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Mendocino County's top law enforcement officials announced Wednesday they won't be enforcing a voter-approved crackdown on medical marijuana cultivation.
Citing pending legal challenges to local and state-approved limits, the Sheriff's Office and district attorney said they will temporarily not enforce the plant limits set forth in Measure B.
Instead county law enforcement will continue to allow possession and cultivation of 25 plants. However, in a change of policy, the county limit will apply to the number of plants on a parcel, and not simply the number grown for an individual's use.
The twist is provided in a marijuana ordinance approved by the Board of Supervisors. It also bans... [Read More]
When it finally came down, the rumored massive marijuana raid involving the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) taking out grow houses and shutting down medical cannabis dispensaries proved wildly off the mark – but not in scale. Rather, the 450-agent enforcement action was led by the FBI, focused on what authorities called “a large commercial marijuana cultivation and distribution organization” and left medical cannabis facilities untouched.
Fanning out from a high-tech command post at Fortuna’s Riverwood Lodge,
“Operation Southern Sweep” deployed local, state and federal law enforcement personnel who executed 29 search warrants – 27 federal and two state –... [Read More]
Jack A. Cole joined the narcotics bureau of the New Jersey State Police in 1970, a year before President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs. He worked undercover, living on the streets with drug addicts and dealers, arresting everyone from small-time users to international drug trafficking organizations. But 12 years of undercover life changed his perspective. He began to sympathize with the very individuals he was policing, who he'd labeled "scum." "They are people just like you and I," he says. "The only difference between them and me is they want to put something in their body I don't wanna put into mine."
On November 4th, Massachusetts voters may get to decide whether to... [Read More]
The United States has some of the world's most punitive drug policies and has led the cheering section for tough "war on drugs" policies worldwide, but a new international study suggests that those policies have been a crashing failure. A World Health Organization survey of 17 countries, conducted by some of the world's leading substance abuse researchers, found that we have the highest rates of marijuana use.
The numbers are startling. In the United States, 42.4 percent admitted having used marijuana. The only other nation that came close was New Zealand, another bastion of get-tough policies, at 41.9 percent. No one else was even close.
This study is important because it's the first time... [Read More]
Drugs charges laid against six New Zealand Defence Force personnel while in Afghanistan have been dismissed because the proper legal process was not followed.
The six were sent home from Afghanistan in March to face a court martial for allegedly using hashish – a potent form of cannabis.
They had been part of a 107-strong Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) made up of army, navy and air force personnel.
All of the accused were junior army personnel based at Linton Camp in Palmerston North.
They are alleged to have used the hashish at the NZ PRT base in Bamyan Province.
However, Commander Shaun Fogarty told Radio New Zealand today the charges had to... [Read More]
A new study has revealed that chemical compounds produced by our body, similar to an active ingredient in marijuana called THC can help in maintaining good skin.
Scientists from Hungary, Germany and the UK believe that “endocannabinoids” compounds produced by the body that are similar to the active ingredient in marijuana may help in developing new drugs for treating skin conditions from acne to dry skin, and even skin-related tumours.
“Our preclinical data encourage one to explore whether endocannabinoid system-acting agents can be exploited in the management of common skin disorders,” said Tamas Biro, PhD, a senior scientist involved in the research.
Seattle, WA - A proposal by state health officials to limit medical-marijuana patients to a pound and a half of pot plus a scattering of plants drew heat from both advocates and law enforcement — but for different reasons.
Advocates had argued for more than 70 ounces of harvested marijuana and a 100-square-foot growing area; law-enforcement officials pushed for a limit of three ounces of harvested pot, three mature plants and six immature plants.
The official draft rule was released Tuesday by the state Department of Health. The department was directed by the Legislature last year to use medical and scientific information to define how much marijuana patients with certain chronic, fatal or... [Read More]
Milestones in Drug Policy, Judge Says Homegrown Solutions Are Best.
Thirty five years ago today, on July 1, 1973, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established, based on an executive order signed by President Richard Nixon in March, 1973.
A pivotal part of Nixon's War on Drugs, the DEA was formed by merging the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE) and several other Federal offices. As a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency, the DEA's primary task was to combat drug smuggling and use within the United States, and coordinate and pursue US drug investigations abroad.
There was more than one way to get baked in the sun in Halifax on Canada Day.
A telltale sweet smell drifted through the air as more than 200 people gathered on the Dartmouth Common for Halifax’s 13th annual Cannabis Day picnic, held every July 1.
