> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:42:32 -0700
> From: owner-drugnews-digest@...
> (Drugnews-Digest)
> Subject: MAP: Drugnews-Digest V07 #455
>
> Drugnews-Digest Tuesday, April 10 2007
> Volume 07 : Number 455
>
> Read this digest online at:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n455/
>
> 001 Canada: LTE: Police 'Violence' & The Hells
> Angels
> Source: National Post (Canada)
> 002 Canada: It 'Fundamentally' Changed The Justice
> System
> Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
> 003 CN ON: Critics Unhappy 'Proceeds Of Crime' Fund
> Defence
> Source: Kingston Whig-Standard (CN ON)
> 004 CN BC: PUB LTE: Police Can't Handle Drug
> Addictions
> Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
> 005 CN AB: Drug Production Led To Duplex Blast
> Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)
> 006 US CO: Legal Pot Activists Angry at Police
> Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
> 007 Afghanistan: McCaffrey Sees 2007 As a Crucial
> Year
> Source: Washington Post (DC)
> 008 US CA: Editorial: Marijuana Tax
> Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
> 009 US MT: Marijuana: Medicine or Drug?
> Source: Missoulian (MT)
>
>
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>
> Subj: 001 Canada: LTE: Police 'Violence' & The Hells
> Angels
> From: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:03:24 -0700
> Size: 31 lines 1156 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a01
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a01.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: National Post (Canada)
> Copyright: 2007 Southam Inc.
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.nationalpost.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
> Author: Wally Keeler
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?188 (Outlaw
> Bikers)
>
> POLICE 'VIOLENCE' & THE HELLS ANGELS
>
> Re: Drugs And The Hells Angels, letter to the
> editor, April 7.
>
> I was completely unmoved by George Kosinski's letter
> whining about
> "state sanctioned violence against an inanimate
> object" which he
> characterized as "such a violent attack against the
> Hells Angels."
> Those poor babies and their holy bunker. Yes, every
> grouping of human
> beings contains a criminal element. The Hells
> Angels, however,
> contain a greater proportion of criminals than the
> vast majority of
> other group. The Hells Angels are a bully-boy gang
> of white skinned
> misogynists, and if it were not for my deep and
> abiding respect for
> the valuable principles of democracy and freedom,
> I'd be happy if
> they were collectively exiled to Iran or North Korea
> where they could
> experience some real state violence.
>
> Wally Keeler
>
> Toronto.
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 002 Canada: It 'Fundamentally' Changed The
> Justice System
> From: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:03:27 -0700
> Size: 149 lines 6957 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a02
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a02.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
> Copyright: 2007, The Globe and Mail Company
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.globeandmail.ca/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168
> Author: Kirk Makin, Justice Reporter
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis -
> Canada)
>
> IT 'FUNDAMENTALLY' CHANGED THE JUSTICE SYSTEM ...
>
> But Critics Say Strain Of Uncertainty In Courts Is
> Making Charter
> Application Tougher Than Ever
>
> Walter Tessling had thoroughly battened down his
> rural Ontario house,
> confident that locks and curtains would be enough to
> foil even the
> most inquisitive police officer who happened by.
>
> What Mr. Tessling hadn't reckoned on was modern
> technology, in the
> form a police surveillance aircraft equipped with a
> camera capable of
> detecting unusual releases of thermal energy.
>
> Waves of heat generated by Mr. Tessling's hydroponic
> set-up and
> emanating from the walls of the house gave police an
> unmistakable
> clue to the thriving marijuana grow operation
> within.
>
> [continues: 122 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 003 CN ON: Critics Unhappy 'Proceeds Of Crime'
> Fund Defence
> From: Educators For Sensible Drug Policy:
> http://www.efsdp.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:03:40 -0700
> Size: 158 lines 7000 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a03
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a03.html
>
> Pubdate: Mon, 09 Apr 2007
> Source: Kingston Whig-Standard (CN ON)
> Copyright: 2007 The Kingston Whig-Standard
> Contact: whiged@...
> Website: http://www.kingstonwhigstandard.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/224
> Author: Frank Armstrong, Whig-Standard Staff Writer
>
> CRITICS UNHAPPY 'PROCEEDS OF CRIME' FUND DEFENCE
>
> Canada's two federal justice critics plan to take
> action on a law
> that allows convicted drug dealers to pay their
> lawyers out of money
> seized from them by police.
