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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Bismarck Tribune, ND 23 Aug 2007 Blake Nicholson GOVERNMENT WANTS INDUSTRIAL HEMP LAWSUIT THROWN OUT The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two North Dakota farmers who applied to the Drug Enforcement Administration for permission to grow industrial hemp. The motion filed this week in federal court in [...]
Citizens have noticed the economic value marijuana
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Daily Vidette, IL Edu 27 Aug 2007 Krisi Kawanna SOME ILLINOIS CITIZENS DEBATE LEGALIZING SALE OF MARIJUANA When one thinks of cash crops in Illinois, marijuana is generally not a plant that comes to mind. However, marijuana is now the state’s third ranked money crop. According to a report published in the Bulletin for Cannabis [...]
Some take the fifth, others admit – to smoking pot
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Denver Daily News, CO 27 Aug 2007 HYPOCRISY ON POT? At least four Denver City Council members and the mayor have smoked or ingested marijuana, a fact that has pot proponents screaming hypocrisy over the unanimous decision of Council not to support a ballot initiative that would make marijuana the police department’s lowest enforcement priority. [...]
Separation of pot from harsher drugs would make more sense
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Victoria Times-Colonist, BC 27 Aug 2007 CAMPAIGN SHOULD PASS ON POT If the federal government is serious about starting a massive anti-drug campaign aimed at youth, it had best ensure the message makes sense. At this point, it doesn’t. Federal Health Minister Tony Clement promised the campaign at the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical [...]
Notes from Hempfest
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007CounterPunch, US Web 26 Aug 2007 Fred Gardner In what European country do people smoke more marijuana, per capita, than in the U.S.? No, it’s not Holland, it’s the Czech Republic. Travel writer Rick Steves threw that surprising fact into his talk Sunday at the Seattle Hempfest. He had just come back from two months [...]
Medical marijuana is at the mercy of Congress
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Bakersfield Californian, CA 26 Aug 2007 STATE, FEDERAL LAW CONFLICT CREATES MARIJUANA HAZE It’s hard to blame the Kern County Board of Supervisors for its decision last week to take no action on the conundrum posed by conflicting laws related to medical marijuana dispensaries. Almost any action the supervisors might have taken would’ve run [...]
BC bud gets around
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Globe and Mail, Canada 25 Aug 2007 B.C. BUD MAKING ITSELF AT HOME IN N.B. MONCTON ( CP ) — A new import from British Columbia is taking root in New Brunswick forests and the RCMP aren’t too happy about it. “It’s a new type of marijuana plant called B.C. Bud and we’re finding it [...]
Aerial assault on pot a waste of money
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Nanaimo News Bulletin, BC 25 Aug 2007 Mitch Wright POLICE BLOWING SMOKE WITH PR EFFORT The annual aerial assault portion of the police war on drugs got underway this week. Every summer, RCMP members hop in a helicopter for weeks on end to search for illegal marijuana grow shows set up in Vancouver Island’s backwoods. [...]
New chapter of Americans for Safe Access in California
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Eureka Reporter, CA 26 Aug 2007 Renee Gusching RALLYING FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS A week and half ago, a small group of people met in an Arcata coffee shop. Its purpose was to discuss a topic that gets a fair amount of attention in such places. But this group didn’t convene to exchange erudite ideas [...]
Another California city bans marijuana dispensaries
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Oakland Tribune, CA 25 Aug 2007 Christine Morente COLMA CITY COUNCIL BANS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLUBS Officials Cite Crime Associated With Other Dispensaries in Area COLMA — Medical marijuana dispensaries are now banned from this town. While no one has applied to open up shop, the Colma City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday night [...]
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