Archive for February 2nd, 2008
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Bay Area Reporter, CA
31 Jan 2008
Matthew S. Bajko
POT CLUB ADVOCATES ASSAIL SILENCE ON DEA TACTICS
Medical cannabis advocates are stepping up pressure on San Francisco officials to denounce the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest tactic of targeting landlords who rent to pot clubs in their long-running dispute with California over the use of marijuana to treat [...]
4,047 Hawaii patients have medical marijuana cards
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI
1 Feb 2008
Helen Altonn
LAWMAKER ADDRESSING MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Although marijuana for medical purposes is legal in Hawaii, patients authorized to use the plant are being hassled by law enforcement agencies and others, said Maui Rep. Joe Bertram III.
The major problem is patient access to marijuana, a gray area in the seven-year-old law, Bertram ( D, [...]
Vermont approves hemp crop, but what will the law enforcement officials do?
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Rutland Herald, VT
31 Jan 2008
Peter Hirschfeld
VT. HOUSE OKS HEMP FARMING BILL
MONTPELIER — A controversial plant moved through the Statehouse without much controversy Wednesday.
Lawmakers in the House Agriculture Committee unanimously approved a bill that would allow Vermont farmers to grow hemp, a benign cousin of marijuana that boasts a variety of industrial applications.
A federal statute criminalizing [...]
War on drugs is nothing more than a war against harmless citizens
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008The Gonzaga Bulletin, WA EDU
01 Feb 2008
Ryan Langril
WAR ON DRUGS MUST END
A couple weeks ago police raided the house of a man in Chesapeake, Va., on the suspicion that the home contained a hydroponic marijuana growing operation. A single officer forcibly entered the house, unannounced, in plainclothes – and was shot and killed by the [...]
Man lodges grievance against 24-hour suspension
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008The Coquitlam Now, BC
01 Feb 2008
Simon Blais
SMOKING MEDICINAL POT LEADS TO SUSPENSION
A Port Moody man with multiple sclerosis ( MS ) is protesting a 24-hour road suspension issued to him last weekend for smoking medicinal marijuana in a parked car.
Twenty-three-year-old Sepanta Salmassi was issued the suspension Saturday night and his brother’s car was towed from [...]
Good decision? Maybe not. Legal decision? Unfortunatly Yes.
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Lima News, OH
01 Feb 2008
MISGUIDED, LEGAL
Gary Ross had back pain, and he treated it with marijuana. When Ross failed a drug test, his employer – a Sacramento, Calif., telecommunications firm – promptly fired him.
Ross had proof his drug use was legal. He had a medical marijuana card authorizing him to use the drug for treatment [...]
Polls consistently show that Americans support medicinal marijuana
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
30 Jan 2008
OPPOSITION TO MARIJUANA UP IN SMOKE
A few years ago, US politicians who dared to suggest anything other than jail time for marijuana users were considered pro-drug fringe candidates.
Not anymore. Now all the major Democratic presidential candidates are offering more lenient stands on medical marijuana, and White House hopeful Ron [...]
Younger faces opposition and arrest to deliver medicine to sick patients
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Nanaimo Daily News, BC
31 Jan 2008
Derek Spalding
PROTESTER DECRIES PLANS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA OUTLET
Richard Pollack does not want James Younger supplying marijuana to Nanaimo’s chronically ill.
Pollack spent several days picketing outside Younger’s Victoria Street home, questioning Younger’s motive for providing people with medicinal marijuana.
Younger said the Mid-Island Compassion Society will be up and running today and [...]
Maui advocate attempts to correct oversights in medical marijuana law
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Haleakala Times, HI
30 Jan 2008
Jay Greathouse
HELP FIX FLAWS IN THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW
Maui resident Brian Murphy is a disabled veteran who has long been an advocate for patient’s rights regarding the use of medical marijuana for pain control. In an effort to help legitimate patients acquire their medicine, Murphy began a not-for-profit cooperative organization called [...]
A Sober Look at Drug Policy
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Kalamazoo Gazette, MI
31 Jan 2008
Lynn Turner
LOCAL PANEL DEBATES LEGALIZING POT
KALAMAZOO — The question repeatedly asked at a panel discussion on the current state of the country’s drug policy was, “Why not legalize marijuana and regulate it the same as alcohol and tobacco?”
The money it generates could be used for drug education and prevention programs as [...]