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Pot TV News for Wednesday, March 20th, 2002
19 Mar 2002 28 min L.A.TIMES EXPOSES COLUMBIA DRUG WAR MASSACREU.S. supplied troop transportation, planning facilities and fuel to
helicopter crew accused of dropping a cluster bomb on civilians that killed
11 adults and seven children.
COLOMBIA VOTERS REJECT U.S. WAR
Ruling Parties lose the Senate and the House, signaling massive rejection of
the U.S. Drug War in Columbia.
MEDICAL POT POSING DILEMMA FOR OFFICERS
AMMA demands retraction of "false and misleading statements about medical
marijuana."
TERRY PARKER WINS LIFETIME EXEMPTION
Canadian court exempts Parker and tells Parliament to pass medical cannabis
laws.
SISTER SOMAYAH ACQUITTED
In a major victory for medical marijuana patients, a Los Angeles
jury acquitted Sister Somayah Kambui on five counts of cultivation and four
other marijuana-related charges.
INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROBERT MELAMEDE
Pot TV News Monday, March 18, 2002
17 Mar 2002 24 min U.S. GOVERNMENT ABOLISHES FREE SPEECH"The NDIC said five types of people should be targeted, including
previous drug offenders, legalization advocates, anarchists and people
promoting 'an expanded freedom of expression' that pushes the boundaries of
the First Amendment."
CANADA TO TRY MEDICAL MARIJUANA EXEMPTEE
Jim Wakeford, the first person in Canada to be issued an exemption to use
and grow marijuana for medical purposes will be back in court March 19th
COURT SAYS ITALY MUST PAY FOR POT-BASED MEDICINE
A judge has forced Italy's national health system to allow a woman with
terminal lung cancer to use marijuana-based drugs for pain treatment.
CANNABIS IS GIVEN HEALTH ALL CLEAR BY BRITISH OFFICIALS
". . .while cannabis smokers can become dependent, the drug is not as
addictive as tobacco or alcohol."
LONDON DEBATES CANNABIS CAFES
Cafe owners and pub managers are debating cannabis cafes.
INTERVIEW:
Attorney Dale Schaefer and Dr. Mollie Fry talk about the recent DEA raid of
their medical cannabis clinic.
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Note: Today's Pot TV News was filmed by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation for airing nationwide in Canada. You will see the network
cameras at times and hear the sounds of their crew working on our set.
We'll let you know when the show airs on CBC.
The Pot TV News for Friday, March 15, 2002
14 Mar 2002 22 minLEGALISING CANNABIS 'WILL SAVE MONEY'
Plans to relax the cannabis laws could save police 38 million pounds a year
and vastly improve police and community relations, says an independent
report.
KAUAI POLICE PUSHING METH OVER POT
Despite widespread methamphetamine use in Hawaii, police continue to focus
on pot growers and ignore ice epidemic -- cheerfully reported by dimwitted
media.
WISCONSIN TURN AGAINST VOTERS ON POT
Lawmakers dump a Med MJ bill despite a poll showing 80% support.
STATE OF WASHINGTON VS. BRUCE JAY BUCKNER
Mr. Buckner has presented the state with three medical authorizations when
only one is required by their statute. yet they seized his car, seized his
life's savings, seized his medication and continued with his prosecution.
BOOKS ON DRUGS NOW ILLEGAL IN NEW ZEALAND?
A report on New Zealand officials seizing books that "promote or encourage
criminal acts and acts of terrorism"
The Pot TV News for Wednesday, March 13, 2002
12 Mar 2002FORCED DRUGGING OF UNTRIED SUSPECTS OK'D BY COURT
Defendants can be forcibly drugged even though they haven't been convicted
of any charges, according to a ruling issued by the 8th Circuit Court of
Appeals.
SWISS POT PRISONER
Rappaz is a pioneer of the Swiss cannabis movement and the founder of
Valchanvre, a company which creates and distributes hemp products. Rappaz
also won the "Canna Swiss Cup" in 1999, with a strain called Walliser Queen.
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY SCAMS STUPID BRITISH COPS
$8 million for the dumbest idea yet for fighting drugs.
CANNABIS IS NOW JUST A SIGNATURE AWAY FROM LEGITIMACY.
The change, which would enable users to smoke a joint in the street without
fear of arrest, would be the first relaxation of drug laws in Britain for 30
years.
INTERVIEW: RICHARD COWAN LEAVING POT TV?
Former NORML Director and Pot TV News Pioneer talks about his past, present
and future plans as he prepares to leave Pot TV and move on to new projects
in Europe.
The Pot TV News for Monday, March 11, 2002
DOUBLE INTERVIEW SPECIAL: THE TOYES, PHILIPPE LUCAS 10 Mar 2002 45 minUK: HARDLINE STANCE ON DRUGS 'ABANDONED'
New guidelines for the nightclub drugs scene indicate the abandonment of a
hardline stance on illegal drugs like ecstacy and decriminalization of
cannabis.
PATIENT TELLS JUDGE MEDICAL POT TOO EXPENSIVE
A Florida man charged with marijuana possession claims he bought the drug
because the prescription form of the drug he uses for pain is too expensive.
INTERVIEW ONE: "THE TOYES"
Pot TV exclusive interview with Mawg, the musician who wrote "Smoke Two
Joints," discusses cannabis music and politics.
INTERVIEW TWO: PHILIPPE LUCAS - VICTORIA COMPASSION SOCIETY
Meet one of Canada's foremost medical cannabis activists and subject of a
recent one hour Global TV documentary.
The Pot TV News for Friday, March 8, 2002
Election Victory Celebration 07 Mar 2002 36 minPOLICE ALREADY REGRETTING MARC EMERY RAID
Hoping to uncover a grow-op in a famous activist's home, empty-handed
Victoria police suffer humiliation at the hands of the media and Marc
Emery's sharp wit.
HEAVY MEDIA USE IMPAIRS BRAIN
More junk science, using patients on psychiatric drugs to support Drug War
lies about cannabis.
MEDICAL DOCTORS MORE HARMFUL THAN TOBACCO?
Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada will meet today with Health Canada
officials in an attempt to block any use of medical marijuana. AMMA
challenges these quacks to debate.
ANTI-215 D.A.S AND SHERIFFS LOSE ELECTION
Voters in Sonoma and Humboldt counties tossed out their incumbent DA's and
Sheriffs for challengers with a more liberal line on medical marijuana.
Other prohibitionists ejected as well.
JOE COBB INTERVIEW:
Kubby Defense Fund Manager and noted economist, Joe Cobb explains how he and
the Kubbys raised $300,000 for the Kubby legal defense.