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Bill to Legalize Marijuana Reintroduced in California
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, Legalization. No Comments »
Last week, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), reintroduced legislation that would legalize weed in California for adults 21 and over. Back in January the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee approved Assembly Bill 390 to legalize and tax marijuana, marking the first time in US history that a state legislative body considered putting an end to marijuana prohibition! The bill didn’t get much further since time ran out on the legislative calendar.
Ammiano forges on, however, with the new bill– now called A.B. 2254–which would allow adults over 21 to possess, smoke, and grow weed, essentially treating marijuana the same way alcohol is currently treated under the law. The bill also calls for a $50 per ounce sold fee to be used for funding drug eradication and awareness programs. And, of course supporters of the bill are saying it could raise around $990 million and help pull the severely cash-strapped California out of its budget crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
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Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under Information, Medical, News. 1 Comment »
By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Writer Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 22, 4:08 pm ET
MIAMI – In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
Long a fixture among young people, use of the country’s most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers who came of age in the 1960s and ’70s grows older.
The number of people aged 50 and older reporting marijuana use in the prior year went up from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to surveys from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Want to buy some stamps?
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, Information. No Comments »
Locked in a vault within the North Carolina Department of Revenue is a lickable bit of Kafka: a government-issued stamp that is expected to remain unpurchased, but which users of illegal goods must, by law, affix to substances they are not allowed to possess.
North Carolina is one of about 20 states that tax illegal drugs. The cost varies by state and weight, as does the stamps’ appearance (Nebraska’s, with a skull surmounting a syringe and joint, looks like Grateful Dead tribute art). Penalties for non-payment also vary, from being classed as a misdemeanour in Georgia to 200% of the tax plus $10,000 or five years in prison in Louisiana. Read the rest of this entry »
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“BOMBER” hits TVNZ
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under Armistice Tour, Legalization, News. 3 Comments »
The war on news” with Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury. Weekly TV show on Triangle/Stratos.September 2009. [Uploaded with official permission from Director and Writer]
Thanks Bomber. You speak for many New Zealanders with your criticism of Television New Zealand ‘Closeup’ story ‘Reefer Madness.’ (at 8.30 mins)
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Medical marijuana protest planned for Obama visit
Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Legalization, Medical, News. No Comments »
DENVER (AP) – Medical marijuana advocates plan to protest recent drug raids during President Barack Obama’s visit to Denver.
Obama will be in town Thursday campaigning for Sen. Michael Bennet. His visit comes two days after a man who was allegedly growing over 200 marijuana plants in his Highlands Ranch home was charged with a federal crime.
Colorado is one of 14 states that allow medical marijuana and the Obama administration has said it wouldn’t target people who were in compliance with such laws.
But Denver’s top federal drug agent says Colorado’s law isn’t clear and the Highlands Ranch grower appeared to be violating it by growing so many plants.
Agents have also confiscated marijuana in recent weeks from two labs set up to test marijuana used in dispensaries.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Source: http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=133009&catid=346
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Calif. Research Shows Pot Can Ease Muscle Spasms
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Information, Medical, News. 2 Comments »
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 17, 2010SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The first U.S. clinical trials in more than two decades on the medical benefits of marijuana confirm pot is effective in reducing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and pain caused by certain neurological injuries or illnesses, according to a report issued Wednesday.
Read the full article here, if you pay for it…
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The First City in America to Criminalize Marijuana Passes Resolution Criticizing Drug War
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, Information. No Comments »
The El Paso city council has gone on record as condemning current US drug policies and demanding a shift to a smarter, more humane approach to drug sales and use.
A year ago, dismayed at the violence rocking its sister city of Ciudad Juárez just across the Rio Grande River, the city council in the remote Texas border city of El Paso unanimously passed a resolution calling for serious consideration of ending drug prohibition, only to see it vetoed by Mayor John Cook. Then, after heavy-handed warnings from US Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) and the city’s delegation in the state legislature that such a resolution could threaten the city’s funding, the city council backed down, failing to override Cook’s veto.
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Close Up staff investigated over marijuana claims
Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Armistice Tour, News. 11 Comments »
TVNZ staff under investigation for marijuana use tried to get photos taken during a smoking session deleted, according to people at the gathering.
But others who were present say the few images taken don’t show anything incriminating – and TVNZ does not have copies.
Three staff at TVNZ’s flagship current affairs show Close Up have been accused of smoking marijuana after filming a segment called “Reefer Madness”, which screened last Tuesday. A fourth TVNZ staff member was also present.
The story showed supporters of the movement travelling to Waitangi and featured interviews with campaigner Dakta Green, previously known as Kenneth Morgan.
Online debate about the show among pro-legilisation campaigners prompted complaints to TVNZ and the claim staff socialised and smoked marijuana with the campaigners after the story.
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“Nobody should be punished by their boss simply for smoking cannabis”
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under Armistice Tour, Information, News, Press Releases. 2 Comments »
“Nobody in New Zealand should be ever punished by their boss simply for smoking cannabis on their own time”, said Dakta Green today.
“So long as no-one is being hurt and no disturbance caused, what goes on outside of the job is no matter of the company or the employer”.
Mr Green was referring to the current investigation by TVNZ into claims that its staff smoked cannabis during a visit to Waitangi on the CannaBus with Dakta Green and members of NORML and the Daktory.
“NORML sympathizes with any employee in New Zealand who fears for their job because of private cannabis use, or who has faced consequences from their employer for having used cannabis”, Mr Green said.
Dakta Green said he knew of many people in the cannabis culture who felt upset about the way in which Close Up treated him in a segment aired last week. “Some have made formal complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, but my understanding is they only complained about the content of the show, nothing else”, he said.
“Any claims of wrongdoing alleged against the TVNZ staff in question are nothing but hearsay”, he said. “We enjoyed their company and I believe they enjoyed ours, but I can categorically say they never smoked cannabis with us on the CannaBus”.
“And besides”, Mr Green continued, “even if they had, so what? They’re adults! It’s only cannabis – a drug that’s far safer than both alcohol and tobacco”.
“I’m very sorry these people are being treated this way; particularly as it’s happened immediately following the Law Commission’s report recommending no more criminalization of cannabis smokers.”
Dakta Green said that such persecution is an infringement of basic human rights, something he plans to talk about more on the upcoming Armistice Tour 2010.
ENDS
Contact: dakta_green@thedaktory.org.nz
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TVNZ probes claim staff used cannabis
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Armistice Tour, Information, News. No Comments »
Television New Zealand is investigating an allegation that staff smoked cannabis while in Waitangi during a visit by drug law reform campaigners.
A report on a journey to the Waitangi Day celebrations by activist Dakta Green and others in the “Cannabus” bus featured on Close Up last Tuesday.
Mr Green is a leading member of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Norml).
The report featured scenes of drug-taking.
The Herald understands a complaint about the item included an allegation that four TVNZ staff took drugs with the Norml contingent in the bus after filming had finished for the day.
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