Archive for November, 2007
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Evening Courier, UK 01 Nov 2007 Colin Drury CANNABIS MEDICINE GRAN PREPARED TO GO TO PRISON She Uses Drug to Ease Pain of Muscle Disease A GRAN who suffers from a muscle disease has vowed to keep growing and smoking cannabis to ease her pain – despite being warned she will be sent straight to [...]
Or, starting the day with a bhang
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Hindustan Times, India 04 Nov 2007 Anil Sharma STARTING THE DAY WITH THE CUP THAT KICKS For some in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, the day starts not with a hot cuppa but with a bhang-laced drink made from cannabis. At six in the morning, people begin slowly trooping into government-run bhang shops in the district for [...]
Canadian anti-narcotics officer’s sentence stands
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Gulf News, UAE 05 Nov 2007 Bassam Za’za’ COURT CONFIRMS EX-UN ANTI-DRUG OFFICER’S JAIL TERM Dubai: A Dubai court has issued an irrevocable four-year jail term against a former international adviser with the Poppy Elimination Programme in Afghanistan for possessing 0.6 grammes of hashish for personal use. The Court of Cassation, which is the highest [...]
The big bust of ’87
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
People who need it should be able to get it, says Drew Carey
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007The Associated Press November 2, 2007 By SANDY COHEN Carey Defends Medical Marijuana Online LOS ANGELES — Bob Barker famously closed each episode of “The Price Is Right” with a pitch to spay and neuter pets. His successor is taking a stand on a more controversial subject: marijuana. Drew Carey won’t tout toking up on [...]
Farmers faced choice of risking criminal prosecution or taking the matter to court
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Jamestown Sun, ND 27 Oct 2007 Blake Nicholson GOVERNMENT: HEMP LAWSUIT ARGUMENTS ARE WEAK BISMARCK – Arguments by two North Dakota farmers who say they have a right to grow industrial hemp cannot change “unambiguous” federal law prohibiting commercial cultivation of the plant, Justice Department lawyers say. Farmers Dave Monson and Wayne Hauge also have [...]
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