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Man in Drunk Lives Matters Shirt Arrested for Drunk Driving

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Man in Drunk Lives Matters Shirt Arrested for Drunk Driving

If you plan on going out and drinking on St. Patrick’s Day, you should definitely wear something green. It could be a hat, pants, a shirt, a scarf—anything really. What it shouldn’t be—for a number of reasons—is a green t-shirt that says Drunk Lives Matter, especially if you plan on driving under the influence later.

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Unfortunately, that’s just what 44-year-old Elwood Gutshall III allegedly did on March 19. WKBN reports that Gutshall was arrested in Newville, Pennsylvania just after midnight. Police say his BAC was over twice the legal limit.

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Newville Police Department

He joins a long line of people arrested wearing unfortunate t-shirts, including the meth dealer who was busted wearing a Los Pollos Hermanos shirt from Breaking Bad.

Most people are surprised to learn in September 1910. New York was the first state to pass drunk driving laws. California soon followed with its own laws. However, these early laws merely made it illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol. Drunk driving became illegal in all 50 states in 1988 when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was fully implemented. The Act required all states to set the legal drinking age at 21 and also made it illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent or higher.

WATCH: Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Re-Imagined as ‘The Golden Girls’ Parody

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WATCH: Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Re-Imagined as ‘The Golden Girls’ Parody

While it’s sad the final season of HBO’s Girls will end soon, thankfully Lena Dunham and gang gave us good indication where their characters would end up: in a retirement home together. The segment played on Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and was a clear homage to The Golden Girls.

Though set in 2067, the characters’ aging hasn’t dulled their quirky habits and petty mannerisms. Yes, Marnie is still self-centered; yes, Jessa poses with hip ironic detachment; yes, Shoshanna still delivers Grade-A flustered tirades; and yes, Hannah gets naked. Would you expect (or want) anything less?

The visual gag comes when Andrew Rannells’ Elijah appears halfway through, not looking a day older. It’s a double joke, considering Rannells in real life is 38 years old. (He’s not the oldest male on the show—Alex Karpovsky, who plays Ray, is 41.)

All in all, this was a neat treat. But it reminds us once again how much we’ll miss these characters when they’re gone.

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What’s Ahead On The Bumpy Road Toward Massachusetts’ Legal Marijuana

Al Olson
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What’s Ahead On The Bumpy Road Toward Massachusetts’ Legal Marijuana

Last November, Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted for Question 4, becoming one of eight states in the nation to allow for the adult use of recreational marijuana. Since then, the Bay State has been awash in questions about Question 4.

Originally, the sale of legal weed was supposed to begin on Jan. 1, but just four days before the new year, the state legislature voted to delay sales until July 1. Now the big question is where consumers will actually be able to purchase recreational marijuana.

According to the Boston Globe, at least 76 cities and towns in the state are considering restrictions on cannabis sales.

Question 4 was written to allow cities and towns to opt out of the retail structure, and many are exercising that right. The law clearly reads:

The proposed law would authorize cities and towns to adopt reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of operating marijuana businesses and to limit the number of marijuana establishments in their communities. A city or town could hold a local vote to determine whether to permit the selling of marijuana and marijuana products for consumption on the premises at commercial establishments.

Although the measure passed with 53.6 percent of the vote — 1,769,328 votes — the residents is 91 communities did not support it. Now, those jurisdictions are fighting back.

Andy Gaus, spokesman for the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition, fears that illicit sales will continue to thrive in Massachusetts — and the state’s coffers will be denied much-needed tax revenue.

“If [communities] want control, the best thing to do is let the shops open and make adjustments as they go,” Gaus told the Globe. “They don’t have any control over the black market.”

Massachusetts is not alone in walking the fine line once voters have had their say. Colorado, California and Washington have also struggled with state vs. local issues.

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue estimates that recreational sales could produce $64 million in tax revenue in the first 12 months of the program.

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DC Weed Activists Are Planning A Smoke-In For 4/20: What You Need Yo Know

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DC Weed Activists Are Planning A Smoke-In For 4/20: What You Need Yo Know

You could spend your 4/20 — the holiest of days for cannabis enthusiasts — getting super high on your couch and baking the best munchies possible to celebrate.

Activists in Washington, D.C., however, would prefer to spend the day working to further their cause. On April 20, members of the group DCMJ plan to stage a “smoke-in” at the nation’s capitol.

