The Chico News & Review, 20 Dec 2012 – HSBC Case Shows How The Rich And Powerful Are Immune From Prosecution Currently more than 500,000 Americans are imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses, including tens of thousands of people whose only crime was simple possession of a substance the law states they shouldn’t have. And yet when Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, was determined last week to have laundered $800 million of drug money in violation of U.S. banking laws, nobody was charged with a crime.

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The Reporter, 04 Dec 2012 – Last week’s news reports that Humboldt State University had developed an institute devoted to marijuana research instantly drew plenty of jokes. "We already have a college research institute devoted to marijuana," cracked late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. "It’s called college."

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New Haven Register, 27 Nov 2012 – ARCATA, Calif. (AP) – A public university located in one of California’s prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana. The Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Humboldt State University plans to sponsor scholarly lectures and coordinate research among 11 faculty members from fields such as economics, geography, politics, psychology and sociology.

Los Angeles Daily News, 26 Nov 2012 – Possible Federal Sentence of 10 Years to Life for Selling Medical Pot Unduly Harsh, Given Trend ERSTWHILE medical marijuana purveyor Aaron Sandusky of Rancho Cucamonga must have noted the irony as he cooled his heels in the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 6.

The Chico News & Review, 22 Nov 2012 – Marijuana Is Still Eco-Unfriendly, Despite Rise in Support Though public support for the recreational use of marijuana is reportedly on the rise, pot cultivation and distribution remains detrimental to the environment.

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Redwood Times, 20 Nov 2012 – Northtown Books welcomes Martin A. Lee to talk about his new book Smoke Signals, a groundbreaking social history of cannabis on Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. A panoramic, character-driven narrative that explains why marijuana affects so many aspects of American life, Smoke Signals chronicles the development of a grassroots movement that began in the 1960s and grew into a widespread populist revolt against prohibition. The great leap forward came in 1996, when California voters shocked the political and medical establishments by passing Proposition 215, which authorized doctors to approve marijuana use by patients. Similar laws have since been enacted in 16 other states and the District of Columbia.