Monthly Archives: March 2004

TalkLeft has the info on a federal judge in California who has allowed defendants to raise medical marijuana use as a defense to cultivation charges. Here’s some background if you haven’t been following: When Congress restricted marijuana through the Controlled … Continue reading →

Just released in the Morning Call: Mayor John Callahan on Monday announced that the city of Bethlehem will pay $7.89 million to settle the John Hirko Jr. federal civil case, a figure that avoids a potentially higher jury award and … Continue reading →

“bullet” At TalkLeft — Canada to put marijuana in pharmacies. Of course, until they learn to grow the good stuff, it’ll sit on the shelf getting stale. “bullet” Good piece at LastOneSpeaks on Cyber Warfare Too Hard to Handle. The … Continue reading →

Newsweek’s Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff and Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas, in the March 29 issue (available on the stands tomorrow), note that in the first few months of the administration: Attorney General John Ashcroft downgraded terrorism as a priority, … Continue reading →

Here’s an amazing little item that slipped by me while I was out of town. I did not realize that the Drug Czar was so incredibly talented! You may recall last September in Seattle that the Drug Czar was criticizing … Continue reading →

Ross, a defense attorney and regular reader of Drug WarRant (nice to know!), tipped me off to this story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Arnold Melnikoff is being fired for sloppy work. For years he’s been working for the state of … Continue reading →

“bullet” TalkLeft has the unbelievable story of Miguel Mendoza Palominos, a poor Mexican who just received 10 years in federal prison for the crime of being duped into being a patsy for a marijuana grow operation. So now we’ll spend … Continue reading →

From the Senlis Council release on the 17th: Canadian Senator, Pierre Claude Nolin, strongly criticised the US led drug war at a press conference in Vienna today, following an International Symposium on Global Drug Policy organised by The Senlis Council … Continue reading →

LastOneSpeaks and TalkLeft have been covering the stupid new bills being proposed for drugged driving testing. From NORML: Please Tell Congress To Identify Impaired Drivers, Not Marijuana Smokers. Urge Your Congressman To Reject H.R. 3907 And H.R. 3922 NORML needs … Continue reading →

…Seabrook, New Hampshire, which voted 1,521 to 464 for a new town ordinance requiring regular mandatory drug and alcohol testing of all town employees to be done at the local hospital. Now they’re having to face the consequences of their … Continue reading →