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The Pot TV News for April 21, 2003
19 Apr 2003 20 minANTIPROHIBITIONST LEAGUE WANTS DOPEY TREATIES REPEALED
BOSTON GLOBE -- While the eyes of the world have been on Iraq and also on the UN role in that crisis, the International Antiprohibitionist League (IAL), has been stepping up its campaign to repeal or sharply amend the three UN treaties that impose drug prohibition on the world.
BOOKSTORE CAN KEEP RECORDS FROM POLICE
USA TODAY -- ''This was a huge victory,'' said Dan Recht, attorney for the Tattered Cover, a nationally renowned and locally beloved bookstore that houses 500,000 volumes and welcomes book lovers with its cozy ambience.
SUPREME COURT OKAYS EVICTING OLD LADIES TO COMBAT POT
WALL STREET JOURNAL -- Writing for the court in its 8-0 decision, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said, "The government is not attempting to criminally punish or civilly regulate respondents [the tenants] as members of the general populace. It is instead acting as a landlord of property that it owns, invoking a clause in a lease" Yeah, right. . .
REEFER MANIACS WANT MP DRUG TEST BEFORE VOTE
WEST AUSTRALIA -- State MPs should volunteer to take a drug test before voting on the Government's proposed cannabis reform laws, says Hillarys Liberal MLA Rob Johnson.
Plus Special Guests:
--SENATOR PIERRE CLAUDE NOLIN
--KEITH STROUP and
--PHIL LUCAS
The Pot TV News for April 18, 2003
18 Apr 2003 22 minREEFER REFUGEE REPORT
The testimony phase of the Kubby Refugee Hearings finished up Wednesday. A final decision is expected this fall.
Plus these special guests:
EUGENE OSCAPELLA: Who profits from the Drug War?
ROBERT MELAMEDE, PhD: Cannabis Health
PROFESSOR ZIGGY: Seedling care and feeding.
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The Pot TV News for April 16, 2003
15 Apr 2003 23 minMARIJUANA CAUSES INSANITY!
U.K. -- Professor John Henry, a consultant in toxicology from St Mary's Hospital in London, told the BBC that studies from Sweden and New Zealand that cannabis harms mental health. If the results are true, it only shows that these two ultra-prohibitionist countries are driving their young people crazy.
MARIJUANA KILLS!
AUSTRALIA -- Reefer maniacs have given The Sunday Times Australian Bureau of Statistics figures that show there were 183 cannabis-related deaths between 1997-2001. No actual cases of cannabis causing death were cited, or have ever been cited in the history of medicine, but this group is claiming deaths because cannabis was found in the blood of people who had died in accidents or suicides.
BABIES DAMAGED BY MOMS WHO SMOKE POT!
ITALY -- Exposure to a cannabis in the womb could cause children to experience learning difficulties and hyperactivity, researchers suggest. However, the research is fatally flawed because the study used a synthetic cannabinoid on rats, not whole natural cannabis on humans.
HOW CANNABIS BLOCKS PAIN
By Robert Melamede, PhD., Biology Dept. Chairman, University of Colorado.
The Pot TV News for April 14, 2003
14 Apr 2003 23 minEDDIE LEPP LEGALLY GROWING HUNDREDS OF MEDPOT PLANTS OUTDOORS
CALIFORNIA -- On the day a CN&R; reporter went out to visit Lepp, he received an unexpected visit from a pair of California highway patrolmen. When asked if they were there to bust Lepp, a silver-haired officer, marveling at the view among hundreds of immature marijuana plants, chuckled and replied, "Heck no. It's too nice of a day for that."
TRUTH IN TRIALS BILL
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - U.S. lawmakers have launched an effort that would allow defendants from states with legalized medical marijuana to use "medical necessity" as a defense against federal drug charges.
BUDGET WOES MAY FORCE STATE TO DECRIMINALIZE PROSTITUTION, DRUGS
BOSTON -- Pot smokers, hookers, shoplifters and barroom brawlers could be eligible for jail-free punishments equivalent to a traffic ticket under a budget recommendation by House lawmakers, saving $2.2 million per year.
ALAN YOUNG INTERVIEW:
Professor Young discusses LEGALIZATION and what we may expect in the future.
The Pot TV News for April 12, 2003
12 Apr 2003 16 minToday's show features interviews with cannabis scientist Dr. Robert Melamede and drug reform professor, Eugene Oscapella. Michele Kubby is taking a break after an intense week at the Cannabis Refugee Hearings in Vancouver, see guide to related stories below:
CANADIAN TELEVISION FEATURES POT REFUGEE STORY
Pot-TV News anchor and medical marijuana patient Steve Kubby is the topic of this prime time CBC story regarding Steve's fight for refugee status in Canada instead of facing almost certain death at the hands of US Federal Authorities.
REFUGEE NEEDS MEDICAL POT TO SURVIVE, HEARING TOLD
VANCOUVER SUN -- Medical marijuana is the best treatment for an American refugee claimant suffering from a rare disease, a cancer specialist testified Friday.
POT-SMOKING CANCER VICTIM WOULD BE PROSECUTED IN US
VANCOUVER - A man seeking asylum in Canada because he smokes pot to fight a rare form of cancer would do well to stay out of the United States, where the "corrupt system" would prosecute him, a California judge testified Thursday.
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MARIJUANA USER CLAIMS PERSECUTION IN UNITED STATES
CANADIAN WIRE - An American man claiming refugee status in Canada said Tuesday he is being persecuted because of his medical marijuana use.
REFUGEE HEARING FOR POT ADVOCATE
CBC TV - An American user of medical marijuana says he will die if Canada sends him back to the United States.
U.S. POT ADVOCATE CLAIMS CONSPIRACY AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA
CBC TV - An American man who says he was persecuted in the U.S. for using medical marijuana began presenting his case at a refugee hearing in Vancouver Wednesday.
The Pot TV News for April 9, 2003
09 Apr 2003 18 minREFUGEE HEARINGS RESUME
The refugee hearings for America's first cannabis refugees resumed today after a one-month hiatus for Steve Kubby to recover from pneumonia. David Malmo-Levin, Ken Hayes, and Richard Cowan were there, as was CBC, CTV and Canada Post. Also present were representatives from the Immigration and Justice Departments and prohibitionist MP Randy White.
ALAN YOUNG INTERVIEW:
One of Canada's top law professors discusses the road to legalizing cannabis cultivation.