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The Pot TV News for June 17, 2002
17 Jun 2002 27 minBRIXTON CELEBRATES LEGALIZATION
"Cannabis is now sold openly on the streets of Brixton, south London, while smiling policemen patrol and no one is arrested.
POLICE CHIEFS BACK POT PLAN
Police chiefs are drawing up plans to extend the Lambeth experiment on cannabis to other parts of the country, despite growing criticism of the scheme.
SMOKE A JOINT, GET KNIGHTED
He may have outraged the British establishment with his unapologetic use of pot, but Mick Jaggar has just been knighted for his service to music.
CLOSET BONG HITTERS
San Diego murder trial exposes secret world of, "doctors, lawyers, stock brokers and even members of law enforcement who furtively get high in their garages and on their decks, all the while terrified they'll be found out by their neighbors, employers and children."
PHILIPPINES ENACTS DEATH PENALTY FOR POT
As of July, sale of just one joint is a mandatory death sentence.
JANE CHASTAIN IS DEAD WRONG
Joel Miller, an editor at WorldNetDaily, breaks ranks and takes on fellow WND pundit, Jane Chastain, over her lame and ill-informed attack on medical marijuana.
JUDGE OVERRULES POT CONVICTION
In an unprecedented action that stunned attorneys on both sides, a Sacramento federal judge tossed out a jury's guilty verdict in a marijuana-growing case and ordered a new trial.
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The Pot TV News for June 14, 2002
14 Jun 2002 35 minDRUG CZAR THREATENS CANADA OVER POT
Walters warns Canada against legalizing pot, claims "4.3 million Americans suffering drug addiction, 65 percent are dependent on marijuana."
HOW THE U.S. BLOCKS CANNABIS RESEARCH
Research has been stalled by the federal government, by regulatory excess and a bias for marijuana dangers rather than therapeutic possibilities.
NEVADA PETITIONS TO LEGALIZE POT.
A group pushing a constitutional amendment to liberalize marijuana laws says it is close to getting enough signatures to put the issue on the November election ballot.
GO FISHING, LOSE YOUR LICENSE
Two Oregon men were fined $585 and lost their right to drive for six month after a state trooper busted them for smoking a joint while fishing.
DEA LIES ABOUT COURT DECISION.
The court did not rule on the merits of the case, but simply said that Gettman was not an injured party, and therefore lacked "standing" to bring the suit. A new suit with patients is already being prepared.
HOMELAND NARKS GET $37.5 BILLION.
New Dept. of Homeland Security will create federal narks from 22 federal agencies under one umbrella, a $37.5 billion budget, and 170,000 employees. Marijuana arrests expected to soar.
RICHARD COWAN COMMENTARY.
Prohibitionists mount major counterattack in Canada.
JEFF JONES REPORTS.
Contrary to published reports, the injunction has not been ennacted and the fight is hardly over.
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The Pot TV News for June 12, 2002
12 Jun 2002 33 minVICTORY IN MARIN COUNTY!.
Lynnette Shaw of the Marin Patient's Alliance explains the new Marin County medical-marijuana program that forbids police from arresting patients or seizing their plants.
S.F. D.A. BLASTS DEA.
"As District Attorney of San Francisco, I implore the DEA to stop its attack on the medical use of marijuana."
LEAVE GRANT KRIEGER ALONE.
(Calgary Sun Editorial) "...our supposedly cash-strapped, underpaid, under-manned police service manages to find the time to continually arrest and charge Krieger for possession of marijuana and trafficking."
MORE U.S. AGENTS ON B.C. BORDER CROWD JAILS.
(The Associated Press) A flood of U.S. federal agents arriving at the Canadian border to stop would-be terrorists is instead catching drug smugglers and small-time criminals, who are beginning to clog the local court systems.
ANTI-DRUG BALL MARRED BY DRUNKEN POLICE.
"Despite the evening's theme of drug awareness, officers allegedly began drinking heavily. One guest claimed she had watched a male officer openly groping a woman police constable who was dancing with her skirt over her head."
NEW STUDIES BACK CANNABIS FOR PAIN RELIEF. .
Pot TV Science Correspondent, Dr. Robert Melamede, explains our latest understanding of how cannabis treats pain.
