Major drug bust has ties to medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Major drug bust has ties to medical marijuana dispensaries.
Free with registration – Contra Costa Times – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 23, 2005
Major drug bust has ties to medical marijuana dispensaries. | Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) (June, 2005).
Spray alternative to pot on the market in Canada
USA Today – Jun 23, 2005
“They’re elevating the debate on medical marijuana. ” But Grinspoon expects many new users will find they prefer smoking marijuana. “There is no holding back medical marijuana. It’s going to happen,” he says. Tom Riley, spokesman for the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, agrees there’s change ahead. But he says the new drugs will lessen the controversy over medical marijuana. Riley says the Bush administration, which has opposed medical pot use, would welcome alternatives that are scientifically proved to be safe and effective…
Currently, 10 states allow medical pot use. “This is a burgeoning field,” says Dr. Andrew Mattison, co-director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California-San Diego. “There’s probably going to be great potential with the Sativex compound. Sativex is a whole plant extract that contains THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) as main ingredients. The user gets quick relief but does not get high. About 20,000 MS patients in Canada with chronic nerve pain could find relief with the spray.
SF Officials Distance Themselves From Pot Raid
FoxReno.com – Jun 23, 2005
“We support the will of the voters in Prop. 215, we support the spirit of that law and we want to adhere to that law. We support medical marijuana. We just want to make sure medical marijuana clubs are operating as they should,” Newsom said. Newsom added that some alleged activities at the dispensaries investigated by federal agents are further proof that the city needs to establish some “common-sense regulations. ” “The three that were an example today…
The plants were seized from 10 indoor growing sites searched Wednesday, including the three dispensaries, Ryan said. Ryan said documents unsealed in the case “allege that this trafficking organization used several marijuana dispensaries in its conspiracy to facilitate the sale and distribution of illicit drugs, money laundering and international bulk cash smuggling. ” Dozens of medical marijuana users and supporters rallied in front of San Francisco City Hall this afternoon to express their concerns about the federal operation and to hear assurance from local officials that they were “not supportive of any kind of local cooperative on medical marijuana raids,” said Hillary McQuie, a spokeswoman for Americans for Safe Access, a national coalition that works to protect the rights of medical-marijuana users. McQuie said they were pleased with Herrera’s announcement but still uneasy that San Francisco police assisted federal agents in any way with the operation. The Police Department issued a statement Wednesday indicating it had participated in the operation, but stressed that it did not take part in any investigation of the clubs. “San Francisco patients were still very concerned with what San Francisco police officers were doing. It was double speak.