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420 Times Magazine Newsletter - June 2006
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Hosers Try to Rob West Hollywood Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Four men were arrested Friday for investigation of trying to burgle a medical marijuana clinic after someone used a garden hose to climb down from the roof, authorities said. The men, whose identities were not immediately released, were arrested without incident and did not manage to steal any pot, sheriff's Detective Sylvia Arreseigor said. A deputy responded to a burglar alarm at The Farmacy medical marijuana dispensary about 5:45 a.m., where he saw someone inside the closed shop and called for backup, Arreseigor said.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries OK'd for Certain Areas of Los Angeles
Medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County beginning June 9 under an ordinance that gained final approval Tuesday from the county Board of Supervisors. In a separate vote, the supervisors gave themselves the final say in approving locations for the dispensaries and expanded the number of residents who will be notified of a proposed facility, changes that raise the cost of a site permit substantially. Supervisor Don Knabe, who pushed for the change, explained that the higher bar for approval creates greater opportunity for residents to have more input.
Pot Bust in Beach Flats, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz police officers seized large quantities of marijuana and more than $40,000 in cash at a Beach Flats home late Friday. Santa Cruz firefighters, who were dispatched to the home on a medical call, noticed marijuana plants and a duffel bag stuffed with the drug in portioned baggies. Santa Cruz police obtained a search warrant, and in a more thorough search, discovered the cash.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Medical Marijuana Prohibition
Since California first did it in 1996, several other States have decriminalized medical marijuana, even though the Federal Government considers all marijuana to be contraband. Despite the constant threat of Federal criminal sanction, there are thousands of people in the United States who use marijuana for medical purposes. Did these people come to their decision to use medical marijuana in accordance with the teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
1,200 Marijuana Plants Eradicated In Sonoma County
The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department eradicated 1,200 marijuana plants worth $1 million on Calistoga Road, the sheriff's department said. Sgt. Chris Bertoli said a property owner located the starter plants and a week later observed a Hispanic man trespassing in the area where the plants were found, Bertoli said.
Easing Up on Marijuana Users
Supporters of the decriminalization of marijuana in Santa Barbara are one step closer to putting a controversial initiative on the November ballot. The ballot initiative with more than 11,000 signatures, about twice the number needed to qualify, has been submitted to the city clerk. It calls for a new law requiring marijuana offenses be the lowest priority for the Santa Barbara Police Department.
'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' To Supreme Court?
The Juneau School Board is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a court ruling that supported a former student's right to display a banner that read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus." The Juneau School District has enlisted some big-name help in hopes of overturning the ruling that could potentially cost it money. Los Angeles attorney Kenneth Starr, who served as the independent counsel investigating former president Bill Clinton, has agreed to represent the School Board and former Juneau-Douglas High School Principal Deb Morse on a pro bono basis to appeal an April decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
North Dakota Pushing Ahead With Hemp Farming Rules
North Dakota is pushing ahead with plans to license state farmers to grow industrial hemp even as it tries to allay law enforcement fears about marijuana's biological cousin. State Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson and his department are crafting hemp rules after meeting in February with Drug Enforcement Agency officials in Washington. A public hearing on the proposed rules is slated for June 15.
Legalizing Of Medical Marijuana To Be On Agenda Next Month
ANew Jersey would become the 12th state to legalize marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions under a bill slated to be discussed next month by state lawmakers. Sen. Joseph Vitale, chairman of a Senate health panel, said he's scheduled a June 8 discussion to hear from experts on the bill proposed by Sen. Nicholas Scutari. Vitale said he supports the concept, but has questions.
Demon Drug Propaganda Doesn't Cut It Anymore
America's war on drugs is actually a Raid on Taxpayers. The war costs an estimated $70 billion a year to prosecute, and the drugs keep pouring in. But while the War on Drugs may have failed its official mission, it is a great success as a job-creation program. Thousands of drug agents, police, detectives, prosecutors, judges, anti-drug activists, prison guards and their support staffs can thank the program for their daily bread and health benefits.
Pot Author Urges Legalization
Brian O'Dea spent 10 years in prison for importing 75 tons for marijuana into the United States in the 1980s. Now, he is telling his story of addiction and recovery in a book, while also sending another strong message - he's promoting the legalization and organized distribution of illegal drugs.
