2003 - Shock'n Y'all is an album by country music superstar Toby Keith, released in 2003. The album features 10 studio tracks and the 2 live "Bus Songs". One of the songs, written together with Scotty Emerick is "Weed with Willie", referring to Willie Nelson.
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17 Sept 2009 - Antonio Escohotado is a prominent essayist and university professor whose work has been directed mainly to the fields of law, philosophy and sociology, and has obtained public notoriety due to their research on drugs.
"The not banned substance is regulated, such as ethyl alcohol. Now, when it is prohibited, cases are generated as the period of Prohibition in the U.S., prompting the circulation of methyl alcohol, causing thousands of deaths and cases of blindness. The difference is not that a substance is or is not accessible. A banned substance like marijuana or hashish never ceases to be accessible for the majority of consumers"
17 July 2009 - In a dimly lit, smoke-filled room, Canadian "prince of pot" Marc Emery, bound for a U.S. jail later this fall, has one final message for his supporters: "Pot had better be legal when I get back. Or ..."The more than 200 supporters, who were enjoying a smoke with him at the Vapour Central lounge near Yonge and Bloor Sts., responded with enthusiastic howls.
"Yes, Marc! Yes!"
17 June 2009 - Melissa Etheridge says medicinal marijuana worked for her. The Grammy Award-winning singer- songwriter turned to cannabis after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. She's now pushing for its legalization. In an interview, with CNN's Anderson Cooper , Etheridge talked about the first time she used medical marijuana. Anderson Cooper: Did it [taking cannabis] make a big difference?