In November, the police chief in the Mexican border city of Tijuana canceled a concert by a famous group of musicians after they released a song that suggested they had real-life links to the drug traffickers they'd been singing about for years.

Since then, the band has gone elsewhere. On Friday night, a burst of prerecorded gunfire echoed through a Memphis nightclub as the red-suited members of Los Tucanes de Tijuana launched their signature song, "El Papa de los Pollitos." (CAUTION: This link leads to a music video that contains some elements of violence and nudity.)

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Even the walls of a maximum security prison can’t keep Marc Emery out of the public eye.

With a new prison blog, he’s harnessed the Internet to give the world a glimpse into his new lifestyle behind bars.

But now, less than two weeks after he entered a U.S. prison, Emery might have stuck it to the man a little to hard.

cannabisnews.org

Agents in Casa Grande first stopped a pickup truck Friday morning and discovered nearly 1000 pounds of marijuana hidden in 600 small packages in the vehicle, officials said. Later, a Border Patrol K-9 unit at the Ajo Station found almost 600 pounds of marijuana abandoned Sunday morning.

azcentral.com

Today, the City of Los Angeles will begin enforcing its ordinance regulating storefront medical marijuana dispensing collectives. The ordinance will force most of the city’s collectives to shut down (over 400 establishments), while the remaining 138 or so (those who registered with the city prior to Nov. 13, 2007) will have to comply with new zoning laws that are stricter than those for adult entertainment businesses, retail alcohol vendors, and pharmacies.

opposingviews.com

Law enforcement authorities in Los Angeles begin cracking down on the city's medical marijuana dispensaries Monday. Hundreds of dispensaries will be found noncompliant with new regulations aimed at putting some limits on this booming industry.

scpr.org

When Bayer introduced aspirin in 1899, cannabis was America’s number one painkiller. Until marijuana prohibition began in 1937, the US Pharmacopoeia listed cannabis as the primary medicine for over 100 diseases. Cannabis was such an effective analgesic that the American Medical Association (AMA) argued against prohibition on behalf of medical progress. Since the herb is extremely potent and essentially non-toxic, the AMA considered it a potential wonder drug.

cannabisnews.org

Das ist jetzt fast ein Jahr her, es gab einfach kein Geld, um sowas selbst zu machen. Mittlerweile ist Geld für ein paar Busbanner da. Es soll also definitiv noch diesen Sommer mit einer kleinen Anzahl Traffic-Banner für Busse losgehen. Es gibt 3 Entwürfe, mich würde interessieren, welcher euch am besten gefällt bzw. welchen ihr auf einem Bus für besonders wirksam haltet (Größe: 175x50 cm):

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Die Europäische Union will der Drogenmafia den Geldhahn zudrehen. "Es muss Schluss gemacht werden mit den Profiten durch Kriminalität", sagte der spanische Innenminister Alfredo Rubalcaba, dessen Land derzeit den EU-Ratsvorsitz innehat, am Donnerstag nach einem Treffen der EU-Innenminister in Luxemburg.

Die Guthaben der Drogenbanden müssten beschlagnahmt werden, so dass die Kriminellen handlungsunfähig würden. Die Beschlagnahme von Geldern der Drogenbanden ist eine von drei Maßnahmen eines EU-Paktes gegen den internationalen Drogenhandel, dem die Minister bei ihrem Treffen zustimmten.

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