Archive for January 14th, 2008
Patients must have a safe, local means to get their medicine, says dispensary owner
Monday, January 14th, 2008The Tribune, CA
11 Jan 2008
Stephen Curran
POT DISPENSARY IN TEMPLETON GETS THE GREEN LIGHT FROM COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
Two Delays and Six Months Later, Planners Vote 3-2 to Allow the Controversial Shop to Open
It took nearly six months, but the county Planning Commission decided Thursday to allow a controversial medical marijuana dispensary to open in Templeton.
The 3-2 [...]
Health Authority estimates 5,000 people on the Downtown Eastside need treatment
Monday, January 14th, 2008Vancouver Sun, BC
12 Jan 2008
Daphne Bramham
A NEVER-ENDING TALE OF POLITICAL NEGLECT
Principals Of All Three Levels Of Government Have Pretended For Decades That One Stop-Gap Measure Is A Solution
A decade and several elections ago, the three levels of government and their many and varied agencies agreed that an integrated approach was the only way to heal [...]
Man arrested for using marijuana to control painful symptoms of MS
Monday, January 14th, 2008The Sun Times, ON
12 Jan 2008
Scott Dunn
MAN ARRESTED IN RAID SAYS POT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
Case Yet To Go To Court
A Meaford man who was busted last week says he’s not a drug trafficker, but was growing and using pot for medicinal purposes – with his doctor’s knowledge but without a Health Canada licence.
Grey County OPP [...]
Study group did not view marijuana as a “high risk” drug
Monday, January 14th, 2008Ottawa Sun, ON
12 Jan 2008
Christina Spencer
MARIJUANA DAZES DOCS
New Study Reveals Doctors’ Knowledge Of Drug Comes Directly From Patients
Physicians who approve the use of medicinal marijuana say their clinical knowledge of the drug is hazy and they rely heavily on their patients to help them craft treatment plans, according to in-depth interviews with doctors conducted for [...]
Ruling opens door for designated producers licensed by HC to supply marijuana for up to 50 patients
Monday, January 14th, 2008Regina Leader-Post, SN
12 Jan 2008
Anne Kyle
DECISION PROVIDES OPTIONS
Medical marijuana users like Tom Shapiro will now have more choices when it comes to finding a supplier as a result of a Federal Court ruling striking down a key government regulation governing the controversial program. The Regina man, who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1989 and is [...]
List of the innocents killed in drug war is long and depressing
Monday, January 14th, 2008Lima News, OH
13 Jan 2008
Thomas J. Lucente, Jr.
THE ILL-CONCEIVED WAR ON DRUGS DESTROYING AMERICA
America’s ill-conceived War on Drugs cost another life this month when a police officer in Lima accidentally shot and killed a woman and injured her baby during a drug raid. They were looking for her boyfriend.
The accidental shooting of 26-year-old Tarika Wilson [...]
Ottawa should not stand in the way of providing much-needed medication
Monday, January 14th, 2008Vancouver Sun, BC
12 Jan 2008
Meagan Fitzpatrick
OTTAWA LOSES MARIJUANA FIGHT
Licensed Growers No Longer Restricted To Just One Customer
The federal government lost another court challenge to its controversial medical marijuana program, and now has 30 days to decide whether to appeal the ruling that declared one of its key policies unconstitutional.
Under the current set of regulations, licensed [...]
Alberta court’s argue that concerns for public safety trump an individual’s personal choice
Monday, January 14th, 2008Lethbridge Herald, AB
10 Jan 2008
DRUG TEST POLICIES IN A LEGAL HAZE
It will take the wisdom of the Supreme Court of Canada to settle duelling lower court rulings that leave a conflicting tale of how to handle workplace drug testing.
Since 2000, human rights commissions policies across Canada have been guided on the matter largely by a [...]
Court rules that search for marijuana was unlawful
Monday, January 14th, 2008San Francisco Chronicle, CA
12 Jan 2008
Bob Egelko
APPEALS COURT SNUFFS OUT WARRANTLESS MARIJUANA SEARCH
Police can’t enter a home without a warrant just because they see someone inside smoking marijuana, a state appeals court ruled Friday.
In overturning a Pacifica man’s conviction, the state Court of Appeal in San Francisco said officers may enter someone’s home to preserve [...]