Proposal Would Rewrite Many Kentucky Drug Laws
A state committee appointed to find cheaper alternatives to prison is proposing reforms to Kentucky’s drug laws.
The Task Force on the Penal Code and Controlled Substances Act met Tuesday to discuss a draft of the proposed changes, which included sentencing most people convicted of drug crimes to probation and treatment. A [...]
Pot Bylaw ‘cash Cow,’ Say Critics
The District of Mission is facing a class action lawsuit from residents who say their homes were illegally searched by the grow-op busting Public Safety Inspection Team, and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, working on their behalf, is in discussion with lawyers this week.
The litigants claim the program, with its $5,200 inspection fees, is little [...]
Bid To Legalize Marijuana All Smoke and Mirrors
It’s difficult to raise the topic of marijuana usage in America today without somehow touching off intense debate over whether this relatively mild, but still harmful drug should be decriminalized, even fully legalized. That’s how much the pro-pot crowd has hijacked the national conversation over the nation’s ongoing struggle [...]
Punishment Not Answer For Pot Use
Think back, for a moment, to when you were 16. This may be a distant memory for some, but more likely than not, you probably can’t forget it. If you’re like most 16-year-olds, there’s a good chance you were getting into some kind of trouble.
On Dec. 13, Bonney Lake High School police [...]
Cops: Medical-Marijuana Site Supplied Drug Dealers
The raid by Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday of the Oak Park offices, warehouse and other enterprises of a prominent medical-marijuana entrepreneur was spurred by tips to police that the site was supplying drug dealers, county authorities said.
Executing a search warrant, deputies seized about $2,874 in cash, nine pounds of harvested [...]
AG Should Push for Medical Marijuana Patients
The attorney for medical-marijuana advocates said state Attorney General Bill Schuette, a critic of the state’s medical-marijuana law, should fight a federal request for patients’ confidential records. The federal government filed a court request to enforce its subpoena for information.
In a court filing this week, Schuette said the state Department [...]
Illegal Marijuana Leads People to Use Cocaine Instead
January 21, 2011 by admin
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Today many people believe that marijuana should be legalized, and among those who disagree, the majority believe it is the least harmful of the illegal drugs.
Marijuana is the most easily detected drug by far, it gives itself away by its smell, which is universally recognized. It is that factor that causes the more susceptible to use cocaine rather than marijuana.
Does Marc Emery Deserve to be Freed?
January 21, 2011 by admin
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According to Marc Emery’s latest blog post, life in U.S prison is worse when you’re a Canadian. That is why he continues to urge his supporters to send letters on his behalf to the Department of Justice, hoping that it will persuade them to return him to Canada to serve out the remainder of his sentence on home soil.
Marc Emery’s Prison Newsletter #1: Life in a Private Georgia Prison
January 21, 2011 by admin
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Marc Emery posing with his visiting wife Jodie in a photo from SeaTac FDC, July 4th 2010.[Editor's note: Find out more about Marc Emery, including how to help bring him home to Canada, at FreeMarc.ca.]
January 10-17th 2011: I have had many complaints about this concentration camp for foreigners. No US citizens are incarcerated here, where nothing ever seems to improve. But one aspect of my situation has gotten better.
Cannabis Culture News LIVE: Unlicensed Medical Marijuana Grower Goes To Court
January 21, 2011 by admin
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CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest on pot politics and the cannabis community. Today on the show: News on the global Drug War, Jodie Emery discusses the latest on Prince of Pot Marc Emery, and activist Matt Mernagh joins us by phone to discuss his ongoing court case for growing medical marijuana without a licence.
