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Monday, June 1, 2009
This Week in Weed 06-01-09
Australia
Sniffer dogs find marijuana on club goers (Duh!)
California
San Diego County - incredible story of persecution & subversion of democracy
Indy Bay, New University, Union Tribune
Orange County seniors demand medical marijuana
San Bernadino County very slow to come to terms with medical pot
LAPD resisting efforts to undermine criminal cash cow
Laguna Beach city council continues to dither
Vacaville halts dispensaries
San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times
Canada
Prince of Pot defies the drug war
New federal regulations likely to be overturned by courts (again)
Calgary Herald, Canadian Press, National Post
Delaware
Medical Marijuana bill introduced in the state Senate.
Sussex Countian, Daily Times, Delaware Online
Illinois
Debate continues as legislation moves inexorably to the only logical conclusion
Alton Telegraph, Alton Telegraph, Bloomington Pantagraph, Chicago Tribune, College News, Chicagoist
Massachusetts
Legalize pot now!
Michigan
Republican senator fights rearguard action with draconian fines added to existing restrictions
Saginaw News, Detroit Free Press
Minnesota
Advocates push for constitutional amendment after Pawlenty defies peoples representatives
Pioneer Press, MNDaily, Minnesota Independent
Montana
Billings to get new medical marijuana dispensary, owner runs for city council
Netherlands
Netherlands to close prisons due to lack of criminals (See what happens when you stop arresting people for marijuana “crimes”)
New Jersey
Gubernatorial candidate Bergmanson calls for decriminalization
New York
Medical marijuana passes out of senate committee for the first time
New Zealand
Cops growing pot – an extraordinary conflict of interest
North Dakota
University seeks sponsor for secure hemp growing facility
Ohio
Michigan example has at least one lawmaker interested in medical marijuana for Ohio
USA
Testament for Memorial Day
Free weed from the government?
Drug Czar on medical marijuana
Pot business attracts entrepreneurs
Washington
Phoney DEA agents steal medical pot. Seattle police take the rest.
Law does not provide for safe access to medical marijuana
Medical marijuana grower awarded $2,000 from the county for grow lights
Wisconsin
Advocates prepare bill to be introduced
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Monday, May 25, 2009
This Week in Weed 05-25-09
Arizona
Medical Marijuana to be on the ballot in 2010
California
Torture judge upholds draconian sentence for medical marijuana pioneer
Counterpunch, Drug War Chronicle, Reason, National Law Journal, Celeb Stoner
Supreme Court suit rejection puts San Bernadino County supervisors in disarray
The Sun, San Francisco Examiner, Press Enterprise, AHN, Norml, MPP
Orange County judge calls for marijuana legalization
Patients for Medical Marijuana
Illegal dispensaries in Los Angeles swamp law enforcement
Marijuana business expands across the emerald triangle
City councilors debate dispensaries
Whittier Daily News, Press Enterprise
Canada
Possibly the most sophisticated marijuana growing operation in British Columbia
Mail order medical marijuana
Illinois
Senate to vote on medical marijuana bill this week
Michigan
Compassion clubs spring into action across the state
City of Royal Oak leads the way in marijuana production
City of Fenton bans dispensaries
Minnesota
Pawlenty vetoes medical marijuana bill
Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, Park Rapids Enterprise, Cannazine, Minnesota Independent, MPP
Missouri
Town by town advocates advance the marijuana cause
New York
Congressman displays complete ignorance of marijuana law enforcement in his hometown (and then calls for decriminalization)
Senate sponsor makes medical marijuana bill success more likely
New Zealand
Pot clubs openly defy marijuana law
Ohio
Overwhelming majority support medical marijuana
Rhode Island
Dispensaries ready to go to work after lawmakers grant approval
Boston Herald, Providence Journal, WPRI
Taiwan
Medical Marijuana sparks interest overseas
UK
Marijuana Jackpot
Phoney war on drugs declared a failure
USA
Decriminalization, Legalization, Masturbation
New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, MPP, Drug Policy Alliance
Marijuana use endorsed by jazz musician
SCIENCE
Cannabinoids in intestinal inflammation and cancer
Cannabis derived MS drug submitted for European approval
Does Marijuana cause mental illness?
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Monday, May 18, 2009
This Week in Weed 05-18-09
Arizona
Majority support medical marijuana, ballot initiative moves ahead
AZFamily dot Com, Arizona Capitol Times
California
Marijuana business studies on campus?
