />
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Please keep this in mind for all future events. If you do need to medicate<br />
on the day of the forum, I can show you where you can go away from the<br />
church grounds.<br />
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Thank you for your support and cooperation in this matter.
			
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California's Proposition 19 is generating debate across the country 
 
 
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California's Proposition 19 is generating debate across the country<br />
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<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/One-Minute-Debate/2010/0830/Should-California-legalize-pot" target="_blank">Should California legalize pot? - CSMonitor.com</a><br />
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<font size="1">August 30, 2010</font> <br />
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<b>Yes: State regulation of adult use makes sense</b><br />
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California voters this November will decide on Proposition 19, which seeks to control and regulate the adult use of marijuana. Critics claim that cannabis is not harmless. Yet it is precisely because marijuana is a psychoactive substance that it ought to be legalized and controlled accordingly. <br />
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After all, we don’t tax and regulate alcohol – which poses far greater risks – because it’s innocuous. We do so because we recognize that booze temporarily alters mood and behavior and thus should be regulated appropriately, along with controls regarding who can legally produce it, distribute it, consume it, and under what circumstances its use is lawfully permitted. These same principles ought to apply to cannabis.<br />
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Surveys show that young people have easier access to illegal marijuana than they have to alcohol or cigarettes. Why? Because the production and sale of these latter products are regulated and legally limited to adults. As a result, teen use of cigarettes has fallen to its lowest levels in decades, while young people’s use of cannabis is rising. In short, it’s legalization, regulation, and public education – coupled with the enforcement of age restrictions – that most effectively keep mind-altering substances out of the hands of children. Despite more than 70 years of federal prohibition, marijuana is here to stay. It’s time to acknowledge this reality, cease ceding control of the marijuana market to untaxed criminal enterprises, and put it in the hands of licensed businesses. <br />
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– Paul Armentano, deputy director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws<br />
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<b>No: legalization means more costs</b><br />
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Proposition 19 will not solve California’s economic woes. It does not require the state to impose a tax on marijuana; it only allows local governments to determine if and how they will tax pot, although the entire state risks increased billions in health and social expenditures resulting from increased use. <br />
<br />
We have already seen and paid for the effects that tobacco and alcohol have had on society. If we learn from past experiences, we can conclude that marijuana would follow down the same path. <br />
<br />
Legalizing marijuana use would substantially increase its already formidable costs to society. That’s because the initiative would allow individuals to possess up to about 120 joints and cultivate 25 square feet of plants, capable of yielding up to 240,000 joints. <br />
<br />
This initiative will lead to Amsterdam-style pot cafes and more grow houses. Black market sales would continue and aggressively target children, while tax evasion would be inevitable since there is no formal way to regulate this drug, resulting in very little government revenue. Supporters of drug legalization seek to protect the selfish, perceived rights of the minority – drug users who want the freedom to use their drugs of choice – at the peril of the majority.<br />
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Legalization would also create an influx in drugged-driving fatalities, more deteriorated neighborhoods, more divorce, more domestic violence, more child abuse, and more addiction! <br />
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Proposition 19 battle escalates | CAIVN (http://caivn.org/article/2010/08/30/proposition-19-battle-escalates) 
 
 
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<a href="http://caivn.org/article/2010/08/30/proposition-19-battle-escalates" target="_blank">Proposition 19 battle escalates | CAIVN</a><br />
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<font size="1">by Mytheos HoltMon, Aug 30th 2010</font><br />
<b>Over the past week, two high-profile signs of opposition to Proposition 19 have cropped up - signs that have also engendered a fierce and passionate backlash from the proponents of the measure. So fierce is this backlash, In fact, that it is a fair question to ask whether the backlash could do more to advance the case for the measure than the original opposition measures did to retard that case.</b><br />
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The first measure came when Reddit's corporate parent Conde Nast announced that it would no longer allow Reddit to feature ads by entities that support Proposition 19. The reasoning was never made clear, although presumably Conde Nast feared for its corporate image, and saw this as a potential route to make sure that said image was not compromised.<br />
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<br />
However, as is the case with all attempts to control the internet, the plan backfired spectacularly. Redddit announced that it would still feature ads from pro-Proposition 19 groups, but for free, simply as a route to stick it to the proverbial man. The result was a flood of anti-corporate, pro-Proposition 19 posts  on Reddit, accusing Conde Nast of censorship and corporate control in profanity-laced terms. Geekosystem has the details:<br />
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&quot;The whole brouhaha has served first, to bring tons more attention to an issue that Condé Nast had hoped to sweep under the carpet; second, to plaster the site with pro-Prop 19 ads anyway - for free!; and third, to highlight how much money the occasionally cash-strapped site could have potentially made by selling ad space to groups that support Proposition 19, given the relevance to the community.<br />
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<br />
Condé may be fearful - and not wholly without justification - that this episode will scare big corporate advertisers away from Reddit, thinking its community to be a bunch of ornery, bacon-hungry potheads; in truth, while in truth there are some marijuana-centric subreddits (FDL mentions trees, marijuana, weed, cannabis, and prop19), these comprise a pretty small portion of the site's overall readership, whereas issues concerning free speech and corporate influence tend to rouse a much larger percentage of the beehive.&quot;<br />
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<br />
The fallout has been going for too short a time to gauge its long term effect, but there's little doubt that actions like this by Conde Nast do more to encourage Proposition 19 supporters than to discourage them.Similarly, a recent op-ed by former Drug Czars of the Obama, Clinton and Bush I and II administrations opposing Propostiion 19 may have done more harm than good for opponents of the measure. <br />
<br />
The Czars raise several points of opposition - that marijuana is a public safety hazard, that the United States would be unique if it took such a radical step towards decriminalization and that the higher tax argument is a red herring at the point where a pre-existing black market could still flourish. <br />
<br />
The result has been an outpouring of sentiment in favor of Proposition 19 on various friendly blogs, to say nothing of the potential antigovernment fervor that the presence of Drug Czars could harness in favor of the measure. In other words, in an era when technocracy is distrusted, the decision to foreground arguments by technocrats is unwise no matter what area of the political spectrum it comes from.<br />
<br />
The debate is far from over, of course, and to pronounce the measure either dead or unbeatable would be the height of folly. However, if the past weeks have seen a spike in opposition to Proposition 19, it seems equally the case that proponents of the measures are beginning to find their feet this week. Where it will go from here can only be guessed.
			
