by Yoda on May 29, 2009, 08:50:00 AMLast Updated: Friday, May 29, 2009 | 11:06 AM ET
The Canadian Press
In a landmark ruling, the country's top court said Friday that a convicted marijuana grower in north Vancouver, B.C., won't lose her house as part of her sentence.
It's the first time the Supreme Court of Canada has tested federal drug laws that allow confiscation of assets related to crime.
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on May 23, 2009, 01:36:00 PMNew Direction in War on Drugs is Welcome
Posted by CN Staff on May 21, 2009 at 05:07:00 PT
By Erika Stutzman
Source: Daily Camera
Boulder, Colo. -- With all that's going on in the world and with the economy, a big shift in the national dialogue on illegal drugs has gone relatively unnoticed. But at the federal level, the change in our decades-long, totally unwinnable "War on Drugs" is a welcome shift, both in tone and practice.
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MAY 14, 2009
White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs'
Kerlikowske Says Analogy Is Counterproductive; Shift Aligns With Administration Preference for Treatment Over Incarceration
By GARY FIELDS
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.
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on May 16, 2009, 01:22:00 PMCannabis Science Inc. Reports on Prospective Life Saving Treatments for H1N1 Swine Flu and H5N1 Bird Flu in View of the Current Global Threat
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 27, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cannabis Science Inc. (GFON:1.40, +0.15, +12.0%) , an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company, reported today on the current state of development of its whole-cannabis lozenge in response to Homeland Security Administration Secretary Janet Napolitano's declaration of a public health emergency to deal with the emerging Swine Flu pandemic.
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On Monday, Winnipeg Police Inspector Dave Thorne stood atop the Legislative Building's steps and gazed out at a throng of hundreds, perhaps thousands of people publicly -- flauntingly -- breaking the law by smoking marijuana, and observed: "Our view is this is a worldwide protest for the proponents of decriminalizing marijuana. From a police point of view, it's more about providing a safe environment for people to express their views. It doesn't mean we promote the breaking of acts or statutes, but we're trying to be realistic."
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on September 16, 2008, 09:46:00 AM
Scientists Say Cannabis Could Outdo Conventional Antibiotics In Killing Some Bacteria
By NORA SCHULTZ
Sept. 12, 2008
Substances harvested from cannabis plants could soon outshine conventional antibiotics in the escalating battle against drug-resistant bacteria. The compounds, called cannabinoids, appear to be unaffected by the mechanism that superbugs like MRSA use to evade existing antibiotics. Scientists from Italy and the United Kingdom, who published their research in the Journal of Natural Products last month, say that cannabis-based creams could also be developed to treat persistent skin infections.
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by Yoda on August 08, 2008, 01:21:00 PM
Why should we use Compact Fluorescent lighting?
HID lighting has changed our awareness of light use in growing plant materials, specifically cannabis, but HID lighting, for all its great usefulness has its disadvantages, especially in the current political climate. There is increasing interest in stealth and safety,and for the home cannabis enthusiast, security is a define factor.Factor in everything thats wrong with current growing techniques, and you will be able to one by one check them off the list of your current difficulties.
Such a list might look like this:
- Reduced power usage
- Reduced heat production
- Reduced danger From electrical fire
- Reduced Visibility (power spike)
- Increased overall Security
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on June 27, 2008, 02:00:00 PM
By Foo Yun Chee Fri Jun 27, 11:36 AM ET
Reuters Photo: An unidentified man smokes a marijuana joint in a coffeeshop in Rotterdam in this June...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - When a smoking ban comes into force in the Netherlands next Tuesday, it may kill the buzz for people who like to smoke their cannabis with tobacco. But some owners of the famous Dutch coffee shops are staying mellow.
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on May 29, 2008, 04:41:00 PMfrom: Bonnie GoldsteinPosted Friday, May 23, 2008
Since 1996, California laws have permitted citizens to use marijuana "for medical purposes." But the drug remains illegal under federal law, and the Drug Enforcement Agency regularly shuts down cannabis despensaries in the state. Last month John Conyers Jr., chairman of the House judiciary committee, wrote DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart (see below and on the following two pages) questioning the "dramatically intensified …
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