Anyone over 21 years of age with valid congressional ID can get a locally-grown joint, including members of Congress, staffers, credentialed journalists and interns. It’s a small enough amount and done with proper screening that it’s legal to do so, DCMJ says.

But it doesn’t stop with that stunt. On April 24, things get more intense: They’re planning to openly smoke on federal lands, in order to invite arrest and challenge reform.

According to CNN:

The 4/20 giveaway is an attempt to “destigmatize” the plant, while the “smoke-in” four days later is supposed to be a direct request for federal reform. The activists said they want marijuana rescheduled in the eyes of the federal government so that federal penalties are less harsh.

DCMJ co-founder Adam Eidinger said he fully expects to be arrested that day.

Sit-in were used as a peaceful protest during the Civil Rights Movement. The non-violent action of standing one’s physical ground can be a simple yet effective way to send a message about a cause, which is what these activist hope to achieve.

On the presidential inauguration weekend, DCMJ also staged a smoking sesh and handed out joints as protest and to raise awareness. Some marijuana groups have distanced themselves from DCMJ’s extreme direct-action approaches, calling it counterproductive to condone illegal behavior.

[h/t CNN]

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You Can Now Trade Marijuana-Related Stocks On The Toronto Stock Exchange

Al Olson
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You Can Now Trade Marijuana-Related Stocks On The Toronto Stock Exchange

If you believe that the nascent cannabis industry is ready to skyrocket, you now have the ability to put your money where your mouth is. The Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday began trading the world’s first marijuana exchange-traded fund, allowing investors to buy shares of a portfolio of marijuana-related stocks.

“Canada is the birthplace of ETFs and has been home to many firsts in the industry. The Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences (HMMJ) ETF is another made-in-Canada ETF milestone, the world’s first marijuana ETF,” said Steve Hawkins, president and co-CEO of Horizons ETFs. “At Horizons, we take pride in our innovation, so we’re very happy that for the first time, investors will be able to access a low-cost, diversified portfolio of companies that are directly involved in the rapidly growing medical marijuana industry.”

For those not familiar with ETFs, think of it as an index fund. Here is how NASDAQ defines ETFs:

Exchange Traded Funds are funds that track indexes like the NASDAQ-100 Index, S&P 500, Dow Jones, etc. When you buy shares of an ETF, you are buying shares of a portfolio that tracks the yield and return of its native index. The main difference between ETFs and other types of index funds is that ETFs don’t try to outperform their corresponding index, but simply replicate its performance. They don’t try to beat the market, they try to be the market. ETFs have been around since the early 1980s, but they’ve come into their own within the past 10 years.

In essence, investors can buy stock in the ETF, which removes the risk in investing in a specific company.

Cannabis sales in 2016 were estimated at $6.7 billion, a 25 percent increase year-over-year. As the industry matures, and the laws become more progressive, the market will skyrocket.

“The rapid growth of the medical marijuana industry, which includes the growth in the size of companies and the number of companies that are publicly listed on North American stock exchanges, has created enough market depth and liquidity to make launching an ETF with this unique theme possible,” Hawkins said in a press release. “It’s rare that investors get an opportunity to invest in what is essentially an entirely new sector of stocks.”

The HMMJ ETF will track a bucket of 14 stocks. The largest of the group include:

  • Aurora Cannabis
  • Insys Therapeutics
  • Aphria
  • ScottsMiracle-Gro
  • Canopy Growth
  • GW Pharmaceuticals

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Weed Rules At Dictionary.com: 420, ‘Dabbing’ And ‘Kush’ All Included

Al Olson
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Weed Rules At Dictionary.com: 420, ‘Dabbing’ And ‘Kush’ All Included

What do the words “man bun,” “bitchface,” ‘alt-right,” and “Kush” have in common? They are among the 300 new words added to the Dictionary.com database.

According to the blog entry from Dictionary.com:

The latest update to Dictionary.com includes over 300 new words and definitions, reflecting everything from news stories to fashion trends. We’ve also updated several existing Dictionary.com entries.

Once again, many new words came straight from the headlines, from Black Lives Matter and Burkini to alt-right and clicktivism. Some words like 420 and Kush reflect broader acceptance of marijuana use and culture, as it’s becoming medically and recreationally legal across the country.

