In the 60s hippies fled to the backwoods of northern California to grow pot. There they have been joined by growers of ‘medical marijuana’ – available with a doctor’s recommendation – as well as by Mexican drug cartels. With cannabis now its largest cash crop, the state will soon vote […]

Newshawk: A Reformer’s Guide to Direct Democracy www.drugsense.org/caip#take Pubdate: Thu, 6 May 2010 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) Page: Front Page, top of page, continued on page 4A Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/gLAwqk7h Copyright: 2010 Detroit Free Press Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009 Author: Bill Laitner, Free Press Staff Writer Cited: Coalition for a Safer Detroit […]

Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Webpage: http://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=1419870 Copyright: 2010 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: chicoletters@newsreview.com Author: Robert Speer Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Bryan+Epis Back in the Slammer EFFORT TO FREE BRYAN EPIS CONTINUES For a time Bryan Epis was a hero among medical-marijuana activists. Now he’s more like a martyr to […]

Pubdate: Wed, 5 May 2010 Source: Washington Post (DC) Copyright: 2010 The Washington Post Company Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/mUgeOPdZ Author: Lena H. Sun, Washington Post Staff Writer Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) D.C. COUNCIL APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA, POSING CHALLENGES FOR DOCTORS For doctors such as Pradeep Chopra, long accustomed to […]

Pubdate: Wed, 5 May 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2010 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/bc7El3Yo Author: John Hoeffel Referenced: The list of dispensaries notified http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2010-05/53619517.pdf Referenced: An example letter http://www.mapinc.org/images/LAletter.jpg Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/dispensaries Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis – California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) CITY GIVES NOTICE TO […]

Newshawk: NY Patients First http://www.nypatientsfirst.org/ Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Metroland (Albany, NY) Page: Feature cover article Copyright: 2010 Lou Communications, Inc. Contact: sleon@metroland.net Author: Ali Hibbs Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) HIGH MINDED With Advocates Energized and the Tide of Public and Scientific Opinion Turning in […]

Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Page: 1A, Front Page Copyright: 2010 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/2006/09/07/19629/submit-letters-to-the-editor.html Author: Peter Hecht Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Richard+Lee MAN BEHIND CALIFORNIA POT INITIATIVE’S A FORCE IN ‘OAKSTERDAM’ For much of his life, Richard Lee needed neither liberation nor a cause. The Oakland medical […]

Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Orange County Register, The (CA) Copyright: 2010 The Orange County Register Contact: letters@ocregister.com Authors: Erika I. Ritchie and Ellyn Pak Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Orange+County Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) JUDGE REJECTS EFFORT TO KEEP POT SITES OPEN SANTA ANA – A federal judge has […]

Newshawk: Please Write a LTE www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Washington Post (DC) Page: A01, Front Page Copyright: 2010 The Washington Post Company Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/mUgeOPdZ Authors: Paul Schwartzman and Annys Shin, Washington Post Staff Writer Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?420 (Cannabis – Popular) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) D.C. […]