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San Francisco, CA May 31, 2007 -- Ed Rosenthal was a free man, but not a happy one, after a jury convicted him Wednesday f or a second time of violating federal drug laws by growing marijuana for medical patients.

Rosenthal, 62 [>>>]

San Francisco, CA May 30, 2007 -- In a filled courtroom, medical cannabis activists, drug policy organizations, civil rights groups and other supporters gathered to show solidarity with medical cannabis patients whose safe and legal access to their medicine hangs in the balance as the jury reconvenes.  

Of interest [>>>]

Moscow, Russia May 5, 2007 -- Dear sisters and brothers!

Thank you for your assistance and attention to Russian problems with human rights.

Below there [>>>]

Moscow, Russia May 6, 2007 -- Eugene Kazachenko distributed the following disconcerting report from Moscow yesterday:

Dear sisters [>>>]

Toronto, Ontario May 6, 2007 -- An estimated 15,000 people packed Queen's Park on Saturday afternoon calling for the legalization of marijuana.

While some [>>>]

Washburn, WI May 5, 2007 -- Washburn has passed a city ordinance that might have people facing tickets instead of handcuffs if they’re caught with marijuana. Danielle Kaeding reports.

The new [>>>]

Salem, OR May 5, 2007 -- This is the first in a continuing segment with Salem-News.com's Bonnie King and Dr. Phillip Leveque, Oregon's leading expert in the field of medical marijuana.

Legal or [>>>]

San Francisco, CA May 3, 2007 -- Axis of Love boycotts  San Francisco Cannabis Freedom  Day because organizer Rick Watts is giving federal testimony Against embattled  Green Guru Ed Rosenthal.

We usually [>>>]

Halifax, Nova Scotia May 3, 2007 -- Medical marijuana patients and advocates, cannabis consumers and freedom supporters, will rally in the Halifax North Commons from 1 to 4 p.m., May 5, to mark the annual Global Marijuana March as we join over 200 cities worldwide to seek changes to current cannabis laws.

Last month [>>>]

Moscow, Russia May 3, 2007 -- Russia’s Federal Service for Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances has urged authorities to ban a Hemp March that marijuana addicts are willing to stage in Moscow on May 5, Interfax reported.

”It is [>>>]

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan May 4, 2007 -- Once the drug of choice with hippies and burnouts, marijuana is joining fine wine on the list of indulgences with serious snob appeal.

Although illegal [>>>]

New York,, NY May 3, 2007 -- Users of marijuana (also called cannabis) who vaporize the drug have fewer lung symptoms than those who smoke it, researchers report.

Based on [>>>]

Providence, RI May 3, 2007 -- Rhode Island's House of Representatives voted today to make the Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act permanent, by a vote of 50 to 12. The vote comes in the wake of several favorable studies on medical marijuana and the signing of legislation making New Mexico the 12th medical marijuana state earlier this month.

"I am [>>>]

Hanover, NH May 3, 2007 . -- A group pushing for changes to drug policy has placed an article on next week's Town Meeting warrant asking voters to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

Under the [>>>]

Bakersfield, CA May 1, 2007 -- A fight brewed Tuesday between Kern County medical marijuana users and federal agents.

This after [>>>]

San Francisco, CA May 2, 2007 -- Anyone who advocates for medical marijuana sooner or later runs into arguments about smoking: "No real medicine is smoked." "Smoking is bad for the lungs; why would any doctor recommend something so harmful?" It's a line of reasoning that medical marijuana opponents have used to great effect in Congress, state legislatures, and elsewhere. Indeed, the FDA's controversial 2006 statement opposing medical marijuana was couched in repeated references to "smoked marijuana."

But new [>>>]

Spokane, WA May 2, 2007 -- The conviction of an aging motel owner who said he grew marijuana to treat his glaucoma has been reversed on medical grounds in what his lawyer said may be the first ruling of its kind in Washington state.

Loren Hanson [>>>]

Montpelior, VT May 2, 2007 -- By a voice vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill today that would improve Vermont's medical marijuana law.

Tuesdays’ vote [>>>]

Providence, RI May 2, 2007 -- Rhode Island lawmakers are planning two votes this week on whether to extend the state's medical marijuana program.

