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Craig Jones is Executive Director of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws in Canada. He holds a doctorate in political economy from Q...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 09:00
Caption: Shiva Shankar from Hyderabad gets his niece Vaishnavi from Pune to donate rice to a woman who works there
Sandip Roy investigates the latest social media challenge and finds out what all this 'Rice' is about.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: On the Baja CA Coast
Juan learns about the conservation efforts of WildCoast, an organization based in Imperial Beach, California, and Ensenada, Mexico, that works on b...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 11:56
  • Purchases: 2
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In this edition, Peter Zuckerman, spokesperson for New Approach Oregon tells us the effort to legalize marijuana there (Measure 91) picked up sever...

Bought by KVMR and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The city of Fresno and Fresno County have banned all medical marijuana dispensaries and cannabis cultivation within their borders, and in a high ri...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 13:20
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Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of the Seattle Hempfest describes the significance of this year’s event in the context of legalized recreational ...

Bought by KVMR, KFCF FM, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Jane West owns and operates a marijuana industry business in Colorado and she recently founded Women Grow, an organization intended to help women i...

Bought by KRZA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Minnesota is in the process of implementing a medical marijuana program, but cannabis activists are focused on electing marijuana friendly candidat...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 15:58
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On June, 19, 2014 the Philadelphia city council voted (13-3, a veto-proof margin) to decriminalize possession of marijuana, but since then Mayor Mi...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 10:20
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Since its beginning in 1991, the Seattle Hempfest has become an international rallying point for marijuana legalization advocates, and never more s...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has introduced his administration’s marijuana prevention campaign to deter underage consumption. The theme of t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
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In this interview with CRN’s Brian Bahouth the Republican candidate for California Attorney General, Ron Gold says he will, if elected, champion an...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:26
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News we hear reaction to the New York Times series of editorials calling for the legalization of marijuana fr...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The National Cannabis Industry Association has organized a series of food safety courses for producers and retailers of marijuana infused edibles, ...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Stephen Downing is a retired LAPD Deputy Chief and an executive board member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition or LEAP. He spoke with CRN’s B...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 09:01
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Today the D.C. Board of Elections ruled that Ballot Initiative 71 has enough valid signatures to qualify for November’s general election ballot. I...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
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On the first of the year, 2014, the state of Illinois began implementation of a system to regulate the production and distribution of medical marij...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
Caption: KALW's Hana Baba with Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States
KALW’s Hana Baba met up with the former president during his recent stop in San Francisco to talk with him about his book, and the issues facing wo...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
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According to a report published on the new website RegulatingCannabis.com, there has been a 110 percent increase in the number of annual marijuana ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:51
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Advocates for legal cannabis in the United Kingdom held the “Beach BBQ Smoke Out” in Redcar over the first weekend in August. The protest is signi...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:17
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The Brookings Institution has released a study of Colorado’s six month old program to regulate the legal sales and taxation of marijuana, and accor...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2014
  • Length: 09:26
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There has been some small movement in efforts to reform marijuana laws at the federal level recently. In mid-July, Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Stev...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
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Maine passed a medical marijuana law in 1999 with 61 percent of the vote, and in 2009 the legislature decriminalized possession of small amounts of...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:07
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The Cannabis Consumers Union began operation in Denver on July, 22, 2014. CRN’s Brian Bahouth spoke with Larisa Bolivar, founding president of the...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:57
Caption: "Smoke Out" May 1st, 1972. University of Wisconsin, Madison., Credit: University of Wisconsin archives
Keith Stroup is Legal Counsel for NORML and recently wrote an entry on the NORML blog titled, “Pot Protestivals and the Role They Play in the Legal...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 07:57