'Drug War Refugee' could get 10 years
18-June-2005, Canada, The Ottawa Citizen
Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has ordered the extradition of a woman who faces trial in California for tending marijuana plants at the Cannabis Castle, a Bel Air mansion that served as one of the state's first medical marijuana grow-ops in the ...

Oregon Resumes Medical Marijuana Program
18-June-2005, United States, The Bosh
"The (Supreme Court) decision has no legal impact on the operation of Oregon's program," according to a statement by Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers' office. Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling the federal government could prosecute medical ...

California Reins In Clinics Using Marijuana for ...
15-June-2005, United States, The New York Times
The best sellers at the Green Cross medical marijuana dispensary here are whipped up in the kitchen of Kevin Reed, the founder and president. Some of the treats at Alternative Herbal Health Services, a medical marijuana club in San Francisco. ...

Eyes on Congress for Medical Marijuana Relief
08-June-2005, United States, Daily News Central
Diane Monson of Oroville, Calif., smokes marijuana to relieve the effects of degenerative spine disease. Her status as a plaintiff in a case that went all the way to the US Supreme Court put her on the marquee of a controversial cause. An ...

Justices Say U.S. May Prohibit the Use of Medical ...
07-June-2005, United States, The New York Times
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the power of Congress to prohibit and prosecute the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes, even in the 11 states that permit it. The 6-to-3 decision, a firm reassertion of federal authority, ...

Reefer madness: Is sanity breaking out?
07-June-2005, United States, Salon.com
Despite the Supreme Court's ruling against medical marijuana and a scary proposed snitch law, America may finally be awakening from its decades-long stupor about recreational drugs. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Silja J.A. Talvi June 7, 2005 ...

Court's ruling on marijuana reeks of 'reefer ...
06-June-2005, United States, USA Today
Diane Monson has suffered for years from degenerative spine disease and painful muscle spasms. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court told Monson that she can be prosecuted for trying to relieve her own pain. Three years ago, federal agents barged into ...

High Court to examine medicinal marijuana
29-May-2005, United States, Baltimore Sun
Robert Melamede's guidelines for better living go something like this: Eat right, exercise and smoke a little marijuana. The biology department chairman at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is among the state's 625 registered legal ...

Pot Laws Pain Some Elders
28-April-2005, United States, L.A. Times
Betty Hiatt's morning wake-up call comes with the purr and persistent kneading of the cat atop her bedspread. Under predawn gray, Hiatt blinks awake. It is 6 a.m., and Kato, an opinionated Siamese who Hiatt swears can tell time, wants to be ...

Liquid medical marijuana product approved in ...
21-April-2005, Canada, Advocate.com
The Canadian government this week approved the prescription sale of a liquid marijuana extract to treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis, the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project reports. Sativex, produced by U.K. firm GW Pharmaceuticals, ...

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