Category Archives: The Joint Blog

A Brief Look at the History of Cannabis Prohibition

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  “There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers,Read the Rest »

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Occupation Underway

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  The new “Occupy Wall Street” movement, which has expanded to multiple cities across the country, is a call for accountability in government and an end to corporate greed and corruption. This movement has grown massively across the country inRead the Rest »

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Hypocrite Prohibitionists Getting Desperate

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  With a political system that hardly resembles a democracy, it can become quite frustrating as a people to be so far ahead of our government. Let’s look at cannabis prohibition, as we so often do here at TheJointBlog. CannabisRead the Rest »

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Oregon’s Triple Threat to Prohibition

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  Oregon may turn out to be a vital state in the movement to reform our country’s cannabis laws, and Sensible Oregon is a group that might be gaining a lot more attention within the coming weeks and months. TheRead the Rest »

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Reform, Reform…Reform in Washington State.

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*Article updated August 22nd, 2011* Seattle Hempfest recently took part in a historic year for a festival that has been an excellent portal to give the culture hope of a better future. This year’s Hempfest, and the path going intoRead the Rest »

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Updated Confusion – Reform on the Horizon

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  With 16 medical marijuana authorized states, a Federal Government that treats marijuana use like terrorism, and the potential to have that 16 jump to a majority within a few years (MPP), it might be putting it lightly to callRead the Rest »

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Seattle’s New Regulations – Historic and Illegal

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  Today, in what many consider a historic step in the medical marijuana community – Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed into law a bill that allows the city to license and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries within their limits. These regulationsRead the Rest »

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Accountability Breeds Credibility

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Accountability has the potential to breed instrumental change. Some of the more heinous political actions taken over the decades have been a beacon of non-transparency, which seems to flow smoothly through most every vein of our country’s political existence. WhenRead the Rest »

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Department of Justice Steps Back in Time

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In a disturbing, yet somehow unsurprising move, the Department of Justice has recently announced in a recent memo, that with a deliberate refusal to accept voter intent: they’re going to attack persons who are “in the business of cultivating, sellingRead the Rest »

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Strict THC Driving Limits Unfair and Unnecessary.

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With recent attempts in states like Colorado to setup a system that blood tests drivers for THC content, a heated debate has begun. The debate has escalated in Washington State, where a recently introduced legalization Initiative to the Legislature (NewRead the Rest »

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