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From: Richard Lake
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 6:04:10 AM
Subject: [mmjlist] US MT: OPED: War on Drugs Picks Wrong Target in Marijuana


Newshawk: Kerlikowske Alert http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0409.html
Pubdate: Sat, 8 Aug 2009
Source: Billings Gazette, The (MT)
Copyright: 2009 The Billings Gazette
Contact: speakup@...
Website: http://www.billingsgazette.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/515
Author: Ed Stickney
Note: Ed Stickney is a long-time medical doctor who lives in Billings.
Referenced: Drug Czar: Feds Won't Support Legalized Pot
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n000/a144.html
Bookmark: http://mapinc.org/people/Kerlikowske
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

WAR ON DRUGS PICKS WRONG TARGET IN MARIJUANA

   The Obama-appointed "drug czar" Gil Kerlikowske, a former Seattle police
chief said, "Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit." His July 22
press conference was reported in the Fresno (Calif.) Bee.

This is a rather startling statement, given the fact that the Institute of
Medicine, American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association,
American Academy of HIV Medicine and many other medical organizations recognize
marijuana's medical value. Even President Obama's own statements about
marijuana's medical efficacy run counter to Kerlikowske's assertion.

In November 2004, 62 percent of Montana's voters approved Montana's
medical-marijuana act. Montana was the 10th state to approve medical marijuana.
As of July 21, 2,975 patients and 935 caregivers have signed up with the
Department of Public Health and Human Services to obtain a medical marijuana
card, and 204 physicians have given recommendations to patients.

A case study of an actual patient who used medical marijuana will be
instructive: The patient suffered an industrial accident four years ago that
injured three lumbar vertebrae. Until beginning the use of medical marijuana six
months ago, the patient had lost 10 pounds and was largely confined to the
house. Upon beginning use of marijuana, the patient was able to discontinue
Neurontin (for nerve pain), Flexeril (for muscle spasm), Restoril and Phenergan
(for sleep), lorazepam (for anxiety) and Percocet (for break-through pain). Use
of Oxycontin has been cut in half, and increased appetite has made possible the
gaining back of her lost weight. The patient has been able to resume a more
normal life although isn't able as yet to go back to work.

Despite the overwhelming evidence of the effectiveness of medical marijuana as
in that case, the U.S. government - mainly through the National Institute on
Drug Abuse - has routinely blocked and discouraged any scientific inquiry into
the medical effectiveness of marijuana. Alan Leshner, Ph.D., has been the head
of the Institute since 1995. Portions of a letter to him from Donald I. Abrams,
M.D., professor of clinical medicine at University of California-San Francisco
may be instructive regarding the attitude of NIDA.

"I was not only disappointed by the flat-out rejection of the request, but also
by the way this matter has been handled by your institute. .. To receive the
first communication from your office nine months after we sent the initial
submission is offensive and insulting. ... Obviously, your letter leaves no door
open for further discussion as to how this pilot study could be modified. In the
words of the AIDS activist community: SHAME!"

In the 1990s, when Bill Clinton was president, Walter Cronkite stated, "Just
about every American was shocked when Robert McNamara acknowledged that the war
in Vietnam was 'wrong, terribly wrong.' That's a mistake we must not make in
this 10th year of America's all-out war on drugs." Nineteen years later, we are
still involved in this needless, damaging and futile policy of drug prohibition.

Ultimately, legalization of marijuana needs to happen. As spokespersons for Law
Enforcement Against Prohibition affirm, "Nothing which is illegal can be
controlled."

 @ Cry Justice
http://www.cryjustice.com/ ...

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From: OnlinePot.org- Online News Reporting
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:02:14 PM
Subject: WALTER CRONKITE KNEW A FAILED WAR WHEN HE SAW ONE: VIETNAM AND THE WAR
ON DRUGS

Good Day Everyone;


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WALTER CRONKITE KNEW A FAILED WAR WHEN HE SAW ONE: VIETNAM AND THE WAR ON DRUGS

Everyone knows Walter Cronkite was "the most trusted man in America" and someone
whose rare expressions of personal opinion -- such as on the Vietnam War --
could powerfully influence the views of middle America.  But fewer are aware of
a passion of his that he came to relatively late in life -- ending the nation's
disastrous war on drugs.

I first learned of Walter Cronkite's interest in the drug war back in 1995, when
a producer for The Cronkite Report -- an occasional series on The Discovery
Channel -- called to ask for my help on a documentary that he and Mr.  Cronkite
were doing on the drug war.  The one hour report that resulted provided a
devastating critique of the nation's drug policies.

Focusing on the lives of three women who had been sentenced to many years in
Bedford Hills prison in New York, the program revealed the utter waste of human
lives and taxpayer dollars that define the drug war.  Neither Mr.  Cronkite nor
the women involved suggested that they had done nothing wrong.  But the
extraordinary lengths of the prison terms to which they had been sentenced, for
relatively minor participation in the illicit sale of drugs, combined with the
impact on their children and families, and the absurd amount of money being
spent to punish rather than help and treat -- all this shaped Mr.  Cronkite's
devastating indictment of the drug war.

Walter Cronkite got it -- and he got it early.  He knew a failed war when he saw
one.

I didn't know, however, if that would be his last word on the subject. 
Fortunately it wasn't.  In 1998, he joined other prominent individuals in
signing a public letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that stated: "We
believe that the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse
itself."

Two women played a pivotal role in Walter Cronkite's involvement thereafter with
my organization, the Drug Policy Alliance.  The first was Marlene Adler, his
longtime assistant, who appreciated Walter's commitment to this issue, and I
think shared his views as well.  And the second was Dr.  Mathilde Krim, a friend
and neighbor of the Cronkites in New York, the founder and co-chair of amfAR,
the HIV/AIDS research and advocacy organization, and a board member of the Drug
Policy Alliance.  It was at her home that I first met Walter in person.  And it
was with Mathilde's and Marlene's assistance that Walter agreed both to join
DPA's Honorary Board and also sign the fundraising letter that has helped DPA
recruit tens of thousands of new members.

He wrote:

I remember.  I covered the Vietnam War.  I remember the lies that were told, the
lives that were lost -- and the shock when, twenty years after the war ended,
former Defense Secretary Robert S.  McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake
all along.