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<b>&quot;We got to compete with China, and if everybody's stoned,<br />
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				<font size="3">Cannabis Community Believes Prop 19 Hurts Patients, Only Benefits Oakland </font><br />
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<b>Two headlines in the news today highlights two key groups that most would assume support Proposition 19, but are in fact against it. The poorly written initiative, which would legalize recreational use of marijuana, is set for this November’s ballot.</b><br />
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The Sacramento Bee article, entitled “Medical Pot Industry Split on Prop. 19,” noted that Proposition 19 will create more confusion and  “threatens protections put in place for medical pot users with the 1996 passage of California’s medical marijuana law.”  As an example, the author points out that a medical “marijuana store can legally serve an 18-year-old who has a physician’s recommendation,” but this does not fit the language of Proposition 19, “which restricts recreational pot use to people over 21.”<br />
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The article highlights many of the concerns about Proposition 19 in the medical marijuana community:<br />
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“‘I'm against this because I feel patients have been sold a bill of goods that is going to take their freedom away,’ said Lanette Davies, who runs Canna Care.”<br />
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“Another opponent, Don Johnson, who operates the Unity Non-Profit Collective in Sacramento, said he worries about contradictions between California's medical marijuana law and Proposition 19. For example, Johnson's marijuana store can legally serve an 18-year-old who has a physician's recommendation. He wonders how that squares with Proposition 19, which restricts recreational pot use to people over 21. “‘It seems to me there will be a double rule on the books,’ Johnson said. ‘It's mass confusion.’”<br />
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Yamileth Bolanos, a cancer survivor who runs the Purelife Alternative Wellness Center in Los Angeles, “worries legalizing recreational pot could create shortages of high quality marijuana for medical needs and stir a frenzy in cities trying to figure out the new law. ‘They can't even get medical marijuana right,’ Bolanos said. ‘How are they going to open up these places [dispensaries] for recreational use? Is it just going to be bedlam?’<br />
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The East Bay Express, in the article called “Stoners Against Legalization” notes that even individuals in the marijuana industry who support legalization realize Proposition 19 is not the way to go about it.<br />
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The piece explains that while at first, marijuana advocates are excited to hear about the possibility of legalization, they then read the measure and change their minds.<br />
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The article also illustrates that this initiative was “started by hemp-activist-turned-Oakland-educator Richard Lee,” against the wishes of other marijuana legalization advocates:<br />
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“Meanwhile, what might be called the mainstream drug law reform community, groups like NORML and the Drug Policy Alliance, has had its own problems with Tax Cannabis 2010. Still smarting from an expensive defeat in 2008 over the Proposition 5 ‘rehab not jail’ initiative, they told Lee not to press forward in 2010.”<br />
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But Lee did press forward, and “since then, the entire world has been watching the race,” while “mainstream drug law reformers have kept their money out.”<br />
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Some marijuana advocates think this is because Lee and his Oaksterdam University in Oakland have the most to gain from Proposition 19.<br />
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“‘For me, it’s great Oakland is going to have a measure for them, but they are pushing it on the rest of the state. I just don’t think that this proposition is written good enough for the rest of the state to help Oakland out,” said Jennifer Soares, a drug lawyer against Proposition 19.<br />
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Both articles can be found online:<br />
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East Bay Express: <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/stoners-against-legalization/Content?oid=2018142&amp;showFullText=true" target="_blank">Stoners Against Legalization | Feature | East Bay Express</a><br />
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Sacramento Bee: <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/25/2980741/pot-prop-19.html#mi_rss=Top%20Stories" target="_blank">Medical pot industry split on Prop. 19 - Marijuana - sacbee.com</a>
			
