Archive for December, 2007
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Friday, December 7th, 2007Los Angeles Times, CA 4 Dec 2007 WACKY TABACKY CASE Garden Grove police are ordered to return a suspect’s marijuana. But the ruling is not as strange as it sounds. There’s no denying that it sounds wacky: The California Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision ordering the police to give back the [...]
Plants were returned – dead
Friday, December 7th, 2007Fort Collins Coloradoan, CO 03 Dec 2007 Sara Reed FORT COLLINS COUPLE GETS MARIJUANA PLANTS BACK, BUT THEY’RE DEAD After a prolonged legal battle, a Fort Collins couple today finally retrieved the medical marijuana seized from their home in August 2006, but the plants were dead. The cultivation and possession charges against James and Lisa [...]
Tories come up with a way to overcrowd Canadian prisons
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Toronto Star, ON 01 Dec 2007 Betsy Powell, and Jim Rankin O CANNABIS! WAR ON DRUGS SEEN AS FLAWED ECHO OF U.S. As far as ideas go, the verdict on new Tory anti-crime measures unrolled over the past couple of weeks – from people who make a living studying such things – has been unanimous. [...]
Tories unveiled legislation last week to create mandatory minimum prison terms
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Montreal Gazette, QU 28 Nov 2007 Richard Foot FEDS TOLD: MINIMUM JAIL TERMS DON’T WORK Ottawa Adamant. Two Studies Ignored OTTAWA – Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is pressing ahead with plans to create mandatory minimum prison terms for drug crimes in spite of two studies prepared for his own department that say such laws [...]
Stop the federal war on drugs, says Ron Paul
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007The Rebel Yell, NV Edu 29 Nov 2007 Shelly Mar RON PAUL ATTRACTS HIGH TURNOUT Supporters Of All Ages Fill Ham Hall, Exhibiting Lively Vocal Enthusiasm Two days after Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addressed a crowd of 200 in Henderson, fellow Republican candidate Ron Paul’s appearance at Artemus Ham Concert Hall Nov. 19 brought [...]
World’s pot smokers celebrate cannabis
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007The StarPhoenix, SN 24 Nov 2007 AMSTERDAM — Cannabis connoisseurs in their thousands have descended on the Dutch capital of Amsterdam this week to sample and select the winners of the 20th annual Cannabis Cup competition. “There’s a lot of good competition this year,” said ‘Herbal Santa’ a longtime marijuana smoker from Orange County, Calif., [...]
Rastafarians smoke marijuana as a sacrament, Prosecutor’s don’t care
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007North County Times, CA 23 Nov 2007 JUDGE REJECTS RASTAFARIAN RELIGION PLEA IN MARIJUANA CASE NEW LONDON, Conn. – A Norwich man’s religious belief was not enough to convince a judge to reduce his jail time for marijuana possession. Vernon Smith, 43, is a Rastafarian who believes his use of pot is a God-given right. [...]
Bill will double the maximum penalty for cannabis production to 14 years
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Regina Leader-Post, SN 24 Nov 2007 Don Butler HARPER’S GET-TOUGH POLICY MAY NOT WORK OTTAWA — As Parliament prepares to pass Criminal Code changes that would lengthen penalties and expand mandatory minimum sentences, a new report says the American experience with similar measures has been a costly waste of money. Due largely to tough-on-crime policies, [...]
Advocates of legalizing industrial hemp disappointed with ruling
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Minot Daily News, ND 30 Nov 2007 Marvin Baker JUDGE: CONGRESS SHOULD DECIDE ON HEMP BISMARCK — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit two North Dakota farmers filed against the federal government in an effort to grow and harvest industrial hemp without reprisal. Judge Daniel Hovland stated in his 22-page judgment Wednesday that Wayne [...]
Interview with Ted Smith on A Channel news
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Ted Smith, founder of Hempology 101 Society was recently targeted in an illegal money making scheme which attempted to con large amounts of money out of people on his email contact list. Watch the A Channel news interview on YouTube with Ted Smith regarding the recent email scam.
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