BY Robert Weller

 
“Filling prisons with marijuana dealers to the point where possibly violent criminals must be released is pursuing the law to its logical absurdity.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15125029-california-faces-possible-flood-of-freed-prison-inmates

Everybody needs to show up at this meeting and protest – Clearlake, California – City Council Meeting to Ban Growing Medical Marijuana – Thursday, August 8 – 6:00 p.m. – 14050 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, CA 95422

by KRIS BETTS / KVUE News and photojournalist MATT OLSEN

 
ROUND ROCK — He never thought his visit with her Thursday, July 25 would be his last.
 
“We got to sit down at McDonalds and have lunch and play for a while,” said Round Rock resident Joshua Hill.
“She got a little ‘Despicable Me 2’ toy in her happy meal and she loved it. She kept climbing up in my lap and she fed me french fries.”
But on Monday night, Hill’s daughter Alexandria, or Alex as they liked to call her, was rushed to a Rockdale hospital with severe head injuries, then flown to Scott and White Children’s Emergency Hospital in Temple and immediately placed on life support.
Alex was living with foster parents after DFPS removed her from her parent’s home last November for “neglectful supervision.”
Hill admits they were smoking pot when their daughter was asleep.
“We never hurt our daughter. She was never sick, she was never in the hospital, and she never had any issues until she went into state care.”
For two months, Alex was placed in a home that Hill says was dangerous.
“She would come to visitation with bruises on her, and mold and mildew in her bag. It got to a point where I actually told CPS that they would have to have me arrested because I wouldn’t let her go back.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.kvue.com/news/Father-of-murdered-foster-child-speaks-to-KVUE-218037541.html

 
In 1996 Arizona citizens bypassed lawmakers; and won the “voter initiative measure” legalizing medical marijuana. Though it passed by a margin of 65% our State Legislature destroyed that law. This forced citizens to again battle and bypass lawmakers to pass Prop 105 in 1998: “Arizona Voter Protection Act”.  Though this law was a specific reaction to the sabotage of the 1996 medical marijuana law, Prop 105 generally prevents adversarial government from vetoing or obstructing laws that citizens initiate and voters approve.
In 2010 citizens again forced a vote for Medical Marijuana in Arizona and prevailed. This is why when you read the language of Prop. 203 you will repeatedly see this warning in captions: (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
 
Full Article:
http://ushempnews.com/?p=428

Chicago, Aug 2 (EFE).- Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a measure authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, as Illinois joins 19 other states and the District of Columbia in creating limited exceptions to anti-pot laws.
 
Full Article:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130802/illinois-legalizes-medical-marijuana

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
BOSTON — Massachusetts health officials have launched the application process for nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries.
A law approved by voters last November allows for up to 35 dispensaries around the state to provide marijuana for people with certified medical conditions such as cancer, Parkinson’s disease and AIDS.
Public Health Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett said her agency has created a ”solid regulatory framework” and is ready to move ahead.
”We are committed to a fully transparent process that respects patient needs while ensuring safe communities,” Bartlett said Friday.
 
Full Article:
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130802/NEWS/308029684/1116

http://www.ntd.tv/en/news/world/north-america/20130802/81986-first-medical-marijuana-dispensary-opens-in-washington-dc.html
 
Capital City Care was selling pharmaceutical grade, organic medical marijuana to local residents of the District of Columbia on Thursday, 15 years after the District’s medical marijuana law was passed.
[David A. Guard, General Manager, Capital City Care]:
“Making that first sale to a patient, it’s different maybe than others in business would have experienced. Everybody remembers their first sale but because we’ve waited so long and worked so hard to get to this point, it was extra special.”
The law was first passed by voter in 1998, but for 12 years Congress prevented the law from going into effect.
The dispensary is restricted by law to serve only people who live in the District of Columbia who are severely ill with conditions including cancer, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s Disease, and Multiple Sclerosis.
[David A. Guard, General Manager, Capital City Care]:
“When you see someone go through life with something like that and go through death, you realize how impactful medical marijuana can be on people’s lives and how much it can truly help their day-to-day in a time of great need.”

A wonder material that is gentle on the planet has uses in construction, paper, clothing and food – Steve Allin

You can live in it
 
In a world where ‘economic growth’ may not be desirable, materials will have to come from the environment around us. One wonder material is a controversial crop called hemp. Hemp is a commonly used term for varieties of the cannabis plant and its products, which include oil, fibre and seed. Hemp can provide fibre and biomass from the stem and high quality food from the seeds and has great benefits for the land it is grown upon.
 
Full Article:
http://www.villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2013/07/hempathy/