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The Pot TV News for Monday, August 12, 2002
12 Aug 2002 28 minU.S. AGENTS RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER OUR LAWS
Vancouver Sun blasts U.S. DEA illegal acts and violations of Canadian sovereignty.
ROGERS ON THE RUN
He's traveling with his girlfriend, Liberty, and reported that they're considering moving to Canada with her toddler son, Sativa, and his teenage son, Vinnie.
MARC EMERY PLANS TO RAISE A STINK
"Hitler used dogs too, and we don't like it that man's best friend has been turned into a little four-legged nark," said one Canadian pot activist who says he no longer has a name. "If the Canadian police want to start acting like the stupid, fascist American police, we have to fight back. I can't wait to see what happens the next time they bring nark dogs on our ferry."
POT ACTIVIST ENLISTS HELP OF CANCER SPECIALIST IN COURT
American pot "refugee" Steve Kubby has applied for a Health Canada exemption which would legally allow him to smoke marijuana and enlisted the support of a B.C. cancer specialist as he gears up for a legal fight over his medical marijuana use.
Richard Cowan Commentary
Richard reflects upon his most recent visit to Amsterdam.
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The Pot TV News for Friday, August 9, 2002
09 Aug 2002 28 minCUOMO BOLDLY TAKES ON DRUG LAWS
During an East Harlem press conference, Cuomo called the laws a "social injustice" and a "waste of taxpayer money." He noted that 90% of those sentenced under the Rockefeller laws are black or Hispanic. He urged "not just reform, but the repeal of the mandatory minimums" and called for the "restoring of judicial discretion in sentencing."
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNRAVELING ANCIENT MIDEAST DRUG TRADE
Recent studies confirm hashish and opium use widespread in ancient world.
POLICE UNION REVOLTS AGAINST CHIEFS
Police are upset with their superiors after NCOPS, a statewide police organization, announced Tuesday its board of directors voted 9-0 to support the proposed constitutional change that would decriminalize possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana.
'LIFE AND DEATH’ MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE DELAYED
A ‘life and death’ request for a court-ordered medical marijuana exemption was adjourned for two weeks by a B.C. Supreme Court Justice in Chilliwack Tuesday.
DR. ROBERT MELAMEDE:
Is there a genetic basis to the drug war? Based upon studies of mice that are unable to properly metabolize cannabinoids, it appears that cannabinoid deprived individuals may be crippled by a profound fear of newness and rigid inability to adapt to change.
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The Pot TV News for Wednesday, August 7, 2002
06 Aug 2002 24 minCANADIAN COMPANY SUES U.S. OVER HEMP
ABC News reports on a small Canadian company using the 1994 NAFTA treaty to sue the U.S. government for devastating their hemp business.
MARIJUANA PARTY TO AVENGE FERRY POT BUST
B.C. Marijuana Party head Marc Emery is planning a counterattack against West Vancouver police. Upset by police searching cars for marijuana, he says his supporters will spray ferry decks, doors and bulkheads with THC oil in a bid to confuse police tracker dogs.
FROM NIXON TO NOW
Playboy Magazine publishes a scathing indictment of Nixon and the drug war, written by Kevin Zeese.
WEED PERMITS GROWING?
Despite glowing claims by Health Canada that the new regulations allow more Canadians faster access to medicinal marijuana, the program has 300 less patients than when it started and physicians remain officially opposed. Philippe Lucas reports.
CANNABIS vs THE CONSTITUTION
LA Times commentary by constitutional law professor explains how the medical marijuana controversy turns the feud over federalism on its head.
LIBERTARIAN PARTY CREATES MEDICAL MARIJUANA AD
The Libertarian Party has created a medical marijuana television ad, in an effort to oust "the most rabid Drug Warrior in Congress," U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA)
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The Pot TV News for Monday, August 05, 2002
04 Aug 2002 40 minCANNABIS EASES TRAUMATIC MEMORIES
Scientists have known for years that the brain makes substances almost identical to the active ingredient in marijuana, but the function of these "cannabinoids" remained mysterious. Researchers now say they help to extinguish traumatic memories.
ABC NEWS: GOING TO POT
Wayne Justmann already smokes marijuana daily to ease the pain of neuropathy. But now he wants to get it from a new supplier — the city of San Francisco.
VANSTERDAM FERRY DRUG BUSTS AN 'ABUSE OF POWER'
A dozen RCMP and drug dogs board a B.C. ferry to randomly sniff out drugs among passengers, creating front page news across B.C. and new accusations against the RCMP.
NEVADANS WEIGH PROPOSAL TO MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL
New York Times: "After voting two years ago to ease state drug laws, Nevada voters could go even further this year, making their state the first to legalize marijuana and derive taxes from a regulated sales system."
WOULD-BE REEFER REFUGEES TRY TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE FOR MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS
"He doesn't look stoned, or even sick. Dressed in a crisp blue suit and talking a mile a minute, he could pass for an over-caffeinated stockbroker. If anything, the trim, 56-year-old Californian looks the picture of health. He says that's because he has been smoking pot every day for more than 20 years."
JUDGE JAMES GRAY INTERVIEW:
California Superior Court Judge James Gray discusses how the drug war causes far more harm than good. With folks like Walter Cronkite and Governor Gary Johnson endorsing his new book, this conservative Orange County judge is making a serious impact on ending the drug war.
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The Pot TV News for Friday, August 02, 2002
02 Aug 2002 25 minCANADA'S POT POLICY IRKS DRUG WARRIORS
"There is no doubt that Canada's successful example was extremely important in shifting opinion about alcohol policy in the United States. Today, Canada, Britain and other countries will likely play the same example-setting role for the United States."
SWISS STAND FIRM OVER CANNABIS LAW
Switzerland has dismissed an international report criticising its decision to decriminalise cannabis, saying its approach is honest and realistic.
WHY WHISTLER SHOULD GO TO POT
"What we don't have, and what we so desperately need, is a cannabis strategy. The time is now. We can either be cutting edge or cut out. I mean, it's a travesty we let Vancouver garner the best place in the world for potheads award. What were the judges smoking?"
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The Pot TV News for Wednesday, July 31, 2002
30 Jul 2002 24 minU.K. POLICE REVOLT OVER CHANGE IN CANNABIS LAW
Police forces around England and Wales are revolting against changes in the law on cannabis introduced by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, whom they accuse of creating confusion.
HAWAIIAN POLICE OBSTRUCT MEDPOT LAW
Recent arrests of medical marijuana patients on the Big Island illustrate the problems that can occur when the program crosses paths with police more accustomed to battling marijuana in the war on drugs than upholding a law allowing limited use.
PROSECUTORS STILL WANT MOWER
Despite a win in the California Supreme Court, prosecutors are still considering another trial for Carl Mower.
TRICK OR TREATMENT
If it becomes law, Initiative 62 on this fall's ballot, will offer speed and cocaine offenders in D.C. the option of going into rehab instead of facing a trial and prison. But pot smokers and ecstasy users will continue to be put behind bars.
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