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POST 420 | APRIL 2010 issue 05
Apr 1st
Horticultural Spring
Spring has finally arrived and although we all may still be in for some chilly, rainy days, we know the long, cold days of winter are behind us once again. The warmth of the sun helps to rejuvenate not just our thoughts, but how we feel. With spring, comes horticultural planning and outdoor growers are busy planning out what crops to grow this season. Growers have the pick of the crop with the vast number of strains to choose from and medical marijuana patients will certainly have only the best to purchase later on this year.
In this special issue, we are thrilled to bring Jesse Ventura, author of American Conspiracies, into all your homes. In an exclusive interview with Post420 Medical Marijuana’s editorial director, Karen Stephenson, Jesse Ventura spoke openly about his viewpoint on marijuana and how he is willing to lend his name to the California movement to legalize marijuana. He supports freedom of choice and even spoke to how marijuana is harmless compared to the devastating effects of excessive alcohol use.
In future issues of Post420 Medical Marijuana Magazine, readers can look forward to other exclusive interviews with those in the public eye who support not just medical marijuana, but the legalization of marijuana.
And finally, it’s 420 time! Don’t just celebrate the day – go wild and celebrate the month! Put on your best “bud” t-shirt, join an advocacy forum, become politically active, treat yourself to a new smoking accessory and go ahead – light one up to celebrate! Then, sit back, relax and enjoy this month’s issue of Post 420 Medical Marijuana Magazine!
Post 420 | APRIL 2010 issue 05
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Amazon Reacts To Colorado Internet Sales Tax Measure By Firing Its Colorado Associates
Mar 8th
In response to recent legislation in Colorado (HB 10-1193), Amazon.com has sent a letter to its affiliates in Colorado informing them that the on-line sales giant will no longer be advertising through businesses in the state that that make money by referring buyers.
In order to close a $1.5 Billion budget gap, Colorado Democrats this session have passed a law that would make it possible to collect sales taxes on on-line purchases by creating an economic nexus between state residents and on-line retailers.
Dana Ullman Homeopathic Medicine: Europe’s #1 Alternative for Doctors
Mar 5th
Numerous surveys over the past 150 plus years have confirmed that people who seek homeopathic treatment tend to be considerably more educated than those who don’t (1). What is not as well known is the fact that homeopathic medicine is the leading “alternative” treatment used by physicians in Europe…and growing numbers of the citizenry.
Palin At Oscar Gift Suite: Sarah Palin And Entourage ‘Like Locusts’
Mar 5th
Sarah Palin aligns her public image with the heartland, but it appears the former Alaska Governor has gone Hollywood. And when she leaves, she may be taking some of it with her.
On top of an appearance on the Tonight Show and rumors that she’s shopping around a TV show with reality producer Mark Burnett, Palin and her entourage were seen partaking in one of celebrity’s lushest rituals — the Oscar gifting suite.
Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes In Utah Mountains En Route To Leadville
Mar 5th
SALT LAKE CITY — A Coast Guard helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in remote Utah mountains after providing security at the Winter Olympics, and three people were airlifted to local hospitals, officials said.
Two crew members were in critical condition and one was in serious condition, according to hospital and Coast Guard officials. Two others sustained minor injuries and were brought out with the help of snowmobiles, he said.
The MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter was one of two traveling through the area en route to home base in Elizabeth City, N.C., after performing security duty at the Vancouver Games, said Dan Dewell, a spokesman for the Coast Guard’s 11th District in Alameda, Calif.
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GOP Senator Accused Of Mortgage Fraud Weeks After Trying To Weaken Industry Regulators
Mar 5th
DENVER—A Colorado state senator and the mortgage company where he works are being investigated for allegedly misleading consumers by sending out advertising flyers that look like official tax documents, a state official said Wednesday.
Investigators believe Republican Sen. Ted Harvey and American Home Funding—the Greenwood Village company where he works as a broker—violated state laws by sending the ads, said Colorado Division of Real Estate Director Erin Toll.
“I can confirm for you there’s an open investigation and my staff investigators believe it violates advertising laws,” Toll said. She refused to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation.
Wyoming ‘Cowboy Ethics’ Codes Become Law
Mar 5th
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The principles of “cowboy ethics” are now part of Wyoming law.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed legislation Wednesday adopting an official Wyoming state code.
The symbolic measure spells out 10 ethics derived from a “Code of the West” outlined in a book by author and retired Wall Street investor James Owen.
The ethics code carries no criminal penalties and is not meant to replace any civil codes.
The state code admonishes residents and lawmakers to live courageously, take pride in their work, finish what they start, do what’s necessary, be tough but fair, keep promises, ride for the brand, talk less and say more, remember that some things aren’t for sale, and know where to draw the line.
Xcel Promises To Cut Pollution In Colorado
Mar 5th
DENVER — Xcel Energy is promising to cut air pollution over the next seven years.
A deal announced Friday by Gov. Bill Ritter, the company and lawmakers will require Xcel to reduce pollutants by retiring or modifying Front Range coal-fired power plants by 2017.
The power plants would be replaced by natural gas and other, cleaner sources of power.
The company will be required to submit plans by Aug. 15 to the state Public Utilities Commissions to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at coal plants by up to 80 percent over the next eight years.
Xcel is Colorado’s largest utility, serving more than 1.1 million residential customers.
Body scanners are headed to 11 major airports
Mar 5th
An employee of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport stands in a body scanner during a December demonstration. The highlighted area on the screen shows an alert on possible forbidden items.
WASHINGTON — Eleven major airports will begin using body scanners to screen passengers as the Transportation Security Administration launches a plan to buy 1,000 of the machines over the next two years.
The scanners can look under passengers’ clothing in order to detect weapons and explosives.
Boston Logan International Airport received one new scanner this week and will get two more next week. All will go into the same terminal. Among the other airports getting the scanners are Los Angeles International, Chicago O’Hare and Charlotte Douglas International.
The Case Against District Attorney Dan May
Mar 5th
As troubled as I am by Fourth Judicial District Attorney Dan May’s efforts to intimidate and hassle a Colorado Springs business owner (whose business just happens to be legally dispensing medical marijuana), because May doesn’t want the shop located in a commercially-zoned area near his neighborhood, I’m also disturbed by the May’s efforts to spread misinformation about Amendment 20 and whip up unnecessary public anxiety about the situation.
