March 2012
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A Rhode Island state senator warned police of political retaliation after Senate...
– Cops: RI senator warned officer about retaliation
For those of you wondering why things like decrim. haven’t happened yet, this is the political climate we’re attempting to work in.
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Rhode Island Legislature: Decriminalize Marijuana... →
Please sign this signon.org petition I started. Reblog if you live in Rhode Island and support this!
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http://www.reddit.com/r/ssdp
How did I just discover this?
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I heard a lot of crazy things at the decriminalization hearing yesterday, but Sen. Shibley took home the prize by repeating this line two or three times.
NO ONE buys less than an ounce of Marijuana.
Really Senator? Ignoring the obvious question of how a senator would possibly know how much of a drug people on the street are buying, and that comment is still puzzling. I’m not even going...
mysticalshamanjosh:
Don’t like gay marriages? Don’t get one. Don’t like marijuana? Don’t use it. Don’t like cigarettes? Don’t smoke one. Don’t like abortions? Don’t have one. Don’t like sex? Don’t do it. Don’t like drugs? Don’t do them. Don’t like porn? Don’t watch it. Don’t like alcohol? Don’t drink it. Don’t like guns? Don’t buy one. Don’t like your rights taken away? Then don’t take...
We have realized that the strategy in the fight against drug trafficking in the...
– Guatemalan President Oscar Pérez Molina
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Here are my 10 reasons up for discussion.
(via blu3rsx)
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How did Sarah Silverman get a TED talk before Ethan Nadelmann?
SSDP Welcomes the University of West Florida... →
fuckyeahdrugpolicy:
STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY has a brand new chapter at the University of West Florida! Drew Stromberg spoke with chapter founder and leader Ethan Watters about his experience so far and his vision for the chapter moving forward. continue to article
all chapters on tumblr:
Canada
UC San Diego
University of Connecticut
Florida Atlantic University
New York...
harmreduction:
“The Police Department stopped and questioned more than 684,000 people last year. Close to 90 percent were black and Latino. Civil liberties groups have protested, but rarely do we hear from the men who are so frequently stopped. Filmmakers Lindsey Groot and Robin Antonisse provide us with four such stories in this exclusive video.”
- Powerful and important testimony from black...
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The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a...
– Carl Sagan (via aclockworkorange)
Firm Dedicates $100 Million Funding Facility To... →
weedporndaily:
Green Asset International Inc., which targets for acquisition cutting-edge medical marijuana and social media companies, is dedicating an unprecedented $100 million funding facility to develop the corporatization and rebranding of the cannabis industry’s ancillary businesses, CEO Cheryl Shuman announced on Wednesday.
Shuman, who estimates at least a billion dollars in current...
I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol … ....
– Pat Robertson
Even fucking Pat Robertson gets it.
(via anticapitalist)
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Check out the commercial for URI SSDP’s Hempfest 2012. Please come by if you’re in the area on April 28th, you won’t be disappointed.
Pat Robertson: 'Treat Marijuana The Way We Treat... →
constellationprize:
Didn’t see that one coming.
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URI HEMPFEST 2012: Music Festival to raise... →
Hempfest is back and better than ever! Come on down and check out the live music (presented by WRIU), speakers, vendors, glass blowing, and much much more! Come by, hang out, relax and most importantly, help us end cannabis prohibition once and for all! This event is FREE and open to all members of the public. Bands will be announced soon. for updates, check back here or follow us on twitter...
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TheWeedBlog.com's Interview With URI SSDP →
I sent out e-mails across the nation after the 2012 Cannabis Law Reform Conference hosted by Oregon Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and even to some international Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapters, with interview questions in order to write articles like this one to highlight their efforts. I will continue to post the responses as I receive them. This Students for Sensible Drug...
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This is a town where I could probably kill 200 major careers if I wanted to be a...
– Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
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If you use marijuana and still think it should be illegal, I really hope you get caught.
I’ll save you the trouble, I’ve been high since Good Burger.
– Kenan Thompson (via fuckyeahweed)
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Breaking News: Finally, dispensaries in Rhode... →
Rhode Island lawmakers and Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced a compromise Thursday that they say will allow three already licensed medical marijuana dispensaries to open without the risk of a federal prosecution.
Better late than never, can’t wait to see them up and operating. I’m gaining more and more respect for Chafee everyday when it comes to marijuana law reform. Now on to decrim!