Under the [>>>]

Austin, Tx May 2, 2077 -- Legalizing medical marijuana has been a heated debate across America for some time and now it has made its way to the Texas House.

A group [>>>]

San Francisco, CA May 1, 2007 -- Oakland marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal - who previously won the dismissal of tax and money laundering charges - has now asked a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss the remaining marijuana charges he faces.

Rosenthal, 62 [>>>]

Montpelior, VT Apr 30, 2007 -- It would be difficult to picture someone who would seem less likely to be a leading advocate for legalizing hemp than North Dakota state Rep. David Monson.

Wearing a [>>>]

Austin, TX Apr 30, 2007 -- A proposed bill in the state Legislature is pushing to legalize marijuana for legitimate medical illnesses. The drug would act as a pain reliever. One Texas organization supports the idea.  

"[Monday] evening [>>>]

New York, NY Apr 30, 2007   -- The Bronx district attorney has decided not to prosecute a 71-year-old grandmother busted for possession of marijuana.

DA Robert [>>>]

Elkton, KY Apr 27, 2007 -- Neighbors said Ronnie Turner thought he was on a mission from God.

But the [>>>]

Salem, OR Apr 27, 2007 -- The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a man who tried to help a friend move some medical marijuana plants to a new home.

Thomas Fries [>>>]

Oroville, CA Apr 27, 2007 -- A legal showdown is looming in Butte County over whether people who grow medical marijuana can be prosecuted for providing the herb to others too sick or otherwise unable to grow it themselves.

District Attorney [>>>]

Providence, RI Apr 26, 2007 -- Lawmakers yesterday delayed a vote to make permanent the state’s medical-marijuana law, citing concerns about ambiguous wording in the bill.

In lieu [>>>]

Canberra, Australia April 26, 2007 -- OUTSPOKEN South Australian Democrat Sandra Kanck wants marijuana to be legalised for medicinal purposes, and has begun working on a bill to put to parliament.

The plan [>>>]

Hartford, CN Apr 26, 2007 -- After a contentious hearing, the Connecticut General Law Committee passed House Bill 6715 (H.B. 6715), The Palliative Use of Marijuana, by a vote of 11 to 6 on Tuesday.

No changes [>>>]

Skowhegan, ME Apr 24, 2007 -- Marijuana-legalization activist Donald Christen faces up to five years in jail after being found guilty of aggravated cultivation of marijuana.

A Somerset [>>>]

Pomona, CA Apr 24, 2007 -- Two medical-marijuana activists who worked together to open dispensaries in Pomona and Claremont are now engaged in a fierce personal feud, with each saying they fear retaliation from the other.

Darrell Kruse [>>>]

Augusta, ME Apr 24, 2007 -- Maine voters approved the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes in 1999 by 61 percent to 39 percent. But supporters told lawmakers Monday that the law has not worked and urged passage of a new bill that would assure they have access to the drug.

The proposal [>>>]

Boulder, CO Apr 22, 2007 -- The closing of Farrand Field did not stop the celebration of cannabis culture on April 20.

CU students [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 23, 2007 -- A deadline extension for medical pot clubs to obtain a permit to comply with a new city law is being considered as city departments struggle to process the permit requests, according to Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier.

Under new [>>>]

Fly, TN Apr 22, 2007 -- Bernie Ellis is an unrepentant soul.

"I remain [>>>]

Oakland, CA Apr 22, 2007 -- Stephen DeAngelo bent and sniffed deeply over a clump of frizzy purple nuggets in a petri dish, one of eight sitting in the middle of a long refectory table. They were not labeled or arranged in any particular order, although to the experts assembled in DeAngelo's Oakland loft -- "cannabis is my calling," he says -- their identity was no mystery.

"I would [>>>]

GETTING CARDED
One journalist's trip through the culture of medical pot clubs to a pain-free life

San Francisco, CA Apr 22, 2007 -- Getting Carded: One journalist's trip through the culture...

I'm not [>>>]

Washington DC Apr 22, 2007 -- You probably know me as a talk-show host, and perhaps as someone who for several years has spoken out about my use of medical marijuana for the pain caused by multiple sclerosis.

That surprised [>>>]

Amsterdam, The Netherlanda Apr 22, 2007 -- Could a smoking ban spell the end of Amsterdam's world famous coffee shops, where smoking cannabis is one of the main attractions?