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<font size="1">Posted: 08/29/2010 01:30:00 AM PDT<br />
Tony Newman and Stephen Gutwillig</font><br />
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<b>Californians have a chance to make history in November when they vote on Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana for adults over 21. Polls collectively show voters split but leaning toward this momentous stand against failed marijuana prohibition. Ten weeks from Election Day, it's clear how much Prop. 19 has already accomplished for the drug policy reform movement.</b><br />
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Prop. 19 is arguably the highest profile voter initiative in the nation and has unleashed a torrent of global interest. The initiative has generated thousands of international stories, explicitly discussing this alternative to our disastrous policies. <br />
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In particular, Prop. 19 has radically accelerated the public's understanding of the relative harms of marijuana, tobacco and alcohol, validating the widespread suspicion that a fundamental hypocrisy lies at the heart of the outright ban on marijuana -- as evidenced by the endorsement of former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders.<br />
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Prop. 19 has inspired an unprecedented coalition in support of reforming our futile and wasteful marijuana laws. Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Firedoglake.com organized students, law-enforcement, libertarians and progressives to launch their &quot;Just Say Now&quot; campaign.<br />
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The California NAACP, the state ACLU affiliates and the National Black Police Association all endorsed Prop. 19, specifically citing the chilling racial disparities in the enforcement of marijuana laws. Latino leadership, starting recently with Assemblyman Hector De La Torre and the Latino Voters League, has just begun to weigh in as well.<br />
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Finally, organized labor -- from longshoremen to food to communications workers -- for the first time offered endorsements because controlling and regulating marijuana will mean jobs and revenue that the state currently cedes to criminal cartels and the black market. <br />
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This coalition signifies that serious people take regulating marijuana for adults seriously. Prop. 19 is now at the heart of spirited debates at kitchen tables, in college classrooms and in halls of power that once assumed the inevitability of the status quo. In fact, former Mexican President Vicente Fox just endorsed marijuana legalization precisely to address the prohibition-related bloodbath in Mexico that has taken 28,000 lives since 2006.<br />
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In this country Prop. 19 has truly sped up the political debate on marijuana policy overall, one that was previously dominated by medical marijuana issues. The major candidates for statewide office in California generally oppose Prop. 19. <br />
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However professional politicos, including California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton, already identify marijuana legalization as a potential game-changing issue to drive Democratic turnout among younger, progressive voters in this and future elections. <br />
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That's precisely why nominee for lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom, with a potentially long future in state politics, publicly agonized over his decision, saying, &quot;I'm frustrated with myself on this one, to be truthful.&quot;<br />
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Even the California PTA has acknowledged these shifting winds by taking a neutral rather than opposing position, signaling the historic debate that must have occurred within its venerable ranks. <br />
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Prop. 19 has created opportunities that conventional wisdom simply couldn't have predicted. Anyone sick and tired of our disastrous marijuana prohibition has been handed a chance to make history. California voters should not only go to the polls but also talk to friends, family and neighbors about Prop. 19. Those of us outside of California should support the campaign financially right now and help get out the vote in November. <br />
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Prop. 19 is already a winner. Imagine when we make this the vote heard around the world. <br />
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<a href="http://www.ocregister.com/news/marijuana-264149-medical-expo.html" target="_blank">Marijuana advocates flock to Anaheim expo | marijuana, medical, expo - News - The Orange County Register</a><br />
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<b>They came to learn about marijuana laws, how to start a medical dispensary business, what they could do to change the stigma of the drug.</b><br />
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Inside a cavernous hall at the Anaheim Convention Center, more than 1,000 people gathered Saturday for Orange County's first medical marijuana convention, an all-day event called the Know Your Rights Expo.<br />
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Attendees swapped stories, perused 120 vendor booths and listened to talks by medical advocates, political strategists, even a retired Orange County judge.<br />
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The only thing missing was cannabis itself; no medical marijuana was allowed to be sold at the expo, and no drug use was permitted on the premises.<br />
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&quot;All of the paraphernalia, insurance companies, doctors – it's mainstream; they are not hiding anything,&quot; said retired Judge James Gray, a vocal critic of America's war on drugs and a 20-year veteran of the Orange County Superior Court. &quot;There is no question – marijuana will be regulated and controlled. It's just a matter of when.&quot;<br />
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The Orange County expo comes just two months before California voters will be asked to decide whether the legal sale of medical marijuana should be regulated and taxed.<br />
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Proposition 19, if passed, would give further legitimacy to medical marijuana use in California and help erode the lingering stigmas associated with the drug, said Bob Calkin, founder of the Los Angeles-based California Cannabis Institute, a seminar program that teaches people how to start medical marijuana businesses.<br />
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&quot;We're at the tip of the iceberg; we're defining now how the industry is going to unroll,&quot; said Calkin, as he manned his booth at Saturday's expo. &quot;If Prop. 19 passes, more people will want it and feel comfortable using it.&quot;<br />
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On sale Saturday was everything from marijuana cookbooks and posters to storage containers and hand-blown glass pipes.<br />
At entertainer Magic Jason Ellingson's booth, a comic book chronicling the adventures of Henry Hemp was available for $3.<br />
&quot;Nobody should be in jail for a plant; no jail for pot, hemp seeds or anything!&quot; <br />
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Ellingson said into a microphone as expo attendees walked by his booth, smiling at the green foam hat shaped like gigantic marijuana leaf perched on his head.<br />
At the Unconventional Foundation for Autism booth, parent Mieko Hester-Perez of Brea recounted her controversial decision to treat her terminally ill, autistic son with small doses of marijuana.<br />
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Joey, who was had been given just six months to live last year, weighed 48 pounds at age 10, Hester-Perez said. He was extremely aggressive, on 13 medications for autism, and had recently been diagnosed with anorexia and malnutrition, she said.<br />
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After she began giving him carefully controlled doses of marijuana in a brownie, his behavior improved, he gained more than 40 pounds and he went down to two autism medications, said Hester-Perez, founder of the Unconventional Foundation for Autism, which works with more than 100 parents.<br />
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&quot;I saved my son's life,&quot; said Hester-Perez, whose story has been featured on TV shows like Good Morning America and 20/20. &quot;This is an alternative to parents who have exhausted all other means.&quot;<br />
Hester-Perez said her decision came with great hesitation, and even at Saturday's expo, she explained how out of place she felt.<br />
&quot;I feel like a fish out of water,&quot; she said. &quot;I'm a non-cannabis user, and the next booth over is selling marijuana pipes. But I'm here. I couldn't sleep at night knowing I could help another family.&quot;<br />
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A few booths down from her was Other Side Farms, a Costa Mesa cooperative that grows medical marijuana for about 200 members, including for young Joey and for Joanne Clarke, a Costa Mesa legal secretary who has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for the past 23 years.<br />
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&quot;I was addicted to opiates (prescription pain killers), so I decided to withdraw myself and try this,&quot; said Clarke, who uses an electric convenience vehicle for long distances. &quot;I had smoked pot two times in my life and didn't like it.&quot;<br />
Clarke said she started medicating herself with cannabis via pills and brownies.<br />
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&quot;The pain goes away and it gives me energy,&quot; Clarke said. &quot;It surprises me I don't get high. I go slow and gradually.&quot;<br />
The expo was sponsored by the Orange County chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, along with the Santa Ana-based law firm Glew &amp; Kim.<br />
Such expos have become increasingly common in recent years, popping up across Southern California, officials said.<br />
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&quot;I'm utterly enthusiastic Orange County is supporting this,&quot; said prominent medical marijuana activist Richard Eastman, who founded a similar event in West Hollywood five years ago.<br />
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&quot;There are still people here who say, 'Reefer madness!' and still doctors who write prescriptions for dangerous (legal) drugs instead of cannabis. I'm fighting for the right to be able to put the medicine I want to put in my own body.&quot;
			
