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imageMedical Marijuana Rights Activist and Vietnam Veteran Roger Mentch - Denied Supervised OR
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by Roger Mentch
Judge DelPozzo decides Mentch's fate in Santa Clara County. Both Pre-Trial services and DA recommend Supervised OR. We were trying for OR Judge decides again for $50,000 bail. But if you were watching, one could believed that the representation for Mentch was that of the prosecution. Mentch is pleading for HELP! I am in need of pro-bono representation that can stand up to this special prosecutor....
Posted: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 1:36pm PDT
textSenator Boxer And Democratic Party Opposes Prop 19; P&F Feinland Supports Prop 19 by repost
Senator Boxer along with the corporate controlled Democratic party is opposing Prop 19 which would end the prohibition of marijuana. Peace and Freedom Party and it's Senatorial candidate Marsha Feinland support the proposition....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 1:28pm PDT
calendarSupport Your Local Santa Cruz ASA Chapter
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by Roger Mentch
140 Dubois St. Suite A next too Greenway....
Event Date: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 15, 2010 7:57pm PDT
imageTell the California Democratic Party: Endorse Prop 19!
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by Vote Yes on 19
Sign the Courage Campaign petition before this weekend's CDP Executive Board meeting in San Jose....
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 1:19pm PDT
textSan Diego Medical Marijuana Provider Denied a Defense in Federal Court by via ASA
San Diego, CA -- U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz denied a defense today for James Stacy, a San Diego-area medical marijuana provider raided in September 2009 by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Stacy was raided by the DEA a month before the Justice Department issued a new policy on medical marijuana in October, deemphasizing federal enforcement in medical marijuana states. Despite the new policy, the Obama Administration is continuing its prosecution against Stacy, who...
Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 3:53pm PDT
audioMendocino County passes 99 medical marijuana plant regulation (audio/mpeg 4.6MB) by Christina Aanestad
Medical Marijuana Collectives in Mendocino County can grow up to 99 plants per 5 acre parcel through a county wide zip tie program. The zip tie program exempts collectives from the county's 9.31 ordinance that limits grows up to 25 plants per parcel....
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 5:00pm PDT
textSanta Cruz Activist Detained on Independence Day by Marie Meroke
Homelessness and tenants rights activist harassed and detained as soon as she entered Santa Cruz city limits after a three week trip to Oregon. She is the same woman whose right arm was broken by Sgt LeMoss in a marijuana sting on West Cliff Drive May 9, 2008....
Posted: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 3:51pm PDT
textBud’s Blog: Corning’s THC dispensary thrives despite zoning conflict with city by Bud Green
Tehama Herbal Collective is still serving patients despite a moratorium passed by the Corning City Council just days after the medical marijuana dispensary opened. The rural Tehama County collective earned a third-place finish at the first Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco with its popular Bubba Kush....
Posted: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 8:29pm PDT
imagePeople vs. Mentch / Eldridge Medical Marijuana Trial set for Sept. 29th 2010 San Jose
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by Roger Mentch
NEW EVIDENCE has surfaced. Roger Mentch and Laurie Eldridge were arrested Feb 13th 2009. Roger overseen operations at The Hemporium, a small collective located in the Felton Redwoods near Santa Cruz. This was Roger's 3rd arrest after a undercover Highway patrolman obtained a valid but fraudulent Doctors recommendation for medical cannabis and set up an appointment with the Hemporium. After validating the recommendation Mentch and disable patient/girlfriend were arrested and taken to San Jos...
Posted: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 10:53pm PDT
imageA Letter From Eddy Lepp in Prison
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by via Cannabis Culture / Ed Rosenthal
Dear Ed and Angela, Thank you so much for caring, I can't express how much it means to us. Linda works and is home after 6-7 in the evening and is looking forward to speaking with you, she was thrilled just to get your message. I have enclosed a series of books I have been reading, I love all the books you have sent and have read them all. I loved Indian Givers [by Jack Weatherford] as well as Nowhere Man [by Robert Rosen] [We have purchased the next two books and sent them to Eddy, fed...
Posted: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 1:53pm PDT
textWNU #1038: Most Cocaine Profits Stay in the US by Weekly News Update
Mazzitelli said that these figures “demythologize” the idea that the Latin American drug traffickers are the main beneficiaries of the drug trade....
Posted: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 3:34pm PDT
imageMedMar Medical Marijuana Dispensary Under Attack
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by Mike Rhodes
Rick and Brandon Morse held a press conference yesterday (Tuesday, June 22) to explain the latest news about the City of Fresno’s attempt to close their medical marijuana dispensary. They say that the city has put pressure on their landlord to have them evicted from the location where their dispensary is located. Rick Morse is in the photo below....
Posted: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 12:13pm PDT
imageMedical Cannabis Cup pix
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by Bud Green
CalPotNews.com photo gallery from High Times Medical Cannabis Cup...
Posted: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 12:30am PDT
imageFirst Annual High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco
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by ~Bradley
The first annual High Times Medical Cannabis Cup was held on the weekend of June 19th and 20th at Terra in San Francisco. The two-day event featured a presentation by internationally renowned, best-selling author Jorge Cervantes. It was his first U.S. appearance, and he went without his signature cap, shades and dreads. In his presentation, Cervantes focused on growing cannabis outdoors and organically. He used Switzerland as a case in point, showing photographs of healthy plants freely gr...
Posted: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 9:35pm PDT
imageBoycott Alcoholic Beverages Until Marijuana Is Equally Legal!
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by Cris Ericson
BOYCOTT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES UNTIL MARIJUANA IS EQUALLY LEGAL! NON-MARIJUANA ACTIVISTS WILL STILL BUY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ANYWAY, BUT IF MARIJUANA ACTIVISTS STOP BUYING ANY ALCOHOL, IT WILL MAKE A SERIOUS DENT IN ALCOHOL INDUSTRY PROFITS!...
Posted: Sun, Jun 20, 2010 4:10pm PDT
image"People Lovingly Educating And Saving Everyone! Please!" "P.L.E.A.S.E."
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by Cris Ericson
United States Marijuana Party candidate Cris Ericson has a new campaign slogan for 2010: "People Lovingly Educating And Saving Everyone! Please!" "P.L.E.A.S.E." http://USMJP.com People's lives should not be wasted lingering in jail for years. Cris Ericson's new video, now airing on CCTV, shows a better use of taxpayer dollars to improve the Vermont economy....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 2:21pm PDT
calendarEMERGENCY PROTEST FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACCESS
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4th St. in front of SJ City Hall...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 2:02pm PDT
calendarPsychedelic and Entheogen Activism by Ergoat
Long Haul (3124 Shattuck @ Woolsey)...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 12, 2010 1:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 8:47am PDT
textStrengthening NAFTA Ties and the Push Towards a Common Security Front by Dana Gabriel
Increasingly, Mexico's drug war is being seen as a continental problem that requires continental solutions which is further pushing the NAFTA partnership into a common security front. This is escalating the militarization of the borders, integration in areas of law enforcement and the military, as well as advancing the development of a North American security perimeter....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 7:36pm PDT
calendarLive Soul/Funk with Seulove- Benefit for Incarcerated Women in Peru
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by Amanda Smiles
Kaleidoscope Free Speech Zone 3109 24th St. (At Folsom, next to Philz Coffee) San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 10:41pm PDT
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