A wonderful, loving relationship is based in large part on intimacy. More to the point, it’s based on a good sex life.

So we want to hear from our readers. Does consuming marijuana enhance and improve your sex life? Let us know in the poll below and leave us a comment if you want to expand on your answer.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Reader Poll: Does Marijuana Enhance Your Sex Life? is a post from: The 420 Times

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- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Videos Of The Week 1/29/12 – 2/4/12 is a post from: The 420 Times

A whopping 62% in a new poll by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, Inc. of 800 likely CA voters say they favor regulating marijuana like wine, versus 35% against it.

Digging deeper into the numbers shows why there is such strong support. 80% of respondents say they agree with the statement “State and federal drug laws are outdated and have failed, therefore, we need to take a new approach that makes sense for today.”

71% of respondents say they feel authorities waste too much time and money enforcing marijuana laws. When it comes to a definite yes vote versus a definite no vote, the numbers still hold up, 41% to 28%.

Two years ago Prop 19 started off with poll numbers in the 50% to 55% range, numbers that dipped into the 30′s toward the end of the campaign. With this campaign starting with higher numbers, it certainly looks better so far.

The Regulate Marijuana Like Wine initiative also has something else going for it, and that’s the fact that turnout will be higher this year due to the Presidential election. The more people at the polls, the better the chance marijuana law reform has.

2012 is going to be an historic year for marijuana legalization, and as usual, California will likely lead the way.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Poll: 62% Support Regulating Marijuana Like Wine In CA is a post from: The 420 Times

I dismissed it at the time as a publicity stunt for her reality show, saying, “time will tell how long Roseanne’s ‘run’ lasts, but I’m sure as soon as the joke runs its course we won’t hear anymore about it.”

Well, we didn’t hear about it for almost 6 months, but it appears it is not a joke, since Roseanne has filed the necessary paperwork to run for The Green Party nomination for President.

She is in favor of marijuana legalization and any publicity she can bring to the cause is welcome and helpful. She still has a well-known name and we’ll see how far that will carry her in the political battlefield.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Roseanne Barr Makes Her Presidential Run Official is a post from: The 420 Times

On Wednesday the parents of Brian Terry – a border agent killed in 2010 with guns supplied to the Mexican cartels by the U.S. government – filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit in an Arizona court in the midst of Congressional hearings probing the role of the Justice Department in the scandal.

It’s no secret that Eric Holder is bad at his job, or that the Justice Department really knows little about actually fighting crime. But this scandal goes deeper than that.

First, we are supposed to believe that enough people though it would be a good idea to send guns to Mexican cartels in order to “track” them that it became the policy of one of our largest agencies.  Then we are supposed to believe that they then forgot to do the “tracking” of the guns that was the purpose of the program in the first place.

Of course, a more likely scenario is that this is all a cover up for some corrupt officials making loads of cash in bribes from the cartels themselves. The ones who weren’t in on it now have to cover for their incompetence in not knowing what was going on. Who is who remains to be seen, but either way, the people killed with these guns are just as dead under any scenario.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Fast And Furious Scandal Threatens Top Officials In Obama Administration is a post from: The 420 Times

Here are the details:

Guerilla Union and House of Blues presents
FREE SMOKEOUT PRE-PARTY: FAN APPRECIATION CELEBRATION

What: FREE SMOKEOUT PRE-PARTY: FAN APPRECIATION CELEBRATION

Who: DJ MUGGS, DJ ROCKY ROCK W/ ROME (of SUBLIME with ROME), DJ MASEO (of DE LA SOUL), PABLO HASSAN, Hosted By B-REAL (of CYPRESS HILL), Plus SPECIAL SURPRISE PERFORMANCES

When: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Where: HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Why: Guerilla Union and House of Blues have teamed up to throw the first ever FREE SMOKEOUT PRE-PARTY as a sign of appreciation to the fans that have and continue to support good music, medicine, and Smokeout Festival. We look forward to celebrating with you and the fans in this pre-festival kick-off!

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Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival Pre-Party Tonight! is a post from: The 420 Times

The plants had an estimated street value of $1.2 million. There was also some 19 pounds of processed cannabis found along with several guns.

A man named Lask Tsatsaronis was found at the scene and a search of his home turned up more marijuana.

The cannabis will likely be destroyed, even if it is of medical quality. A lot of medicine and money gone. Instead of it being sold and tax money made from the proceeds, we instead live in a world where we spend taxpayer money to seek out and destroy taxable medicine.

There are those who like to say that marijuana is practically legal in California, but that is far from the case. “Reefer Madness” continues even in states like CA. When we will stop wasting our time fighting a non-toxic plant?

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Over $1 Million In Marijuana Plants Seized In California is a post from: The 420 Times

Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators say a boater discovered the pot Wednesday more than six miles off Marina del Rey.

The Los Angeles Times ( ) reports the bales were fished out of the sea with the help of lifeguards and was turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com

30 Floating Marijuana Bales Found Off Calif. Beach is a post from: The 420 Times

This creates legal entanglements for some patients, like the case of Josh Brewer in Oregon. When police  came to Josh’s door to check about reports of marijuana, the question of just how much medicine someone needs arose, as well as the question of was exactly constitutes “usable” marijuana.

