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Friday, July 20th, 2007Edmonton Sun, AB 19 Jul 2007 Lyn Cockburn CANADA GOES TO POT Dieu merci. Thank God for Quebec. They’ve gotten us anglos off the hook yet again. First, they obligingly claimed the highest rate of opposition in Canada to our country’s mission in Afghanistan, thus letting the rest of us feel properly patriotic. Never mind [...]
Politicians employ scare tactics and the “T” word
Friday, July 20th, 2007Los Angeles City Beat, CA 19 Jul 2007 Daniel Harju HARVESTING THE SECRET GARDENS ‘Operation Alesia’ Has Raided Pot Farms on Public Lands Last week, an unprecedented collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies began a well-publicized blitz campaign in northern California’s Shasta County to root out illegal marijuana gardens hidden in national parks and [...]
It’s the politicians giving cannabis a bad rap
Friday, July 20th, 2007Los Angeles City Beat, CA 19 Jul 2007 Mick Farren LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND MARIJUANA A History of Federal Confusion and Persecution Over the ‘Evil Weed’ Since March 2003, we have been listening to George W. Bush and his surrogates offer the American People a progression of reasons for invading the sovereign nation of Iraq [...]
LA alliance moves for self-regulation of dispensaries
Friday, July 20th, 2007Los Angeles City Beat, CA 19 Jul 2007 Daniel Harju REGULATING REEFER As the City Works to Control the Number of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, More and More Patients Are Signing Up When a working group of city officials and medical marijuana advocates first met in February to decide how Los Angeles should regulate its medical [...]
Hemp-based materials could replace many components on a car
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Sunday Times, UK 15 Jul 2007 Jonathan Leake ULTIMATE GREEN MACHINE: A CAR MADE OF HEMP CAR buyers who suspect they have parted with money for old rope may soon be right. Ministers are to spend more than UKP500,000 in an attempt to develop the world’s first recyclable vehicle made from hemp. A deal between [...]
The DEA’s witch hunt claims another victim
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA 18 Jul 2007 Will Bigham DEA SHUTS DOWN DISPENSARY Patients and Employees Protest CORONA – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raided and closed down a medical-marijuana dispensary here as protesters rallied outside Tuesday morning. Federal agents served search warrants at about 6 a.m. at the Healing Nations Collective dispensary, at [...]
Criminalizing cannabis has simply put the supply in the hands of criminals
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007The Daily News July 10, 2007 David Rodenhiser Smoking pot shouldn’t lead to criminal record Recent statistics indicate how miserably prohibition has failed Probably about half the people I hang out with socially are criminals, as am I. We haven’t been charged, tried or convicted of anything, but that’s only been a matter of luck. [...]
Marijuana advocates find a friend in Hillary
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007BBS News July 17 2007 Michael Hess Hillary Clinton Pledges to End Medical Marijuana Raids; McCain Flip-Flops U.S.’s Second Largest Cancer Charity Calls for Legal Medical Marijuana Access as Candidates Weigh Support BBSNews 2007-07-17 — MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (GSMM) – Two prominent presidential contenders have moved in opposite directions on the issue of federal attacks [...]
Landlords responsible for health conditions of homes used for grow-ops
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Sooke News Mirror Jul 18 2007 Pirjo Raits Sooke adopts nuisance bylaw Landlords will be responsible for grow-op clean up Sooke council has adopted Bylaw No. 268 which would see property owners responsible for taking action to remove or reduce any thing or condition considered a fire hazard. The bylaw will be enacted to regulate, [...]
Conservatives responsible for jump in pot busts, turning law abiding citizens into criminals
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Canadian Press Jul. 17 2007 Experts urge Ottawa to fix marijuana laws TORONTO — Ottawa needs to fix long-standing loopholes and inconsistencies in Canada’s marijuana laws to help the justice system contend with a surge of court cases resulting from the Conservative government’s new zeal for enforcement, legal experts say. With witnesses reporting a dramatic [...]
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