Archive for September, 2007
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007The Providence Journal, RI 9 Sep 2007 Amanda Milkovits FOR MORE THAN 300 RHODE ISLANDERS, MARIJUANA PROVIDES LEGAL RELIEF The old life of Kelly Powers began to slip away two years ago. Her husband had bought her a new motorcycle for her 31st birthday, but during the vision test for her license, Powers realized something [...]
Senator refuses to turn his back on medical uses of marijuana
Saturday, September 8th, 2007The Pantagraph, IL 07 Sep 2007 Dennis Conrad SEN. DURBIN SUPPORTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Dick Durbin said Thursday federal law should change to allow for the use of medical marijuana when prescribed by a physician. The Illinois Democrat spoke at a constituent breakfast in response to a question from a Pinckneyville woman [...]
Judge did not consider the merits of the case
Saturday, September 8th, 2007Chico Enterprise-Record, CA 07 Sep 2007 Terry Vau Dell JUDGE REFUSES TO TOSS OUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA CO-OP CASE OROVILLE — A judge Thursday refused to toss out Butte County’s first medical marijuana co-op case. The attorney for a Chico man charged with possessing more than 210 pot plants, which he claimed he was growing for [...]
Letter to Editor: Cannabis added to list of prohibited drugs in 1923
Saturday, September 8th, 2007The Georgia Straight, BC 06 Sep 2007 RACE RIOT GENESIS OF OUR POT PROHIBITION Your article on Vancouver’s race riot 100 years ago was interesting ["Commemorating a race riot", Aug. 30--Sept. 6]. A point not mentioned is that its legacy continues in the criminalization of cannabis/hemp/marijuana. If Wikipedia is correct, “The prohibition of cannabis actually [...]
Letter to Editor: Religion against nature
Saturday, September 8th, 2007Nanaimo News Bulletin, BC 06 Sep 2007 MARIJUANA INGREDIENT IN NATURAL SELECTION Re: Marijuana prohibition expensive waste of energy, News Bulletin, Aug. 30. Not only can marijuana’s attractive qualities be denied humanity ( it has been part of our chemistry for hundreds of thousands of years ), it is an essential requirement for natural selection’s [...]
Physicians and patients reassured that they are safe
Saturday, September 8th, 2007The Oregonian, OR 06 Sep 2007 Anne Saker RULING PROTECTS POT PATIENTS PRIVACY A Federal Judge Denies a Grand Jury Access to Oregon Medical Marijuana Treatment Records A federal judge has thrown out sweeping subpoenas for patient records kept by Oregon’s medical marijuana program and a private clinic, saying privacy concerns overruled a grand jury’s [...]
Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal
Thursday, September 6th, 2007AlterNet, US Web September 1, 2007 Cited: High Times Prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana — it’s time everyone faced this and the rest of the compelling arguments for legalizing it. Editor’s note: There are millions of regular pot smokers in America and millions more infrequent smokers. Smoking pot [...]
Cannabis tea relieves MS patient’s painful symptoms
Thursday, September 6th, 2007EarthTimes.org 03 Sep 2007 German authorities approve cannabis for MS patient for first time Berlin – Claudia H has become the first German to be allowed legal access to cannabis to treat the multiple sclerosis she has been suffering from for 14 years. Strict conditions apply to the permit, which came into effect in late [...]
Concern over Canadian civil liberties
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Globe and Mail, CN 03 Sep 2007 THE UNFAIRNESS OF THE FORFEITURE LAW Over the past four years, police in Ontario have seized $3.6-million and frozen another $11.5-million in assets under the province’s civil forfeiture law. Michael Bryant, the provincial Attorney-General, is proud that this has happened under his government. He shouldn’t be. The notion [...]
US Government ignores sick patients
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Huffington Post, US Web 04 Sep 2007 David Borden and Paul Armentano WHY DO PEOPLE THE GOVERNMENT SAYS DON’T EXIST KEEP WRITING US? According to the federal government, 53-year-old Deborah Palmer ( not her real name ) doesn’t exist. A grandmother and former California corrections officer, Ms. Palmer suffers from chronic spinal pain ( the [...]
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