Cannabis Culture

(USA) Siblings design pioneer marijuana iPhone application

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When two siblings, David and Elizabeth Gregory, were laid off from their jobs in January, they used their free time to create an iPhone application focusing on the legalization of marijuana.

CHRONIC-les was released for sale May 21 and has had more than 1,000 downloads, ranking it at number seven under the Lifestyle section in the iTunes App Store.

The app features the laws and consequences for possession in each state, facts and figures supporting why marijuana should be legal and a pre-written letter to President Obama that can be sent by pushing a button, described by David as “petition on the go.” It can also locate the nearest NORML chapter.

(NL) Dutch city to close cannabis cafes near schools

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THE HAGUE (AFP) — The Dutch city of Rotterdam will close 16 cannabis-vending coffee shops from June 1 that lie within a 250-metre radius of certain schools, mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb's office said Thursday.
"The decision concerns 16 coffee shops that are near secondary schools, as well as primary schools for children with learning and behavioural problems," mayoral spokeswoman Anja Pels told AFP.

The move follows a municipal council decision of June 2007 which was later unsuccessfully appealed by

(USA) Oaksterdam University comes to A2

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Last weekend at an event sponsored by California-based Oaksterdam University, more than 300 people packed the Best Western Executive Plaza in Ann Arbor, for the first marijuana educational seminar held in Michigan since the passage of Proposal 1 last November.
During the seminar, audience members asked many questions, demonstrating a general lack of knowledge about the issues surrounding marijuana usage. Oaksterdam University Executive Chancellor Dale Clare attributed the lack of knowledge to the current state of marijuana education.

“It’s not just a lack of information (about marijuana), but an amount