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Call to Action for medical marijuana patients following the Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court will soon issue its landmark ruling on the "Ashcroft
v. Raich" case. Please join ASA, drug policy groups, and medical marijuana
supporters across the country by participating in actions at your local
Congressional offices....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:14am PST
SF medical pot clubs in trouble? SF supes may soon declare "moratorium" on new medical cannabis clubs. Will SF crack down mechanically, as Oakland did? Or can SF invent a more intelligent system of regulating pot sales?...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 8:19am PST
Amador County Ordinance Hearing April 5th The next meeting for the Amador County Ordinance will be on April 5th
at 10:30 am, at 500 Argonaut Lane Jackson, Ca. 95642-9534....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 1:10am PST
Newsom declares moratorium on medical marijuana clubs San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom called for a moratorium today on medical marijuana clubs in the city after learning that one such clinic planned to open on the ground floor of a city-funded welfare hotel that is home to a number of recovering drug addicts....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 12:30am PST
medical use of cannabis poll for south dakota A ballot initiative is in the works for South Dakota. Please show your
support by voting Yes in this online poll:...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 3:18pm PST
Santa Rosa considers regulating pot clubs 3 sites where marijuana sold were off council's 'radar screen' until
neighbors complained...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 9:38pm PST
How to Help Protect MMJ Dispensing Collectives -- Impt Dates Currently, ASA is aware of at least 24 city-wide moratoriums and three county
moratoriums that have been established by public officials to assess the
situation and decide how to proceed. While moratoriums do often prohibit the
establishment of new dispensing collectives, they also represent a commitment by
government to develop policies around this type of conduct....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:41pm PST
Santa Cruz MMJ Prosecutions Santa Cruz's tolerance for medical marijuana hasn't stopped it from
prosecuting providers who push the envelope too far, as in the case
reported below.
Also, on March 11, a Santa Cruz County jury convicted Roger
Mentch, a caregiver-cultivator who was arrested with 191 plants in
2003....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 2:10pm PST
MJ Club in Homeless Facility Stirs Concern Neighborhood complaints about SF's proliferation of pot clubs are
raising pressure for a moratorium on new clubs pending adoption of
regulations....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 2:09pm PST
Lawmakers Grill Baseball Over Steroid Use U.S. lawmakers grilled a star-studded lineup of baseball players and officials on Thursday about steroid use in the national sport, and said Major League Baseball needed to do more to rid itself of illegal performance-enhancing drugs....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:20pm PST
Undocumented Immigrants Recruited to Grow Marijuana in National Park Sequoia National Park authorities have found
at least 40 marijuana fields in the last two years. Last year, five
undocumented Mexican immigrants were arrested in one of the fields,
according to a National Park Service investigator who did not want to be
identified....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:31pm PST
UN's INCB Concerned About Medical Cannabis Cannabis is included in Schedules I and IV of the 1961 Convention. According
to article 3 of the 1961 Convention, drugs in Schedule IV are those
considered particularly liable to abuse and to produce ill effects. Since
the end of the 1990s, scientific research on the therapeutic usefulness of
cannabis or cannabis extracts is in progress in several countries, including
Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the
United States....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:30pm PST
State Won't Certify Organic MJ Mendocino County can advise on pesticide use...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:27pm PST
New 'Witness for Eddy" Fliers His [and Daniel Barnes] next scheduled court appearance is for Tue,
Mar 22nd, 2005 9:30 am, 450
Golden Gate Ave.; SF...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:23pm PST
Agents roll out drug arrest on Coarsegold man (Madera Cty) A Coarsegold man with a medical marijuana card faces felony drug
charges after agents from the Madera County Narcotic Enforcement Team
(MADNET) seized more than 200 marijuana plants growing on his property
mid-day Monday, March 8, plus more than two pounds of processed marijuana....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:18pm PST
Lodi/Law enforcement works at addressing state marijuana rules The marijuana was found after a neighbor called police to report Mangskau's
garage door was open but no one was home. During a check of the house,
officers found the marijuana growing in a room. Police told him they felt
he possessed more than the law allowed....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:16pm PST
3/3 NORML E-Zine * US Appetite For Illicit Drugs Is World's Largest
* Company Accelerates Plans For US Approval Of Medi-Pot Spray
* Canada Offers Tax Break To Medical Cannabis Patients
* Australia: ACT Limits Cannabis Cultivation...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:12pm PST
Redding DEA to triple in size to fight methamphetamine production The Redding Drug Enforcement Agency will
triple in size this spring as law enforcement continues to try to
curb methamphetamine production in the north state....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:10pm PST
CA Bill To Criminalize Drug Use in Presence of Kids Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian (R- Stockton) is
sponsoring a bill that would make it a felony for parents to use
marijuana or other controlled substances in the presence of minors
under their care.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_253_bill_20050208_introduced.html...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:07pm PST
Assembly Mulls Hemp Bill Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, is pushing a bill that would
allow California farmers to grow industrial hemp. That comes about a
year after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the federal
government did not have the authority to regulate hemp under the 1970
Controlled Substance Act....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:05pm PST
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