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- Medical-marijuana bill finds support, moves forward.
- Controversial directive on cannabis offences withdrawn.
- … will close for now: A law governing where marijuana dispensa…
- Waukesha County Briefing
- Greens dump plan to regulate drugs
- Tip leads to PTC pot-growing operation

Medical-marijuana bill finds support, moves forward.
Free with registration – Santa Fe New Mexican – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 25, 2006
| Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) (January, 2006). 25–A bill that would legalize medical marijuana cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, getting a unanimous, bipartisan “do-pass” recommendation from the Senate Public Affairs.

Controversial directive on cannabis offences withdrawn.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 25, 2006
Controversial directive on cannabis offences withdrawn. | Europe Intelligence Wire (January, 2006).

… will close for now: A law governing where marijuana dispensa…
Free with registration – The Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 25, 2006
| Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA) (January, 2006). 25–A medical marijuana dispensary that opened in Atascadero earlier this month will have to close its doors while the city decides how best to manage such businesses.

Waukesha County Briefing
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Jan 25, 2006
According to the girl, her father began quizzing her about marijuana and whether she was interested in trying it. The girl said she repeatedly told him she was not interested, but he forced her to accompany him to a bedroom, where he filled a pipe with marijuana, shoved it into her mouth and forced her to inhale after lighting the bowl. The girl said she eventually left the room and subsequently told her mother about the incident, ignoring her father’s order not to disclose the matter. When he was questioned by police, he admitted discussing marijuana with his daughter and showing her a small bag of it that he had for his use, but he insisted she left the room without smoking any. He described the episode as an educational process… The girl said she repeatedly told him she was not interested, but he forced her to accompany him to a bedroom, where he filled a pipe with marijuana, shoved it into her mouth and forced her to inhale after lighting the bowl. The girl said she eventually left the room and subsequently told her mother about the incident, ignoring her father’s order not to disclose the matter. When he was questioned by police, he admitted discussing marijuana with his daughter and showing her a small bag of it that he had for his use, but he insisted she left the room without smoking any. He described the episode as an educational process. WCTC printing center could cost $3. 4 millionVillage of Pewaukee – A planned center to showcase Wisconsin’s printing industry is back on track after updated designs trimmed more than $1 million from the cost. New construction proposals submitted to Waukesha County Technical College show the Printing Applied Technology Center could be built for as little as $3.

Greens dump plan to regulate drugs
The Age – Jan 25, 2006
In its place the Greens propose a world class research centre todevelop policy options based on harm minimisation, Senator Brownsaid. “I’m happy to announce the Greens revised drugs policy which isfor an Australian drugs policy institute to be established to bringtogether all the different experienced research from around theworld so we can improve the performance of dealing with the problemof abuse of drugs in Australia,” he said. He backed Prime Minister John Howard’s recent announcement offunding for research into the effects of marijuana use but said itwas 10 years too late. “One of the things though is the lack of action that has been inresearch in Australia in the last 10 years and I note the primeminister’s expressing concern and putting some money into researchon marijuana,” he said. “Ten years down the line it’s very belated. Senator Brown also criticised Family First’s drugs policy whichhe said focused on criminal penalties rather that education andresearch. “It’s a very socially irresponsible policy from Family First andI’ll be having a quite a bit more to say about that as we go downthe line,” he said.

Tip leads to PTC pot-growing operation
Citizen.com – The Citizen.com – Jan 25, 2006
Lourim went a little too far with his home-grown business. Lourim used a bedroom closet to grow a significant amount of marijuana plants at his home in the Sandown Creek subdivision, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray. “It appeared to be for more than just recreational use,” Murray said of the crop, which was confiscated by police Tuesday. Officers serving a search warrant found that the marijuana was being grown in a closet of the master bedroom, complete with a watering system and special lamps designed to help the plant grow without sunlight. Also found in the home were several books and DVDs showing how to cultivate marijuana, police said. Lourim was charged with one felony count of manufacturing marijuana, and will face additional undetermined charges, Murray said… Lourim used a bedroom closet to grow a significant amount of marijuana plants at his home in the Sandown Creek subdivision, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray. “It appeared to be for more than just recreational use,” Murray said of the crop, which was confiscated by police Tuesday. Officers serving a search warrant found that the marijuana was being grown in a closet of the master bedroom, complete with a watering system and special lamps designed to help the plant grow without sunlight. Also found in the home were several books and DVDs showing how to cultivate marijuana, police said. Lourim was charged with one felony count of manufacturing marijuana, and will face additional undetermined charges, Murray said. The case came to light after complaints from the owner of the home, who came all the way from Texas to file a police report on the case, police said. In addition to the marijuana, Lourim was growing mushrooms in glass jars that were packed into boxes, and a log book detailing how they were produced was also recovered, police said.

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