http://www.lakush.com LA Kush A Kinder Understanding Sensitive Healing Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:51:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looking to make that perfect tee shirt statement? Want to let the world know that you are in favor of the legalization of marijuana? Say It Phree Tees can help you out.The online shop has a whole line of "420 Phriendly" designs. Styles from the attractive "Pot IS Medicine" caduceus design (pictured at right) to The Original Green Man (perfect for that hard-to-buy-for Pagan on your gift list) is]]> http://www.lakush.com/say-it-phree-stoned-is-the-way-of-the-shirt/ They might have an easier time finding unicorns.The University of Washington says it is looking for people who want to quit pot.The UW School of Social Work’s Innovative Programs Research Group is looking for 70 “marijuana-dependent adults” in the Puget Sound area to participate in a clinical research trial testing approaches for people who want [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/university-looking-for-marijuana-addicts-will-pay-150/ The BC Civil Liberties Association has filed a complaint against the Victoria Police Department for muzzling one of its officers, reports ‘A’ News.Constable David Bratzer was scheduled to speak at a harm reduction meeting in Victoria Wednesday night representing the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).Bratzer says the War On Drugs is not winnable and [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/canadian-cop-ordered-to-stay-quiet-about-legalization/ The total amount of marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) nearly doubled from 2008 to 2009, according to numbers disclosed by the agency as part of their budget request for 2011.Meanwhile the cultivation of cannabis in Mexico rose 35 percent in 2009, to nearly 30,000 acres, according to a report released by the [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/dea-marijuana-seizures-double-mexican-pot-production-up-by-35/ ​Medical marijuana would be taxed an ounce and sold at county-licensed “compassion centers” that would grow and sell marijuana to qualified patients and caregivers under a bill passed Tuesday by the Hawaii State Senate.The bill to allow the sale and taxation of medical marijuana, Senate Bill 2213, was passed by lawmakers as they try [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/hawaii-senate-votes-to-tax-pot-30ounce-allow-dispensaries/ ​According to Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron’s estimates, reducing the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana to a civil fine would save Rhode Island about .1 million per year in reduced expenditures on police.Miron also estimates that taxing and regulating marijuana would save the state roughly .5 million per year in reduced expenditures on [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/decriminalizing-marijuana-could-save-rhode-island-11-million-annually/ ​A pro-legalization Canadian police officer has been ordered by his department’s leadership not to show up at a drug policy event where he was scheduled to speak on Wednesday.Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an international group of cops, judges and prosecutors who oppose the “War On Drugs,” is criticizing the gag order from the Victoria, British [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/no-free-speech-in-canada-pro-legalization-cop-muzzled-in-b-c/ ​New Hampshire’s House is considering decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults, a year after the Legislature voted to legalize medical use of the herb.Governor John Lynch, who vetoed the medical marijuana bill last year, also opposes the bill to decriminalize a quarter-ounce (seven grams) or less of cannabis, according to the Associated [...]]]> http://www.lakush.com/n-h-house-considering-marijuana-decriminalization-2/