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Legalizing Marijuana Is America’s Top Political Issue — Again
Posted on March 23rd, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, Legalization, Medical, News. No Comments »
To the surprise of virtually no one who has been following public opinion polls for the past 18 months, the call to “legalize the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana” placed #1 in the 2010 Change.org online vote for the “Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.”
Open voting at the Change.org website took place for six weeks — during which time citizens voted nearly 210,000 times on over 2,500 different ideas. This morning the website released the top 10 results here.
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Pot Protesters get arrested and Crowd gets ANGRY!
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Legalization, Misc, News. 2 Comments »
Undercover police raid the 420 Celebration outside of Liberty Forum 2010. Catherine Bleish, David from Keene and local all arrested. Protestors storm jail to demand release. Four armed police question Mike Tiner for smoking and more!
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OUTRAGE: MS Patient Gets 5 Years For Medical Marijuana
Posted on March 21st, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Medical, News. No Comments »
A New Jersey man with multiple sclerosis was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for growing marijuana — which he said was for medicinal purposes — in his back yard.
Wilson, 37, was growing 17 marijuana plants.
Tragically, the sentence handed down to John Wilson is the minimum prison term he could have received under New Jersey law, reports Michael Deak at MyCentralJersey.com.
Wilson’s attorney, James Wronko, said he plans to file a motion to stay the sentence pending an appeal.
Read the rest of the article at tokeofthetown.com
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The Drug War takes American Lives in Mexico, maybe they will finally start to listen?
Posted on March 18th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, News. 1 Comment »
The US consular killings are the latest brutal proof that prohibition is a deadly option
When politicians talk of a “war” on drugs they rarely mean it literally. Yet in some parts of Mexico the “drug war” is more than metaphorical. On taking office as the country’s president in December 2006, Felipe Calderón launched 45,000 army troops against trafficking gangs, declaring that “organised crime is out of control”.
Since then some 18,000 people have died — and there is no sign of any let-up in the violence. Worst hit is Ciudad Juárez, a sprawling city of 1.3 million people in the Chihuahuan Desert rammed up against the border with Texas. One of the most important industrial centres in North America, it has now become one of the world’s most violent cities. Despite the presence of 10,000 troops and federal police, there are eight to ten murders every day in Juárez. The latest victims were a pregnant employee of the American consulate, her husband and the partner of another consular worker.
Read the rest of the article at timesonline.co.uk
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Multiple DEA Raids Target Marijuana in Hawaii
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, News. No Comments »
CANNABIS CULTURE – Hawaii’s THC Ministry and the homes of several medical cannabis growers were raided Wednesday by federal agents from the United States DEA and IRS.
Roger Christie, founder of the THC Ministry, said he was visited Wednesday morning by federal agents and local police who presented search warrants for his Wainaku home and popular Hawaii Cannabis Ministry in Hilo.
“It was a surprise raid,” Christie told Cannabis Culture. “Apparently they were looking for evidence of a crime or fraud.”
Agents searched Christie’s properties for seven hours, confiscating holy anointing oil containing cannabis and seizing files, but made no arrests and laid no charges.
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Harper’s Youtube Political Dilemma: Cannabis Legalization
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, Legalization, Misc, News. No Comments »
“It sounded like a good idea at the time”. I fully expect those to be the words beginning to thrum in the mind of Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, following his announced acceptance of Google’s offer to stream his response to the throne speech today, and to answer YouTubers’ questions on YouTube next Tuesday, March 16th. It is a decision that has put him in an uncomfortable spot with respect to the issue of marijuana legalization. Read the rest of this entry »
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New Hampshire House Passes Decriminalization Bill
Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, Legalization, News. No Comments »
The New Hampshire House voted 214 to 137 to decriminalize marijuana today, after recommendations from the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. However, the victory will be short lived (see link). Governor John Lynch has already said he will veto the bill if it makes it to his desk. The bill would have made possession of less than ¼ oz of marijuana a civil citation ($200) for people over 18. Currently the offense is a misdemeanor crime, punishable by a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. This isn’t the first time that the House passed this type of legislation. In 2008 the bill passed the house, only to die in the Senate after threats by the Governor’s Office that it would be vetoed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cannabidiol researchers discover the switch to turn off aggressive breast cancer gene
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, Medical, News. 1 Comment »
In the Sixties hippies turned on with marijuana. In the very near future they may be using the same plant to turn off.
Turn off the bad gene that promotes the spread of aggressive breast cancer that is!
Sean McAllister, Ph.D., and Pierre Desprez, Ph.D. at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco have been testing cannabidiol. Read the rest of this entry » -
Another Drug War Injustice
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under Legalization, News, Press Releases. 1 Comment »
National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, New Zealand Inc.
PO Box 3307 Shortland St Auckland 1015 New Zealand
Tel 09 302 5255 Fax 09 303 1309 info@norml.org.nz www.norml.org.nz
Media release
7 March 2010
TO: News Media
FROM: NORML New Zealand Inc
RE: Vince Whare’s Ten Year Ban another Drug War injustice
Contact: President, Phil Saxby 021 069 4542 or 04 461 6631
VINCE WHARE’S TEN YEAR BAN FOR CANNABIS ANOTHER DRUG WAR INJUSTICE
The ten-year ban handed down to veteran rugby league player Vince Whare makes him another casualty of injustice in our 35 year-old war on drugs, said NORML President Phil Saxby today.
The Canterbury Bulls’ prop has just been suspended from any involvement in sport for a decade by the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand after testing positive for cannabis use. He tested positive for cannabis twice before, once in 2005 and then again in 2006.
“The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code requires third-time doping offenders to be banned for at least eight years, but cannabis is no more a performance-enhancing drug than alcohol”, Mr Saxby said. “What would happen to sport if all alcohol-using players were banned after 3 drinking offences?” Read the rest of this entry »
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Hawaii Senate overwhelmingly passes three bills to improve marijuana laws
Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Information, Medical, News. No Comments »
Cannabis Revolution Examiner – Dev Meyers
HONOLULU, HAWAII — Yesterday, the Hawaii Senate passed by overwhelming, veto-proof margins three measures that will greatly improve marijuana laws in the state:
- SB 2213 passed 20-4, with one excused. This bill would allow counties to license medical marijuana dispensaries.
- SB 2141 passed 24-1. This bill would increase the ratio of plants, ounces and caregivers allowed for each medical marijuana patient.
- SB 2450 passed 22-3. This bill would remove criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana and replace them with a civil fine of up to $300 for a first offense and $500 for a subsequent offense.
The bills now go to the state House. Read the rest of this entry »