Fox News anti-weed Agenda

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Fox Repug Propaganda network always in close step with The American People

Even Repug in-house poller Rasmussen can't screw this one up

7% Think U.S. Is Winning War on Drugs

Eighty-two percent (82%) say the country is not winning the fight against illegal drugs.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...g_war_on_drugs

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In Response to Amendment 64, Boulder DA Dismisses Marijuana Cases

District Attorney Stan Garnett will dismiss all pending criminal cases of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, saying the overwhelming support for Amendment 64 in Boulder County makes it highly unlikely a jury would ever reach a guilty verdict in any of those cases.

“You’ve seen an end to mere possession cases in Boulder County under my office,” Garnett said Wednesday, becoming the first Colorado district attorney to drop pot cases because Colorado voters approved Amendment 64 earlier this month.

As a result of the announcement, police officials across Boulder County also stated they will no longer issue marijuana-possession citations in light of Amendment 64. The cons utional amendment will legalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana in Colorado for those 21 or older.

http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/20...rijuana-cases/

Coors is gonna have his ass.

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Am I missing something here? I haven't seen where Fox News has been mentioned in this thread other than in the le and in Scott's post of a tweet.

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In Response to Amendment 64, Boulder DA Dismisses Marijuana Cases

District Attorney Stan Garnett will dismiss all pending criminal cases of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, saying the overwhelming support for Amendment 64 in Boulder County makes it highly unlikely a jury would ever reach a guilty verdict in any of those cases.

“You’ve seen an end to mere possession cases in Boulder County under my office,” Garnett said Wednesday, becoming the first Colorado district attorney to drop pot cases because Colorado voters approved Amendment 64 earlier this month.

As a result of the announcement, police officials across Boulder County also stated they will no longer issue marijuana-possession citations in light of Amendment 64. The cons utional amendment will legalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana in Colorado for those 21 or older.

http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/20...rijuana-cases/

Coors is gonna have his ass.

I'm nearly positive that Coors is in Jefferson County.....not that they still won't be pissed.

Oh, and having grown up in Colorado, I can assure you that suprisingly, no one there really likes Coors.

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I'm nearly positive that Coors is in Jefferson County.....not that they still won't be pissed.

Oh, and having grown up in Colorado, I can assure you that suprisingly, no one there really likes Coors.

the two biggest contributing opponents to CA mj proposition were 1) the police associations, natch (they gotta have something to pad their quotas. like frying n!gg@s and browns) and 2) the alcohol industry. Coors knows damn well widespread legal mj use would have a serious hit on alcohol consumption.

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the two biggest contributing opponents to CA mj proposition were 1) the police associations, natch (they gotta have something to pad their quotas. like frying n!gg@s and browns) and 2) the alcohol industry. Coors knows damn well widespread legal mj use would have a serious hit on alcohol consumption.

So why would coors be the only ones upset?

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So why would coors be the only ones upset?

What other national beer brewer has HQ in CO?

And of course Coors is well-known for supporting extreme right wing causes.

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What other national beer brewer has HQ in CO?

And of course Coors is well-known for supporting extreme right wing causes.

Anheusier (sp?), has a gigantic brewery in Ft. Collins. There are also a million micro brews.............


Totally off subject though, I was just ing around. I get your point.

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Seattle's Police Department Releases Humorous Guide on How to Get Stoned, After Initiative to Legalize Pot Passes

Last week, the Seattle Police Department quietly released the hillarious how-to, Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle . Witty and silly, it covers all the bases, from driving stoned to drug tests for jobs and whether police themselves can get high. It begins:

The people have spoken. Voters have passed Initiative 502 and beginning December 6th, it is not a violation of state law for adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana (or 16 ounces of solid marijuana-infused product, like cookies, or 72 ounces of infused liquid, like oil) for personal use. The initiative establishes a one-year period for the state to develop rules and a licensing system for the marijuana production and sale.

Marijuana has existed in a grey area in Seattle for some time now. Despite a longstanding national prohibition on marijuana, minor marijuana possession has been the lowest enforcement priority for the Seattle Police Department since Seattle voters passed Initiative 75 in 2003. Officers don’t like grey areas in the law. I-502 now gives them more clarity.

