B.C.’s Prince of Pot has been granted bail and could temporarily be released from jail as early as today as he continues to await extradition to the U.S. to plead guilty to selling marijuana seeds.

Marc Emery has been held at the North Surrey Pre-Trial Centre in Port Coquitlam since turning himself over to authorities on Sept. 28.

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Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised.

Prof Nutt told the BBC the possibility of allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes should be "explored".

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Kaum hat Barack Obama die Regeln für den Marihuana-Konsum für Kranke gelockert, öffnet in Portland das erste Cannabis Café. Gegner fürchten schon die Legalisierung der Droge.

Vergangenen Freitag wurde der erste Joint angezündet und Geschichte geschrieben im Cannabis Café in Portland. Es ist das erste Café in den USA, wo zu Kaffee und Kuchen ganz selbstverständlich Marihuana geraucht wird. Marihuana als Medizin wohlgemerkt. Bislang gab es in den USA nur Ausgabestellen für das Rauschmittel, sogenannte Pot Clubs. Doch seit Präsident Barack Obama die Regelung des Marihuana-Konsums auf Rezept lockerte, wollen Kiffer die Grenzen testen.

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The so-called war on drugs has failed, leaving the taxpayer to pick up the tab, says a panel of local experts.

That panel spent the better part of two hours Monday night inside the Framingham Public Library's Costin Room articulating the systematic problems of the state's approach to criminals who face drug-related charges.

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Oregon opened another chapter in U.S. marijuana history when at 4:20 p.m. Friday, about three dozen people christened the nation's first cafe for licensed residents to sit down, sip coffee and smoke marijuana.

"Welcome to a place of our own," said Madeline Martinez, a leader in the state's medical marijuana movement and the leading force pushing to open the Cannabis Cafe in Portland. "Welcome to freedom."

Excited patrons spilled down the outside steps at 700 N.E. Dekum St. as the cafe prepared to open at the appointed hour -- "420" being slang for using marijuana. In line were military veterans, grandmothers, young workers, men and women, old and young, black, white and Latino.

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Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition of a growing industry.

The state Attorney General John Suthers concluded in an opinion issued Monday that medical marijuana is considered personal property that can be taxed and shouldn't be treated like prescription drugs, which are tax exempt.

The move would make Colorado the latest provincial government to tax marijuana for medical use, after voters in California adopted a similar program when the use was legalized in 1996. Cities such as Denver and Oakland, Calif., also plan to levy municipal taxes on local cannabis dispensaries.

Colorado Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, said he plans to introduce legislation in January that would require dispensaries to buy licenses, as well as pay the state's 2.9 percent sales tax. He estimates the state could collect up to $15 million a year on the sales, and communities could collect an additional $45 million a year through city and county taxes.

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More ski towns may vote to change pot laws
Colorado ski town legalizes pot

The latest leg of Cheech & Chong's reunion tour has a new name and focus. "It’s time to get it legal, before it’s too late," says Tommy Chong. "We want to promote change through laughter. The marijuana laws are so ridiculous, you've got to laugh at them."

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Dr. phil. Christian Rätsch referiert in diese Aufnahme vom LSD Symposium Basel 2006 über Fragen des Publikums. So geht es um zuerst um Hanf, das er als “das tägliche Brot” beschreibt. Christian Rätsch geht dann dann weiter auf Fragen ein zu LSD, Peyotl, Ayahuasca, DMT und anderem.

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