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Thursday, February 14th, 2008Bangor Daily News, ME 12 Feb 2008 Bob St. Peter IT’S TIME TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA While reading the Bangor Daily News’ Jan. 23 front page story “Smuggler given life sentence,” I tried to think of all the people I have met who have used marijuana. I couldn’t; there are too many. So instead I found [...]
County and city officials have been put into a legal quandary
Thursday, February 14th, 2008The Modesto Bee, CA 12 Feb 2008 Tim Moran POT MERCHANTS FILE AGAINST OAKDALE, COUNTY The owners of the closed medical marijuana dispensary in Oakdale have filed two claims against the city and Stanislaus County, asking for almost $2 million. The dispensary, Oakdale Natural Choice Collective Inc., and the home of the owners were raided [...]
Prohibition is responsible for the production, sale and use of marijuana underground
Thursday, February 14th, 2008AlterNet, US 12 Feb 2008 Paul Armentano MAKING POT LEGAL: WE CAN DO IT — HERE’S HOW This month marks my 13th year working for marijuana law reform. During this time I’ve witnessed many successes and many more signs of progress. Nevertheless, it remains frustratingly clear that despite sincere efforts and millions poured into campaigns, [...]
Manitoba has become the centre of hemp food production in North America
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Winnipeg Free Press, MB 12 Feb 2008 Larry Kusch HEMP FOODS TURN HEALTHY PROFIT Manitoba Continent’s Main Source AS an 18-year-old, Mike Fata weighed 300 pounds and decided to go on a no-fat diet. It almost killed him. But while researching essential dietary fats, he got excited about the nutritional benefits of hemp. Thirteen years [...]
Health and welfare of Canadians means nothing to Ottawa
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Amherst Daily News, NS 11 Feb 2008 Raissa Tetanish SIMPSON CONSIDERS LEAVING COUNTRY Found Guilty On Marijuana Charges, Sentenced To One Day In Custody, Fine AMHERST – After Justice Felix Cacchione sentenced him to one day custody deemed served by his court appearance, Rickey Logan Simpson says he’s not willing to remain in a country [...]
Rights were violated by the manner in which the police entered
Thursday, February 14th, 2008The Now, BC 08 Feb 2008 Tom Zytaruk APPEAL GROW-OP RULING: FARNWORTH An accused pot grower caught a big break from a B.C. Supreme Court judge this week when his case was tossed out after the judge ruled the Surrey RCMP acted unreasonably during the raid on his house. Mike Farnworth, the provincial NDP’s public [...]
9th Annual Cannabis Convention at UVIC
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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