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Angel Raich drops medical pot case Oakland medical marijuana patient and activist Angel Raich dropped her
lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, ending a five-year legal
odyssey which had taken her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 9:23pm PDT
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #485 -- 5/11/07 Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/485...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 8:41am PDT
Seattle Hempfest in a major struggle Hempfest is in jeopardy of not gaining a permit to hold the
annual protestival. Because of a concerted effort on behalf of the Seattle
Art Museum, which has created a huge development project, the Olympic
Sculpture Park, right at the opening of Myrtle Edwards Park (Hempfest's
home since 1995)- we are fighting back....
Posted: Mon, May 7, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Opium Main Currency in Afghan Village CAIRO — Opium has become the accredited currency in the north-eastern Afghan village of Shahran-e-Khash with everyone from children to the store owners dealing in the drug, The Independent reported Friday, May 4....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 7:03am PDT
boycott San Francisco Cannabis Freedom Day Axis Of Love calls for Boycott of San Francisco Cannabis Freedom Day because Organizer Rick Watts is giving federal Testimony against Green Guru Ed Rosenthal...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 11:36pm PDT
ASA Weekly Alert 5-4-07 Bakersfield Raid Update, Visiting Stephanie Landa, Van Nuys Protest and Political
Action
and more!...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 5:46pm PDT
ASA California Weekly Alert: April 27, 2007 news and meetings from the last week...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 5:42pm PDT
Petition to restore habeas corpus The ACLU is planning to hand deliver a 100,000 signature petition to Congress demanding that habeas corpus be restored....
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 1:31pm PDT
Lake Co. Supes Debate MJ Eradication Funding The Lake Co. Supes deserve credit for criticizing the DEA MJ
eradication program, but their suggestion for a solution is futile:
attack demand, not supply. Since when is the federal government
capable of changing what people demand? Unfortunately, the Supes
still don't have the courage to mention legalization.
- D. Gieringer, Cal NORML...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 12:02pm PDT
BAKERSFIELD: Pot dispensary re-opens for business after DEA raid Just one day after a local marijuana dispensary was raided by
federal agents, the store is back open for business...
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 10:02pm PDT
Tell CA Assembly to Vote Hemp on Thursday The CA Assembly will vote on Thursday on
whether to remove barriers in state law to
commercial hemp farming. Take
action now!...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 8:06pm PDT
RAID - Nature's Medicinal in Bakersfield They are one of the largest dispensaries in the
state. Their address is 323 Roberts Ln; phone 661-392-9353.
Protesters are invited....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 10:21am PDT
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #483 (fulltext version) lots of updates this week...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 12:21am PDT
Cannabis 'disrupts brain centre' A third study, by the University of Cologne, compared the effect of CBD and a commonly used anti-psychotic medicine, Amisulpride, on 42 patients with a history of schizophrenia.
After four weeks both groups showed a reduction in psychotic symptoms, but the CBD group were less prone to side effects, such as muscle stiffness and weight gain.
The researchers warned that THC and CBD compete with each other biochemically, so a rise in THC levels would blunt any positive impact of CBD....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 6:22am PDT
Medical Marijuana in the News: Week of 4/27 ASA ACTION: Challenging Butte County Ban
FEDERAL: Public Health Official Fighting Forfeiture
AUSTRALIA: Lawmaker to Introduce Medical Measure
RHODE ISLAND: Legislature to Vote Soon
MAINE: State Law May be Expanded
MINNESOTA: Twin Medical Marijuana Bills Advancing
RESEARCH: Marijuana Varieties Have Different Effects
CALIFORNIA: ID Card Process Reveals More
HISTORY: Therapeutic Cannabis Over the Ages
FEDERAL: Ailing Defendant Shown Mercy
DISPENSARIES: SoCal City Lo...
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 11:03pm PDT
Response / letter to editor :A Portrait: 420 at UC Santa Cruz by josh sonnenfeld This is a response to A portrait: 420 at UC Santa Cruz by josh sonnenfeld praising his piece, and a request for a more organized protest and written petition that could essentially get campus and community policies and laws changed. So I call out to all Activists at UCSC to try and make a larger mark next year....
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 1:27pm PDT
ASA Co-Sponsors Largest HIV/AIDS Lobby Day This month, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will co-sponsor the largest annual
HIV/AIDS constituent-based federal advocacy and education event in the US...
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 11:00pm PDT
British military sanctions Afghan poppy cultivation Angry Afghan officials have reprimanded British diplomats over a campaign by UK troops in Helmand telling farmers that growing poppy was understandable and acceptable....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 6:52am PDT
Greatest Achievement in Life What is one of the greatest achievements in life?...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 6:24pm PDT
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