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By "Radical" Russ Belville on July 3, 2008
Migden resolution asking feds to stop harassing legal pot clinics approved | PolitickerCA The California Senate on Thursday approved a joint resolution calling on the federal government to halt crackdowns on licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. The resolution, SJR 20, was approved 24 to 15 and was authored by outgoing state Sen. Carole Migden (D-San Francisco.) [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged California, SJR20
By "Radical" Russ Belville on July 3, 2008
News: Marijuana advocates to protest U.S. Open of Surfing | marijuana, leitz, year, norml, booth – OCRegister.com HUNTINGTON BEACH – Marijuana advocates plan to protest the U.S. Open of Surfing after they said they were denied a booth at the world-renowned competition. Officials with the Orange County chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM | Tagged California, OC NORML, Orange County, surfing, US Open of Surfing
By "Radical" Russ Belville on July 3, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. — The Fresno County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the local implementation of the statewide Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program, 9 a.m., July 8, in the County Board Chambers in the Hall of Records at 2281 Tulare St. Although 40 California counties have implemented the program – including Merced, [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged California, caregiver, Fresno, ID Card, Oregon, Waiting to Inhale
By "Radical" Russ Belville on July 2, 2008
Government releases list of items seized in drug raids | The Eureka Reporter A week after marijuana, cash and weapons were seized from nearly 30 locations in Humboldt and Mendocino counties, a laundry list of those items has been released by a federal government agency. Federal Bureau of Investigations Special Agent Joseph Schadler said Tuesday [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged California, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Operation Southern Sweep
By "Radical" Russ Belville on July 1, 2008
Download the NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2008-07-01 Happy Canada Day! Today we visit with Philippe Lucas from the Vancouver Island Compassion Society. He fills us in on their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Health Canada medical marijuana program, and explans the history of Ottawa’s reluctance to get involved with medical marijuana. Aaron Smith [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Aaron Smith, California, Canada, DEA, Fresno, Health Canada, Philippe Lucas, Vancouver, Waiting to Inhale
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 26, 2008
Seized pot worth $25M to $60M – Times-Standard Online Federal agents who served warrants on properties across Humboldt and into Northern Mendocino County have begun the process of sifting through the massive amount of evidence seized during Tuesday’s marijuana raids, with the plants alone worth an estimated $25 million to $60 million. Estimates produced by [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged California, FBI, Humboldt County
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 24, 2008
On Tuesday, June 24, POT CULTURE co-author Shirley Halperin is hosting “Poolside Chat: Back to the Stoner Age” as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Shirley’s pot-fueled panel will include Richard “Cheech” Marin (Up in Smoke), Jenji Kohan (Weeds), Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers, Beerfest) and Doug Benson (Super High Me). Where: The W Los [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY | Tagged California, Los Angeles, Pot Culture
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 20, 2008
[Charles] Monson, 45, was paralyzed in 1979 when he and a friend decided to go for a swim. “I dove under a wave, hit a shallow spot and broke my neck,” Monson recalls. “I was paralyzed instantly and was floating face-down.” Monson, who is confined to a wheelchair and has lost most of the use [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged California, Charles Monson, Orange, quadriplegic
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 18, 2008
Ethan Nadelmann from Drug Policy Alliance has news for us: Biggest Reform in History Makes the Ballot I have been traveling back and forth to California this year, working on a ballot initiative that represents the most significant reform of prisons and sentencing in the history of the United States. We’re calling it the Nonviolent [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged California, Drug Policy Alliance, NORA
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 9, 2008
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro — It’s counties against state again in appeal of pot suit Nineteen months after a judge rejected San Diego County’s lawsuit against the state of California seeking to overturn medical marijuana laws, government lawyers are returning to court to argue their appeals. In a case being watched closely by counties [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, SCIENCE | Tagged California, San Bernardino, San Diego
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