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The Pot TV News for December 30, 2002
29 Dec 2002 24 minFIGHTING DRUG LEGALIZATION THROUGH PROSECUTORS
At the urging of the White House and the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), prosecutors from across the United States will begin targeting cannabis users as a top priority over all other crimes.
JAMA RECOGNIZES MARIJUANA ACTIVISTS' ROLE IN FIGHTING ADDICTION TO HARD DRUGS
A top medical journal looks at ibogaine as it has risen from a counterculture star to a serious project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). JAMA even credits the efforts of cannabis activists like Dana Beal and Marc Emery in pioneering ibogaine research.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: TAKING THEIR HITS
Weeding Is Fundamental For Many Professional Athletes, Even Though They're Winding Up On The Blotter Pages
The Pot TV News for Saturday, December 28, 2002
28 Dec 2002 28 minCALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST GROWER FOR SAME ACTIONS DISMISSED IN MONTREAL LAST WEEK
The Associated Press reports that a California state appeals court upheld a lower court ruling Thursday that Proposition 215 does not grant a medical marijuana grower immunity from prosecution. In contrast, a Montreal Court ruled last week that medical marijuana has to come from somewhere and if the government won’t provide it then it can't prosecute those who do provide it.
FRANCE TO TOUGHEN LAWS ON CANNABIS
France is planning to tighten restrictions on the smoking of cannabis in an attempt to curb its steadily rising popularity. An estimated 3 million French citizens smoked pot this Christmas.
DR ROBERT MELAMEDE, PHD:
Bogus British studies raise serious questions about cannabis use, but prove nothing.
JUDGE ASKED TO END WAR ON CANNABIS PATIENTS
The Kubbys are asking the court to ensure that patients who are using medical marijuana for medical purposes are not treated as criminals and dragged through the court system.
The Pot TV News for December 25, 2002
25 Dec 2002 22 minPOLICE SUED FOR DRUG SEARCH NEAR NORML RALLY
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the State Police and Barbour County Sheriff's Department for establishing a drug checkpoint last year near a rally organized by marijuana-law reform advocates.
DAVID NICK WANTS LONG BEACH DA OFF THE CASE
San Francisco attorney J. David Nick filed a motion charging that the Long Beach branch of the Los Angeles district attorney's office "are involved in a moral war where they take personal issue against marijuana use for medicinal reasons." Nick argued the Long Beach branch must be recused "because they have a particular ax to grind against lawful medical marijuana users…"
CALIFORNIA CONSIDERS RELEASING PRISONERS
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Proposals to release some nonviolent and elderly prisoners early have emerged in California and other states confronting massive budget shortfalls.
ROBERT MELAMEDE, PHD: THC BLOCKERS
The Pot TV News for December 23, 2002
23 Dec 2002 30 minU.S. DRUG WAR'S TARGET: A NEW MOM
Gorgeous, guileless and naturally blissed out, Vancouver's Renee Boje, 32, is the perfect poster girl for pot activists; she's also a new mother and martyr for a cause she never dreamed she'd represent, a marijuana madonna with everyone from Noam Chomsky to Woody Harrelson writing letters on her behalf.
DRUG CZAR: PARENTS SHOULD LIE TO KIDS ABOUT DRUG USE
It's OK to lie to your children about your youthful drug use, the federal drug czar said Thursday in New Orleans. "They're your kids, not your confessors," said John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. "Don't treat them like your peers. Treat them like your children."
COURT VICTORY USED TO LAUNCH ONLINE CANNABIS SALES
(CNN) -- Canadian activists for the medicinal use of marijuana celebrated a court victory on Thursday by launching an Internet site offering home delivery of cannabis for seriously ill people.
MARC-BORIS ST-MAURICE TALKS ABOUT HIS HISTORIC COURT VICTORY.
Don't miss this 15 minute interview with the head of the Federal Marijuana Party. Also, check out this link and see how you can order your medical marijuana online.
The Pot TV News for December 20, 2002
20 Dec 2002 27 minPRIME MINISTER RETREATS ON DECRIM AFTER THWARTING COURT CHALLENGE
Jean Chrétien retreated yesterday from the government's plans to decriminalize marijuana, contradicting Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, who said last week that he intended to introduce decriminalization legislation in the first four months of next year. Critics charge decrim announcement was never sincere and was issued to thwart the recent Supreme Court challenge to Canada's marijuana laws.
SAN DIEGO POLICE STEAL $11,000 AND LIFESAVING MEDICINE FROM PATIENT WHO WAS FOLLOWING STATE AND LOCAL LAW
The Associated Press reports that San Diego police raided the home of activist Dion Markgraaff, even though the amount of marijuana found at Markgraaff's home appears to be permissible under the city's own rules.
JUDGE PREPARING TO DECIDE WHETHER U.S. SHOULD BE BLOCKED FROM PROSECUTING CALIFORNIA
Lawyers argued Tuesday over whether a federal judge can and should bar U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Drug Enforcement Administration chief Asa Hutchinson from treating medical marijuana patients as criminals.
CANNABIS SCIENCE REPORT: "HOW POT PROTECTS OUR CELLS"
By Robert Melalmede, PhD., chairman of the Biology Department of the University of Colorado explans new research that shows cannabis protects cells and extends our lifespan
The Pot TV News for December 18, 2002
18 Dec 2002 29 minJEFF JONES CONVICTED IN FEDERAL KANGAROO COURT FOR TELLING JURORS TO "VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE"
The Oakland cannabis co-op director faces six months in jail and huge fines for handing out a jury nullification flier at the Bryan Epis trial.
CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS REFUSE TO UPHOLD MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW EXPOSING A GOVERNMENT AT WAR WITH ITS OWN CITIZENS
Medical marijuana wasn't hard for voters or juries to understand, but six years later police, prosecutors, judges and even the attorney general and governor still refuse to uphold the law.
ONE NATION, UNDER PILLS
How American drug companies use government edicts and the drug war to force us to use their toxic pills instead of natural herbs.
GROWING TIPS FROM THE NEW CD, "How to Grow LEGAL Medical Marijuana."
Learn how to avoid the common mistakes people make when they try to grow cannabis.