Today, our nation is fighting two wars: one abroad and one at home.  While the
war in Iraq is in the headlines, the other war is still being fought on our own
streets.  Its casualties are the wasted lives of our own citizens.

I am speaking of the war on drugs.

And I cannot help but wonder how many more lives, and how much more money, will
be wasted before another Robert McNamara admits what is plain for all to see:
the war on drugs is a failure.

While the politicians stutter and stall -- while they chase their losses by
claiming we could win this war if only we committed more resources, jailed more
people and knocked down more doors -- the Drug Policy Alliance continues to tell
the American people the truth -- "the way it is."

Few allies have been as important.  Walter's involvement with DPA and our drug
policy reform movement raised the sorts of eyebrows that most needed raising. 
It helped legitimize our cause.  And he brought home, both with his words and
the mere fact of his commitment, the powerful analogy between the failure of the
Vietnam War and the failure of America's longest war -- the war on drugs.

I know he got a kick out of the reactions to his fundraising letters for DPA,
whether it was to be attacked by Bill O'Reilly or quoted favorably ( just a few
weeks ago ) by John McLaughlin on his TV show, The McLaughlin Group.

I once asked Walter -- at a dinner at Mathilde's home a few years ago - --
whether he had ever tried marijuana.  As I recall, he laughed, and said not
exactly, except for the "contact high" he might have gotten around CBS's offices
back in the 1960s, when smoking was still allowed, and not everything smoked was
tobacco.  Perhaps he said something too about some youthful experiences during
WW 2 -- but I don't remember exactly.

But of course the issue for him was never about the drugs, and whether or not
people used them.  What mattered was intellectual honesty, sensible moral
judgment, and the obligation to speak truth to power, no matter how unwelcome or
inconvenient that truth might be.  That he was almost eighty years old when he
first took on this cause is a testament to his vitality and integrity, and an
inspiration to me and so many others. 


Pubdate: Sat, 18 Jul 2009
Source: AlterNet (US Web)
Copyright: 2009 Independent Media Institute
Author: Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director-Drug Policy Alliance
-----------------------------------------------

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From: MAPNews
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 7:41:43 AM
Subject: MN: US MI: Medical Marijuana: Legal to Smoke, Illegal to Obtain


Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Sun, 5 Jul 2009
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
Webpage: http://drugsense.org/url/EWl60zJq
Copyright: 2009 Kalamazoo Gazette
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/vggfBDch
Website: http://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/588
Author: Blake Thorne
Referenced: Initiated Law 1 of 2008 http://micares.org/
Referenced: Michigan Medical Marihuana Program
http://drugsense.org/url/nDFeNDPs
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Michigan+Medical+Marijuana
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Greg+Francisco
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

MEDICAL MARIJUANA: LEGAL TO SMOKE, ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN

Nearly 2,000 State Residents Are Authorized to Use Pot

KALAMAZOO -- Steve used to take prescription painkillers such as
Vicodin after he tore the tendons in his right hand about six years ago.

Now he's using fewer pills. Instead, he smokes marijuana to ease the pain.

"No, it's not a cure-all," said Steve, 37, of Kalamazoo. "It helps so
I don't have to take a handful of pills every day."

Steve is among nearly 2,000 residents in Michigan, including 190 in
southwestern Michigan, who are legally using marijuana to treat
serious ailments such as HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma.

Michigan residents last November voted to legalize medical marijuana.
In April, the state began issuing photo identification cards to users
who have been approved.

Medical-marijuana patients, advocates, law-enforcement officials and
others say the program is working fairly well, but there have been
bumps along the way. Among the concerns that have been raised:

. Patients are on their own to get the drug -- either by obtaining
starter plants or seeds to grow plants or buying it. It is still
illegal to buy marijuana or seeds.

. What constitutes an "enclosed, locked" marijuana facility?

. More research is needed to understand the medical benefits of the
plant and proper dosages.

. Law enforcement is encountering some legal issues, such as whether
a patient who has received a doctor's note but not a state
identification card is breaking the law by using medical marijuana.

Steve said he suffers from chronic pain, attention-deficit disorder
and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. His doctor recommended
medical marijuana because of the chronic pain from the hand injury,
which he said has left him unemployed and seeking disability
payments. He said he's used marijuana before, but until he got his
identification card, his only relief was painkillers.

Steve and other medical-marijuana patients interviewed for this
report declined to give their full names, fearing their use of the
drug could attract burglaries. A patient can legally possess 2.5
ounces of usable marijuana, valued on the street at $250, and up to
12 marijuana plants, valued each at $1,000, police said.

'They Are on Their Own'

As of June 23, the state had issued 2,674 identification cards for
medical marijuana -- and rejected 434 applications. In southwestern
Michigan, Kalamazoo County was tops among counties, with 70
identification cards issued to caregivers and patients. Caregivers
are those licensed to grow and provide marijuana to patients.

Across the state, 700 identification cards had been issued to
caregivers, including 78 in southwestern Michigan.

Applications have been rejected primarily because they aren't
properly filled out and fees weren't paid, said James McCurtis, a
spokesman for the Michigan Department of Community Health, which
reviews applications and issues the cards.

If an identification card is approved, it's up to the patient to
figure out how to obtain the marijuana.

"They are on their own. That's pretty much where it is," McCurtis said.

That might be the biggest challenge in establishing the use of
medical marijuana in Michigan, which is at least the 15th state to
have a medical-marijuana law.

Until a network of caregivers is established, patients can legally
smoke it, but they can't legally obtain it.

Law and Order

One legal case involving medical marijuana has been reported in the
Kalamazoo area since the law took effect, police said.

Carl was arrested in November with a stash of marijuana that is
permitted under the medical-marijuana law. But the law hadn't taken
effect yet, and he didn't have an identification card.

Carl, who lives in Kalamazoo, suffers from irritable bowel syndrome.
He isn't using marijuana now because his case is pending.

"It was great. It was a good thing," he said. "It was either that or
take a fistful of prescription meds."

Other drugs such as cocaine, heroin and larger quantities of
marijuana are "of a far greater concern" than the regulation of
medical marijuana, said Capt. Joseph Taylor of the Kalamazoo Valley
Enforcement Team.

"What I predict is that we're going to experience people saying that
they're caregivers when they're actually growing for themselves," Taylor said.

