Posted on:Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 2:02 pm by admin
It is the opinion of Health Canada that synthetic cannabinoids are in fact a Controlled Substance in Canada. This substance would fall under item 1 of schedule 2 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which reads as follows:
1. Cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations, including
(8) Non-viable Cannabis seed, with the exception of its derivatives
(9) Mature Cannabis stalks that do not include leaves, flowers, seeds or branches; and fiber derived from such stalks”
You will note that the Canadian cannabis wording covers “preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations” relating to Cannabis. This is wider than the UK definition which does not refer to similar synthetic preparations.
This means that for safety we can no longer ship Dust or Magic Dragon to Canada… sorry guys!
Posted on:Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 1:37 pm by admin
Stoners around the world should roll one up in celebration today.
California state lawmakers have just passed the “first formal consideration of marijuana legalization in American history.” Assemblymember Tom Ammanio’s Assembly Bill 390 – the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act – was heard and voted on in the Committee for Public Safety. The bill passed 4-3, and will next be heard by the Committee for Public Health.
Posted on:Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 11:01 am by admin
Cannabis clubs – where users flout the law by meeting to smoke and buy the Class C drug – may soon open nationwide.
Next month founding members of New Zealand’s first cannabis connoisseurs’ club, Auckland’s Daktory, plan to meet fellow users throughout the country to help set-up Daktories in other cities.
Posted on:Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm by admin
Med Grow opened Sept. 14. Students pay $475 for a six-week night-school course that includes classes in marijuana history, marijuana law, the basics of business and, of course, several courses in how to grow and cook marijuana — one taught by an anonymous professor who goes by the name “Nature.” Two groups, each comprising 20 students, have graduated, and several other groups are on their way.
“The students are a mixed bag,” says attorney Paul Youngs, who teaches Med Grow’s law class. “We have patients who want to grow for themselves. We have people who want to be caregivers and who approach it as a business opportunity. We even had a priest who works with AIDS patients. It’s a mix of races and a mix of ages from the 20s to the 60s. And I believe some of the students are not even users.”
Posted on:Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 10:29 pm by admin
The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.
Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws.
Posted on:Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm by admin
Sometime in the last few months, the notion of legalizing marijuana crossed an invisible threshold. Long relegated to the margins of political discourse by the conventional wisdom, pot freedom has this year gone mainstream.
Public support for legalization is climbing to a majority position, with a just-released Zogby poll finding that 52 percent support the legalization, taxation and regulation of pot. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to have softened his position on pot by calling for an “open debate” on the subject. Meanwhile, Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco introduced Assembly Bill 390, legislation that would tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.
Yes, there is a new freedom in the air when it comes to marijuana.
Posted on:Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 10:06 am by admin
5 Years After: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results
Street drug–related deaths from overdoses drop and the rate of HIV cases crashes
Drug decriminalization working?
In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized the use and possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other illicit street drugs. The theory: focusing on treatment and prevention instead of jailing users would decrease the number of deaths and infections.
Posted on:Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 8:15 am by admin
When the White House put out a call for town hall questions, it might not have been expecting this.
The more than 92,000 people who responded either have Cheech and Chong senses of humor or there is a deep concern in America — undetected by the media — about the decriminalization of marijuana, its possible use for medicinal purposes and its potential as a new source of tax revenue.
