Oaksterdam News - V2 Issue 5

ACTION ALERT: Tell DEA To Stop Attacks on Medical Cannabis Patients and Providers!

Volume 2 Issue 5 - Winter 2006

Reform Initiatives
Cannabis reform initiatives sweep CA ballots in 4 cities Voters of the three “Santa” cities of Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, and Santa Barbara, gave cannabis reform an early holiday gift Nov. 7 by passing local measures on election day making marijuana offenses law enforcement’s lowest priority. C... Read More >>

Oaksterdam History
Ten years later, Oaksterdam is still on the cutting edge of cannabis culture OAKLAND LANDMARK ? The Bulldog Coffeeshop, far right, was the second cannabis outlet to open in the city in the early days of Oaksterdam. Its name is similar to one of the first cannabis coffeeshops to open in Amsterdam in the 1970s. The OCBC relocated to ... Read More >>

Special Feature
A friendly face, healing place brightens up edge of Odam City approves Harborside Health Center cannabis outlet Oakland’s medical marijuana patient community welcomed its fourth dispensary with the opening of the new Harborside Health Center (HHC). The Center is nestled on the curving bank of the char... Read More >>

Confrontation in San Diego
Patients arrested at DEA Convention protesting flurry of federal, local raids A group of medical marijuana patients demanding to speak with the head of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency were arrested in San Diego Nov. 1 for refusing to leave the site of an agency convention. The seven patients arrested and one cited were among... Read More >>

Drive-By Media
Book charges that news reports usually get things wrong on cannabis coverage The US mass media regularly misreport stories on cannabis and drug policy, according to a chapter in a new anthology published by Oxford University Press, Pot Politics: Marijuana and the Costs of Prohibition. Read More >>

Industrial Hemp
Schwarzenegger praises, then vetoes hemp bill THE DREAM ? A field of low-THC Canadian hemp grows luxuriantly, while US farmers go without a cash crop. Oaksterdam News photo by Anndrea Hermann. Waiting until the last possible day to decide, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the California Indust... Read More >>

MAPS vs DEA Lawsuit
Federal marijuana monopoly *Research supply in balance* Everyone at the MAPS office is on pins and needles as they await a critical legal decision that may alter the future course of cannabis research and policy reform for the coming years.... Read More >>

Election 08
US Presidential candidate visits, heaps praise on LA cannabis dispensary During my recent trip to Los Angeles, I paid a visit to one of the local medical cannabis dispensaries. At 420 Compassion Center I ran into a man running to be the next Libertarian candidate for US President. Read More >>

Entertainment
Tommy Lee visits Oaksterdam Tommy Lee and Supernova, the band from his TV reality show, visited Oaksterdam to get tattoos and sample the local flora and fauna. Besides getting inked at the world famous Temple Tattoo, the band visited local Measure Z clubs and gardens. The band p... Read More >>

Jorge Cervantes
Plant for a Patient: Patients need patience in plant maturation process We do not advocate breaking any laws with the information provided in this column. We continue our expanded goal, provide a publication where patients can show their gardens, tell their story in a few words and provide inspiration to other patients an... Read More >>

HempFest
15th Seattle HempFest draws huge turnout SAY IT OUT LOUD ? The iconic Main Stage, where not all users stay right. No arrests as hundreds of thousands of consumers share two days of fun, music and cannabis The nation’s largest annual cannabis policy reform event reached its 15-year ... Read More >>

Democrats Win

The nation shifts - National votes give boost to reformers
Strong results for state and local ballot initiatives, including an apparent all-time record vote in Nevada to completely end cannabis prohibition, demonstrate greater voter willingness to reconsider cannabis laws, said Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project (M...
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Not guilty

SF jury acquits medi cannabis provider in hand-to-hand sale to undercover cop
After juror hung first trial, Nurse Tom admitted error in trusting drug agent

In the closely watched retrial of Tom “the Nurse” Juzbasic, a San Francisco jury handed a full acquittal to the local cannabis provider after seeing financial records and h
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Double jeopardy?

Rosenthal may face retrial after federal conviction overturned
Ed Rosenthal, the grow-book guru and leading cannabis advocate who was convicted in federal court, saw his trial jury publicly denounce its own verdict, then successfully appealed his conviction earlier this year, was indicted in October on new criminal charges tha
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Celebration

CA celebrates ten years since Prop 215 passage legalized medi cannabis in state
The political structure was rattled by the results of that historic vote a decade ago, on Nov. 5, 1996. Ten years later, its effect continues to reverberate across the state and the nation, indeed the world.

There was a festive party in San Francisco to mark th...
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MPP Report

Report details effect of Prop 215 on California
The Marijuana Policy Project released the first comprehensive examination of the impact of California’s landmark medical marijuana law, Proposition 215 Ten Years Later: Medical Marijuana Goes Mainstream.

The report, which can be downloaded at MarijuanaPoli...
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SAFER Colorado

Colorado is almost a SAFER state
Strong showing at ballot box shows shifting public attitude

There was good news and bad news out of Colorado during this election season. The good news is that the Amendment 44 campaign, sponsored by the SAFER Voter Education Fund, pushed the cannabis issue &md...
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James Anthony

The ?healthy-looking young man? syndrome
“They’re mostly healthy young men,” “There are hardly any sick people going in there,” “Medical marijuana is a scam—they’re just trying to legalize it.”
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ID Cards

Statewide ID cards advance
Patients and advocates have been busy lobbying their county leaders to implement the statewide medical marijuana ID card program, as required by Senate Bill 420.
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Home Grown

Record cannabis harvest for California
Good weather and law enforcement’s preoccupation with large outdoor plantations made the 2006 growing season a bumper year for California.

The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) reported record seizures, jumping from 1,134,692 plants last year to
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Odam History

The rise and fall of the Compassionate Caregivers
The October DEA raid and closing of New Remedies medical marijuana dispensary is the latest chapter in the rise and fall of Compassionate Caregivers that first began in 2001 when Larry Kristich rented 1740 Telegraph and founded Oaksterdam’s third cannabis com...
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Science

Report summarizes cannabis? role in moderating disease
Review of 120+ recent studies confirms that in the US, politics trumps science

Recently published clinical and preclinical research on the therapeutic use of cannabis indicates that cannabinoids may curb the progression of various life-threatening diseases &mdas...
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Reviews

Odam News East Bay Dispensary Reviews
Here are a few reviews of dispensaries in the East Bay area, across from San Francisco, the city that started medical marijuana sales.
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Driving to O'dam?

Make Oaksterdam more pedestrian friendly

Observe 25 mph speed limit
Watch out for pedestrians crossing against lights and for jaywalkers
Yield to peds when turning, check adjacent crosswalk before turning
Check sidewalks when entering and exiting garages and parking lots
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