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Monday, January 7th, 2008Edmonton Sun, AB
03 Jan 2008
Glenn Kauth
JOB DRUG-TESTING DEBATE NOT OVER
A court ruling against a fired marijuana user won’t stop the province’s human rights commission seeking changes to workplace drug-testing policies, a lawyer on the case said yesterday.
“I think automatic termination is troubling because you’re denying someone employment,” said Arman Chak, an Alberta Human Rights and [...]
Pro-hemp legislation shows no signs of going anywhere
Monday, January 7th, 2008Minot Daily News, ND
01 Jan 2008
N.D. DELEGATION WON’T TAKE UP HEMP ISSUE
The three members of North Dakota’s congressional delegation see little hope in Congress for state farmers who want to grow industrial hemp.
Members of the state’s all-Democratic delegation — Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Rep. Earl Pomeroy — say they have no plans [...]
Occasional marijuana smokers should not be treated as disabled
Monday, January 7th, 2008Edmonton Sun, AB
01 Jan 2008
Glenn Kauth
POT USERS SLAMMED IN RULING
Employer Justified In Firing Worker Over Positive Drug-Test Result
Alberta’s top court has dealt a blow to the province’s pot smokers with a ruling upholding workplace drug-testing policies that were at risk.
In a new decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal, a trio of judges overturned a [...]
Nonviolent offenders could be treated the same as drivers who get caught speeding
Monday, January 7th, 2008Dallas Morning News, TX
31 Dec 2007
Tiara M. Ellis
MARIJUANA TICKETS NOT CATCHING ON
Law Designed to Free Jail Space Not Used Beyond Austin As Prosecutors Question Propriety
Texas lawmakers thought they could help ease jail overcrowding when they passed legislation allowing police to write tickets for misdemeanor marijuana possession and a few other nonviolent crimes, instead of hauling [...]
Legalizing hemp not high on government’s list of things to do
Monday, January 7th, 2008Minot Daily News, ND
31 Dec 2007
CONGRESS WON’T TALK ABOUT HEMP
As the new year begins today, new laws will take effect around the country. In North Dakota, a state law allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp won’t be taking effect any time soon – if ever.
The three members of the state’s congressional delegation offer little [...]
Matt Vaughn will not give up fight to dispense medical marijuana
Monday, January 7th, 2008Mountain Democrat, CA
31 Dec 2007
Ken Paglia
IN CAMERON PARK: POT SHOP WON’T CLOSE WITHOUT FIGHT
A Cameron Park medical marijuana dealer will be appealing the county’s refusal to renew his business license.
Matt Vaughn, CEO of the Medical Marijuana Caregivers Association of El Dorado County, has been in business since 2004. MMCA, a non-profit, provides marijuana to patients [...]
One of the first Canadians legally licensed for marijuana for medical passed away
Monday, January 7th, 2008The Record, ON
29 Dec 2007
Karen Kawawada
WOMAN LED FIGHT TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA
KITCHENER – In recent years, when people saw Catherine Devries of Kitchener, they saw a tiny and obviously ill woman who needed to use a wheelchair when she managed to get out of bed at all.
But her family and friends don’t remember the trail-blazing [...]
BC Hydro assists police
Monday, January 7th, 2008Maple Ridge News, BC
26 Dec 2007
B.C. HYDRO LAUNCHES GROW-OP TIP LINE
The provincial electricity provider is powering up a program to eliminate grow-ops.
B.C. Hydro is partnering with Crime Stoppers in establishing a tip line to report people who may be stealing electricity, a common activity of people with indoor marijuana plantations.
Hydro’s energy diversion investigators can now [...]
350,000 marijuana users in California have physician recommendations
Monday, January 7th, 2008Willits News, CA
26 Dec 2007
Linda Williams
‘POT DOCS’ ISSUING ‘GET OUT OF JAIL FREE’ CARDS
While most think of cancer and AIDS when hearing of medical marijuana, in recent years most marijuana recommendations have been issued for far less serious illnesses by a small cadre of “pot docs.” Medical marijuana recommendations seem to be evolving into Get [...]
Woman suffering from painful lupus had medical marijuana taken away, commits suicide
Monday, January 7th, 2008Missoulian, MT
20 Dec 2007
Michael Moore
ADVOCATE REMEMBERED FOR FIGHT TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA
But for the 30 or so people who gathered at University Congregational Church to memorialize Prosser on Wednesday, it’s easy to see how her hand was forced.
By pain. By depression. By poverty. By her own government. * “We can’t properly honor Robin and her [...]