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4/20 began at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif., in 1971
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008 Source: BG News, The (OH Edu) Author: Adam Louis Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/NORML (NORML) STUDENTS LIGHT UP IN HONOR OF 4/20 Sunday is a day often reserved for catching up on some last-minute homework assignments. But this particular Sunday, April 20, some students will take the day off, relax with friends and smoke [...]
Vancouver: Police tolerant of smoking pot
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008 Source: Metro (CN BC) Author: Kristen Thompson, and Rafe Arnott Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis – Canada) GROWING ACCEPTANCE Even police tolerant of Vancouver’s attitude toward smoking pot Thousands of people are expected to light up joints outside the Vancouver Art Gallery this Sunday, and while they get high, police will be laying [...]
BC: Drug homes are discovered without warrants
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008 Source: Langley Advance (CN BC) Author: Matthew Claxton Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/grow+operations TEAM SHUTS DOWN 200 POT FARMS The municipal team does not arrest growers, but forces them to move on. Langley’s Safety Inspection Team has been moving at a faster pace than anyone expected in the past year. On Tuesday, Township Mayor [...]
Fisher: Brutal reality of the drug war affects common people
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Thu, 17 Apr 2008 Source: Sidelines, The (Middle Tennessee State U, TN Edu) Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2861 Author: Byron Wilkes Cited: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition http://www.copssaylegalizedrugs.org JAY FISHER DISCUSSES VIEW REGARDING WAR ON DRUGS Attorney Jay Fisher revealed his and others’ belief that the war on drugs is eroding the rights of civilians. Fisher spoke on behalf [...]
Evictions: Conflict between federal and state law, federal law shall prevail, says judge
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008 Source: Recorder, The (CA) Author: Evan Hill, The Recorder http://www.mapinc.org/topic/dispensaries CALIF. JUDGE DEALS BLOW TO MEDICAL POT MOVEMENT A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that federal law allows landlords to boot medical marijuana dispensaries that rent from them. The decision by Judge Margaret Oldendorf was a strike against [...]
Much easier to arrest potheads
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Wed, 16 Apr 2008 Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) Author: Charmie Gholson INCREASINGLY MILITARIZED ‘DRUG WAR’ HAS SKEWED POLICE PRIORITIES In early March, the Michigan State Police and Michigan’s multijurisdictional drug teams participated in “Operation Byrne Blitz,” a statewide drug sweep that led to 223 arrests and the seizure of more than 460 pounds of [...]
San Fran: Organic Cannabis Foundation against Measure B
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Thu, 17 Apr 2008 Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Author: Mike Geniella, The Press Democrat ADVOCACY GROUPS BACK EFFORTS TO DEFEAT POT MEASURE UKIAH – Outside groups favoring legalization of marijuana are bankrolling opposition to a local ballot measure aimed at repealing Mendocino County’s liberalized pot guidelines. The San Francisco office of the [...]
Armed officers threaten innocent family, including children in botched drug raid
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Tue, 15 Apr 2008 Source: Oakville Beaver (CN ON) Author: Angela Blackburn RESIDENT SHAKEN BY POLICE RAID Oakville landscaper Brock Morris was left shaken and shaking his head after the Halton police raided his home at gunpoint, Friday, in search of a marijuana grow house operation. The police walked away empty handed from the raid, [...]
Ontario, Canada cannabis user is on average 31-years-old
Saturday, April 19th, 2008ue, 15 Apr 2008 Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) Author: Jordana Huber, Canwest News Service MARIJUANA USE MORPHS INTO LIFESTYLE OF ADULTS B.C. First, P.E.I. Last in Survey TORONTO — More adults in Ontario are smoking marijuana than a decade ago, and the average age of cannabis users is increasing, Dr. Jurgen Rehm, senior scientist [...]
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