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John Ross: The Annexation of Mexico Monday, June 18, 2007 :Plan Colombia, the $5,000,000,000 drug war boondoggle cooked up in 1999 by Bill Clinton and then-Colombian president Andres Pastrana and subsequently transmographied into a War on Terror adjunct by George Bush and Alvaro Uribe brought U.S. troops, fleets of helicopter gun ships, spray planes spewing poisons, and a vast array of human rights abuses to that troubled Latin American country....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 7:04pm PDT
Sacramento County Action Alert I am contacting you today because Sacramento County's lawmakers need
to hear from you in order to move to protect local medical marijuana
patients....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 5:04pm PDT
Sen. Migden Sponsors Bill to Relieve Dispensaries of Back Sales Taxes (SB 529) State Sen. Carole Migden (D-SF) has introduced a
bill, SB 529, that would relieve medical cannabis dispensaries from
obligations for back sales taxes provided they promptly comply and
register with the Board of Equalization....
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2007 12:14pm PDT
New Nevada Co MMJ Guidelines OK'd Nevada County's new MMJ guidelines have stirred
heated debate about the viability of the 75
square-foot canopy rule:
http://www.theunion.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007106130148
- D. G., Cal NORML...
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2007 12:12pm PDT
Poverty Caused By Aggression Most poverty in the world today is caused by.......
Posted: Sat, Jun 16, 2007 11:21am PDT
ASA California Weekly Alert: 6/15/2007 Weekly Round Up
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ASA Chapter and Affiliate Meetings
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Posted: Sat, Jun 16, 2007 11:19am PDT
So Much for Big Pharma's 'Anti-Pot' Pill An independent U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee
determined yesterday that the controversial "anti-pot" pill Rimonabant is
unsafe for human consumption in the United States. Sanofi-Aventis' would-be
diet aid -- which has been linked to suicidal thoughts, depression and even
multiple sclerosis -- counteracts the effects of marijuana and similar
naturally occurring chemicals in the body (so-called endocannabinoids),
causing users to lose their appetites and, according t...
Posted: Fri, Jun 15, 2007 9:32am PDT
ASA California Weekly Alert: June 8, 2007 9. Saturday, June 16, Los Angeles: Los Angeles ASA Meeting
10. Tuesday, June 19, Sacramento: Sacramento ASA Meeting
11. Thursday, June, 21, Newport Beach: Orange County ASA Meeting
12. Thursday, June 21, Guerneville: Sonoma County ASA Meeting...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 7:11pm PDT
Registration is Now Open for the Drug Policy Reform Event of the Year! Join us at the 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference begins the evening of Wednesday, December 5, and runs through Saturday, December 8. Register early to get a special rate !...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:43am PDT
Laos' Secret Drug War Lives On Tuesday, June 12, 2007 : Reluctance to explore stories involving the CIA and drugs could end up protecting and contributing to our national drug scourge as in the case with the recent arrest of General Vang Pao, an ethnic Hmong leader, notes NAM contributing writer Peter Dale Scott. Scott is the author of Drugs, Oil, and War, and co-author of Cocaine Politics. His new book, The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of the United States, is due in September from the University of Califo...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 9:01am PDT
Texas Residents: Thank Needle Exchange Legislation Sponsors! Tuesday, June 12, 2007 : Tuesday, June 12, 2007 Your support for needle exchange legislation played a tremendous role in the passage of the first ever needle exchange program in Texas! Although SB 308, which passed the Texas Senate, was denied a vote in the full House when the Chair of the Public Health Committee refused to post the bill in her committee, SB 308's sponsor, Representative Ruth Jones McClendon, came back in the final hour and attached an amendment to a budget bill (SB 10) allow...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 8:43am PDT
Medical Marijuana Clears Major Hurdle in Connecticut Thursday, June 7, 2007 : Tuesday, June 5, 2007In this year's second major success for DPA's medical marijuana efforts, the Connecticut State Legislature passed a medical marijuana bill last week. Late Friday night, the state Senate voted 23-13 to pass HB 6715, the Compassionate Use Act....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:29pm PDT
California Considers Numerous Drug Policy Bills Thursday, June 7 : 2007 is a busy year in the California legislature for drug policy issues, even beyond the re-authorization of funding for Prop. 36. Among this year’s measures were bills that sought to increase the base fine for marijuana possession, increase penalties for methamphetamine possession, place Salvia divinorum on California’s Controlled Substances Act, and implement steroid testing programs for student athletes....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:29pm PDT
Overdose Prevention Bill Advances to Assembly Thursday, June 7, 2007 : Wednesday, June 6, 2007Last week, the California Senate voted 39-0 in support of a lifesaving overdose prevention bill. SB 767, authored by Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles), would offer protection in certain cases for doctors who prescribe naloxone, a drug that can be used to reverse heroin overdose....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:28pm PDT
Ellen Taylor: Free the Tweakers!: The Good News About Meth Thursday, June 7, 2007 :"I have nothing good to say about methamphetamines", declares Mike Goldsby, a highly-respected local expert in drug addiction, in our local paper here in Humboldt County, northern California. The estimated 1.4 million users in the US would disagree. Productivity-oriented professionals with demanding careers praise the increased alertness afforded by meth....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:32pm PDT
Pleasanton passes ban on pot shops After some additional vetting of the medical marijuana issue, Pleasanton has become the latest East Bay city to ban marijuana dispensaries from operating within its borders.
The City Council adopted the ban Tuesday night — at the recommendation of the police chief and city attorney — following heated discussion among council members....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:05pm PDT
More charges in Hayward pot-club bust The Local Patients Group in Hayward utterly denies the DEA's
allegation of illegal sales to non-patients. According to their
attorney, the DEA has no evidence for such claims. The LPG submitted
exhaustive records showing that everyone of its clients had valid
IDs. Apparently, the DEA agents who conducted surveillance simply
watched the clients going in and decided they didn't look sick.
- D. Gieringer, Cal NORML...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 12:55pm PDT
DrugSense Weekly, June 1, 2007, #501 DrugSense Weekly, June 1, 2007 #501...
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 7:54am PDT
Medical Marijuana in the News: Week of 6/1 * FEDERAL: Rosenthal Retrial Ends With Split Verdict
* COLORADO: DA Rethinks Caregiver Case
* CALIFORNIA: Dispensary Regulations, More Patient Protection in LA
* VERMONT: Expanded State Medical Marijuana Law Enacted
* RHODE ISLAND: Overwhelming Support for Medical Marijuana Bill
* CONNECTICUT: Support for New State Medical Marijuana Bill Urged
* WISCONSIN: State Medical Marijuana Measure to be Considered Again
* FEDERAL: Dispensary Operators Charged
* CANADA: Patients Criticize Medica...
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 7:53am PDT
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