Der Besuch in einem holländischen Coffeeshop ist für viele Ausländer ein Erlebnis: Neben Keksen und Kaffee können die zumeist Jugendlichen in aller Ruhe Marihuana oder Haschisch genießen. Offiziell ist dies verboten, aber die niederländischen Behörden dulden den Drogenkonsum in kleinen Mengen. Seit Jahren kommen Tausende Tagesausflügler vor allem aus Deutschland, Belgien und Frankreich in die niederländischen Grenzgebiete, um sich zu bekiffen.

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As a teenager in remote South Dakota in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I had friends who traveled to Southern California and returned bearing strange gifts indeed: Orange Sunshine brand LSD, hash oil called "Number 1," Thai sticks. I had no clue at the time I was becoming a participant in a messianic drug-selling venture that spanned the world from its headquarters in Laguna Beach, but it turns out I was. That stuff my friends brought back from California was all thanks to the efforts of a group of Orange County surf bums and trouble-prone working class kids who took acid, got religion, and set out to change the world.

Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love
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The mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective during the 1970s, George Clinton broke up both bands by 1981 and began recording solo albums, occasionally performing live with his former bandmates as the P.Funk All-Stars. Born in Kannapolis, NC, on July 22, 1940, Clinton became interested in doo wop while living in New Jersey during the early '50s. He formed the Parliaments in 1955, based out of a barbershop back room where he straightened hair. The group had a small R&B hit during 1967, but Clinton began to mastermind the Parliaments' activities two years later. Recording both as Parliament and Funkadelic, the group revolutionized R&B during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late-'60s acid heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Sly Stone. The Parliament/Funkadelic machine ruled black music during the '70s, capturing over 40 R&B hit singles (including three number ones) and recording three platinum albums.

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Am 07.August findet in Berlin die 14. Hanfparade statt. Für die Augustausgabe des Hanf Journals habe ich meine ganz persönliche Sicht auf die Geschichte Deutschlands größter Legalisierungsveranstaltung niedergeschrieben.

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Hey, watch this unbelievable video of firedoglake's Jane Hamsher hurling marijuana legalization like a hand grenade into the middle of the immigration debate.

A national Angus-Reid poll released Wednesday has found majority support for legalizing marijuana, with 52% of respondents saying they wanted to free the weed. That figure includes 59% of independents and 57% of Democrats, but only 38% of Republicans.

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Bereiten sich jetzt Firmen darauf vor, nach der etwaigen Legalisierung von Marihuana in Kalifornien abzusahnen? Die Stadt Oakland genehmigt demnächst Unternehmen Hanfanbau im großen Stil - allerdings vorerst nur zu medizinischen Zwecken.

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The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for "industrial" cultivation starting next year.

The move by the San Francisco Bay Area city aims to bring medical marijuana cultivation into the open and allow the city to profit by taxing those who grow it.

The resolution passed the city council easily after a nearly four-hour debate that pitted small-scale "garden" growers against advocates of a bigger, industrial system that would become a "Silicon Valley" of pot.

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