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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The Maui News, HI
31 Jul 2007
Lila Fujimoto
JUDGE DENIES REQUEST TO DISMISS DRUG CHARGES
WAILUKU – Saying a marijuana-use requirement in the Religion of Jesus Church appeared to have resulted from successful state prosecution rather than religious belief, a judge has denied a request to dismiss drug charges against the church’s founder.
James Kimmel is awaiting a Sept. [...]
Conservatives most likely to take “as hard a line as possible” in response to Ontario Court’s recent decision
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Maclean’s Magazine, Canada
31 Jul 2007
Philippe Gohier
SORRY TO HARSH YOUR BUZZ
It sounded like a cool idea at the time, but were we ever really going to decriminalize marijuana?
Is pot legal? The answer to that seems as cloudy as, well, you know.
Responding to the complaint of a Toronto man charged with possession, the Ontario Court recently found [...]
Serving time for cannabis can cost you more than your right to vote
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007AlterNet
31 Jul 2007
Silja J. A. Talvi
GETTING BUSTED FOR POT CAN COST YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
When a person is sent to prison for the first time on a drug-related felony charge, there is little chance that he or she will be told about the “collateral consequences” of their sentence.
The severity of these residual punishments depends on [...]
Judge to decide if Emery will be extradited to the US
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Regina Leader-Post, SN
30 Jul 2007
Kenyon Wallace
‘PRINCE OF POT’ SURPRISED DEA TOOK SO LONG TO MAKE HIM A TARGET
SASKATOON — The “Prince of pot” says he’s surprised it took the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) so long to investigate his Internet business that sold hundreds of thousands of marijuana seeds to Americans for 11 [...]
Cannabis is not the danger
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The Herald, UK
31 Jul 2007
CANNABIS: A MENACE OR MEDICAL MARVEL?
Cannabis has been in use for about 10,000 years. It is claimed that in that time, there has never been a single overdose and some say it is safer than aspirin.
So why has it not been decriminalised, as in Holland and Russia?
It could be because some [...]
Attempts to legalize medical marijuana in California under attack by Feds
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Auburn Journal, CA
31 Jul 2007
Thomas Elias
MEDIPOT HARASSMENT LETS ILLICIT USE THRIVE
There’s something almost idiotic about the obviously confused and misguided way in which federal authorities are trying to enforce anti-marijuana laws in California today.
Nothing better illustrates this than the headlines that appeared together in newspapers this spring and summer about numerous pot raids in middle-class [...]
Conroy battles Canada’s marijuana prohibition laws
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Vancouver Sun, BC
31 Jul 2007
Neal Hall
DRUGS AND THE POLICE
Pot Possession In The ’60s Was A Serious Offence. A Baggie Would Get You Jail Time
In 1967, John Conroy was a clean-cut University of B.C. student and a member of the varsity swim team. It wasn’t until after he graduated that he formed the National Organization for [...]
Police destroy a sick man’s medicinal plants, Health Canada apologizes
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Drayton Valley Western Review, AB
31 Jul 2007
Roszan Holmen
EVANSBURG MAN PLANS TO SUE POLICE
A man from Evansburg is suing the RCMP for seizing marijuana plants he says he was growing for medicinal purposes.
Two years ago, Steve Chorney received a licence under the federal medical-marijuana program to grow a limited number of plants to manage chronic pain [...]
Education not prohibition
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Ottawa Citizen, ON
30 Jul 2007
CANNABIS HEALTH RISKS CALL FOR EDUCATION, NOT PROHIBITION
Re: Marijuana’s scary science, July 26.
Columnist Margret Kopala’s claims that cannabis use is a causal factor in mental illness are far from scientifically established. At best, an observable association between cannabis use and mental illness has been established in a minority of users; however, [...]
Police label minister a drug-dealer for using cannabis in services
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Contra Costa Times, CA
28 Jul 2007
Andrew Glazer
MINISTER CALLS POT A SACRAMENT
Clergyman Based in Hollywood Says Marijuana ‘Is the Tree of Life Mentioned in the Bible’
LOS ANGELES — A minister with mail order credentials who faces drug charges for distributing marijuana through his Hollywood church argued unsuccessfully this week that federal law protects his use of [...]