CA Supreme Court Affirms ASA Win!

DdC · Last edited by DdC on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:05 am; edited 1 time in total

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CA Supreme Court Affirms ASA Win!

Appellate ruling that local police must uphold state law is now binding statewide

Dear ASA supporter,

On Wednesday (March 19, 2008), Americans for Safe Access (ASA) quietly scored one of the most important legal victories since voters approved Proposition 215, when the California Supreme Court decided not to review or de-publish last year’s landmark return of property decision in Garden Grove v. Superior Court. By affirming the appellate court’s decision, the Supreme Court has made protection against wrongful seizure of medical marijuana legally binding throughout the state of California.
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State Officials Must Obey State – Not Federal – Law
Hugely Important California Supreme Court Ruling Ignored by Media.
by Richard Cowan on 2008-03-26 16:20:00

The California Supreme Court ruled that the Superior Court’s opinion would remain “published” – meaning that it is binding on all other California Superior Courts and officials, and that California officials are bound by the State Constitution to obey and enforce state – not federal – laws.

Many cities and towns in California have cited federal law in refusing to allow dispensaries to operate in their communities. This ploy will no longer work.
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**Brother Adam** · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

Wow...some good news! Cool

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“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

-James Madison

Police officers acquitted for beating a 64 yr old man recently in New Orleans. In the words of their defense attorney "all he had to do was comply"....and they wouldn't have fractured his face.

DdC · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: Fry the Liars!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good

Fifth National Clinical Conference On Cannabis Therapeutics
March 27, 2008 - Next Week - Pacific Grove, CA, USA

Pot Decriminalization Does Not Increase Marijuana Use
Scientific Journal Says March 27, 2008 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical Marijuana By Dr. Jocelyn Elders
CN Source: AlterNet March 26, 2008 USA

Marijuana Prohibition Only Helps Government By Greg Pivarnik
CN Source: Daily Campus March 25, 2008 USA

Successful medical necessity defense for marijuana possession in Texas
Either that, or it was jury nullification -- somewhat the same thing in this case.

The Bad

Elimination of Marijuana Laws Smart, But Will Fail By Matt Jividen
CN Source: Daily Cardinal March 26, 2008 USA

ONDCP's Scott Burns has very tiny joints

Scott Morgan takes it to the drug czar's office with A False and Embarrassing Press Release from the Deputy Drug Czar

Deputy Drug Czar Scott Burns tries to go after the decriminalization bill in New Hampshire and ends up getting it wrong big time, so much so that apparently lawmakers are passing it around for laughs.

Burns claims that the law would decriminalize "the manufacturing, possession, and/or distribution of 1.25 ounces or -- over 90 marijuana joints." The law would, in fact, only decriminalize possession of 0.25 ounces. And even in Burns' deluded world, he'd still have to be rolling 2.5 joints per gram (and under the actual law, he'd have to be rolling 13 joints per gram). Now it's true that people do have different sized joints, but generally one gram is average.

More SWAT teams
Ottawa, Illinois, population 18,307, now has their own SWAT team
Arcata, California (population 17,294) is considering it.

The Ugly

Comp Time with Gary Storck By Nathan J. Comp
CN Source: Isthmus March 26, 2008 Wisconsin

His latest effort, like his previous ones,
failed when the state’s legislative session ended two weeks ago.

Bill To Decrease Pot Fines Is Stalled By Tom Long
CN Source: Boston Globe March 27, 2008 New Hampshire

Future Looks Bleak for Marijuana Bill Editorial
CN Source: Nashua Telegraph March 25, 2008 Concord, NH

Oh look! Guinea Pig bedding!

Earlier this month, DWR thoroughly ridiculed, some upcoming Reefer Madness-style sensationalism from Nicky Taylor and the BBC.

Well, it's happened. Nicky Taylor discovered first-hand the horrifying effects of smoking marijuana and is sharing her terrifying ordeal with the rest of the world...

The wheels on the WoD go round and round...
Bull Cow and Chicken shit...

2008 Anslinger Groupies?
Comments on WashPost/BBC dribble...

QK- Quack?

Operation overkill or I love a parade
DWR: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Police in London on their way to a drug raid where they take down an internet cafe, a butcher and a greengrocer.

If I saw this, I'd be looking for the big cartoon balloon animals, clowns and marching bands to follow.

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David · Bard Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 1261

Operation overkill: Hundreds of police officers cram streets in massive swoop on drug gangs
By CHARLOTTE GILL and NICK McDERMOTT - More by this author » Last updated at 21:25pm on 27th March 2008

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Marching down the street, they look like an army preparing for battle.

But this was no apocalyptic war zone.

It was rather a suburban road where the locals - while no doubt grateful of a beefed-up police presence - probably thought 600 officers with the sun glinting off their riot helmets smacked of overkill.

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Police raid

More than a thousand officers are involved in one of the Met's biggest operations against organised crime

Moments later the officers stormed into an adjoining road bustling with cafes and shops which has become a haven of organised crime.

In an extraordinary operation, they swooped on 19 businesses on Blackstock Road in Finsbury Park, North London, which are suspected of drug dealing, money laundering and selling fake documents.

Targets included an internet cafe, a butcher and a greengrocer.

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Police raid a shop, with their investigations focusing on a network involved in drugs
T-Mobile has said that 40 per cent of all stolen phones go on to be used in the Blackstock Road area.

Fearing a riot, the Metropolitan Police drafted in a huge number of officers and within seconds they had sealed off the street and evacuated members of the public.

More than 70 suspects were in custody last night. Officers found more than 300 stolen mobile phones.

Other stolen items seized include 120 laptops, 110 cameras, 32 iPods, 20 satnavs and 47 forged passports and driving licences.

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Police raid

Police break down a door, with the aim of unearthing stolen goods

Police said many of those involved in the criminal network were of Algerian origin.

Chief Superintendent Bob Carr said: "The operation was designed to ensure the maximum amount of evidence was secured with the minimum risk to all concerned.

"We had to plan for there being a number of people in each of the 19 premises as well as in the street."

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A man is taken away by for questioning in one of a series of swoops
The swoops were the second phase in a day of raids targeting looselyconnected crime networks. A further 500 officers led dawn raids at 37 addresses across the capital.

In Blackstock Road, officers handed out leaflets in English and Arabic to explain the operation.

Terry Young, 62, a retired print worker, said: "In the day the road is not too bad but after 7pm pensioners like myself wouldn't go down there alone.

"There are lots of gangs hanging around. Muggings and stabbings have become a regular occurrence."

Another resident, Sean Cooper, 56, said: "Abu Hamza used to preach nearby and that attracted a lot of the wrong kind of people. There's a huge amount of criminality in the road."