Hash brownies, dope stir-fry… Cooking with the cannabis granny
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- Hash brownies, dope stir-fry… Cooking with the cannabis granny
- Appeal continues in county’s medical marijuana case.
- Marijuana truck abandoned on highway
- … the smoke over medical use of cannabis.(Event review: Cannab…
- 3 tons of marijuana found in abandoned truck on LA freeway
- New Zealand Woman Calls Police To Report Theft of Her Marijuana Plants
Hash brownies, dope stir-fry… Cooking with the cannabis granny
Belfast Telegraph – Mar 12, 2007
Bacon (smoked and unsmoked), plum pudding, heaps of cream cheese (for use in both cheesecake and omelettes) and kilogram slabs of Dairy Milk are packed into an chock-full fridge. And there, half obscured – though certainly not hidden – to the left of the cooker, between the sea salt and the Bisto, is the magic ingredient that has just sealed her reputation as one of the nation’s better-known pensioners. The finely ground marijuana is kept in an old Bramwells pickle jar by the sink, and it looks almost interchangeable with the nearby jars of mixed herbs when Mrs Tabram reaches for it during a morning’s initiation in the art of cooking with cannabis. But Mrs Tabram’s miserliness with the teaspoonful which she eventually scoops out from the jar suggests that her belief in the liberal use of cannabis does have its limits. A quarter of the spoonful makes it to the mixing bowl from which she will assemble the ingredients for her unique "claggy" – a Northumbrian form of fudge brownie. "I’ve special scales to measure it," she says. "One small dose like this will give me five hours free of pain… This week she was warned that she may lose her housing association bungalow after she was convicted at Carlisle Crown Court of the cultivation and possession of a class C drug. Mrs Tabram, whose crusade has seen her write the rather unimaginatively named book Grandma Eats Cannabis, stand against the cabinet minister Peter Hain on a pro-cannabis ticket at the last election, and become a figurehead for the campaign to legalise cannabis, remains undaunted. "It’s not going to stop me cooking with cannabis for one minute," she says. "The law and good justice just do not exist in this country any more. " Granny she might be, but this former chef is evidently as uncompromising in the kitchen as in the courtroom. After she throws a pinch of cannabis into a bowl with a quantity of butter at the kitchen table, her student is ready to throw in a few sweet ingredients for the cannabis "claggy" we are making together. (The word is Geordie for "messy", which may well prove appropriate here.
Appeal continues in county’s medical marijuana case.
Free with registration – North County Times – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 12, 2007
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 North County Times Byline: Gig Conaughton Mar. 12–SAN DIEGO —- San Diego County officials said last week that they have filed an appeal to continue their efforts to overturn California’s voter-approved medical marijuana law —- but judges could take months, a year, or longer to issue a ruling. Meanwhile, medical marijuana advocacy groups and patients offered a variety of opinions on what effect the county’s continuing challenge was having locally and statewide. Some said they thought this county’s appeal was making it easier for other counties to ignore state legislation ordering them to create medical marijuana identification cards and registry systems. But they also said they thought that the county’s challenge was having less of an effect than it had before a Superior Court judge in December rejected the challenge, upholding the law that allows seriously ill people to use marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation to ease their pain. However, a San Diego County medical marijuana patient, Wendy Christakes, said the county’s continuing challenge, and crackdown on medical marijuana “dispensaries,” was still generating… Some said they thought this county’s appeal was making it easier for other counties to ignore state legislation ordering them to create medical marijuana identification cards and registry systems. But they also said they thought that the county’s challenge was having less of an effect than it had before a Superior Court judge in December rejected the challenge, upholding the law that allows seriously ill people to use marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation to ease their pain. However, a San Diego County medical marijuana patient, Wendy Christakes, said the county’s continuing challenge, and crackdown on medical marijuana “dispensaries,” was still generating.
Marijuana truck abandoned on highway
Independent Online – Mar 12, 2007
A California Highway Patrol officer saw the rented truck partially blocking the ramp on Wednesday night and stopped to offer help before smelling marijuana, CHP Sergeant Telfinues Preszler Junior said. The officer found plastic-wrapped bundles of marijuana in the back, with an estimated street value of $20-million. The truck was unlocked. Preszler said the engine may have overheated… A California Highway Patrol officer saw the rented truck partially blocking the ramp on Wednesday night and stopped to offer help before smelling marijuana, CHP Sergeant Telfinues Preszler Junior said. The officer found plastic-wrapped bundles of marijuana in the back, with an estimated street value of $20-million. The truck was unlocked. Preszler said the engine may have overheated. He said there were no suspects and no real leads in the case. “Somebody’s going be in some major trouble for walking away and leaving that quantity sitting on the side of the freeway,” Preszler said.
… the smoke over medical use of cannabis.(Event review: Cannab…
Free with registration – Chemistry and Industry – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 12, 2007
(Event review: Cannabis as a medicine) –> COPYRIGHT 2007 Society of Chemical Industry CANNABIS HAS BEEN used as a medicine for thousands of years and scientists are now able to support some of the traditional uses with modern scientific techniques. The use of cannabis as a medicine was discussed by Liz Williamson, professor of pharmacy at the University of Reading, UK, at a meeting of the SCI Thames & Kennet Regional Group on 21 February at the university’s chemistry department… | Chemistry and Industry (March, 2007). The use of cannabis as a medicine.
3 tons of marijuana found in abandoned truck on LA freeway
Herald-Times – The Herald-Times – Mar 12, 2007
Telfinues Preszler Jr. The officer found plastic-wrapped bundles of marijuana in the back, with an estimated street value of $20 million. The truck was unlocked. Preszler said the engine may have overheated. He said there were no suspects and no real leads in the case. “Somebody’s going be in some major trouble for walking away and leaving that quantity sitting on the side of the freeway,” Preszler said… “Somebody’s going be in some major trouble for walking away and leaving that quantity sitting on the side of the freeway,” Preszler said. “I’m glad I’m not him. The marijuana was turned over to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, which will request a court order to destroy it, spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said. Story comments No comments on this article yet. You can add your comment -. php’>please log in.
New Zealand Woman Calls Police To Report Theft of Her Marijuana Plants
New York Sun – Mar 12, 2007
The 45-year-old woman, who was not named, lamented that someone had again sneaked on to her property at night to steal her three carefully nurtured marijuana plants. “I am a good person. I am sick of these low-lifes stealing my things,” the woman told a police communications officer. Senior Sergeant Mal Lochrie told local news outlets Friday that the officer found it hard to stop smiling as the women gave details of the theft over the phone. A community constable who visited her to take details of the theft had also warned her that her horticultural pursuits could have legal consequences, Sergeant Lochrie said.