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documentEconomic Impacts of Cannabis Legalization in Sonoma County
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by Mariah Ramirez, Fiona Duffy, Megan Lee, Et al.
This research project examines the economic benefits of cannabis legalization for Sonoma County. Research was done by Sonoma State Sociology undergraduate students....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2018 4:07pm PDT
imageTragic Irony: After Defeating U.S. Government, WAMM Shut Down By California Government
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by Sweetleaf Bay Area
Since January 1st, 2018, WAMM has been unable to dispense medical cannabis to its patients because of California's new cannabis law. The irony is tragic as the U.S. government was unable to shut WAMM down, but the California government has effectively shut them down....
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2018 12:51pm PDT
imageAnti-houseless stickers spread in Santa Cruz public areas
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by William Machtes
Sticker carrying violence-encouraging stereotype image of houseless tweaker found on crosswalk button downtown....
Posted: Thu, Mar 8, 2018 9:56pm PST
imageComic Criticizes Supply and Demand for Corporate Marijuana
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by Eugenio Negro
San José writer Eugenio Negro critiques the corporatization of legal marijuana....
Posted: Sat, Jan 27, 2018 9:44am PST
imageWhy Farmers Need Direct Sales
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by Casey O’Neill
As a vegetable farmer, the scale at which I produce is not large enough to enable me to survive in the wholesale marketplace. The same is true for my cannabis crop....
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2017 3:53pm PST
textCall SF Bd of Supes for Marijuana: We Voted 75% for It by Phone Time
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, all Democrats, is currently doing everything they can to oppose the 75% of San Francisco voters who voted for Prop 64, the marijuana initiative, of November 2016. We need your phone calls, Emails and faxes now to demand enforcement of Prop 64 with marijuana stores everywhere in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2017 7:42am PST
textA Public Bank of Oakland Could Provide Financial Services to Cannabis Industry by R. Robertson
Oakland will spend $75,000 on a study to examine the feasibility of establishing a public bank in that city. Most corporate banks do not conduct business with the cannabis industry, even where cannabis operations are legal, pay taxes and hire employees. The study will hopefully prove that a public bank would be able to provide financial services to the cannabis industry....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 1:10am PDT
imageSanta Cruz County Cannabis EIR Update and Important Meeting Dates
Resource Center for Nonviolence 
616 Ocean Street in Santa Cruz
by GreenTrade Santa Cruz
A draft Environmental Impact Report on establishing a regulated cannabis trade in the County concludes that a more permissive approach is an “environmentally superior alternative” to either a ban or a more restrictive proposed ordinance under consideration....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2017 6:32pm PDT
documentRecommendations for Action in the MHCAN Crisis
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by Robert Norse
MHCAN (Mental Health Clients Action Network) has faced a crisis for the last several years with police and city agencies breathing down its neck. The management of MHCAN and its Board of Directors has chosen to pursue, largely a low-profile work-behind-the-scenes approach. There's been little publicity about the upcoming Special Use Permit meeting of the Planning Commission which Board Chair Steve Pleich says is slated for 9-28. A month ago, I wrote the following suggestions to the community....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 6:06pm PDT
imageSupport Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) for City and County License
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by via Valerie Corral, WAMM
WAMM is the longest continually running Medial Cannabis Collective in the nation....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 3:56pm PDT
imageTime for Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Broaden Narcan Policies
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by Steve Pleich
Saving Lives Should Be Top Priority...
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2017 9:14am PDT
imageTime to Revisit All-Volunteer Needle Exchange
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by Steve Pleich
Needle Exchange is Not the Problem, It is the Solution...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 4:19pm PDT
imageMother of Cyprus Speaks Out on Using Cannabis to Treat Epilepsy
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by Keppra Kills
A wonderful interview featuring one of many breakthrough stories on how medical cannabis is helping children deal with crippling seizures....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 11:50pm PDT
imageInterview with Valerie Corral of Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM)
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by via Green Gold Stories
‘I don't work with pot, I work with people.’ - Valerie Corral...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2017 12:50pm PDT
textRegarding the "No Drugs No Alcohol" agreement at The Village in Oakland by The Village
Q: "So why is there a 'No Drugs No Alcohol' agreement in effect at #thevillage?"...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 11:34am PST
imageThe Longest Walk 5.2 “Calling an End to Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence”
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by Angel Heart
The National Field Office of The American Indian Movement proudly announces, The Longest Walk 5.2, “Calling an End to Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence.” Dennis Banks, National Field Director and Co-Founder of The American Indian Movement issued a three phase - 3 year walk across America in 2016. Dennis Banks stated, “Because of the extremely high rate of abuse, suicides, drug related deaths and destruction, which is at a pandemic stage, our mission is to cross this continent on foot; seeking...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 2:02pm PST
imageSCPD Must Revise Immigration Determination Policy
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by Steve Pleich
Now Is The Time to Protect Immigrants Rights...
Posted: Sun, Jan 8, 2017 11:44pm PST
imageWoman Used As Salami Tray at Altai Brands Event in Las Vegas
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by Bradley Allen
Altai Brands of Salinas, California, purveyors of gourmet cannabis edibles, objectifies woman as salami tray at Marijuana Business Conference after-party in Las Vegas....
Posted: Tue, Nov 22, 2016 11:39am PST
textBill to limit property seizures by cops heads to Governor by Lynda Carson
The people of California are still waiting to hear if Governor Jerry Brown will sign SB 443 into law, meanwhile our U.S. Troops remain to guard the fields of poppies in Afghanistan for the drug kingpins involved in shipping heroin to the streets of Oakland, and across the country!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 12:17am PDT
imageRohrabacher-Farr Amendment Continutes to Help Medical Marijuana Defendants in Federal Court
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by Americans for Safe Access
An opinion today (August 16, 2016) issued in the federal 9th Circuit by a three-judge panel has found that federal prosecutions of medical cannabis defendants may not proceed unless there is a violation of state law. In the opinion of U.S. vs. McIntosh, written by 9th Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, the court held that the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment prohibits the federal prosecution of conduct that is allowed by the state's medical cannabis law....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2016 2:12pm PDT
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