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With our political opponents desperately trying to slow down the marijuana legalization momentum by challenging the ballot title approved by the Attorney General, it is not yet time to collect signatures for I-73, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act.

From ReadTheHook.com

Super Bowl Sunday left Crozet resident Fred Carwile “frustrated and angry,” he says. And not because the Saints won.

That was the day he discovered that his sales listings for back-issues of High Times magazine, which he’s sold for years on eBay, had been yanked without warning.

From Yahoo! News

"For the longest time, our political opponents were older Americans who were not familiar with marijuana and had lived through the 'Reefer Madness' mentality and they considered marijuana a very dangerous drug," said Keith Stroup, the founder and lawyer of NORML, a marijuana advocacy group.

"Now, whether they resume the habit of smoking or whether they simply understand that it's no big deal and that it shouldn't be a crime, in large numbers they're on our side of the issue."

OCTA 2010 Fundraiser February 12, 2010 - Village Ballroom
7pm-10pm
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Portland, OR 97211

From CannabisTaxAct.org

The Office of the Secretary of State received a certified ballot title from the Attorney General on February 2, 2010, for initiative #73, proposing a statutory amendment, for the General Election of November 2, 2010.

In addition, Secretary of State Kate Brown determined that the proposed initiative petition was in compliance with the procedural requirements established in the Oregon Constitution for initiative petitions.

The certified ballot title is as follows:

Permits personal marijuana, hemp cultivation/use without license; commission to regulate commercial marijuana cultivation/sale

Result of "Yes" Vote: "Yes" vote permits state-licensed marijuana (cannabis) cultivation/sale to adults through state stores; permits unlicensed adult personal cultivation/use; prohibits restrictions on hemp (defined).

Result of a "No" Vote: "No" vote retains existing civil and criminal laws prohibiting cultivation, possession and delivery of marijuana; retains current statues that permit regulated use of medical marijuana .

by Mike Hughes via High Times.

The 15-second advertisement in question shows a bare tree that becomes verdant as marijuana leaves with dollar symbols pop up and attach to the branches. The ad then states "Money Can Grow On Trees!" and concludes with the slogan "Legalize Marijuana ­ Billions in Taxes." According to St. Pierre, NORML "wanted to make it clear during tough economic times that taxing marijuana makes sense." HIGH TIMES has obtained a copy of the ad in question (posted below).

by Amy Song via KATU News.

PORTLAND, Ore. - While state budgets in Oregon and Washington face gaping holes, advocates of legalizing marijuana say taxing pot can help fill those holes.

Madeline Martinez, Oregon’s executive director for NORML, the national organization that’s pushing to reform marijuana laws, says she sees a golden opportunity to convince people that legalizing marijuana could be a good thing after all.

January 22, 2010

SAN JOSE, CA -- The recent shift in federal medical marijuana policy, articulated this fall in a Justice Department memorandum instructing U.S. Attorneys to afford greater deference to state laws, resulted in a settlement reached today with a California medical marijuana cooperative, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and others.

The Santa Cruz-based Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a model medical marijuana collective that provides medicine to the terminally ill free of charge, agreed to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the federal government based on the new policy, with the understanding that the litigation will be reinstated in its present posture should the federal government fail to respect state medical marijuana laws in the future.

By Caleb Hannan via blogs.seattleweekly.com.

Last week, SAFER, a Colorado-based medical marijuana advocacy group, called for a national boycott of Starbucks after the coffee roaster's logo showed up on website of a group that opposes drug reforms.