Purple Kush News Round-Up 11/18/2011

Colo. medical marijuana dispensaries join union BusinessWeek By STEVEN K. PAULSON Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries are getting a boost in political clout after they joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The US Justice Department has warned that marijuana dispensaries and licensed growers in ...

Study: Marijuana use doubles risk of crashing your car USA Today By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY Drivers who test positive for marijuana or report driving within three hours of marijuana use are more than twice as likely as other drivers to be involved in crashes, Columbia University researchers find. ... USA Today

Marijuana legalization support at record high CBS News A man smokes a joint at a pro-marijuana "4/20" celebration in front of the state capitol building April 20, 2010, in Denver. (Getty Images) Never before have more Americans believed legalizing marijuana was the right course for the country. ...

Ex-LA fire chief's son accused of bribing TSA officer Los Angeles Times Millage Peaks IV tells authorities he and his associates paid the Transportation Security Administration officer at LAX $5000 to $6000 to help smuggle marijuana on nine separate trips, an FBI affidavit says. By Rick Rojas and Richard Winton, ...

Marijuana, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HEMP) Retains EJM Advisors as Public Relations ... MarketWatch (press release) EJM Advisors' role is to expand the visibility of HEMP's capabilities through mainstream press coverage of its role in the marijuana industry. EJM Advisors will initiate a targeted publicity campaign, starting with the recently announced 'Eco-Harmony ...

Suspect thinks victim is 'marijuana goddess' Baltimore Sun When he spoke with detectives, he told them that he had been smoking a lot of marijuana the previous evening and woke up high the following morning. While he was in the park, when he saw the victim, he thought she was "the marijuana goddess" and that ...

Cannabis Cup goes on despite police visits Detroit Free Press BY BILL LAITNER Despite three visits by Detroit police and officers' warnings that no one should consume marijuana, organizers of the Detroit Cannabis Cup -- a two-day medical-marijuana convention in an Eastern Market jazz club -- said Monday that they ...

3 alleged pot growers held in Healdsburg slaying San Francisco Chronicle HEALDSBURG -- Three alleged marijuana growers have been arrested in the shooting death of a man in Healdsburg, authorities said Monday. Gabino Lopez Santiago, 46, of Healdsburg was shot in the chest, said Sonoma County sheriff's Lt. Glenn Lawrence. ...

Are today's parents going too soft on kids using marijuana? USA Today Roughly one in 10 people who try marijuana get addicted, and young users are more vulnerable than older ones, says Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. 1. Talk to teens early and often about the risks of drugs, ... USA Today

State troopers seize marijuana in weekend traffic stops North Platte Bulletin by George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) - 10/17/2011 Nebraska state troopers seized 68 pounds of marijuana over the weekend in three separate traffic stops on Interstate-80. In the early morning Sunday, a trooper stopped an eastbound 2011 Chevy Sunset ...