Jane Solomon, the official lexicographer for Dictionary.com says a lot of thought goes into what is added each year to the list of words.

“We also have lookup data,” Solomon says. “We can see what words people have tried to look up on Dictionary.com that haven’t led to a definition,” she told CNN. “It takes a lot of time and effort and thought, so as a lexicographer we give every word the same amount of respect and attention and care,” Solomon says.

Here is how Dictionary.com defines the new cannabis terms:

420 or 4/20, 4:20

[fawr-twen-tee, fohr‐]

noun, Slang 

1. marijuana: Are you carrying any 420 on you?

2. marijuana drug use: Police presence at the concert discouraged 420. The guys at the party were all 420-friendly.

3. the twentieth day of the fourth month, or the time 4:20, when referenced as a day or time for cannabis consumption or the celebration of marijuana culture: The head shop has a big pipe sale every year on 420.

dabbing

[dab-ing]

noun

1. the consumption of cannabis by inhaling the vapor of heated cannabis extract oil: Experts agree that dabbing is more addictive than smoking.

Kush

[koo sh, kuhsh]

noun, Slang.

1. marijuana, formerly specific to a strain of cannabis that originated from the Hindu Kush region.

The world of politics is well-represented in the list of new terminology: Black Lives Matter, alt-right, clicktivism and stochastic terrorism are among the words added.

“Our users turn to us to define the words they see, hear, and read — and in today’s highly politicized world, we play a necessary role in helping users dissect the meaning of words heard in this period of political discourse,” said Dictionary.com CEO Liz McMillan.

I’m sure you know what a man bun is. Don’t know what stochastic terrorism means? Look it up.

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Jeff Sessions Has Created A Task Force For ‘Marijuana Enforcement’

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Jeff Sessions Has Created A Task Force For ‘Marijuana Enforcement’

Perhaps in order to build a case to support a federal marijuana crackdown, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently published a memo indicating the formation of new task force that will review “marijuana enforcement” policies in an effort to combat violent crime.

The memo, which was sent to the offices of nearly 100 federal prosecutors and Justice Department heads, shows the task force will evaluate existing policies, including those pertaining to marijuana, issuing a full report on those matters by the end of July.

What is concerning about the creation of this task force is that it consists of federal agencies that would like nothing more than to see the concept of legal weed wiped off the map. DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, Stacia Hylton, head of the U.S. Marshals Service, and FBI Director James Comey are all part of what could eventually become a demolition crew.

There is speculation that this review of the nation’s marijuana policies refers to the Obama Administration’s Cole Memo, which allows states to have legal weed without a certain level of federal interference. One of the problems is that this set of guidelines is really just a suggestion on dealing with what was once called “the Great Marijuana Experiment,” but it can be discontinued at any time. The other problem is Attorney General Sessions has come to believe that legal marijuana may be contributing a variety of issues currently plaguing the United States, including opioid abuse and violent crime.

“Experts are telling me there’s more violence around marijuana than one would think and there’s big money involved,” Sessions said back in February.

Earlier this week, a group of governors from the first four states to legalize the leaf for recreational use sent a letter to Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin asking them “to engage with us before embarking on any changes to regulatory and enforcement systems.” The goal of the letter was to try and persuade the Justice Department to maintain the “hands off” approach to legal weed, the same as the previous administration.

“Overhauling the Cole Memo is sure to produce unintended and harmful consequences,” the governors wrote. “Changes that hurt the regulated market would divert existing marijuana product into the black market and increase dangerous activity in both our states and our neighboring states.”

Interestingly, while Sessions may use “violent crime” as an excuse to tear down the legal cannabis industry, some of the latest data proves this line of attack would be an enormous scam. Research shows that legal marijuana has not caused more violent crime, and that the cannabis industry has actually put a serious dent in the underhanded shenanigans associated with the black market.

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Gossip: Paris Jackson Puts Her Life In Danger; Adam Levine Is A “Little Bitch” On Set Of ‘The Voice’

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Gossip: Paris Jackson Puts Her Life In Danger; Adam Levine Is A “Little Bitch” On Set Of ‘The Voice’

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris has shocked fans and family by dumping her security detail and going out alone.

“Paris was recently in New York and dumped her security when she visited Harlem to walk around and get fried chicken,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “Her family and friends are begging her not to take chances and potentially put her life at risk, but she refuses. She spent half her life hiding behind a mask when her dad was alive. Now she wants to live as normal a life as possible.”

