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The Pot TV News for January 23, 2002
22 Jan 2002 19 min IS THE MEDIA BECOMING CANNABIS FRIENDLY?A look a this week's pro-cannabis articles in the mainstream press.
--Associated Press reports: Pot smuggler awarded $400,000 over DEA blunders.
--UPI publishes NORML guest column supporting the passage of the States'
Rights to Medical Marijuana Act by Congress
--Reuters reports that Trade Union Members Support Cannabis As A "Woman's
Issue"
--British media predict legal cannabis drugs 'By 2004'
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SPECIAL REPORT: WAKEFORD vs. THE RCMP
Canada's first medical cannabis exemptee, Jim Wakeford, was back in court
today, fighting for his life and his freedom.
The Pot TV News for January 21, 2002
20 Jan 2002 45 min MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMED AT POT TVMarc Emery breaks open 3 pounds of pot for MTV crew
B.C. JUDGE BLASTS CUTS TO COURTS
Liberals demand "a new judicial system that relies less on expensive court
systems and incarceration of low-risk offenders."
ONTARIO JUDGES DISMISS APPEAL
Decision could be a death sentence for Jim Wakeford.
U.S. APPEALS COURT REFINES DRUG LAW
Judges reverse their own decision to please prosecutors.
SACRAMENTO MMJ CLINIC RAIDED
Flora-Care Director held for $500,000 bail
YUBA COUNTY CO-OP RAIDED
Director held on $10,000 bail. Patient "charged by mistake."
OREGON PHYSICIAN FACING DISCIPLINE
Registered patients exposed to "severe legal and medical jeopardy,"
3RD ANNIVERSARY OF KUBBY RAID
Richard Cowan analyses the impact from this high-profile case.
Pot TV News for Friday, January 18, 2002
17 Jan 2002 U.S. CUSTOMS TO OPERATE WITHIN CANADAWill armed agents stop America's drug war refugees?
B.C. LIBERALS SHUT DOWN DRUG WAR
New Premier has, "no hesitation about. . . closing jails and courthouses."
INTERVIEW: DR. ROBERT MELAMEDE
How cannabis controls pain.
Pot TV News for Wednesday, January 16, 2002
15 Jan 2002 VICTORIA CBC BUSTED, 900 PATIENTS ENDANGEREDInterview with CBC founder, Ted Smith
9TH CIRCUIT DECISION: MARIJUANA DRIVING OK IN IDAHO
If you can pass a sobriety check, you're legal
MOTHER WINS RIGHT TO TREAT SON WITH CANNABIS
"48 Hours" to feature Mom who defied Placer County
LIBERTARIAN PARTY JOINS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAMPAIGN
Party lobbies Congress to recognize state laws on medpot.
The Pot TV News For January 14th, 2002
13 Jan 2002 Monday, January 14, 20022001: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF MARIJUANA PROHIBITION
"House Republicans Thursday unveiled a package of bills to combat drug abuse
and vowed to make America virtually drug-free by 2002." - Reuters, May 1998
2001 Drug Statistics - Estimated U.S. deaths in year 2001 attributed to
tobacco: 400,000; alcohol: 110,000; prescription drugs: 100,000; suicide:
30,000; murder: 15,000; aspirin and related painkillers: 7600; marijuana: 0
"The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by
its results, while a crusade is judged by how good it makes its crusaders
feel." - Thomas Sowell
The Pot TV News for January 11th, 2002
10 Jan 2002 24 min THE AMERICAN "JUST US SYSTEM"Government protects its own, but ignores the rights of citizens.
OAKLAND CBC REOPENS CASE
"..important constitutional questions remain."
WOMAN WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA FIGHTS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Sister Somayah held 60 days without medicine, faces life in prison,
10TH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS SEIZURE OF RESIDENCE
Feds can seize your home without a conviction - regardless of state law.
RAINBOW FARM DEATHS DEFENDED
Local prosecutor blames victims, praises police and wants to seize Farm.