Taylor said the law requires a secured, locked area for growing
marijuana, and exactly what that means hasn't been determined.
Parameters of the law may need to be defined in the courts.

Carl's lawyer, John Targowski, said he doesn't foresee much
law-enforcement action against medical-marijuana wrongdoing.

"If I'm a cop, I'm not going to risk my life to have a guy pee in a
cup every once in a while," Targowski said.

Research Needed

Some Kalamazoo-area physicians have been reluctant to recommend
medical marijuana, forcing patients to travel to other parts of the
state to get a doctor's endorsement, several users said.

"Patients, they're having to jump through hoops," said Greg
Francisco, of Paw Paw, executive director of the Michigan Medical
Marijuana Association.

Doctors are using caution because they are trying to understand the
medical benefits before recommending marijuana, said Dr. Ronald
Seagle, the family medicine outpatient medical director at Michigan
State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies.

"Right now medical marijuana is very new," he said. "It's so new it's
not within the realm of accepted medical standards yet."

Seagle and medical-marijuana patients and caregivers say more
research is needed.

For doctors, recommending marijuana isn't like prescribing drugs, Seagle said.

Doctors recommend it, the state regulates it, and patients use it how
they wish. This situation poses more confusion for doctors, Seagle said.

"In the medical community, we are taking it seriously," he said.
"Personally, why I think any research is not being done at this point
is because of the public stigma of smoking marijuana."

Tainted Subject?

Aaron Hatfield is working to erase that stigma.

Hatfield heads the Kalamazoo Compassion Club, a loose-knit group of
about 50 patients, caregivers and advocates of medical-marijuana that
meets every other week.

At a recent meeting, several club members talked about the many pills
they once took to treat their conditions.

"My wife, my family, would much rather be around me on marijuana than
(on the antidpressant and anti-anxiety drug) Effexor," Hatfield said.

He said public perception needs to change so research on marijuana
can advance. But for now, club members believe people are starting to
recognize their cause.

"I abide by the laws. I pay my taxes," Hatfield said. "I'm not a criminal."

[sidebar]

MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA:

By the Numbers

Michigan's medical marijuana law, which allows approved patients who
are seriously ill to use the drug for medical purposes, was passed by
voters in November and took effect in April. As of June 23, a total
of 1,974 people had received state identification cards to use
medical marijuana. Some 700 caregivers who are licensed to grow and
provide the drug to medical-marijuana patients also were approved.
Here is a breakdown of the number of identification cards issued so
far in southwestern Michigan counties:

Kalamazoo: 49 patients, 21 caregivers.

Calhoun: 39 patients, 16 caregivers.

Van Buren: 32 patients, 17 caregivers.

Allegan: 34 patients, 11 caregivers.

St. Joseph: 14 patients, 3 caregivers.

Barry: 12 patients, 8 caregivers.

Cass: 10 patients, 2 caregivers.

Total: 190 patients, 78 caregivers.

Source: Michigan Department of Community Health
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It’s never marijuana is it? Dying of illegal drugs is so 70’s. ...


"I went down to Hollywood Boulevard yesterday to shoot some footage ..."


My favorite bit aside from asking everyone if this “was the line to see
Farrah’s star?�, was to try and circulate rumors that he died of marijuana.
Which is funny, because it’s never marijuana.

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From: Herb
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:09:32 AM
Subject: MAP: RVD argues for medical marijuana

RVD argues for medical marijuana

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/06/16/9820341.html

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From: Allan Erickson
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:04:29 PM
Subject: MAP: Obama & "scientific integrity"


THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________
For Immediate Release March 9, 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Scientific Integrity

Science
and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions of my Administration
on a wide range of issues, including improvement of public health, protection of
the environment, increased efficiency in
the use of energy and other resources, mitigation of the threat of climate
change, and protection of national security.

The public
must be able to trust the science and scientific process informing public policy
decisions. Political officials should not suppress or alter scientific or
technological findings and conclusions. If scientific and technological
information is developed and used by the Federal Government, it should
ordinarily be made available to the public. To the extent permitted by law,
there should be transparency in the preparation, identification, and use of
scientific and technological information in policymaking. The selection of
scientists and technology professionals for positions in the executive branch
should be based on their scientific and technological knowledge, credentials,
experience, and integrity.

By this memorandum, I
assign to the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Director)
the responsibility for ensuring the highest level of integrity in all aspects of
the executive branch's involvement with scientific and technological processes.
The Director shall confer, as appropriate, with the heads of executive
departments and agencies, including the Office of Management and Budget and
offices and agencies within the Executive Office of the President (collectively,
the "agencies"), and recommend a plan to achieve that goal throughout the
executive branch.

Specifically, I direct the following:

1.
Within 120 days from the date of this memorandum, the Director shall develop
recommendations for Presidential action designed to guarantee scientific
integrity throughout the executive branch, based on the following principles:
(a) The selection and retention of candidates for science and technology
positions in the executive branch should be based on the candidate's knowledge,
credentials, experience, and integrity;

(b) Each agency should have appropriate rules and procedures to ensure the
integrity of the scientific process within the agency;

(c)
When scientific or technological information is considered in policy decisions,
the information should be subject to well-established scientific processes,
including peer review where appropriate, and each agency should appropriately
and accurately reflect that information in complying with and applying relevant
statutory standards;

(d)
Except for information that is properly restricted from disclosure under
procedures established in accordance with statute, regulation, Executive Order,
or Presidential Memorandum, each agency should make available to the public the
scientific or technological findings or conclusions considered or relied on in
policy decisions;

(e)
Each agency should have in place procedures to identify and address instances in
which the scientific process or the integrity of scientific and technological
information may be compromised; and

(f)
Each agency should adopt such additional procedures, including any appropriate
whistleblower protections, as are necessary to ensure the integrity of
scientific and technological information and processes on which the agency
relies in its decisionmaking or otherwise uses or prepares.

2. Each agency shall make available any and all information deemed by the
Director to be necessary to inform the Director in making recommendations to the
President as requested by
this memorandum. Each agency shall coordinate with the Director in the
development of any interim procedures deemed necessary to ensure the integrity
of scientific decisionmaking pending the Director's recommendations called for
by this memorandum.

3. (a) Executive departments and agencies shall carry out the provisions of this
memorandum to the extent permitted by law and consistent with their statutory
and regulatory authorities and their enforcement mechanisms. Nothing in this
memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head
thereof; or

(ii)
functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to
budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,
employees, or agents, or any other person.

