The 48-year-old Harrelson - who has long advocated for reforming marijuana laws - is up for Best Supporting Actor for " The Messenger ".

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Senate Bill 109 would bar doctors from writing recommendations inside dispensaries that sell medical marijuana and requires a full physical exam before recommending marijuana for patients. Critics claim that government officials with no formal medical training are demonizing and second-guessing private confidential decisions of trained physicians who advise patients and prescribe marijuana as a medical treatment to patients. Marijuana advocates say government should not interfere with private medical decisions in respect to doctors and patients.

It is obvious that the courts will have to weigh in to stop all the Reefer madness.

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Once again it’s Kush in the top pot spot for the month. However, the coveted strain’s average price dropped $42 in February. Blueberry, Purps and Diesel are all two for two in terms of top-five finishes for 2010, while Strawberry Cough made the cut for the first time since March '09. The top 5 submitted strains (with average price) were: Kush ($400), Blueberry ($450), Purps ($413), Strawberry Cough ($347) and Diesel ($342).

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Even if you're not going to be attending SXSW, I'd recommend watching the trailer for Etienne Sauret's film below, as it looks to be a bittersweet examination of one man's life and work; a man who is an underground hero to an entire culture of people (some call him "The Godfather of Psychedelics") and a drug-making villain to others.

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Authorities arrested Guatemala's anti-drug czar and national police chief Tuesday in a case involving stolen cocaine and slain police, acting just two days before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to discuss the drug war.

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Known for the DVD, Never Get Busted Again, former Texas narc Barry Cooper ended up on the wrong side of the law on Mar. 2 when he was arrested on charges of filing a false report to police and marijuana possession.

Barry Cooper’s arrest warrant
Police raid Never Get Busted HQ, Barry Cooper arrested

KopBusters Leader Speaks Out About Arrest 3/4/10

Teens are getting high on an emerging drug called "fake weed," a concoction also known as K2 and "spice" that is also causing hallucinations, vomiting, agitation and other dangerous effects.

In the last month, Dr. Anthony Scalzo, a professor of toxicology at Saint Louis University, has seen nearly 30 cases of teenagers experiencing these adverse effects after smoking the fake weed, a legal substance that reportedly offers a marijuana-like high.

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4:20 statt Spice

A gang that became Britain’s biggest importers of high grade skunk cannabis made so much money that they left tens of thousands of pounds to rot in hidden safes.

The three "directors" of the organised gang made "grotesque profits" of up to £200 million, so much that they were unable to spend it fast enough.

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