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Four Decades of Imprisonment for Medical Marijuana

By Ganja Blue | November 22, 2008

Two men will spend a combined 41 years in prison for providing medicine to the sick and dying. You would have to be a very disturbed individual to find this outcome “justice.” Two lives ruined and countless others are left without the legal medicine they need to survive.

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THE WAR ON POT IS A WAR ON YOUNG PEOPLE!

By Ganja Blue | October 17, 2008

Read this excerpt of the speech given by Paul Armentano at NORML’s 2008 Annual Conference:

Those who favor the continued prohibition of cannabis base their arguments on the false premise that the continued enforcement of said laws “protects our children.” This statement is nonsense. In fact, just the opposite is true.

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Retroactive Jury Nullifcation? Jurors Fight Back After Voting to Convict

By Ganja Blue | September 9, 2008

Prosecutors and judges often have to deceive jurors in order to win medical marijuana prosecutions. By omitting relevant facts and disallowing testimony of witnesses, jurors are often tricked into believing individuals running legitimate businesses are running criminal enterprises. Now two jurors in California are fighting back.
The Modesto Bee – Second thoughts and a new pot [...]

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