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(IPS) New US Congress includes Seven Openly Homosexual or Bisexual Members

March 26, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/u-s-congress-inches-away-from-the-straight-and-narrow/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 26 2013 (IPS) – Even as the issue of gay marriage continues to make waves in the U.S., change is inexorably arriving in the halls of power, with a record seven openly homosexual or bisexual members of the new U.S. Congress. While still small, the number represents […]

(IPS) US Marijuana Lobby Sets Sights on Full Legalisation

January 30, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/u-s-marijuana-lobby-sets-sights-on-full-legalisation/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 30 2013 (IPS) – Since the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington fully legalised marijuana via ballot initiatives in the November 2012 elections, efforts to medicalise, decriminalise, or legalise marijuana at the state level are sprouting up like so many hemp stalks on a sunny day. Eighteen […]

Rally to End Marijuana Prohibition Held at Georgia Capitol

November 14, 2011 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — About one hundred opponents of marijuana prohibition rallied at the State Capitol on Saturday, November 12, 2011, to help educate the public and to dispel old, worn out myths and misinformation about marijuana. Organizations represented at the rally included Georgia For Cannabis, Coalition for Abolition of Marijuana Prohibition (CAMP), Cannabis Reformers, National Organization for the Reform of […]