Older pot smokers light up now that the kids are gone
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post-gazette - (US) Older pot smokers light up now that the kids are gone WASHINGTON . (Sat Nov 21 21:49:25 2009 PST)

Police Make Ten Arrests Near Phish Concert
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wcpo - (US) Are charged with a variety of drug crimes ranging from marijuana possession to drug trafficking. (Sat Nov 21 21:35:44 2009 PST)

Baby boomers find growing acceptance of marijuana use - The Boston Globe
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boston - (US) Baby boomers find growing acceptance of marijuana use - The Boston Globe Baby boomers find growing acceptance of marijuana use Pot is fun. (Sat Nov 21 17:39:11 2009 PST)

WAAF ; Smokin' Aces And Tripping Balls
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blogs.waaf - B He ended up with a $250 fine and a slap on the wrist.B What’s more amazing is the lack of media pummeling he received.B B High(hehe) Pro-Athlete busted for drugs?B That’s usually a 3 month discussion on our sister station and a herd of papar... (Fri Nov 20 18:05:02 2009 PST)

14 busted for drugs outside 'Dead' tribute concert
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connpost - (US) Were arrested after police said they seized a large amount of cocaine. (Fri Nov 20 12:49:18 2009 PST)

Family man was not 'dogfather'
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stuff - (Australia) Counsel Roger Laybourn opened his defence for Sonny John Fatu by saying the Crown's allegations of drug dealing were "totally wrong". (Fri Nov 20 08:19:14 2009 PST)

Mellow generation
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concordmonitor - (US) Cannabis is a smaller deal. Pot is fun.". Some of those users are empty-nesters. Have used pot all along. Some older marijuana users say they are living evidence that smoking pot does not preclude a normal life. (Wed Nov 18 22:35:22 2009 PST)

Chicago man on trial in Buncombe for selling LSD at String Cheese concert
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citizen-times - (US) Chicago man on trial in Buncombe for selling LSD at String Cheese concert ! citizen-times.com ! Asheville Citizen-Times Chicago man on trial in Buncombe for selling LSD at String Cheese concert A Chicago man who authorities say sold LSD to people attending a 2006 String Cheese Incident concert is standing trial on drug trafficking charges. (Wed Nov 18 21:35:20 2009 PST)

Legalize medical marijuana
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phoenix.swarthmore.edu - (US) California was the first. That New Mexico has taken so long to formalize the systemization of medical marijuana is indicative of a larger national resistance to the notion of legal weed in the United States. (Wed Nov 18 20:18:19 2009 PST)

The sacking of Mr. Nutt
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tigerweekly - Has been asked to resign following a report he published claiming that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than marijuana. (Wed Nov 18 10:51:01 2009 PST)

Guilty plea entered in 'shroom drug case
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newsleader - (US) Ledbetter said it was never determined because only a few grams of the drug were submitted for forensics testing because of fears the mushroom spores could become airborne during testing if too much was submitted. (Wed Nov 18 10:51:01 2009 PST)

Dog poo drug disguise a real stinker
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ntnews - (Australia) David Vella and Joseph Galea pleaded guilty in the NT Supreme Court to bringing commercial amounts of methylamphetamine and LSD from Melbourne. They also had a trafficable amount of c... (Wed Nov 18 08:21:24 2009 PST)

t r u t h o u t - California's Medical Marijuana Law - Just a Smokescreen?
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truthout - "Cannabis is weighed at a Sacramento dispensary for a medical marijuana patient.". Prospective medical marijuana patients are flocking to these clinics like Deadheads to a Furthur concert. (Wed Nov 18 07:39:29 2009 PST)

Estonian Free Press ; Drug Consume Increases in Estonia
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estonianfreepress - "Syringe exchange points are becoming the places where clients are motivated to enter drug treatment" Lifetime prevalence of drug use has increased both in the older and the younger age groups. (Wed Nov 18 03:05:04 2009 PST)

Del Snavely, Crosby, ND: ND needs medical marijuana laws
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grandforksherald - (US) Admit cannabis does have medicinal value and enact medical marijuana laws in North Dakota. (Tue Nov 17 20:39:36 2009 PST)

The Prisoner -- Mind Control, Then and Now (Part One)
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americanchronicle - (US) For those used to 1960s American television, this was heady stuff, suitably fitting for the post-summer-of-love psychedelic climate of that era. Like Stanley Kubrick's epic space adventure/psychedelic mind-expansion masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey," "The Prisoner" had arrived at the right place and at the right time. Green, as representative of ... (Tue Nov 17 17:35:16 2009 PST)

Observations: The American Medical Association eases its stance on marijuana belonging in the 'most restricted' drug category
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scientificamerican - (US) Observations: The American Medical Association eases its stance on marijuana belonging in the 'most restricted' drug category The American Medical Association eases its stance on marijuana belonging in the 'most restricted' drug category that people who buy or sell medical marijuana in the growing number of states that have decriminalized its therapeutic usage should not be targeted for arrest or prosecution ... (Tue Nov 17 08:41:51 2009 PST)

Bill Ritter Marijuana Tax: Governor Moves To Start Taxing Pot After AG's Decision
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huffingtonpost - Ritter's move comes after Colorado Attorney John Suthers concluded in an opinion issued Monday that medical marijuana is considered personal property that can be taxed and shouldn't be treated like prescription drugs. (Tue Nov 17 07:41:29 2009 PST)

How Is Marijuana Still Illegal?
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chicagonow - (US) Legalize Marijuana: How is marijuana still illegal? - Off the Markley How Is Marijuana Still Illegal? (Tue Nov 17 05:39:29 2009 PST)