Archive for July 1st, 2007
Controversy over quantity of prescribed marijuana reaches Washington
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Washington Post
June 30, 2007
Dale Rogers displays different types of marijuana available at the Compassion in Action Patient Network, an organization that distributes medical marijuana to qualifying patients, Thursday, June, 28, 2007, in Seattle. Rogers has been diagnosed with AIDS about 20 years ago and he has been constantly using marijuana to relieve the pain and [...]
Ex-cop continues to speak out against prohibition of marijuana
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Oregon Daily Emerald
25 Jun 2007
MARIJUANA PROHIBITION REDUCES PUBLIC SAFETY
As a retired police officer, I know something about the issue of marijuana prohibition. Mr. Petryni’s article did a fine rehash of the pros and cons but he left out a huge area of consideration; namely the reduction in public safety caused by the prohibition. In my [...]
Cannabis does NOT cause brain damage
Sunday, July 1st, 2007The Press, York, UK
30 Jun 2007
POT BLACKENED
FOR the second time you publish comments by Judge Hoffman, declaring that cannabis causes brain damage and memory loss ( Cannabis man is hung out to dry, The Press, June 21 ), and for the second time I will inform you that this is nonsense.
Recently scientists at the Nathan [...]
Patients want the right to medicate the way they and physicians see fit
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Newberg Graphic, OR
30 Jun 2007
David Sale
TAKING UP THE FIGHT TO PROTECT MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Proposed ballot meausre would undo existing law; local woman stricken with a variety of maladies vows to fight the legislation
Newberg resident Pamela Sterling is not ashamed of her drug use. Due to chronic illness, the 43-year-old former registered nurse enrolled four years ago [...]
Student keeps good grades, despite suspension
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Regina Leader-Post, SN
30 Jun 2007
Matthew Barton
STUDENT TO KEEP GOOD GRADES
Wawota’s Kieran King may be able to hang onto his honour role status, despite being suspended from Wawota Parkland School for violating a lockdown.
King, 15, ignored the lockdown and tried to rally students to walk out in support of free speech.
He was protesting the order of [...]
Could governments and law enforcement officials be making the drug problem worse?
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Niagara This Week, ON
29 Jun 2007
REVISIT POT LAW
They called prohibition, the banning of the production, distribution and sale of alcohol early in the last century ‘The Noble Experiment.’ It was supposed to rid society of drunkenness, poverty, crime and various other societal ills.
By any measure, it was a catastrophic failure. People thumbed their nose at [...]
Procedural changes make it difficult for many facilities to get permits
Sunday, July 1st, 2007The San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA
27 Jun 2007
Rachel Stern
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Pot Clubs Can’t Get A Break – New Rules Would Force Many To Close
Compassion and Care Center employee and longtime medical marijuana activist Wayne Justmann proudly displays a framed “keep up the good work” letter from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ( D–San Francisco [...]