Medical Marijuana From Sea to Shining Sea? A Lawsuit Wants to Force Feds to Say Yes to Pot

Marijuana advocates filed a suit in a U.S. Circuit Court today to force the Obama administration to answer a petition that seeks to have the federal government recognize cannabis as a drug with acceptable medical uses.

The suit wants the court to order the administration to answer the original request within 60 days. This after nine years of stalling on the matter, according to California NORML, which is party to Monday's suit.

If the coalition of pro-pot organizations is successful, marijuana would be taken out of the federal Schedule I category -- the group of outlaw drugs with no legitimate uses, to which cocaine doesn't even belong -- and, presumably, made available as a medicine from coast-to-cost. Wishful thinking?

According to a statement, the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis says the administration (first Bush's, now Obama's) never responded to its 2002 petition to reschedule marijuana, "despite a formal recommendation in 2006 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the final arbiter in the rescheduling process."

The case has been going on so long that one of the patients named as a plaintiff has died, according to the coalition.

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The Five Worst States To Get Busted With Marijuana In

 Even a minor marijuana bust can be life-altering for people that are unlucky enough to be arrested in one of these five states.

Police prosecute over 800,000 Americans annually for violating state marijuana laws. The penalties for those busted and convicted vary greatly, ranging from the imposition of small fines to license revocation to potential incarceration. But for those arrested in these five states, the ramifications of even a minor pot bust are likely to be exceptionally severe.

The worst states to get busted with marijuana in are, Oklahoma,  Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona. In the article it explains the reasons why.

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Funny Video For The Day! Wanna Be Rapper Passes Out After A Blunt Hit!

LOL! Here's a funny video clip. A wanna be rapper passes out after taking a hit from a blunt. Either he is a lightweight or it's some real strong stuff!


**WARNING: Contains STRONG language!**

Police: Man smoked all his pot during stop

FOREST PARK, Ill., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Police in Illinois said a man admitted to smoking the last of his marijuana in his car during a traffic stop so officers wouldn't be able to find any drugs.
River Forest police said Giovanni Lyles-Dawson was pulled over at 6:09 p.m. Sept. 9 for allegedly driving with expired plates, and officers detected a strong odor of marijuana when they approached the vehicle, the Forest Park (Ill.) Forest Leaves reported Wednesday.
Police said they asked Lyles-Dawson to exit the car, but he instead locked his door and rolled up his window. The man's mother, Jayne Dawson, who was in the passenger seat, also locked her door and refused to exit when ordered by police.
Lyles-Dawson was eventually coaxed out of the vehicle and he allegedly told police: "I smoke weed. There's no weed in the car because I smoked it all."
Lyles-Dawson was ticketed for expired plates and arrested on charges of obstructing a police officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and a previous warrant for non-payment of child support.
Dawson was charged with obstructing police.

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This never gets old..

Marijana plants found in Sequatchie County

A snitch gave up the location of around 200 marijuana plants to The Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office. The weed was found on Cagle Mountain where the marijuana murderers cut down the plants and carted it off. (I wonder where?) The estimated value of the precious plants is $90,000. Sheriff Ronnie Hitchcock said there are no suspects in the case and finding any suspects is highly unlikely.