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NORML CON 2009 – “Yes We Cannabis!”
The National Conference is in San Francisco this year at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The dates are Thur. Sep. 24 through Sat. Sep. 26. Thursday is dedicated to cannabusiness, with presentations featuring Oaksterdam University, dispensary owners, and lawyers familiar with dispensary law. Friday and Saturday will feture our plenary and breakout panels dedicated to marijuana [...]
Stash for Fri, Jun 19, 2009
Download link: NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2009-06-19 Hemp Headlines California’s EPA rules cannabis smoke is a carcinogen Gun battle over marijuana plants leaves grower dead, two police wounded Garden Grove, Calif. spends a quarter million dollars over eight grams of medical marijuana Celebstoner Entertainment Report with Steve Bloom Report on MPP Party at the Playboy [...]
California’s EPA rules cannabis smoke is a carcinogen
(San Jose Mercury News) Marijuana smoke is a carcinogen, sharing space on the list with arsenic, asbestos, and DDT, according to a scientific board of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Under today’s ruling, some medical marijuana dispensaries will be required to label their baggies and joints with a warning that the contents, when smoked, may [...]
Gun battle over marijuana plants leaves grower dead, two police wounded
LITTLE VALLEY (Redding.com) — Members of the Lassen County anti-drug task force were scouting for illegal marijuana cultivation Tuesday afternoon near Little Valley when they came across a suspected pot garden and an armed man who began shooting at them. Two task force members [Sgt. Dave Martin and deputy David Woginrich] were wounded in the [...]
Garden Grove, Calif. spends a quarter million dollars over eight grams of medical marijuana
GARDEN GROVE – The city has paid out $139,000 in attorney’s fees to medical marijuana advocates, bringing to an end a four-year court battle in which the city fought the return of a patient’s 8 grams in spite of repeated court decisions ordering the city to give his marijuana back. Americans for Safe Access received [...]
Cops question medical marijuana cards for “seemingly healthy” people
MODESTO, CA (News10.net) – Probation officers in Stanislaus County noticed something the last several months when doing probation checks. First they discovered more medical marijuana cards on people who are seemingly healthy. “This person had a medical recommendation for marijuana because of a bad back, but he had off-road motorcycles, jet skis, and a wakeboard [...]
Rolling Stone: A Drug War Truce?
(Rolling Stone) Political pressure to end the War on Drugs is building in surprising quarters. In recent months, three distinct rationales have converged to convince a growing number of politicians – including many on the center-right – to seriously consider the benefits of legalizing marijuana. For Webb, a Democrat from Virginia who served as secretary [...]
Stash for Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash – Register to access Hemp Headlines Charles Lynch sentenced to 366 days in prison for growing legal medical marijuana in California Rep. Barney Frank to introduce Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009 Oaksterdam’s Richard Lee backs TaxCannabis2010.org to legalize marijuana by initiative 6 UK Cops Accused of Waterboarding Pot Suspects [...]
Oaksterdam’s Richard Lee backs TaxCannabis2010.org to legalize marijuana by initiative
(San Francisco Chronicle) (06-10) 20:40 PDT — With polls showing the legalization of marijuana gaining public support, and a state budget crisis fueling an ever-more-desperate search for revenue, backers of the first major statewide initiative to legalize marijuana for personal use – and allow counties to tax and regulate the drug – say they’re preparing [...]
CA Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduces resolution to end DEA medical marijuana raids
SACRAMENTO – Senator Mark Leno introduced a resolution late on Monday that urges the federal government to end medical marijuana raids in California. Senate Joint Resolution 14 also calls for a comprehensive federal policy to ensure safe and legal access to medical marijuana for patients who benefit from its therapeutic use. “The Obama Administration has [...]