Archive for July, 2007
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007The Daily Observer, ON 30 Jun 2007 REALLOCATE MONEY TO BENEFIT ALL CANADIANS Editor: I’d like to see Canada reallocate the seven billion per annum we spend on the drug and re-education “war against Canadians”, and put it equally toward health care, education and tax relief. Police could focus on real crime, respect our personal [...]
Remove patients from the war on drugs, it’s the compassionate thing to do
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Kalamazoo Gazette, MI 28 Jun 2007 Greg Francisco Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care SUPPORT USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA If we must pursue a War on Drugs, can’t we at least do the compassionate thing and remove the sick and dying from the battle field? A ballot initiative recently launched by the Michigan Coalition for Compassionate [...]
Letter to Editor – save a tree, choose hemp
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Auburn Journal, CA 30 Jun 2007 HEMP PRODUCTS ARE CHEAP, GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT It has come to my attention that people haven’t recognized the importance of hemp, and how to use it in our daily life. I feel it could be a great new resource used in our society. Hemp can take the role [...]
Hopes to have a local clinic set up in Colorado
Monday, July 2nd, 2007The Durango Herald, CO 01 Jul 2007 Ted Holteen PAIN RELIEF Two Durangoans Advocate Use Of Plant To Treat Physical Ailments Durango prides itself on being a “green” city, but two local men think it could be greener. Aamann Degarth and Eric Gay are spearheading an effort to open a local chapter of the Portland, [...]
Controversy over quantity of prescribed marijuana reaches Washington
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Washington Post June 30, 2007 Dale Rogers displays different types of marijuana available at the Compassion in Action Patient Network, an organization that distributes medical marijuana to qualifying patients, Thursday, June, 28, 2007, in Seattle. Rogers has been diagnosed with AIDS about 20 years ago and he has been constantly using marijuana to relieve the [...]
Ex-cop continues to speak out against prohibition of marijuana
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Oregon Daily Emerald 25 Jun 2007 MARIJUANA PROHIBITION REDUCES PUBLIC SAFETY As a retired police officer, I know something about the issue of marijuana prohibition. Mr. Petryni’s article did a fine rehash of the pros and cons but he left out a huge area of consideration; namely the reduction in public safety caused by the [...]
Cannabis does NOT cause brain damage
Sunday, July 1st, 2007The Press, York, UK 30 Jun 2007 POT BLACKENED FOR the second time you publish comments by Judge Hoffman, declaring that cannabis causes brain damage and memory loss ( Cannabis man is hung out to dry, The Press, June 21 ), and for the second time I will inform you that this is nonsense. Recently [...]
Patients want the right to medicate the way they and physicians see fit
Sunday, July 1st, 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 [...]
Student keeps good grades, despite suspension
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Regina Leader-Post, SN 30 Jun 2007 Matthew Barton STUDENT TO KEEP GOOD GRADES Wawota’s Kieran King may be able to hang onto his honour role status, despite being suspended from Wawota Parkland School for violating a lockdown. King, 15, ignored the lockdown and tried to rally students to walk out in support of free speech. [...]
Could governments and law enforcement officials be making the drug problem worse?
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Niagara This Week, ON 29 Jun 2007 REVISIT POT LAW They called prohibition, the banning of the production, distribution and sale of alcohol early in the last century ‘The Noble Experiment.’ It was supposed to rid society of drunkenness, poverty, crime and various other societal ills. By any measure, it was a catastrophic failure. People [...]
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