Archive for August 30th, 2007
Drug control belongs in the domain of public health, not criminal justice
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Smithers Interior News, BC
29 Aug 2007
BOWERING IN FAVOUR OF LEGALIZING POT
North’s Public Health Director Calls For Reform To Drug Laws, RCMP Remain Opposed
The head of public health for the North wants to see radical reform in how Canada deals with psychoactive drugs.
Dr. David Bowering told The Interior News last week that legalization of marijuana needs [...]
City fails to secure rights of medical marijuana users
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Ledger Dispatch, CA
29 Aug 2007
Josh McCoy
CITY POT REGS VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW, COUNCIL SAYS
Five people attended and no one raised objections at a Jackson City Council meeting on Monday that doomed lingering ordinances in the city code that allowed for marijuana dispensaries and promised higher water rates for about 2,000 customers.
Jackson City Manager Mike Daly recommended [...]
Thousands of seriously ill patients benefit from cannabis
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY
29 Aug 2007
PRO & CON: MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NEW YORK
We asked our readers: Should the state legalize medical use of marijuana? Here are your opinions:
Geoff Corey, Chenango Bridge
Marijuana should most definitely be legalized for medical use. It has been proven in many studies that it can prolong life for elderly citizens suffering [...]
Letter to Editor: Waste of resources
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Victoria Times-Colonist, BC
28 Aug 2007
A MILLION JOINTS DON’T JUSTIFY RAIDS
Re: “Pot raids extinguish a million joints,” Aug. 25.
According to the article, it took the RCMP, municipal police and the Canadian Armed Forces four days to capture 10,000 pot plants — a million joints, they gleefully proclaim.
I did the math and a million joints works out [...]