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Oakland Co. authorities arrest 15 after two raids in Ferndale, Waterford</b><br />
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<b>Authorities raided two medical marijuana businesses and arrested 15 people for allegedly making illegal sales in a crackdown announced Thursday by Oakland County officials.</b> <br />
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The arrests followed an undercover investigation that found marijuana being sold illegally, often without buyers showing state-issued medical marijuana cards, officials said. The cards are distributed to people whose doctors prescribed marijuana for pain relief. <br />
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Raids Wednesday night targeted Clinical Relief, a Ferndale clinic, and Everybody's Café, a Waterford Township restaurant that runs an after-hours &quot;compassion club&quot; behind closed doors. Arrests and drug seizures also occurred at Metro Detroit homes and a Macomb County warehouse, officials said. <br />
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&quot;This is Michigan, not some Cheech and Chong movie,&quot; Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Thursday at a news conference. Deputies displayed seized items that included bagged and candied marijuana worth $750,000, hash oil, other drugs and growing equipment. <br />
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The arrests were made for offenses ranging from possession to sales and distribution of marijuana and include business operators, employees and customers, including some with state-issued medical marijuana cards. <br />
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All are jailed and expected to be charged today. <br />
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The arrests left some medical marijuana cardholders angry and confused. <br />
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&quot;This is nothing but harassment,&quot; said Thomas Smith, 28, of Auburn Hills, a member of the Waterford Area Compassion Club, which met at Everybody's Café to use marijuana. &quot;These are good people and haven't done anything illegal.&quot; <br />
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Bouchard said the café sells memberships for $20 a year, and state-certified patients and caregivers can participate. The club has about 450 members. <br />
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The raids were carried out as Michigan municipalities grapple with enforcing the state's medical marijuana law, which voters passed in November 2008. Earlier this week, Ferndale officials lifted a moratorium on medical marijuana businesses and agreed to allow them in certain zoning areas. <br />
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Smith, who has a doctor's prescription for marijuana because of two deteriorated discs and chronic pain, showed up outside the closed café Thursday afternoon to support its absent owners. <br />
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He said marijuana has helped him escape an addiction to legal painkillers such as OxyContin. <br />
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&quot;Those drugs kill people,&quot; Smith said. &quot;It's the drug companies who are the drug dealers. Yet they are treating people like this as criminals. I don't get it.&quot; <br />
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Bouchard and county Prosecutor Jessica Cooper told reporters that state law in Michigan differs from that in California or any of the other 13 states that permit use of marijuana for medical purposes, such as an appetite stimulants for patients, or to reduce pain from glaucoma or HIV. <br />
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&quot;Marijuana is illegal to possess, manufacture or sell in Michigan except for persons exempt because they have a physician's approval to use it and a card issued by the state,&quot; Cooper said. &quot;Caregivers must also obtain a state card, and even then can only take care of five patients, for which they are allowed to grow and harvest 12 plants for each, no more.&quot; <br />
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But while nearly 30,000 residents hold state exemptions or seek them, Michigan law has no provision for dispensaries of marijuana. <br />
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Law enforcement officials are concerned that communities may become awash in dispensaries where people could improperly obtain the drug. <br />
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&quot;People are applying laws from other states here,&quot; said Cooper. &quot;What goes in California doesn't go here.&quot; <br />
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Owners deny allegations<br />
Clinical Relief, which opened in June, sells 20 grades of marijuana ranging up to $700 an ounce, and reportedly has more than 1,000 customers. <br />
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During the raid there Wednesday, three people were arrested, including co-owner Matthew Curtis. <br />
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Ryan Richmond, co-owner of Clinical Relief, on Thursday denied the allegations by police as he drove to visit Curtis at the Oakland County Jail. <br />
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&quot;They said we were selling to people who were not patients. That never happened at our store,&quot; Richmond said. &quot;Everyone had state-approved cards.&quot; <br />
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He described the raid, which happened just after 6 p.m. Wednesday: &quot;They had patients on the ground. There were cancer patients on the ground, senior citizens on the ground and staff on the ground,&quot; Richmond said. &quot;They raided all of our partners' homes while their kids were home. They were taking their TVs like we were drug dealers.&quot; <br />
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Police took HIPAA-protected documents, all patient files and TVs from the clinic, he said. <br />
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&quot;I am in shock,&quot; he said. &quot;Our clinic is empty now. I heard them say they want a test case. That's what a detective said at the store.&quot; <br />
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Richmond said he operates a medical marijuana consultation business where certified patients can select medical marijuana grown off-site by certified caregivers. <br />
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Richmond's company also sells edibles: products that contain cannabis, including sodas, suckers and baked goods. <br />
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Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey said Clinical Relief, the city's only medical marijuana facility, was in full compliance with local rules. <br />
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&quot;We've had zero problems -- no calls, no noise or traffic complaints. No police. We were very surprised,&quot; Covey said of the raid. <br />
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Law enforcement struggles<br />
While Ferndale has lifted its moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, other Metro Detroit communities have been more cautious. Pontiac has a moratorium on the clinic issue, as do Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Township, Royal Oak and Southfield. Huntington Woods, like Ferndale, has zoning and permit restrictions on where clinics and caregivers can operate. <br />
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Still others, like Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, have banned medical marijuana businesses outright, citing federal law against the use and sale of marijuana. <br />
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Michael Komorn, a board member with the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association, which has 16,000 patients and caregivers as members, said law enforcement continues to struggle with implementation of the state's Medical Marijuana Act. <br />
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&quot;They have been resistant to accepting marijuana as medicine,&quot; said Komorn, a Bloomfield Hills attorney. <br />
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&quot;This is a very disturbing story. Patients were held at gunpoint and dragged out. This law was designed to protect patients and caregivers -- not expend our resources arresting patients and caregivers.&quot; <br />
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Komorn said he has heard story after story of task forces raiding homes, patients attempting to show state ID cards but instead being treated like criminals. <br />
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&quot;We are begging law enforcement to sit down and talk about the law,&quot; he said. &quot;Don't take it out on the patients. Go back to the ballot if you don't like the law. Don't take away our democratic process. This is the law.&quot;
			