Debate over legalization continues
Press Democrat, Appeal Democrat, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Sun Herald
City council bans marijuana dispensaries
Council debates allowing medical marijuana dispensaries
Canada
Toronto Freedom Festival – the largest marijuana festival in the world
Connecticut
NORML drops Connecticut chapter after criminal case
Idaho
Medical marijuana bill to be introduced
Ireland
Canines employed in drug interdiction
Massachusetts
Legislation proposes medical marijuana to be available in Massachusetts
Michigan
City of Niles attempts medical marijuana regulation
Upset police get bad dreams on medical marijuana
Minnesota
Cops are not doctors, yet they continue to be consulted on medical marijuana
MinnPost, Minnesota Independent
Netherlands
Border coffee shops to become members only
Straits Times, Dutch News, Radio Netherlands
New York
Legislators to vote on medical marijuana
New Zealand
Strange story of infant who supposedly ate “cannabis oil”, turns out the child ate methamphetamine, but that isn't exactly clear from the headline.
Ohio
Majority supports medical marijuana
WTOV 9, Chicago Tribune, News Leader
Rhode Island
Cannabis - a growing remedy for the ills of Rhode Islanders
Texas
Medical marijuana bill headed for defeat
UK
Newspaper invents “cannabis addiction”
Family of expelled cannabis dealer sues private school
Police chief admits – cannot win the war on drugs
Police claim to be winning (again, despite all evidence to the contrary) in the war on drugs
USA
Marijuana should never have been made illegal in the first place
CBS News, Chicago Sun Times, Arizona Daily Star
White house “Drug Czar” calls for an end to the “War on Drugs”
Norml, MPP, Salem News, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal
Supremes will not hear San Diego County's challenge to state medical cannabis law
Medical Marijuana Inc.,
SCIENCE
Debunking the superpot myth
New study debunks 'marijuana causes cancer” myth
Cannabis kills cancer cells
Cannabis more effective treatment for a host of symptoms
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Monday, May 11, 2009
This Week in Weed 05-11-09
California
Governator says pot legalization should be debated
LA News, The Guardian, Sacramento Bee, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today
DEA grants push counties to draconian anti-pot stance
Bakersfield dispensary raided
Canada
Sick, double amputee evicted for use of medical marijuana
Colorado
Couple turned away from prom because cop claims they smelled like marijuana
Florida
People united for medical marijuana
Illinois
Medical marijuana bill a long shot
Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune
Iowa
Medical marijuana
Minnesota
Medical Marijuana bill passes out of final house committee
Constitutional amendment in favor of medical marijuana seems likely
New Hampshire
Medical Marijuana bill in trouble
New Mexico
Severe chronic pain added to list of medical marijuana ailments
Oregon
Portland follows Eugene in declaring medical marijuana week
Pennsylvania
Advocates rally for medical marijuana
Rhode Island
Lawmakers to vote on dispensaries
South Dakota
Petition drive starts for medical marijuana
UK
Cannabis substitute “Spice” may be banned in UK
Drugs in jail demonstrate futility of prohibition
USA
Majority favor pot legalization
Drug Czar confirmed by senate
Seattle Times, Drug War Chronicle
Monday, May 4, 2009
This Week in Weed 05-04-09
California
Tahoe dispensary re-opens after new year's raid
Oakland city council propose tax on medical marijuana
Cannabusiness classes in Oaksterdam
Colorado
Scientists and FDA disagree on medical marijuana
Hungary
Five thousand expected to march for marijuana legalization
Illinois
Medical marijuana opponents speak to lawmakers
Galesburg Radio 14, St Louis Today
Mexico
Senate votes to decriminalize marijuana
Michigan
Royal Oak considers “grow zone” for care providers
Minnesota
Senate passes medical marijuana bill
Drug War Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Independent
New Hampshire
Medical marijuana ads hit the airwaves
Nashua Telegraph, Union Leader
New York
Rockefeller Drug laws repealed
Cures not wars march to UN
Oregon
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, to appear at pot rally
State lawmakers give up on new restrictions on medical marijuana
Register Guard, Salem News, NORML Daily Audio Stash
Pennsylvania
Medical Marijuana bill introduced
Philadelphia Enquirer, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Lancaster Online
Rhode Island
Senate passes bill enabling dispensaries
WPRI Providence, Providence Journal, Boston Herald
Tennessee
Medical Marijuana bill introduced
Virginia
Advocates sense a possibility of medical marijuana in Old Dominion
Charlottesville Daily Progress
USA
Cannabis Science reports on Swine flu virus
ABC Poll – 46% favor legalization
World
Marijuana march takes off in 300+ cities
Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star, Northern Star, FreedomToExhale, The News Record, The Independent
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
This Week in Weed 04-27-09
4:20
NORML, NPR, MPP Blog, Huffington Post, Associated Press, Digital City, CBS4Denver, The Exception, Valley News, ( eFitnessNow for those interested in the opinions of completely ignorant people), the obligatory 420 ripoff story from the Mercury News, and the Reefer Madness contribution from The Daily Reveille,
Arizona
Medical marijuana headed for 2010 ballot initiative
Brazil
Human brains intimately related to cannabis plant – latest research
California
Charles Lynch sentencing delayed
Los Angeles Times, Counterpunch, Contra Costa Times, (Covered under the headline 'Man who sold pot to minors to be sentenced')
Pot dispensaries raise eyebrows in Venice
Former deputy sheriff plans to open medical marijuana dispensary in Kern County
AZ Central dot Com, Los Angeles Times
Law officers discuss pre-emptive ban on medical marijuana dispensaries
The case against legalization (This is the rubbish they are teaching our kids)
City of Baumont votes to outlaw dispensaries
Canada
Supreme Court upholds right to grow medical marijuana
Colorado
Aspen to get medical marijuana dispensaries?
