| States Rights |
Supreme Court upholds public health rights of States
The US Supreme Court Jan. 17 affirmed the power of States to control
their own public health policies, in a 6-3 ruling that upheld Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act. State voters passed the 1997 initiative to legalize physician-assisted suicide for t
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| Entertainment |
Entertainment - No more beer at Giants Stadium?
It’s time for a kinder bud than booze
There was less “buzz” than usual during the NFL season’s final regular
season Monday night football game between the New York Jets and
defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots an
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| Cannabis Regulation |
Alameda AA proximity no barrier to dispensary
Alameda County Supervisors agreed that proximity to an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting site is not an obstacle to issuing a cannabis permit;
but a school still is.
At issue at the January meeting of the Public Safety Committee were appeals on two permit app
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| Peoples Politics |
Cocalero wins in Bolivia
Coca farmer Evo Morales, who came to prominence as a leader of the coca
growers union, won Bolivia’s Dec. 18 presidential election with a solid
majority vote. The first indigenous person and the first cocalero, or
coca farmer, to ascend to the pr
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| Cruel & Unusual |
55-Year sentence upheld for first-time pot dealer
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Jan. 10 upheld a 55-year sentence
for the first-time conviction of pot dealer Weldon Angelos, 27, who had
but did not use a gun.
Angelos had no prior felony convictions but did
have a gun in hi
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| Human cost |
Kubby deported to US and arrested
Former Libertarian candidate for governor and long-time medical
marijuana refugee Steve Kubby lost his eleventh-hour appeal for asylum
in Canada Jan. 20 when Federal Justice Yvon Pinard rejected his suit to
avoid deportation to the US.
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| Industrial Hemp |
New hemp bill passes out of Assembly committee
A bill was approved by the state Assembly Thursday to add California to
the growing list of states out to legalize the cultivation of
industrial hemp, a non-psychoactive cash crop relative of marijuana.
“This makes sense,&rd
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| Drug war reform |
Largest-ever drug reform conference brings out crowds
Panels cover wide spectrum of policy approaches
Drug Policy Alliance director Ethan Nadelmann welcomed nearly 1000
participants to Long Beach in November for three days of intensive
panel discussions, workshops and informal networking among drug poli
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| Drug War |
Ten Years Later: Human Rights & the Drug War
Co-authors: Virginia Resner and Chris Conrad
It’s been 10 years since we unveiled the first Human Rights and the Drug War photo exhibit in San Francisco, CA, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations.
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| Santa Clara |
Santa Clara County adopts ID card plan
The Santa Clara County Supervisors passed a medical marijuana program
by a 5-0 vote Jan. 24, to issue ID cards by March 1. Three locations
will be staffed on a rotating basis, and patients will be served by
appointment from the county DHS.
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| Cannabis Regulation |
'First and Worst' local medical cannabis ordinance
Oakland permit ordinance needs big overhaul
In the summer of 2003, Oakland City Council began writing the first
medical marijuana dispensary ordinance in the country. While the
legislation that passed in early 2004 was far from perfect, it was
groun
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