No chance [>>>]

Amherst, MA Apr 22, 2007 -- Thousands came to the town's common where the UMass Cannabis Reform Coalition yesterday held its 16th annual Extravaganja - a protest of current marijuana laws with a rally featuring live music, political speakers and vendors.

Jonathan Werner [>>>]

Winnipeg Manitoba Apr 21, 2007 -- Hundreds of pro-marijuana Manitobans -- mostly teens and young adults -- converged yesterday on the legislature's front lawn for an annual show of force to push for a complete legalization of pot possession and use.

Amid pro-pot  [>>>]

Clairemont, CA Apr 21, 2007 -- After months of riling up city hall, Darrell Kruse, owner and operator of the Claremont-based medical marijuana dispensary, has admitted that he had an ulterior motive in opening his business in Claremont. Mr. Kruse now claims that his outrageous behavior and confrontational style with the city was all just an act in order to get Claremont to pass a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries and therefore block competition from other businesses.

Threat of [>>>]

Vancouver, British Columbia Apr 21, 2007 -- The annual event -- known simply as "4/20" in reference to the date, April 20 -- lured thousands of weed worshippers to the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Friday for a collective toke that lasted all afternoon.

You could [>>>]

Denver, CO Apr 21, 2007 -- Police arrested 78 people at the rally, 64 of which were marijuana related, including 19 juveniles.

"This park [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 21, 2007 -- A federal judge in San Francisco ruled today that for a second time, Oakland marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal would not be able to claim before a jury that he was growing medical marijuana for patients.

Rosenthal, 62 [>>>]

Alexander City, AL Apr 20, 2007 -- Loretta Nall of Alexander City, founder of the U.S. Marijuana Party and a former write-in candidate for governor, had marijuana charges dismissed on Friday - a day that held special significance for her and her cause.

Tallapoosa Circuit [>>>]

Toronto, Ontario Apr 21, 2007 -- A gala event for one of Toronto's largest suppliers of medicinal marijuana came to a crashing halt last night when a wheelchair ramp collapsed and injured several people.

Those in [>>>]

Boston, MA Apr 20, 2007 -- Today is “4/20,” a day celebrated by marijuana smokers across the country—and here at Harvard, Lester Grinspoon is continuing his crusade for the legalization of cannabis in the U.S.

Grinspoon, an [>>>]

Woodland Hills, CA Apr 19, 2007 -- Tere Joyce finds humor in just about everything, but not this.

During a [>>>]

Nevada City, CA Apr 19, 2007 -- City Hall in Nevada City was packed Wednesday night with more than 100 medicinal marijuana growers concerned that the district attorney would take away their right to puff their pain away.

Nevada County [>>>]

Pleasanton, CA Apr 19, 2007 -- For the second time this month, the Pleasanton City Council decided to continue its discussion of an ordinance that would ban the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries in town.

City Manager [>>>]

Berkeley, CA Apr 19, 2007 -- A judge ruled late last week that the response by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters to a 2004 recount request of a Berkeley initiative violated the California Election Code, the state constitution and “the fundamental right to vote.”

In a case [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 18, 2007 -- YouTube may be only 2 years old, but public officials should have gotten the memo by now: From the moment they step out the front door in the morning, every single thing they say and do may be videotaped, stuck up on YouTube, and used against them. The most recent local example is a statement by David Campos, a police commissioner who's gearing up his campaign for the District 9 supervisor seat next year. But in a peculiar San Franciscan twist, what some would consider a political faux pas might be just the thing his young campaign needs.

Campos went [>>>]

Boston, MA Apr 18, 2007 -- Cannabis may be bad for the lungs, but the active ingredient in marijuana may help combat lung cancer, new research suggests.

In lab [>>>]

Santa Ana, CA Apr 18, 2007 -- Ill people who want the county to issue identification cards for medical marijuana use didn't get their wish Tuesday and learned that even if they had, they'd still be in a kind of cannabis Catch-22.

