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try and go figure out all this hot air about pot being lossened upon, I can't.... Police shut down Britain's first cannabis cafe Posted by ajones -- September 16, 2001 LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Police shut down Britain's first Dutch-style marijuana cafe on Saturday just minutes after it had opened for the first time. Officers closed down "The Dutch Experience" cafe in Stockport, northern England, and arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of possessing cannabis with intent to supply a controlled drug, a Greater Manchester police spokeswoman told Reuters. The cafe had been launched by Colin Davies, 44, a leading British campaigner for the legalisation of c…
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Source: THC Seeds VANCOUVER - The U.S. war on drugs is a miserable failure, New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said yesterday. "Where I sit as governor of the state of New Mexico ... half of what we spend on law enforcement, half of what we spend on the courts, half of what we spend in the prisons is drug-related," Johnson told a news conference. The governor was among leaders from the business and medical communities and public policy experts at a symposium to explore the economic case for an integrated approach to Vancouver's drug problems. The United States arrests 1.6 million people a year for drug-related crimes, 90% of those for possession only......
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Santa Cruz Defies U.S. On Marijuana lead excerpt By William Booth Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 18, 2002; Page A03 SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept 17 -- There were speeches from lawyers about freedom and pleas from doctors for compassion and some rhetoric against the Bush administration. Then the patients began to roll forward in their wheelchairs to get their prescriptions -- their marijuana buds and pot cupcakes -- on the steps of City Hall. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THAT is progress. I'd give my left pinkie finger to have such courageous, committed political representation.
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Source: The Halifax Herald Limited By Sue Bailey / The Canadian Press Ottawa - Marijuana users who claim the drug is harmless will have their chance to sway Canada's top judges on Dec. 13 - a Friday. Lawyers for three convicted pot smokers will argue that a federal law banning possession of the fiercely debated herb for personal use is unconstitutional. The much anticipated case was among 36 listed Wednesday by the Supreme Court of Canada in its busy fall docket, which begins Sept. 30. The schedule was announced the same day a Senate committee studying the issue said pot and hashish possession should be legalized for residents 16 or older, and regulated much l…
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