Is cannabis really a killer?
The News Review:
- Is cannabis really a killer?
- Marijuana minister wants R216m from police
- CA: Scent Gave Cause to Search Medical Marijuana User’s Car
- Two held over cannabis discovery
- Point-Counterpoint: Marijuana: Legalize it
Is cannabis really a killer?
BBC News - Mar 23, 2007
The action follows his story of a group of students whose lives swiftly descend into mayhem and murder after they smoke ‘reefers’ and listen to jazz. By the end of the cautionary tale, Jimmy has run down and killed a pedestrian, Jack has shot Mary, Ralph has gone insane and beaten Jack to death and Blanche has killed herself. The documentary-style film was released a year before new anti-cannabis laws were introduced by Commissioner of Narcotics Harry J Anslinger, who told Congress: “If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster marijuana he would drop dead of fright. ”
Double murder
The grim warning of Reefer Madness appeared to be played out for real this week with the jailing of teenager Thomas Palmer, who stabbed his two friends to death after a history of heavy cannabis use.
Marijuana minister wants R216m from police
Independent Online - Mar 23, 2007
The Reverend Craig X Rubin, 41, is the founder of Temple 420, which holds that marijuana is a religious herb. “Our congregation mandates members study the Bible, have faith in God and regularly burn the herb cannabis (The Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible) as sacrament,” says the lawsuit filed on Wednesday in state court. Rubin’s lawsuit contends that last November, an undercover officer joined the temple and bought marijuana “to be used for religious purposes”. Five days later, the strip-mall sanctuary was raided by officers, who seized money and marijuana… The Reverend Craig X Rubin, 41, is the founder of Temple 420, which holds that marijuana is a religious herb. “Our congregation mandates members study the Bible, have faith in God and regularly burn the herb cannabis (The Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible) as sacrament,” says the lawsuit filed on Wednesday in state court. Rubin’s lawsuit contends that last November, an undercover officer joined the temple and bought marijuana “to be used for religious purposes”. Five days later, the strip-mall sanctuary was raided by officers, who seized money and marijuana. The temple has an estimated 400 members who pay a $100 initiation fee and $100 annual dues, enabling them to buy marijuana for requested donations. Marijuana also is burned during some services.
CA: Scent Gave Cause to Search Medical Marijuana User’s Car
Metropolitan News-Enterprise - Mar 23, 2007
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a medical marijuana prescription did not negate an officer’s probable cause to
search his car after finding that it smelled of marijuana, the First District
Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. 5in;line-height:normal’>. 0pt;font-family:”Times New Roman”‘>Agreeing with Napa
Superior Court Raymond Guadagni, Div. One affirmed the denial of Gabriel Reed
Strasburg’s motion to suppress 23 ounces of marijuana and a scale uncovered
from a search of his car in October 2005… 5in;line-height:normal’>. 0pt;font-family:”Times New Roman”‘>Strasburg admitted he
had been smoking marijuana just before Mosely’s arrival, but immediately told
the deputy he had a