>
> Marlene Jennings, Liberal MP for
> Notre-Dame-de-Grace-Lachine, said
> she will speak to Parliament's justice committee
> about creating a
> private member's bill when the House of Commons
> resumes April 16, or
> lobby the attorney general to change the law.
>
> "If there's a meeting of minds on the issue, we can
> figure out what
> and how we can try to effect change on this,"
> Jennings told the Whig-Standard.
>
> NDP justice critic Joe Comartin said he plans to
> look into the issue
> with the parliamentary public safety committee or
> talk to the
> attorney general about tracking national data on the
> issue.
>
> [continues: 131 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 004 CN BC: PUB LTE: Police Can't Handle Drug
> Addictions
> From: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:03:35 -0700
> Size: 50 lines 1854 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a04
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a04.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
> Copyright: 2007 Times Colonist
> Contact: letters@...
> Website:
> http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481
> Author: Charlayne Thornton-Joe
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/rehab.htm
> (Treatment)
>
> POLICE CAN'T HANDLE DRUG ADDICTIONS
>
> Re: "Inquest called into inmate's death," March 31.
>
> Although I do not know the circumstances of this
> particular case, the
> article said the woman had a long history of drug
> abuse, and had been
> arrested for violations of bail conditions.
>
> What concerns me is that more individuals could die
> in police cells,
> as persons with drug addiction first and foremost
> need proper medical
> treatment and supervision.
>
> Anyone who has experienced any kind of addiction,
> whether themselves
> or family members, knows that what many of these
> individuals need is help.
>
> Addiction is a health issue and police cells are not
> the best
> location to help these individuals.
>
> [continues: 22 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 005 CN AB: Drug Production Led To Duplex Blast
> From: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:19:48 -0700
> Size: 26 lines 778 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a05
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a05.html
> Webpage:
>
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=89ceb8a1-37c3-443b-b\
7ba-397578ce2708
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)
> Webpage:
>
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=89ceb8a1-37c3-443b-b\
7ba-397578ce2708
> Copyright: 2007 Calgary Herald
> Contact: letters@...
> Website:
> http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66
>
> DRUG PRODUCTION LED TO DUPLEX BLAST
>
> Northeast - Police say an explosion in a northeast
> duplex was caused
> by a drug production operation.
>
> The resident of the home was attempting to cook hash
> for personal use
> when volatile vapours were ignited by a furnace
> pilot light, said
> duty inspector Guy Slater of the Calgary Police
> Service.
>
> The explosion blew out the windows and buckled the
> interior walls in
> half of the duplex in the 6800 block of 26th Avenue
> N.E. around 7:15
> p.m. Sunday.
>
> Slater said charges are pending.
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 006 US CO: Legal Pot Activists Angry at Police
> From: The GCW
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:39:18 -0700
> Size: 74 lines 2607 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a06
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a06.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
> Copyright: 2007, Denver Publishing Co.
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371
> Author: Lou Kilzer, Rocky Mountain News
> Cited: Denver police
> http://www.denvergov.org/police/
> Cited: Lt. Tony Ryan
>
http://leap.cc/Speakers/speakerbio.php?spkr=./Bios/ryan.inc&name=Tony%20Ryan
> Cited: City Councilman Charlie Brown
> http://www.denvergov.org/CouncilDistrict6/
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Marijuana)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm
> (Decrim/Legalization)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Mason+Tvert
> (Mason Tvert)
>
> LEGAL POT ACTIVISTS ANGRY AT POLICE
>
> Possession Busts Rise Despite City Voters' OK
>
> Marijuana legalization advocates say they are
> furious with Denver
> police for arresting more people for misdemeanor
> possession after
> city residents voted to legalize the weed in 2005.
> Mason Tvert, who
> led the charge to get marijuana legalized, said the
> group will hold a
> noon news conference today at the steps of City Hall
> to decry the findings.
>
> Arrests for most minor crimes rose in Denver last
> year, and rose
> faster than marijuana arrests, following a change in
> policing philosophy.
