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The Pot TV News for May 19, 2003
17 May 2003 18 minLOCKYER'S PROSECUTION OF DR. MIKURIYA OUTRAGES ACTIVISTS
CALIFORNIA -- "It seems that Dr. 4 has been targeted for being knowledgeable and outspoken," says Debby Goldsberry, director of a medical marijuana care facility on San Pablo Avenue. "Patients are afraid of losing his expert care and advice. Everybody’s wondering, ‘Who’ll be next?’"
COLIN DAVIES DENIED FREEDOM
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND -- Jailed cannabis campaigner Colin Davies will remain behind bars after a judge ruled a prison governor was right not to release him for smoking the cannabis. Davies, who opened the country's first cannabis coffee shop in Stockport, was due to be freed last month under the early release scheme, but he was kept in jail after testing positive for cannabis.
COMPASSION CLUBS FINALLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO HEALTH CANADA
OTTAWA"The Compassion Clubs are stakeholders in the development of these regulations - we have been successfully providing cannabis to ill Canadians for over 6 years with no government involvement," said Hilary Black, founder of the British Columbia Compassion Club Society. "Members of (the medpot regulations) committee are deeply invested in the status quo of prohibition, and are influencing the creation of these regulations which cater to prohibition, not to the healthcare agenda."
ASIAN GANGS FEARS FUEL BIGGER BUDGETS
BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Lax laws have made Canada, and especially B.C., a "haven" for indoor marijuana grow operations, raising fears of a violent turf war in B.C.'s Lower Mainland between the Hells Angels and Vietnamese gangs, according to an RCMP report.
SPECIAL NOTE: Pot TV News will report this Wednesday on the Ed Rosenthal Trial and compelling new evidence that the U.S. Prosecutor lied to obtain a grand jury indictment against Ed.
The Pot TV News for May 16, 2003
16 May 2003 22 minCHONG COPS A PLEA
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -- Actor Tommy Chong pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal conspiracy charge of selling drug paraphernalia over the Internet.
REFUGEE HEARINGS EXPOSE HEALTH CANADA AND US NARK
VANCOUVER -- Canadian Immigration has sacked it's original lawyer, Gordon Starr and is desperately fighting a losing battle, made worse with the courtroom admission this week that Steve Tuck had given a very large quantity of medical cannabis seeds to Health Canada, and that the testimony of a U.S. nark was dishonest.
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT IRRITATED OVER U.S. GETTING FIRST BRIEFING ON NEW POT LAW
OTTAWA -- "There goes Canadian sovereignty up in smoke,'' complained NDP Leader Jack Layton. "Here's the American government advising on what Canadian policy will be before the House of Commons even has a look at it. It's quite astounding.''
NEW POT LAW TO BE DELAYED, AGAIN
OTTAWA -- Just as predicted by numerous activists and lawyers, the federal government has once again delayed its plans to introduce legislation that would decriminalize possession of small quantities of marijuana.
NARK SHUTS DOWN MEDPOT CLUB, THEN LEARNS SHE HAS CANCER AND MUST UNDERGO CHEMO
LOS ANGELES -- Undercover narcotics Det. Rosario cannot testify against the medical marijuana club she helped to shut down, due to the recent discovery she has cancerous tumors and must undergo chemotherapy.
LATE BREAKING STORY -- TOO LATE FOR THIS SHOW
A federal judge has denied Ed's motion for a new trial. An appeal to the 9th circuit court is planned and Ed's story continues to garner widespread media coverage.
The Pot TV News for May 14, 2003
08 May 2003 19 minREBAGLIATI SAYS POT SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED
TORONTO (CP) - Pot has been part of Ross Rebagliati's public image since winning his Olympic gold medal in snowboarding and he didn't shy away from the issue Wednesday when asked if marijuana should be decriminalized.