4. The Director is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA

From: MAPNews
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:40:28 PM
Subject: MN: US MI: Column: Marijuana Journal

Newshawk: Event Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KvvEXBFkfc
Pubdate: Wed, 15 Apr 2009
Source: City Pulse (Lansing, MI)
Copyright: 2009 City Pulse
Contact: letters@...
Website: http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4532
Author: R. D. Winthrop
Cited: Michigan Medical Marijuana Association
http://www.michiganmedicalmarijuana.org
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Michigan+Medical+Marijuana

MARIJUANA JOURNAL

Last Monday was surely interesting. It was the end of the state
Bureau of Health Professions' bureaucratic prerogative to delay
issuing medical cannabis identification cards. A Sunday night
snowstorm was a bookend to the state's public hearing of their
"proposed" operating rules, which opened on Jan. 5. We had a blizzard
that weekend, too, but 150 people managed to show up.

Colleen Davis turned the Gone Wired Cafe in Lansing over to the task
of hosting medical cannabis patients who wanted to hand-deliver their
authorizations on opening day, and the Niles Valley Group, an
association of caregivers, chartered a bus to take them downtown. I
arrived at Gone Wired to check the lots at around 7 a.m. They were
clear of snow, the kitchen was humming and Colleen had already opened
the doors.

There were a dozen or so people sitting quietly, in pairs or small
groups, and I had hardly started to schmooze when the Michigan
Medical Marijuana Association's de facto staff, Greg Francisco and
Brad Forrester, burst through the back door with banners and boxes of
brochures. Customers sprang to action like bees from a hive, becoming
stagehands and maintenance workers as they moved bins of shirts,
shoveled sidewalks and arranged the cafe's main floor to host what
was essentially a compassion club meeting for all those who chose to
brave the conditions and drive to Lansing.

They came. Sixty or more people were on the bus when it pulled out
mid-morning, and more than a hundred were registered by the day's
end. I knew most of them. They came from Detroit and Manistee,
Berrien and Tuscola, but not to "become" legal cannabis patients. The
effective date of the law was in early December of last year and any
patient certified by a physician is basically legal.

They were here to celebrate, to have a "coming out" party.

Joy is not commonly seen. Perhaps we share it with our family, and we
see it frequently in competitive sport, but it is a rare thing to see
among a spontaneously formed community of strangers. I saw a lot of it Monday.

I mailed my paperwork in April 1 -- April Fool's Day -- choosing not
to go downtown. Instead I went to Emil's, right across the street
from Gone Wired, and drank a shot in memory of those no longer among
us to see this day. Bless them all.
__________________________________________________________________________
Distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in
receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

From: Steve Kubby
Subject: AMMA: Steve Kubby Phone Call from Placer County Jail January 29, 2006

Dearest Friends,

I stumbled upon this web page for the first time and it blew me away to be
reminded about what I have been through and what you and others did to keep me
alive.

At this moment, I am filled with enormous gratitude for the courageous and
honorable patients, physicians, nurses, attorneys, activist, dispensary staff,
POWs, and otherwise exceptional people who make up our cannabis community.

Thank you for all you do for to make this a better world.

Let freedom grow,

Steve Kubby

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2006/01/30/steveKubbyPhoneConversatio.htm\
l

Steve Kubby phone conversations from jail  A friend of Steve Kubby's, Fred
Colburn, received a call from him early this morning (7:30 Mon [Jan 30]).  He
said he is in excruciating pain, vomiting, weak from inability to eat for the
last several days, with blood in his urine, and without a blanket or even
Tylenol.  Supporters of Steve will be rallying tomorrow [Tuesday, Jan 31] at
noon at the Placer Co. Courthouse in Auburn, where there will be a hearing at 1
pm.  Following are two lengthy telephone interviews with Steve conducted by Pat
McCartney over the weekend:  ....

From: MAPNews
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 10:20:01 AM
Subject: MN: US MI: Pot Takes Spot in Medicine Cabinet As Michigan Medical

Newshawk: Michigan NORML http://www.minorml.org/
Pubdate: Sat, 4 Apr 2009
Source: Grand Rapids Press (MI)
Webpage: http://drugsense.org/url/J4Bcq3Sd
Copyright: 2009 Grand Rapids Press
Contact: pulse@...
Website: http://www.mlive.com/grand-rapids/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/171
Author: John Agar, The Grand Rapids Press
Cited: http://www.brucealanblock.com/pages/Medical_Marijuana.html
Cited: Michigan Medical Marijuana Association
http://www.michiganmedicalmarijuana.org
Referenced: Michigan Medical Marihuana Program
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-27417_51869---,00.html
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Michigan+Medical+Marijuana

POT TAKES SPOT IN MEDICINE CABINET AS MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW
Takes Effect

GRAND HAVEN -- As a disabled U.S. Army veteran, Dan Higgins suffers
severe nausea from pain medication for his damaged back.

The only thing that helps, he said, is marijuana.

Today he plans to be in Lansing as Michigan's medical-marijuana law,
approved by voters in November, takes effect. On Monday, the state
Department of Community Health begins accepting applications from
those with doctors' permission to use marijuana.

For Higgins, 34, of Grand Haven, the law is based on compassion.
"It's to give people their medication. ... I just can't keep the food down."

But, he said, there's this, too: "This is marijuana. It's not
cocaine. It's not heroin."

The ballot initiative took effect Dec. 4, but no one could apply for
six months while the Department of Community Health developed
administrative rules. The law provided medical-marijuana patients a
defense to charges, but criminal penalties will be gone for those
with an identification card.

While the proposal was framed as a way to help seriously ill
patients, many area police leaders warned it was a step toward
legalization and that it put motorists at risk and threatened families.

Kent County Undersheriff Jon Hess has worked with police agencies in
California, Oregon and Washington, which have medical marijuana laws.
He said he has concerns because other states reported that marijuana
laws have become "so watered-down."

The Sheriff's Department was trained in the new law and continues to
study information from the Department of Community Health.

In other states, police report those busted for illegal possession of
pot sometimes say they are legal medicinal users, and, Hess said, "I
anticipate there will be those that try to use this as an excuse."

