Support states’ rights — OK medical pot
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- Support states’ rights — OK medical pot
- 2006 REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE VOWS TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
- Jury selection begins today in marijuana-smuggling trial
- Serbian police seize marijuana shipment, allegedly intended for youth…
- Police Blotter Two charged with growing pot in pots
Support states’ rights — OK medical pot
San Francisco Chronicle – Jun 25, 2006
Yet when the House last voted on the measure in 2005, it tanked on a 264-162 vote. As the House is expected to vote on the measure this week, few expect it to pass. “I wish I could tell you it’s going to pass,” Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Bruce Mirken conceded by phone last week. “I can’t realistically expect that. ” Over the last decade, two big hurdles existed: Republicans and Democrats. Last year, a mere 15 Repubs vote for the measure — down from 19 GOP members who supported it in 2004. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats are moving toward the light… “I don’t like Marinol at all,” Chilcutt replied. It takes too long to work, it is hard to calibrate the dose you need and “it made me feel weird. ” He prefers marijuana because it works instantly, “you can control the amount you’re using and you get instant feedback. ” Upton also fears sending the wrong message to kids about marijuana. But federal law has long allowed the sick access to needed pain control with drugs more powerful than marijuana. Only bad politics can account for the fact that marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act, and thus deemed more harmful than cocaine and morphine — drugs that can kill users who overdose. Alex Holstein, a former GOP operative and conservative activist, is lobbying Republicans on behalf of the Marijuana Policy Project.
2006 REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE VOWS TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
Bay Area Indymedia – Jun 25, 2006
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Republican U. Senate candidate, Cris Ericson, vows to make marijuana legal. Cris Ericson’s ballot access petition for nomination signatures were accepted and certified by the Vermont Secretary of State Elections Division on friday, June 23, 2006. Cris Ericson will appear on the September 12, 2006 Primary Election in Vermont as a Republican candidate for United States Senator for Vermont. Cris Ericson, Marijuana Legalization Activist, ran as the Marijuana party affiliation candidate in 2004… Cris Ericson’s ballot access petition for nomination signatures were accepted and certified by the Vermont Secretary of State Elections Division on friday, June 23, 2006. Cris Ericson will appear on the September 12, 2006 Primary Election in Vermont as a Republican candidate for United States Senator for Vermont. Cris Ericson, Marijuana Legalization Activist, ran as the Marijuana party affiliation candidate in 2004. com In 2004 "Cris Ericson – Marijuana", appeared on the official election ballot in Vermont twice. It is legal to be on the ballot for one state and one federal office.
Jury selection begins today in marijuana-smuggling trial
Enid News & Eagle – Jun 25, 2006
He also told agents he was being paid $20,000 per trip. Financial desperation from bankruptcy and a divorce were factors that led to Young’s decision to make the runs, he told agents. Enid Police Department Narcotics and K-9 officers spent hours gathering the 431 pounds of marijuana from behind the plane’s cockpit. The pot was in six large industrial-size trash sacks and was in bricks that weighed about a pound each. Young also has two other pending felony charges. Young was charged more than a year ago with attempted escape from the county jail. According to court documents, a jailer received a note the night of June 7 stating, “You need to watch the defendant in 4-2-E, because some trustees are taking the defendant a mop bucket on the first shift to rig the cell door.
Serbian police seize marijuana shipment, allegedly intended for youth…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 25, 2006
| The America’s Intelligence Wire (June, 2006). SNIFFEN Serbian police seized 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of marijuana allegedly intended for participants of an annual music festival, state television repo.
Police Blotter Two charged with growing pot in pots
Online Athens – Online Athens (subscription) – Jun 25, 2006
When no one answered a knock on the front door, the agent went to the back of the building and spotted the pot plant. When officers arrived, they confirmed that the plant was marijuana. After police got a search warrant, Patrick was charged with manufacturing marijuana and possession of drug-related objects. He also was charged with tampering with evidence. Police said he pulled the marijuana plant out of the pot, balled it up and put it under a couch cushion. While police were behind Patrick’s duplex, they spotted another marijuana plant growing on a deck next door… After police got a search warrant, Patrick was charged with manufacturing marijuana and possession of drug-related objects. He also was charged with tampering with evidence. Police said he pulled the marijuana plant out of the pot, balled it up and put it under a couch cushion. While police were behind Patrick’s duplex, they spotted another marijuana plant growing on a deck next door. The resident, Danita Mowry, 45, was charged with manufacturing marijuana. Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 062506 Don’t Miss.