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				<b>Spliff personality: Los Angeles needs a clear policy for the marijuana growing industry</b><br />
Posted: 08/25/2010 07:16:40 AM PDT<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_15884761" target="_blank">Spliff personality: Los Angeles needs a clear policy for the marijuana growing industry - LA Daily News</a><br />
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<b>IF there was ever an industry that cried out for more regulation, more oversight, more legitimacy, it's California's medical marijuana industry.</b> <br />
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Yes, we're calling it an industry. <br />
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While those who proffer and use medicinal pot may call themselves caregivers and patients, and they may present their dispensaries as co-ops and collectives, the reality is that medical marijuana has become a business. People pay a doctor to get a &quot;recommendation&quot; to legally use pot. They pay a dispensary for the weed. <br />
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Yet California can't seem to make up its mind on how to treat this rapidly growing industry. The regulators seem split between treating the growth and distribution of medical marijuana as a communal, nonprofit endeavor, akin to a community garden, and as a business that should be regulated, inspected and taxed to boost government coffers. <br />
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The city of Los Angeles is a perfect example of this kind of schizophrenic thinking. The city recently permitted and sanctioned a maximum of 186 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, and some City Council members have sought to impose a cannabis business tax. Yet, Los Angeles Police Department officials have said the vast majority of the dispensaries are illegal because they offer the drug for sale, instead of operating as nonprofit collectives whose members grow and cultivate marijuana for their shared use. <br />
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Recently, two businessmen stepped into this quandary with a proposal to open a cannabis farm in a <br />
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Canoga Park warehouse. Plant Properties Management would lease space to licensed growers, then test, package and track the bud to assure safe, legal medical marijuana. They said their plan would allow L.A. to regulate pharmaceutical pot from start to finish and bring a shadowy industry into the full light of day. <br />
But Councilmen Greig Smith and Dennis Zine, who both represent the West Valley, are adamantly opposed to the idea of a large-scale medicinal marijuana growing operation. While their opposition may be well-intended, they are ignoring a huge issue - which is where does the marijuana offered in dispensaries come from? It's unclear. <br />
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Medical marijuana advocates say the weed comes from small-scale grow houses or large-scale cultivators in Northern California. But law enforcement officials have suggested the supply could be coming from illegal marijuana plantations in public parks and Mexican drug cartels. This is a largely unregulated supply chain for an increasingly regulated market. <br />
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The city of Oakland is one of the few jurisdictions tackling the medical marijuana industry head on. It recently approved licensing large-scale pot growing plants. Officials there said regulating cultivation is a public safety issue. The fire department found too many electrical fires caused by shoddy indoor grow operations and police noted robberies and crime from grow houses. Oakland will also capture a hefty tax on the licensed pot sales. <br />
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Like Oakland, Los Angeles leaders should seriously consider proposals to legitimize large-scale marijuana cultivation. The fact is, medical marijuana dispensaries are legal, permitted and able to serve thousands of customers. It makes sense to regulate the entire process, from plant to sale.
			
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			<title>Marijuana effective in reducing pain, study shows</title>
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.A team of Montreal researchers has lent scientific credibility to the view that smoking marijuana can ease chronic neuropathic pain and...]]></description>
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From Monday's Globe and Mail <br />
Published on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 12:01AM EDT<br />
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Last updated on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 12:07AM EDT<br />
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.A team of Montreal researchers has lent scientific credibility to the view that smoking marijuana can ease chronic neuropathic pain and help patients sleep better.<br />
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People suffering from neuropathic pain often turn to opioids, antidepressants and local anesthetics, but those treatments have limitations and the side effects can be punishing. Many physicians and policy-makers, however, are reluctant to advocate the use of cannabis since there has been little scientific research into its effectiveness, even though patients champion its use.<br />
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The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that pain intensity among patients decreased with higher-potency marijuana. It is one of a handful of scientific attempts to determine the medicinal benefits of the drug.<br />
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“We’re not saying that this is the final solution for chronic pain management. As with any pain strategy, especially with chronic pain, we know that the best approach is a multidisciplinary one,” said lead author Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre. “All that this does is open the door to the cannabinoid being another tool in the toolbox in treating chronic pain.”<br />
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Twenty-one adults with post-traumatic or post-surgical chronic pain took part in the study and were randomly assigned to receive marijuana at three different potencies: with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of 2.5 per cent, 6 per cent and 9.4 per cent, and a placebo. THC is the active ingredient in the cannabis plant. Participants inhaled a single 25-milligram dose through a pipe three times daily for the first five days in each cycle, followed by a nine-day period without marijuana. They continued this over two months, rotating through all four strengths of THC.<br />
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The researchers measured pain intensity using a standard scale, with study subjects reporting the highest-strength drug was the most effective at reducing the pain and allowing them to sleep.<br />
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The study does not address questions about the long-term efficacy of using the drug to treat chronic pain, the researchers acknowledge. Also, there were some adverse effects among participants, including dizziness, numbness and a burning sensation in areas of neuropathic pain.<br />
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Dr. Ware said further research will build upon this study.<br />
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“As a cannabis user, it can be really hard to get people to take you seriously,” said Amy Brown, 28, a Toronto woman who was not a subject in the study but uses marijuana to relieve chronic pain and swelling in her wrist, which was injured in a car crash five years ago.<br />
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“To me, this study is vindication.”<br />
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For her, cannabis has been more effective than chemical painkillers, which had unpleasant side effects. “I wasn’t me any more, I was a drone, I was robot-like,” she said. “[When I started cannabis], I made a complete 180. I know what’s going on now. I have a clear head.”<br />
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The federal government has given authorization to almost 5,000 people to possess dried marijuana, and 3,500 people hold personal use production licences, according to Health Canada. A doctor’s authorization is required before a licence is issued. Several court judgments forced Health Canada to get into the marijuana business a few years back, so that patients would not have to rely on the black market for their supplies.<br />
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But despite Health Canada’s regulations, Dr. Ware said many in the medical community are not open to the use of marijuana to relieve pain.<br />
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“There’s a lot of resistance from physicians, and in fact some of the policy-makers, that there isn’t much evidence to support this. I know some of the Colleges and the CMA want to see evidence behind these claims before they will consider supporting or endorsing the regulations,” he said. “[This study] should provide some support to the fact that there is evidence now out there to support these claims.”<br />
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Henry McQuay, a professor at Balliol College at the University of Oxford, said the study adds to three previous investigations of smoked cannabis in coping with neuropathic pain, two of which involved patients with HIV. He noted, however, that the participant size of the study was small, the trial was short and it remains to be seen if marijuana can yield greater analgesia with fewer adverse effects than conventional drugs.<br />
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“The current trial adds to the trickle of evidence that cannabis may help some of the patients who are struggling at present,” Prof. McQuay wrote in an accompanying commentary.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/marijuana-effective-in-reducing-pain-study-shows/article1689573/" target="_blank">Marijuana effective in reducing pain, study shows - The Globe and Mail</a></div>


