Oaksterdam News - V1 Issue 3

Oakland riots after verdict in police shooting of Oscar Grant

Officer who shot dead unarmed African American cleared of murder but found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

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MPP Calls for National Boycott of Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform organization called upon shoppers across the country to boycott Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in order to protest the unjust...

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Volume 1 Issue 3 - Fall/Winter 2005

GOTV
Dellums brings ?HOPE? to Oakland Mayoral Race Former national NORML boardmember is frontrunner in June 6 election "If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let’s get on with it,” former US Representative Ron Dellums told a bevy of supporters who roared their warm appreci ... Read More >>

Cannabis Regulation
Bay Area cities and counties license, regulate marijuana dispensaries San Francisco debates, Oakland shuffles, Alameda shifts and patients sue for safe access Dispensaries are not allowed within 1000 feet of a school, and the fact that the dispensary was there first was not given any weight. Since Oakland established the ... Read More >>

Eddie Money
Two tickets to Oaksterdam Paradise Eddie Money band rocks O’dam at the Uptown Club’s grand opening The Uptown Club, Oaksterdam’s hottest new live music venue, kicked off its grand opening Oct. 14 with rock legend Eddie Money. Money’s passionate style and solid pe ... Read More >>

Lunch getaway
A roof with a view... Autumn days — perfect time to lunch atop O'dam Summer is over but it’s not too late to bask atop Oaksterdam in privacy in the autumn sun amid climbing vines to eat lunch and enjoy the skyline view, from the classic Fox Theatre to the downtown ... Read More >>

Beatrice the buggy
Historic 1927 Ford Model T Depot Hack Beatrice the buggy boogies around bustling uptown Beatrice is back. Many readers may not have noticed that she was even gone, but ask yourself — when was the last time you saw a hack whiz uptown? And we don’t mean a hacker or a political cro ... Read More >>

Gardens Galore
Groetjes van Amsterdam! Greetings from Amsterdam! Gardens galore ? Soma?s female plants were almost ripe when we rolled into Amsterdam after the Leiden conference. The golden color is from the use of warm spectrum lamps that simulate autumn sunlight. At the Sensi Museum Coffeeshop on Damstrat by O. Achte ... Read More >>

Tax it!

Poll finds San Francisco voters ready to legalize, regulate cannabis sales

An August survey of likely voters in San Francisco found that, despite a wave of negative publicity around medical marijuana dispensaries and busts by the DEA, most San Francisco voters do not see cannabis dispensaries as a problem. In fact, 63 percent

CHP Responds

Nine years later, CHP implements state MMJ laws

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) unveiled its new procedures for handling medical cannabis, thanks to legal action by a patient advocacy organization.

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) found that one-quarter of all California medical cannabis arrests a

Making Peace

Shifting relationships evolve between police and medical cannabis community

A complex relationship has evolved in the state as police have slowly come to terms with the roles of medical marijuana dispensaries in the community.

After decades of anti-marijuana bias, law enforcement is coming to grips with the fact that a growing

L.E.A.P.

Law enforcement takes up the themes of anti-prohibition, cannabis tolerance
Prohibition hurts police morale and public's respect for law

Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department,is the author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Expos? of the Dark Side of AmericanPolicing and an opinion piece in the Oct. 16, 2005 Los A

Not criminals

Making the transition from counter culture to over-the-counter culture
With legal use of cannabis comes certain responsibilities. Cannabis outlets share their neighborhoods with homes and businesses. To be successful, they work hard to establish a positive relationship with their neighbors, the city, and the police departm

Medical Marijuana

Cannabis shown to help repair and regrow damaged brain cells

A team of Canadian researchers reported Oct. 13 that cannabis use appears to spur the development of new brain cells in rats and to have further beneficial anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects.

While it has been known for more than 100 years that ca

I.A.C.M.

Scientific conference hears of tumor reducing effect from cannabinoids

International Association on Cannabis Medicines

A prestigious gathering of scientists and researchers met in September in Leiden, The Netherlands, where the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine biennial conference heard first-hand reports o

Film Review

Film review: Woody narrates provocative ?Grass? documentary about marijuana laws

GRASS: Gateway to the Facts — The poster for the documentary “Grass” is reminiscent of a pulp fiction book cover or a “B” movie poster, but the content is sharp, witty and filled with little known facts and film clips.

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