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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Detroit Lakes Tribune, MN
4 Nov 2007
MARIJUANA BUST 20 YEARS AGO INTRIGUING PIECE OF AREA HISTORY
Ask around and what New York Mills is best known for is Lund Boats, girls basketball of the 1970s and ’80s, and the biggest marijuana bust, at the time, in state history. Twenty years later and the famous drug bust still [...]
Tenants are very unhappy with frequent inspections
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Ladysmith Chronicle, BC
30 Oct 2007
Sarah Buck
DRUG INSPECTION BYLAW STANDS, FOR NOW
A motion to scale back a bylaw mandating bi-monthly rental property inspections for illegal drug operations was defeated by North Cowichan council at its last meeting, sparking a debate on political process.
Council’s 3-3 tie on the motion to amend the controversial bylaw means the original [...]
Cannabis alive and well in Afghanistan
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007New York Times, NY
04 Nov 2007
Kirk Semple
THE WAR ON POPPY SUCCEEDS, BUT CANNABIS THRIVES IN AN AFGHAN PROVINCE
KHWAJA GHOLAK, Afghanistan – Amid the multiplying frustrations of the fight against narcotics in Afghanistan, the northern province of Balkh has been hailed as a rare and glowing success.
Two years ago the province, which abuts Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, [...]
Emery, his own worst enemy?
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007London Free Press, ON
03 Nov 2007
Herman Goodden
EMERY’S BRAVADO MAY END UP COSTING HIM DEARLY
Nick Wilson’s long anticipated documentary on Marc Emery, The Prince of Pot, aired on CBC Newsworld’s The Lens last week, painting a very bleak picture of Emery’s chances of being extradited to America to face charges brought two years ago by the [...]
Letter to Editor: DARE nothing short of hate propaganda
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Parksville Qualicum Beach News, BC
30 Oct 2007
PROGRAM SHOULD BE OUTLAWED
RE: DARE program valuable ( The News, Oct. 23 )
As a Federal Medical Marijuana License Holder who is also married to one, I consider DARE nothing short of hate propaganda.
Drug use is a health issue and we should have nurse instructing kids about them, not cops. [...]