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Dutch Cannabis Cafes To Become Private Members' Clubs

jeremiah — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:16:02 -0700

A man smokes a joint outside coffeeshop 'Azul' in 2008 in Rosendaal, Braban.About 30 cannabis-vending coffee shops in the south of the Netherlands announced Tuesday they would become private members' clubs at the start of next year to keep out foreign drug tourists.

"We will transform the coffee shops from open establishments, accessible by all, to closed establishments of which clients need to be members," Maastricht's Mayor Gerd Leers told a press conference in the border town.

Submission on Bill C-7

karlis — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:56:50 -0700

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DENVER LEGALIZES MARIJUANA 53% - 46%!

karlis — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Denver became the first city in the nation to make the private use of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older as an alternative to alcohol, a far more harmful drug. By 10.45 p.m. Tuesday night, with 100% of the votes tallied, the Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative had passed 53.49% YES to 46.51% NO.
The Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative is the first local measure in the nation to draw a comparison between the harms of alcohol and marijuana.

Malmo Levine's Bail Conditions Hearing

karlis — Sun, 10 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0700

David Malmo-Levine, who was charged with marijuana offences in connection with running two marijuana-buyers' clubs in Vancouver (see CC#8), has had his conditions of bail changed."I had my conditions of bail changed from 'thou shalt not use' to 'thou shalt not possess,'" says Malmo-Levine. "I was asking for my conditions of release to not conflict with police discretionary powers. Police have the power to overlook simple possession in the absence of aggravating factors. So why should I be the only person in Vancouver facing jail time if I get caught with simple possession?"

Stoned drivers are safe drivers

karlis — Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700

Cannabis Culture: HotpotStoned drivers are safe drivers17 Jun, 1999, Dana Larsen (Sneak Peek from Cannabis Culture #18 (May/June))

Hemp BC and Cannabis Cafe Closed

karlis — Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700

Cannabis Culture: HotpotHemp BC and Cannabis Cafe Closed15 Jun, 1999, Reverend Damuzi (Cannabis Culture Magazine Special Report)

Hemp BC and Cannabis Cafe Closed by order of the Supreme Court

Politicians and the legal system conspire in their closure

On June 9, BC Supreme Court Justice Thomas Melnick upheld a city council

Medical marijuana in Britain

karlis — Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700

Cannabis Culture: HotpotMedical marijuana in BritainPharmaceutical pot plants

On December 30, British company GW Pharmaceuticals began harvesting the first crop of legal marijuana grown in modern England.

US Studying Pot & AIDS

karlis — Sun, 16 May 1999 00:00:00 -0700

Cannabis Culture: HotpotUS Studying Pot & AIDS

Five stores over the line

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

Chris Clay
Chris Clay of Hemp Nation, London, Ontario
charges: Cultivation of a narcotic, possession of a narcotic for the purposes of trafficking, and trafficking in a narcotic.

defence: The prohibition of marijuana is unconstitutional on many grounds, and Chris will call many expert witnesses to testify about different aspects of this.

Hemp across Canada 1996

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

Cutting hemp with a Hesston disc-bine.

It's not easy being a legal hemp farmer in Canada. Not only do you have to deal with a slow-moving Ottawa bureaucracy and unstable supplies of decent hemp seed, but you've also got to answer all these annoying questions about marijuana from reporters looking to sensationalize their story.

A big victory

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

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European cities promoting harm reduction

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

Cannabis Canada, spring96 - Arrest

karlis — Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800

Arrest

It can happen any time of the day or night. It happens about every five minutes of every hour of every day of the year. Someone just like you or me gets arrested on a marijuana charge.

Over one hundred thousand Canadians are charged every year, and they are fingerprinted and humiliated. Thirty-five thousand are convicted and punished.