Archive for October, 2008
Bhang Spreading Insanity
A dramatic increase in the number of lunatics in the Sengerema district of Mwanza region in Tanzania is partially being blamed on increased use of marijuana (as well as liquor). There were 290 lunatics in the area in December of 2007 and has risen to 413 lunatics just seven months later, in July 2008.
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MPP Files Data Quality Act Complaint
The Marijuana Policy Project filed a formal request aimed at forcing the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to correct its statement which claims that marijuana is “the greatest cause of illegal drug abuse”.
MPP issued a press release on Oct 17, 2008 commenting that the ONDCP despite spending hundreds of millions of [...]
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California Supreme Court turns back challenge
the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who defended the state law called the decision “a momentous victory for countless seriously ill patients”. The fully story is carried in the San Francisco Chronicle. The counsel for San Diego county, one of two counties who brought the challenge to the state law states that the county will [...]
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Holy Smoke 4 Sentenced?
The Media Awareness Project has some information about the trial of the “Holy Smoke 4″ - four people who operated a store in Nelson that sold marijuana. The article was written after they were found guilty and concludes with a mention of the sentencing date - Oct 14, 2008, the day before yesterday. Searching the [...]
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Hempcrete - CMHC Sustainable-Building Award
Chris Magwood of Fleming College has received an Excellence In Education Award from the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation. The new performing arts centre in Madoc, Ontario uses hempcrete a mixture of ground hemp, water and lime according to the article at Daily Commercial News.
A good source of information about hempcrete is at the Natural [...]
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Michigan Medical Marijuana Initiative
John Walters is an idiot and ought to be ridiculed until everyone who doesn’t realize it learns. From the Detroit Free Press
John Walters, a Michigan native who heads the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said marijuana has no legitimate medical use. Medical marijuana laws simply “make it easier for addicts to stay [...]
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Radical Marijuana Party
The ballots printed for the Canadian election last night had the “Marijuana Party” as the “Radical Marijuana Party” which is not correct. Funny how these things happen, most six year old children could do a better job than the elections people, or at least so it would appear. The story is in the Vancouver Province [...]
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Mexico to Legalize Drugs
New legislation proposed by the Mexican Government would decriminalize small amounts of drugs including heroin, meth, cocaine and marijuana. USA drug laws have contributed to if not directly caused a dramatic increase in murders and drug addicts especially near the US border. Evidently Mexico has had enough of the stupid USA drug laws and is [...]
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Marijuana Laws Damage Parks, Wilderness
Chemicals, litter, PVC pipes, growth hormones into the water supply - all are being blamed on marijuana growers who use wilderness areas to grow their crops. The CNN article says amongst other outright lies and half-truths -
“People light up a joint, and they have no idea the amount of environmental damage associated with it,” [...]