Paris has never been a fan of her around-the-clock security. When she was just 14 years old she called them “unfortunate” and says her friends sometimes find her security to be “creepy.”

Adam Levine Is A “Little Bitch” On Set Of The Voice

Alicia Keys, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine are all smiles on the set of ‘The Voice’ when the cameras are on, but behind the scenes Adam is a “little bitch.”

“Adam is by far the most difficult person on the show. He spends the longest in hair and makeup and refuses to start taping until his clothes are perfect. Without doubt, Adam is ‘the little bitch’ on the set,” show insiders tell Straight Shuter. “Anything extra that the judges have to shoot after the show, he bitches and moans about. And forget asking him to tape anything special for the show’s social media or online fans. He is always the last to get into his chair and always the first to leave.”

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Motorsports Now Has Its First Official Marijuana Sponsor Thanks To Danny George

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Motorsports Now Has Its First Official Marijuana Sponsor Thanks To Danny George

Cannabis and the sports world meet again, thanks to Formula Drift racer Danny George. The drifter became the first racer officially sponsored by cannabis, through the premium brand Shango.

George is an underdog in the world of drifting, unconventionally racing a wild, LS-powered Mazda Miata he built with friends back in 2012. As a rookie he earned the “Spirit of Drifting” award and his Shango sponsorship marks an exciting return to the Formula D world for George.

It’s also tantalizing prospect for Shango, a medicinal cannabis grower and distributer in the United States. They are the first cannabis sponsors in motorsports and have done so tastefully. Just by looking at the detailing on the car, you wouldn’t be able to tell Shango is a cannabis company. In other words, there are no pot leaves or stoner references here. Just tasteful clean cannabis branding.

“I have always been one to think outside the box and this was something that really hasn’t been done before in professional motorsports,” George told Jalopnik. “I wanted to be the first. I wanted to comeback with something so legendary that the fans who supported me the last years could get that smile that they helped push us into this position.”

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With limitations and regulations on alcohol and tobacco advertising in motorsports, the introduction of cannabis sponsorship could be a sign of things to come. Regardless this is a major breakthrough in the world of sports tacitly embracing marijuana. It also helps that George is a big supporter of the plant.

“I am a very firm believer in marijuana’s medicinal qualities and would love to be able to maybe change a few votes out there. It really is the miracle cure for many ailments,” George said to Jalopnik. “Being a father and watching these videos of children who within SECONDS of treatment have insanely positive reactions should be enough reason for anyone to support the plant.”

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Kansas City: Famous For BBQ, Jazz … And Marijuana?

Al Olson
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Kansas City: Famous For BBQ, Jazz … And Marijuana?

Visitors to Kansas City will hear jazz and whiff barbecue wafting through the midwest air. After Tuesday’s election, the unmistakable aroma of marijuana may be another smell visitors may experience.

Voters in the Missouri city decided overwhelmingly to lower the penalty for people caught with small amounts of cannabis. More than 70 percent of voters approved Question 5, a ballot initiative that lowers the maximum fine for possession ito $25 from $500. The measure also eliminates any jail time. Under the previous law, a 180-day sentence was possible.

“We could not be more excited about the positive impact passing Question 5 will bring to the communities of Kansas City. We fought long and hard for this result and could not have done it without the support of our volunteers,” said Jamie Kacz, executive director of KC NORML. “The era of reefer madness in Kansas City has come to an end and no longer will otherwise law abiding citizens be targeted or arrested for the mere possession of marijuana.”

City Councilwoman Alissia Canady, an opponent of the measure, expressed doubt that the new ordinance will make much difference.

“This does not solve anything,” Canady told the Kansas City Star. “It just creates more problems for people who don’t have any money and are already overburdened by the criminal justice system.”

Kansas City is just the latest major city in the U.S. to adopt more progressive laws to deal with marijuana use. Houston, Memphis, Nashville, Tampa, Orlando, Milwaukee, Toledo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

According to Chris Goldstein of PhillyNORML, Philadelphia has saved $9 million in public safety costs since it decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.

More than 600,000 people are arrested each year for marijuana possession. According to the ACLU, the racial disparity in marijuana charges were levied against people over color, by nearly 4 to 1.

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