Archive for September, 2007
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Monday, September 17th, 2007Chronicle Herald, NS 14 Sep 2007 Tom McCoag MARIJUANA COURT CASE TURNS INTO CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERN Maccan-Area Man Tells Court Law Does Not Exist AMHERST – A Maccan-area man who says marijuana cures cancer admitted Thursday he grew marijuana on his property, turned it into an oil and distributed the oil free of charge to people [...]
New bill awaits Gov’s approval
Monday, September 17th, 2007The Ukiah Daily Journal, CA 13 Sep 2007 Ben Brown AG HEMP MEASURE APPROVED BY SENATE Late Tuesday night, the California Senate passed a bill that would allow four counties, including Mendocino County, to participate in a pilot program to test the viability of growing industrial hemp in California. Assembly Bill 684, sponsored by Assemblyman [...]
Teachers were not amused
Monday, September 17th, 2007The Associated Press September 14, 2007 Man Pleads Guilty in Pot Muffin Case DALLAS — A former student accused of delivering marijuana-laced muffins to a high school teacher’s lounge pleaded guilty Friday. Joseph Tellini pleaded guilty to two second-degree felony charges of tampering with a consumer product and three charges of misdemeanor assault. He originally [...]
Denney called Judge’s order a “huge victory.”
Monday, September 17th, 2007Record Searchlight, CA 12 Sep 2007 Ryan Sabalow DOCTOR’S SUIT PROGRESSES Judge Decides Against Throwing Out Pot Dispenser’s Claims A federal judge rejected a government move to throw out a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a Redding doctor caught up in a sting against a local medical marijuana dispensary. A trial date was set for [...]
Soldier faces serious time in a misdemeaner sting
Monday, September 17th, 2007Chronicle Herald, NS 13 Sep 2007 Kevin Bissett SOLDIER CLAIMS ENTRAPMENT IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE OROMOCTO, N.B. – A soldier who sold a small quantity of marijuana to an undercover officer was convicted Wednesday of drug trafficking, prompting his lawyer to introduce a motion claiming abuse of process. The motion, introduced during the second day [...]
Simpson says they are taking medicine away from people who need it to cure cancer
Monday, September 17th, 2007Chronicle Herald, NS 13 Sep 2007 Tom McCoag EXPERT: 76 YEARS’ WORTH OF DOPE IN MACCAN MAN’S STASH AMHERST – It would take 76 years for one person to smoke all the marijuana that was found growing on the property of a Maccan-area man who claims the drug cures cancer, an RCMP drug expert said [...]
MU NORML says marijuana policy unfair
Monday, September 17th, 2007The Maneater, MO Edu 11 Sep 2007 Gwen Daniels NORML HOPES TO REFORM MU’S MARIJUANA POLICIES The group to target the campus policy against marijuana. MU NORML is hoping to make some changes on campus this year. MU NORML, which is the campus chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, met [...]
Cannabis could be the best medicine for pain relief says study
Monday, September 17th, 2007The New Mexican, NM 08 Sep 2007 Chris Goldstein and Paul Armentano CANNABIS COULD REPLACE HARMFUL MEDS Millions of Americans are living in pain; so many, in fact, that doctors now prescribe enough painkillers in a single year to medicate every person in the nation. According to a disturbing new study by the Associated Press, [...]
Strong vindication of the rights of medical marijuana patients to form collectives
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Oroville Mercury Register 09 12, 2007 TERRY VAU DELL Ruling allows medical pot lawsuit to proceed A Superior Court judge has ruled law enforcement response toward medical marijuana co-operatives or collectives in Butte County is out of step with state law. The ruling, which was hailed by medical pot proponents, permits a civil lawsuit to [...]
Cannabinoids in the brain and body
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Medscape Today 09 11, 2007 Sunil K. Aggarwal, Muraco Kyashna-Tocha, Gregory T. Carter Dosing Medical Marijuana: Rational Guidelines on Trial in Washington State The medicinal value of cannabis is well documented in the medical literature.[1,2] Cannabinoids, the active ingredients, are found in the resin-producing pistillate inflorescences of the Cannabis sativa plant.[3] Since the early 1900s, [...]
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