Ottawa Schools End Random Drug Searches
Ottawa schools have ended random drug searches after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled spot searches without warrants violate students' constitutional rights. Criminal lawyer Lawrence Greenspon said yesterday a ruling that random school drug searches violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms will protect the rights of all students.
Deputies Find 2 Tons of Marijuana
El Paso County deputies found more than $2 million worth of marijuana after stopping to help a stranded motorist. Sheriff's spokesman Rick Glancey said about 2,100 pounds of marijuana, packaged in plain brown cardboard boxes and wrapped in plastic and tape, was found in the back of a white 1998 white Chevrolet commercial van that deputies found stranded on the side of the road near Interstate 10 in central El Paso. The driver, 20-year-old Israel Gerardo Munoz, was arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana.
The Sound of Speaking Absolves Garfunkel
Singer Art Garfunkel used his best-known trait - his voice - to get out of troubled waters in Ulster County. Instead of paying a $100 fine for possessing a small amount of marijuana in Woodstock in August 2005, Garfunkel was sentenced to community service: speaking to students at two local high schools about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, according to Ulster County District Attorney Donald A. Williams.
Texas RB Charged With Marijuana Possession
Texas running back Ramonce Taylor, who scored a touchdown in the Longhorns' Rose Bowl win over Southern California, was arrested Sunday by sheriff's deputies who said they found about 5 pounds of marijuana in a backpack in his car.
Colorado Man To Defend Marijuana Use
An HIV-positive man who smokes marijuana to fight nausea triggered by antiviral drugs can defend his pot use to a jury, a judge ruled Monday. David La Goy, 46, is the second person to challenge a pot possession ticket issued by Denver police since city voters passed an initiative in November to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults.
Feds Raid Medicinal Pot Grower
Federal agents raided a Sky Valley house Tuesday owned by a man who says he grows marijuana for patients of a Palm Desert medical marijuana dispensary. No arrests were made in the morning sweep of Garry Silva's Dowell Lane residence. However, agents armed with a federal search warrant did confiscate "guns and a quantity of marijuana," said Sarah Fenno Beers, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Pedaling for Pot
Bicycling members of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be blazing through the Boulder area today in part of their Journey for Justice, advocating the right of patients and doctors to use medical marijuana. The group left Folly Beach, South Carolina on April 7, hoping to smoke across the country and reach San Francisco on June 1.
Lawmakers Target Regular Alaskans
It's about time someone formed a committee to investigate the un-Alaska activities of our state politicians and hog-tie our governor and Legislature for attempting to make it a felony for a person to possess more than four ounces of marijuana with House Bill 149. Gov. Murkowski has made criminalizing marijuana during his time in office a personal goal. Obviously, these fat cats don't realize Alaska is the land where Democrats are NRA members and green-thumb Republicans hobby in hydroponics.
Mary Jane Trumps Joe Camel
It seems logical that inhaling enough smoke will give you lung cancer. But a new study of Los Angeles residents suggests that smoking marijuana--even more than 22,000 joints in a lifetime--doesn't increase cancer risk. The results surprise many researchers, who point out marijuana has other ill health effects.
Appeals Court Rules Against Indian Reservation
An American Indian treaty and United States law do not allow for the cultivation of industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Alex White Plume, vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and members of his family planted hemp on their property but it was cut down and confiscated by federal agents.
Study Finds No Cancer, Marijuana Connection
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer. The new findings "were against our expectations," said Donald Tashkin of the University of California at Los Angeles, a pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.
Meth-Marijuana Bill Becomes Law
Possessing small amounts of marijuana, even in the privacy of the home, is illegal in Alaska - at least for now. Gov. Frank Murkowski on Friday signed a bill recriminalizing pot possession. The law will be challenged in court, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, leading to a likely judicial review of Alaska's marijuana laws.
Cannabis 'Reduces Surgery Pain'
A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery, research has shown. An Imperial College London team tested the extract - Cannador - on 65 patients after surgery such as knee replacements and found it helped manage pain. The researchers believe the results could lead to new pain relief drugs, even though the chance of side effects increased with stronger doses. The research appears in the US journal Anesthesiology.
