Archive for June, 2007
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Tahoe Daily Tribune, CA 19 Jun 2007 William Ferchland CARD WILL GIVE VALIDITY TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS Those who smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes — and are following a recommendation from a qualified doctor – will soon have another identification card to add to their wallet. Run through the county’s public health department, the identification [...]
Connecticut says “No” to medical marijuana
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007New York Times 20 Jun 2007 Matthew J. Malone MEDICAL MARIJUANA MEASURE FALLS WITH CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR’S VETO Stamford, Conn. — After struggling with what was described as one of the most difficult decisions in her three-year tenure, Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a measure today that would have legalized the use of marijuana for certain [...]
Pot smuggler goes free (while medical marijuana patients are jailed)
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Windsor Star, ON 19 Jun 2007 Doug Schmidt JUDGE HANDS FREEDOM TO POT-HAULING TRUCKER A Toronto area commercial trucker accused of smuggling 21 kilograms of pot across the Ambassador Bridge appeared to not believe his ears when a judge ruled Monday there was insufficient evidence for a conviction. It took a few minutes before reality [...]
DEA says ND hemp farmer’s review of application “still in process”
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Contra Costa Times, CA 19 Jun 2007 James MacPherson N.D. FARMERS SUE DEA TO GROW HEMP CROP BISMARCK, N.D. ( AP ) – Two farmers granted the first licenses in the nation to grow industrial hemp filed a federal lawsuit Monday to get final permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The lawsuit asks a federal [...]
Support for NY medical marijuana bill grows
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Buffalo News, NY 19 Jun 2007 Tom Precious MEDICAL MARIJUANA: NEW YORK IS WAITING TO INHALE It Could Become the 13th State to Legalize Medical Marijuana, a Move Some Say Could Mean Relief ALBANY — Joel Peacock, a registered member of the Conservative Party, has little use for liberal politicians. “I’m as far from liberal [...]
Former attorney general has change of heart
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Times Union, Albany, NY 19 Jun 2007 MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE Two years ago, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, was one of the few state leaders calling for New York to adopt a humane medicinal marijuana law. George Pataki, who was governor at the time, was opposed, perhaps because he was seeking to burnish his [...]
Grant Kreiger given four months – denied medicine in jail
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Calgary Herald June 19, 2007 Deborah Tetley Pot crusader jailed Refused marijuana Longtime pot crusader Grant Krieger was jailed Monday for four months on a drug trafficking charge, and he wasn’t allowed to take his medicinal marijuana behind bars. Despite a constitutional exemption that allows Krieger to use cannabis to alleviate his multiple sclerosis pain, [...]
Canadian official sentenced to four years in Arab jail
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Times Colonist, Victoria June 19, 2007 Steven Edwards Vancouver man convicted of drug charge; fiancee is a Victoria teacher A Dubai court found Canadian anti-narcotics official Bert Tatham guilty today on drug possession charges, sentencing him to four years in prison in the Arab emirate. Barring any successful appeal, the Vancouver resident’s main hope for [...]
Marijuana relieves symptoms of ALS
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, ON 18 Jun 2007 Leo Greene LEO’S STORY LOOKING FOR RELIEF, MORE TIME Editor’s note: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reporter and videographer Leo Greene was diagnosed with ALS – Lou Gehrig’s disease – on Aug. 16, 2006. In a monthly column and through videos available at www.dailybulletin.com, Leo explains his thoughts [...]
Farmers defend right to grow hemp
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007USA Today 18 Jun 2007 Donna Leinwand 2 FARMERS SUING DEA OVER RIGHT TO GROW HEMP Feds Argue That ‘Hemp Is Marijuana’ Two North Dakota farmers who want to grow hemp are filing a federal lawsuit today to challenge the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ban on the plant that is the same species that produces marijuana. [...]
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