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Prince of Pot: Judge James Gray04 May 2003 17 min Marc talks to American Judge and Drug War critic James Gray about the American War on Drugs and the solutions he puts forth in his new book 'Why Our Drug War Has Failed And What We Can Do About It'.
The Pot TV News for April 2, 200302 Apr 2003 18 minCOURTS STAYING POT CHARGES ACROSS CANADA OTTAWA ( WIRE ) - Criminal charges for possessing small amounts of pot could be put on hold in provinces across the country following court rulings in Ontario and P.E.I., says prominent legal expert Alan Young. CONGRESS COMES AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL -- Congress is coming after a federal judge in Minnesota who, it asserts, has let drug offenders off too easily, triggering a tug-of-war over the independence of the judiciary. KIDS NARKING PARENTS THE DAILY IOWAN -- Two recent incidents in which children notified school authorities of their parents' drug use are likely to occur more frequently in the future, said one Johnson County law-enforcement official. NEVADA'S POT DUI LAW QUESTIONED ASSOCIATED PRESS -- Police and prosecutors clashed Monday with advocates of a bill changing the Nevada law dictating the legal levels of marijuana in a motorist's blood stream. Under the current law, any marijuana use could make it illegal for you to operate a motor vehicle for weeks. GOVERNMENT WON'T CHANGE NIMBIN THE SUN-HERALD -- Moves are afoot to try to change the face of Nimbin, the dairying village that became a national icon because of its alternative lifestyle and fondness for marijuana. But locals say it simply won't happen. 
The Pot TV News for January 10, 200310 Jan 2003 17 minPOT-SMOKING MOTORIST NOT GUILTY OF IMPAIRED DRIVING "Smoking marijuana does not, I hope, impair my ability to argue a fine legal point with a cogency that meets the standard of the court," Reimer argued. "If it doesn't impair that ability, one should be careful deciding that it impairs my ability to drive." POLICE CHIEFS DEFY COUNTY SUPERVISORS OVER MEDPOT POLICY "If we're going to have police make a determination that a patient can't use marijuana as medicine, then maybe we should have doctors make a determination that police can't use bullets because they have a negative effect on health…" CALIFORNIA POLICE RESIST JUDGE'S ORDER TO RETURN POT, BEG CITY COUNCIL TO FIGHT BACK, ONLY TO LOSE AND FACE PUBLIC HUMILIATION SAN LUIS OBISPO - Donovan No Runner walked out of the San Luis Obispo Police station all smiles Friday, holding the bag of marijuana authorities had returned to him. 
The Pot TV News for January 8, 200308 Jan 2003 20 minJESUS 'HEALED USING CANNABIS' The U.K. Guardian reports: "Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug," according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings. This story also appeared in the BBC News and the Indian Express . LAWYERS ASK JUDGE TO DISMISS ED ROSENTHAL CHARGES Lawyers for marijuana authority Ed Rosenthal of Oakland argued Monday the federal government has singled him out for persecution and prosecution, a prelude to asking that the drug charges against him be dropped. 2002: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE DRUG WAR "House Republicans Thursday unveiled a package of bills to combat drug abuse and vowed to make America virtually drug-free by 2002."- Reuters, May 1998. 
The Pot TV News for November 1, 200201 Nov 2002 25 min9TH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS MEDICAL MARIJUANA A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled yesterday that the federal government may not revoke the licenses of doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients. WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY BLASTS POT ARRESTS "...experience is overwhelming the discussion, and it is teaching that however ill-advised it may be to take the drug, it is less well-advised to continue to arrest ten thousand people every week for a practice or indulgence of such exiguous social consequence." LIBBY DAVIES INTERVIEW: Pot TV discusses Canadian marijuana legalization with Libby Davies, a Member of Parliament and federal NDP spokesperson for Housing, Children and Youth, Post-Secondary Education, and Social Policy. Libby supports full legalization and opposses police in schoools. Join our e-list for automatic show updates. 
Donahue on Marijuana30 Jul 2002 35 min Donahue has Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico, Sup. Mark Leno of San Francisco, Lynn Nofzinger of the Reagan administration and Billy Rogers of the new Nevada marijuana regulation initiative debate ex-Drug Czar, General Barry McCaffrey. McCaffrey complains that this is the most unbalanced program he has ever been on. |
