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Pot TV News for January 27, 2003
26 Jan 2003 40 minU.S. JUDGE FINDS VINDICTIVE PROSECUTION USED TO PROTECT SUSPECTED ROGUE NARK
SACRAMENTO -- A federal judge found evidence of vindictiveness on the part of the U.S. attorney's office in fraudulently obtaining a marijuana indictment to cover up suspected illegal acts by Placer County Deputy Tracy Grant. Investigative reporter Pat McCartney files a special report about this explosive case.
ED ROSENTHAL TRIAL UPDATE
SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. government's attempt to silence marijuana-cultivation expert and author Ed Rosenthal was thwarted last Thursday in federal court.
VANCOUVER COPS SUSPENDED FOR BEATING UP KIDS
VANCOUVER -- Six officers have been suspended for allegedly taking street youth from the Granville Mall and beating them in Stanley Park.
OFFICERS CLEARED IN DOG'S SHOOTING
LONDON, ONTARIO -- Nine officers involved in a botched drug raid in which they killed a family dog were cleared yesterday by an internal police investigation of any wrongdoing.
AMERICAN EMBASSY HOSTS POT PARTY
JERUSALEM - Leaders of Israel's pro-marijuana party, who may win their first parliament seat in next week's national elections, were unexpectedly invited to the U.S. Embassy yesterday to explain their make-pot-not-war program.
The Pot TV News for January 24, 2003
24 Jan 2003 28 minJUDGE WEIGHS GAG ORDER AGAINST ED
SAN FRANCISCO -- Fear of frontpage newspaper articles, radio news interviews and television reports "contaminating the jury," prompted a U.S. Attorney to ask for a gag order on Ed Rosenthal.
MED MARIJUANA GROUPS POSTING ROADSIDE BILLBOARDS
(AP) -- Thirty billboards across California will feature an 8-year-old girl whose father is serving 10 years for growing medical marijuana.
STUDY OF TWINS CLAIMS MARIJUANA 'GATEWAY' THEORY VALID
CHICAGO — A study of Australian twins and marijuana attempts to resurrect the 'Gateway' theory, but only proves that LYING to kids about pot INCREASES HARD DRUG USE later on.
ADVOCATES ASK NY LAWMAKERS TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Doctors, nurses and patients urged a state Assembly hearing Wednesday to make medical use of marijuana legal for the terminally ill.
SCHOOL FIRED UP OVER 'POT' POTTERY
TORONTO -- Students speak out against a zero-tolerance art teacher for censoring and destroyed their pro-pot work. Why your family should consider home schooling instead.
DRUG COP SAYS FIGHTING MARIJUANA BATTLE FUTILE
"You might as well look at trying to take out the profit by legalizing and regulating it..." --Sgt. Rollie Woods
The Pot TV News for January 22, 2003
22 Jan 2003 37 minB.C. -- A POT-FRIENDLY, POT-PROFITABLE PROVINCEA new poll has found British Columbia is the most pot-friendly province in Canada.
STUDY SAYS WAR ON DRUGS IS FUTILE
Researchers say costly cures are far more damaging than the disease.
NY TIMES COVERS ROSENTHAL TRIAL
Clash on Medical Marijuana puts Ed Rosenthal on the front lines and on the front page.
BONG MAKER BUSTED
Cannabis-related businesses under attack, Chills founder sentenced to 14 months in prison.
TEEN GETS 26 YEARS FOR POT SALES
MOULTON, Ala. (AP) - A 19-year-old student who pleaded guilty to selling pot to classmates at Lawrence County High School has been sentenced to 26 years in prison.
INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL FORBES
Join investigative reporter Dan Forbes as he exposes how federal and state officials use public funds to oppose voter initiatives.
The Pot TV News for January 20, 2003
20 Jan 2003 32 minTHE STATE IN THE POT DENS OF THE NATION
Justice Minister Martin Cauchon returns from Europe, where public toking is accepted, determined to introduce decrim legislation.
THE TRIAL OF ED ROSENTHAL
A federal judge is blocking a jury from hearing evidence that could free Ed Rosenthal, who is facing 20 years in prison.
DRUG CZAR'S OFFICE REVIEWING REQUEST FOR REPORT
Feds complain it would be "silly" for Drug Czar John Walters to obey campaign expenditure laws in Nevada.
DRUGS AND TERROR DON'T MIX
New drug ads blame dirty deeds of wealthy on cannabis community.
ANOTHER BERLIN WALL
Cannabis people routinely turned away and/or harassed at Canadian US border.
CARLISLE WINS HISTORIC DECISION
BC Supreme Court orders return of marijuana and equipment, will consider $90,000 judgement, in 60 days.
The Pot TV News for January 17, 2003
17 Jan 2003 30 minON DRIVING WHILE DRUGGED
"Last year, a researcher at the University of Toronto reviewed a dozen studies, and concluded that marijuana is nowhere near as likely to impair a driver as alcohol is. For one thing, the drugs have opposite effects: Alcohol causes drivers to speed up and drive recklessly, but marijuana causes drivers to slow down and take more care."
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DECISION REVERSED
The only medical-marijuana case to end in conviction in Long Beach Superior Court has been overturned on appeal, and prosecutors have not yet decided whether to retry the case.
ISRAEL POT PARTY BATTLES NERVE GAS
"The country is going to pot. No one seems to mind. It makes us feel like we live in a normal 21st-century nation instead of some backward place where two peoples, neither of whom eats pork, kill each other over a piece of scrubby land."
ED ROSENTHAL UPDATE
Feds gag Rosenthal defense, refusing to allow any discussion of Medical Marijuana, Prop. 215, or Oakland's official designation of Ed as a deputy to handle and dispense medical marijuana.
The Pot TV News for January 15, 2003
15 Jan 2003 30 minREPORT FROM THE FRONT LINES
The Kubbys were in court Tuesday to test the historic decision by Judge Sidney Lederman who found Canada's pot laws unconstitutional. Sechelt Judge Moon cringed at the mention of the Lederman decision, but agreed to a special hearing on January 27th to examine the RCMP's war on sick people.
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SIX MONTHS TO FIX MEDPOT REGS
RETURN POT TO AILING B.C. MAN, RCMP TOLD
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACTIVIST WINS ROUND ONE
HOW TOBACCO CAUSES CANCER WHILE CANNABIS PROTECTS US
New research shows that argument over outlawing cannabis because it "causes cancer" is no longer valid.
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