During the [>>>]

Chicago, IL Apr 18, 2007 -- We've all seen the images and heard the testimony of ailing Americans who gain relief from their chronic pain or discomfort by smoking marijuana -- who, in fact, have no other remedy at their disposal. People can't help chuckling over pictures of grandmoms and granddads smoking a "j" -- Cheech and Chong they're not. But of course there's nothing funny about these sufferers' need for medical marijuana -- for marijuana that has been prescribed for them by a doctor -- or the federal government's unmerciful threat to prosecute users even in states where it is not against the law.

Since a [>>>]

Chicago, IL Apr 18, 2007 -- Arguing that Illinois lawmakers have a moral duty to legalize medical use of marijuana, dozens of pastors and church leaders are urging them to allow doctors to recommend the drug for seriously ill patients.

The religious [>>>]

Albany, NY Apr 18, 2007  -- A bill legalizing medical marijuana passed the Assembly's health committee today.

The bill [>>>]

Ft. Lauderdale, FL Apr 17, 2007 -- On a typical weekday, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld has a marijuana cigarette before work, then goes to his firm's smoking area for another after he gets to the office. By day's end, he usually has smoked more than a half-dozen joints — and handled millions of dollars' in clients' holdings.

There's nothing [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 14, 2007 -- Federal prosecutors brushed off a judge's suggestion that they not retry a prominent marijuana advocate on cultivation charges and said Friday they would press ahead, even though he cannot be sent to prison if he is convicted.

Assistant U.S. [>>>]

Salem, OR Apr 14, 2007 -- He's been a fighter since his days in the Army during World War Two, when he captured 26 Nazi officers. These days this veteran physician fights for the rights of patients who use marijuana as a medicine.

The world [>>>]

Las Vegas, NV Apr 14, 2007 -- A judge revoked probation and ordered a self-described medical marijuana advocate to prison for 12 to 34 months following his arrest on new charges of selling the drug.

Pierre Werner [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 14, 2007 -- Phillip Alden credits marijuana with stimulating his appetite and suppressing what he describes as debilitating foot pain that comes from an AIDS-related condition known as peripheral neuropathy.

The Redwood [>>>]

Paris, France Apr 13, 2007 -- Independent French presidential candidate and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove kicked off his campaign Monday by calling for the legalization of marijuana. The call came in his first nationally televised address as a candidate -- the first by any candidate, all 12 of whom participated in a drawing to see when they would get air time.

"Marijuana needs [>>>]

Sacramento, CA Apr 12, 2007 -- The California State Board of Equalization, responsible for the state's sales and business tax, is changing its policy regarding medical marijuana in the state of California. Under the new system, dispensers will no longer be required to disclose the nature of their products.

Previously, dispensers [>>>]

Pasadena, CA Apr 12, 2007 -- Rapper-actor Snoop Dogg will avoid jail time after pleading no contest Wednesday to two felony charges — but he might be legally allowed to continue smoking marijuana.

The entertainer [>>>]

Missoula, MT Apr 12, 2007 -- Because Robin Prosser uses prescribed marijuana to ease her chronic pain and illness, she calls it medicine.

Because Jeff [>>>]

Moline, IL Apr 12, 2007 -- Lawmakers in Springfield are poised to consider a compassionate measure that would protect the rights of Illinoisans who are seriously ill.

We fervently [>>>]

Morro Bay, Ca Apr 11, 2007 -- A security officer at a Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary was allegedly selling the drug outside the cannabis co-op that was raided recently by federal and sheriff’s investigators, according to a crime report.

The Central [>>>]

Crosby, ND Apr 11, 2007 -- A Crosby man who has founded the Medical Cannabis Association of North Dakota would like the state to allow marijuana as a prescription medicine.

Del Snavely [>>>]

St Paul, MN Apr 11, 2007 -- A Minnesota Senate panel gave narrow approval to a medical marijuana bill that Governor Tim Pawlenty has said he would veto if it reaches his desk.

The Senate [>>>]

Columbia, MO Apr 10, 2007 -- Arrest records show no significant change in the number of arrests for possession of marijuana since the Columbia City Council reduced the penalty for possession of less than 35 grams of the drug. But groups lobbying for change in marijuana law still promote the city as an example for similar legislation elsewhere.

Columbia has [>>>]

Los Angeles, CA Apr 10, 2007 -- Kirsten Dunst believes the world would be a "better place" if more people smoked marijuana.

