Archive for August 9th, 2007
« Previous EntriesSwallow and Beren trial continues with Senator Nolin on the stand
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Victoria Times-Colonist, BC
09 Aug 2007
Richard Watts
TRIAL TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM SENATOR WHO BACKED MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
A Canadian senator who has called for the legalization of marijuana took the stand yesterday in the trial arising from a raid on the Vancouver Island Compassion Society’s grow operation.
Pierre Claude Nolin chaired the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, which [...]
Mendocino County allows a modest garden for personal use
Thursday, August 9th, 2007The Ukiah Daily Journal, CA
08 Aug 2007
Ben Brown
MEDICAL POT: 25 PLANTS
After eight months of discussion in the Criminal Justice Committee and nearly three hours of public comment from community members, including attorneys, doctors and medical marijuana advocates, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted to uphold county medical marijuana plant limits at the number established [...]
Trio accuses the Canadian government of harassing church members
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Toronto Star, ON
08 Aug 2007
Tracey Tyler
CHURCH ARGUES MARIJUANA A SACRAMENT
Parishioners Plan Charter Challenge, Say Current Policy Infringes On Their Religious Rights
If some religions sip wine at the altar, others should be allowed to smoke pot. At least according to Rev. Edwin Pearson and Rev. Michel Ethier, two ordained ministers behind a proposed $25 million class [...]
Politics and pot don’t play well together
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Huffington Post, US
07 Aug 2007
Paul Armentano and Mitch Earleywine
INTERPRETING HAZY WARNINGS ABOUT POT AND MENTAL ILLNESS
Smoking pot won’t make you crazy, but trying to find the truth behind the recent rash of headlines regarding a supposed link between cannabis and mental illness might.
According to the Associated Press and other news sources, a new study in [...]
McGowen risks arrest to help patients
Thursday, August 9th, 2007The Bakersfield Californian, CA
06 Aug 2007
James Burger
LOCAL MARIJUANA SHOP REOPENS
One of Bakersfield’s medical marijuana dispensaries has reopened, two weeks after it locked its doors in the wake of federal pot raids.
Jim McGowen has re-opened American Caregivers Collective on Gilmore Avenue just off Buck Owens Boulevard in Bakersfield.
He is risking arrest and prosecution, he said, because [...]
Letter to Editor: DEA exaggerates profits of dispensaries
Thursday, August 9th, 2007The Pasadena Star-News, CA
07 Aug 2007
Dale Gieringer
MEDICAL POT STORES
Your article, “Medical marijuana store’s profits questioned,” greatly exaggerates the profits of medical marijuana dispensaries.
The DEA’s figures reflect gross revenues, not net profits after costs. The bulk of dispensaries’ revenues goes to cover payroll, product and rent. Compassionate Caregivers employed over 200 workers who were receiving health [...]
Marijuana Madness
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Business Week, US
06 Aug 2007
Christopher Palmeri
“HANDS UP, AND BACK AWAY FROM THE BROWNIES”
Raids and Arrests Are Up, but So Are the Number of Dispensaries–and More States Are Coming Aboard. Activists Say Regulation Could Help
When California voters approved the nation’s first medical-marijuana law in 1996, the idea was to help people like Jamie Green, a 73-year-old [...]
Growers face up to 3-years in prison
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Red Bluff Daily News, CA
03 Aug 2007
JURY REJECTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEFENSE
Corning Couple, Chico Man Guilty
RED BLUFF – Three marijuana gardeners, including a Corning couple, were convicted of cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale by a Tehama County jury this week.
The jury found Gerald Malley, 57, of Corning, and his wife, Dawn Malley, 47, guilty [...]
Feds wage an ever more aggressive campaign in California
Thursday, August 9th, 2007LA Weekly, CA
03 Aug 2007
Celeste Fremon
DEA’S SCARLET LETTER
Nervous L.A. Landlords and Dispensaries Get Caught in the Medical-Pot Wars
THE DEA AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES are at war over medical marijuana. On one side of the fight is the Drug Enforcement Administration, which seems to be doing all within its power to shut down the [...]
Federal government hasn’t caught up with the future of America
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Contra Costa Times, CA
03 Aug 2007
Rick Orlov
L.A. WANTS LOCAL CONTROL OF POT CLINICS, END TO DEA RAIDS
LOS ANGELES — Pitting itself against the U.S. government, the Los Angeles City Council approved plans Wednesday to limit new medical-marijuana dispensaries, regulate existing ones and urge a moratorium on recent clinic raids by federal agents.
Despite warnings that it [...]