Archive for January, 2008
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008My name is Jason Wilcox. I figured that since I will be working with Hempology 101 and the CBC more closely now I felt I should introduce myself. I was introduced to cannabis as a therapy back in 1994 by a friend who taught me the medicinal properties of the plant of plants! I was [...]
Happy Winter
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Skip LaFleur, owner Simple Remedies Herbal Solutions Hello Folks and season greetings: Today is the beginning of the rest of our lives. Let,s make the best of it. Winter will soon be our season and in traditional Chinese medicine it’s the time of the water element. The end of all the seasons. A time of [...]
Incarceration not equal to the crime
Monday, January 7th, 2008The Berkshire Eagle, MA 6 Jan 2008 Benning W. De La Mater USE OF MARIJUANA A HOT TOPIC, WITH BALLOT QUESTION POSSIBLE The debate over marijuana is a cloudy one. It’s an illegal drug … used by presidents. Heads get high … cancer patients get hungry. Most pot smokers don’t try heroin … most heroin [...]
Stop wasting tax dollars locking up harmless hippies
Monday, January 7th, 2008Rockford Register Star, IL 6 Jan 2008 Dan Linn MARIJUANA: PROHIBITION FAILING; LEGALIZING COULD BE TAX BOON Are people really afraid of legalizing marijuana? I cannot understand why it is such a crazy idea to let people consume cannabis. People can get drunk all they want, and humanity keeps moving right along. Of course, there [...]
Salem, Oregon raises debate of medicinal marijuana and the work place
Monday, January 7th, 2008Seattle Times, WA 6 Jan 2008 OFF-JOB POT USE UP FOR DEBATE SALEM, Ore. — A construction-industry group wants companies to have the legal right to bar users of medical marijuana from working in potentially hazardous jobs such as operating heavy machinery. It is an issue that state lawmakers will likely take up during a [...]
It will take a long fight to turn a “lost cause” into victory
Monday, January 7th, 2008Bismarck Tribune, ND 4 Jan 2008 IT’S TIME TO GROW HEMP SUPPORT Supporters of industrial hemp have suffered a double setback. First, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland dismissed a lawsuit against the federal government by two North Dakota farmers. The farmers argued the government considered industrial hemp the same as marijuana, which is an illegal [...]
Every decision-maker will look at this decision, unless it’s replaced by a higher-level court
Monday, January 7th, 2008Edmonton Journal, AB 3 Jan 2008 Duncan Thorne DRUG TEST RULING MAY GO TO SUPREME COURT Alberta Appeal Court Contradicts Decision in Ontario Case Human rights in Canada have been muddied by an Alberta ruling that a contractor acted legally in firing a worker who failed a drug test, lawyers says. Alberta’s human-rights watchdog has [...]
Marijuana smokers the least of Vermont’s problems
Monday, January 7th, 2008Burlington Free Press, VT 04 Jan 2008 Ken Freer MY TURN: IT’S TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA We lost the so called “War on Drugs” a long time ago and it’s time to introduce a little common sense. Gov. Jim Douglas’ spat with Windsor County prosecutor Robert Sand brought this issue to our attention just recently. [...]
Heavyweight companies test employees for drugs before they are allowed on jobsites
Monday, January 7th, 2008Winnipeg Free Press, MB 03 Jan 2008 John Cotter ALBERTA COURT OKS EMPLOYEE DRUG-TESTING EDMONTON — Construction and energy companies are happy with an Alberta court ruling that upholds the right of employers to test workers in safety-sensitive jobs for drugs. The Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision overturned a lower court judgment that said Kellogg, [...]
Emery’s plight seems sometimes like a desire for martyrdom on his part
Monday, January 7th, 2008National Post, Canada 4 Jan 2008 Colby Cosh A MATTER OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY On Dec. 31, the National Post comment pages published an open letter by columnist Karen Selick that asked Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to intervene in the extradition process against “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 21. For [...]
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