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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007The Eureka Reporter, CA 19 Aug 2007 SUPES MULL LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA Following a three-week summer break, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will return to the board chamber Tuesday morning at 9 to tackle a hefty agenda of items, reports and hearings. The board will take up a discussion of whether [...]
Hempfest for families too
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Seattle Times, WA 19 Aug 2007 Kyung M. Song HEMPFEST TURNS “SWEET” 16 Hempfest celebrates all things cannabis, but that didn’t stop strollers and toddlers Saturday from outnumbering aging hippies. In fact, the marijuana “protestival” that began 16 years ago in Seattle has acquired a patina of convention, with vendors peddling organic doughnuts and fretting [...]
Unlike marijuana, Sativex effect is not immediate
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Toronto Sun, ON 19 Aug 2007 Marilyn Linton PAIN, PAIN GO AWAY We’ve Made Advances, but There’s Room for Improvement People with advanced cancer pray that their pain be well-controlled. But despite the advances in pain management over the years, significant cancer pain is still present in more than 70% of patients. “In good centres, [...]
Law enforcement continues using tactics to spread fear
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA 19 Aug 2007 Harrison Sheppard CITIES RACING TO SET RULES State Sees Boom in Medical Pot SACRAMENTO – More than a decade after California voters passed legalization of medical marijuana, an explosion of dispensaries and patients has cities and counties scrambling to regulate the operations. Hundreds of other cities up [...]
Cops patrol with helicopers to spot outdoor grow-ops
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Victoria Times Colonist, BC August 22, 2007 Matthew Gauk Police going green with pot eradication program Police are going green with this year’s helicopter-aided marijuana eradication operation, which began across Vancouver Island yesterday. Illicit backwoods grow-ops damage the environment, said Cpl. Greg Cox, Island District RCMP communications officer. For example, streams are often diverted to [...]
VICS TRIAL DRAGS ON
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest Ted Smith After spending 12 days in court in May and June, the trial of Mathew Beren and Micheal Swallow has another 8 days scheduled from July 31 to Aug 10. That will probably not be enough time yet to hear all of the testimony. In May, 2004, the Vancouver Island Compassion Society [...]
International Hempology 101 Society AGM
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest The International Hempology 101 Society will be having its 9th Annual General Meeting at 7 pm on Thursday August 16 at 826 Johnson St. This meeting is open to all members of the society and the public interested in at least witnessing the discussion. Members of the society can nominate other members to [...]
POSSESSION LAW IN TROUBLE
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Ted Smith On July 13, 2007, Judge Borenstein of the Ontario Court of Justice dismissed charges of possession of a few grams against a man from Toronto and declared that the law was invalid because the Medical Marijuana Access Regulations had not been passed in law. Lawyer Brian McAllister successfully argued the [...]
Willie Nelson – Hemp will help save the planet
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Veronica Horn Willie Nelson was born April 30, 1933 in a tiny Central Texas farming community. Willie reached fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s. Legendary singer and advocate for the American farmer, he has also become recognized for his participation in the movement to legalize marijuana and hemp in [...]
KRIEGER IN AND OUT OF JAIL
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Cannabis Digest By Ted Smith After first being told by Judge Pepler that he would be allowed to use his medicine while serving a 4-month sentence in jail, Grant Krieger was forced to spend 9 days in the Calgary Remand Center without cannabis. He was released only because his lawyer filed an appeal, not because [...]
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