It's not just those "prohibitionists" who are fighting Proposition 19, the California initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use and allow cities and counties to tax retail pot sales.

Stoner bloggers are also out to kill the measure.

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Colorado is a pretty progressive state when it comes to smoking marijuana. There are hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries centers that will sell the kush to anyone with the money and a doctor's note. But with the swarms of cops and security roving the grounds of Dick's Sporting Goods Park outside of Denver on Saturday, it was still pretty audacious for one of the original weed rap groups, to light up the monumental bong on-stage -- and what looked like the joint from Pineapple Express. We've got the photos.

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old zack

Cypress Hill Smoke Out Lollapalooza - go to 3:00 min

Cannabis soll es künftig auf Rezept geben: Nach Angaben der FDP haben sich die Koalitionsfraktionen am Montag auf eine entsprechende Änderung des Betäubungsmittelrechts geeinigt.

Berlin - Mediziner fordern es schon seit langem, nun scheint endlich auch die Politik zu reagieren: Eine Gesetzesänderung soll die Möglichkeit eröffnen, Cannabis-Medikamente in Deutschland herzustellen und für eine Therapie zu verschreiben. Darauf haben sich laut FDP die Fraktionen der Regierung am Montag grundsätzlich geeinigt.

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One of the UK's leading doctors said today the government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health.

"I'm not saying we should make heroin available to everyone, but we should be treating it as a health issue rather than criminalising people," said Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians.

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Police have been receiving gardening tips on how to improve their tomatoes from a man awaiting sentencing for an illegal cannabis farm, Exeter Crown Court has heard.

Gordon McAulay was jailed for 15 months at the court last week after pleading guilty to producing the class B drug between September and December last year in a warehouse at an undisclosed address in Bideford.

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From above, the bushy green plants in backyard after backyard resemble English topiary gardens, neat and tidy.

But a closer look at the gardens hidden from passersby behind tall fences tell a different story: cannabis crops mushrooming under the umbrella of the 1998 Oregon Medical Marijuana Act.

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Hippies and hempsters from high and low are coming together at the biggest hemp festival in the United States this weekend, August 21-22.

The Seattle Hempfest celebrates it's 19th year by remembering the late, great Jack Herer, a moniker of hemp events whose absence is greatly felt throughout the cannabis community.

For over forty years, Jack Herer, the Emperor of Hemp, shouted from the rooftops, "Hemp will save the world!" He spoke to advocates and critics alike, filling in the gaps created by propaganda and misinformation. Jack was wholly committed to ending cannabis prohibition, and never ceased sharing the story of hemp to any one that would listen. Jack left this world on April 15, 2010, but the quest for cannabis freedom lives on.

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No marijuana allowed at hempfest
Planet's Largest Pot Festival
Hempfest attracts crowd of serious marijuana supporters, plus some stoners
Scenes from Seattle Hempfest
Seattle Hempfest 2010 on Video

The nominees for the 10th Annual High Times Stony Awards have been announced. Three Top CelebStoners are up for Stonette of the Year. We hear that Cheech & Chong will be headlining the show.

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