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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Packet & Times, Ontario 26 May 2007 Courtney Whalen LEGALIZE POT TO HALT VIOLENCE, GROUP URGES Marijuana Dealers, Not The Drug Itself, Blamed For Crime Legalizing drugs as a way to combat the drug trade may go against traditional views, but it’s an idea with its share of supporters. A Packet & Times story last [...]
Cannabis may actually help IMPROVE memory
Monday, June 11th, 2007By Juanita King, The Muse (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Study shows marijuana increases brain cell growth ST. JOHN’S, Nfld — Supporters of marijuana may finally have an excuse to smoke weed every day. A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that smoking pot can make the brain grow. Though most drugs inhibit [...]
In case you hadn’t heard, a quick update on Emery, Rainey and Williams
Monday, June 11th, 2007Cannabis Culture 28 May, 2007 by Marc Emery No Extradition for the BC3! Three Canadians face life imprisonment in a US federal prison simply for political activities in Canada to legalize marijuana around the world. Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey, and Greg Williams are Canadian citizens who were heavily involved in anti-prohibition activitism in Canada for [...]
Let voters decide whether to legalize or not argues compassion club
Monday, June 11th, 2007Lansing State Journal, Michigan 11 Jun 2007 Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care MEDICAL POT: PETITION DRIVE CAN PUT ISSUE WHERE IT BELONGS – WITH VOTERS Six years ago, Michigan saw petition gatherers advocating a statewide vote on recreational use of marijuana. It was a bad idea at the time, as an LSJ editorial stated. It’s [...]
Connecticut could become 13th state to legalize medical marijuana
Monday, June 11th, 2007New York Times 11 Jun 2007 Stacey Stowe MARIJUANA LAW IN CONNECTICUT GAINS GROUND Hartford — Seventeen years ago, Mark Braunstein dived 60 feet off a footbridge into a river, landed wrong and became a paraplegic. A librarian at Connecticut College, Mr. Braunstein, 55, walks with the aid of crutches and leg braces. He smokes [...]
It’s Like Watching a Green Plague
Monday, June 11th, 2007The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA Sun, 10 Jun 2007 Glenda Anderson GREEN PLAGUE: POT BUSTS ON RISE Upswing in Pot Production Frustrates North Coast Officials Marijuana cultivation is exploding on the North Coast, fueling an illicit multi-billion-dollar statewide business and frustrating local lawmakers in a corner of California where about a third of the [...]
The Green Party Just Got Greener
Monday, June 11th, 2007Herald Sun, Australia Sun, 10 Jun 2007 Chris Tinkler and Liam Houlihan GREENS’ CANNABIS SHAME THE GREENS’ chief policy strategist in Victoria, Australia has admitted she helped organize a cannabis festival. Freja Leonard, chief of staff to Victorian Greens MP Greg Barber, used to be a coordinator at Mardi Grass, Nimbin’s pot celebration. Mothers of [...]
Court ruling may hinder city grow op program
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Surrey Leader Kevin Diakiw Jun 08 2007 A British Columbia Supreme Court case may challenge one of the main underpinnings of Surrey’s new grow op program. This week, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Hydro had to return power to a South Surrey home after shutting it off because police escorted municipal inspectors onto the [...]
Skin allergies may be the next reason to use marijuana – a topical form, at least
Sunday, June 10th, 2007San Francisco Chronicle 09 Jun 2007 Kavita Mishra NEW FRONTIER FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS — TOPICAL POT Skin allergies may be the next reason to use marijuana — a topical form, at least. Scientists have long suspected that marijuana, used for recreational purposes and to help fight chronic pain, nausea and even some mental disorders like [...]
Two years probation for “mischief by using Canada Post”
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Guelph Mercury Newspapers 07 Jun 2007 Scott Tracey MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POT-BY-POST PLAN Plea Crafted to Protect Grower’s Licence A medical marijuana crusader accused of mailing pot to fellow users in the United States and Britain pleaded guilty yesterday to committing mischief by using Canada Post services “without proper authority.” Following Marco Renda’s plea, [...]
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