Archive for July 18th, 2007
Hemp-based materials could replace many components on a car
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Sunday Times, UK
15 Jul 2007
Jonathan Leake
ULTIMATE GREEN MACHINE: A CAR MADE OF HEMP
CAR buyers who suspect they have parted with money for old rope may soon be right. Ministers are to spend more than UKP500,000 in an attempt to develop the world’s first recyclable vehicle made from hemp.
A deal between Defra, the environment department, [...]
The DEA’s witch hunt claims another victim
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA
18 Jul 2007
Will Bigham
DEA SHUTS DOWN DISPENSARY
Patients and Employees Protest
CORONA – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raided and closed down a medical-marijuana dispensary here as protesters rallied outside Tuesday morning.
Federal agents served search warrants at about 6 a.m. at the Healing Nations Collective dispensary, at the owner’s Corona house, [...]
Criminalizing cannabis has simply put the supply in the hands of criminals
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007The Daily News
July 10, 2007
David Rodenhiser
Smoking pot shouldn’t lead to criminal record
Recent statistics indicate how miserably prohibition has failed
Probably about half the people I hang out with socially are criminals, as am I. We haven’t been charged, tried or convicted of anything, but that’s only been a matter of luck. About 600,000 other Canadians haven’t [...]
Marijuana advocates find a friend in Hillary
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007BBS News
July 17 2007
Michael Hess
Hillary Clinton Pledges to End Medical Marijuana Raids; McCain Flip-Flops
U.S.’s Second Largest Cancer Charity Calls for Legal Medical Marijuana Access as Candidates Weigh Support
BBSNews 2007-07-17 — MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (GSMM) – Two prominent presidential contenders have moved in opposite directions on the issue of federal attacks on medical marijuana patients, as [...]
Landlords responsible for health conditions of homes used for grow-ops
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Sooke News Mirror
Jul 18 2007
Pirjo Raits
Sooke adopts nuisance bylaw Landlords will be responsible for grow-op clean up
Sooke council has adopted Bylaw No. 268 which would see property owners responsible for taking action to remove or reduce any thing or condition considered a fire hazard.
The bylaw will be enacted to regulate, prohibit and impose requirements respecting [...]
Conservatives responsible for jump in pot busts, turning law abiding citizens into criminals
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Canadian Press
Jul. 17 2007
Experts urge Ottawa to fix marijuana laws
TORONTO — Ottawa needs to fix long-standing loopholes and inconsistencies in Canada’s marijuana laws to help the justice system contend with a surge of court cases resulting from the Conservative government’s new zeal for enforcement, legal experts say.
With witnesses reporting a dramatic increase in the number [...]
Canadian pot law’s foundation is crumbling
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Toronto Star, ON
17 Jul 2007
Michele Henry
JUDGE GIVES POT SMOKERS SHORT REPRIEVE
Recent Ruling Could Lead to Dismissal of Marijuana Possession Charges, Striking Down Current Law
A recent ruling about Canada’s pot laws might make it difficult to crack down on simple possession, legal experts say.
But don’t rush out and roll a joint in public just yet.
Alan Young, [...]
Medical marijuana ID program moves forward, in the face on dispensary closures
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007The Orange County Register, CA
17 Jul 2007
A PRESCRIPTION FOR COMPASSION
County supervisors should approve ID cards for medical marijuana patients.
The county Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider the charged issue of having the Orange County Health Care Agency issue voluntary identification cards to medicinal users of marijuana, in compliance with state law.
The supervisors should approve [...]
When dispensaries close, patients will be driven to find cannabis in the illegal market
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Los Angeles Times, CA
17 Jul 2007
Eric Bailey
DEA TARGETS LANDLORDS OF POT OUTLETS
About 150 L.A. Owners Are Told They Could Face Jail and Lose Properties Rented to Dispensaries.
Raising the stakes in the federal government’s war against medical marijuana, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has warned more than 150 Los Angeles landlords that they risk arrest and [...]
Canadians are proud pot smokers
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Globe and Mail
16 Jul 2007
Rebecca Dube
THE TRUE NORTH, STONED AND FREE
Listen, Canada, we need to talk.
It’s about your little pot habit.
Just look at these numbers from the United Nations. More people smoke in Canada than in nearly every other country. More than Jamaica. More than the Netherlands.
Dude, that has to tell you something.
Do you want [...]