The "Spider-Man" [>>>]

Springfield, IL Apr 10, 2007 -- State medical marijuana laws do not increase teen use of marijuana, a new analysis of government data shows. Contrary to claims made by opponents of medical marijuana legislation in Minnesota, the report finds that no state with laws protecting medical marijuana patients has experienced a statistically significant increase in teen marijuana use.

In fact [>>>]

Palm Desert, CA Apr 10, 2007 -- Palm Desert City Councilman Robert A. Spiegel wants California to revise its medical marijuana law so that the state health department would distribute the drug similar to a new program now in the works in New Mexico.

State-run [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 9, 2007 -- Establishing the role of retail medical marijuana outlets in our lives may not be what the doctor ordered, but is definitely a important part of the healing process many Californians are making the choice to incorporate.

It was [>>>]

Porterville, CA Apr 9, 2007 -- A public hearing will be held Tuesday regarding a request from the Resource Management Agency for the Board of Supervisors to amend the Tulare County Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the location of medical marijuana dispensaries.

County staff [>>>]

Ann Arbor, MI Apr 8, 2007 -- The Hash Bash was cold and a little bit Hollywood Saturday.

Among the [>>>]

Augusta, ME Apr 8, 2007 -- Supporters of a state law that allows Mainers to use marijuana for medicinal purposes want the state to register distributors who could buy, grow and sell the plant to people who are legally entitled to it. That's one of several provisions in a bill filed in the Legislature by Sen. Ethan Strimling, D-Portland, to strengthen the medical marijuana law that Mainers enacted in a 1999 referendum.

That law [>>>]

Sacramento, CA Apr 7, 2007 -- The taxman is going after the medical marijuana man.

For the [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 6, 2007 -- When speaking to a local civic group of medical cannabis patients and disability activists supporting the local and state laws concerning medical cannabis Police Commissioner Campos expressed his concern that officers were not following the lowest law enforcement priorities in San Francisco. Campos expressed concern that some officers were cross deputized with the DEA and following Federal priorities and going after cannabis patients and growers aggressively. Medical Cannabis users are an easy target in the war on drugs- easy because they often operate in the open. Stephanie Landa, a recent case, in fact, went to the police to report her grow and thought she was cooperating with them, only to have the SFPD cooperate with the federal authorities to have her charged. Campos expressed that this type of policing is not in keeping with spirit of the local laws and that he wondered how certain police, who were often complained about were getting promoted. In fact, one officer- Martin Halloran has used the Police Officers Association phone to call local cannabis activist to harass them and has many civilian complaints. He is also "frequently decorated" by the force.

The statement [>>>]

Olympia, WA Apr 7, 2007 -- A measure aimed at clarifying the state's medical-marijuana law to protect legitimate patients from arrest passed the state House of Representatives this week, but advocates can't agree whether that's actually good news for patients.

The bill [>>>]

Desert Hot Springs, CA Apr 6, 2007 - A county judge ruled Thursday that a medical marijuana dispensary in Desert Hot Springs must remain closed because it opened without a business license and is a threat to neighborhood children.

Riverside County [>>>]

Bolinas, CA Apr 6, 2007 -- Though one might argue that cannabis would be most helpful in helping a returning soldier work through post-traumatic stress, it may also be utilized when tumors begin to grow in our veterans due to the depleted uranium that is the cause of the 600% increase in birth defects in the Middle East. Over the next decade as our soldiers intimately come to know the truly devastating consequences of depleted uranium as opposed to the "possible kidney damage" myth perpetuated by this nation's Department of Defense, they will also hopefully learn that in addition to alleviating depression, reducing anxiety, and minimizing pain, cannabis often successfully stunts tumor growth even though such medically sound evidence is denied by the Bush Administration and by the increasingly dangerous Food and Drug Administration.

Returning soldiers [>>>]

San Francisco, CA Apr 3, 2007 -- Despite a recent vindictive prosecution ruling and the dismissal of numerous charges against author and medical marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal, the government appears as though it will continue to re-try him at great cost to the public. The persecution of Rosenthal and this gross misuse of taxpayer money must be stopped. Please write a letter today to U.S. Attorney Scott Schools, urging him to stop the senseless re-prosecution of Rosenthal. The next court appearance for Rosenthal is April 13, so letters should be drafted and sent soon in order to arrive before then.

