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- US CA: Recall Effort Moves Ahead; Medical Pot Activists Seek
Record Searchlight, 08 Mar 2023 - The group looking to oust three Redding City Council members for their vote to ban medical marijuana dispensaries can now begin collecting signatures on the recall petitions, the local man orchestrating the recall said Thursday. But they'll now need to convince more than 9,000 Redding voters to sign the petitions to put the matter on a future ballot. - Why Is Clarence Aaron Still in Federal Prison? [FEATURE]
Sentenced nearly two decades ago to three life prison sentences for his peripheral role in a crack cocaine deal, Clarence Aaron became a poster child for the inequities and harshness of drug war policing and sentencing policies. His case has garnered attention in media outlets from PBS to Fox News, and he was featured in the 1999 PBS documentary "Snitching."
- Why Oregon's Attorney General Election May Be Referendum on Medical Marijuana With National Consequences
Oregon AG candidate Ellen Rosenblum promises to make marijuana enforcement a low priority, but will it affect medical marijuana policy on a national level? - Did You Know? Historical Timeline of Drugs and Sports
ProCon.org is a set of in-depth web sites presenting information and views from on current issues, several with relevance to drug policy.read more - Oklahoma Governor Signs Prison Reform Bill
Oklahoma Gov.read more - US CA: North Coast Democratic Congressional Candidates Agree:
The Press Democrat, 19 May 2012 - Andy Caffrey, the congressional candidate from Humboldt County who wears a black cowboy hat over the gray hair cascading down his back, has twice lit a marijuana cigarette in public to punctuate his support for legalizing pot. Caffrey, who says he is a medical marijuana patient suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, said he would, if elected, smoke a joint on the Capitol steps and get arrested to underscore his point. - CN NS: New Drug Causing Concern In Truro And Elsewhere
Truro Daily News, 19 May 2012 - 'We have heard that dealers are lacing marijuana with this drug' TRURO - A new street drug, known to be in use in areas of northern Nova Scotia, has health and law enforcement groups concerned about its harmful and psychotic effects. - France's New President to Invest Heavily in Marijuana Arrests
[image:1 align:right]France's new president, François Hollande, has vowed to coread more - US OR: Marijuana Groups Hope Ore. Race Will Have Chilling Effect
Washington Post, 17 May 2012 - Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot. Pushing back against a federal effort to stem the proliferation of medical marijuana operations, one of the nation's largest drug policy groups claimed credit Wednesday for the defeat of a former federal prosecutor who was the early favorite to win the Democratic primary for Oregon attorney general. - US NY: OPED: A Judge's Plea For Pot
New York Times, 17 May 2012 - THREE and a half years ago, on my 62nd birthday, doctors discovered a mass on my pancreas. It turned out to be Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I was told I would be dead in four to six months.
