Quick Hits (News)Police Raid High School for Drugs in Goose Creek, South CarolinaBy: CNN After complaints from parents and students, police in Goose Creek, South Carolina, defended their decision Friday to send a team of officers, some with guns drawn, into a high school earlier this week for a drug raid that turned up no drugs. Click here for the full story. Fueled by Kesey's Words, Pranksters' Colorful Bus Hits the Road in Bay AreaBy: James Sullivan (SF Chronicle) Among many other things, the late Ken Kesey was a first-rate coiner of adages. "If you've got it all together," he once proposed, "what's that all around it?" Click here for the full story. Georgia Court Tosses Law Requiring Motorist Drug TestsBy: Dick Pettys (AP) ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court overturned a law that required motorists involved in serious accidents to submit to drug testing or face the loss of driving privileges for a year. Click here for the full story. Supreme Court Rejects Anti-Marijuana Case - Conant v. WaltersBy: Gina Holland (AP) WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, on October 14th, rejected an appeal that jeopardized state medical marijuana laws that allow ill patients to smoke pot if they get a doctor's recommendation. Click here for the full story. |
Growin' Our Own (Feature stories)Twas the Night Before Christmas ... Y'allBy: Elmore Stone Everybody in their right mind kind of thinks Santa Claus is real. Yet most people truly don't beleive in Santa Claus. They have to see it to believe it. But that is wrong in this case. When it comes to the joys of Yule or Christmas, seeing is not believing -- believing is seeing. And so it has always been. Click here for the full story. The Higher Side of Jimson WeedBy: Crotchety Last month we ran a story about Jimson weed. The story explained what it is, what the active ingredients in it are, and how dangerous it is. Enough to scare hell out of people who were thinking of trying it, yes? I know, I know - the story was pretty dry. What do you expect, it was written by a doctor! Should have scared the bejesus right out of you though. Click here for the full story. The Wholesale Buyers' CriteriaBy: Unknown Management at a successful Oakland cannabis club (91 employees, days when the gross exceeds six figures) has developed a handy one-page checklist for use by buyers as they evaluate the pounds of dried herb brought in by growers. The so-called medical marijuana movement is really a business, dear reader, and only the efficient maximize their profits. Click here for the full story. There's a Word for Some People Who try to Assist the Sick: FelonBy: Staff Reporter, L.A. Times There were moments yesterday when I had to keep looking around me -- at the desk with the federal judge sitting way up there, at the Great Seal of the United States etched into the green marble, at the blue-blazered federal marshals -- to remind myself where I was, and what I was doing there: This wasn't an awards ceremony, it was a criminal sentencing for a felon. Click here for the full story. |
Pipeline (Other stuff)Authorities Investigating Limbaugh for Money LaunderingBy: Jill Barton (AP) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Authorities are investigating whether Rush Limbaugh illegally funneled money to buy prescription painkillers, a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wednesday. Click here for the full story. Keep Your Brain From Going to PotBy: Kristen Philipkoski (Wired) The active chemical in marijuana can do more for your head than give you a high -- it could protect your brain in emergency situations. Click here for the full story. Ashcroft Limiting Prosecutors' Use of Plea BargainsBy: Eric Lichtblau (NYT) WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft has made it tougher for federal prosecutors to strike plea bargains with criminal defendants, requiring attorneys to seek the most serious charges possible in almost all cases. Click here for the full story. California U.S. Senate candidate James Gray: "This time, it matters"By: Libertarian Party California Superior Court judge James Gray has announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in 2004 -- and said his campaign will focus on his signature issue, ending the War on Drugs. Click here for the full story. |
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