Archive for June 17th, 2007
« Previous EntriesRick Reimer of Pembroke – not stoned, but medicated
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Daily Observer, Ontario
16 Jun 2007
Rick Reimer
OPENING THE DEBATE ON THE ISSUE OF MARIJUANA
Editor:
I’d like to thank Tina Peplinskie and the Observer for the coverage of my recent trial in Pembroke. I’ll let you know as soon as a decision is reached. This letter is not about those issues, but instead about marijuana prohibition generally and [...]
Bureaucrats interfere yet again with doctor/patient treatment
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Canadian Press
16 Jun, 2007
Dean Beebe
Health Canada Orders Doctors to Keep Medical Marijuana Doses Under 5 Grams
OTTAWA – Health Canada has been contacting doctors who prescribe medical marijuana for their government-approved patients, advising them to keep the dosages low. Some users say that not only violates doctor-patient confidentiality, it’s also wrong for bureaucrats to make judgments [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (part 5 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet
16 Jun, 2007
Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee
Part 5 of 5
Showdown in Southern California
In 2005 San Diego county supervisors refused to authorize the patient ID program mandated by SB 420, and filed suit to overturn the law. In December ‘06, a San Diego Superior Court judge rejected this suit (which was joined by two other [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (part 4 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet
16 Jun, 2007
Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee
Part 4 of 5
A Pandora’s Box
If SB 420 had opened a Pandora’s box of neighborhood marijuana dispensaries, the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2005 decision in Gonzales v. Raich gave federal authorities a powerful tool in their effort to close it. While the 6-3 decision against Angel Raich and [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (3 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet
16 Jun, 2007
Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee
Part 3 of 5
SB 420
A key development was the October 2003 enactment by California lawmakers — after 11th hour concessions to the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement — of Senate Bill 420. SB 420 was written to “clarify” Prop 215 and protect patients from law enforcement’s arrest-first policies. [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (2 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet
16 Jun, 2007
Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee
Part 2 of 5
Targeting the Pot Docs
Drug War strategists had pegged physicians as the weakest link in the med cannabis supply chain. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Clinton’s drug czar, took aim at the doctors first, threatening to revoke the licenses of those who approved cannabis use by patients. A [...]
Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot Consumption (part 1 of 5)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007AlterNet
16 Jun, 2007
Patrick McCartney and Martin A. Lee
Part 1 of 5
More than ten years after California’s Compassionate Use Act was passed by voters, state and local officials are still collaborating with federal law enforcement to undermine it.
On the morning of January 13, 2004, Tehama County prosecutor Lynn Strom unexpectedly announced that the state of California [...]
Legalized marijuana may require passing FDA approvals
Sunday, June 17th, 2007New York Times, NY
17 Jun 2007
Henry I. Miller
CRACKPOT LEGISLATION
MANY states nationwide are considering legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana. Last week, one such bill cleared both houses in Connecticut ( but at press time had not yet been signed by the governor ), New York appears likely to follow suit and New Jersey [...]
Billions of dollars and not one step closer to a drug-free world
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Victoria Times-Colonist
15 Jun 2007
Dan Gardner
The Great and Costly Drug-War Fraud
After 10 Years and Billions of Dollars, UN Effort Just a Wasteful Failure
It is my privilege today to break major news: In less than a year, the trade in illicit drugs will be all but wiped out.
Anna Nicole paternity judge promises to stop smoking pot
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale
15 Jun 2007
Tonya Alanez
BROWARD JUDGE IN POT-SMOKING CASE RETIRES
FORT LAUDERDALE – Three months after being cited for smoking marijuana in a public park, a Broward County judge has announced his retirement.