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Jim Carlson

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    March 16, 2012

    For second straight year, synthetic drug crackdown advancing through legislature

    ​For the second consecutive session, a bill cracking down on synthetic drugs is advancing through the Minnesota legislature. Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would reclassify selling synthetic drugs as a felony and expedite the process by which Minne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    DEA will launch federal crackdown on synthetic marijuana tomorrow morning, according to leaked documents

    The feds are finally coming after fake pot.​The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has been taking aim at the chemical compounds in synthetic marijuana products for months, and tomorrow the agency is pulling the trigger. According to an advance copy of the agency's regulation obtained by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Minnesota head shops sue DEA over synthetic marijuana

    Minnesota heads sock it to the feds.​Marijuana legalization is on the back burner in Minnesota these days, but that hasn't stopped the state's stoners from opening up another front in the nation's drug wars.Four head shops from across the state recently joined together to sue the Drug Enforcem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Duluth won't enforce its synthetic marijuana ban

    The prohibitions blinked first.​The city that seemed so eager to criminalize synthetic marijuana isn't so sure anymore.In August, Duluth became the first city in Minnesota to enact a ban on the legal smoke products. But after getting slammed with a lawsuit by the local head-shop, they're suspe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Duluth headshop sues city over synthetic pot ban

    Duluth's synthetic-pot ban also outlaws hemp clothing and VapoRub?​While California appears on the verge of legalizing real marijuana, Duluth just got itself sued for trying to ban fake marijuana. Duluth became the first city in Minnesota to ban the popular legal smokes in August, over the ob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Duluth set to ban synthetic marijuana

    Let the prohibition begin!​Here's some further evidence that your window to smoke synthetic cannabis is closing fast: The Duluth City Council is voting tonight on whether or not to ban the psychoactive "herbal incense" products that have flooded head-shop shelves over the past year.

  • News

    March 31, 2010

    Mike Parry: Is he Bachmann 2.0?

    Senator becomes Minnesota's most controversial in just two months

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Kids under 8 in car booster seats? It could be the law

    Children would be legally required to sit in car seats for twice as long under a current bill in the Minnesota Legislature.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Should lawmakers amend the Minnesota bicycle laws?

    Children would be legally required to sit in car seats for twice as long under a current bill in the Minnesota Legislature.

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    Tim Pawlenty: Governor No

    Tim Pawlenty racked up more vetoes this year than any governor in Minnesota's history. Is this the man we want to be vice president?

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Tom Sorel new transportation chief

    Tim Pawlenty racked up more vetoes this year than any governor in Minnesota's history. Is this the man we want to be vice president?

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