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			<description>so alot of people know about the religious ministries that usually form around Judeo-Christianity. im a Southern Califonia patient that has been dying to find a relgious group that reccomends the use of Gods holy herb. iv seen them around, but all i can find is ones in HAWAII and NORTHERN...</description>
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<div>so alot of people know about the religious ministries that usually form around Judeo-Christianity. im a Southern Califonia patient that has been dying to find a relgious group that reccomends the use of Gods holy herb. iv seen them around, but all i can find is ones in HAWAII and NORTHERN California. i need one that is atleast somewhere in the LA communtity. i would love to have a place to go to where i feel accepted for using his herb. iv tried explaining to churches the use in it and most agree with it but still think that the body should never be intoxicated. but i also have other Shamanic views on the world and celebrate them as well. of course, these two religions dont mix often. im hoping to see a group that will understand my reasoning between the two. perhaps i can find someone that knows of a physical group in Southern California but even an online forum would be great as well!<br />
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if anyone has any information on this subject, please discuss! id love to hear about any groups or churches i can visit that would perhaps accept mine and my girlfriends religion. <br />
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			<description>This effects many of us Patients... Be Advised: 
 
President Obama and the leadership in Congress have delegated enormous, unaccountable authority to 18 unrepresentative, inordinately wealthy individuals. The 18 individuals are meeting regularly, in secret, behind closed doors, until safely beyond...</description>
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President Obama and the leadership in Congress have delegated enormous, unaccountable authority to 18 unrepresentative, inordinately wealthy individuals. The 18 individuals are meeting regularly, in secret, behind closed doors, until safely beyond this year’s mid-term election. If they reach agreement, their proposal will be voted on in December by a lame duck Congress, without the benefit of open hearings and deliberations in the pertinent committees and without the opportunity for open debate and amendment on the floors of the House and Senate. Despite the speed and lack of accountability, the legislation will affect, in substantial ways, every man, woman, and child in this nation.<br />
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<a href="http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&amp;askthisid=456" target="_blank">Nieman Watchdog &gt; Ask This &gt; Has Obama created a Social Security 'death panel'?</a></div>


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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Never turn your back on a young dog.  
 Friggin Benji.  Yesterday he's @ the son's girlfriend's place. They left him in the kitchen for a second and he managed to power through 6 hotdogs and buns and a half loaf of bread. 
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<div>Never turn your back on a young dog. <br />
 Friggin Benji.  Yesterday he's @ the son's girlfriend's place. They left him in the kitchen for a second and he managed to power through 6 hotdogs and buns and a half loaf of bread.<br />
 They drag the little sucker over to our place and he immediately heads out toward the bbq and puts back another half dozen raw hamburgers.  Thank God for wax paper ! So many uses besides drying hash. <br />
 Both events occured inside of an hour of each other. He remained in a food coma for much of the night . Not a peep today. Couple of farts. Seems fine.<br />
 He just cracks me up.<br />
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			<title>We Have Met the Enemy, And He is Us</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>We continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. 
 
 
*HempCon Blasted for Cheap Medical Pot Doctoring  
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— Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM David Downs - East Bay Express 
 
 
Doctors, patients, and industry are bashing the organizers of HempCon, which took place August 6-8 in San Jose, for running a de...</description>
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<font color="Black"><b><div align="center">HempCon Blasted for Cheap Medical Pot Doctoring </div></b><br />
— Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM David Downs - East Bay Express<br />
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Doctors, patients, and industry are bashing the organizers of HempCon, which took place August 6-8 in San Jose, for running a de facto medical marijuana prescription mill out of the trade show. Eyewitnesses noted long lines of young adults without medical records quickly processed by seven or eight doctors for $40 per person.<br />
“I would consider one doctor a prescription mill. This was seven or eight. My best way to describe it was a price war,” said attendee Bob Katzman.<br />
HempCon organizers Mega Productions — noted for running tattoo and porn expos out of Los Angeles — declined to comment.<br />
The Medical Board of California tells doctors to treat marijuana like they would any other drug, and recommend it only after a good faith examination. According to noted physician Dr. Frank Lucido, that would include looking at the patient's history, coming up with a treatment plan with objectives, and discussing side effects. Such an exam can take 30 to 45 minutes, a much slower tempo than what was apparent at HempCon.<br />
&quot;What you saw was a thousand people holding clipboards and forms, moving in and out of line so fast it was hard to imagine [the doctors] were doing a proper job. I just really don't,&quot; said Jeremiah Schimp, spokesperson for Weedtracker.com and a HempCon visitor.<br />
“There's a likelihood that it skirts acceptable medical guidelines set out by the state medical board,” said Kris Hermes, spokesperson for medical marijuana group Americans for Safe Access. “Arguably, they're making a mockery of their own role in the medical profession and the medical cannabis community may suffer as a result of these specialists cutting corners.”<br />
No one is getting hurt by loose recommendations, counters Pierre Werner, cavalier operator of Dr. Reefer out of Las Vegas. He thinks evaluations should get easier across the country.<br />
“There's no real reason you should have a full check-up,” Werner says. “It's no different than your doctor recommending you eat well, have a good diet, and get plenty of rest.”<br />
Werner's an ex-con who says cannabis helps control his bipolar and schizophrenia symptoms. He employs a couple doctors in Vegas who see patients for five to fifteen minutes, at $200 per patient. Warner charges an extra $100 if a customer lacks medical records, with the added cost going to a physical examination.<br />
Dr. Reefer physicians make $4,000 for eight hours of work and business is booming. Werner is setting up remote locations where his doctors can work via web conferencing software Skype.<br />
Back in California, Lucido says, “I don't think much of that.” Cannabis might never kill a patient, but a lax diagnosis can.<br />
Lucido recalls a male in his twenties who sought a marijuana recommendation to treat asthma and anxiety. Lucido listened to his heart and lungs, and noted a thyroid mass on his neck. He gave the patient a three-month recommendation for cannabis and requested his primary doctor feel his thyroid. The thyroid mass turned out to be cancer that had spread to the lungs.<br />
“No one has been killed by marijuana, but when you're prescribing marijuana for the wrong thing you could be missing something more serious,” Lucido says.<br />
Generally, people hate going to the doctor, and a weed-driven visit is a chance to engage in preventative medicine. The ASA recommends that patients who want medical marijuana broach the topic with their primary doctor. Hermes says even some Kaiser doctors have recommended it.<br />
But Lucido recommends the opposite. Don't bring up marijuana with your primary care physician, he says, and if you do, ask to “go off the record” first.<br />
“Sometimes you get patients asking their doctor for a recommendation of cannabis and the doctor will turn around and write 'cannabis user' in their files,” Lucido says. “As long as there's a drug war going on, patients have a valid reason not to have cannabis mentioned in their records.”<br />
That confusion may be driving business to fly-by-night recommendation mills. Such mills are increasingly operating out of convention spaces and contributing to a collapse in the price of recommendations, says HempCon attendee Katzman. <br />
Katzman is a businessman who runs the well-reviewed International Cannabis &amp; Hemp Expo. There's at least fifteen weed expos in California this year varying in quality from some that are borderline academic conferences to others that are little more than weed fairs. <br />
Doctor's recommendations have dropped in California from over $200 a few years ago to $100 to $150 today, he says. Katzman's Expo will support one doctor who charges $99 per visit, and they take the doctoring seriously.<br />
“Otherwise it makes the whole movement seem invalid,” Katzman said. “There's a lot of people who question the actual legitimacy of medical cannabis.”<br />
Allergic to opioids, cancer survivor and activist Angel Raich uses cannabis to deal with excruciating pain as she recovers from major head surgery. Raich says HempCon erodes gains by patients and contributes to the suffering of people who actually need the plant.<br />
“It's definitely not helping anybody and it shouldn't be happening,” Raich says. “It makes all us real patients look like a joke and that makes me mad.”<br />
Mega Productions plans to include marijuana evaluation services at another HempCon in Southern California on September 10 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.</font></div>


