By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 30, 2009
(Lincoln Journal-Star) A short pursuit following a traffic stop near Bridgeport, has led to two arrests and the seizure of a gift-wrapped package containing seven pounds of marijuana, the Nebraska State Patrol says.
Patrol Spokeswoman Deb Collins said at about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, a State Patrol trooper attempted a traffic stop on a 2002 Chevy Tahoe [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Police, Stupid Stoner Stories | Tagged Christmas, Lincoln, Nebraska
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 30, 2009
(Verde News) On Christmas Eve morning, a late model Dodge van swerved in traffic lanes on Interstate-17.
The vehicle, displaying a Florida plate, was spotted by a Yavapai Sheriff’s K9 unit and stopped in the Cordes Lakes area.
Two occupants of the van were driver 47-year-old Charley Taylor, and his passenger, 37-year-old Theressa Mills, both from Texas.
Taylor [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Police, Stupid Stoner Stories | Tagged Arizona, Phoenix, search
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 30, 2009
(San Francisco Chronicle) A judge who wanted a gun-toting youth to clean up his act was acting within his power by forbidding him to use the medical marijuana he took for migraine headaches as part of a probation sentence that kept him out of prison, a state appeals court in San Francisco has ruled.
The First [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Courts, MEDICAL, Reefer Madness | Tagged brain, California, cluster headaches, headaches, migraine, painkillers, proposition 215, San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 30, 2009
To all NORML supporters in California:
We are kicking off 2010 with a major legalization blitz in Sacramento.
The California legislature will be hearing Tom Ammiano’s landmark legalization bill AB 390 on Jan. 12th. We are asking all California activists to start the new year by contacting their Assembly members in support of AB 390. [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Activism, ALERT, Legalization, NORML | Tagged Bakersfield, Berkeley, CA AB390, California, california norml, Dale Gieringer, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 30, 2009
(Toke of the Town) A 25-year-old man wept openly in Malaysian High Court court this morning when the judge sentenced him to death for marijuana.
Shahrul Izani Suparman was convicted of possessing 622 grams of cannabis with intent to deliver, reports Azreen Hani of The Malay Mail. Shahrul was 19 years old when he was arrested [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Courts, Reefer Madness, World | Tagged black market, death penalty, Malaysia
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 29, 2009
(Delaware County Daily Times) With Pennsylvania facing the prospect of boarding 2,000 inmates in other states because our prisons are full, the time has come to take a hard look at how we sentence convicted offenders, particularly through mandatory minimum sentences, to save money.
I authored legislation, House Resolution 12, and served on the Pennsylvania Sentencing [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Decriminalization, Parents and Kids, Politics | Tagged Democrat, drug-free school zones, PA Rep. Greg Vitali, Pennsylvania, Politicians on Pot
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 29, 2009
(Courthouse News Service) – Two North Dakota farmers failed to convince the 8th Circuit that cannabis grown for industrial hemp is not technically marijuana and should not be regulated under federal law.
The court in St. Louis upheld dismissal of the farmers’ lawsuit seeking a declaration that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) does not apply to [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Courts, Hemp | Tagged 8th Circuit Court, Judge Pasco Bowman, North Dakota
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 29, 2009
(McClatchy) A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem to pose little threat and may be mentally ill.
In a case out of San Diego County, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals criticized an officer who, without warning, shot [...]
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Courts, Police | Tagged 9th Circuit Court, tasers
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 29, 2009
So many amazing stories caught our attention in marijuana this year. From these twenty, pick the five stories you found to be the most positive overall for marijuana law reform:
Posted in 4:20 NEWS, Legalization, MEDICAL | Tagged 2009 Stashies
By "Radical" Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator on December 29, 2009
It’s not been as spectacular a year for marijuana films as 2008 was (e.g. Pineapple Express, Super High Me) but there were still some good films this year that featured marijuana and examinations of other drug culture. Choose your five favorite movies related to marijuana. (Thanks to CelebStoner.com for many of the reviews.)
Posted in Celebrity Tokers, PERSONAL | Tagged 2009 Stashies
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