Archive for July 8th, 2007
Municipality and rental owners butt heads
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Cowichan News Leader, BC
07 Jul 2007
Rebecca Aldous
DOPE BYLAW IGNORED
Landowners are turning a blind eye to North Cowichan’s bylaw mandating bi-monthly property inspections.
In February, the municipality introduced the bylaw to crack down on marijuana growing operations.
But Rental Owners and Managers Society of British Columbia director Arthur Allan says it is inconveniencing the wrong people.
On common sense, kids and prohibition
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Sunday Star-Times, New Zealand
08 Jul 2007
Michael Laws
MAKE DRUGS LEGAL AND REGULATE LIKE MAD
One of the worst things about parenthood is the instinctual wisdom that some day, somehow, somewhere, something will go wrong with your kids.
If you’re lucky it will be a broken arm playing on the jungle gym or the adventure course. If you’re really [...]
California collectives in danger of becoming obsolete
Sunday, July 8th, 2007The Desert Sun, CA
08 Jul 2007
K Kaufmann
GROUP SEEKS CLARITY ON RULES FOR COLLECTIVES
Six Coachella Valley cities have banned marijuana dispensaries
Medical marijuana patients and advocates in the Coachella Valley are pushing Riverside County officials to set guidelines to allow collective groups or cooperatives to grow and dispense the drug legally. As reported on thedesertsun.com, Lanny Swerdlow, [...]
Attempt to expand Hawaii’s medicinal bill fails
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI
07 Jul 2007
GIVE PROTECTION TO PATIENTS WHO NEED MEDICAL MARIJUANA
The Issue
A bill that would have given added protection to patients treated by medical marijuana died in the House in this year’s session.
STATE laws allowing medical use of marijuana have been on the books for nearly a decade but have been hampered by federal [...]