PIPE DREAMS AND HEADHUNTERS
POLICE STATES OF AMERICA -- Concerns raised over the feds' crackdown on drug paraphernalia and the initiation of military-style campaigns like "Operation Pipe Dreams," and "Operation Headhunter."
CONROY ASKS COURT TO ALLOW MEDPOT IN JAIL
OTTAWA -- "He just wants to be able to have a marijuana cookie and a glass of milk," said Conroy of his client.
A TOKIN' APPEARANCE BY BUSH TWINS?
NY DAILY NEWS -- Barbara and Jenna Bush, 21, are the subject of three paragraphs in the next Rolling Stone that they better hope their father, the commander-in-chief, doesn't read.
The Pot TV News for May 12, 2003
08 May 2003 15 minU.S. FEAR OF LIBERALIZED POT LAWS UNWARRANTED, ARGUES LUCAS
TIMES COLONIST (Victoria, B.C.) -- Americans must be smoking their own if they think liberalization of Canadian marijuana laws will result in a flood of Canadian bud crossing the border, says the founder of the Compassion Club of Vancouver Island, Philippe Lucas.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA MOVEMENT NOTCHES SEVERAL VICTORIES
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (Editorial) -- Several studies have shown that "marijuana is misclassified by the federal government as a Schedule I drug and should be reclassified to permit physicians to prescribe and pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana."
MARIJUANA A PART OF 'EXTREME' LIFESTYLE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS -- The TV networks and corporate sponsors who have fueled action sports' phenomenal growth in recent years don't seem to know what to make of these outlaw roots. An action sports agent, reacted strongly when the Daily News asked him about his clients' views on marijuana. "There is no acceptance of marijuana in action sports," he said, apparently unaware that one of his clients had appeared in High Times.
Pot TV News for May 9, 2003
07 May 2003 19 minSMOKING OUT AMERICA'S "REEFER MADNESS''
REUTERS -- "The government is intervening all the time in the market, but on whose behalf? Is it protecting somebody who wants to smoke marijuana in their home, a migrant worker forced to live in a cave, or, more likely, a multi-national corporation drilling for oil?''
BENNETT'S BAD BET
MSNBC -- "Bill Bennett himself was always full of sorrow when forced to point out the moral failings of other public figures. But Bill Bennett has been exposed as a humbug artist who ought to be pelted off the public stage if he lacks the decency to slink quietly away as he is constantly calling on others to do."
CANADA'S US TIES HIT A REEFER
THE AUSTRALIAN -- The long-standing alliance between the US and Canada, strained at best in recent months, is officially going to pot.
CANNABIS COULD KILL 30,000 PER YEAR
THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL -- "Tetrahydrocannabinol has cardiovascular effects, and sudden deaths have been attributed to smoking cannabis.(sic) However, despite these alarming facts, there is no evidence at present on whether smoking cannabis contributes to the progression of coronary artery disease, as smoking cigarettes does."
The Pot TV News for May 7, 2003
06 May 2003 17 minPOT BUSTS FUND NEW CHOPPER FOR COPS
CALIFORNIA -- Law enforcement agencies throughout the East Bay, with no other way to buy needed equipment in these lean times, appreciate more than ever the state law that allows them to confiscate and spend illicit pot bust money.
MJ ACTIVIST BRINGS POT ARGUMENT TO SUPREME COURT
OTTAWA -- David Malmo-Levine had taken some unusual steps to prepare for his day in court."I took a couple of hits off some bubble hash," he said, explaining that the specially filtered marijuana resin helped him wake up and focus his mind.
"I was happy, hungry and relaxed, but I was not impaired."
PREMIER CONDEMNS POT PHONE
AUSTRALIA --The Chinese supplier said the product was made using "very high quality marijuana smoke", he said.
REEFER MADNESS: WHY MORE JOCKS TURN TO MARIJUANA
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS -- Many experts believe marijuana can enhance performance and are pushing to extend pot testing to all sports, not just the handful that screen for it now. (This is a reason not to use pot, right)?