Archive for June 24th, 2007
Help free Grant Krieger from his painful prison
Sunday, June 24th, 2007June 24, 2007
Veronica Horn
Grant Krieger suffers from multiple sclerosis and has legal permission to smoke marijuana for medical purposes.
In March 2007, Judge William Pepler had ordered Corrections Canada to find a way for Grant to medicate with cannabis while in prison due to his one of a kind Alberta court order constitutional exemption to cultivate, [...]
Health Canada needs to butt out
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Winnipeg Free Press
23 Jun 2007
Tom Oleson
EVIDENCE OF ‘REEFER MADNESS’ ABOUNDS
‘THE one great principle of the… law,” wrote Charles Dickens in Bleak House, “is to make business for itself.” That’s a thought worth worrying if you are trying, as I am, to understand federal government’s position on the medical and recreational use of marijuana.
Not that I [...]
Ed Rosenthal says he was helping sick, not selling drugs
Sunday, June 24th, 2007San Francisco Chronicle
Henry K. Lee
June 23, 2007
Ed Rosenthal, the self-described “Guru of Ganja” convicted for a second time last month of violating federal drug laws by growing marijuana for medical patients, wants a new trial.
The 62-year-old cannabis cultivation expert, former High Times magazine columnist and steadfast advocate for legalizing marijuana claims U.S. District Judge Charles [...]
Connecticut may have to wait until Rell is out of office
Sunday, June 24th, 2007The Day, CT
21 Jun 2007
Judy Benson
BOTH SIDES SEE HOPE IN MARIJUANA DEBATE
Both believers in and skeptics of the medical benefits of marijuana found some reason for hope in Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto Tuesday of a bill that would have legalized its use for those with chronic and terminal illnesses.
Mark Braunstein is a librarian at [...]
Another California city considers banning dispensaries
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Press-Enterprise, CA
23 Jun 2007
Naomi Kresge
REDLANDS TO CONSIDER BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES
Redlands may join a growing group of cities that have moved to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
The Planning Commission will consider an ordinance to ban the dispensaries on Tuesday.
Palm Desert, Grand Terrace and San Jacinto banned dispensaries earlier this year; La Quinta is expected to [...]
Blame the US for zero tolerance
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Globe and Mail
23 Jun 2007
BOURBON BROWNIES?
Canadians can thank their southern neighbour for the drug laws that have ensnared anti-narcotics consultant Bert Tatham ( Dubai’s Zero Tolerance – editorial, June 20 ). The United States is the biggest proponent of zero tolerance and the biggest obstacle to global drug policy reform. It’s ironic that Mr. Tatham [...]