The Pot TV News for Wednesday, February 20, 2002
19 Feb 2002 22 minCANADA NOT READY FOR LEGAL POT?
Wait and see if medicinal use works, new cabinet minister says
IDEAS LINK TO DEA SURFACES
From the beginning, many of us were suspicious that the the DEA, not
Canadians, were behind the upcoming "IDEAS" conference in Vancouver.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACTIVIST IMPRISONED
Steve Fisher sentenced to two years in prison for "probation violation" in
Siskiyou County.
SANTA CRUZ TEEN-AGER'S POT SCIENCE PROJECT
School officials are considering whether to snuff out a 13-year-old girls'
science project that examines medical uses for marijuana.
"CHILLS," PIPE COMPANY OWNER INDICTED
Company's face of a space alien labeled WORLD DOMINATION was actually cited
by federal prosecutors as evidence of a criminal conspiracy.
DRUG LAWS REVOLUTION SET FOR UK
British MPs officially recommend "Cannabis should be decriminalised."
The Pot TV News for Monday, February 18, 2002
17 Feb 2002 32 min ED ROSENTHAL INTERVIEWThe Drug Warriors worst nightmare prepares to do battle.
FEDS VS. S.F. ON POT
"This is San Francisco," said Mark Romero of CHAMP, who ran to the scene
after hearing of the sweep. He stood with his arms crossed and repeatedly
tore up the yellow tape surrounding the scene, much to the ire of the DEA
officers. "It's a public sidewalk. Get out of my house," he yelled.
S.F. PROTEST PHOTOS:
Catch the action at the DEA protests held in San Francisco after the raid
and arrest of the Harm Reduction Club staff.
FIRST LOOK AT THE DEA COMPLAINT:
Over 40 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines for doing something
that was approved by the voters and confirmed by a jury.
The Pot TV News for Friday, February 15th, 2002
15 Feb 2002 31 min Pot TV News Special Report:DEA vs S.F.
ATTORNEY BILL PANZER
Ed Rosenthal's attorney exposes the bogus DEA charges, based upon an
informant who is attempting to avoid jail.
KEN HAYES
Live in our studio with a full report on his arrest and his coming fight for
political refugee status in Canada.
CHERYL SECUEIRA
Ken's partner reports on the impact on their family
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY RENEE BOJE
Renee comments on the raids and updates us on her fight for political
refugee status
The Pot TV News for Wednesday, February 13, 2002
12 Feb 2002 GROWING GURU AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATE ED ROSENTHAL BUSTEDDEA Crackdown in San Francisco. Ed Rosenthal arrested in 6 am raid, two Medical Marijuana Clubs Shutdown.
TED SMITH THREATENED WITH JAIL
Courts and cops still have money to burn while B.C. schools and hospitals
are slashed -- Smith Case is proof!
48 HOURS STORY ON 8 YR-OLD MMJ PATIENT
CBS will air a courageous story of a mother and her son on Feb. 22nd.
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT: THE MUNCHIES CRACKDOWN
Hemp Industries get huge media break, thanks to DEA
ALABAMA'S DRUG WAR TERRORSTS
"I cried and pleaded to the (woman deputy) please don't (strip-search) me,
this is humiliating, this isn't right. Finally down to nothing, that is what
she found, nothing. Nothing but a naked, young lady, crying, standing there feeling as though she had just been raped."
HARRIS SUIT AGAINST GOGEKS, SUN
"Doonesbury comic strip character Zonker Harris announced today that he is
suing the Baltimore Sun and writers Jim and Ed Gogek for libel and
defamation of character."
The Pot TV News for Monday, February 11th, 2002
11 Feb 2002 33 min B.C. DRUG WAR RUNNING ON EMPTYRecord deficit of $4 billion force deep slashes in criminal justice system
STATES GO AWOL IN DRUG WAR
States Closing Prisons, Expanding Drug Treatment
BIG RISK TO FEMALE CANNABIS SMOKERS
Women using the drug daily - which is considered heavy use - run seven times
the risk of suffering depression and anxiety, a major Australian study
reports.
NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT COMIC STRIP CHARACTER'S WASTED LIFE
"There are a lot of daily pot-smokers who suffer from depression, panic
attacks and, oddly enough, outbursts of uncontrollable rage."
DR. ROBERT MELAMEDE:
CBD cannabinoid therapy for seizure patients.
The Pot TV News for Friday, February 8, 2002
08 Feb 2002 23 minTHANKS, BUT NO THANKS
Rebagliati declines new drug-free conditions for travel to Winter Olympics
LA TIMES BLASTS DRUG WAR
"Only four cents of every dollar to prevention and treatment....(not) even
a penny on ads that mention the most commonly abused drug of all, alcohol."
NARKS USING CANADIAN SPY SATELLITES
Canadian Space Agency Joins the Drug War
U.S. POT WAR COMES NORTH
Is Canada really sovereign, or are they just another arm of the US pot
eradication team?
New York: Go for the Schwag!
Referring to contemporary, super-bred marijuana, the grower said: "One joint
and I would lose my whole weekend.