Cannabis Fantastic

There is a case before the Supreme Court that includes a question about drug sniffing dogs. The case comes out of Florida, and the question is whether a police dog’s behavior outside a house gives the officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs inside the home, or does a dogs sniff [Read on . . .]

Darren Richardson was pulled over in his 2004 Black BMW 325i for what police said was them witnessing Mr. Richardson nearly cause a traffic accident after he narrowly avoided hitting another car. Police pulled him over, and according to police documents of the encounter, they say that Richardson began arguing with them immediately. The dispute continued between Richardson, two police officers at the scene, and Mr. Richardson’s passenger. In a matter of minutes, both men were in handcuffs while they waited for a K-9 unit to come check out the car since the officer on the scene reported the smell of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle.

The Directors of the American Society for Addiction Medicine had a meeting on Sunday in Washington to discuss their recent California chapter. The California Chapter of the American Society for Addiction has been considering supporting a legalization measure in the state. The report from three of their top California members says they would like to [Read on . . .]

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for smuggling 3.3 million pounds of marijuana, 20,000 pounds of cocaine and 10,000 pounds of heroin into the U.S. through Arizona over the past five years.  Officials say that amounts to about $2 Billion in revenue. The investigation into the drug ring in [Read on . . .]

The medical marijuana advocacy group, “Americans for Safe Access”  is trying to use the court system to stop the raids of dispensaries in the State of California. NORML Show Live has been covering the systematic threats, closures and harassment of dozens of dispensaries in California following letters sent out to landlords by California US attorneys [Read on . . .]

It’s official. The legalization community has finally gotten a response from the White House. Well, the Nation’s DRUG CZAR, Gil Kerlikowski answered, anyway. And you can probably guess where they stand on the issue. Weeks ago, the White House launched a website called “We The People” as a tool to help the average citizen to [Read on . . .]

A Canadian group of professionals has formed a coalition that calls on the legalization and the regulated sales of marijuana in Canada. The group made up of BC police officers, health professionals, legal experts and academics includes members such as former BC Supreme Court Justice, Ross Lander and BC’s former chief coroner, Vince Cain. And it isn’t just retired professionals that are joining in, one of the spokesman for the group is David Bratzer, a Victoria Police officer who is also running for the Victoria School board this fall.

Out of the thousands of medical marijuana dispensaries in our country, most of them had to get some kind of business license to operate a store front. It has been an issue at the local level with many towns and municipalities, particularly in the states of California and Colorado, handing out general business licenses. Some [Read on . . .]