In Ottawa County, the Sheriff's Department has "opened a line of
communication" with a Holland-area Compassion Club, one of numerous
such groups across the state.

"We recognize that legislation has been changed allowing manufacture
and use of marijuana under very specific guidelines," Ottawa County
Undersheriff Greg Steigenga said. "It's our intention to work within
established guidelines as a law-enforcement agency that is also
commissioned to enforce the law of illegal propagation of marijuana."

Police are used to changes in the law, but this is a little unusual.

"We'll work through it. It's something that's new for the entire
state," Steigenga said.

He said the new law provides guidance for police and legal users and
appeared fairly straightforward. But he expected legal challenges.

So does Grand Rapids attorney Bruce Block, who has researched
marijuana laws and put information on his Web site. He also
represents perhaps the area's most high-profile alleged user,
suspended Press columnist David Mayo, busted after police tracked
growing equipment he bought from an advertiser in High Times magazine.

He sees a lot of problems, including driving laws that hold motorists
responsible with any amount of drugs in their system.

"That's one of the Catch 22s," he said.

The federal government said it won't target medical-marijuana users
or growers, but "technically, it is still illegal" under federal law,
Block said.

Also, "Where do you get the seeds or the plants? ... If someone has a
medical-marijuana card, they are basically buying from someone on the
street. People selling to them can still be busted," Block said.

Greg Francisco, executive director of the Michigan Medical Marijuana
Association, said the number of underground users is large and
includes those from all backgrounds and professions. He discounted
the notion that prescribed drugs better relieve nausea and pain.

"I kind of believe the patients," Francisco said.

[sidebar]

MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE

Key points of the law, which goes into effect today:

Qualified users can possess 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana or grow as
many as 12 plants. Designated caregivers can provide that amount to a
patient and supply as many as five patients.

The state compiles a confidential database but will verify to police
if an individual is registered.

Registered users cannot use marijuana while driving; possession is
banned in school buses, schools and correctional facilities, and
smoking is prohibited on public transportation or public places.

Employers may prohibit use at work.
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From: Allen St. Pierre (NORML)
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 9:40:13 AM
Subject: Free Scholarship: NORML Seminar In Aspen For Marijuana Activists And
Attorneys

Dear NORML supporters,

Colorado NORML is pleased to announce the second annual Hunter S. Thompson
Scholarship to attend the 2009 NORML Aspen Legal Seminar!

The NORML Legal Committee's Annual Aspen Conference (which is a continuing
legal education seminar for practicing lawyers) is scheduled for June 4th
and 5th, 2009, at The Gant. Colorado NORML, is presenting the scholarship,
which covers three nights lodging and the conference registration fee, to
an attorney or cannabis law reform activist who, by written submission,
demonstrates 1) a desire to improve public advocacy and/or trial skills
related to representing cannabis consumers in the courts (criminal,
medical, and more), 2) a demonstrated need for financial assistance to
attend this year's Aspen Legal Seminar.

The value of the scholarship is approximately $1000.00.

Some of the finest defense attorneys (and cannabis law reform activsts) in
the United States have been coming to NORML's Aspen seminar for many years
to learn, enjoy the inspired environs of beautiful Aspen in early
summer--and to do so at VERY reasonable rates. This year's seminar focuses
on state and federal medical marijuana laws, and is a MUST educational
opportunity for medical marijuana patients, providers, cultivators, as
well as for criminal defense attorneys (and public defenders, who receive
a discount to attend).

Check out this year's informative and interesting schedule at:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6823

The social events, including a great, private dinner catered by Cache
Cache's Chris Lanter, are included with the scholarship.

Criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, cannabis law reform activists,
medical marijuana patients and their providers from the 13 states with
medical cannabis laws are strongly encouraged to attend (HI, AK, WA, OR,
CA, NV, NM, CO, MT, MI, RI, VT and ME).

Submission for this year's Hunter Thompson Scholarship is by fax, mail or
email. The scholarship is awarded by the CONORML board of directors,
please direct your submissions 'Attn: Steve Wells' at: swells@...,
(303) 725-0774 (f) by April 15, midnight Rocky Mountain High time--and we
hope to announce the recipient of the scholarship on April 20th, 2009.

Colorado NORML
PO Box 492
Longmont, CO 80502

The submission word count rule will be strictly enforced. Submissions may
be of any length...

Good luck!

Cannabem liberemus,

-Allen St. Pierre
Executive Director
NORML
Washington, D.C.
director@...

From: MAPNews
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:23:42 AM
Subject: MN: US IL: Medical Marijuana Use Closer to Becoming Legal in

Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Thu, 26 Mar 2009
Source: Chicago Defender (IL)
Copyright: 2009 Chicago Defender
Contact: editorial@...
Website: http://www.chicagodefender.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3781
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE CLOSER TO BECOMING LEGAL IN ILLINOIS

On Wednesday, the Illinois Senate Public Health  committee passed HB
2514 that would allow seriously ill  patients to use medical marijuana
and not have to worry  about being arrested for possession of an
illegal  substance.

The bill is the first of its kind in Illinois and now  awaits a vote
from the Illinois House.

State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), is the sponsor of the  bill, which
passed by a vote of 6-3. And state Sen.  Bill Haine (D-Alton), a
supporter of the bill, said the  bill is needed to help those who are
critically ill.

"This is an important step for suffering Illinoisans  who rely on
medical cannabis because they, in  consultation with their doctors,
have determined it is  the best treatment available to them," Haine
said.

"I'm grateful to my colleagues in the public health  committee who
listened to science and reason today and  made the sensible,
compassionate decision to pass this  bill."

Some HIV patients like Jamie Clayton are hoping the  bill will soon
become law.

"I don't want to use marijuana, but it is the only  thing that
relieves the crippling nerve pain that comes  with my treatments for
HIV/AIDS," Clayton said. "The  only question is whether patients like
me will continue  to be prosecuted for using a medicine that works or
whether our elected officials will acknowledge  available scientific
evidence and the will of their  constituents and vote in favor of this
legislation."
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From: Steve Kubby
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:36:44 PM
Subject: AMMA: Sac Bee: Bill would legalize, tax marijuana

http://www.sacbee.com/breaking/story/1646399.html
Bill would legalize, tax marijuana
By Jim Sanders
jsanders@...
Published: Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 - 10:32 am
Last Modified: Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 - 11:59 am

California may be going to pot - literally.

