Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesSix people arrested yesterday in raid on Drug War Museum
Thursday, February 21st, 2008The Province
February 21, 2008
Cops raid shop front
Vancouver police raided a pro-hemp shop front yesterday just metres away from the government-sanctioned drug-injection site.
Six people were arrested inside the Vancouver School of Drug War History at 123 East Hastings Street.
No charges had been laid at The Province’s deadline.
Police said the building has been shut down due to [...]
Happening Right Now: The Police Are Raiding the Drug War Museum in Vancouver
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008February 20th at 2:00pm
David Malmo-levine’s Drug War Museum at 123A East Hastings street, Vancouver, BC is swarming with police at this moment.
The police are confiscating and arresting!
Please show your support and join the protest to stop the raid.
David Levine’s new Vancouver School of Drug War History and Organic Cultivation, otherwise known as “Herb [...]
Watch the 9th Annual Cannabis Convention video footage
Monday, February 18th, 2008The 9th Annual Cannabis Convention was a huge success with over a hundred people in attendance and online.
The event was hosted by The International Hempology 101 Society and the UVSS Hempology 101 Club. Speakers included Chris Bennet, Dr. Paul Hornby, Jim Byron, and renowned Canadian/American attorney Kirk Tousaw.
Watch video footage of the Convention [...]
Violation of family’s privacy cannot be tolerated in a free society
Monday, February 18th, 2008Richmond News, BC
15 Feb 2008
INSPECTION BYLAW SPARKS DEBATE
City Council Candidate Wants Better Protection For Homeowners’ Rights
Debate and controversy continue to swirl around the city’s electrical inspection program.
City council candidate Howard Jampolsky said if elected he would introduce changes to Richmond’s Property Maintenance & Repair ( Grow-Op ) Bylaw that will give authorities broad powers in [...]
Persecution of man already overburdened with a serious medical condition
Monday, February 18th, 2008Montana Standard, MT
17 Feb 2008
Nick Gevock
POT BUST BLASTED AS PERSECUTION
DILLON – The large-scale marijuana bust that law officers here touted as a major success this month was instead the persecution of a terminally ill man who needed the drug to help ease his suffering, a pro-medical marijuana group contends. Patients and Families United, based in [...]
Doctors attempt to reclassify marijuana
Monday, February 18th, 2008Seattle Times, WA
16 Feb 2008
Eric Bailey
MARIJUANA MERITS STUDY, DOCTORS GROUP SAYS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A large and respected association of physicians is calling on the federal government to ease its strict ban on marijuana as medicine and hasten research into the drug’s therapeutic uses.
The American College of Physicians ( ACP ), a 124,000-member group that is [...]
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Monday, February 18th, 2008New Paltz Oracle, NY Edu
14 Feb 2008
Jimmy Petrich
NORML/SSDP is under new management this semester and has many new and annual events planned for this spring.
NORML/SSDP is the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and Students for Sensible Drug Policy and it is described on wikipaltz.com as “the comprehensive drug policy reform organization at [...]
California pot farmer shot in the head by the DEA(D)
Monday, February 18th, 2008San Bernardino Sun, CA
15 Feb 2008
Stacia Glenn
DA’S OFFICE: SLAYING OF POT FARMER JUSTIFIED
The manzanita bushes weren’t thick enough to hide a pair of detectives from a gun-toting marijuana farmer standing above them on a fallen tree log in Lytle Creek, authorities said.
The man yelled, “Are you here for the marijuana?”
He then shouldered a shotgun and [...]
The smell alone can’t constitute the grounds for a search
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Ottawa Citizen, ON
13 Feb 2008
Matt Kruchak
SMELL OF SMOKE CAN NO LONGER SPARK MARIJUANA SEARCH
SASKATOON – The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has upheld a decision stating the smell of burnt marijuana isn’t enough evidence to arrest someone for possession, and then search his or her vehicle without a warrant.
The ruling is centred around the case of [...]
When authorities misuse SWAT raids – innocent people die
Thursday, February 14th, 2008The Desert Dispatch, CA
12 Feb 2008
Scott Shackford
UNNECESSARY SWAT RAIDS PUT ALL PARTIES AT RISK
It may be easy for Barstow residents to dismiss the concerns of Charles Sherman. Sherman, an ex-con, was burned in his bed by a flash bang device thrown in a SWAT team raid by sheriff’s department deputies one early morning in January.
Deputies [...]