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    Washington Tells DEA To Shove It, Will Conduct Cannabis Research In Violation

    Washington Tells DEA To Shove It, Will Conduct Cannabis Research In Violation Of The Law

    The good news is, hardly anyone really cares what the DEA thinks. Civil disobedience is happening all over the country as individuals and even state governments recognize the injustice of cannabis prohibition. In a heartening example, one brave Georgia lawmaker admitted that he goes to Colorado to secure medical grade cannabis and brings it back to treat sick children in his own state.

    Soon after the DEA gave its decision, Washington state – which has legalized the recreational and medicinal use of cannabis – announced perhaps the boldest act of defiance yet.

    As The News Tribune reported:

    Washington state is moving ahead with its plans to allow scientific research of marijuana, sidestepping federal rules that critics say have hampered study of the drug for decades.

    The state has a new marijuana research license that will allow laboratories to grow marijuana for scientific study. State officials expect to start accepting applications for the new license by January.

    The DEA says they “don’t have enough research” to say cannabis has medicinal value, but their own impossibly strict regulations have stifled research for decades. So Washington is directly addressing this disingenuous claim by paving the way for more research – and, very satisfyingly, giving the DEA the middle finger.

    As Sam Méndez, executive director of the Cannabis Law & Policy Project at the University of Washington School of Law, points out: “It can take up to two years just to get the federal licenses in the first place, because the process is so long and onerous.”

    And, when a researcher finally does get a federal license, the only place they can get research-grade cannabis is from the University of Mississippi. Further, when discoveries are made about the medicinal properties of cannabis, they cannot be applied to state-level systems.

    Washington’s state licensing program will bypass these absurd hurdles, and will open the door for private research facilities to conduct research as well as state universities. Research-grade cannabis can be sourced from within the state from a variety of qualified producers.

    The state Liquor and Cannabis Board is now setting up a scientific review panel to scrutinize applications for the new marijuana research license, a first step toward opening the door to applicants, said board spokesman Brian Smith.

    The scientific review panel — made up of officials from Washington State University and the University of Washington — will evaluate the quality of proposed research projects, as well as whether applicants have the expertise and facilities to carry out the work.

    After developing rules to govern the application process, the LCB expects to start soliciting applications at the start of 2017, with the first licenses to be issued sometime after that.

    On the issue of cannabis, Washington gets full commendations for the rare act of “legislating” freedom by allowing recreational use of cannabis, and for breaking tyrannical barriers to a research on a plant with such medical promise.

    It will soon join Israel as one of the world’s leading areas of medical cannabis research, and open the door for a thriving multi-million dollar industry which also serves the benefit of humanity.

    Full article here..http://www.activistpost.com/2016/08/...ampaign=buffer
    "The Patriarch"



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    Good on Washington!
    There is no spoon.

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    bunch of dope-smoking hippies with poor grooming habits.

    GET A JOB YOU DAMN HIPPIES!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamesiv1 View Post
    bunch of dope-smoking hippies with poor grooming habits.

    GET A JOB YOU DAMN HIPPIES!!!
    i know some 'hippies' who grow weed in Washington....

    they drive new cars, and own new homes, and have families....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamesiv1 View Post
    bunch of dope-smoking hippies with poor grooming habits.

    GET A JOB YOU DAMN HIPPIES!!!
    Give me hippies over kops every time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JK/SEA View Post
    i know some 'hippies' who grow weed in Washington....

    they drive new cars, and own new homes, and have families....
    One in a million. The other 999,999 have greasy long hair, dirty clothes and god-awful body odor.

    HERE'S A DOLLAR, GO BUY A STICK OF DEODORANT HIPPY!!!!!
    Last edited by Jamesiv1; 09-07-2016 at 01:47 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamesiv1 View Post
    One in a million. The other 999,999 have greasy long hair, dirty clothes and god-awful body odor.

    HERE'S A DOLLAR, GO BUY A STICK OF DEODORANT HIPPY!!!!!

    maybe its time for you to move out of the commune...

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    Washington’s state licensing program will bypass these absurd hurdles,

    and will open the door for private research facilities to conduct research as well as state universities. Research-grade cannabis can be sourced from within the state from a variety of qualified producers. The state Liquor and Cannabis Board is now setting up a scientific

    review panel to scrutinize applications for the new marijuana research license
    does not compute

    these people don't understand that freedom cannot be legislated

    'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988

    Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation

    'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3

    Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

    ...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
    ...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...




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    Quote Originally Posted by presence View Post
    does not compute

    these people don't understand that freedom cannot be legislated
    No. But just the fact they are thumbing their nose at the feds is a step in the right direction. And sets a wonderful precedent.
    "The Patriarch"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    No. But just the fact they are thumbing their nose at the feds is a step in the right direction. And sets a wonderful precedent.
    Its my hope the people of Washington thumb their noses at state licensing schemes.

    'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988

    Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation

    'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3

    Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

    ...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
    ...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...


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    Quote Originally Posted by presence View Post
    Its my hope the people of Washington thumb their noses at state licensing schemes.
    Wouldn't that be just the best GD thing if they were able to make that leap? Heavy sigh....
    "The Patriarch"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamesiv1 View Post
    bunch of dope-smoking hippies with poor grooming habits.

    GET A JOB YOU DAMN HIPPIES!!!
    Dude, the hippies are in Portland.
    There is no spoon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jamesiv1 View Post
    bunch of dope-smoking hippies with poor grooming habits.

    GET A JOB YOU DAMN HIPPIES!!!
    Collectivist much?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    Collectivist much?
    Them damn collectivists all wear smurf hats.
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