Topics

Europe: At Cannabis Summit, Dutch Mayors Try to Address "Backdoor Problem" of Coffee Shop Supply Drug War Chronicle StoptheDrugWar.org Issue #562, 11/28/08 http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/562/du...ackdoor_problem Under existing Dutch policy, licensed marijuana coffee shops can sell their wares to consumers, but have no legal means of obtaining those wares. That snag in the cannabis supply system is known as the "backdoor problem:" Marijuana can legally exit the coffee houses via the front door, but must enter illegally through the backdoor. The backdoor problem has existed for years, but now things seem to be coming to a head. Dutch mayors meeting at a weekend "Ca…

I asked the members of my class what their views were on legalization. Here are their comments: 1) just trying to play devil's advocate here...supposing we were to make it legal... some questions we would need to ask: who is going to grow it? would it be more lucrative for american farmers than growing, say, staples like corn and wheat? would that affect global food prices? who is going to regulate the product for safety? how and where is it going to be sold? will making it legal make it easier for children to get a hold of because they could "steal" it from their parents? who is going to get rich off of selling it? where are people going to be allowed to smoke it? how…

Steve Kubby: How the law became a sword instead of a shield November 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments Independent Political Report http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/...ad-of-a-shield/ Steve Kubby was a candidate for the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2008, and the runner up for the party’s VP nomination in 2008 and 2000. He was also the party’s candidate for Governor of California in 1998. He is currently working on a new business venture in the medical field. Disclosure: I worked on his presidential campaign. The Law and those who enforce the Law, have made a fundamental, immoral, illegal and unconstitutional shift in their Rules of Engagement. As a medical ca…

Here is a little add I found which sort of sums up the 'war on drugs'. http://www.blackmustache.com/work/incarcer...exCanada01.html cheers

28/11/08 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianp...MSItURlmnGXpuvw Copyright © 2008 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved OTTAWA — Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany. The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China. The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soi…

By Graham Tibbetts Last Updated: 7:21AM GMT 27 Nov 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...is-factory.html © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2008 Police raided a 79-year-old widow's Highland cottage after mistaking her tomato plants for a cannabis factory, it was reported. The officers burst in with sniffer dogs and took samples of the plants for analysis. Lulu Matheson, who has lived in the property in Shieldaig for 53 years, said she was shaken up by the encounter. Mrs Matheson told the Daily Mail: "I got a terrible fright and I couldn't understand what they were doing here because I knew we had nothing more than tomatoes in the window. I…

THE Federal Government has urged every state and territory government to get tough on cannabis in a bid to reduce mental health problems. Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Christopher Pyne yesterday called for cannabis use and possession to be recriminalised. Cannabis possession is criminal in all states but with varying leniency. In Victoria, the maximum penalty for cannabis use or possession is a $500 fine. First or second-time offenders with up to 50g may be cautioned. Mr Pyne said it was time to make cannabis possession criminal no matter how small the amount. Advertisement: "We must do more to tackle the perception that cannabis is a harmless drug,"…

Some excerpts of the transcripts. Lightning is accused M.P. Littlbit is Accused E.P. Persecutor is Mr C. It is a real eye opener to the state of law in Australia. HER HONOUR: I am obliged at the end of the trial to instruct the jury as to the law which it must apply to its deliberations. If I feel, or if my decision is, that what you have to say about the constitution, international covenants and treaties and human rights legislation is not correct at law, I will not instruct the jury to consider it. I will in fact tell the jury that that is not a matter that they should consider. The jury is not here to decide the law. The jury here is h…