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textToday at 12: Rally for Dr Fry and Dale Schafer by via list
Patients and supporters of Dr. Marion Fry and her husband, Attorney Dale Schafer, will gather for a rally of support on Monday, August 13th at high noon in front of the Federal Building, 501 I Street, Sacramento,CA....
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 9:32am PDT
calendarPROTEST FRY/SCHAFER PERSECUTION by Peter Keyes
SACRAMENTO FEDERAL COURTHOUSE 501 I STREET (CORNER OF 5TH AND I), DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO...
Event Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 5:05pm PDT
textPatient Meetings, News and Updates by E-Dispensary/Compassionate Coalition
Hello medical marijuana supporters, there is a lot going on in the movement right now, and "The E-Dispensary" is here to keep you up-to-date! Please check out these important announcements, patient meetings, and other news and information. And as always, please forward to your friends and family, or help them sign-up online at: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/edispensary/lists/lt.php?id=MB8EVV0GCk1XBVNJBAIIAg%3D%3D Thanks for your support!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 12:01pm PDT
textDrugSense Weekly, Aug. 10, 2007, #511 by DrugSense
(1) U.S., Mexico In Talks To Bolster Drug Fight (2) Canada: Church Argues Marijuana A Sacrament (3) Column: And The Good News Is ... (4) LTE: Harsher Punishments Needed For Criminals and more...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 8:38pm PDT
textASA California Weekly Alert: August 10, 2007 by Americans for Safe Access
*ASA Chapter and Affiliate Meetings* (more below) 3. Sunday, August 12, Birds Landing: Solano Patients Group Meeting 4. Tuesday, August 14, San Francisco: San Francisco ASA Meeting 5. Tuesday, August 14, San Diego: San Diego ASA Meeting 6. Wednesday, August 15, Willits: Mendocino ASA Meeting 7. Wednesday, August 15, Newport Beach: Orange County ASA Meeting 8. Wednesday, August 15, Arcata: ***First Humboldt County ASA Meeting*** 9. Saturday, August 18, Los Angeles: Los Angeles ASA Meeti...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 8:33pm PDT
text‘Plan Mexico’ by Washington Post
The Bush administration is close to sealing a major, multiyear aid deal to combat drug cartels in Mexico that would be the biggest U.S. anti-narcotics effort abroad since a seven-year, $5 billion program in Colombia, according to U.S. lawmakers, congressional aides and Mexican authorities....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 3:45pm PDT
calendarAnaheim City Council to Vote to Ban All MMJ Dispensaries by
200 S. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim (near Harbor and Lincoln)...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 8:50am PDT
textU.S. Considers Aiding Mexico in Drug War by NPR (reposted)
Friday, August 10, 2007 : The Bush administration is considering joining Mexico's battle against narco-traffickers with a multibillion-dollar anti-drug plan. Few details are leaking out about the program, which could be announced formally later this month. But media reports have said the package could provide telephone tapping equipment, military helicopters, radar to track drug shipments, and training....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:30am PDT
textFry-Schafer Trial - Govt Witness Paul Maggy Part 1 online now by MMA via list
report from Weds....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 12:41pm PDT
text"An entirely new beast" Marijuana Initiative in Denver by SAFER via list
“This is an entirely new beast..." Denver City Attorney David Broadwell, referring to our latest marijuana initiative in Denver...
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 11:58am PDT
textIrv Rosenfeld's HB 5470 Michigan Medical Marijuana Testimony by C. via list
Irv Rosenfeld has smoked over 200 pounds of medical cannabis provided to him by the federal government, and continues to do so. He is a stock broker who handles millions of dollars on a daily basis. He smokes 10-12 MMJ cigarettes per day, and has for over 35 years with NO adverse health affects....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 11:55am PDT
textFBI Changes Rules on Hiring Past Drug Users by via the Drug Policy Alliance
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : The Washington Post and several other news outlets reported yesterday that the FBI has changed its hiring policy to make it easier to hire past drug users.Apparently they were having trouble filling positions with the old requirement: applicants couldn't have used marijuana more than 15 times in their lives, or other illegal drugs more than five times.This was causing a lot of people to flub the polygraph--and undertandably so....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:15pm PDT
textDPA to Play Key Role in First Annual DC Recovery Weekend by via the Drug Policy Alliance
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : For the first time ever this September, Washington, DC, will commemorate national Recovery Month, bringing together people in recovery, service providers, and policy advocates to show that treatment works and recovery can happen if the city invests in it....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:14pm PDT
textCalifornia Senate President Holds Strong on Alternative to Incarceration by via the Drug Policy Alliance
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : Wednesday, August 8, 2007A handful of California politicians are trying to undermine the state's successful treatment-instead-of-incarceration initiative, Proposition 36, in a budget battle that could culminate in a vote at the end of this month. Republicans in the state Senate have introduced a proposal to end state funding for the program, despite the fact that Prop....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:13pm PDT
calendarFresno: MMJ Organizing Meeting by
Where: Round Table Pizza (private meeting room) 5040 N. West Avenue (at Shaw) Fresno, CA 93711-2901 Map: http://tinyurl.com/yohf85...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 5:50pm PDT
textYuba County Action Alert! by Safe Access Now via list
Next Tuesday, August 14, the Yuba County Board of Supervisors will be formally receiving SAN's written request to schedule a hearing on the implementation of the medical marijuana ID program....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 5:46pm PDT
textMENDOCINO: Medical pot: 25 plants by repost
After eight months of discussion in the Criminal Justice Committee and nearly three hours of public comment from community members, including attorneys, doctors and medical marijuana advocates, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted to uphold county medical marijuana plant limits at the number established in 2000 by Measure G....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 11:40am PDT
calendarRiverside: Laying Safe Access to Rest by
Lime St. between University and 10th St....
Event Date: Thu, Aug 16, 2007 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 11:19am PDT
textNew Mexico Medical Marijuana Program Moves Forward by via the Drug Policy Alliance
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : One month after New Mexico’s medical cannabis law went into effect, the program is moving forward with the Department of Health registering patients and appointing advisors. The state health department issued the first temporary patient identification cards July 1, and now 46 applications have been received with 17 patients registered....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:45am PDT
textOfficials Debate Strategy As Afghan Poppy Crop Hits New Record by via the Drug Policy Alliance
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : With Afghanistan expected to produce a record opium poppy crop this year, U.S. and NATO officials are locked in a debate over how to move forward with an effective counternarcotics strategy. According to the Associated Press, U.N. numbers coming out in September are expected to indicate that Afghanistan's poppy production has risen 15% since 2006 and now accounts for 95% of the world's crop....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:43am PDT
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