Archive for August, 2002
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2002CH News did an awesome story last week about the Ted For Mayor campaign, where they also took us for a walk down memeory lane, showing us clips from the pot cookie giveaway and other past Hempology events. This video is available online at http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-1452.html , thanks to Pot TV.
Weed Permits Growing
Wednesday, August 7th, 2002From the Calgary Sun, August 3rd, 2002 By Michael Wood More sick and terminally-ill Canadians are blowing off traditional treatments, instead growing their own government-sanctioned medicine through new marijuana laws.
RCMP Bust 86-year-old for Pot Grow
Tuesday, August 6th, 2002From the Salmon Arm Observer August 4th, 2002 It was a first for members of the Salmon Arm RCMP. Police arrested 86-year-old Herman Nathe on charges of production of marijuana, firearms offences and theft of hydro in conjunction with a raid on a Raven-area home on July 11.
Dare To Keep Your Kids Off DARE
Tuesday, August 6th, 2002From Reason Magazine, August 6, 2002 By Jacob Sullum Suppose you buy a mosquito trap and find, after using it for a few months, that there are just as many mosquitoes in your yard as before, if not more. You complain to the manufacturer, which says it now has a new model that works much [...]
Letters to the editor: Pot Bust
Tuesday, August 6th, 2002Published in THE TIMES COLONIST, Sunday, August 4th, 2002 Police search violated rights of passengers Re: “Police dogs sniff out pot on ferries,” Aug. 1. Our legal rights as Canadians have once again been infringed upon by the law enforcers/dictators of this nation. What I do not understand is who is supposed to enforce our [...]
Police dogs sniff out pot on ferries
Monday, August 5th, 2002Search of car decks leads to arrests, marijuana seizures From the TIMES COLONIST, August 1st, 2002 Police have started using drug-sniffing dogs on B.C. Ferries to root out people transporting illicit narcotics. A civil liberties watchdog is condemning the action, saying it’s an abuse of police power to randomly sniff out drugs among passengers on [...]
Trial Date for Colby will be set Thursday
Monday, August 5th, 2002By Ted Smith Founder, Victoria’s Hempology 101 Society Monday, August 5th, 2002 Victoria, B.C.: As a result of the last police raid on the headquarters of the Cannabis Buyers’ Clubs of Canada in Victoria, Colby Budda will be in Victoria Courthouse room #101 on Thursday August 8th at 1:30pm to enter a not guilty plea [...]
Cannabis can help erase bad memories, research group says
Friday, August 2nd, 2002From the Globe and Mail, August 1st, 2002 By Alanna Mitchell Can it finally be medical proof of the old hippie bromide smoke your troubles away? An international group of biochemists and pharmacologists has found that the brain can use cannabis to wipe away painful memories.
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