Almost 100 workers in Oakland's medical marijuana industry have voted to be represented by organized labor, a first-of-its-kind event for an industry trying to build public support.

Marijuana advocates joined leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in making the announcement Friday. Californians are split over a November ballot measure that would legalize use of marijuana by adults 21 and older, but proponents of the initiative hoped labor can now give them a boost.

"I think it's another historic step toward ending cannabis prohibition," said Richard Lee, founder and president of Oaksterdam University and a proponent of the Tax Cannabis 2010 initiative.

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Two Yolo County residents arraigned on felony charges of cultivating marijuana and the illegal possession of a firearm were keeping their plants on about 1 1/2 acres when they were caught, according to law enforcement officials.

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Medienprojekt PSI-TV präsentiert eine Aufzeichnung des Vortrags “Cannabis ist Weltkultur” von Hans Cousto zur CannaTrade 2010 in Basel, Schweiz:

Die Hanfkultur ist in den letzten 150 Jahren weitgehend aus dem Allgemeinwissen der Bevölkerung verschwunden. Umfasste der Artikel “Hanf” in Meyers Konversationslexikon in 15 Bänden von 1874-1878 insgesamt mehr als vier Seiten, so waren es im Brockhaus in 20 Bänden von 1929-1935 noch eine Seite und im Knaurs Lexikon in 20 Bänden von 1974 nur noch eine halbe Seite. Interessensgruppen aus Wirtschaft und Politik haben diesen Wissensschwund proaktiv mit irreführenden und angstschürenden Falschmeldungen begleitet und befördert.

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For police chief Clayton Leão Chaves it was supposed to be another day at the office. At around 9.40am this morning, he was making his daily journey to the police HQ in Camacari, a small city in Bahia state, and giving an interview to local radio on his mobile phone about the police's struggle against local drug traffickers.

Then something went badly wrong.

"I heard some bangs," one of the shows two presenters announced, perplexed, as the police chief's voice disappeared.

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