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Hosers Try to Rob West Hollywood Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Four men were arrested Friday for investigation of trying to burgle a medical marijuana clinic after someone used a garden hose to climb down from the roof, authorities said. The men, whose identities were not immediately released, were arrested without incident and did not manage to steal any pot, sheriff's Detective Sylvia Arreseigor said. A deputy responded to a burglar alarm at The Farmacy medical marijuana dispensary about 5:45 a.m., where he saw someone inside the closed shop and called for backup, Arreseigor said.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries OK'd for Certain Areas of Los Angeles
Medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County beginning June 9 under an ordinance that gained final approval Tuesday from the county Board of Supervisors. In a separate vote, the supervisors gave themselves the final say in approving locations for the dispensaries and expanded the number of residents who will be notified of a proposed facility, changes that raise the cost of a site permit substantially. Supervisor Don Knabe, who pushed for the change, explained that the higher bar for approval creates greater opportunity for residents to have more input.
Pot Bust in Beach Flats, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz police officers seized large quantities of marijuana and more than $40,000 in cash at a Beach Flats home late Friday. Santa Cruz firefighters, who were dispatched to the home on a medical call, noticed marijuana plants and a duffel bag stuffed with the drug in portioned baggies. Santa Cruz police obtained a search warrant, and in a more thorough search, discovered the cash.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Medical Marijuana Prohibition
Since California first did it in 1996, several other States have decriminalized medical marijuana, even though the Federal Government considers all marijuana to be contraband. Despite the constant threat of Federal criminal sanction, there are thousands of people in the United States who use marijuana for medical purposes. Did these people come to their decision to use medical marijuana in accordance with the teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
1,200 Marijuana Plants Eradicated In Sonoma County
The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department eradicated 1,200 marijuana plants worth $1 million on Calistoga Road, the sheriff's department said. Sgt. Chris Bertoli said a property owner located the starter plants and a week later observed a Hispanic man trespassing in the area where the plants were found, Bertoli said.
Easing Up on Marijuana Users
Supporters of the decriminalization of marijuana in Santa Barbara are one step closer to putting a controversial initiative on the November ballot. The ballot initiative with more than 11,000 signatures, about twice the number needed to qualify, has been submitted to the city clerk. It calls for a new law requiring marijuana offenses be the lowest priority for the Santa Barbara Police Department.
'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' To Supreme Court?
The Juneau School Board is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a court ruling that supported a former student's right to display a banner that read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus." The Juneau School District has enlisted some big-name help in hopes of overturning the ruling that could potentially cost it money. Los Angeles attorney Kenneth Starr, who served as the independent counsel investigating former president Bill Clinton, has agreed to represent the School Board and former Juneau-Douglas High School Principal Deb Morse on a pro bono basis to appeal an April decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
North Dakota Pushing Ahead With Hemp Farming Rules
North Dakota is pushing ahead with plans to license state farmers to grow industrial hemp even as it tries to allay law enforcement fears about marijuana's biological cousin. State Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson and his department are crafting hemp rules after meeting in February with Drug Enforcement Agency officials in Washington. A public hearing on the proposed rules is slated for June 15.
Legalizing Of Medical Marijuana To Be On Agenda Next Month
ANew Jersey would become the 12th state to legalize marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions under a bill slated to be discussed next month by state lawmakers. Sen. Joseph Vitale, chairman of a Senate health panel, said he's scheduled a June 8 discussion to hear from experts on the bill proposed by Sen. Nicholas Scutari. Vitale said he supports the concept, but has questions.
Demon Drug Propaganda Doesn't Cut It Anymore
America's war on drugs is actually a Raid on Taxpayers. The war costs an estimated $70 billion a year to prosecute, and the drugs keep pouring in. But while the War on Drugs may have failed its official mission, it is a great success as a job-creation program. Thousands of drug agents, police, detectives, prosecutors, judges, anti-drug activists, prison guards and their support staffs can thank the program for their daily bread and health benefits.
Pot Author Urges Legalization
Brian O'Dea spent 10 years in prison for importing 75 tons for marijuana into the United States in the 1980s. Now, he is telling his story of addiction and recovery in a book, while also sending another strong message - he's promoting the legalization and organized distribution of illegal drugs.
