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City sued for shutting down marijuana dispensary
December 2nd, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
A Denver suburb’s decision to deny marijuana dispensaries the right to operate within city limits may have legal consequences. Four medical marijuana patients and two caregivers have filed a suit against the City of Centennial for the recent closure of a medical marijuana dispensary.
The City of Centennial recently voted not to allow marijuana dispensaries and last month closed down Cannamart. Attorneys for the plaintiffs allege that the shutdown is a violation of Coloradan’s constitutional rights, as the law allowing the use of medical marijuana is a part of the Colorado constitution. Ignoring Amendment 20, plaintiffs say, amounts to a rejection of the voter’s desires.
In a recent interview with Westword, Bob Hoban, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, notes that the City of Centennial does not have the jurisdiction to enforce a federal law (marijuana, medical or not, is still illegal under federal law), and is in fact bound to enforce the state laws and constitution. Read the rest of this entry »
This Thursday: US Senate Committee To Debate Reevaluating The Drug War!
December 1st, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
From our friends at NORML.org
This Thursday, December 3, members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will debate Senate Bill 714, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009. The time and location of the hearing are available here. Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors recommend medical marjiuana for minors with ADHD in California
November 27th, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
Hey, hyperactive kids, in California you can get stoned — legally. California doctors are now recommending marijuana to children diagnosed with attention hyperactivity disorder, Sphere reports.
Since 2004, California has given out more than 36,000 medical marijuana cards. The number of these cards going to children Read the rest of this entry »
49% in California Favor Legalizing, Taxing Pot
November 24th, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
The plurality of voters in California continues to support legalizing and taxing marijuana in order to solve some of the state’s ongoing budget problems.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows that 49% support the idea, while 38% are opposed. Just 12% are undecided.
Voters are slightly more supportive of the idea than they were in July, when 47% favored legalization and taxation of pot and 42% were opposed.
Nationally, 41% of voters think the United States should legalize and tax marijuana to help solve the nation’s fiscal problems, but 49% are against the idea.
California now faces a near $21-billion deficit over the next 18 months.
Most men in California (55%) support the legalization and taxation of marijuana, compared to 45% of women.
Democrats support the idea much more strongly than Republicans and voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.
A California state law passed in 1996 decriminalized marijuana for medical use, and in 2003 a ballot measure specified the drug could be cultivated and distributed to prescription-holding patients through nonprofit collectives.
Cannabis May Help You With Prostate Cancer
November 23rd, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
Source http://razqa.com/cannabis-cure-prostate-cancer
Chemicals found in cannabis leaves can be used to stop prostate cancer cells. The researchers hope that cannabis leaves can be used as a remedy for the treatment of prostate cancer.
After focusing on the network on human cancer cells,Ines Diaz-Laviada and colleagues from the University of Alcala in Madrid, also investigated the effects of the chemicals on canabis leaves on mice and the fact that the substance is capable to reduce the cancer growth significantly.
The study is published in the British Journal of Cancer. Now in the world of research, there have been many studies that examine the medical uses of cannabinoids, the chemical substance found in cannabis.
This experts focused on the research done over the years devoted to seeking the best care in dealing with cancer in humans.
American stockbroker sets record for cannabis consumption with 115,000th joint (and it’s all legal)
November 21st, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
‘I would be bedridden without it’: Irvin Rosenfeld has been supplied with cannabis by the government since 1982
An American stockbroker has one of the world’s most prolific cannabis smokers – thanks to a constant supply of the drug to treat a rare bone disease.
Fort Lauderdale stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld will tomorrow smoke his 115,000th joint – and it’s all legal.
The 56-year-old has been provided with cannabis by the government since 1982, when he became a patient in the Federal Drug Administration’s Investigational New Drug Programme.
The Road Ahead is Looking Green
November 21st, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
While we in New Zealand are still trying to make legalization a public issue, pro-legalization activists in the US have managed to get the ball rolling with regards to medical use, regulation and taxation of cannabis.
A recent article form NORML.org tells of the progress being made in many states.
2010 is looking to be a very good year for stoners.
The Daktory Turns One!!!
November 19th, 2009
Dakta Green
New Zealand’s first cannabis club, the Daktory, celebrates its first birthday today. In the year it has been operating, it has provided a venue where members can gather to enjoy cannabis in a safe, relaxed environment.
The Daktory has also shown the way toward the future of cannabis in New Zealand, illustrating the fact that cannabis is a benign herb which can be used in an accessible social setting without any problems for the wider community.
The Daktory was established last year by Dakta Green, following his nationwide tour in the Cannabus advocating for the legalisation of cannabis. The tour, which encompassed the entire country from Cape Reinga to Bluff, drew an overwhelmingly positive response from the public.
Unfortunately, politicians are not listening to the public. Instead they continue to inflict harm on New Zealanders by maintaining cannabis prohibition.
First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland
November 16th, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
By Dan Cook
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.
The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it — as long as they are out of public view — despite a federal ban.
“This club represents personal freedom, finally, for our members,” said Madeline Martinez, Oregon’s executive director of NORML, a group pushing for marijuana legalization.
“Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana,” said Martinez. “We hope to have classes, seminars, even a Cannabis Community College, based here to help people learn about growing and other uses for cannabis.”
The cafe — in a two-story building which formerly housed a speak-easy and adult erotic club Rumpspankers — is technically a private club, but is open to any Oregon residents who are NORML members and hold an official medical marijuana card.
Drug lord 41 on ‘power’ list
November 13th, 2009
Dakta Bourbon
This is proof that the war on drugs is failing;
Taken from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10608988
Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman – a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico – on its list of the 67 “World’s Most Powerful People”.
At No41 on the list, Guzman is ahead of presidents like Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev, France’s Nicolas Sarkozy and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.