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posted on September 2, 2012 by
US NM: Medical Pot User Sues Agency Over Job Loss
Albuquerque Journal, 01 Sep 2012 – A former New Mexico State Personnel Office worker has sued, claiming the office objected to her participation, under doctor’s orders, in the state’s medical marijuana program. Valerie Romero, who was fired from the personnel office in January, filed the lawsuit in state district court Thursday.
posted on August 31, 2012 by
US NM: The Caravan For Peace
El Paso Inc., 26 Aug 2012 – It was June 2011 and a tired Javier Sicilia, the Mexican poet, was ending his Caravana de Paz, his Peace Caravan, from Cuernavaca to Juarez with a presentation in the Plaza Benito Juarez. What I’d remember, however, was not so much his speech but presentations from two women, one who had lost her husband and the other her son. They cried out in rage at the culture of killing that had taken over Mexico, silencing the audience of more than 2,000 people.
posted on August 29, 2012 by
US NM: Column: Uruguay Considers Bold Step In Legalizing Pot
Albuquerque Journal, 28 Aug 2012 – Judging from what Uruguay President Jose Mujica recently told me in an extended interview, there is a real possibility that people in his country will soon be able to buy marijuana legally from a state-regulated company that will be in charge of marketing and selling the drug. Mujica, 78, earlier this month submitted a bill to congress that may be the boldest marijuana legalization proposal anywhere in the world. It calls for the state to "take over the control and regulation of activities related to the importation, production, acquisition, storage, marketing and distribution of marijuana."
