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EL CERRITO -- A couple was arrested Friday morning when nearly 100 marijuana plants were discovered in their flooding home during a water main break, the El Cerrito Police Department reported. Carrie Pinkerton, 23, and Nicholas Roman, 20, were arrested after the early morning discovery at 2607 Mira Vista Drive in El Cerrito, Detective Sgt. Shawn Maples said. A 6-inch water main burst at 3 a.m., causing water to flood into the couple's home. http://www.ktvu.com/news/4234674/detail.html
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Genevieve Miller says a JSO Corrections officer beat her during booking last March after she was arrested for marijuana possession. Miller's mug shot shows two black eyes and a broken nose.Miller says after the beating, she was put in a restraining chair. "The officers, they would walk by and laugh at me, they would point at me, point at their nose and laugh, they would raise their fist at me, and I just had to sit there," said Miller.

(Audio Only). February 21, 2005 ยท It was revealed this weekend that a former Bush advisor made secret tapes of conversations had when George Bush was governor of Texas and considering a run for the White House. On the tapes, the now-President Bush indicated that he had used marijuana but would not admit it for fear of setting a bad example for children. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4507034

A law officer shoots and kills a Mexican marijuana smuggler this weekend and the FBI is investigating. At issue, why Border Patrol agents shot at an unarmed man. http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2979383&nav=HMO5Wg0G

A so-called family friend of US President George W. Bush secretly recorded the then Governor Bush apparently admitting to using marijuana.In the tape George W. Bush indicates that he did use marijuana, but says if he's questioned by reporters on the subject he will decline to answer. He's heard to say on the tape he wouldn't admit to using it because children might be influenced to try it because the President did.The nine hours of tapes were surreptitiously recorded from 1998 to 2000 as the then governor prepared to run for the White House.
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Spanish study on marijuana effects, Hunter S. Thompson dead, and pot shots from movies.
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The Bush Marijuana Tapes are out, hear for yourself the Great Liar George W. Bush, refer to his past use of marijuaan and his plans to lie to the voting public about it. Around the same time Bush was planning to lie about his pot use to get votes, he also was lying to voters about Medical marijuana, stating it would be a state issue, then launching a Federal war on patients and medicinal marijuana directly after getting into office. http://www2.cbs5.com/topstories/topstories_story_050213932.html
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Hunter S. Thompson, the prominent countercultural writer who personified "gonzo journalism," has been found dead.Thompson, 67, fatally shot himself Sunday night at his Aspen-area home, his only son Juan Thompson said. His wife Anita was not home at the time. Juan found the body. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1108960518217_12?hub=World#
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This week Francouver brings us newsclips about Brian Carlisle's attempts to sue Abotsford for his medical marijauna, a grow op owner's attempt to return a stolen parrot, and more on the Bush Marijuana Tapes. Plus some classic drug comedy from circa seventies Saturday Night Live.
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In Tapes secretly recorded by a former friend and aide George W. Bush Bush criticizes then-Vice President Al Gore for admitting to marijuana use."I wouldn't answer the marijuana questions," he said, according to the Times. "You know why? Because I don't want some little kid doing what I tried." [and get away with it, without getting arrested!] Like Bush's pre-election lies about recognizing States rights when it comes to medical marijuana, and his lies to get Iraq Oil (at the cost of 100,000 plus lives), Bush wants people to Lie about marijuana use to the kids.
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