They seemed relaxed and happy as they enjoyed the warm weather, played Hacky Sack or sat together on blankets under nearby trees.
One young man named Jordan said he had recently moved to Halifax from Ottawa and wanted to get a taste of the city’s Canada Day events.
"This is really interesting," he said, standing near the ever-lengthening line for hotdogs. "I’ve never seen anything like this... [Read More]
There is an initiative in the works that could end up on the November ballot that allows for marijuana to be sold to anyone, and anywhere that already sells alcohol. Its being called The Inalienable Rights Enforcement Initiative. From the full text of the measure:
This initiative will amend the Constitution of California to defend and safeguard the inalienable rights of the People against infringement by governments and corporations, providing for the lawful growth, sale, and possession of marijuana. Marijuana will be taxed through a system of stamps and licenses--a $5 stamp will be required for the sale of an eighth ounce of marijuana and a $50 annual license will be required for the growth of one marijuana... [Read More]
Susan Nelson is no dopehead. She grew up in a military family, and never even experimented with pot as a '60s teenager. But she wasn't about to relive her husband's experience. The anti-nausea drug her doctor prescribed did wonders for her digestion, but it also lowered her inhibitions, causing inexplicable urges to throw plates and roll burning logs on the living-room floor. Smoking marijuana may have broken the law (she bought it from fellow patients), but it didn't break her dishes. ""When I smoked it,'' she recalls, ""you could still trust me.''
Americans may frown on recreational pot smoking, but as recent votes in California and Arizona make clear, a lot of people favor leaving folks like... [Read More]
OLYMPIA, Washington - After meeting with law enforcement leaders, Washington's Health Department has cut its suggested two-month supply of medical marijuana by nearly a third - a change that riled patients' advocates and sparked threats of a lawsuit.
On Tuesday, the state Health Department laid out its suggestion for a 60-day supply of medical marijuana at 24 ounces of usable pot, along with six mature plants and 18 immature plants. That mirrors the limits used in Oregon, and is a significant drop from the 35 ounces and 100 square feet of growing area the agency was considering after gathering volumes of comment from people around the state.
But after reviewing health officials' work in February,... [Read More]
Patients authorized to possess or grow marijuana for medical reasons under Washington law would be limited to 24 ounces of harvested marijuana, plus six mature plants and 18 immature plants, according to an official draft rule filed by the state Department of Health today.
The filing of the draft rule starts a rule-making process and a public-comment period. A hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 25 in Tumwater, Thurston County.
The draft reduces amounts earlier considered by the health department and revealed in a "talking points" memo used to brief Gov. Christine Gregoire in February.
Health-department officials said in the February memo that they planned to recommend 35... [Read More]
California - Almost anybody who's lived in California for even a few years knows from where that acrid smell in the air and the yellow haze in the sky have been coming. And we know the scary feeling that comes with them. The only exceptions are the narcs, state and federal, who think it's marijuana smoke.
As California's wildfires overwhelm the resources to fight them, federal and state agents – hundreds of them – have been sweeping through Humboldt County and a sliver of Mendocino County in pursuit of commercial pot growers.
An FBI spokesman was quoted in the Eureka Times-Standard last week as saying that 450 agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies would be... [Read More]
California - A federal lawmaker concerned with medical-marijuana raids in El Dorado, Sacramento and Placer counties has forced Drug Enforcement Administration officials to answer questions in writing.
The written response could serve to prevent live Congressional hearings on the propriety of the raids. U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has fielded numerous complaints and requests for hearings on the matter, according to Conyers' April 29 letter to the DEA.
DEA spokesman Randy Payne said acting Director Michele Leonhart will answer Conyers' questions, which generally ask for a cost-benefit analysis on the California raids.
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Mendocino County's top law enforcement officials announced Wednesday they won't be enforcing a voter-approved crackdown on medical marijuana cultivation.
When it finally came down, the rumored massive marijuana raid involving the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) taking out grow houses and shutting down medical cannabis dispensaries proved wildly off the mark – but not in scale. Rather, the 450-agent enforcement action was led by the FBI, focused on what authorities called “a large commercial marijuana cultivation and distribution organization” and left medical cannabis facilities untouched.
Seattle, WA - A proposal by state health officials to limit medical-marijuana patients to a pound and a half of pot plus a scattering of plants drew heat from both advocates and law enforcement — but for different reasons.