Is a musical version of the 1936 film "Reefer Madness" really necessary? The anti-marijuana propaganda in the movie is so strident that it is inadvertently funny, having earned the film cult status since it was discovered by herbalized college students four decades ago. Perhaps a musical isn't exactly needed, but writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, college buddies also, apparently thought it might be fun, and "Reefer Madness -- the Musical" was born.

1936 film "Reefer Madness"

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The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to close roughly 800 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city by passing the first reading of an ordinance which would also require 75% of remaining dispensaries to relocate. The vote, to be confirmed in a second reading of the ordinance next Tuesday, will radically change the landscape of medical marijuana distribution in Los Angeles, which has been largely unregulated since dispensaries were first authorized by state law in 1996.

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The California Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law limiting medical marijuana patients to having eight ounces of pot at one time. The court stated that the law was drawn up by the legislature, and only the people have the right to amend voter-approved propositions such as the one in question, Prop. 215.

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Hardly a day goes by without Mason Tvert, head of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), going after some individual or institution standing in the way of legalizing marijuana use for adults in Colorado and beyond. Still, his latest target is a surprise: Starbucks, the ubiquitous peddler of a highly addictive substance -- coffee.

Why? According to a manifesto on SAFER's website, "The Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), the group spearheading anti-marijuana lobbying efforts, is sponsored by several local and national businesses including Starbucks Coffee, Glock handguns, and -- you guessed it -- members of the alcohol industry!"

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Update

Starbucks No Longer on Medical Marijuana Advocates' "Naughty" List

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Starbucks Denies Funding Anti-Marijuana Group
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Drug police in Russia's Far East have joined hands with the Federal Space Agency in spotting cannabis fields in the Primorye Territory, a senior drugs control official said on Thursday.

Roscosmos has sent coordinates of cannabis fields to anti-narcotics officers, who destroy the plants and returning confirmed information to the space agency, which enters it in a database, Lieu. Gen. Alexander Rolik told a news conference in Vladivostok.

"We have been in contact with Roscosmos since late last year," Rolik said.

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POLICE have stopped a major cannabis cultivation network flooding the streets of South Yorkshire with drugs – busting two factories and arresting eight Chinese immigrants.
The raid comes as South Yorkshire Police chiefs revealed that last year they seized cannabis plants worth £9.8 million from 818 separate seizures – the vast majority of which were cannabis factories.

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