Rosenthal was [>>>]

Waterville, ME Apr 3, 2007 -- A retired police captain is touring Maine this month to call for an end to marijuana prohibition.

Peter Christ [>>>]

Santa Fe, NM Apr 2, 2007 -- New Mexico doctors are allowed to prescribe marijuana to help some seriously ill patients manage symptoms including pain and nausea under a bill signed into law by Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday.

"This law [>>>]

Nevada City, CA Apr 2, 2007 -- The Nevada County District Attorney's Office invites the public to attend a forum regarding the medical marijuana exemption on April 18, 2007 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at City Hall in Nevada City, at 317 Broad Street.

The passage [>>>]

Eugene, OR Apr 2, 2007 -- A Feb. 16 guest viewpoint by Jim Greig, "Marijuana more than medicinal," explored the economic benefits of ending pot prohibition, while making the point that users of medical marijuana are honestly seeking therapeutic effects.

After Oregon [>>>]

Pleasanton, CA Apr 2, 2007 -- Months before a moratorium is due to expire, Pleasanton's police chief and city attorney are proposing an outright ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in town.

Citing incidents [>>>]

Seattle Times Apr 2, 2007 --- In 1998, nearly 59 percent of the voters of Washington approved Initiative 698, legalizing marijuana for medical uses. But our medical-marijuana regime has problems, and the bill now working its way through the Legislature solves only the lesser parts of them.

The key [>>>]

San Diego, CA Apr 1, 2007 -- It was a new one for Chaparral High School administrators.

Two students [>>>]

Manchester, NH Apr 1, 2007 -- A Weed by any other name might still wish to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana in New Hampshire. It’s merely a coincidence that the primary sponsor of a bill for that purpose in the state House of Representatives early this year happens to be named Weed — Rep. Douglas Weed, a Democrat from Keene and a professor at Keene State College. The bill received, quite predictably, overwhelming opposition from law enforcement officials and may well have been defeated by the time you read this.

Opponents of [>>>]

Winston, OR Mar 30, 2007 -- A 1991 car crash left Jerry Blackburn with chronic pain dulled only by an onslaught of medications.

Unfortunately, the [>>>]

New York, NY Mar 31, 2007-- If you toke in the Big Apple, chances are you've had a run-in with one of New York's "finest." If you're African-American or Hispanic, chances are you and the NYPD are on a first-name basis.

That's the [>>>]

Bismarck, ND Mar 31, 2007 -- The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has told North Dakota officials it is "unrealistic" for them to expect the DEA to approve industrial hemp production by Sunday.

State Agriculture [>>>]

Morro Bay, CA Mar 30, 2007 -- The only medical marijuana dispensary between Buellton and Oakland sits empty after the US drug enforcement agency served a search warrant on Thursday.

Action News [>>>]

Oakland, CA Mar 30, 2007 -- The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a fee decrease, to $103, for medical marijuana identification cards in the county.

In late [>>>]

Concord, NH Mar 29, 2007 -- By a slender margin, lawmakers decided yesterday against letting people with debilitating illnesses use marijuana for pain relief or other medical purposes.

The 186-177 [>>>]

Stockton, CA Mar 29, 2007 -- An Oakland man who rented a downtown office, founded a nonprofit group and obtained a business license to sell "alternative medicine and herbs" recently was bounced by the city, which said one herb he stocked - marijuana - is not allowed.

Todd Rogers [>>>]

Cincinnati, OH Mar 29, 2007 -- Cincinnati's ordinance beefing-up the penalties for marijuana possession isn't going anywhere.

It would [>>>]

Thorton, CO Mar 29, 2007 -- Sometimes there's a fine line between consent and coercion.

Jack Branson [>>>]

Merced, CA Mar 29, 2007 -- Merced County will begin issuing identification cards to local medical marijuana users in May at a cost of $225 per card.

The Board [>>>]

Atlanta, GA Mar 28, 2007 -- Bob Barr, who as a Georgia congressman authored a successful amendment that blocked D.C. from implementing a medical marijuana initiative, has switched sides and become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project.

But that [>>>]

Providence, RI March 28, 2007 -- A Senate committee is set to consider a proposal today that would permanently legalize medical marijuana in Rhode Island.

