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ASA Press Release on Americans with Disabilities Act Medical Marijuana Case
For Immediate ReleaseÂ: July 25, 2006
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State, National Groups Add Support to Medical Marijuana Employment Case
Legislators, Medical Organizations, Disability Advocates File in Supreme Court
San Francisco --Â Medical organizations, California state legislators and disability rights organizations have all filed supporting briefs with the California Supreme Court in a landmark employment rights case involving medical marijuana. The amici curiae or âfriend of the courtâ briefs all argue that medical marijuana patients deserve civil employment protections provided by California state law.
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What is going on with the DEA and the San Diego medical marijuana dispensaries?
On Friday, the DEA returned to the more than a dozen dispensaries in San Diego raided a couple of weeks ago and warned them to shut their doors. For the Drug War Chronicle this week, I'll be looking into that and what it might mean across the state.
I'm also waiting for the Portland "lowest law enforcement priority" initiative's signatures to be verified. I'll write about that this week if we get an official announcement.
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Drug Prohibition Violence Rising in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida, has joined the ranks of cities experiencing rising homicide rates after years of partial relief. According to the Associated Press (article link to the Orlando Sentinel web site), the city has recorded 33 murders this year -- the first time the number reached 30 since 1982, but with nearly half of the year left to go. Much of it appears to be about drugs:
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Drug Prohibition Violence Rising in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida, has joined the ranks of cities experiencing rising homicide rates after years of partial relief. According to the Associated Press (article link to the Orlando Sentinel web site), the city has recorded 33 murders this year -- the first time the number reached 30 since 1982, but with nearly half of the year left to go. Much of it appears to be about drugs:
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Medical Marijuana in South Dakota
South Dakota will vote on a medical marijuana initiative in November, and it looks like it will be an uphill battle. According to my sources within the campaign, the measure is not doing well in internal polling, but it is early. The campaign is laying low for now, but has already found a patient spokesperson and a former policeman as a spokesman. Bob Newland, South Dakota's "Mr. Marijuana," the hemp/pot/medical marijuan activist responsible for the initiative has agreed to keep a low profile, while MPP's experienced cadres run the show.
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Drug Gangsters Immortalized in Song
The Associated Press reported Saturday on Colombia's "narco-ballads," songs that "pay lyrical homage to the lifestyles of the rich and dangerous: drug-lords, assassins, leftist rebels and far-right warlords," according to the story. Among the thugs being rhapsodized in song are two of the most murderous, Carlos Castano, who founded the infamous right-wing paramilitary movement that has massacred tens of thousands, and Pablo Escobar, who murdered hundreds of Colombia government officials and once had an airplane blown up in order to take out two people who were on it.
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Interpol Medical Marijuana Letter, Michael Krawitz
A nice letter from Michael Krawitz. I can't speak to the meaning of the treaties insofar as they could be said to support medical marijuana, but at a bare minimum the DEA's claim that international treaties preclude medical marijuana is amazingly bogus -- even by DEA standards! And Michael is right -- in moral terms, at least, what's going on now is a crime against humanity.
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Will It Make a Difference in the Drug Supply in the End?
Hopefully Phil will pardon me for cross-posting into his Chronicle blog. :) This is another example of a news story that is too run of the mill to make our newsletter most of the time, but provides a good example of the limitation of short-term memory that so often plagues mainstream reporting on this issue. An operation that Pennsylvania's Attorney General characterizes as the major methamphetamine supplier in the Philadelphia region has been taken down, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer:
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DownsizeDC.org Action Alert to De-Fund the Drug Czar
Quick. You need help. Desperately. Get out the yellow pages, or do a web search. Look under "people to tell you what to think."
Don't find it? Maybe it's in the government pages?
Oops. Sorry for the bother. You've already hired someone to tell you what to think. He's called the Drug Czar. His job, paid for with your tax dollars, is to tell you what to think about national drug policy.
That's it. That's all. That's what the Drug Czar does. He tells you what to think.
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The Heroin Overdose Wave Continues...
WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has reported another overdose from the fentanyl-laced heroin batch that is ravaging drug injecting communities in cities around the nation.
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Holy Cow, They Busted Holy Smoke!
http://www.holysmoke.ca/
I wrote about the Holy Smoke bust for the Chronicle, but since it hits close to home, I have a little bit more to say about it.
Holy Smoke is a Nelson, BC, head shop and activism hub. One of the owners, Paul DeFelice, was arrested last Saturday night and charged with marijuana and psilocybin distribution. Whatever was or wasn't sold at Holy Smoke, local police did nothing about it -- until now. DeFelice thinks the change has come because of the new conservative government of Prime Minister Harper. The Holy Smoke guys are dedicated activists, one of them is an attorney, and they look forward to challenging the marijuana laws again. Back in 1997, they humiliated local police when they tried to shut them down, and they look forward to doing it again.
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book reading and discussion: It's Just a Plant
July 26, 7:00pm, New York, NY, book reading by author/illustrator Ricardo Cortés, "It's Just a Plant," with remarks by DPA executive director Ethan Nadelmann, and discussion. At the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street (between Houston & Prince), admission free, visit http://www.itsjustaplant.com for info.
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Weekly: The Reformer's Calendar
Showing up at an event can be the best way to get involved! Check out this week's listings for events from today through next year, across the US and around the world!
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