Archive for January 7th, 2008
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Monday, January 7th, 2008The Berkshire Eagle, MA
6 Jan 2008
Benning W. De La Mater
USE OF MARIJUANA A HOT TOPIC, WITH BALLOT QUESTION POSSIBLE
The debate over marijuana is a cloudy one.
It’s an illegal drug … used by presidents.
Heads get high … cancer patients get hungry.
Most pot smokers don’t try heroin … most heroin addicts tried pot first.
One thing’s for certain: [...]
Stop wasting tax dollars locking up harmless hippies
Monday, January 7th, 2008Rockford Register Star, IL
6 Jan 2008
Dan Linn
MARIJUANA: PROHIBITION FAILING; LEGALIZING COULD BE TAX BOON
Are people really afraid of legalizing marijuana? I cannot understand why it is such a crazy idea to let people consume cannabis. People can get drunk all they want, and humanity keeps moving right along. Of course, there was a time when [...]
Salem, Oregon raises debate of medicinal marijuana and the work place
Monday, January 7th, 2008Seattle Times, WA
6 Jan 2008
OFF-JOB POT USE UP FOR DEBATE
SALEM, Ore. — A construction-industry group wants companies to have the legal right to bar users of medical marijuana from working in potentially hazardous jobs such as operating heavy machinery.
It is an issue that state lawmakers will likely take up during a monthlong session that begins [...]
It will take a long fight to turn a “lost cause” into victory
Monday, January 7th, 2008Bismarck Tribune, ND
4 Jan 2008
IT’S TIME TO GROW HEMP SUPPORT
Supporters of industrial hemp have suffered a double setback.
First, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland dismissed a lawsuit against the federal government by two North Dakota farmers. The farmers argued the government considered industrial hemp the same as marijuana, which is an illegal drug.
Farmers want to raise [...]
Every decision-maker will look at this decision, unless it’s replaced by a higher-level court
Monday, January 7th, 2008Edmonton Journal, AB
3 Jan 2008
Duncan Thorne
DRUG TEST RULING MAY GO TO SUPREME COURT
Alberta Appeal Court Contradicts Decision in Ontario Case
Human rights in Canada have been muddied by an Alberta ruling that a contractor acted legally in firing a worker who failed a drug test, lawyers says.
Alberta’s human-rights watchdog has yet to decide whether to appeal [...]
Marijuana smokers the least of Vermont’s problems
Monday, January 7th, 2008Burlington Free Press, VT
04 Jan 2008
Ken Freer
MY TURN: IT’S TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA
We lost the so called “War on Drugs” a long time ago and it’s time to introduce a little common sense. Gov. Jim Douglas’ spat with Windsor County prosecutor Robert Sand brought this issue to our attention just recently. I think that the [...]
Heavyweight companies test employees for drugs before they are allowed on jobsites
Monday, January 7th, 2008Winnipeg Free Press, MB
03 Jan 2008
John Cotter
ALBERTA COURT OKS EMPLOYEE DRUG-TESTING
EDMONTON — Construction and energy companies are happy with an Alberta court ruling that upholds the right of employers to test workers in safety-sensitive jobs for drugs.
The Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision overturned a lower court judgment that said Kellogg, Brown & Root Co. discriminated [...]
Emery’s plight seems sometimes like a desire for martyrdom on his part
Monday, January 7th, 2008National Post, Canada
4 Jan 2008
Colby Cosh
A MATTER OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
On Dec. 31, the National Post comment pages published an open letter by columnist Karen Selick that asked Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to intervene in the extradition process against “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 21. For years, Mr. Emery has [...]
Canadian cannabis advocate icon dies at age 83
Monday, January 7th, 2008Globe and Mail, Canada
3 Jan 2008
Noreen Shanahan
GERALD LE DAIN, 83: JURIST
His Landmark Commission on Drugs Urged Legalizing Marijuana in 1973
Already a Respected Legal Scholar, He Became an Improbable Counterculture Icon at the Height of the Hippy Era by Recommending Leniency and the Decriminalization of Recreational Drugs
TORONTO — Gerald Le Dain’s respect for civil liberties went [...]
Doctor’s hydroponic growing operation raided
Monday, January 7th, 2008The Mississippi Press, MS
1 Jan 2008
Veto F. Role
ER DOCTOR, HUSBAND POST BONDS ON MARIJUANA CHARGES
PASCAGOULA — A Gulfport emergency-room doctor and her common-law husband have bonded out of the Adult Detention Center after agents with the Narcotics Task Force of Jackson County arrested the [redacted] pair on their return from a vacation in Mexico.
Sgt. Curtis [...]