INFO ON LACRC
Video courtesy Patricia Schwarz
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The Pot TV News for June 10, 2002
10 Jun 2002 31 minMEDICAL MARIJUANA BACKERS STAGE PROTESTS ACROSS US
(Reuters) Medical marijuana patients and activists targeted an estimated 60 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) offices today in a nationwide "Day of Action" to protest the federal government's increasing crackdown on California's medical marijuana patients and dispensaries.
WASHINGTON DC DEA PROTEST VIDEO
(MPP) Compelling video coverage of the arrest of ten prominent advocates for medical marijuana . Arrests start at nine minutes into the video.
REFORMERS BACK NATIONAL CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
(DRCNet) "Civil disobedience may not be the choice of first resort, but on medical marijuana, at least, the time for nonviolent civil disobedience has arrived."
ACTIVISTS LAUNCH HUNGER STRIKE
(Los Angeles Times) Five supporters of the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Cooperative launched an "open-ended hunger strike and encampment" Wednesday against federal authorities who last week filed a forfeiture action against the West Hollywood building where they had set up shop as a provider of medical marijuana to nearly 2,000 patients.
DEA CAUGHT INTIMIDATING PHYSICIAN WITNESSES
Courtroom photo exposes DEA agents conspiring with Sacramento prosecutor Caroline Park and a California Medical Examiner to intimidate doctors into altering their testimony.
ANALYSIS WITH DALE GIERINGER
Comprehensive analysis of the upcoming federal war on cannabis clubs in California -- and why we will win.
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The Pot TV News for June 7, 2002
07 Jun 2002 22 minSTOP THE WAR ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"Thousands of people battling cancer, AIDS and other terrible illnesses, their families, friends and supporters will deliver 'cease and desist' orders to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to stop it from blocking their access to a needed medication."
MARIJUANA PRAISED DESPITE LEGAL ISSUES
"It's a very effective medication for many people who have failed to get good results from standard medications and that's why so many people are devoted to it and risking their lives and career to get this drug."
CALIF. SUPREME COURT WEIGHS PROP. 215
California's Supreme Court showed strong interest Tuesday in forcing police and prosecutors to uphold the rights of medical marijuana patients.
CHAVEZ APPEAL DENIED
A California appeals court upheld the six-year sentence of medicinal-marijuana activist Marvin Chavez, for furnishing marijuana to undercover officers who lied about being sick and begged for help.
MY IMPENDING ARREST FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Ron Crickenberger, Political Director for the Libertarian National Party, explains why he is ready to risk arrest to defend the rights of medical marijuana patients
HEALTH CANADA'S FAILED PROGRAM
SPECIAL REPORT on the Canadian patients who are suing Health Canada for access to the medical cannabis crop by Prairie Plant Systems, by Phillipe Lucas, director of the Victoria Compassion Society.
The Pot TV News for June 5, 2002
05 Jun 2002 20 minMARIJUANA GOES MAINSTREAM
Marijuana is in the mainstream news everywhere, even in the Washington Post, Maxim and Esquire. Has cannabis finally become politically correct?
THE REAL DOPE
The Washington Post debunks the "today's pot is stronger" argument, exposing the narks and their lies.
THE POLLSTER WHO ANSWERED A HIGHER CALLING
The Washington Post reports on Pollster John Zogby teaming up with Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project to find out what Americans really think about legalizing "the five-leafed devil weed."
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
The Orlando Weekly reports that legalization advocates think the best way to fight back is to erase marijuana's negative stereotypes. "More and more prominent Americans are saying, I'm not going to act like I did anything wrong."
FED RECORDS SHOW FOCUS ON POT CLUBS
Unsealed court documents reveal months of observation at marijuana club.
DEA -- CEASE AND DESIST!
Steph Sherr, Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access gives Pot TV News an exclusive briefing prior to DEA-Day. Over 600 people have already taken "The Pledge of Resistance." raising political costs for the narks’ attacks on medical cannabis .
US AUTHORIZES CANNABIS EXTRACT PRODUCTION
Science correspondant Dr. Robert Melamede reports on breaking news about an American company that will produce cannabis extracts from plants.
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