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Stash for Tue, May 3, 2011
Replay of interview with Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer, who reported for five years in federal prison; music by My Velcroe.
Electric Tuesday: My Velcroe – “Drug Therapy”
“My Velcroe” is one of many projects from the uber-creative Emily Blong. Yes, “Blong”, not “Bong”, though that’s not why we’ve chosen her music for today’s tune. I’m more likely to have chosen her because of my love of velcro.
Obama’s War on Cannabusiness continues with US Attorney medical marijuana threat letters
Mr. Obama reveals the true intention is to stifle the development of any viable legal cannabis distribution industry. By sending threat letters to Rhode Island and Arizona, states that have created clear and unambiguous laws for medical cannabis providers to follow, it is obvious that Mr. Obama isn’t opposed to medical cannabis, per se, but terribly opposed to medical cannabusiness.
Stash for Mon, May 2, 2011
Pam Lichty from Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii on failure of all five pro-marijuana bills; changes from Montana’s SB 423 going into effect July 1; music by Morgan Davis.
Changes to Montana’s Medical Marijuana Law
Actually what is happening is that about 28,000 people will become criminals on July 1 and the businesses that used to serve them in an open and regulated manner will now return to illegal clandestine operations that receive no control and return no benefit to the state.
That sounds more like the “Wild Wild West” to me than a system where people register with the state after consulting a doctor in order to purchase cannabis in a retail store.
Medical marijuana dispensaries on hold in Rhode Island as governor bows to federal threats
Is there not a governor in any of the fifteen medical marijuana states who will show some leadership and challenge the federal government’s bullying? The feds don’t even acknowledge such a thing as “medical marijuana”! The US Dept. of Justice’s position is that anyone anywhere in the United States in possession of a single joint is committing a misdemeanor worth a year in prison and anyone growing a single plant is committing a felony worth five years in prison.
Madison NORML’s Ben Masel loses battle with lung cancer
It is with great sadness I report on the death of one of the most outstanding activists in the NORML family – Ben Masel has passed away at age 56 following his battle with lung cancer.
Rhode Island governor threatened by US attorney over medical marijuana dispensaries
The top federal prosecutor in Rhode Island has warned Gov. Lincoln Chafee that the state’s plan to license medical marijuana dispensaries violates federal law.
U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha says in a letter delivered to Chafee on Friday that federal prosecutors have the right to investigate and prosecute those who grow and distribute marijuana, even if such activities are allowed by state law.
Montana Gov. Schweitzer to allow medical marijuana “repeal lite” to pass without signature
What you will lose are the jobs that were created by a dispensary industry. You’ll lose the potential sales taxes and payroll taxes and money staying in Montana instead of flowing to other states or Mexico. You’ll lose the ability to know where the medical marijuana is being grown and where it is being bought and sold and knowing there will be some level of security, identification checking, agricultural quality controls, and zoning regulations. You just made the underground market broader and deeper now that 9 out of 10 legal consumers will be returned to criminal status.
Stash for Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Kevin Oliver from Washington NORML and Steph Sherer from Americans for Safe Access recorded live yesterday at the DEA raids in Spokane, Washington; music by Double Jack.