Archive for July, 2007
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007The Argus, UK 13 Jul 2007 Ben Parsons WHEELCHAIR-BOUND DRUG DEALER SPARED PRISON A wheelchair-bound drug dealer set up a giant cannabis factory in his home and claimed it was all for his own use. But Joseph Dymond was spared prison for growing and possessing the class C drug – and immediately called for the [...]
Party-goers choosing cannabis over alcohol
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Daily Telegraph, UK 12 Jul 2007 Henry Samuel CANNABIS USE TREBLES IN FRANCE French teenagers see wine and alcohol as “old France” and are increasingly turning to cannabis to let their hair down, according to a national study on its consumption. Jean-Michel Costes, head of the French drugs and addiction watchdog, OFDT, said yesterday that [...]
Marijuana arrests target students
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Newsday, NY 16 Jul 2007 Sheryl McCarthy ARRESTS FOR POT ARE EXCESSIVE ‘I call it an epidemic of marijuana arrests. New York City has been on a binge of marijuana arrests for the last 10 years.” “I would call it a dragnet.” These are the conclusions of Harry Levine, a professor of sociology at Queens [...]
Marijuana more likely to make you maudlin and compassionate
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007National Post, Canada 16 Jul 2007 Lorne Gunter THE BUZZ ABOUT CANADIANS Tommy Chong would be proud. The Edmonton-born, Calgary-raised half of the ’70s stoner-comedy duo Cheech & Chong ( Big Bambu, Cheech & Chong’s Wedding Album ) has been a lifelong advocate for marijuana legalization. He even served nine months in a U.S. federal [...]
Groundbreaking clinic keeps its doors open
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Marin Independent Journal, CA 16 Jul 2007 Tad Whitaker POT CLUB IN FAIRFAX CELEBRATES 10 YEARS Marin County’s only medical marijuana dispensary, Fairfax’s Marin Alliance, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Tuesday with a four-hour party. Founder Lynnette Shaw said everyone is welcome to drop by for free food, live music and information about medical marijuana. [...]
Colorado officials have only partially complied with the program since its inception
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Denver Post, CO 15 Jul 2007 Jessica Peck Corry Note: Jessica Peck Corry is married to Robert J. Corry Jr., a Denver civil rights attorney specializing in medical marijuana defenses. She is an analyst for the Independence Institute and co-chair of the 2006 Guarding Our Children Against Marijuana Prohibition campaign. THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEBATE: PRO [...]
Quebec wins first place as connoisseurs of cannabis
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Montreal Gazette July 15, 2007 David Johnston Quebec smokes rest of Canada in pot use MONTREAL — Were it not for prodigious pot use in Quebec, Canada would not have placed first in a United Nations drug study of marijuana use in the industrialized world. In fact, were Quebec a sovereign nation, it would have [...]
Supporters of medical marijuana optimistic
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA 14 Jul 2007 Sean Aronson JUDGE KEEPS DOOR OPEN FOR WAMM’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE SAN JOSE — A Santa Cruz marijuana collective raided by federal agents in 2002 made its case for the right to grow medical pot in court Friday. Though no ruling was issued, supporters of the group, Wo/Men’s [...]
Reserve our jail system for the real criminals, not cannabis smokers
Sunday, July 15th, 2007The Intelligencer, ON 14 Jul 2007 QUIT MAKING CRIMINALS OUT OF POT SMOKERS It’s hard to believe, but nearly half of all Canadians have committed a criminal offence. Fortunately, however, only about 600,000 of the 15-million plus have criminal records. We say ‘fortunately’ because the criminal offence they have committed is largely harmless – so [...]
Granny takes on the Crown Court, UK
Sunday, July 15th, 2007News & Star, UK 14 Jul 2007 CANNABIS PLANT GRAN HAS HER SENTENCE CUT A GRANDMOTHER prosecuted for growing four cannabis plants in a walk-in wardrobe was back in front of a judge yesterday. But this time Patricia Tabram was not in any trouble. Instead the 69-year-old, who was convicted and sentenced in March for [...]
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