Poll: Stem cell, medical marijuana lead in Mich.
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- Poll: Stem cell, medical marijuana lead in Mich.
- $300k of cannabis found in house
- Agents Confiscate Marijuana; Arrest 18-Year-Old
- Japan frets over growing marijuana problem
Poll: Stem cell, medical marijuana lead in Mich.
Chicago Tribune, United States
Associated Press 11:19 AM CST, November 2, 2008 DETROIT – A new poll says likely. The phone poll for the Detroit Free Press and WDIV-TV showspeople favoring the stem cell proposal 51 to 40 percent and themarijuana proposal 61 to 30 percent.
$300k of cannabis found in house
The Australian, Australia
article-tools –> November 04, 2008. module-subheader –> CANNABIS plants worth almost $300,000 have been found in a house in Sydney’s south. Police found 145 cannabis plants during a raid on a house in Penshurst St, Roselands, about 4. 30pm (AEDT) yesterday. The plants, ranging in size up to 70cm tall, were found in an elaborate hydroponic set up in five rooms of the house. Police also seized paraphernalia associated with the hydroponic cultivation of cannabis, which will be forensically examined. No arrests have been made but inquiries are continuing.
Agents Confiscate Marijuana; Arrest 18-Year-Old
KFOXtv.com, TX
Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Las Cruces man for allegedly trying to bring more than 60 pounds of marijuana into the United States. Officers said it happened Sunday night at the Fort Hancock Port of Entry, when officers noticed Guadalupe Hernandez, 18, seemed nervous during a routine interview. They said they then found 56 marijuana bundles in a false compartment in the fuel tank of Hernandez’s truck.
Japan frets over growing marijuana problem
guardian.co.uk, UK
Japanese activists are pushing for a change in the law to permit the use of cannabis among sufferers of diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s. “Cannabis is harmless compared to alcohol and tobaccos, but still the government overreacts and ruins the lives of anyone found with it,” Koichi Maeda, the founder of the Japan Medical Marijuana Association, told the Guardian. “We asked the government to provide evidence of the harm they say marijuana causes, but they couldn’t. “Maeda, who runs a hemp restaurant in Tokyo, believes recent media coverage of the issue shows how far public attitudes towards dope smoking in Japan lag behind those in Britain and parts of Europe. “The authorities use the media to peddle their claims that marijuana is a gateway drug to harder substances, and the media are too stupid to check if what they are being told is true,” he said. “All the newspapers do is run sensationalist articles based on what the police tell them. It makes me so angry.
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