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See 2014, 2015 Global Cannabis March, and 420 city lists.

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See: Current events and news. And: Cannabis news sources. More: Cannabis news and events archive. Facebook: Global Marijuana March. Participate: 2015 GMM-420.

Obama on marijuana legalization: ‘My suspicion is that you’re gonna see other states start looking at this’. Obama said: "Last year you had the first time in 40 years where the crime rate and the incarceration rate went down at the same time." Obama said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one.

Obamacare is better than the old healthcare system. Drug rehab for harder drugs is now paid for by Obamacare. But Obamacare does not cover everybody because of the incredible waste of health insurance companies. Single-payer covers everybody (including veterans who really need more than the inadequate Veterans Administration). It is much easier to use (almost no paperwork for patients), is far cheaper per capita [2], and gets better overall health results. U.S. Healthcare Ranked Dead Last Compared To 10 Other Countries. June 16, 2014. Forbes: "Many continue to falsely assume that we pay more for healthcare because we get better health (or better health outcomes)." Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare? The Atlantic. July 23, 2014. And 200 million claims were denied yearly before Obamacare. [3][4][5][6][7].

Health insurance paperwork wastes $375 billion yearly! CNBC, Jan 13, 2015. Quotes:

They estimate the cost of covering all of the roughly 40 million Americans still lacking health insurance would be equal to just about half of the $375 billion in projected savings. The balance of those savings, they write, could 'upgrade coverage for the tens of millions who are under-insured'. ... Of the total of $471 billion in BIR [billing and insurance-related costs], an estimated $375 billion—or 80 percent—is 'additional spending' that would be eliminated by 'a simplified financing system' such as single-payer, the report said.

USA. Global Marijuana March (May 2) and 420 events (around April 20). By city.
Jesse Ventura's State of the Union. [8]. Income inequality, cannabis legalization, drug war.
Oxfam report says half of global wealth held by the 1%. And: The Great American Hustle: How The One Percent Mauled The Middle Class. US Republicans block full legalization since Cannabis props up the Drug War; the key to Mass Incarceration and mass control.
Grandpa Doing Life Without Parole—for Pot. [9][10]. Nazi Republican prosecutor.

Eiffel Tower by the Seine river, Paris, 2 March 2014

2015 Global Cannabis March. Cities in France. May 2 or thereabouts.
Hate radio fact check. Handgun-free France has far lower murder and incarceration rates than the US. Also, no insane NRA-created mandatory minimum drug sentencing.
Major French Newspaper (Le Monde) Supports Cannabis Legalization. [11][12][13].
UK: Drug users should NOT be put in prison, says former undercover narcotics cop. See: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).

Republicans are far behind concerning marijuana legalization, gay rights, minimum wage, police accountability, ending mass incarceration. Hate-filled GOP trolls going out of style?
9 Mistakes Stoners Make In The Dating World. "Members of Occupy Weed Street held the first ever sex-ed for stoners class in New York City." Hilarious GIFs.
Republican Rudy Giuliani Accuses Obama, Black Leaders Of Stoking 'Anti-Police Hatred'. [14]. The 1998 Million Marijuana March started because of him. See Wikipedia: Rudy Giuliani.
Republican attorney generals of Nebraska and Oklahoma File Federal Suit Against Colorado Over Marijuana Legalization.
Cannabis liberation and rising income inequality will end Republican Southern Strategy. See: Black-White Wealth Gap at 24-Year High. See Race, ethnicity, and drug war.[15][16][17].
25,000 March in New York to Protest Police Violence. New York Times. [18][19][20][21]. Photos of huge crowds [22][23][24][25][26]. Video [27][28][29].
JFK used medical marijuana while in office. [30]. And Obama said cannabis is safer than alcohol.
White House Backs Legal Marijuana in DC Video - ABC News. [31][32][33]. Loophole found.
Federal Govt. Won't Stop Native Americans From Growing, Selling Marijuana. [34].

William Randolph Hearst's nemesis, Pancho Villa. See: Race, ethnicity, and drug war.

Republican-led US House is using a crucial spending bill to block recreational marijuana legalization in DC.
Republicans need to evolve on state and local marijuana laws.
Like Mexican cops, US cops have license to kill. Supreme Court Helped Make It Possible To Kill By Chokehold.
USA: 50+ Cities protesting Plan Mexico, 100,000 murdered in War on Drugs. [35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. Facebook: USTired2. Cities. Video.

The Mexican Horror story — Facebook: USTired2. Stop Plan Mexico.

Cop, Angry After Not Finding Drugs, Smashes Man’s Face into His Car, Breaks Teeth. [42].
“Killology”. DOJ opposes police outlook of "war", "enemy combatants." Cops, rape, spousal abuse.
CIA. Wars on demand. Including drug wars. Special discount for wars on brown people.

"War On Drugs". Trillion Dollars. [43]. "The fact is America really is crazy when it comes to drugs."

