Quick Hits (News)Second Time is Another CharmBy: Bud Life Perpetual medical marijuana defendant Michael Celli of Chowchilla, California had his second medical marijuana case against dismissed April (16th) of this year. Click here for the full story. Medical Marijuana use Could be used as Defense, Federal Judge RulesBy: Laura Wides (AP) LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge has ruled that evidence of medical marijuana use could be considered by a jury as a defense in a criminal drug trial. Click here for the full story. Electricity use was tip-off in pot probeBy: Joe Hughes (San Diego Union-Tribune) The utility bills gave them away. When federal agents started investigating reports of a widespread marijuana cultivation ring that was growing pot inside rental homes throughout the county, they soon found utility bills for the houses were unusually high. Click here for the full story. He Thought his Medical pot was Legal -- Until he Reached the AirportBy: Marjie Lundstrom (Sacramento Bee) Ron Brownlow of Roseville didn't make any secret of his medical marijuana use when he flew from Sacramento to San Diego earlier this year, but his candor at the airports proved costly. Click here for the full story. |
Growin' Our Own (Feature stories)They Are At It AgainBy: Elmore Stone There is a saying attributed to the late, great Will Rogers: "Nobody's liberty is safe when the legislature is in session." Boy howdy, if that statement is not true in the State of California then none are. Since the enactment of Prop. 215 members of the state legislature have been vowing, mostly because of the whines and piteous cries of law enforcement and prosecutors, to "clarify" Prop. 215. Lo and behold the unthinkable happened. Last year as a matter of fact. California State Senator Vasconcellos authored, with the able assistance Assembly Member Leno, SB-420. It passed and was signed into law by Governor Gray Davis on his way out the door. Click here for the full story. The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act: 5 Year Report CardBy: Rick Bayer, MD Cannabis or marijuana has been an important and effective herbal medical therapy for thousands of years. In our life and times, we now call it medical marijuana (mmj), and federal prohibition laws make it very dangerous to prescribe, produce or use. But this is slowly changing. Click here for the full story. Arrests Jolt the Police, but Some See a PatternBy: Shaila K. Dewan and William K. Rashbaum (NY Times) The rough outlines of their profiles fit the model of many protagonists in corruption stories: the well-regarded family men whose arrests on charges of stealing from drug dealers simply do not compute with those who know them. One, a retired detective, was a basketball coach at a local church who doted on his young sons. The other, an 18-year veteran of the police force, convened block association meetings in his home and helped root out drug dealers from his street. Click here for the full story. U.S. Stuck in the QuagmireBy: Robert Hardaway Every year, more than 400,000 Americans die as the result of tobacco use. Alcohol abuse results in the deaths of another 110,640 Americans, including 16,653 alcohol-related traffic deaths. Alcohol is a major factor in more than half of all homicides and rapes, 62 percent of assaults, and 30 percent of suicides. Illegal drug use causes another 3,562 deaths. Click here for the full story. |
Pipeline (Other stuff)Cannabis Scrips to Calm KidsBy: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (Fox news) WASHINGTON - As a California pediatrician and 49-year-old mother of two teenage daughters, Claudia Jensen says pot might prove to be the preferred medical treatment for attention deficit disorder - even in adolescents. Click here for the full story. S.F. May Help Establish Pot Cooperatives Marijuana Would be for the SickBy: Lee Romney and Eric Bailey (Times staff writers) SAN FRANCISCO - Buoyed by a recent federal court decision and changes in state law, this seaside sanctuary for the medical marijuana movement might soon try to help establish nonprofit cooperatives to grow pot for the ill. Click here for the full story. 'Ag' Job Brings 10-year SentenceBy: Denny Walsh (Bee) Miguel Mendoza Palominos grew up in extreme poverty. He was shoeless throughout his childhood and often without a roof over this head. He did not go to school and has never been able to read or write. At times, his mother sent him to beg for food. His alcoholic father played little or no role in the family's day-to-day struggle for existence. Click here for the full story. Store for Medical pot Opens in RosevilleBy: Art Campos and Jocelyn Wiener (Sacramento Bee) A medical marijuana store has quietly opened its doors in Roseville, after a new law took effect permitting qualified patients and caregivers to cultivate the plant. Click here for the full story. |
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