>
> [continues: 45 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 007 Afghanistan: McCaffrey Sees 2007 As a
> Crucial Year
> From: Pinocchio McCaffrey
> www.csdp.org/publicservice/drawing.htm
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:44:45 -0700
> Size: 99 lines 4897 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a07
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a07.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Washington Post (DC)
> Page: A15
> Copyright: 2007 The Washington Post Company
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/491
> Author: R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post Staff
> Writer
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Afghanistan
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/McCaffrey
>
> McCAFFREY SEES 2007 AS A CRUCIAL YEAR
>
> "We Are Now in a Race Against Time."
>
> When retired Army Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey visited
> Afghanistan in
> February for meetings with 23 senior Western and
> local military,
> intelligence and political officials, he came away
> with a cautiously
> optimistic view of the prospects for reform and
> political stability there.
>
> McCaffrey, a respected division commander in the
> 1991 Persian Gulf
> War and commander of U.S. military operations in
> Central America and
> South America, now teaches at West Point. A copy of
> his trip report,
> written for his colleagues there but widely
> circulated in Washington
> and obtained from one of the recipients, included
> the following blunt
> observations:
>
> [continues: 70 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 008 US CA: Editorial: Marijuana Tax
> From: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:02:51 -0700
> Size: 41 lines 1674 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a08
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a08.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
> Copyright: 2007 The Press Democrat
> Contact: letters@...
> Website: http://www.pressdemo.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348
> Bookmark:
> http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Proposition+215
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana -
> Medicinal)
>
> MARIJUANA TAX
>
> State Needs to Meet Responsibilities Before It
> Claims Share of Revenue
>
> What part of accountability doesn't the state of
> California
> understand? State government can't be bothered with
> providing a
> coherent framework for the dispensation of medical
> marijuana, but it
> will be happy to slap a tax on anyone who sells it.
>
> On Sunday, the Sacramento Bee reported that the
> state Board of
> Equalization has served notice that the sellers of
> medical marijuana
> must pay state and local sales taxes.
>
> If medical marijuana is reaching people who need it,
> this means the
> state tax agency is eager to take money from people
> seeking relief
> from cancer or AIDS.
>
> It remains to be demonstrated, of course, that
> current practice
> guarantees that marijuana reaches the people who
> need it. Absent
> state regulation, there is a patchwork of local
> rules that sometimes
> becomes a pretext for use by people who want to
> smoke marijuana
> because, well, they want to smoke marijuana.
>
> In that way, medical marijuana and Proposition 215
> get dragged into
> the politics of legalizing pot -- a separate
> subject.
>
> If the state wants to tax people who are sick -- a
> cruel idea -- it
> needs to to meet its responsibilities by
> establishing common-sense
> rules for the prescription and distribution of
> medical marijuana.
> - ---
> MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
>
> [end]
> ------------------------------
>
> Subj: 009 US MT: Marijuana: Medicine or Drug?
> From: Voter Power http://www.voterpower.org/
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:40:32 -0700
> Size: 164 lines 7744 bytes
> File: v07.n455.a09
> URL:
> http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07.n455.a09.html
>
> Pubdate: Tue, 10 Apr 2007
> Source: Missoulian (MT)
> Copyright: 2007 Missoulian
> Contact: oped@...
> Website: http://www.missoulian.com/
> Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/720
> Note: Only prints letters from within its print
> circulation area
> Author: Tristan Scott, of the Missoulian
> Cited: Montana Medical Marijuana Act
> http://www.montanacares.org
> Bookmark:
>
http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Montana+Medical+Marijuana+Act
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana -
> Medicinal)
> Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?232 (Chronic
> Pain)
>
> MARIJUANA: MEDICINE OR DRUG?
>
> Because Robin Prosser uses prescribed marijuana to
> ease her chronic
> pain and illness, she calls it medicine.
>
> Because Jeff Sweetin is a federal agent with the
> Drug Enforcement
> Agency, he calls it a dangerous drug.
>
> And because federal law supersedes state law, making
> it illegal to
> grow, sell, purchase or use marijuana, even for
> health-related
> reasons, Prosser is out of luck. "From the DEA's
> standpoint, it's not
> medical marijuana, it's just plain marijuana," said
> Sweetin, special
> agent in charge of the DEA's Rocky Mountain Field
> Division.
>
> [continues: 136 lines]
> ------------------------------
>
> End of Drugnews-Digest V07 #455
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