Cannabis Use, Effect And Potential Therapy For Alzheimer’s, MS…
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- Cannabis Use, Effect And Potential Therapy For Alzheimer’s, MS…
- Police: Parents are ignorant about cannabis
- Principal backs father on cannabis charges
- Suspects invade Nevada County home seeking cultivated marijuana
- Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill
Cannabis Use, Effect And Potential Therapy For Alzheimer’s, MS…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Oct 15, 2007
Its use increased in almost all EU countries during the 1990s, in particular among young people, including school students. Cannabis use is highest among 15- to 24-year-olds, with lifetime prevalence ranging for most countries from 20 — 40%. Recently there has been a new surge in the level of concern about potential social and health outcomes of cannabis use, although the available evidence still does not provide a clear-cut understanding of the issues.
Police: Parents are ignorant about cannabis
Telegraph.co.uk – Oct 15, 2007
“There is a group of parents that are complacent and turn a blind eye to drug use in the sense of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ and in turning that blind eye, they are creating a deeper mess because we are worried about the rise in potency of the cannabis that is on the streets. Glen Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said parents who may have smoked cannabis recreationally in their university days are misguided about the health dangers. “We need to get rid of the idea that cannabis is really OK,” he said. Article continues advertisement.
Principal backs father on cannabis charges
Stuff.co.nz – Oct 15, 2007
Appearing on what were his fourth and fifth drug-related convictions, David Keith Taylor, 54, who also admitted possessing a cannabis utensil, was ordered to come up for sentence on both charges by Judge Noel Walsh in the Christchurch District Court and ordered to pay $530 costs. Police found 10 cannabis plants in a wardrobe, along with bongs and cannabis pipes. Lawyer Paul Johnson said it was not a sophisticated operation, and the principal of Taylor’s son’s school, Aranui High School, had furnished a reference. The judge noted the reference praised Taylor as a stable and loving father, and that the principal was impressed with his support for the school… Appearing on what were his fourth and fifth drug-related convictions, David Keith Taylor, 54, who also admitted possessing a cannabis utensil, was ordered to come up for sentence on both charges by Judge Noel Walsh in the Christchurch District Court and ordered to pay $530 costs. Police found 10 cannabis plants in a wardrobe, along with bongs and cannabis pipes. Lawyer Paul Johnson said it was not a sophisticated operation, and the principal of Taylor’s son’s school, Aranui High School, had furnished a reference. The judge noted the reference praised Taylor as a stable and loving father, and that the principal was impressed with his support for the school. He said two of Taylor’s drug-related convictions dated back to the 1980s. It was mitigating that Taylor pleaded guilty early, and he accepted the drug was for Taylor’s own use.
Suspects invade Nevada County home seeking cultivated marijuana
San Diego Union Tribune – Oct 15, 2007
“Marijuana is worth a lot. ”
Deputies arrested a fifth suspect, 20-year-old Larken Bauers, on suspicion of conspiracy and armed robbery later in the day. Evans said deputies are still looking for four other suspects who fled into the woods, as well as a resident of the home, James Becket. Deputies were called to the house shortly after 4 a. Sunday and found eight people beaten and bound inside.
Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill
Earthtimes.org – Oct 15, 2007
The landmark, bi-partisan legislation would have followed North Dakota in establishing guidelines for the farming of industrial hemp which is used in a wide variety of everyday consumer products, including food, body care, clothing, paper and auto parts. The new law would have established a five-year pilot project in four counties to allow farmers to legally supply numerous California manufacturers that currently must import hemp raw materials (including seed, oil and fiber) from Canada and elsewhere. The pilot project would have given the hemp industry an opportunity to assess the crop’s impact on the state economy and allowed law enforcement to measure any negative effects hemp farming might have had on their drug eradication efforts. "Governor Schwarzenegger’s veto message ignores the fact that California regularly enacts laws that face federal scrutiny and even litigation," says Patrick Goggin, California Council for Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading industrial hemp farming advocacy group. "The vetoed bill is no different than numerous other bills the Governor has signed that asserted the state’s right to regulate where the U… It is hard to even think of a food category that hemp will not be a player in. "Vote Hemp’s goal was to release California farmers from the over-reaching prohibition on industrial hemp cultivation and reintroduce the crop to the state. AB 684 would have allowed California to follow North Dakota’s lead and assert its right to regulate industrial hemp under the U. Constitution, the federal law and recent U. Circuit Court decisions.