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			<description>thats right free to all patiaints today is free 5150  hash shots brought to you by cannalisious baking they will be here this afternoon to give out information on ebible useage and there to anwser any questions you may have.:tortue-musique::tortue-musique:</description>
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			<title>L.A. strictly interprets restriction on pot dispensaries</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:16:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>*The city seeks to shut medical marijuana shops whose ownership or management has changed at all, for any reason, since 2007.* 
 
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David Vayntrub says the city might be trying to shut his  dispensary because his wife’s job has changed. “I’m still here. Same  manager. Same owner,” he said. “We truly tried to follow this  ordinance.”                                             (Katie Falkenberg, For The Times / August 29, 2010)<br />
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    When the Los Angeles City Council adopted its <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/health-treatments/medical-marijuana-therapy-HETHT000012.topic" target="_blank">medical marijuana</a>  ordinance, it aimed to rout unscrupulous dispensary operators whose  unruly customers irritated residents and operators who opened up  willy-nilly across the city, ignoring a ban on new stores.<br />
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But the ordinance has snared operators who appear to have tried hard to  adhere to state law and the city's rules. Among them are some of the  most politically active operators whose dispensaries are considered  model operations. Last week, the city sued these dispensaries and dozens  of others and asked a judge to rule that they could be shut down.<br />
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The ordinance, which went into effect in June, allowed dispensaries that  registered with the city by Nov. 13, 2007, to apply to stay open, but  it required them to have &quot;the same ownership and management.&quot; The city  attorney's office has decided that means the owners and managers must be  the same people who held those positions three years ago.<br />
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                                    When Barry Kramer opened California  Patients Alliance in April 2007, he ran it alone. &quot;I was the manager. I  was the operator. I was the secretary. I was everything,&quot; he said. Now,  with about 1,500 members, the Beverly Grove dispensary has added two  managers. &quot;I can't be here seven days a week,&quot; Kramer said. &quot;I don't see  any legal basis for saying a business is not allowed to expand.&quot;<br />
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Under the city's interpretation of the ordinance, if a dispensary's  manager died, quit or was fired and was then replaced, it must close. If  the business grew and added managers, it must close. If it shrank and  let managers go, it must close. If it was sold to new owners, it must  close.<br />
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&quot;It makes it completely irrational. This is life. Things happen,&quot; said  David Welch, a lawyer who represents more than 60 dispensaries. &quot;It  almost puts an impossible burden on collectives.&quot;<br />
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Stewart Richlin, another attorney for dispensaries, noted that the city  did not tell registered dispensaries in 2007 that they could not change  owners or managers, and he pointed to a 2009 planning department memo  that says the city &quot;does not prohibit ownership changes.&quot;<br />
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&quot;This is America,&quot; he said. &quot;Every business can be transferred.&quot;<br />
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The city attorney's office said it must interpret the ordinance  strictly, saying any discretion would expose the ordinance to legal  attacks. &quot;We are constantly thinking of the greater good, which is an  enforceable ordinance,&quot; said Jane Usher, a special assistant city  attorney who helped draft the law and is defending it against 32  lawsuits filed by dispensaries that were ordered to shut down.<br />
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Usher said the language that the City Council adopted is unambiguous: no  change in ownership, no change in management. &quot;There was a very clear  road map,&quot; she said, &quot;and I don't know why dispensaries didn't follow  it, but I assume they didn't follow it because they couldn't.&quot;<br />
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David and Irina Vayntrub learned last week that their dispensary, Absolute Herbal Pain Solutions, was ineligible to stay open.<br />
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&quot;I was shocked,&quot; said David Vayntrub, holding up a point-by-point  summary of the ordinance that his wife had typed up and that he keeps on  his desk. &quot;This is in front of me every day.&quot;<br />
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The Vayntrubs think the city disqualified their dispensary because  Irina, who they said has been involved since the store opened in January  2007, is now the secretary of the board. Under the city attorney's  interpretation, that might be a management change. They are not certain,  though; they said city officials did not respond to the five voice  messages they left last week.<br />
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&quot;I'm still here. Same manager. Same owner,&quot; said David Vayntrub, who  said he works at the store on South La Brea Avenue every day. &quot;We truly  tried to follow this ordinance.&quot;<br />
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The city clerk last week notified 128 of the 169 registered dispensaries  that they were ineligible to remain open. The city filed a lawsuit  against the ineligible dispensaries, but they will be allowed to operate  until a judge considers the suit.<br />
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According to the suit, 120 were ineligible because of management  changes. Of those, 58 were disqualified solely on that basis; the others  also had ownership changes and other issues.<br />
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The clerk's office is trying to figure out how to respond to distraught  dispensary operators. &quot;I'm trying to iron that out now,&quot; Holly Wolcott,  its executive officer, said last week.<br />
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Councilman <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/ed-reyes-PEPLT007521.topic" target="_blank">Ed Reyes</a>,  who oversaw the drafting of the ordinance, said the city needed to  &quot;stick with the letter of the law&quot; but promised to assess the effect on  dispensaries.<br />
