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The Pot TV News for October 7, 2002
07 Oct 2002 23 minDECRIMINALIZE POT, COMMONS COMMITTEE ARGUES
Several members on the House of Commons committee said in interviews that they favour eliminating a law that can saddle people with a criminal record for smoking marijuana.
COURT REVERSES MARIJUANA RULING
Reversing a lower court ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals said that Congress had the right to block District of Columbia residents from voting on whether to legalize marijuana for medical use.
CALIFORNIA COUPLE SUES POLICE OVER RAID
A jury should determine whether the county and a sheriff’s detective must reimburse a pair of medical marijuana advocates whose plants and growing equipment were destroyed after a raid on their home, a court commissioner ruled this week.
DR.ROBERT MELAMEDE:
HOW CANNABIS HELPS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
RICHARD COWAN:
TREATIES NO BARRIER TO LEGALIZATION
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The Pot TV News for October 4, 2002
04 Oct 2002 20 minDEA DEFENDS MEDPOT RAIDS
San Diego DEA Chief complains to local paper: "The DEA is viewed by proponents of Proposition 215 as non-compassionate people who target ill patients for investigation. This could not be further from the truth. In fact, the men and women of the DEA are very compassionate people who…make our communities a safer place to live."
DAVIES FOUND GUILTY
Colin Davies, 44, was found guilty of three counts of possessing, supplying and importing cannabis as well as letting his shop being used for smoking the drug. He was arrested last year after smoking a joint during a police raid on the Dutch Experience cafe in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S RACE GOING TO POT
Green gubernatorial candidate Peter Miguel Camejo is polling over 5% with his well-placed one-liners, his association with Ralph Nader, his liberal Latino politics and from his enthusiastic support for legalizing cannabis.
USA TODAY: STOP LOCKING UP DRUG OFFENDERS
"In California, state officials say a voter-initiated law offering non-violent offenders treatment options has already helped thousands and saved $6.7 million in prison expenses. The state estimates that every $1 spent on treatment for substance abuse saves $7 in reduced crime and health costs."
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The Pot TV News for October 2, 2002
02 Oct 2002 17 minOTTAWA WILL CONSIDER DECRIM
A spokesman for B.C. Marijuana Party president Marc Emery described the Throne Speech reference as "positive," but noted that the party advocates full-scale legalization as opposed to decriminalization.
NEVADA CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEDPOT
At a symposium held in conjunction with the American Academy of Pain Management's annual meeting, scientists discussed their latest research and the obstacles they face trying to develop marijuana for medicinal uses.
UK LICENCE GRANTED FOR CANNABIS
A large trial of cannabis-based medicines has produced compelling evidence that they can help to reduce pain, say scientists. GW Pharmaceuticals has been given a licence by the UK government to test a range of cannabis-based prescription medicines.
FEDS REFUSE TO ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA
The dispute over medical marijuana has turned into a war of words, providing yet more proof of a deepening conflict between California and the U.S. Justice Department over medical marijuana.
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The Pot TV News for September 30, 2002
30 Sep 2002 29 minSISTER SOMAYAH RAIDED/SNATCHED
Inglewood, CA Sept 26- Sister Somayah Kambui of the Hemp is Hep Project, a self-help center for sickle cell patients in Inglewood was arrested by undercover narks in unmarked SUVs, later identified as LAPD.
MARVIN CHAVEZ ORDERED BACK TO PRISON
Appeal denied, judge orders Chavez to serve 20-24 months in state prison, pending his next pretrial hearing on for yet another raid on his home grow last year.
STOP THROWING CASH INTO POT POLICING: SENATOR
Calls drug abuse a public-health issue. Head of panel backing marijuana's legalization says penal measures have limited benefits.
HIGH TIMES FOR ALZHEIMER'S
New study explains how cannabis help prevent and even reverse symptoms Alzheimer's.
NOELLE BUSH CASE SPARKS LEGAL TEST
Judge to decide if Bush family immune from Drug War.
The Pot TV News for September 27, 2002
26 Sep 2002 29 minMARIJUANA PARTY LEADER GETS 6 YEARS
After spending millions on a marijuana investigation that involved phone wiretaps, bugs in his home, and a GPS tracker in his car, RCMP found no marijuana in his home, no marijuana in his car and no marijuana on his person. Regardless, in 2000, Nova Scotia resident Mike Patriquen, holder of a medical marijuana exemption, was bullied into pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic in marijuana and convicted.
GENESIS RAID EXPOSED BY LA TIMES
Schmidt's neighbors remain troubled that Schmidt, 52, could face a long prison sentence—10 years to life—for what they consider a desire to help the sick. The punishment, they say, doesn't fit what should have been simply a residential zoning violation.
SAN DIEGO'S STEVE MCWILLIAMS RAIDED BY DEA
One week after Steve McWilliams handed out medical marijuana outside San Diego City Hall, drug enforcement agents uprooted his Normal Heights pot garden and said he may face cultivation charges in federal court.
POT GOT YOU CONFUSED? YOU MUST BE THE DEA
The leaders of the federal war on drugs are upset. At the very moment they were launching a multimillion-dollar media campaign to educate parents and kids about the risks of marijuana, the city fathers of Santa Cruz gathered on the steps of City Hall to witness the distribution of marijuana to the patients of a medical marijuana collective.
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The Pot TV News for September 25
25 Sep 2002 17 minPROTESTERS RALLY FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE
Over 1,200 Californians locked arm-in-arm at their state capitol to support medical marijuana -- more activists and sick people arrested.
CANADIAN JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DECRIM LIKELY
Federal Justice Minister Martin Cauchon reiterated to a world forum on drugs Monday that Ottawa is still examining the decriminalization of marijuana.
COLIN DAVIES FINALLY GETS HIS DAY IN COURT
Colin Davies, 44, held for months without bail after opening the Dutch Experience Cafe in Britian, told the Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court "I am a caring person. I have put my head on the line for these people."
MARIJUANA PROTEST AT WHITE HOUSE
Two activists make worldwide news after handcuffing themselves to the White House fence to protest recent federal government raids on "medical marijuana" cooperatives in California.
HIGH TIMES FOR FRENCH CANNABIS
Indoor cultivation of cannabis is booming in France. More than 50 shops around the country now sell hydroponic equipment and books about growing pot are flying off the book shelves.