Archive for July, 2007
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007Columbia Daily Tribune, MO 25 Jul 2007 Jason Rosenbaum VIETS PROMOTES FEDERAL ACTION ON MEDICAL POT Hulshof Spokesman Criticizes Measure A Columbia attorney is calling on U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, R-Columbia, to support a congressional measure halting federal prosecution of people who use medical marijuana when the use complies with state law. Twelve states allow [...]
Is government in drug war for the money?
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Burlington Times-News, NC 25 Jul 2007 LAWS SHOULD BE FOR PROTECTION, NOT FOR RAISING MONEY The drug war has provided the entertainment industry with seemingly endless fodder for movies and novels. It has also led to laws that trample Americans’ freedom and rights in the effort to rid the nation of illicit drugs. Among those [...]
State and local laws have no effect on federal activities
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Los Angeles Times, CA 26 Jul 2007 Steve Hymon DEA RAIDS 10 POT SHOPS Agents Hit the Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Shortly After the L.A. City Council Bars New Facilities for a Year to Write Better Regulations. The gap between state and federal drug laws became apparent again Wednesday when federal agents raided 10 local medical [...]
Agency claims dispensaries were operating as for-profit
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Whittier Daily News, CA 24 Jul 2007 Dan Abendschein MEDICAL POT STORES’ PROFIT QUESTIONED The recent busts of medical marijuana dispensaries have raised questions about the revenue the operations collect. Four dispensaries last week were accused of operating as “super-sized retail drug-dealing centers,” turning tremendous profits and accepting questionable doctor’s recommendations. The dispensaries were investigated [...]
Community not ready for storefront dispensaries
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Press-Enterprise, CA 25 Jul 2007 Mark Muckenfuss CITY PLACES FULL BAN ON POT DISPENSARIES Fontana’s City Council unanimously passed a new ordinance Tuesday night prohibiting the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries within the city. In April, officials had placed a temporary ban on such businesses while the issue was being studied. The Planning Commission subsequently [...]
Patients protest closure of dispensaries
Saturday, July 28th, 2007The Bakersfield Californian, CA 25 Jul 2007 James Burger MEDICAL POT USERS STORM MEETING A large group of Kern County medical marijuana users and supporters demanded county supervisors uphold state law Tuesday. They said they struggle with ulcers, migraines, glaucoma, nervous-system disorders, heart problems and arthritis. Marijuana is the only drug that helps them live [...]
Dems not a friend of marijuana or education
Saturday, July 28th, 2007New Haven Register, CT 24 Jul 2007 Gregory B. Hladky DEMS LET VETOES STAND ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA, COLLEGE TUITION BREAK HARTFORD — Democratic lawmakers made no effort Monday to use their “super majorities” to override Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s vetoes of bills that included medical use of marijuana and tuition breaks for illegal immigrants. [...]
Media verdict: pot ban must go
Saturday, July 28th, 2007The Hill Times, CN 23 Jul 2007 Tom Korski CANADA DESERVES A FULL DEBATE ABOUT MARIJUANA, BUT WHY DO MEDIA CASE PROHIBITION AS A FAILURE? Prohibition has a bad name, though Canadians never run out of things they’d like to prohibit. Ironic, no? Politicians and editorial writers cry for the abolition of trans fats, put [...]
Marijuana movement looses one of its own
Saturday, July 28th, 2007San Francisco Chronicle, CA 25 Jul 2007 VIRGINIA RESNER, SAN FRANCISCO ACTIVIST A San Francisco native who rose to national prominence in the drug policy, human rights and medical marijuana movements, passed away on July 18 in San Francisco, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Ms. Resner was born in San Francisco on October 4, [...]
Facing four years in prison for helping the incurably ill
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Press-Enterprise, CA 25 Jul 2007 David Olson POT DISPENSARY HEARING CONTINUED A Riverside County Superior Court preliminary hearing for the owner and two employees of a Palm Desert medical-marijuana dispensary was continued Tuesday until Aug. 21. Stacy R. Hochanadel, 30, who is listed as the owner of CannaHelp, 73350 El Paseo, and two employees, James [...]
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