Archive for December, 2007
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007Friday, Dec 7, 2007
For Immediate Release:
Victoria, B.C.: Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants everyone growing cannabis for sale to go to jail for no less than six months. The Federal Conservative government has introduced legislation into the House of Commons that would see mandatory minimum sentences for a variety of cannabis offences. The [...]
Join the Gathering to Protest Canadian Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Thursday, December 13th, 2007PROTEST MANDATORY MINIMUMS
ONE PLANT = SIX MONTHS IN JAIL
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 at NOON
NDP MP DENISE SAVOIE’S OFFICE
970 Blanchard Street
Victoria, BC
and
CONSERVATIVE MP GARY LUNN’S OFFICE
9843 Second St.
Sidney, B.C.
Stand up against harsh new sentences the Federal Conservative government plans upon passing that include a minimum six month jail sentence for anyone caught with even a single plant. [...]
Most consumers know that industrial hemp is not the same as marijuana
Thursday, December 13th, 2007The Daily Star, NY
01 Dec 2007
Tom Grace
NORWICH STORE BRINGS HEMP CLOTHING TO AREA
NORWICH – There’s something new for sale in Norwich.
Since mid-November, Solstice Whole Foods & Herbs on South Broad Street has been selling clothing made of hemp, a crop that cannot legally be grown in the United States because it is related to marijuana.
“It’s [...]
Veterans should never be jailed for using medical marijuana
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Kalamazoo Gazette, MI
10 Dec 2007
John Ephland
SERVING OUR VETERANS, DITCHING THE IDEOLOGY
Everyone knows war results in the death and destruction of human life. Any veteran can tell you it’s not like in the movies. And for those injured vets who live to tell about it, any and all effective, appropriate means for medical care are welcome.
The [...]
Stanford under attack from Rebublicans, the IRS and even within the movement
Thursday, December 13th, 2007KING BONG
Paul Stanford Is Oregon’s “Drug Czar.” Now He’s Under Attack.
Paul Stanford should be at the top of his game.
After more than two decades growing, toking and agitating to legalize cannabis, the 47-year-old Portlander is now running the largest chain of medical-marijuana clinics in the nation.
Stanford spends half his time jetting between home and Honolulu, [...]
Dope on a Rope
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Japan Times, Japan
11 Dec 2007
Jun Hongo
Cannabis Control Law
HEMP OK AS ROPE, NOT AS DOPE
A Justice Ministry report released last month says the number of Cannabis Control Law violations set a record in 2006, while the amount of marijuana seized dropped to half from the previous year.
Some experts fear this indicates a rise in casual mar [...]
Drug testing on students approved
Thursday, December 13th, 2007The State, SC
12 Dec 2007
Devon Copeland
STUDENTS TO BE GIVEN DRUG TESTS
A policy that would provide for random drug and alcohol tests on students who participate in sports and other extracurricular activities was approved by Lexington 3 officials Tuesday night.
The measure could cost about $8,000 and affect nearly 1,000 students. The district will begin testing students [...]
Civilians become casualties in the War on Drugs
Thursday, December 13th, 2007AlterNet, US
11 Dec 2007
Silja J. A. Talvi
America, Intoxicated:
CONFERENCE TACKLES DISASTERS OF THE DRUG WAR
Kathryn Johnston paid the ultimate price in the name of our country’s perversely titled “war on drugs.” She wasn’t a soldier, but she was most certainly another innocent casualty on domestic soil.
It’s quite likely that her murder would have gone with little, [...]
Rental home cannot be occupied again until a number of requirements are met
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Kelowna Capital News, BC
09 Dec 2007
GROW-OP RAID COULD RESULT IN FIRST TEST OF MUNICIPAL BYLAW
Police raid on residential property expected to prompt first use of Peachland’s contolled substances property remediation bylaw.
A Peachland marijuana growing operation raided Thursday will be one of the first tests of a new controlled substances bylaw in the municipality.
RCMP offciers descended [...]
Organized crime will take over marijuana production unless governments legalize it
Thursday, December 13th, 2007The Fresno Bee, CA
9 Dec 2007
James Guy
VALLEY’S POT GARDENS MOVE TO THE INDOORS
THEY didn’t look like multimillion-dollar homes — just two new tract houses in northwest and southeast Fresno. But inside both, police found millions of dollars in potent marijuana — and indications that a new way of growing it is catching on in the [...]