Marijuana would be grown and sold openly to adults 21 and older under
legislation introduced this morning by a San Francisco lawmaker.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, said the cash-starved state
could generate more than a billion dollars by taxing pot growers and
sellers.

Ammiano predicted that the public would support loosening marijuana
laws that require substantial public funds to enforce.

"I think there's a mentality throughout the state and the country
that this isn't the highest priority," he said. "And that maybe we
should start to reassess."

Before California could legalize marijuana, however, it also might
have to persuade the federal government to alter its prohibition on
cannabis.

Ammiano said federal officials may be receptive to such changes under
the administration of President Barack Obama.

"We may be on a parallel track here," said Ammiano, a freshman
legislator who was sworn into office less than three months ago.

The Drug Policy Alliance, an advocate of loosening pot laws,
applauded Ammiano's proposal.

"Marijuana already plays a huge role in the California economy," said
Stephen Gutwillig, the group's California state director. "It's a
revenue opportunity we literally can't afford to ignore any longer."

Assemblyman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, said legalizing marijuana
would be a bad idea. He said he considers pot a "gateway drug" from
which many users graduate to harder and more dangerous substances.

"I don't think we're particularly well served in our society to
further accommodate or even encourage something that's going to be
unproductive and damaging to the individual -- especially not for the
reason of generating revenue," he said.

Ammiano's bill, Assembly Bill 390, would allow marijuana to be sold
openly - like alcohol - in retail outlets statewide.

The state would gain by charging sellers a fee of $50 per ounce. Pot
growers also would be charged under the measure.

Driving under the influence of marijuana would continue to be illegal.
AB 390 calls for numerous other restrictions, such as banning use
near schools or growing cannabis in public view, according to Ammiano
aides.

Besides generating new tax revenue, Ammiano said his bill would save
money by easing pressure on law enforcement and prisons.

"People in general are supportive," he said.

Ammiano said he hopes that legalizing pot could be a step toward
avoiding shortfalls as large as the recent $40 billion projection
that prompted months of partisan fighting and, ultimately, tense
all-night sessions last week before agreement was reached on a new
budget.

"After being locked up with my colleagues for three days, I never
want to do that again," Ammiano said, chuckling.

From: MAPNews
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 8:52:51 AM
Subject: MN: CN ON: Column: Still Losing The War On Drugs In Prisons


Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Source: Chatham Daily News, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2009 OSPREY Media Group Inc.
Contact: news@...
Website: http://www.chathamdailynews.ca
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1627
Author: Paul Rutherford
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/prison.htm (Incarceration)

STILL LOSING THE WAR ON DRUGS IN PRISONS

Something is wrong when millions of dollars are being spent by the
Conservatives to clean up our nation's drug-infested prisons -- yet
almost a quarter of prisoners either tested positive or refused to be
tested for narcotics and booze in 2008.

Figures released by Correctional Service of Canada show 7,613 samples
were requested for random urinanalysis tests designed to detect
cocaine, cannabis, opiates and many pharmaceuticals. More than 850
inmates refused the testing competely while more than 13 per cent of
those who agreed tested positive for an illicit substance.

So much for cleaning up inmates if drugs remain plentiful behind
bars.

The Conservatives have spent oodles of money beefing up search
policies and enforcement strategies and it has likely helped some.

But we are still not winning the war on drugs in Canada's
prisons.

To make matters worse, inmates are continuously finding new ways to
smuggle drugs into prisons, be it during pizza deliveries, drugs
hidden in babies' bonnets or picking up drug-filled condoms lobbed
over prison fences, Sun Media has reported.

The real issue here is why should inmates be allowed to say
no?

"The reasons why an offender refuses to submit to a urinanalysis are
many . . . unco-operative behaviour, rebellion against authority,
perceived privacy reasons, illness or injury or a desire to avoid a
positive testing," CSC's Christa McGregor told Sun Media.

Considering the weak punishment dished out for refusing, it's not
shocking inmates are telling drug-testing officials to take a powder.

Mandatory testing of all inmates is the only logical step for the
government to pursue.

For years correctional officers have pressed for it, but McGregor told
Sun Media the practice would be considered a violation of the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms.

Let's do it anyway and fight a Charter challenge if and when one
comes.

Drugs are getting into Club Fed at a consistent rate. Mandatory
regular drug tests will change inmates' attitudes about drug use.
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From: MAPNews
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:33:08 AM
Subject: MN: US: Web: Czar Struck: Obama's Brilliant Pick for Drug Czar

Newshawk: Award Winning Service http://www.drugsense.org/awards/
Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW)
Section: Feature Article
Webpage: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm
Website: http://www.drugsense.org
Author: Dominic Holden
Note: Dominic Holden is a reporter for The Stranger and a board
member of the National Organizations for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws. In years past, he served as director of the Seattle Hempfest,
organizer of the ACLU of Washington's Marijuana Education Project,
and chair of campaign to pass Initiative 75, which made marijuana
possession the Seattle's lowest law-enforcement priority. This piece
was originally posted at the Stranger Slog - http://drugsense.org/url/7VhCEC57

CZAR STRUCK: OBAMA'S BRILLIANT PICK FOR DRUG CZAR

Obama choosing Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske to become the
next drug czar in Washington, D.C., at first, looks like the same old
beltway logic: cops and prison terms are the snake-oil cure for drug
addictions. Some change, Obama. Right?

Under Clinton's and Bush's drug czars, the United States experienced
the steepest spike drug arrests in its history (contributing to the
fattest swell of anti-drug spending).  Drug arrests jumped over 80
percent since 1992.  And despite the effort, the White House reports
that drug use has Risen

But Kerlikowske, since he became chief in 2000, has been at the
police department's helm while Seattle made some of the most
aggressive to drug enforcement allowed under federal law. He never
stood in the way.  And now Kerlikowske is poised to become the most
influential person in federal government to set new drug laws.

The needle-exchange test: The Obama administration has already
identified this as its most pressing drug issue. Last week, Obama
sent American negotiators to the UN orders to reverse Bush's block on
needle exchange. He wants to allow clean needles-in Europe and in the
US. What's Kerlikowske's record?

