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4/20 began at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif., in 1971
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Source: BG News, The (OH Edu)
Author: Adam Louis
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/NORML (NORML)
STUDENTS LIGHT UP IN HONOR OF 4/20
Sunday is a day often reserved for catching up on some last-minute homework assignments. But this particular Sunday, April 20, some students will take the day off, relax with friends and smoke a joint – – or [...]
Vancouver: Police tolerant of smoking pot
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Source: Metro (CN BC)
Author: Kristen Thompson, and Rafe Arnott
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis – Canada)
GROWING ACCEPTANCE
Even police tolerant of Vancouver’s attitude toward smoking pot
Thousands of people are expected to light up joints outside the Vancouver Art Gallery this Sunday, and while they get high, police will be laying low – such is the tolerance [...]
BC: Drug homes are discovered without warrants
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Source: Langley Advance (CN BC)
Author: Matthew Claxton
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/grow+operations
TEAM SHUTS DOWN 200 POT FARMS
The municipal team does not arrest growers, but forces them to move on.
Langley’s Safety Inspection Team has been moving at a faster pace than anyone expected in the past year.
On Tuesday, Township Mayor Kurt Alberts told the Chamber of Commerce [...]
Fisher: Brutal reality of the drug war affects common people
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Thu, 17 Apr 2008
Source: Sidelines, The (Middle Tennessee State U, TN Edu)
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2861
Author: Byron Wilkes
Cited: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition http://www.copssaylegalizedrugs.org
JAY FISHER DISCUSSES VIEW REGARDING WAR ON DRUGS
Attorney Jay Fisher revealed his and others’ belief that the war on drugs is eroding the rights of civilians.
Fisher spoke on behalf of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, with the [...]
Evictions: Conflict between federal and state law, federal law shall prevail, says judge
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Source: Recorder, The (CA)
Author: Evan Hill, The Recorder
http://www.mapinc.org/topic/dispensaries
CALIF. JUDGE DEALS BLOW TO MEDICAL POT MOVEMENT
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that federal law allows landlords to boot medical marijuana dispensaries that rent from them.
The decision by Judge Margaret Oldendorf was a strike against dispensaries in their legal battle against [...]
Much easier to arrest potheads
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Wed, 16 Apr 2008
Source: Ann Arbor News (MI)
Author: Charmie Gholson
INCREASINGLY MILITARIZED ‘DRUG WAR’ HAS SKEWED POLICE PRIORITIES
In early March, the Michigan State Police and Michigan’s multijurisdictional drug teams participated in “Operation Byrne Blitz,” a statewide drug sweep that led to 223 arrests and the seizure of more than 460 pounds of marijuana.
It was publicized as [...]
San Fran: Organic Cannabis Foundation against Measure B
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Thu, 17 Apr 2008
Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
Author: Mike Geniella, The Press Democrat
ADVOCACY GROUPS BACK EFFORTS TO DEFEAT POT MEASURE
UKIAH – Outside groups favoring legalization of marijuana are bankrolling opposition to a local ballot measure aimed at repealing Mendocino County’s liberalized pot guidelines.
The San Francisco office of the National Reform of Marijuana Laws [...]
Armed officers threaten innocent family, including children in botched drug raid
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Tue, 15 Apr 2008
Source: Oakville Beaver (CN ON)
Author: Angela Blackburn
RESIDENT SHAKEN BY POLICE RAID
Oakville landscaper Brock Morris was left shaken and shaking his head after the Halton police raided his home at gunpoint, Friday, in search of a marijuana grow house operation.
The police walked away empty handed from the raid, leaving Morris and his family [...]