Can Marijuana Cure PTSD? [44][45][46][47].
House bill to allow VA and veterans access to medical marijuana [48]. Will Republicans pass it?
Jesse Ventura: On the US police state. He strongly supports marijuana legalization [49].
Canada to Begin Prescribing Heroin to Those Already Addicted. LEAP praises the decision.
State-run marijuana sales plan survives as left wins Uruguayan election.
“The Empty Chair at the Holiday Table” Campaign. Moms United to End the War. [50][51].
Chilean moms growing support for medical marijuana.
Georgia: Democrat files 2 bills to legalize medical marijuana and recreational marijuana.
New York City: Democrat Mayor de Blasio seeks mail-in payment for pot fines. He stopped Giuliani and Bloomberg's policy of arresting tens of thousands of brown people yearly for cannabis possession. [52][53][54][55]. The Benefits of Fewer NYPD Arrests. See Saturday Night Live video.
"TheStreet investigates the 8 states likely to next embrace marijuana law reform". With 2014 election results for both major and minor marijuana votes.

Mitt Romney in July 2012 in New Hampshire 2

Imagine if Mitt Romney was President.
2016 election. "The Blue Wall is a block of states that no Republican Presidential candidate can realistically hope to win. ... Voter turnout was awful. It was more awful for the Democrats but the GOP won 52 percent of 35 percent of the vote: in other words their mandate is 17 percent of the registered electorate (and 13 percent of those eligible to vote)."
UK conservatives like drug war [56], and taxing, underpaying, and pillaging the poor and middle class [57][58][59]. The US drug war is part of Republican war on the poor and middle class where there has been an incredible transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 0.1%. See charts:

Ronald Reagan, 1980 campaign speech [60]: "Leading medical researchers are coming to the conclusion that marijuana, pot, grass, whatever you want to call it, is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States, and we haven't begun to find out all of the ill effects, but they are permanent ill effects. The loss of memory for example."

Willie Nelson at the White House 2014 Nov 6 — Willie Nelson at the White House. 2014 Nov 6

Obamacare doctors injected her with marijuanas — From Christians for Michele Bachmann.

Big Pharma and medical marijuana patients — Republican lobbyist at work. **VoteMedicalMarijuana.org** - **poor legislative record of most Republicans.**

US minimum wage comparison by state — Minimum wage. **Exact rates by state.**

Denmark $21 an hour, Big Mac — Marijuana and Minimum Wage. Why do US Republicans block progress on both?

S&P timeline and U.S. presidents to 2014 Aug 26 breaking of 2000 barrier

Republicans crushed in Oregon. Cannabis made legal [61][62]. Presidential candidate from Oregon could end cannabis prohibition in 2016. Pew Poll shows support for legalization has increased 11 points since 2010. See Why Prisons Thrive [63]. Also, record wealth inequality [64].
Marijuana and minimum wage won big on Tuesday. Exit polls: 63% of voters believe economic system generally favors wealthy.
Minimum Wage Measures Pass Easily in Four Red (Republican) States.
Election 2014: Americans Ready to End the War on Drugs.
It’s official: Marijuana has gone mainstream. Alaska: 74 percent of Democrats. Only 30 percent of Republicans.
Legalization limbo in D.C.. [65][66]. Will Republicans block? Willie Nelson: Obama ‘may be happy’ about D.C. legalization. [67][68].
Marijuana and minimum wage win in Alaska.
Guam legalizes medical marijuana.
Recreational marijuana passes in Oregon: Oregon election results.
Maine. South Portland votes to legalize pot for those over 21.
Michigan. Pleasant Ridge passes pot measure.
D.C. marijuana legalization on track for easy passage.
Progressive issues win: Marijuana, minimum wage, gun sale background checks.
Prison industrial complex infographics. Never forget the Republican leadership.
Obama’s choice for top DOJ slot has said states could legalize marijuana. [69][70][71]. She led ACLU's National Campaign to End Mass Incarceration. The drug war is part of Republican war on the poor: mass incarceration, student debt, disenfranchisement, wealth inequality.

VoteMedicalMarijuana.org - poor legislative record of most Republicans. Their lobbyists have lots of money. [72] -->>

Record high in the Dow, but median wage remains stagnant. [75]. Republicans block cannabis and minimum wage progress.

1967-2013 mean household income (in 2013 dollars) by quintile and top 5%

Scientists Solve Mystery Of Pot-Smoking Siberian 'Ice Princess'. [76][77][78].
Texas! Houston. District Attorney Race Too Close To Call. [79][80]. Democrat Ogg for marijuana possession tickets.
Oregon: Moms from Oregon, Colorado and Washington Endorse Measure 91 Marijuana Legalization. Hemp News.
California: Prop. 47: Initiative to reduce prison sentences. And: After California decriminalized marijuana, teen arrest, overdose and dropout rates fell.
Where marijuana is legalized, decriminalized or on the November ballot. Table. Washington Post.
Bill Gates Thinks Thomas Piketty's Attack On Inequality Is Right. The Economist agrees. Huffington Post: Key Inequality Measure Highest Since Great Depression.