Please don't got to 420 celebration
Ghana
Truck impounded, suspect arrested
Iceland
Cannabis cultivation booming as economy collapses
Illinois
Religious leaders in support of medical marijuana bill
Pot advocacy ads from Marijuana Policy Project
Medill Reports, Galesburg Register Mail
Iowa
Judge orders pharmacy board to review Schedule 1 classification
Maine
Legislature punts on medical marijuana law, After Senate panel approves dispensaries
Drug War Chronicle, Providence Journal dot Com
Michigan
Medical Marijuana law angers law enforcement
Chattah Box, Livingston Daily
State issues first 150 medical marijuana cards
FREEP dot Com (Detroit Free Press), TV20 Detroit, CM-Life dot Com
New Baltimore votes to ban dispensaries
New Hampshire
Bill moves forward
Medical Marijuana polls well in New Hampshire
New York
Is this the year for Medical Marijuana?
WGRZ Buffalo, Newsday, Huffington Post, UPI, New York Daily News, Legislative Gazette
North Carolina
Medical Marijuana activists rally behind HB 1380
Oregon
Eugene mayor declares April 30 – May 6 Medical Marijuana Awareness Week
(East coast activists rejoice)
Pennsylvania
Attorney General supports medical marijuana
Pro-pot rally outside the capital
Courant dot Com, Penn Live dot Com
Tennessee
Marijuana use linked to death of infant (linked by the media, that is)
WHNT Huntsville, Alabama, Jackson Sun
Texas
A Christian perspective on marijuana decriminalization
USA
Medical marijuana use skyrocketing
“The science to support medical marijuana is overwhelming. It’s time for the federal government to acknowledge the efficacy of medical marijuana and stop holding science hostage to politics.”
World
Cannabis kills all known germs
This Week's Action :
Global Marijuana March on Saturday – get ready
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Monday, April 20, 2009
This Week in Weed 04-20-09
4:20
New York Times, Huffington Post,
Arizona
Medical Marijuana on 2010 ballot
Arizona Republic, Arizona Capitol Times,
California
ASA launch legal attack on federal scheduling of marijuana
San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, UPI,
Three dispensaries robbed
Canada
New study suggests pot plus tobacco equals chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Illinois
DEA advocacy disguised as news
Maine
Lawmakers debate marijuana dispensaries
Mexico
Massive casualties in the drug war prompt calls for sanity – US President offers increased violence as solution
The Nation, Washington Post, Delaware Online, CBS, LAist, Detroit News, Norml,
Minnesota
A Constitutional Amendment in favor of Medical Marijuana (Bring it on!)
New Hampshire
Governor sides with law enforcement – (keep the bribes coming)
New Jersey
Former Miss New Jersey campaigns for medical marijuana (You GO girl!)
New Mexico
Medical board recommends expanding conditions treated by therapeutic cannabis
KRQE Santa Fe, New Mexico Independent,
North Carolina
Medical Marijuana bill introduced (Check the disinformation in this report)
Rhode Island
Patient beaten by supplier
Channel 10 Providence, Woonsocket Call,
USA
Demand for medical marijuana increasing rapidly
This Week's Action :
Smoke a big fat joint and READ THIS
Sunday, April 12, 2009
This Week in Weed 04-13-09
California
Legalization bill still no co-sponsors
Does new federal policy on Medical Marijuana affect court proceedings already underway?
Council fails to prevent dispensaries in Cathedral City
San Mateo County to set rules for dispensaries
Oakland to increase tax on medical marijuana business
Oakland Tribune, East Bay Express
Canada
Iqaluit rejects dispensary proposal
Colorado
Dispensary opens on main street
Police return marijuana to homeless man
Florida
Medical Marijuana initiative approved
Maine
Medical Marijuana bill hearing on Monday
Michigan
Hundreds sign up for medical marijuana
Drug War Chronicle, Saginaw News, Bay City Times, Detroit Free Press, Lansing City Pulse, ABC channel 3
Montana
Failure of legislation masks real progress
North Carolina
Two medical marijuana bills introduced
Oregon
State to grow marijuana?
USA
Pot goes mainstream
Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, UPI
Senators to reconsider prisons and drug laws
DEA obstructs needed research
Dealers are people too
Medical Marijuana on the stock market
Government statistics on adult marijuana use
This Week's Action :
Smoke a big fat joint.
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