#1 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 06/04/2008

George Hanamoto inspects some marijuana plants he is growing as his wife, Jean, right, looks on at their home in the Mendocino County community of Willits, CA., Wednesday, May 28th, 2008. Under a law passed in 2000, county residents may grow up to 25 marijuana plants for medical, recreational or personal use. A measure before county voters in the June 3rd primary would scale back the law only allowing six plants to be grown. George Hanamoto, 74, who uses marijuana to relieve glaucoma and for back pain, said cutting plant limits would hurt people like him because growing conditions mean he can’t always get the maximum out of each plant.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/21/2010 #1

Cops have seized more than 105 tons of marijuana after clashing with drug traffickers in Mexico.  Authorities say the drugs - with a street value of $335 million were found in Tijuana following a shootout.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 08/18/2012 #4

Legalizing marijuana is a hotly discussed issue at Seattle’s Hempfest, but there is likely to be extra conversation this year as it will soon be up to voters to decide. The 21st annual Hempfest takes place this weekend. The festival of vendors and entertainment draws thousands of people each year to Myrtle Edwards Park on the Seattle waterfront. Faces behind Washington’s marijuana legalization effort, I-502, are scheduled to speak, including campaign director Alison Holcomb and well-known travel show host Rick Steves. State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D) of Seattle and State Rep. Roger Goodman (D) of Kirkland will also join discussions. Opponents of I-502 will also be at the festival, making their case to voters. Hempfest organizers, however, have elected to remain neutral on the issue, the Seattle Times reports. Washington voters will decide on I-502 this November. If approved, it would create a system of state licensed growers and stores, and impose a 25% tax at each stage. Those over twenty-one could buy up to one ounce of dried marijuana; one pound of a solid, marijuana infused product; or 72 ounces of marijuana infused liquids. Critics argue the initiative conflicts with federal law, works against medicinal users, and could cause an increase in the number of DUI drivers on the road. Politicians have become more comfortable with talking to voters at Hempfest in recent years.

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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/02/2014 #1

Surrounded by a swarm of media in a small retail marijuana sales room, the first official recreational marijuana purchaser Sean Azzariti of Boston reaches for his first marijuana selection handed over by store owner Toni Fox at the 3D Cannabis Center in Denver on January 1st, 2014. Colorado voters approved recreational marijuana use in 2012.

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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 07/10/2014 #4

Cale Holdsworth, in town from Kansas to visit family, celebrates after making a purchase at Top Shelf Cannabis, a retail marijuana store in Bellingham, WA. The retail marijuana store was the first to open in the state, nearly 11/2 years after residents voted for legalization.

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/04/2015 #1

People attend a rally in support of the decriminalization of marijuana in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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#16 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/21/2018 #1

Smoke rises during the annual April 20th marijuana rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada.

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#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/03/2018 #2

Soldiers burn a marijuana plantation near La Rumorosa, Baja California, Mexico, Aug. 28th, 2018.

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#18 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/18/2018 #1

Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton applauds after handing Ian Power and Nikki Rose, who were first in line to purchase the first legal recreational marijuana after midnight, their purchases at a Tweed retail store in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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#19 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/21/2018 #1

Marijuana enthusiasts gather to watch the “bud drop” at the stroke of midnight in celebration of the legalization of recreational cannabis use on Oct. 17th in Toronto. Canada became the 1st industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis, but a lawful buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities like Toronto and Vancouver, where stores are not yet open.

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#21 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 09/04/2019 #20

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#23 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/01/2021 #22

In 2012, private recreational marijuana clubs opened in Colorado, less than a month after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational pot use. #Marijuana

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#25 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/09/2022 #3

Madrid, Spain • A pro-cannabis activist smiles during a demonstration. Thousands of activists took part in a demonstration in La Gran Via in favor of legalising the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana.

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#27 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 08/04/2024 #9

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#28 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/01/2024 #2

The number of U.S. adults using cannabis and hallucinogens remained at historically high levels in 2023 while alcohol use and binge drinking among younger adults continued to drop, researchers said this week. The latest figures released Thursday from the Monitoring the Future survey by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and the U.S. National Institutes of Health showed that adults in two age cohorts —— 19 to 30 and 35 to 50 —— are continuing their trend of consuming more and more cannabis and hallucinogens, such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms.

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#29 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/08/2024 #2

Generations of parental warnings may not be wrong: A massive study of available data finds teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school. Data from 63 studies involving almost 440,000 youths found “cannabis use during adolescence is probably associated with lower school grades; less likelihood of high school completion, university enrollment and post-secondary degree attainment; and increased school dropout rate and school absenteeism,” according to Canadian researchers. My personal experience speaks quite differently. I spent most of my high school years getting stoned on a regular basis. I graduated in the top 5% of my class. I completed a four-year CAT apprenticeship in the top 20%.

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My experience echoes yours, did better my last year of high school after I started getting stoned. Michael T.

#30 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/29/2024 #3

Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may quell your morning sickness, but it could also harm your child’s development, a new study warns. Cannabis exposure in the womb is associated in early childhood with poorer thinking skills, researchers reported Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. These kids also have behavioral problems like impulse control, poor attention and aggressive behavior, researchers found. I call bullshit. There is no way to quantify who did or did not use cannabis, nor in what quantities, frequency or duration. I suspect the footnotes list “alternative” prescriptions for morning sickness that are medically approved by the for-profit health industry.

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#31 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/22/2026 #3

A woman smokes marijuana at the annual 4/20 gathering on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

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#32 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/24/2026 #1

The Twitler administration is seeking to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous substance on Thursday, moving it from Schedule I to Schedule III. The Justice Department announced that it is immediately seeking to reschedule FDA-approved cannabis products, including state-licensed medical marijuana, to Schedule III. Reclassification of medical marijuana as a less dangerous substance would eliminate legal challenges for researchers studying its uses, making it easier to obtain approval to conduct research.

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