Archive for June 11th, 2007
Cannabis may actually help IMPROVE memory
Monday, June 11th, 2007By Juanita King, The Muse (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Study shows marijuana increases brain cell growth
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld — Supporters of marijuana may finally have an excuse to smoke weed every day. A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that smoking pot can make the brain grow.
Though most drugs inhibit the growth of [...]
In case you hadn’t heard, a quick update on Emery, Rainey and Williams
Monday, June 11th, 2007Cannabis Culture
28 May, 2007
by Marc Emery
No Extradition for the BC3!
Three Canadians face life imprisonment in a US federal prison simply for political activities in Canada to legalize marijuana around the world.
Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey, and Greg Williams are Canadian citizens who were heavily involved in anti-prohibition activitism in Canada for ten years. The US will [...]
Let voters decide whether to legalize or not argues compassion club
Monday, June 11th, 2007Lansing State Journal, Michigan
11 Jun 2007
Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care
MEDICAL POT: PETITION DRIVE CAN PUT ISSUE WHERE IT BELONGS – WITH VOTERS
Six years ago, Michigan saw petition gatherers advocating a statewide vote on recreational use of marijuana. It was a bad idea at the time, as an LSJ editorial stated. It’s still a bad idea, [...]
Connecticut could become 13th state to legalize medical marijuana
Monday, June 11th, 2007New York Times
11 Jun 2007
Stacey Stowe
MARIJUANA LAW IN CONNECTICUT GAINS GROUND
Hartford — Seventeen years ago, Mark Braunstein dived 60 feet off a footbridge into a river, landed wrong and became a paraplegic. A librarian at Connecticut College, Mr. Braunstein, 55, walks with the aid of crutches and leg braces. He smokes marijuana [...]
It’s Like Watching a Green Plague
Monday, June 11th, 2007The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA
Sun, 10 Jun 2007
Glenda Anderson
GREEN PLAGUE: POT BUSTS ON RISE
Upswing in Pot Production Frustrates North Coast Officials
Marijuana cultivation is exploding on the North Coast, fueling an illicit multi-billion-dollar statewide business and frustrating local lawmakers in a corner of California where about a third of the state’s pot is grown.
In Mendocino [...]
The Green Party Just Got Greener
Monday, June 11th, 2007Herald Sun, Australia
Sun, 10 Jun 2007
Chris Tinkler and Liam Houlihan
GREENS’ CANNABIS SHAME
THE GREENS’ chief policy strategist in Victoria, Australia has admitted she helped organize a cannabis festival.
Freja Leonard, chief of staff to Victorian Greens MP Greg Barber, used to be a coordinator at Mardi Grass, Nimbin’s pot celebration.
Mothers of overdose victims are calling for Ms [...]