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The Pot TV News for November 18, 2002
17 Nov 2002 23 minDRUG REFORMERS REGROUP AFTER ELECTION DEFEATS
ALAN BOCK, author of "Waiting to Inhale" and Senior Editorial Writer at the Orange County Register, files an exclusive report with Pot TV on the national conference of the Marijuana Policy Project and Students for Sensible Drug Policies held last weekend in conservative Orange County, California.
DRUG COMPANIES AND GOP WANT DRIVERS ARRESTED IF THEY FLUNK POT TEST -- EVEN IF NOT IMPAIRED
The New York Times reports that nine million Americans a year drive while under the influence of illegal drugs, according to a report that calls on states to adopt criminal laws setting strict standards on the presence of pot in a driver's body, just as they use blood alcohol content to determine that a driver is intoxicated.
GOP ALSO SEEKS IMMUNITY FOR DRUG COMPANIES FROM HARM DONE TO KIDS
The Washington Post reports on a a White House-backed provision to the Homeland Security Bill that would head off dozens of potential lawsuits against pharmaceutical giants for killing, and/or disabling children.
TEACHERS PAY STUDENTS TO SNITCH
Teachers use own pocket money to turn students into snitches
PATIENTS ASKING COURT TO FORCE RCMP TO RETURN GROW EQUIPMENT AND CANNABIS
He’s got a licence from Health Canada to grow marijuana, but now Brian Carlisle says he can’t get his grow-lights back from the RCMP. Prosecutor Finn Jensen would not confirm the reason for the refusal to return the seized items, saying "several agencies are deciding the issue" including the Department of Justice and Health Canada.
The Pot TV News for November 15, 2002
14 Nov 2002 20 minU.S. TARGETS POT USERS WITH NATIONAL RANDOM DRUG STOPS
U.S. Border Agents have started randomly stopping traffic, in order to bust cannabis users and seize their vehicles. Cars and young people are being searched, without probable cause, up to 25 miles away from the border, especially in Michigan, California, and Texas.
VERMONT ENDORSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA
A Vermont legislative study committee studying the legitimacy of medical marijuana announced Wednesday that marijuana does possess medical value when it comes to relieving pain and suffering of severely ill people.
POT EASES PARKINSON'S SYMPTOMS
Reuters is reporting that an astounding 50% of Parkinson's disease patients who have tried marijuana say the drug helped relieve their symptoms, according to a survey of patients that was reported at the Seventh International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.
ASK ED:
We ask Ed Rosenthal about every pot growers worst nightmare. No, not the police, we're talking about SPIDER MITES and how to get rid of the
The Pot TV News for November 13, 2002
13 Nov 2002 22 minBRITISH STUDY WARNS OF HEALTH DANGER OF CANNABIS
"Smoking three pure cannabis joints is as bad for your lungs as smoking 20 normal cigarettes and marijuana is more dangerous now than it was in the 1960s," according to a "new" study in Britain. But millions of people have been smoking cannabis for decades now -- where are the bodies?
PHYSICIANS TOLD THEY CAN DISCUSS MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Physicians are being told by their profession that they can discuss the pros and cons of medicinal marijuana with their patients without worry of the Drug Enforcement Administration cracking down on them.
INTERVIEW WITH ED ROSENTHAL:
Is pot today 10 times stronger? Ed talks about potency, his new book, the Big Book of Buds, as well as his historic battle with the U.S. government.
The Pot TV News for November 11, 2002
11 Nov 2002 20 minMAYOR HITS A HIGH ON POT-BUSTING STAND
Chilliwack B.C. Mayor Clint Hames got the biggest round of applause at an all-candidates meeting Wednesday night when he told the crowd of about 200 that he's "proud" of the city's effort to knock down home grow operations. "These are the folks we want out of our community," he said.
FEDS SHOULD RESPECT COURT'S RULING FOR DOCS
"If the federal government were right that medical marijuana has no medicinal value, why have so many doctors risked their practices by recommending its use for patients with cancer or AIDS?"
JUDGE'S TOKE ENDS CAREER
The AP reports that a Michigan judge went on indefinite voluntary leave after admitting taking a toke of marijuana at a Rolling Stones concert. In contrast, the judge who sentenced Marvin Chavez had previously crashed his car while drunk, but received only an administrative reprimand.
PLUS A LOOK AT STEVE'S CANNABIS VICTORY GARDEN
Take a tour of Steve's state-of-the-art cannabis grow op, licensed by the Canadian government .
The Pot TV News for November 8, 2002
07 Nov 2002 34 minDISAPPOINTING RESULTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF ASSESSMENT
"Specific to marijuana-law reform, however, it appears clear that although a majority of the public supports the legalization of medical marijuana as well as the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal use, much of the U.S. public remains skeptical of broader-reaching proposals - particularly those that mandate the state to become involved in either the distribution or regulation of pot." -- NORML Executive Director Keith Stroup
DADDY WARBUCKS IMAGE SOURS VOTER SUPPORT FOR REFORM
USA TODAY tells voters on eve of election that "two billionaires and a multimillionaire are bankrolling campaigns to legalize or decrease penalties for marijuana in three states and Washington, D.C.," while opponents say "their posse of soccer moms, anti-drug groups and police officials cannot raise the money to counter the proponents' professional media campaign."
HAS MPP LEARNED ITS LESSON?
Despite overwhelming rejection by the voters and serious questions raised by fellow reformers, Robert Kampia, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project tells the Associated Press, "We're going to target a state in the next two to four year for the same proposal."
PROP. S: CHALLENGING THE FEDS
"While Prop. S is another step toward decriminalizing the legitimate uses of medical marijuana, it may also be seen as a challenge to the federal government. That's a fight we cannot win." -- Terence Hallinan, San Francisco District Attorney.
INTERVIEW: SISTER SOMAYA
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The Pot TV News for November 06, 2002
06 Nov 2002 30 minRADIOACTIVE FERTILIZERS GIVE NUCLEAR BUZZ
Biochemist Paul Hornby measured the radioactivity of various fertilizers used to grow marijuana. The most radioactive were Shultz, Greenleaf, and Green Valley brands.
DID WAMM RAID VIOLATE 10TH AMENDMENT?
At issue in court on Monday was whether the federal government overstepped its authority under the 10th Amendment to regulate interstate commerce. Constitutional professor Gerald Uelmen argued that since the WAMM alliance members grew marijuana for their own use, there was no distribution across state lines and no commercial activity to provide a basis for a federal raid.
ONTARIO OFFICIAL FUMING OVER GROW OPS
Ontario's Public Safety and Security Commissioner, who is demanding minimum sentences for indoor grow ops on the federal level, but why is nobody talking about all the cocaine and guns that pour in from the U.S. as a direct result of prohibition?
MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- SIX YEARS OF BROKEN JUSTICE
Press Democrat Editorial: "Blame the failure of the state Legislature to provide clear guidelines, and the federal government's determination to thwart the will of the voters of California and eight other states."
PAT McCARTNEY COMMENTARY:
How the U.S. and California government officials conspired to undermine California's medical marijuana law and target its leaders.
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