Archive for February, 2008
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008Prince George Citizen, BC 5 Feb 2008 Rodney Venis PERSECUTING THE PRINCE Whatever you may think of the United States’ persecution of marijuana loudmouth Marc Emery, try to bear in mind it’s about more than just pot. Admittedly, it’s pretty hard to separate that stem from those leaves when it comes to Emery, B.C.’s self-anointed [...]
Drug testing students proven to be expensive and ineffective
Thursday, February 7th, 2008The Signal, CA 04 Feb 2008 Sean Herron SCHOOL DRUG-TESTING PLAN INEFFECTIVE, BREAKS TRUST WITH ADULTS The William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board is set to consider one of the most controversial issues in education today – the random testing of students for the presence of drugs. If adopted, mandatory random drug [...]
Police say the grow op is linked to organized crime
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Calgary Herald, AB 05 Feb 2008 Sherri Zickefoose 72-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN MASSIVE MARIJUANA OPERATION It’s not your grandpa’s hobby garden: A 72-year-old city man is at the centre of a $3-million drug bust, accused of growing marijuana crops in his Whitehorn house. “This is one of the largest-ever seizures of marijuana in Calgary,” said drug [...]
Very large and sophisticated mushroom growing operation out of business
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Chico Enterprise-Record, CA 31 Jan 2008 Karen McIntyre 160 POUNDS OF HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS SEIZED IN CORNING DRUG BUST CORNING — After making the biggest drug bust of its kind in county history Tuesday, Tehama Inter-agency Drug Enforcement agents displayed on Wednesday most of the 160 pounds of processed hallucinogenic mushrooms they seized from a Corning [...]
Patients must grow their own marijuana or find a state-approved caregiver
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Nevada Appeal, Carson City, NV 04 Feb 2008 Dave Frank SMOKED OUT Federal Government Stands In The Way Of A State-Run Medical Marijuana Distribution The water, the lights, the seeds, the soil. The problem could be several things. Some patients will learn how to grow, said Claude Miller, a Nevada medical marijuana consultant, some won’t. [...]
Marijuana prohibition creates more problems than it solves
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Concord Monitor, NH 30 Jan 2008 Matt Simon MARIJUANA BAN FAILING JUST AS PROHIBITION DID The hearing on HB 1623, the bill to reduce penalties for marijuana possession, made for some interesting drama in the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. The most eye-opening statement came from Berlin Police Chief Peter Morency, president of [...]
Wasting law enforcement time pursuing users of a harmless drug
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Burlington Free Press, VT 02 Feb 2008 Terri Hallenbeck SENATORS DUBIOUS OF EFFORT TO CHANGE POT LAWS MONTPELIER — In the past couple weeks, the Senate Judiciary Committee has listened to hours of testimony about decriminalizing marijuana. They’ve heard some people say the state is consuming valuable law enforcement time pursuing users of a harmless [...]
Heading towards Reefer Madness II
Thursday, February 7th, 2008The Guardian, UK 4 Feb 2008 Duncan Campbell THE DRUG LAWS DON’T WORK The Real ‘Softies’ Are the Politicians Who Refuse to Engage in a Sober Debate on Cannabis Fifty years ago, Lenny Bruce, the American comedian who was pursued relentlessly by the police for his drug use, remarked that cannabis would be legal soon, [...]
Celebrating his constitutional right to practice religion in the USA
Thursday, February 7th, 2008The Brownsville Herald, TX 4 Feb 2008 Jackie Leatherman IN CANNABIS WE TRUST EDINBURG — He calls himself the Rev. Adam E. Zuniga. His religion is illegal. According to his business card, he is ordained by the Shemshemet Ministry, which teaches the Cannabis Sacrament. “It’s a means to my survival, spiritually,” he says. For Zuniga, [...]
DEA attempting to shut down the most progressive city in the nation, San Francisco
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Bay Area Reporter, CA 31 Jan 2008 Matthew S. Bajko POT CLUB ADVOCATES ASSAIL SILENCE ON DEA TACTICS Medical cannabis advocates are stepping up pressure on San Francisco officials to denounce the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest tactic of targeting landlords who rent to pot clubs in their long-running dispute with California over the use [...]
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