The Senate [>>>]

Hamilton, Ontario Mar 28, 2007 -- British Columbia is fast becoming the only province in Canada where the biggest industry is illegal.

In 2005 [>>>]

Cincinnati, OH Mar 28, 2007 -- An ordinance that allows sentences of up to 30 days in jail for possession of small amounts of marijuana is responsible for removing 62 guns from the streets in the past year, and that alone is reason enough to extend the law, police say.

The year-old [>>>]

Calgary, Alberta Mar 28, 2007 -- A medical marijuana activist in Calgary was sentenced Tuesday to four months in jail for trafficking in marijuana, but the judge ruled that corrections officials must make sure he has access to the drug while behind bars.

Grant Krieger [>>>]

San Francisco, CA March 26, 2007 -- Results of an unprecedented scientific study which document the medical benefits of marijuana will be the focus of a Conant Foundation sponsored Community Forum to be presented Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 6:30 p.m. at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, 1800 Market Street (at Octavia) in San Francisco.

Dr. Donald [>>>]

Olympia, WA Mar 27, 2007 -- Supporters of medical marijuana gathered at the Capitol on Monday before a House Health Care and Wellness Committee hearing for a bill dealing with the topic.

Some lit [>>>]

Cincinnati, OH Mar 26, 2007 -- CAMO, Coalition Against Marijuana Ordinance, a coalition of organizations including HempRock, Citizens for a Safer Cincinnati, Hamilton County Libertarian Party, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Conservatives for Cannabis, MMJAction Network, Ohio Patient Network, Ohio NORML, Kentucky Marijuana Party and others are inviting everyone to attend a rally at City Hall on Tuesday March 27th at 1:30 pm. Now is your chance to stand up and be heard. City council is discussing the effectiveness of the Ordinance and we need to tell them it didn't work. Make a sign invite 10 friends and we will see you there.

GROUP GROWS [>>>]

Sacramento, CA Mar 26, 2007 -- The Assembly Public Safety Committee will hold hearings tomorrow on AB684, the industrial hemp bill sponsored principally by San Francisco Democrat Mark Leno and Irvine Republican Chuck DeVore. A similar bill, allowing California farmers to grow industrial hemp for food, fiber, cosmetics and other products, passed the Legislature last year but was vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

The Legislature [>>>]

London, Ontario Mar 26, 2007 -- A London agency that distributes marijuana for medical use was closed yesterday after a large marijuana grow operation was discovered inside a downtown building.

Members of [>>>]

Chicago, IL Mar 26, 2007 -- With certain research indicating possible benefits of marijuana, many believe Illinois should be one of the next states to legalize it for medicinal purposes.

There are [>>>]

Olympia, WA Mar 26, 2007 -- A medical marijuana measure that passed the state Senate is scheduled for a hearing Monday in the House Health Care Committee.

Some advocates [>>>]

London, England Mar 23, 2007 -- Careful observers of the British press are accustomed to tabloid-style grotesqueries. Even a cursory review of stories about drugs in the British press reveals breathless headlines -- "Cannabis Boy in Drugs Shame," "Heroin Girl in Drugs Tragedy" -- and mind-boggling statements right out of Reefer Madness. Just this week, the tabloid Liverpool Echo warned that "SUPER-strength cannabis so potent that just one puff can cause schizophrenia is being grown by Merseyside drug gangs."

UK press [>>>]

Orange County, CA Mar 25, 2007 -- California voters in 1996 passed Proposition 215, which exempted bona fide patients with a recommendation from a licensed physician from certain aspects of state prohibition against the possession, use or transportation of marijuana, or cannabis. More than 10 years later, however, implementation of the law is spotty and still controversial.

Several recent [>>>]

Missoula, MT Mar 35, 2007 -- When county officials voted Wednesday to dilute a citizens' initiative urging local law enforcement to ignore marijuana offenses, pot advocates predictably hung their heads and lamented the defeat.

But following [>>>]

Hartford, CN Mar 23, 2007 -- Syndicated television talk show host Montel Williams choked back tears Friday as he urged Connecticut lawmakers to pass a bill legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes.

Williams, who [>>>]

Calistoga, CA Mar 23, 2007 -- The fact that a man had a medical marijuana prescription did not negate an officer’s probable cause to search his car after finding that it smelled of marijuana, the First District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.