Archive for June, 2007
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007New York Times 24 Jun 2007 A CRITICAL NEED FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA Letter to editor: In “Crackpot Legislation,” Henry I. Miller proposes unrealistic dangers in the use of medical marijuana. He worries about “fungi, bacteria, pesticides, heavy metals and other substances.” If citizens grow their own marijuana in limited quantities, these risks are eliminated. He [...]
Reasons for ban on hemp and marijuana in US and Canada
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The Daily Observer, ON 23 Jun 2007 WRITER AGREES WITH DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA Letter to editor : While I think Rick Reimer has done an excellent job expressing his opinion about the present status of marijuana, I would like to address how we got here in the first place. Cannabis sativa is on record as [...]
Ex-cop makes a stand against arrests for cannabis
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, TX 20 Jun 2007 EX-COP MARKETS DVD ON AVOIDING POT BUSTS BIG SANDY — Barry Cooper sells a DVD on how to stash pot in your car without getting caught. This fall, he is planning to release a second one on how to keep police from raiding your home for marijuana. Now [...]
Self-proclaimed high priest of pot goes free
Monday, June 25th, 2007Comox Valley Record Jun 20 2007 Jules S. Xavier There will be no jail time for Don Hogan following a two-day trial in Courtenay that saw the High Priest of Pot challenge the marijuana laws in this country. Instead, the Hornby Island resident was given a three-month conditional discharge by the court. “It was simple [...]
Dispensaries have trouble legally obtaining marijuana
Monday, June 25th, 2007San Gabriel Valley Tribune 25 Jun 2007 Dan Abendschein POT GROWERS DEFEND CROP Arrests Highlight Lack of Regulations for Medicinal Use Three men accused of running a pot factory in Azusa claim that they are caregivers who grow exclusively for medical marijuana dispensaries. Bryn Anderson, 38; Paul Shaw, 35; and Charles Newcomb, 47, were arrested [...]
Help free Grant Krieger from his painful prison
Sunday, June 24th, 2007June 24, 2007 Veronica Horn Grant Krieger suffers from multiple sclerosis and has legal permission to smoke marijuana for medical purposes. In March 2007, Judge William Pepler had ordered Corrections Canada to find a way for Grant to medicate with cannabis while in prison due to his one of a kind Alberta court order constitutional [...]
Health Canada needs to butt out
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Winnipeg Free Press 23 Jun 2007 Tom Oleson EVIDENCE OF ‘REEFER MADNESS’ ABOUNDS ‘THE one great principle of the… law,” wrote Charles Dickens in Bleak House, “is to make business for itself.” That’s a thought worth worrying if you are trying, as I am, to understand federal government’s position on the medical and recreational use [...]
Ed Rosenthal says he was helping sick, not selling drugs
Sunday, June 24th, 2007San Francisco Chronicle Henry K. Lee June 23, 2007 Ed Rosenthal, the self-described “Guru of Ganja” convicted for a second time last month of violating federal drug laws by growing marijuana for medical patients, wants a new trial. The 62-year-old cannabis cultivation expert, former High Times magazine columnist and steadfast advocate for legalizing marijuana claims [...]
Connecticut may have to wait until Rell is out of office
Sunday, June 24th, 2007The Day, CT 21 Jun 2007 Judy Benson BOTH SIDES SEE HOPE IN MARIJUANA DEBATE Both believers in and skeptics of the medical benefits of marijuana found some reason for hope in Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto Tuesday of a bill that would have legalized its use for those with chronic and terminal illnesses. Mark [...]
Another California city considers banning dispensaries
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Press-Enterprise, CA 23 Jun 2007 Naomi Kresge REDLANDS TO CONSIDER BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES Redlands may join a growing group of cities that have moved to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. The Planning Commission will consider an ordinance to ban the dispensaries on Tuesday. Palm Desert, Grand Terrace and San Jacinto banned dispensaries earlier this [...]
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