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Friday, July 6th, 2007Associated Press Jul 6, 2007 BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Southwestern Michigan authorities say they arrested an ice cream truck operator who was selling marijuana along with his frozen desserts. After authorities got tips about the alleged pot-peddler, a deputy “heard jingling bells” about 2 p.m. Thursday and saw the ice cream truck entering a mobile [...]
Policy makers attempt to regulate quantity of prescribed marijuana, USA
Thursday, July 5th, 2007The Associated Press July 5, 2007 CURT WOODWARD Washington to Set Medical Marijuana Limits SEATTLE — This fall, sober public servants will convene meetings across Washington state to answer a pressing question: How much marijuana constitutes a two-month supply? What may seem like an odd question for straight-laced government types to tackle is a serious [...]
Unjust incarceration of a Canadian citizen – read more to lend your support
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Gulf Islands Driftwood, BC 04 Jul 2007 Stacy Cardigan Smith DUBAI PRISONER HAS ISLAND TIES It’s An International Tale With Local Ties, And Islanders Are Being Asked To Help. Canadian anti-drug advocate Bert Tatham is currently appealing a four-year jail sentence after being found guilty of possession for trace amounts of hashish and two dried [...]
Letter to Editor: Cannabis helped cure asthma attacks
Thursday, July 5th, 2007The Accra Daily Mail, Ghana 03 Jul 2007 MARIJUANA CAN TREAT ASTHMA Re: Marijuana Can’t Cure Asthma — Counselor Dear Editor Mr. Baah Ntiri should do more research. My wife and I both live in urban Ottawa, one of the smoggiest cities in the world. We both have asthma, and we both use marijuana every [...]
Tickets, not trials for possession of marijuana
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Herald Times Reporter, WI 03 Jul 2007 Kristopher Wenn CITY ADOPTS BOND AMOUNTS FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSORS MANITOWOC – First-time offenders of the city’s new marijuana and drug paraphernalia ordinance will have to account for hefty bond amounts after Monday’s Manitowoc Common Council meeting. In June, the council moved to make possession of marijuana an ordinance [...]
Even a politician’s kid enjoys a little puff of the green stuff
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007The Associated Press July 4, 2007 Al Gore’s Son Arrested on Drug Suspicion LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Al Gore’s son was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs after deputies pulled him over for speeding, authorities said. Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 100 mph on [...]
Two men raise awareness of damage caused by anti-drug prohibition
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Times Colonist July 04, 2007 Lexi Bainas Men rolling cross-country to free pot If you saw a man rollerblading through the Cowichan Valley late last week following a vehicle sporting a huge flag and sign, you were seeing the first leg of a cross-Canada trek that won’t finish until Remembrance Day. It’s a long haul [...]
Medicinal marijuana supplied by government should be free
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Globe and Mail, Canada 03 Jul 2007 Brennan Clark UNPAID BILLS MOUNT OVER OTTAWA’S POT Registered Users Refuse To Pay For Government-Grown Cannabis They Say Is Low In Quality And Overpriced VICTORIA — For all Jason Wilcox cares, Health Canada’s debt collectors can follow him to the grave. Mr. Wilcox, a terminally ill medical marijuana [...]
Marijuana convictions can be harsher than violent crimes
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007The News Journal, DE 02 Jul 2007 Esteban Parra POT CONVICTION IN DEL. CAN MEAN HARD TIMES Some Punished More Harshly Than Violent Criminals, Study Says The consequences of a marijuana conviction in Delaware are the second-harshest in the nation, according to a Washington organization working to legalize the drug. While sentences in Delaware associated [...]
Former nurse rejects pills and chooses to use marijuana to treat painful injury
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Newberg Graphic, OR 30 Jun 2007 David Sale TAKING UP THE FIGHT TO PROTECT MEDICAL MARIJUANA Proposed ballot meausre would undo existing law; local woman stricken with a variety of maladies vows to fight the legislation Newberg resident Pamela Sterling is not ashamed of her drug use. Due to chronic illness, the 43-year-old former registered [...]
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