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- Sheriff’s detectives arrest Live Oak man for marijuana sales …
- Top law enforcers call for ‘no’ vote on marijuana question
- Medical marijuana relieves suffering
- Is cannabis being doped with Viagra?

Sheriff’s detectives arrest Live Oak man for marijuana sales …
San Jose Mercury News,  USA 
The bust came after a two-month investigation into pot sales, according to Sgt. Steve Carney, head of the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Team. Carney said he suspects Adroa Anderson of Live Oak was running a one-man marijuana sales operation involving mostly street-level deals. Carney said Anderson had a valid medicinal marijuana card and that he was within the county’s medicinal parameters, but that the overtones of criminal activity — namely the loaded guns, scales and pot packaged to sell — contradicted Anderson’s medical claim.

Top law enforcers call for ‘no’ vote on marijuana question
Boston Globe, United States 
Conley, Berkshire District Attorney David Capeless, and Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe, president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association. Today, state Attorney General Martha Coakley plans to join with Somerville officials in that city and health experts to decry the ballot question, known as Question 2. The proposal would decriminalize the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, making it a civil violation with a $100 fine rather than an offense warranting arrest. The question’s supporters say state law would still maintain penalties for growing, trafficking, or driving under the influence of marijuana. Juveniles arrested with any amount of marijuana would have to undergo a drug awareness program. But the proposal would ensure that the possession of small amounts of marijuana will not taint a person’s criminal record, punishment supporters say is too severe. Under state law, anyone convicted of possessing even a small amount of marijuana faces jail time, a fine, and a lifelong criminal record that could be accessed by potential employers, housing agencies, and student loan providers.

Medical marijuana relieves suffering
Detroit Free Press, United States 
com | Detroit Free Press. Michigan nurses strongly support Proposal 1, the medical marijuana initiative. And, frankly, we are appalled at the misinformation being spread by opponents.
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Is cannabis being doped with Viagra?
New Scientist (subscription), UK 
They found compounds called homosildenafil (HS) and thiohomosildenafil (THS) in it, which belong to the same class of compounds as sildenafil, sold as Viagra. All three inhibit the breakdown of an enzyme that dilates blood vessels in the penis, increasing blood flow. De Kaste does not know why HS and THS are being added to cannabis, but speculates that it could be to enhance the uptake of its psychoactive constituents, or to exploit a perception that marijuana use affects libido. HS and THS were not destroyed when they were “smoked” using a laboratory simulator (Forensic Science International,.

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