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Thursday, February 7th, 20089th Annual Cannabis Convention
Sunday, February 10th 2008
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
David Lam Auditorium, McLaurin Building
1:00 to 4:00 pm
Cannabis Convention Speakers
Chris Bennett, the world’s top cannabis historian
Chris has written two books on this subject, Green Gold, The Tree of Life: Marijuana in Magic and Religion, and Sex, Drugs, Violence and the bible. He will teach [...]
Police bashed through garage door, arrest ruled violation of rights
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Canwest News Service
February 07, 2008
Judge rules cops violated rights of pot grower
SURREY — A B.C. Supreme Court judge tossed out all charges against a Surrey man yesterday even though police found more than 700 pot plants in his basement.
Justice Catherine Bruce ruled Van Dung Cao’s charter rights were violated when police battered their way into [...]
Case not about marijuana, it’s about a person with a disability being treated differently
Thursday, February 7th, 2008National Post, Canada
06 Feb 2008
Linda Nguyen
RIGHTS BODY GRANTS HEARING TO JOINT SMOKER
Discrimination Claimed
An Ontario man who was told he was not allowed to smoke medical marijuana outside a local sports bar has been granted a hearing at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, one of the first cases of its kind in Canadian history.
Steve Gibson, [...]
Licensed medical marijuana caregivers legally deliver pot to patients
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Marin Independent Journal, CA
04 Feb 2008
Richard Halstead
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DELIVERY SERVICE MAKES DEBUT IN MARIN
Whether the elixir is known as “train wreck” or “Sonoma coma” or “purple kush,” the advent of a new home delivery service will make it easier for Marin’s more than 880 medical marijuana patients to get their medicine.
“The idea is it’s compassionate [...]
Key p-word here isn’t pot, but persecution
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Prince George Citizen, BC
5 Feb 2008
Rodney Venis
PERSECUTING THE PRINCE
Whatever you may think of the United States’ persecution of marijuana loudmouth Marc Emery, try to bear in mind it’s about more than just pot.
Admittedly, it’s pretty hard to separate that stem from those leaves when it comes to Emery, B.C.’s self-anointed Prince of Pot. He revels [...]
Drug testing students proven to be expensive and ineffective
Thursday, February 7th, 2008The Signal, CA
04 Feb 2008
Sean Herron
SCHOOL DRUG-TESTING PLAN INEFFECTIVE, BREAKS TRUST WITH ADULTS
The William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board is set to consider one of the most controversial issues in education today – the random testing of students for the presence of drugs.
If adopted, mandatory random drug testing would force students in [...]
Police say the grow op is linked to organized crime
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Calgary Herald, AB
05 Feb 2008
Sherri Zickefoose
72-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN MASSIVE MARIJUANA OPERATION
It’s not your grandpa’s hobby garden: A 72-year-old city man is at the centre of a $3-million drug bust, accused of growing marijuana crops in his Whitehorn house.
“This is one of the largest-ever seizures of marijuana in Calgary,” said drug unit Staff Sgt. Monty Sparrow [...]
Very large and sophisticated mushroom growing operation out of business
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Chico Enterprise-Record, CA
31 Jan 2008
Karen McIntyre
160 POUNDS OF HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS SEIZED IN CORNING DRUG BUST
CORNING — After making the biggest drug bust of its kind in county history Tuesday, Tehama Inter-agency Drug Enforcement agents displayed on Wednesday most of the 160 pounds of processed hallucinogenic mushrooms they seized from a Corning home.
“This would make a [...]
Patients must grow their own marijuana or find a state-approved caregiver
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Nevada Appeal, Carson City, NV
04 Feb 2008
Dave Frank
SMOKED OUT
Federal Government Stands In The Way Of A State-Run Medical Marijuana Distribution
The water, the lights, the seeds, the soil. The problem could be several things.
Some patients will learn how to grow, said Claude Miller, a Nevada medical marijuana consultant, some won’t.
“There’s patients who can’t grow a flower,” [...]
Marijuana prohibition creates more problems than it solves
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Concord Monitor, NH
30 Jan 2008
Matt Simon
MARIJUANA BAN FAILING JUST AS PROHIBITION DID
The hearing on HB 1623, the bill to reduce penalties for marijuana possession, made for some interesting drama in the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.
The most eye-opening statement came from Berlin Police Chief Peter Morency, president of the New Hampshire Association of [...]