Ottawa Schools End Random Drug Searches
Ottawa schools have ended random drug searches after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled spot searches without warrants violate students' constitutional rights. Criminal lawyer Lawrence Greenspon said yesterday a ruling that random school drug searches violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms will protect the rights of all students.
Deputies Find 2 Tons of Marijuana
El Paso County deputies found more than $2 million worth of marijuana after stopping to help a stranded motorist. Sheriff's spokesman Rick Glancey said about 2,100 pounds of marijuana, packaged in plain brown cardboard boxes and wrapped in plastic and tape, was found in the back of a white 1998 white Chevrolet commercial van that deputies found stranded on the side of the road near Interstate 10 in central El Paso. The driver, 20-year-old Israel Gerardo Munoz, was arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana.
The Sound of Speaking Absolves Garfunkel
Singer Art Garfunkel used his best-known trait - his voice - to get out of troubled waters in Ulster County. Instead of paying a $100 fine for possessing a small amount of marijuana in Woodstock in August 2005, Garfunkel was sentenced to community service: speaking to students at two local high schools about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, according to Ulster County District Attorney Donald A. Williams.
Texas RB Charged With Marijuana Possession
Texas running back Ramonce Taylor, who scored a touchdown in the Longhorns' Rose Bowl win over Southern California, was arrested Sunday by sheriff's deputies who said they found about 5 pounds of marijuana in a backpack in his car.
Colorado Man To Defend Marijuana Use
An HIV-positive man who smokes marijuana to fight nausea triggered by antiviral drugs can defend his pot use to a jury, a judge ruled Monday. David La Goy, 46, is the second person to challenge a pot possession ticket issued by Denver police since city voters passed an initiative in November to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults.
Feds Raid Medicinal Pot Grower
Federal agents raided a Sky Valley house Tuesday owned by a man who says he grows marijuana for patients of a Palm Desert medical marijuana dispensary. No arrests were made in the morning sweep of Garry Silva's Dowell Lane residence. However, agents armed with a federal search warrant did confiscate "guns and a quantity of marijuana," said Sarah Fenno Beers, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Pedaling for Pot
Bicycling members of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be blazing through the Boulder area today in part of their Journey for Justice, advocating the right of patients and doctors to use medical marijuana. The group left Folly Beach, South Carolina on April 7, hoping to smoke across the country and reach San Francisco on June 1.
Lawmakers Target Regular Alaskans
It's about time someone formed a committee to investigate the un-Alaska activities of our state politicians and hog-tie our governor and Legislature for attempting to make it a felony for a person to possess more than four ounces of marijuana with House Bill 149. Gov. Murkowski has made criminalizing marijuana during his time in office a personal goal. Obviously, these fat cats don't realize Alaska is the land where Democrats are NRA members and green-thumb Republicans hobby in hydroponics.
Mary Jane Trumps Joe Camel
It seems logical that inhaling enough smoke will give you lung cancer. But a new study of Los Angeles residents suggests that smoking marijuana--even more than 22,000 joints in a lifetime--doesn't increase cancer risk. The results surprise many researchers, who point out marijuana has other ill health effects.
Appeals Court Rules Against Indian Reservation
An American Indian treaty and United States law do not allow for the cultivation of industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Alex White Plume, vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and members of his family planted hemp on their property but it was cut down and confiscated by federal agents.
Study Finds No Cancer, Marijuana Connection
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer. The new findings "were against our expectations," said Donald Tashkin of the University of California at Los Angeles, a pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.
Meth-Marijuana Bill Becomes Law
Possessing small amounts of marijuana, even in the privacy of the home, is illegal in Alaska - at least for now. Gov. Frank Murkowski on Friday signed a bill recriminalizing pot possession. The law will be challenged in court, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, leading to a likely judicial review of Alaska's marijuana laws.
Cannabis 'Reduces Surgery Pain'
A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery, research has shown. An Imperial College London team tested the extract - Cannador - on 65 patients after surgery such as knee replacements and found it helped manage pain. The researchers believe the results could lead to new pain relief drugs, even though the chance of side effects increased with stronger doses. The research appears in the US journal Anesthesiology.
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