Quick Hits (News)Santa Cruz to sue feds over medical marijuana raidsBy: Martha Mendoza (AP National Writer) In hopes of stopping federal agents from again raiding a farm that provides marijuana to sick and dying people, Santa Cruz officials said they will file a lawsuit against Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Click here for the full story. Pot activist files suit for share of trust set up by ex-employerBy: Carol Sowers (The Arizona Republic) A marijuana activist who drew national attention with his recent drug conviction in San Francisco is fighting a different legal battle in Maricopa County Superior Court. Click here for the full story. Police smoke out cross-border cannabis tradeBy: Swissinfo Police in canton Ticino have launched a major crackdown against cannabis growers and distributors to curb the cross-border trade of the drug between Switzerland and Italy. Click here for the full story. Fill-in Judge Fired for Refusal to Hear Drug CasesBy: Jim Walsh (The Arizona Republic) A judge pro tem was fired -- his first day on the job at a Mesa courthouse, for refusing to hear drug cases. Click here for the full story. |
Growin' Our Own (Feature stories)Man the Life BoatsBy: Elmore Stone But not that one! Everybody knows about life boats. The Titanic comes to mind quite clearly. What most people do not know is that U.S. Navy ships don't use conventional life boats. They use self inflating life rafts that are sealed in vulcanized, break apart containers. Click here for the full story. Smuggling Weed From Missouri to San Francisco (Part 1)By: Two Dumb Shits In this story you'll read the details of a smuggling run made by two bay area high school graduates on a commercial jet. After the graduation night party, loaded on mescaline, they drove from San Francisco to the midwest. There they picked a load of green bud "hemp," from a remote Iowa river bottom. They drove it down to the Kansas City, Missouri airport. Leaving the car there, they boarded a TWA flight and flew the midwest hemp back out to San Francisco. In Frisco, they dried it and sold it. Some went to friends and some was sold in the Haight-Ashbury area. For all the details read on: Click here for the full story. Revolution, Hemp Style NowBy: David Morris (AlertNet) In 1992 a consortium of 20 British farmers requested permission to grow industrial hemp, a crop that had been banned since 1971. Home Office Minister Michael Jack saw no reason to oppose the request since industrial hemp had been grown for years on the Continent "without any problems". The farmers received licenses to cultivate 1500 acres. Click here for the full story. Marijuana. Why is it a Prohibited Drug?By: Panama Red This article explores the reality of the War on Drugs, marijuana prohibition and its damage to society. The prohibition based on our health and safety takes away constitutional rights and the privacy of millions of Americans. The War on Drugs is a failure as it has not stopped drugs coming from into our country. As for marijuana, people will always smoke dope for recreation and medical reasons. The failure of congress to reclassify marijuana from a Class 1 drug and into a less restrictive class has enabled law enforcement to harass millions of pot smokers. This issue is about government control and our freedom of choice. The feds praise themselves every time they get a load of marijuana, but the reality is, millions of pounds are never confiscated and it all gets smoked. Click here for the full story. |
Pipeline (Other stuff)Canada's Pending Drug Law Irks U.S.By: Janice Tibbetts (CanWest News Service) Justice Minister Martin Cauchon says he has not consulted his American counterparts on his plans to relax Canada's marijuana laws -- prompting a warning from a White House official that sidelining the U.S. could become another irritant in relations between the federal government and Washington. Click here for the full story. Pot Issue Opens Pandora's BoxBy: Michelle Meyers (Staff writer) HAYWARD, California -- The federal government says marijuana is illegal. But the state and a majority of California voters who approved Proposition 215 in 1996 consider the plant legal for medicinal use. Click here for the full story. Topsy-Turvy Ttimes for pot Advocates -- Medical use has Wide Support, but Government Cracking DownBy: Ulysses Torassa (San Francisco Chronicle Health Writer) Now, it seems, is the best of times, and the worst of times, for the marijuana movement. Click here for the full story. Kennedy: Too Many People Are Behind BarsBy: Anne Gearan (AP) Too many people are behind bars in America, and prison terms are often too long, Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy recently told Congress. Click here for the full story. |
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