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/seattl...ative-legalize

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Wisconsin asks hunters to watch for marijuana fields

Marijuana growing operations in Wisconsin, watch out: the U.S. Forest Service has instructed hunters to look out for fields in the state’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, reported CNN.

In August, one fisherman in the state came upon a 8,000-plant growing operation worth $8 million.

“Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is large, secluded and heavily roaded, so our personnel cannot by themselves keep an eye on every acre,,”

Police interviews with those who have been apprehended on growing operations revealed that most were undo ented immigrants. Some claim they were sent from California knowing their eventual task, but others say they were unaware they would be growing marijuana and did not know what state they were working in.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/1...e+Raw+Story%29

How many deputized hunters harvest a couple $1000 for themselves before snitching to the USFS?

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What other national beer brewer has HQ in CO?

And of course Coors is well-known for supporting extreme right wing causes.

MillerCoors is HQ'd in Chicago, technically.

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Why Are We Testing Newborns for Pot?

Employees at US hospitals are testing more and more newborns for cannabis exposure. And, with alarming frequency, they are getting the wrong results. So say a pair of recent studies do enting the unreliability of infant drug testing.

In the most recent trial, published in the September edition of the journal Clinical Chemistry, investigators at the University of Utah School of Medicine evaluated the rate of unconfirmed 'positive' immunoassay test results in infant and non-infant urine samples over a 52-week period. Shockingly, authors found [3] that positive tests for carboxy THC, a byproduct of THC screened for in immunoassay urine tests, were 59 times less likely to be confirmed in infant urine specimens as compared to non-infant urine samples. Overall, 47 percent of the infant 'positive' immunoassay urine samples evaluated did not test for the presence of carboxy THC when confirmatory assay measures were later performed.

Immunoassay testing – the standard technology utilized in workplace drug testing – relies on the use of antibodies (proteins that will react to a particular substance or a group of very similar substances) to do ent whether a specific reaction occurs. Therefore, a 'positive' result on an immunoassay test presumes that a certain quan y of a particular substance may be present in the sample, but it does not actually identify the presence of the substance itself. A more specific chemical test, known as chromatography, must be performed in order to confirm any preliminary analytical test results. Samples that test positive on the presumptive immunoassay test, but then later test negative on the confirmatory test are known as false positives.

False positive test results for cannabis’ carboxy THC metabolite are relatively uncommon in adult specimens. Among newborns’ specimens, however, false positive results for alleged cannabis exposure are disturbingly prevalent. [4]

For example, in April, researchers at the University of North Carolina reported in the journalClinical Biochemistry that various chemicals present in various baby wash products, such as Johnson's Head-to-Toe Baby Wash and CVS Baby Wash, frequently cross-react [5] with the immunoassay test to cause false positive results for carboxy THC. “[The] addition of Head-to-Toe Baby Wash to drug-free urine produced a dose dependent measureable response in the THC immunoassay,” the investigators concluded [6]. “Addition of other commercially available baby soaps gave similar results, and subsequent testing identified specific chemical surfactants that reacted with the THC immunoassay. … Given these consequences, it is important for laboratories and providers to be aware of this potential source for false positive screening results and to consider confirmation before initiating interventions.”

Following the publication of the UNC study, researchers at the University of Utah screened for the presence of baby soap contaminants in infant urine. Surprisingly, they didn’t find any [7]. Rather, they concluded that the disproportionately high rate of false positive test results discovered among their samples were the result of a cross-reaction with some other, yet to be determined cons uent. They cautioned: “Until the compounds contributing to positive urine screen results in infants are identified, we encourage the use of alternative specimens for the detection and investigation of neonatal exposure to cannabinoids. Screen-positive cannabinoid results from infant samples should not be reported without confirmation or appropriate consultation, because they cannot currently be interpreted.”

http://www.alternet.org/print/drugs/...g-newborns-pot

part of the reason US health care is 2x more expensive than other countries. Utah and NC, ing NoWhereLand and the Confederacy.