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Some disqualified operators will be familiar to Reyes because they have  been active at City Hall for years. All of them are original operators  and were excluded for management changes.<br />
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Besides Kramer, they include Yamileth Bolanos, who runs PureLife  Alternative Wellness Center and heads a group of about 60 original  dispensaries; Michael Backes with Cornerstone Research Collective, which  focuses on severely ill patients; James Shaw with Arts District Healing  Center, who runs the Union of Medical Marijuana Patients; and Bill  Leahy, who manages the Farmacy stores, which were started by a  pharmacist, JoAnna LaForce.<br />
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&quot;I can't tell you how surprised we all were,&quot; said Leahy, adding that  the city is targeting registered dispensaries when it has failed to shut  down numerous unauthorized outlets. &quot;Most of them have reopened again  and the city's done very little about it.&quot;<br />
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Some ineligible dispensaries appear to be victims of a Catch-22 or two.<br />
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Almost a year after dispensaries were required to register in Los  Angeles, the state attorney general advised that they needed to be run  as nonprofit collectives. Many were not. So they reorganized as  nonprofit corporations, a change that replaced an owner with a board of  directors. Under the city attorney's interpretation of the ordinance,  that may have disqualified them.<br />
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This summer, when the city started to determine whether the registered  dispensaries were qualified to remain open, it sent them a letter asking  for &quot;the name(s) of the collective's management.&quot; Because the ordinance  defines managers as anyone responsible for &quot;organization, registration,  supervision, or oversight,&quot; some dispensaries included names of  employees that were not on their original registration forms, which may  have disqualified them.<br />
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More than a few wonder whether it was a trap. &quot;We all knew they were  looking for some slimy little technicality, and this seems to be it,&quot;  Kramer said.<br />
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Chris Fusco, a consultant who knows the ins and outs of City Hall, said  that when he inquired about the letter, he was told by officials at the  clerk's office that an exact match was required. But others, including  the Vayntrubs, said they were not.<br />
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&quot;The administration of the application process is just like nothing I  have ever seen or known or imagined,&quot; Fusco said. &quot;It's a black curtain,  and what's behind it, no one will tell you.&quot;<br />
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
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Here is SEEDLESS's first album it just dropped.  The release party @ Galaxy with Pacific Dub and Tomorrow's Bad Seeds was a Roor sick show. They got some help from Silverack records management, LOU DOG...]]></description>
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sound: rock/reggae<br />
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Here is SEEDLESS's first album it just dropped.  The release party @ Galaxy with Pacific Dub and Tomorrow's Bad Seeds was a Roor sick show. They got some help from Silverack records management, LOU DOG (the famous, yea....crazy) recorded their album @ 17th st recordings off 55.  Seedless's space ship is taking off!  So here is the album WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS ALBUM?  Even if you don't like the music you have to listen to the funny tracks.  <u>Christina Mastered</u> and <u>Turn Bass Down</u>!  Write down something cool or creative and I'll show band members during practice and maybe reply 3rd person style individually!  Toke up and enjoy.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[[Deal] 20% off Edibles!! Happy SUNDAY!]]></title>
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Today is 20% off all edibles!! Come on in and check out any of our amazing strains all capped at $50 an 1/8th! Come on in for the Buds on Colfax OG--it's going fast!! Hope to see you all soon!  
 
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Today is 20% off all edibles!! Come on in and check out any of our amazing strains all capped at $50 an 1/8th! Come on in for the Buds on Colfax OG--it's going fast!! Hope to see you all soon! <br />
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:39:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The turtle is gone.  My neighbor has a friend with a pond and they will take the turtle. 
 
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About a week ago we found a red-eared slider, starving and dehydrated, wondering through the front yard.  We brought it inside and put it in a small aquarium and started feeding it.  It is back in...</description>
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About a week ago we found a red-eared slider, starving and dehydrated, wondering through the front yard.  We brought it inside and put it in a small aquarium and started feeding it.  It is back in good health, very active, and it is time to move on (we do not have the space, equipment, or time to take care of a turtle right now).  If anyone would like to have a nice red-eared slider and can provide a proper environment let me know.  We have a small amount of turtle food, but you would need to provide everything else.</div>


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			<title>Mother Plant Blowout</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:54:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Weed trackers, Outdoor season is getting close to fall time but It's still NOT TOO LATE to throw a couple plants into the yard. We are about to begin a renovation and have to get rid of some mother plants. There are a few different strains ranging in sizes anywhere from 1-4 ft tall. please come...]]></description>
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<div>Hi Weed trackers, Outdoor season is getting close to fall time but It's still NOT TOO LATE to throw a couple plants into the yard. We are about to begin a renovation and have to get rid of some mother plants. There are a few different strains ranging in sizes anywhere from 1-4 ft tall. please come see us in person if interested. the bigger plants 3-4 ft are going to be $50-$60, the 1-2 ft ones are $20-$40.I'm not there right now and don't remember all of them off top of my head but We'll try to post up the strains available by Monday. these plants would yield a nice amount if they were put outdoors in the next 7-10 days and given the proper care. Call us or come on down I'll post more info on whats available soon thanks<br />
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