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Sunday, June 17th, 2007Canadian Press 16 Jun, 2007 Dean Beebe Health Canada Orders Doctors to Keep Medical Marijuana Doses Under 5 Grams OTTAWA – Health Canada has been contacting doctors who prescribe medical marijuana for their government-approved patients, advising them to keep the dosages low. Some users say that not only violates doctor-patient confidentiality, it’s also wrong for [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (part 5 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet 16 Jun, 2007 Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee Part 5 of 5 Showdown in Southern California In 2005 San Diego county supervisors refused to authorize the patient ID program mandated by SB 420, and filed suit to overturn the law. In December ’06, a San Diego Superior Court judge rejected this suit (which [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (part 4 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet 16 Jun, 2007 Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee Part 4 of 5 A Pandora’s Box If SB 420 had opened a Pandora’s box of neighborhood marijuana dispensaries, the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2005 decision in Gonzales v. Raich gave federal authorities a powerful tool in their effort to close it. While the 6-3 [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (3 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet 16 Jun, 2007 Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee Part 3 of 5 SB 420 A key development was the October 2003 enactment by California lawmakers — after 11th hour concessions to the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement — of Senate Bill 420. SB 420 was written to “clarify” Prop 215 and protect patients [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (2 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet 16 Jun, 2007 Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee Part 2 of 5 Targeting the Pot Docs Drug War strategists had pegged physicians as the weakest link in the med cannabis supply chain. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Clinton’s drug czar, took aim at the doctors first, threatening to revoke the licenses of those who approved [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (part 1 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet 16 Jun, 2007 Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee Part 1 of 5 More than ten years after California’s Compassionate Use Act was passed by voters, state and local officials are still collaborating with federal law enforcement to undermine it. On the morning of January 13, 2004, Tehama County prosecutor Lynn Strom unexpectedly announced [...]
Legalized marijuana may require passing FDA approvals
Sunday, June 17th, 2007New York Times, NY 17 Jun 2007 Henry I. Miller CRACKPOT LEGISLATION MANY states nationwide are considering legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana. Last week, one such bill cleared both houses in Connecticut ( but at press time had not yet been signed by the governor ), New York appears likely to follow [...]
Billions of dollars and not one step closer to a drug-free world
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Victoria Times-Colonist 15 Jun 2007 Dan Gardner The Great and Costly Drug-War Fraud After 10 Years and Billions of Dollars, UN Effort Just a Wasteful Failure It is my privilege today to break major news: In less than a year, the trade in illicit drugs will be all but wiped out.
Anna Nicole paternity judge promises to stop smoking pot
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale 15 Jun 2007 Tonya Alanez BROWARD JUDGE IN POT-SMOKING CASE RETIRES FORT LAUDERDALE – Three months after being cited for smoking marijuana in a public park, a Broward County judge has announced his retirement.
Second time the FDA has refused to grant market approval to Rimonabant, the ‘anti-pot pill’
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet 15 Jun 2007 Paul Armentano SO MUCH FOR BIG PHARMA’S ‘ANTI-POT’ PILL An independent U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee determined yesterday that the controversial “anti-pot” pill Rimonabant is unsafe for human consumption in the United States. Sanofi-Aventis’ would-be diet aid — which has been linked to suicidal thoughts, depression and even multiple [...]
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