Officers were fine with the two pounds 10 ounces he and a cousin had grown, harvested, and processed. That was under the pound and a half each allowed by law. And they didn’t care about the 12 plants — six each — growing in the backyard. Also legal.

But after they discovered the additional two pounds 11 ounces drying on coat hangers suspended from the ceiling in the living room, officers arrested Brewer, sparking a legal battle over what was enough — in the maximum sense — for medical use, and what crossed the line into the potential for illegal sales.

Attorneys for the men claimed the almost three pounds of marijuana in question didn’t violate the law because it wasn’t “usable.”

A motion to dismiss the case because the drying marijuana was not “usable” under Oregon law was turned down by a judge. Brewer served 60 days in jail and received three years of probation, putting him back on conventional pain pills for a wrist he said he injured in a construction accident.

But Brewer, 24, beat the rap and has already started a new pot garden after the state attorney general’s office conceded last week that, based on a 2007 Oregon Court of Appeals ruling, the marijuana still drying on coat hangers did not qualify as ready for use.

“Without the hanging marijuana, there is no evidence that defendant possessed more than the lawful amount of ‘useable marijuana,’” said the state brief on Brewer’s appeal.

Oregon law defines usable marijuana as the dried leaves and flowers in form appropriate for medical use. The law does not define how dry that is, but it is generally understood to mean dry enough to smoke.

A lot of legal wrangling over what shouldn’t be an issue in the first place. I understand authorities don’t want someone  to have enough extra marijuana to sell, but that misses the bigger picture. If marijuana was legal prices would be so low that selling would be pointless. After all, people don’t buy beer at the store then go home and sell them, right?

Since cannabis in non-toxic, there shouldn’t be any reason for patients not to be allowed to have as much as they want and need.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

How Much Medicine Does A Medical Marijuana Patient Need? is a post from: The 420 Times

There is a Change.org petition that seeks to get a pardon for Marc Emery so he can return to his family in Canada. As of this writing it only has 1,896 signatures toward a goal of 100,000.

The U.S. authorities say he is serving 5 years in prison for selling cannabis seeds, but the real reason is summarized nicely on the petition website.

The Drug Enforcement Agency is only doing this to make an example out of him. In 2005, former US DEA administrator Karen Tandy proclaimed that Emery’s arrest struck “a significant blow to the marijuana legalization movement. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on.”

Sign and spread the word about the petition if you care about Marc Emery’s situation and want to send a message to the U.S. Government about wasting money on these types of prosecutions, of someone from another country no less.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

The Petition To Pardon Marc Emery is a post from: The 420 Times

Neighbors say they observed suspicious activity in and around the building, something that would have been hard not to notice. The odor was also something hard not to notice, but any moron who grows a ton a weed in the middle of a city has to know they are going to get caught.

In a perfect world people would be able to grow marijuana anywhere they want, but we are not there yet. Until then, not going to jail involves things like not growing 600 plants in a borough of one of the most populated cities in the world.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Massive Marijuana “Factory” Busted In The Bronx is a post from: The 420 Times

New York State Division of Criminal Justice figures show arrests for the lowest-ranking marijuana misdemeanor rose slightly to 50,700. The Drug Policy Alliance obtained the statistics and provided them to The Associated Press. The alliance opposes the national war on drugs.

In New York, small amounts of marijuana must be openly visible to warrant arrest. But critics say police arrest people after finding the drug in pockets or bags.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly reminded officers of the law in September. He says most arrests result from officers seeing the drug in public.

Pot Arrests Top 50K In 2011 Despite NYPD Order is a post from: The 420 Times

In many states those in the study would be considered criminals by the government. Where is the compassion? Where is the empathy? What good reason is there for anyone to be denied a medicine that works?

How much longer will we let the sickest among us be treated like criminals for seeking relief?

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

Medical Marijuana And Cancer Patients is a post from: The 420 Times

Those who call marijuana activists “single-issue” voters miss the point. Marijuana prohibition goes to the heart of individual rights and personal sovereignty. If you are for prohibition,  you can’t be in favor of freedom.

- Joe Klare

And be sure to check out our Open Letter on Behalf of 30 Million Cannabis Users and join us in our fight!

The War On Drugs: 40+ Years Of Programming is a post from: The 420 Times

Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire says the alleged crimes are “deplorable and reprehensible.”

Details about Gen. Manuel Moreno and his subordinates’ reign of terror in the town of Ojinaga were first reported by the newspaper Reforma. Mexico’s Defense Department told Reforma the 30 soldiers were charged in August 2009 and are now on trial.

According to testimony, at least 10 civilians were killed by soldiers or by hit men under the orders of Moreno. The defendants also are alleged to have resold seized marijuana and cocaine, and stole cars, computers, TV sets and even mattresses during raids on suspects’ homes.

Mexican General, 29 Soldiers On Trial For Homicide is a post from: The 420 Times