Voting for most Republicans keeps boots on the ground longer: In cannabis wars, in Sunni-Shia holy wars, in cultural wars of the Religious Right in the USA. It all distracts from the failure of trickle-down economics [81] of the 1%.

60-second interview: Actor and comedian Tommy Chong. "No longer counter-culture, now I call it over-the-counter culture."

If a bigot like Henry Ford can figure out higher wages (and hemp), maybe so can the do-nothing Republican Congress.

D.C.: Marijuana Legalization Initiative Receives Major Labor Endorsements. Hemp.org - Hemp News.

Running an economy is simple. The free market concentrates wealth. So progressive taxation is a necessity. Along with a living minimum wage. If money is constantly recycled, then people have money to spend, and unemployment is low. Also, there is less crime, and less spending for police, courts, and prisons. So more money goes to individuals to keep the economy running.

Millions of Americans to vote on marijuana legalization. Travel guru Rick Steves campaigns. [82][83]. USA Today.

Astounding Percentage Disapprove Of GOP. Some reasons: Republican politicians, private prisons, and sheriffs still want cannabis war. Obama says let states decide. House voted (with only a few Republicans) to let states alone on medical cannabis.

2014: State Ballot Measures to Watch. In Kiplinger's Personal Finance. "Minimum wage, marijuana and abortion measures".
Tommy Chong Explains Plan to Win! [84][85] on Dancing with the Stars. [86][87][88].

Remember Romney Republicans in 2012? Compare to 2014! Happy days are here again!:

Obama helping turn around the Reagan-Bush War on Cannabis, mandatory minimums, and mass incarceration.

A Crucial Election Season for Legalizing Marijuana and Ending the Drug War - state-by-state info. See also: VoteMedicalMarijuana.org - poor record of most Republicans. Scoring of legislative records of candidates. See: VoteForMarijuana.net - Help fill another database of politicians' records concerning cannabis. [89]. See: Vote Hemp.

Spain: Basque Parliament Urges Government To Formally Legalize, Regulate Cannabis Clubs.
Ecuador Frees Thousands Of Drug Mules. [90]. President Correa's father was a drug-war POW in 1970s USA. NBC News.
Alaska, Oregon and District of Columbia Should Legalize Pot. Editorial board of New York Times.
Ballot initiatives can boost turnout 8%. Big 2014 issues are marijuana and minimum wage.
Minimum wages around the world. By PolitiFact.com. See graphics too. -->>

Majority Of Employers Say Raise The Minimum Wage. So why do Republicans block it?

Americans Have No Idea How Bad Inequality Is. Drug war is war on poor. See infographic.
Holder's Legacy: Steering Away From the Drug War and Mass Incarceration. [91][92].
Marijuana advocates start their 2016 legalization fight in California today. [93][94][95].
Battle to control Senate remains deeply competitive. Colorado Republican is now behind in polls.
Colorado. Hardline Republican sneaking into Senate. [96]. Voted against allowing medical cannabis in states.
McConnell opposes medical marijuana. Grimes (Democrat) supports discussion. [97][98][99][100].

U.S. Election, November 4, Tuesday. Absentee and Early Voting. State-by-state info. [101][102]. Turnout matters! State-by-state voter registration deadlines. See: Online registration.[103]. And, Voter Registration by mail. CanIvote.org ~ Are you registered, and where is my polling place.

Attorney general questions if marijuana should be in same legal category as heroin. [104].
Will Illinois be 17th state to decriminalize? Democrat Rahm Emanuel in favor. [105][106].
New Mexico court OKs marijuana ballot questions. Republicans opposed their inclusion.
Alaska. Prominent Republicans fundraise for anti-Prop 2 group "Big Marijuana, Big Mistake".

See older news: Cannabis news and events archive.

Class warfare + drug war = perfect trickle-down Reaganomics, mass incarceration, and mass control.

Jesse Ventura's State of the Union. [107]. Income inequality, cannabis legalization, drug war.
Oxfam report says half of global wealth held by the 1%. And: The Great American Hustle: How The One Percent Mauled The Middle Class. US Republicans block full legalization since Cannabis props up the Drug War; the key to Mass Incarceration and mass control.
Grandpa Doing Life Without Parole—for Pot. [108][109]. Nazi Republican prosecutor.

Obama said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one.

Obamacare is better than the old healthcare system. Drug rehab for harder drugs is now paid for by Obamacare. But Obamacare does not cover everybody because of the incredible waste of health insurance companies. Single-payer covers everybody (including veterans who really need more than the inadequate Veterans Administration). It is much easier to use (almost no paperwork for patients), is far cheaper per capita [110], and gets better overall health results. U.S. Healthcare Ranked Dead Last Compared To 10 Other Countries. June 16, 2014. Forbes: "Many continue to falsely assume that we pay more for healthcare because we get better health (or better health outcomes)." Why Do Other Rich Nations Spend So Much Less on Healthcare? The Atlantic. July 23, 2014. And 200 million claims were denied yearly before Obamacare. [111][112][113][114][115].