Archive for May, 2008
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008Wed, 07 May 2008
Review, The (CN ON)
COURT WAS RIGHT TO PROTECT PRIVACY WITH BAN ON RANDOM SEARCHES
As controversial as the decision might be, Canada’s Supreme Court got it right when it ruled recently that specially trained police dogs randomly searching backpacks was a violation of privacy rights.
In a 6-3 decision, the court tossed out charges [...]
GROW-OP TEAM SUSPENDED OVER CLAIM OF THEFT
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Thu, 08 May 2008
Province, The (CN BC)
GROW-OP TEAM SUSPENDED OVER CLAIM OF THEFT
Langley Township’s marijuana grow-op busting team has been suspended in the wake of an allegation of theft against one of its members.
“One of the members took something that shouldn’t have been taken and it was inappropriate,” said Langley Township Fire Department Chief Doug [...]
CANNABIS GOES BACK TO CLASS B DESPITE DRUG EXPERTS’ VERDICT
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Thu, 8 May 2008
Times, The (UK)
CANNABIS GOES BACK TO CLASS B DESPITE DRUG EXPERTS’ VERDICT
Cannabis will be upgraded to a Class B drug next year even though the head of the Government’s advisory body says that the change is neither warranted nor likely to achieve the desired effect.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, announced the reversal [...]
DRUG CASE DROPPED DUE TO COURT DELAY
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Fri, 02 May 2008
Comox Valley Echo (CN BC)
Author: Marcel Tetrault
DRUG CASE DROPPED DUE TO COURT DELAY
Charges have been dropped against two men accused of trafficking pot because of an excessive delay in bringing the case to trial.
Arthur Dean Nelson, a 34-year-old Surrey man, and Daniel Jacob Wood, a 25-year-old man from Gibsons, were both charged [...]
THREE ARRESTED DURING GRASS-ROOTS RALLY
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Sun, 04 May 2008
Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Author: Katie Schneider
THREE ARRESTED DURING GRASS-ROOTS RALLY
Cops nabbed three people for possession of marijuana yesterday among hundreds of hemp lovers rallying to liberate the drug and put an end to pot arrests.
As many as 500 Calgarians gathered at city hall for the annual World Wide Marijuana March in [...]
COUPLE LEFT ‘SQUATTING’ IN THEIR HOME
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Sun, 04 May 2008
Province, The (CN BC)
Author: Susan Lazaruk
COUPLE LEFT ‘SQUATTING’ IN THEIR HOME
Say City Wants Them To Pay $5,000 For Search For Grow-Op That Wasn’t There
When Selina Prevost and her husband returned home recently to find a notice tacked to their front door advising them Coquitlam city inspectors would return in 24 hours looking [...]
EXPERT TESTIFIES CANNABIS HELPS SLOW AGING
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Fri, 2 May 2008
Nelson Daily News (CN BC)
Author: Sara Newham
EXPERT TESTIFIES CANNABIS HELPS SLOW AGING
Holy Smoke Trial: University Professor Brought in to Help Prove Case for Defense in Drug Trafficking Trial
B.C. Provincial Court heard Thursday that cannabis is safer than aspirin and can restore the balance in people’s bodies to help fight illness.
That was the [...]
POT DISPENSARY OWNER SENTENCED TO PRISON
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Bakersfield Californian, The (CA)
POT DISPENSARY OWNER SENTENCED TO PRISON
The owner of a Bakersfield marijuana dispensary was sentenced Monday to six months in prison, six months home detention and three years supervised release.
William Eugene Connelly, 51, the owner of Seven Seas Compassionate Care Center, 6403 Seven Seas Ave., had pleaded guilty in March [...]
STUDY: SMOKING POT DOESN’T CAUSE CANCER–IT MAY PREVENT IT!
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Sat, 3 May 2008
CounterPunch (US Web)
Author: Fred Gardner
STUDY: SMOKING POT DOESN’T CAUSE CANCER–IT MAY PREVENT IT!
The Greatest Story Never Told
Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause Cancer Of Lung or Upper Airways, Tashkin Finds; Data Suggest Possible Protective Effect
The story summarized by that headline ran in O’Shaughnessy’s ( Autumn 2005 ), CounterPunch, and the Anderson Valley Advertiser. [...]
JUDGE ORDERS MEDICAL MARIJUANA RETURNED TO CRAIG MAN
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Fri, 02 May 2008
Craig Daily Press, The (CO)
Author: Joshua Roberts
JUDGE ORDERS MEDICAL MARIJUANA RETURNED TO CRAIG MAN
Craig – Tim Martin, a 24-year-old Craig man, said he has battled a “well-documented” history of severe pain caused by migraine headaches and stomach ailments for almost 10 years.
Medical marijuana, which seven months ago he cultivated in his Craig [...]