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Still No Right to Holy Smoke Jacob Sullum August 11, 2008, 4:32pm reason ... free minds and free markets http://reason.com/blog/show/128038.html Church of Cognizance founders Dan and Mary Quaintance, whose case I discussed in my June 2007 reason story about religious use of drugs, are scheduled to be tried in Albuquerque this month on federal marijuana charges. The Quaintances, who were caught near Lordsburg, New Mexico, in 2006 with 172 pounds of marijuana, tried to get the charges against them dismissed by arguing that prosecuting them for possessing cannabis, their church's sacrament, violates the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). A federal judge…
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Members of Congress Demand An End To Pot Possession Arrests Wednesday, July 30, 2008: At a press conference held this morning, members of Congress called on their fellow lawmakers to remove all federal penalties that criminalize the possession and use of marijuana by adults. “To those who say that the government should not be encouraging the smoking of marijuana, my response is that I completely agree,” said Representative Barney Frank (D-MA). “But it is a great mistake to divide all human activity into two categories: those that are criminally prohibited, and those that are encouraged. In a free society, there must be a very considerable zone of activity between thos…
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Former anti-marijuana lobbyist switches sides By Mike Soraghan Posted: 08/14/08 11:51 AM [ET] The Hill http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/former...2008-08-14.html The last time the House debated medical marijuana, David Krahl trod the halls of Capitol Hill lobbying against the legislation as deputy director of the Drug Free America Foundation. Now, he’s ready to lobby for allowing medicinal use of marijuana, and do anything he can to support it. So far, no one has asked him for help, but in a recent letter to medical marijuana bill sponsor Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), he proclaimed that he’d reversed his position on whether cannabis can be a medicine. …
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Check this out. They bitch about them using a national forrest, when they (the CIA)are the cause of it, another valid reason for legalising. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/po...ml?iref=topnews
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California to legalize Marijuana? 5 August 2008 PR Cannazine http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/475/1/ California finally has a bill in the works that could be passed as soon as this November that would legalize use and sales of marijuana. Marijuana would still be taxed with a $5 tax to sell an eighth ounce of Marijuana and a $50 tax for the growth of one marijuana plant. If this bill passes, it has many implications, but hardly any of them I see as bad. Many people fear an increase in the number of potheads if this bill is passed but that is not likely. In fact, the legalization of marijuana may actually decrease the number of potheads. Back in the 1920…
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Lacey brothers charged after drug bust August 5, 2008 - 11:27AM Brisbane Times http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queen...7702003138.html Millionaire milk heirs Jade and Dionne Lacey have faced a Brisbane court this morning on drugs charges The pair, aged 25 and 21 - the sons of wealthy milkman Ken Lacey - appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning following the alleged bust of a drugs syndicate on the Gold Coast. The bust was the culmination of a year-long investigation, dubbed Operation Foxtrot Distant, which led to police allegedly discovering a stash of ecstasy, methylamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis and steroids with a street value of about $40,000…
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Florida Biochemist creates a citrus tree with THC 5 August 2008 PR Cannazine http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/474/27/ Florida Biochemist creates a citrus tree with THC In the summer of 1984, 10th-grader Irwin Nanofsky and a friend were driving down the Apalachee Parkway on the way home from baseball practice when they were pulled over by a police officer for a minor traffic infraction. After Nanofsky produced his driver's license the police officer asked permission to search the vehicle. In less than two minutes, the officer found a homemade pipe underneath the passenger's seat of the Ford Aerostar belonging to the teenage driver's parents. The minivan was s…
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Police praise behaviour of Splendour revellers 4 August 2008 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2322854.htm New South Wales Police have praised the behaviour of the crowd at Byron Bay's Splendour In The Grass music festival, despite making a number of arrests. Seven people were charged with supplying prohibited drugs, 73 were cautioned for cannabis use and 71 people were charged with other offences. Cannabis and ecstasy were also confiscated from some of the 17,500 people who attended the two-day festival. The Living End, Wolfmother, Pnau and The Presets were among the acts to perform. At last year's festival, 31 ambulances were needed to transport r…
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Positive local buzz from marijuana bill surprises Clay By Mike Soraghan Posted: 08/04/08 01:01 PM [ET] The Hill http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/positi...2008-08-04.html Rep. Lacy Clay didn’t intend to sign on to a bill legalizing marijuana, but he’s happy so far with the buzz from constituents. The Missouri Democrat was flying with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on a congressional trip to Africa earlier this year when Frank asked Clay to co-sponsor his “marijuana bill.” It seemed like a simple request to Clay, who for years has signed on to bills to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. So his answer was “No problem.” He called his staff and told them to …
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San Bernardino, San Diego Counties Lose Challenge to Medical Marijuana Law Steven Cuevas August 01, 2008 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2008/08/0...held_08010.html Proposition 215, California's medical marijuana law, passed nearly twelve years ago. Despite conflicts with federal law, many counties have okayed medical marijuana dispensaries and issued ID cards to patients. But San Diego and San Bernardino counties went a different way. They challenged the law in court. KPCC's Steven Cuevas says they lost that challenge yesterday. Steven Cuevas: The two counties argued the medical marijuana law set up a conflict for deputie…
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Marijuana use at all-time low, but girls just as likely to toke Tamara McLean July 30, 2008 12:00am Courier Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...5003426,00.html RATES of cannabis use are at an all-time low, but a "hard core" of addicts remains - and teenage girls are just as likely to smoke dope as boys. The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre in Sydney released a report yesterday confirming that rates of cannabis use had continued to drop among Australians aged 14 to 39 over the past decade. And while men in their 20s and 30s are still more likely to smoke the drug than females, the gender difference has disappeared among teenagers. …
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Author: NYSSA SKILTON Date: 20/07/08 Source: The Canberra Times Copyright: Copyright © 2008. Fairfax Media.
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Earache, My Eye! Cheech and Chong Reunite, Tour By Scott Thill July 30, 2008 Listening Post http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/earache-my-eye.html Stoners of the world, unite! After years feuding, being harassed by John Ashcroft, setting trends and co-starring in television and film, the original cannabis-loving comedy duo has returned to claim its throne. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBxXLC4zUo&eurl=http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/earache-my-eye.html> The timing is right. With shows like Weeds, films like Pineapple Express and many more mutations of the stoner comedy currently infiltrating the mainstream like perfumed smoke, Cheech and Chong h…
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One spliff, 17 days in court and three years later . . . Charlene Sweeney 28 July 2008 Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle4419835.ece A prosecution over cannabis worth about £4, enough for one joint, is believed to have cost thousands of pounds after it took almost three years and 17 days in court to settle. Andrew Latto was caught on October 2, 2005, as he left Perth Prison after visiting a friend. He said he had planned to pass him the Class C drug but thought better of it. On April 6, 2006, Latto, from Methil in Fife, admitted possession with intent to supply cannabis in the prison. The case was adjourned for four weeks before being d…
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Shock after drug owner walks free By Court Reporter 15 July 2008 News Shopper, UK http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/mostpopular.v..._walks_free.php POLICE have been left "stunned" after the owner of more than 3kg of cannabis walked free from court. Roy Pickett, aged 20, was arrested by Bromley police last September after they discovered 3.24kg of cannabis resin and £8,500 cash at his address in Berry's Hill, Cudham. He denied the charge of possession with intent to supply, claiming the drugs, with a street value of more than £9,000, were for personal use. Following a three-day trial at Croydon Crown Court, a jury found builder Mr Pickett not guilty of the charge - desp…
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