Out of the Mountains

High Times For Pot In California, And Other Stories

As usual California takes the lead and the rest of the country follows.

High times in California for marijuana business

Photo: Eric Wisberg

Poor ol' Kentucky(as always)brings up the rear in marijuana decriminalization as in everything else. Mainly due to cowardly, bought-and-paid for politicians.
An old friend of mine down in the mountains was arrested a while back. His(and his family's) life now shattered - for doing just what the man in the photo is doing, growing a plant for adult consumption.
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From their excellent article on the drug war "Totally Wasted", here's the Mother Jones, "Drug War Quiz: Just Say Know".

And Congressman Barney Frank's attempt to finally bring long needed legalization to marijuana:
He's Not High: Inside Barney Frank's Plan to Legalize Marijuana

From NORML, the bible of legalization comes a bit more info:
Lawmakers Call For An End To Federal Marijuana Prosecutions

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Labels: Barney Frank, legalize, Marijuana, Medical pot, NORML, pot, the war on drug users

Sadistic Justice and Prohibition

From NORML.

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Quadriplegic Serving 10-Day Sentence For First-Time Marijuana Charge Dies In DC Jail

Washington, DC: A 27-year-old quadriplegic man sentenced to serve ten days in a Washington, DC jail on charges that he possessed a minor amount of marijuana died while in custody last week due to inadequate health care, including prison officials' failure to provide him with a ventilator.
The victim, Jonathan Magbie, had been paralyzed from the neck down since the age of four, was unable to breath on his own, and required nursing care 20 hours a day.
Magbie was sentenced to spend ten days in jail on September 20, 2004 after pleading guilty to one charge of marijuana possession. Though prosecutors had recommended probation, the judge in the case ordered Magbie to serve jail time - noting that the defendant had told pre-sentence investigators that he would continue using marijuana because it made him feel better.
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Labels: Injustice, NORML