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...California became one of the first states in the nation to legalize medical marijuana. Currently, $200 million in medical-marijuana sales are subject to sales tax. If passed, the Marijuana Control, Regulation and Education Act (AB 390) would give California control of pot in a manner similar to that of alcohol while prohibiting its purchase by citizens under age 21. (The bill has been referred to the California state assembly's public-safety and health committees; Ammiano says it could take up to a year before it comes to a vote for passage.) State revenues would be derived from...
...floodwaters by 2050. The project, which took six months and was completed in May 2007, piqued the interest of city-dwellers and passers-by. Mosher said that she welcomed the opportunity to talk to curious strangers about climate change. “When people encounter something in an unexpected manner, their minds fire more quickly so they are more receptive to new ideas,” she said. Mosher was joined by an interdisciplinary panel of scientists, artists, and urban planners who discussed environmental activism in their fields of expertise. Panelist Bill Fox, who is the director of the Center...
...realize how restrained and constrained we were by working in a silo imposed on us by the previous Administration," says Melton. "I am delighted because now we are free to interact with all of our colleagues here at the university and elsewhere in the world in an open manner. It's liberating to hear that science, not political ideology, will guide the Obama Administration in its decisions...
...revenge factor made the manner of the victory even sweeter for the Crimson...
...conflict-of-interest conviction you received last year. How do you feel about this? Abhisit knows that [the conviction against me] happened because the military junta appointed [to the court] those who are clearly against me. [Abhisit] is a democratic man; he should not comment in this manner. The way he acts is purely political...