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TAMPA - Just after noon April 5, a DC-9 twin-engine jet registered to a Clearwater company took off from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport bound for Caracas, Venezuela. Five days later, the plane landed at an airport in Mexico near the Gulf Coast.
The Mexican army was waiting.
Mexican officials seized the plane and its contents - 128 black briefcases marked "private," containing 5.5 tons of cocaine worth about $100 million on the street, according to the Mexican attorney...
Posted: Sat, Oct 7, 2006 6:00pm PDT
All those fakes: 'War on Terror', 'War on Drugs', 'War on this', and 'War on that' - are only murder sprees meant to get rid of the competition: the other drug and warlords who do not belong to, or refuse to comply with the hegemony of the global US/CIA war and drugs cartel....
Posted: Sat, Oct 7, 2006 9:35am PDT
12) Monday, October 16th, Santa Cruz: Trial of Roger Mench from the
Hemporium
13) Monday, October 9th, San Francisco: District 8 Supervisor Debate on
Medical Cannabis
14) Friday, October 27th, San Diego: "Thrive to Survive" San Diego ASA
Benefit
15) Tuesday, October 31st, Hollywood: Spooky Train Halloween Party ASA
Benefit
and more...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 10:04pm PDT
1. Call DEA Administrator, Karen Tandy on Friday,
October 6th...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 3:24pm PDT
MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY: A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. (Sidney, S et al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 87 No. 4, April 1997. p. 585-590. Sept. 2002.)...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 6:17am PDT
Four weeks before the new poppy planting season starts, Declan Walsh meets both sides of Afghanistan's war on drugs...
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 7:43am PDT
Photos of DEA agents involved in raid of New Remedies in San Francisco and Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:40pm PDT
Riverside County supervisors Tuesday formally imposed a ban on marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas and joined other counties in a court challenge of state medical-marijuana laws....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 10:09am PDT
Seized were about 12,743 marijuana plants; computers; four vehicles including a Porsche Carrera convertible; $125,000 and three bank accounts belonging to New Remedies, Potent Employment Solutions LLC....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 9:42am PDT
Drug Enforcement Administration agents confiscated 12,743 marijuana plants, computers, four vehicles and a total of $125,000 in cash and three bank accounts belonging to operator Sparky Rose, 36, and the two businesses, authorities said....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 8:55am PDT
Note that despite the sensational heading on this story, only one
facility, New Remedies, was targeted....
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 9:47pm PDT
Coca Cola agents buy coca leaf at market in Bolivia, a chemical company extracts it in New Jersey, decocanising the leaf...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 9:10pm PDT
On Saturday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
decided to be on the wrong side of history. He broke the trend
among nations worldwide and states across the country to let
go of old misconceptions and see industrial hemp for what it is,
a sustainable and productive agricultural crop that deserves to
reclaim its historic place as an engine of the US economy....
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 10:02am PDT
1) DEA Raids, Ed Rosenthal, DPA Legal Victory, Riverside & San Diego Updates
3) Saturday, October 7th, Modesto: Central Valley Patients Coalition Meeting
5) Tuesday, October 10th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting
6) Thursday, October 12th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting...
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 11:47pm PDT
WHO: Patients and supporters sick and tired of federal intervention in
California
WHAT: Protest against Federal Raid of California Healthcare Collective
WHEN: Friday, September 29th at 12 Noon
WHERE: DEA offices & federal buildings statewide, including Los Angeles,
Modesto, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco & Santa Ana (see
below for addresses)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 5:30pm PDT
The California Healthcare Collective in Modesto was raided this morning
by local and federal agents. Make a sign and head to your local DEA
office this Friday, September 29th at 12p.m....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 11:02pm PDT
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and the Modesto Police Department have raided what they say is one of the biggest medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern California.
This morning,...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 2:12pm PDT
Now, North
Carolina is one of the
most important agricultural states to pass pro-hemp
legislation....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 10:57am PDT
What: Regular meeting with a discussion about a possible medical marijuana program
in Solano County.
When: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday
Where: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 675 Texas St....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 11:13pm PDT
Last Monday the Modesto City Attorney called me to concede that their
attempt to close the only legal dispensary in Modesto, my client,
California Health Care, had failed....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 10:37pm PDT