"There has been long-standing support in the community as a whole and
from SPD for our continued operation of the needle exchange," says
James Apa, a spokesman for Seattle King County Public Health, which
runs one of first and the nation's largest needle-exchange programs.
Seattle IV drug users have some of the lowest HIV-infection rates in
the country, he says. But acceptance of the controversial program
hasn't been that long standing.

"What we would find is that police would hang around the exchange
site and watch who came and went," says Kris Nyrop, former director
of Street Outreach Services, a pioneering needle exchange group that
operated a table in downtown Seattle in the late 1980s. "Their
presence itself would be somewhat intimidating ... people would see
four police officers halfway down the block and they would turn
around and go home," he says.  "Harassment like that happened
routinely up until the mid '90s."

But under Kerlikowske, "It has been a laissez-faire thing and the
police basically leave needle exchanges alone," says Nyrop.

Pot arrests have plummeted under Kerlikowske's watch. When he took
office in 2000, Seattle police arrested 332 people for misdemeanor
marijuana possession; by 2006, the number had dropped to 148. Some of
that decline is likely due to Seattle passing Initiative 75, which
made marijuana enforcement the city's lowest law-enforcement
priority.  But Kerlikowske didn't try to block I-75.  While City
Attorney Tom Carr joined Bush's Drug Czar John Walters at a press
conference to oppose the measure-and Carr campaigned against the
measure for months-Kerlikoske was mum. And after voters passed the
law in 2003, SPD told a City Council Marijuana Policy Review Panel
that "officers [had] been verbally advised during their roll calls
that investigation and arrest of adults for possession of cannabis
intended for personal use is to be their lowest priority." At
Hempfest-where tens of thousands of people smoke pot in unison-SPD
sergeant Lou Eagle told a reporter, "We are not out there to enforce
the marijuana laws." And medical-marijuana patients, who could still
be arrested despite the state's medical-pot law, found Kerlikowske
fair.  Had Kerlikowske chosen, SPD could have maintained or increased
pot arrests. But he didn't.

In striking contrast, Walters's number-one priority was marijuana.
"[N]o drug matches the threat posed by marijuana," his office wrote
in a letter telling federal attorneys to ratchet up prosecutions. And
under Walters, the Drug Enforcement Administration and federal
prosecutors made a point of busting medical pot collectives in
California.  But for Kerlikowske, pot was his lowest priority.

Hold on-Obama's not about to legalize pot.

The bigger issue-and safer issue, politically-is replacing
enforcement with public services.  On that issue Kerlkowske has
incubated a revolution.  Seattle implemented two programs that get
drug users off the street before they get arrested. Most notably, the
Get Off The Streets (GOTS) program hatched in the Central District
when Lieutenant John Hayes (now a captain) set up a table as an
arrest-free area that people with criminal warrants could visit for
health and human services.

"That was, at that time, a very edgy approach, and the chief was
willing to let one of his people staff the program," says City
Council Member Nick Licata, who soon seized on the idea, passing
legislation to fund the project permanently. "It was a stage where
Gil could have stopped it from [getting funding], but he allowed it
go forward," he says.

"He's not saying we should do away with the drug war, but I think he
recognizes that it has not been a success and I think he is open to
other strategies," Licata continues. "That may be due to some of his
experiences here.  Seattle may get some credit for exposing him to
real-time experiments, such as I-75, as to what could happen nationally."

And nationally, Kerlikowske could be a drug czar who pushes to lift
the federal ban on funding needle exchange, stops the medical pot
raids in California, overhauls our nonsensical anti-drug commercials,
and enthusiastically seeks funding for drug-treatment programs.

The brilliance of Obama's pick for drug czar is not just finding
someone who is open to new strategies, but someone who nonetheless
holds undeniable qualifications as a cop. Nobody can claim
Kerlikowske is a public-health nut who doesn't know the impact of
drugs on the streets.  Like many Americans, he agrees that drugs
should be illegal.  But he understands the place for low priorities
and public health-and he's willing to step back where enforcement
alone has failed.
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From: MAPNews
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:21:09 AM
Subject: MN: US MO: OPED: Medical Marijuana


Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Source: Springfield News-Leader (MO)
Webpage:
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090213/OPINIONS02/902130316/1006/OPINIONS
Copyright: 2009 The Springfield News-Leader
Contact: letters@...
Website: http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1129
Author: Joe Blundell
Note: Joe Blundell is the mayor of the Town of Cliff Village.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

Voice of the Day

MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Ozarks town of Cliff Village approves medical marijuana - now it's
time for state lawmakers to follow.

My name is Joe Blundell. In the year 2000 I was crushed by a
30,000-ton train, and suffered much thereafter under the opium-based
narcotics doctors prescribed to me. Then I found that a flower could
be used to treat many of my subsequent conditions. Why am I telling
you this? Because I wish to tell that my life and those around me
have been enriched by my use of marijuana. I asked the people of
Cliff Village, Mo., if they would support me on legalizing medical
marijuana in our city. I had recently learned of Missouri House Bill
277 and the portion pertaining to the legalization of medical
marijuana in the State of Missouri. Fashioning our ordinance after
the state bill, I asked the village residents if they would support
such a proposal, and the town council voted in favor of adopting
Cliff Village Ordnance 277.

I'm not saying I'll be the first to try this ordnance, which permits
qualifying patients to grow medical marijuana; but I just might. Our
ordinance might just be a statement by our village of support for the
state bill, or perhaps more. If my choice is to either live under the
doctor-prescribed heroin , which costs my friends and neighbors - the
taxpayers of Missouri - hundreds of millions of dollars every year;
or grow and enjoy flowers in my yard for free, I have to pick the flowers.

Anyone who examines how the most widely used and useful plant in
human history became illegal, will see a clear-cut example of the
subversion of the U.S. Constitution for corporate interests over the
will of the people. Take for example the first law concerning
marijuana in America: a decree that every farmer's crop had to be 20
percent marijuana; for it is a nitrogen fixer, needs little care and
was the mainstay of human food, clothing, medicine and fuel for
nearly 8,000 years. What does it say about our country when we outlaw
the plant that made the paper for the Declaration of Independence,
the U.S. Constitution and every page of every Bible for 1,900 years?
Historically, marijuana was also one of the 13 herbs burnt as incense
in Solomon's Temple. So it could be argued that it's infringing on my
right to practice Judaism or Christianity.

