Americans decide on legalising pot, cocktail law, while picking president
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Americans decided a raft of weighty ballot issues ranging from electing their president, to legalising pot, to scrapping a ban on bartenders serving spirits from mini-bottles.
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On a picture-perfect college green in the Old South, framed by live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, Barack Obama is talking about pioneers and immigrants, about slaves and suffragettes, about the can-do spirit that Americans used to have.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the issue of medical marijuana tomorrow. A decision is expected tomorrow as well. Prosecutors say it is an addictive substance.
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The presidential race has become a teeth-gnashing affair for many Americans, no matter if they have a strong preference and pray that it will be realized, or if they resemble the Colorado voter who blanched the other day when we expressed surprise that
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Voters in Alaska will decide on Tuesday whether to make their state the first in the country to legalize the sale, possession or use of marijuana by adults.
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WASHINGTON - Nearly three-fourths of older Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use, according to a poll done for the nation&#39;s largest advocacy group for seniors.
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Arizona is not a friendly state for medical marijuana users despite two successful voter initiatives. And a pending US Supreme Court ruling on pot for the chronically ill isn&#39;t likely to change things.
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As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of state medical-marijuana laws, Americans might want to pause to remember a man named Peter McWilliams.
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The Canadian government has signalled its intention to re-introduce legislation to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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The Spitzer administration has proposed a $3.50-a-gram tax on marijuana and a $200-a-gram tax on other illegal drugs like cocaine. Some experts are skeptical.
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US President George W. Bush this week is expected to sign a bill making it harder to place bets on the Internet, a practice which already is illegal in the United States.
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WASHINGTON - Monday morning, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will clear the air on the legality of medical marijuana use.
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SUPREME COURT The debate over medical marijuana heads toward a legal conclusion tomorrow as the Supreme Court hears arguments about the substance.
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In a state where 537 of them decided the Presidency, a key case is challenging a rule that some see as disenfranchising legitimate voters
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SEATTLE -- This fall, sober public servants will convene meetings across Washington state to answer a pressing question: How much marijuana constitutes a two-month supply?
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That&#39;s the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election. They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide
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In Colorado, where microbreweries are common and the biggest beer magnate is running for the Senate, a battle is brewing among teetotalers over who should be their presidential candidate.