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The Pot TV News for February 24, 2003
23 Feb 2003 20 min br>HIGH CRIMES?
TELEVISION -- NBC's Dateline featured Ed Rosenthal, his jurors and even California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, all protesting Ed's conviction.
MEASURE WOULD ADD MEDICAL POT DEFENSE
CALIFORNIA -- Medical marijuana growers and suppliers could avoid federal prison under legislation proposed by a California congressman in the wake of a wave of raids and prosecutions.
JUDGE IMPOSES UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS
VICTORIA B.C. -- Since the Victoria branch of the Cannabis Buyers' Clubs of Canada was busted on February 19, 2003,), the club's staff have been putting it back together again, replacing medicine and computer equipment seized by police, and protecting two of the club's employees from a reefer madness judge.
Dr. ROBERT MELAMEDE:
The impact of the Ed Rosenthal trial.
The Pot TV News for February 21, 2003
20 Feb 2003 18 minLORETTA NALL AND FAMILY IN HIDING
U.S. Marijuana Party president, Loretta Nall had to flee home after a rogue cop obtained a search warrant -- based on a letter to the editor -- and tried to grab her kids.
'RICH UNCLE' BANKROLLS STUDENTS
NY Company provides student loans for a price; no drug test or questions involved.
MARIJUANA SEIZED FROM FAKE BORDER PATROL TRUCKS
It's a drug bust with a twist. Border Patrol officials have seized more than six million dollars worth of marijuana from two vehicles painted to look like Patrol units.
CANNABIS GROW TIPS WITH PROFESSOR ZIGGY
Learn how to prepare your own custom soiless mix, from Federation Seeds breeder, Professor Ziggy.
The Pot TV News for February 19, 2003
19 Feb 2003 25 minNEW DATABASE CLOSES BORDERS TO ANYONE WITH POT ARREST RECORD
CANADA/USA -- New "anti-terror" databases, shared between the US and Canada, are being used to close the border to anyone involved with cannabis, based on any contact with law enforcement for the past ten years.
MISGUIDED COPS TARGETING CANNABIS DRIVERS
More teens will die on the road as a direct result of actions by police who crack down on cannabis use while driving.
BAY AREA SEES GROWTH IN POT DISPENSARIES
HAYWARD -- A sprouting hub of medical marijuana dispensaries has some people calling the downtown area "Haysterdam," a hybrid of Hayward and Amsterdam -- the Dutch city known for its drug tolerance.
MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, LISTEN TO THE DOCTORS AND PATIENTS
Dr. Kate Scannell wants John Ashcroft to leave his desk, come into the chemotherapy suite and participate in the real consequences of his choices. Dr. Scannell wants Ashcroft to meet the bald, frail woman lying in the hospital bed who is suffering horribly, but is afraid of getting arrested if she tries medical marijuana to see if it will provide relief.
The Pot TV News for February 17, 2003
17 Feb 2003 22 minMEDPOT PATIENTS: NO REFUGE FROM FEDS
"Anyone who is growing marijuana and is vocal shouldn't be surprised if we pay them a visit." -- Richard Meyer, DEA spokesman
KRIEGER TRIAL DELAYED FOR 2 MONTHS
CALGARY -- Pot crusader Grant Krieger's new trial on a charge of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking has been delayed for at least two more months.
CANCEL YOUR VACATION PLANS FOR THAILAND
A shooting war on drugs has broken out in Thailand and human rights groups are charging that the police are sending out death squads to kill drug users.
PRO-MEDICAL POT EVENTS
Bay Area activists have planned a week of events including planting the first of 215,000 marijuana seedlings they hope to plant in honor of Proposition 215, the historic 1996 state ballot measure that legalized the use and cultivation of medical marijuana.
BUBBLE HASH BREAKTHROUGH
Bubble hash is quickly gaining recognition as a potent form of natural cannabis and a great means for harm reduction. We test drive the Mercedes Benz of cold water hash extraction bags, the new 7-bag Bubble Bag and the results are highly impressive.
POLICE HELP OUT HOLY SMOKE SOCIETY
When Chilliwack police responded to a breakin at the Holy Smoke cannabis garden, they chased away the thieves, fixed the broken door and installed a new lock.
The Pot TV News February 14, 2003
14 Feb 2003 22 minCNN EXPERTS SIDE WITH ED ROSENTHAL
CNN/FindLaw -- Top legal authorities are now backing Ed Rosenthal and blasting the judge in his trial.
SCHMIDT ANSWERS TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY
SAN FRANCISCO -- Robert "Duke" Schmidt, 52, sits in a small room in a Tenderloin halfway house looking out at a big billboard showing 8-year-old Ashley Epis and her "My Dad is not a Criminal" sign. Says Schmidt, "In my moment of despair, I asked God for a sign, and the next day, there was that sign."
OREGON TO FILE NEW MEDPOT INITIATIVE
PORTLAND, OR -- A Life with Dignity committee will file an initiative with the Secretary of State on Friday that will amend Oregon's current medical marijuana law, OMMA, making Oregon the first state with medical marijuana laws to allow. intrastate regulated sales of the federally banned substance.
ONLINE CULTIVATION CALCULATOR
New online calculator will instantly tell you how many plants you would be allowed to cultivate and how much you can legally possess, under current Health Canada regulations.
CBC NATIONAL NEWS FILMS RCMP RETURNING POT AND EQUIPMENT TO KUBBYS
Exclusive footage of the Canadian Broadcast Corp filming the return of medical marijuana and grow equipment by the Sechelt RCMP to Steve and Michele Kubby. Returned pot to be featured on another show.
The Pot TV News for February 12, 2003
12 Feb 2003 22 minOTTAWA APPEALS AS COURT FORCES CANADA TO DISTRIBUTE MEDPOT
OTTAWA -- The Canadian government will go to court to save its muddled marijuana laws even as it is promising to liberalize them and as a court forces them to distribute the government-sanctioned marijuana growing in Manitoba for "open" clinical trials.
COUNTY MAY JOIN WAMM SUIT
SANTA CRUZ -- The county may decide Tuesday to join a medical marijuana club in suing the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
WILL ROSENTHAL CASE DESTROY FEDERAL MEDPOT ENFORCEMENT?
AlterNet -- The disappointing verdict in the Ed Rosenthal case may end up doing more to ignite California voters than a hung jury would have done.
JUDGE KILLS DRUG TREATMENT LAW PASSED BY VOTERS
WASHINGTON D.C. -- An initiative passed by D.C. voters last fall that would require the city to offer treatment to scores of nonviolent drug offenders cannot take effect because it illegally dictates how the D.C. government must spend its money, a judge ruled yesterday.
"DUDE, YER GETTIN' A CELL"
NEW YORK -- Actor Benjamin Curtis, who portrays a stereotypic stoner named "Steven" in Dell Computer Corp's "Dude, yer gettin' a Dell" commercials, was arrested for marijuana possession, officials said on Monday.