Woman pursues new legal strategy in medical marijuana fight.
The News Review:
- Woman pursues new legal strategy in medical marijuana fight.
- Oakland Medical Marijuana Advocate Revives Her Legal Battle
- SF Issues Rules on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- When kids light up
- The Walton Tribune
- El Universal
Woman pursues new legal strategy in medical marijuana fight.
Free with registration – Contra Costa Times – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 23, 2005
| Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) (November, 2005). _ An Oakland woman whose landmark medical marijuana case was rebuffed five months ago by the U. Supreme Court renewed her legal fight Wednesday by filing papers.
Oakland Medical Marijuana Advocate Revives Her Legal Battle
FoxReno.com – Nov 23, 2005
Supreme Court in June asked a lower federal court Wednesday to revive her request to be able to use marijuana without threat or fear of prosecution. Angel Raich, 40, smokes marijuana every few hours to ease pain from a host of ailments that includes scoliosis, a brain tumor and chronic nausea. Two years ago, she sued the government, arguing that federal drug laws making marijuana illegal did not apply in California and nine other states that have adopted medical marijuana laws. The Supreme Court, ruling 6-3, concluded that state laws don’t make medical marijuana patients immune from the federal ban on the drug. In a renewed bid to be able to smoke pot without facing possible arrest, Raich’s lawyers asked the 9th U… The renewed challenge argues that Raich has the constitutionally guaranteed right to use marijuana because it is the only medication that allows her to avoid intolerable pain and death. She claims that her personal liberty outweighs federal laws outlawing marijuana. Her doctor has told the Supreme Court that marijuana was the only drug available keeping Raich alive. No hearing has been set.
SF Issues Rules on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
JoinTogether.org – Nov 23, 2005
The new rules will allow all 33 of the city’s current medical-marijuana dispensaries to remain open, but under new conditions. A previous version of the bill would have forced a number of the clubs to close; some legislators had suggested capping the number of dispensaries at eight, while others expressed concerns about clubs located near schools or in close proximity to each other. Under the new law, the city Planning Department will hold public hearings on the location of all new clubs to gather public input. Patient purchases will be limited to one ounce of marijuana per visit. Clubs will be limited to growing 24 marijuana plants, down from 99.
When kids light up
The Age – Nov 23, 2005
She would drink until she was awrite-off, until she was staggering and throwing up. ”While her daughter’s drug problem did not come to a headuntil she was 15, Barbara believes she first dabbled in drugs whenshe was as young as 13. In an area where “cannabis was just about growing wild”, itwas easy to get. “I know my daughter’s first introduction tomarijuana was when one of her friends’ parents gave some toher friend and they had their first joint together,” she says. “Parents were giving it to children, I think, to justify theirown use. Parents were using it in the house and they’d givesome to their children, 13-year-olds or even younger, in order tostop them stealing it or stealing money. While 13 may seem a disturbingly early age to be initiated intodrug use, some children are starting even younger.
The Walton Tribune
Walton Tribune – Nov 23, 2005
Belcher was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug-related items. Three days earlier, the Walton County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at 322A Tanglewood Drive where, according to reports, during the course of the search agents seized one ounce of crack cocaine. Law enforcement officials also found one ounce of marijuana, with both packaged and ready to sell. Arrested on the scene was John Swain, of Madison, as he was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. That same day, the MPD’s Joint Operations Division followed up on a tip that Matt Simmons, 17, of Monroe