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The Pot TV News for October 21, 2002
20 Oct 2002 40 minNO CHARTER RIGHT TO MEDICAL POT, FEDS ARGUE
The right to smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons is no more enshrined in the Charter of Rights than the right to smoke crack cocaine, lawyers for the federal government argued in Canada's Supreme Court.
COPS WANT MONEY FOR SEIZED HOMES
Surrey RCMP Const Tim Shields confirmed last Friday that his police are now seizing houses to help pay their bills. "The City of Surrey is paying for 90 per cent of our policing; why should they not receive some cost recovery?"
NEVADA AG SLAMS STATE DECRIM INITIATIVE
Initiative leader, Billy Rogers blasted the Attorney General for suggesting Nevada would incur liability for "cancer caused by the sale of marijuana." He said the state "never has had to pay a penny in damages for licensing 7-Elevens and other retail stores to sell cigarettes."
POLICE AND JUDGES OPPOSE DRUG WAR
Pot TV interviews Peter Christ, a retired police captain who has founded a police organization that believes "the drug war can never be won, and is doing more harm than good."
The Pot TV News for October 18, 2002
18 Oct 2002 19 minU.S. THREATENS CANADA WITH TRADE WAR OVER POT
TORONTO ( AP ) American officials caution they may be forced to drastically slow trade across the northern U.S. border if the Canadian government relaxes its marijuana laws.
SAN DIEGO MEDPOT GUIDELINES ANGER DEA
Medical marijuana guidelines that would allow sick people to keep up to 3 pounds of
cannabis and grow up to 72 plants for their own use was approved by a San Diego City Council committee yesterday.
O.C. CASE A TEST FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
HIV patient who was growing 12 plants at his hospice, in compliance with Prop 215, was arraigned on felony charges of cultivation and possession.
MEDICAL NY GOVERNOR'S RACE GETS POTTY
Flanked by terminally ill people who told tales of unrelenting pain, Tom Golisano today endorsed the medical use of marijuana, and lashed out at Gov. George E. Pataki for blocking a state program to provide the drug to patients.
WOODY HARRELSON: I'M AN AMERICAN TIRED OF AMERICAN LIES
"I'd honour Kyoto. Join the world court. I'd stop subsidising earth rapers like Monsanto, Dupont and Exxon. I'd shut down the nuclear power plants. So I already have $200bn saved from corporate welfare."
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The Pot TV News for October 16, 2002
16 Oct 2002 26 minTORONTO DRUG SQUAD HIT WITH LAWSUITS
Former drug suspects are suing the Toronto Police, claiming they are owed millions of dollars for wrongful arrests, beatings and warrantless searches -- and for cash and valuables.
RANDOM DRUG RAIDS TARGET HIGH SCHOOLS
Calgary police are conducting random raids on all high schools throughout the city with teams of seven officers who 'swarm' a different school on a weekly basis.
AN 'OUT-OF-STATE' CAMPAIGN
Las Vegas Review-Journal bashes Drug Czar for denouncing "out-of-state" backers of the measure who are "spending millions of dollars on inaccurate campaigns," when the Drug Czar is guilty of spreading inaccurate information and "jetting to Nevada from the Beltway to slam the measure."
FIRED BORDER PATROL AGENT BLAMES HEMP BAR
A U.S. Border Patrol agent dismissed from his job earlier this year after testing positive for drugs is blaming a manufacturer of hemp bars for his downfall.
FRIGHTFUL RISK FOR MEDICAL POT USERS
A bold, daytime home-invasion robbery targeting a marijuana garden in El Dorado County has alarmed law-enforcement officials and highlighted risks for growers of medicinal pot.
POLICE HUMILIATED OVER RETURN OF SEIZED POT PLANTS
Police agreed to return Brian Carlisle's medical marijuana, but later backed down in front of the media. When will public humiliation finally teach cops to stop stealing medicine from sick people?
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The Pot TV News for October 14, 2002
13 Oct 2002 40 minMcWilliams Out on Bail After Federal Charges
Medical-marijuana activist Steven McWilliams was arrested on federal drug charges yesterday morning, with law enforcement officers quietly taking him into custody outside his Normal Heights home as he walked his dogs.
Drug Czar Escalates Anti-Pot Rhetoric
U.S. drug czar John Walters reaches new lows in his holy war on pot.
Mike Patriquen Still Denied Medicine
"I am in constant pain, 24 hours a day. Due to the nausea created by the pain, I am able to eat little - and most of that comes back up. Rather than sleep, I lie quietly and hope to drift into a state of semi-consciousness, which happens from time to time for periods of 20 minutes or so - until I am jolted awake by a new arrow of pain."
Pot TV News Editorial:
If you like cannabis, you're going to love the future!
Dr. Robert Melamede
Cannabis and Mental Illness
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The Pot TV News for October 11, 2002
10 Oct 2002 30 minMEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS SUE FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Two medical marijuana users filed suit Wednesday against federal authorities in an effort to try to stop government raids on pot used by sick patients.
FIRST CLINICAL POT TRIAL TO USE U.S. STASH
The United States National Institute on Drug Abuse has agreed to supply the drug for a Toronto-based trial, even though the US drug czar disapproves of the program. Meanwhile, about 200 kilograms of cannabis grown with Ottawa's sanction in an abandoned Manitoba mine sits in storage and will not be used on patients, Health Canada says.
UTAH JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENTS IN PERON MARIJUANA CASE
Dennis Peron, Kasey Conder, 20; and John Entwistle, 38, appeared in a Utah court to demand their case be dismissed.
CHIEF DOESN'T WANT THEM RAIDING POT CLUBS
Lansdowne said his four officers and one sergeant have better things to do - - such as tackle the methamphetamine epidemic -- than harass local pot clubs, which are operating within state law.
DR.ROBERT MELAMEDE: HOW CANNABIS PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN HUMAN BIOLOGY
Don't miss this extraordinary lecture, by a top research scientist, on how cannabinoid receptors are central to managing most functions of our bodies.
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The Pot TV News for October 9, 2002
09 Oct 2002 27 min10-YEAR SENTENCE FOR BRYAN EPIS
Epis insisted that there was no conspiracy; that he and four other people with doctor's recommendations were growing the pot for their individual use. Whatever was left over was given to a Chico cannabis club Epis helped establish for distribution to its patients, he said.
PARENTS BECOME MARTYRS TO LEGALIZE POT
Dennis and Denise Schilling were driven to hang themselves in a Madison motel last month under the threat of prison and forfeiture of their Big Bend home, the result of being accused of growing marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms, according to family members and friends.
CANNABIS HEALTH JOURNAL LAUNCHES
Early May this year Brian Taylor and Brian McAndrew had the realization that the time was right to launch a magazine devoted to medical marijuana.
DRUG ISSUE FRONT AND CENTRE FOR EMERY
The Vancouver Sun reports that Marc Emery is making a big impact on the mayoral race, forcing legalization into the centre of political debate.
RICHARD COWAN COMMENTARY ON THE POLICE STATES OF AMERICA
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