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Legalization Measure Short By 2,400 Signatures; Has 15 More Days
In a near-miss, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act has fallen 2,409 signatures short of winning approval for the ballot from the Colorado Secretary of State's Office. But the good news is, supporters still have 15 more days to reach the number of valid signatures needed.RMLA submitted 163,632 signatures, reports Michael Roberts at Westword, almost twice as manyas the 86,105 required to make the ballot. But a shocking 79,936 of the signatures were deemed invalid by Secretary of State Scott Gessler's office, leaving only 83,696 that were considered acceptable."Today's news is unexpected, but it is really just a very small bump in the road on our journey to end the irrational policy of marijuana prohibition in the state," RMLA backer Mason Tvert told Westword. "Fortunately, we started this signature drive in 2011, so that we would have the opportunity to cure any shortfall in our count. Continue reading "Legalization Measure Short By 2,400 Signatures; Has 15 More Days" >
Prank By Inmates Adds Pigs On Police Car Decals
In the feel-good story of the day, an image of a pig -- the infamous 1960s-era epithet used by protesters and hippies for police officers -- has wound up on a decal used on as many as 30 Vermont State Police cruisers.Embarrassed state officials on Thursday blamed a failure of the quality assurance office within the Vermont Correctional Industries Print Shop in St. Albans, Vt., to detect a prisoner-artist's addition made four years ago to the traditional state police logo, reports Mike Donoghue of the Burlington Free Press. In an ingenious bit of subtle social protest, a spot on the shoulder of the cow in the state emblem was modified into a pig.A witch hunt, I mean an investigation has been launched into how the computer program was "improperly modified" to insert the image of the pig, according to Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito. Continue reading "Prank By Inmates Adds Pigs On Police Car Decals" >
Marijuana and Teens: A Call To Honesty
By Benjamin WrightSpecial to Toke of the TownThis is not a call to arms or an indictment of the government for failing to preserve the liberties our forefathers enjoyed, vis a vis the growing and smoking of marijuana, but instead consider this a call to honesty, a reminder of how important the truth is.When used as an argument for the prohibition of marijuana, the Gateway Theory is interpreted to mean that if an individual experiments with cannabis, they are more at risk to consume dangerous illegal substances than they otherwise would have been. Continue reading "Marijuana and Teens: A Call To Honesty" >
Firm Introduces New Technology For Medical Cannabis Industry
QuantaCann Says Its New System Delivers On-Site Safety & Potency Analysis Steep Hill Lab says it became the nation's first medical cannabis screening facility in collaboration with some of the industry's stakeholders, when it opened for business in Oakland four years ago.Now, by utilizing their industry experience and developing innovative software and scientific instrumentation, Steep Hill says it has significantly improved the ease by which cannabis can be tested for medical use on site. Continue reading "Firm Introduces New Technology For Medical Cannabis Industry" >
Rhode Island Voters Support Reducing Marijuana Penalties: Poll
A January 25-26 Public Policy Polling survey found strong support for marijuana policy reform, including more than two-to-one support for reducing the penalty for possession of marijuana to a $150 civil fine. Marijuana possession is now punishable in Rhode Island by a $500 fine and up to a year in jail. Of those polled, an overwhelming 65 percent supported decreasing the penalties for simple possession of less than an ounce of marijuana by removing the possibility of jail time and making the offense a civil citation. Such a change received support from across the political spectrum, with 73 percent of Democrats, 64 percent of Republicans, and 60 percent of independents in favor of the measure.Two bills, H 7092 and S 2253, have been introduced in the Rhode Island House and Senate to remove the threat of arrest and jail for personal possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Continue reading "Rhode Island Voters Support Reducing Marijuana Penalties: Poll" >

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