Santa Cruz to extend medical marijuana moratorium
The News Review:
- Santa Cruz to extend medical marijuana moratorium
- Arrest made in Houston couple’s slayings
- Governor expected to sign bill legalizing hemp production
- Marijuana eradication efforts improving
Santa Cruz to extend medical marijuana moratorium
Examiner.com
Last week voters in akland overwhelmingly passed Measure F which created a new business tax rate for “Cannabis Businesses” of $18 for each $1000 in gross receipts from business activity an astronomical increase from the previous “Retail Sales” tax rate. Proponents of this tax say that this is the first step towards legalizing adult use of cannabis. The Green Cross in San Francisco says that this is the first step towards pricing out patients and demeaning the medical movement.
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Arrest made in Houston couple’s slayings
Houston Chronicle
Police charged James Richard “Ricky” Thompson from the Austin area with two counts of capital murder in the July 21 shooting deaths of Stacy Marie Barnett 22 and John Forest Goosey 21 a young Houston couple that had just earned degrees from UT. Police said Sunday that it appears Goosey had been dealing marijuana for at least three years and that Thompson owed him a substantial amount of money for drugs he had been given to sell. “Thompson felt like he was at the end of his ability and sadly he felt like this was the only avenue of escape he could utilize” said Lt. Mark Spangler head of the violent crimes unit.
Governor expected to sign bill legalizing hemp production
regon Daily Emerald
While regon would be the first state to allow hemp production on the West Coast it will not be able to begin growing the plant along with all other states that have passed the bill until the federal government lifts its ban on national hemp production. The main issue involved in legalizing hemp growth is its biological similarity and cultural association with marijuana. While both are members of the Cannabis family marijuana contains up to about 20 percent THC the main chemical in the plant that leads to psychoactive effects while hemp only contains around. “People see hemp as a form of drug when in reality it would simply lead to a headache if used in that way” Sen. Floyd Prozanski said. Prozanski founded the movement to legalize hemp in regon 12 years ago by introducing a bill in the legislature.
Marijuana eradication efforts improving
Daily Mail – Charleston
- utdoor marijuana eradication numbers are up so far this year in West Virginia which State Police attribute in part to a greater focus on developing intelligence and getting tips. "We're on pace as of right now to top last year's record" Sgt. Smith with the State Police's Bureau of Criminal Investigations said Friday.