Man held over Cork cannabis seizure
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- Man held over Cork cannabis seizure
- Tell truth about legal marijuana
- San Mateo weighs medical pot regulations
- Legalizing marijuana for medical use a hot topic
Man held over Cork cannabis seizure
Irish Times, Ireland
The man (34), was arrested during planned Garda operation at a house in Ascension Heights in the Churchfield area at about 9pm. A Garda spokesman said cannabis resin – with an estimated value of €140,000, depending on analysis – was recovered. In addition, suspected contraband cigarettes valued at €50,000 were recovered. The man is being questioned at Gurranabraher Garda station under Section Two of the Drug Trafficking Act.
Tell truth about legal marijuana
Detroit Free Press, United States
My California family and friends tell me that last claim is a gross exaggeration. I would submit that every town has more bars than Starbucks stores, and people get shot outside bars all the time. And the reality is that alcohol is thousands of times more dangerous to society than marijuana will ever be. Yet it’s a legal drug, is entrenched in our culture, and causes daily “chaos” in every state in the country. But let’s deny sick people any relief from their suffering that medical marijuana may bring them. Perhaps we should either tell them that suffering is noble, or to just get themselves drunk to relieve their suffering.
San Mateo weighs medical pot regulations
San Jose Mercury News, USA
At a study session Monday night, members of the San Mateo City Council voiced their support for the legal production and use of medical marijuana but agreed the city should establish clear rules for those activities and educate the public on local and federal law. Authorities shuttered three pot clubs in San Mateo in 2007 and a fourth in 2008. The draft ordinance would require medical marijuana collectives, composed of patients and their primary care givers, to apply for a license and register with the San Mateo Police Department before growing or storing pot. The collectives would operate indoors with barred windows at least 300-500 feet from a schools or recreation or youth centers.
Legalizing marijuana for medical use a hot topic
Lansing State Journal, MI
And HIV, contracted through a tainted blood transfusion, weakened him further, robbing him of an appetite and leading to the loss of 40 pounds from his already slim frame. Allen’s health insurer spends thousands of dollars a month on prescriptions to combat the pain and limit progression of the diseases. But Allen says there’s one drug that could control his pain and stimulate his appetite that he can’t get – marijuana. Allen, of Williamston, is backing Michigan’s Proposal 1, a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would legalize medical marijuana. But those who oppose the proposal warn that passage could lead to widespread recreational use of the drug by teens looking for a high, and say that marijuana isn’t regulated enough to be prescribed as a drug. To Allen, the proposal is “an opportunity for people to show compassion for people who are living under dire medical circumstances.
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