Archive for August 28th, 2007
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Toronto Star, ON
25 Aug 2007
Lynda Hurst
IS IT OR ISN’T IT? THE POT PENDULUM SWINGS AGAIN
Just As Canadians Are Embracing Pot As Never Before, the Government Plans a New War on Drugs. the Move Is Fitting, Given This Country’s Ambivalent Relationship With Weed Over the Decades
In announcing an upcoming federal anti-drug campaign, Health Minister Tony Clement [...]
North Dakota licenses are worthless without federal permission
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Bismarck Tribune, ND
23 Aug 2007
Blake Nicholson
GOVERNMENT WANTS INDUSTRIAL HEMP LAWSUIT THROWN OUT
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two North Dakota farmers who applied to the Drug Enforcement Administration for permission to grow industrial hemp.
The motion filed this week in federal court in Fargo says federal law does [...]
Citizens have noticed the economic value marijuana
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Daily Vidette, IL Edu
27 Aug 2007
Krisi Kawanna
SOME ILLINOIS CITIZENS DEBATE LEGALIZING SALE OF MARIJUANA
When one thinks of cash crops in Illinois, marijuana is generally not a plant that comes to mind. However, marijuana is now the state’s third ranked money crop.
According to a report published in the Bulletin for Cannabis Reform December 2006 by Dr. [...]
Some take the fifth, others admit – to smoking pot
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Denver Daily News, CO
27 Aug 2007
HYPOCRISY ON POT?
At least four Denver City Council members and the mayor have smoked or ingested marijuana, a fact that has pot proponents screaming hypocrisy over the unanimous decision of Council not to support a ballot initiative that would make marijuana the police department’s lowest enforcement priority.
City Council members look [...]
Separation of pot from harsher drugs would make more sense
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Victoria Times-Colonist, BC
27 Aug 2007
CAMPAIGN SHOULD PASS ON POT
If the federal government is serious about starting a massive anti-drug campaign aimed at youth, it had best ensure the message makes sense. At this point, it doesn’t.
Federal Health Minister Tony Clement promised the campaign at the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, saying the [...]
Notes from Hempfest
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007CounterPunch, US Web
26 Aug 2007
Fred Gardner
In what European country do people smoke more marijuana, per capita, than in the U.S.? No, it’s not Holland, it’s the Czech Republic. Travel writer Rick Steves threw that surprising fact into his talk Sunday at the Seattle Hempfest. He had just come back from two months in Europe where, [...]
Medical marijuana is at the mercy of Congress
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Bakersfield Californian, CA
26 Aug 2007
STATE, FEDERAL LAW CONFLICT CREATES MARIJUANA HAZE
It’s hard to blame the Kern County Board of Supervisors for its decision last week to take no action on the conundrum posed by conflicting laws related to medical marijuana dispensaries. Almost any action the supervisors might have taken would’ve run afoul of someone [...]
BC bud gets around
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Globe and Mail, Canada
25 Aug 2007
B.C. BUD MAKING ITSELF AT HOME IN N.B.
MONCTON ( CP ) — A new import from British Columbia is taking root in New Brunswick forests and the RCMP aren’t too happy about it.
“It’s a new type of marijuana plant called B.C. Bud and we’re finding it in New Brunswick,” said [...]
Aerial assault on pot a waste of money
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Nanaimo News Bulletin, BC
25 Aug 2007
Mitch Wright
POLICE BLOWING SMOKE WITH PR EFFORT
The annual aerial assault portion of the police war on drugs got underway this week.
Every summer, RCMP members hop in a helicopter for weeks on end to search for illegal marijuana grow shows set up in Vancouver Island’s backwoods.
It’s an expensive endeavour, considering the [...]
New chapter of Americans for Safe Access in California
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The Eureka Reporter, CA
26 Aug 2007
Renee Gusching
RALLYING FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS
A week and half ago, a small group of people met in an Arcata coffee shop. Its purpose was to discuss a topic that gets a fair amount of attention in such places.
But this group didn’t convene to exchange erudite ideas about medical marijuana; at the [...]