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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Judge Gordon’s inconsistent rulings brought into question again
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Vancouver Sun July 17, 2007 Border searches are a fair tradeoff to ensure public safety In a ruling that appears to defy common sense, a provincial court judge has found that border guards violated the constitutional rights of an alleged cocaine smuggler when they detained him and searched his truck. The events that precipitated this [...]
Dispensary operating within state law is raided
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007The Bakersfield Californian, CA 16 Jul 2007 Jason Kotowski POT DISPENSARY RAIDED AGAIN Federal drug agents busted an Oildale marijuana dispensary for the second time in three months Monday, seizing more than 87 pounds of processed marijuana and arresting five people. The business had done $9.6 million in sales in nine months, officials said. That’s [...]
Canadian drug laws prehistoric
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007The Tribune, ON 16 Jul 2007 POT LAWS ARE THE CRIME Canadians like their marijuana, according to the United Nations. The people of Papua New Guinea like to partake of marijuana more than Canadians do. So too do residents in Micronesia, Zambia and Ghana. After that, though, there is hardly any country on the globe [...]
Harper’s government yes men for the US when it comes to war on drugs
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Packet & Times, ON 16 Jul 2007 EXPECT NO CHANGE IN POT POLITICS Decriminalization of marijuana will not happen in our lifetime. Not at this rate. Liberal Senator Larry Campbell restated his preference this week to regulate and control pot, just as alcohol production and distribution is governed. Then “tax the hell out of it,” [...]
Law-abiding citizens don’t deserve to be branded as criminals
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007The Interlake Spectator, MB 13 Jul 2007 Marc Zienkiewicz WAR ON DRUGS GOING TO POT Canada made headlines the world over this week after the release of a United Nations report that shows Canadians use marijuana at four times the world average — making our country the leader of the industrialized world in cannabis consumption. [...]
Doctors and patients know that cannabis improves quality of life for the sick
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007AlterNet 13 Jul 2007 Paul Armentano NEW STUDIES EXPOSE GOVERNMENT LIES ABOUT MEDICAL POT When Connecticut’s Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed legislation last month that would have allowed citizens with debilitating medical conditions to use medical cannabis under their doctor’s supervision, she alleged that there was no proof of pot’s therapeutic effectiveness and that [...]
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