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How Come "Joe Sixpack" is an American Hero, While "Joe Stoner" Gets Arrested? Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan Mon, 10/06/2008 - 7:34pm StoptheDrugWar.org http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2...ack_is_an_ameri Paul Armentano at NORML points to Sarah Palin's glorification of "Joe Sixpack" in the vice presidential debate. Indeed, one could scarcely overstate the naked hypocrisy of portraying daily drinkers as American heroes, while our nation continues to arrest nearly a million Americans each year for using marijuana. I usually leave the alcohol analogy alone, assuming that it often speaks for itself, and when it doesn’t, the guys at SAFER can be counte…

Oct 5 2008 by Matt Aplin, Wales On Sunday WalesOnline.co.uk What bothers me the most about THIS article is the atypical rolling out of the usual propaganda . . . s'pose it ain't gonna go away in a hurry huh? Wonder how these 'journalists' [to use the term disparagingly] sleep at night knowing they're peddling lies in the guise of quoted statistics [we all know 90% of statistics are made up, don't we?] and regurgitated clap-trap!

Harvest Fest participants march for smoking rights Julie Strupp Monday, October 6, 2008 http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/10/06/ha...est_partici.php An enthusiastic crowd gathered under “Smoke ‘em Bucky” banners for the 38th annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival in downtown Madison last weekend to protest the prohibition of marijuana and foster solidarity among fellow dissenters. The three-day-long festival began Friday night with a benefit concert at the Cardinal Bar and continued through the weekend. Speakers and bands vocalized their support Saturday in Library Mall to “end the war on drugs” and urged listeners to vote for change. Madison Police Lt. Jo…

October 06, 2008 http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au © APN News & Media Ltd 2008 A DRUG addict and small-time dealer used cannabis to cope with the strain of having 15 chidren, Rockhampton Magistrates Court heard. Jody Brian Richardson, 39, pleaded guilty to 13 drug-related charges, including supply, drug production, possession of cannabis and ecstasy and owning instructions on how to produce drugs. His solicitor, Lance Rundle, said jobless Richardson and his partner had 15 children between them and Richardson had been smoking marijuana for 20 years. "He smokes to ease the stress of having so many kids," said Mr Rundle, who claimed Richardson had made a …

Police Discover World’s Largest Marijuana Plants Scott Morgan Wed, 10/01/2008 - 8:39pm StoptheDrugWar.org http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2...orld_s_largest_ Drug enforcement officers never tire of their overpowering compulsion to exaggerate marijuana seizures to the point of absurdity. Again and again, we’ve caught police making ludicrous claims that contradict basic math and science. The latest example comes from California, where local narcotics officers found some large marijuana plants and tried to frame it as some sort of unbelievable shocker: Marijuana plants seized Monday in Browns Valley and Live Oak "are the largest I've seen," a drug enforce…

Report urges regulated market for cannabis to replace prohibition Duncan Campbell Thursday October 2 2008 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/oct...hol.drugspolicy A report on cannabis prepared for next year's UN drug policy review will suggest that a "regulated market" would cause less harm than the current international prohibition. The report, which is likely to reopen the debate about cannabis laws, suggests that controls such as taxation, minimum age requirements and labelling could be explored. The Global Cannabis Commission report, which will be launched today at a conference in the House of Lords, has reached conclusions which its authors sugg…

2/10/08 http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk © News Group Newspapers Ltd, 2008 A German artist today claimed to have obtained Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's ashes and revealed she plans to SMOKE them in a cannabis joint. Barmy Natascha Stellmach won't reveal how she came by the remains of the iconic singer - saying only that it's "kind of magic". We revealed earlier this year that they had been stolen from wife Courtney Love's home. There has been no confirmation that the ashes are genuinely those of the dead rock legend. Kurt, DAVE GROHL and KRIST NOVOSELIC mesmerised the music world in the 90s with hits like In Bloom and Smells Like Teen Spirit. The band has…

Thursday, 02 October 2008 http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles © Macquarie Radio Network Limited 2007 A British research group has called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy after finding that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, and that banning the drug has no impact on supply. The Beckley Foundation, a charity group featuring senior British and international academics as its advisors, said outlawing cannabis only acted to turn users into criminals. "Although cannabis can have a negative impact on health, including mental health, in terms of relative harms it is considerably less harmful than alcohol or tobacco," the report by the Foundation's Gl…

Enough cannabis for `48 years' Brothers plead guilty to $700,000 drug charge BY RACHEL WILLIAMS 2/10/2008 12:00:00 AM The Examiner http://northerntasmania.yourguide.com.au/n...ge/1323053.aspx TWO Nabowla brothers have pleaded guilty to a series of drug-related charges after they were found with enough cannabis to last them a lifetime. Craig Andrew Bennett, 42 and Wayne Rex Bennett, 52, both pleaded guilty in the Launceston Supreme Court yesterday to charges including trafficking, cultivating, possession and using a controlled substance. The men admitted to growing more than $700,000 worth of cannabis on their co-owned bush property in the State's North-East. Crown…

By ninemsn staff 19:00 AEST Wed Oct 1 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=640197 © 1997-2008 ninemsn Pty Ltd - All rights reserved A Catholic priest and a drug counsellor have been charged with possessing and dealing marijuana after the scent of the joint they were smoking wafted into a nearby police vehicle. A patrolman in the US state of West Virginia was on patrol in the town of Charleston over the weekend when he became aware of the smell and pulled over the silver minivan in front as it was the only vehicle in sight, the Charleston Daily Mail reports. He claimed Father James O'Connor and Michael Deegan were found to be smoking a hand-rolled joint and…

October 01, 2008 06:21am Herald Sun © Herald and Weekly Times A MAN will face court today after police raided a hydroponic cannabis operation in Sydney's south west. Police found 21 cannabis plants worth $63,000 and a hydroponic set-up inside the roof cavity of the home in Cabramatta during the raid at 6.15am (AEST) yesterday. A small amount of white powder believed by police to be heroin as well as methadone and other restricted substances were also found in the Levuka Street house. A 39-year-old man arrested in the swoop faces a number of charges, including cultivating cannabis and possessing a prohibited drug. He has been refused bail to appear at Liverpo…