If you delve deeper into the issue, it becomes clear that it is an
illegal illegalization, purely for the selfish interests of the few,
to the detriment of all.  They didn't even really make it illegal; t
hat would have been too constitutional. They simply snuck it in the
back door as a tax you can never pay, or get permission to pay.
What's that? Taxation without representation? Hello! Is this still America?

An ounce of good marijuana in the Midwest is roughly $800. On the
East Coast, you'll pay twice that or more.  An ounce of gold today is
$901. The only force that gives the value of gold to a flower is the
police force. The only way we can empower drug dealers is by having
the opposite side of the law enforcing the price, and enforcing
prohibition so that would-be farmers like me cannot grow their own
flowers. This was one of the most obvious facts of the abysmal
results of the prohibition of alcohol.

I've personally decided to stop buying marijuana. I'm tired of
empowering thugs with drugs. I'm tired of helping fill our prisons
with farmers! I serve my fellow man, and I would be derelict in my
duties to my friends, neighbors and future generations of Americans
if I did not act. I would be sentencing everyone to do as they're
told, and not what is right.

Does "We the People" still mean, "We the People"? If so, why have
bills similar to Missouri House Bill 277 gone to the Missouri House
several times, only to be put in "special session" right before the
election so it is never voted on by "We the people"! I'm calling for
every Missouri resident and reader of this to write their
representatives at the state and federal level, and demand that your
voice be heard. Demand a vote on this issue.

Demand a vote!
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From: Herb
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:56:24 PM
Subject: CMAP: New law to give police access to online exchanges


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090212.wwiretap12/BNStory/N\
ational/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp

              New law to give police access to online exchanges

Canadians will be under surveillance, critics charge

From: MAPNews
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:51:13 AM
Subject: MN: US: Marijuana Advocate Calls for Boycott of Kellogg

Newshawk: Kellogg's Gets Stupid Over a Bong www.mapinc.org/alert/0394.html
Pubdate: Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Source: New York Times (NY)
Page: B16
Copyright: 2009 The Associated Press
Contact: letters@...
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Michael+Phelps

MARIJUANA ADVOCATE CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF KELLOGG

A marijuana advocacy group is urging a boycott of the Kellogg Company
for deciding to cut ties with the Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he
was photographed with a marijuana pipe. The leader of one of the
biggest legalize-pot organizations, the Marijuana Policy Project,
called Kellogg's action "hypocritical and disgusting," and said he had
never seen his membership so angry, with more than 2,300 of them
signing an online petition.

"Kellogg's had no problem signing up Phelps when he had a conviction
for drunk driving, an illegal act that could actually have killed
someone," said Rob Kampia, the group's executive director. A Kellogg
spokeswoman, Kris Charles, said in an e-mail message, "Our contract
with Michael Phelps was set to expire at the end of February, and we
made a business decision not to extend that contract." Last week, the
company announced his contract would end and described Phelps's
conduct as "not consistent with the image of Kellogg."
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From: Steve Kubby steve@...
Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2009 11:44:44 AM
Subject: AMMA: Canadians successfully challenge limits on Medical Cannabis
Program

"[The VICS] has provided that which the government was unable to provide: a safe
and high quality supply of marijuana to those needing it for medicinal purposes"

- B.C. Provincial Judge Higinbotham

Canadians successfully challenge limits on Medical Cannabis Program
On Monday, February 2nd 2009 Justice Koenigsberg ruled that the federal
regulations limiting the number of people who could grow cannabis in one
location, and the rules limiting the number of patients that a producer could
grow for were arbitrary, served no public interest, and were therefore
unconstitutional. She stayed her decision for one year in order to allow the
federal government to amend their medical cannabis regulations to reflect her
ruling.

For details about this remarkable case and the courageous Canadians who fought
successfully for the rights of sick, disabled and dying patients, go to:

http://www.thevics.com/

From: JimmyG jgillam@...
Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2009 7:27:10 AM
Subject: CMAP: US: Pot policy might get toke of change

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2009/02/08/8307861-sun.html

Newshawk: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
Pubdate: Sunday, February 8, 2009
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Contact: callet@...
Website: http://www.calgarysun.com/
Author: Devlin Barrett, Associated Press

Pot policy might get toke of change

By DEVLIN BARRETT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- The White House won't say it explicitly. Neither will the Drug
Enforcement
Administration. Yet there is a whiff in the air that U.S. policy is about to
change when
it comes to medical marijuana.

The message is clear, said UCLA professor Mark Kleiman, a former Justice
Department
official and an expert on crime and drug policy.

"It is no longer federal policy to beat up on hippies," said Kleiman.

Tell that to the DEA. In California this past week, agents raided four
dispensaries in
Los Angeles and seized 225 kg of pot.

California law permits the sale of marijuana for medical purposes, though it is
still
against U.S. federal law.

Thirteen states have laws permitting medicinal use of marijuana. California is
unique
among them for the presence of dispensaries, businesses that sell marijuana and
even
advertise their services.

"Anyone possessing, distributing or cultivating marijuana for any reason is in
violation
of federal law," Sarah Pullen, a DEA spokeswoman in Los Angeles, said Thursday.

That may be the law, but it contradicts the medical marijuana position of the
new
president.

"The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent
state
laws ... he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," said White
House
spokesman Nick Shapiro.

So on Friday, DEA officials in Washington declined to comment at all on the
subject.

As a candidate, Obama repeatedly promised a change in federal drug policy in
situations
where state laws allow medical use.

mike

"I'M WISHIN' LORD THAT I WAS STONED:0)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJHgwrv4D3k  - Johnny Cash

http://www.letfreedomgrow.com


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Why not smoke??? IT FUNDS "TERRORISM" AND "TERRORISTS" - Claimed...


Drug prohibition militarizes our police, enriches our enemies, undermines our
laws, and condemns our sick to suffering.
By Radley Balko


Foreign Policy...

'In the past two years, the drug war has become the Taliban's most effective
recruiter in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Muslim extremists have reinvigorated
themselves by supporting and taxing the countless peasants who are dependent one
way or another on the opium trade, their only reliable source of income. The
Taliban is becoming richer and stronger by the day, especially in the east and
south of the country. The "War on Drugs" is defeating the "war on terror."'


Reason Blog @ http://www.reason.com/
More from Radley @ http://www.reason.com/news/show/131131.html


Sincerely Yours :-)
Prezz