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Argentina's Supreme Court ruled in August 2009 that it is unconstitutional to punish adults for privately using marijuana, as long as the use doesn't hurt anyone else. For that reason, a federal judge had previously issued a stay against prosecuting the woman, who swore she used the cannabis solely for herself, reports CNN.
But the public prosecutor's office appealed the ruling, and a federal appeals court overturned the previous decision because the woman lives with her two sons and a grandchild.
The three-page appeals court ruling said the grandmother could not prove the marijuana was solely for her personal consumption.
Last year's unanimous Supreme Court ruling made Argentina the second Latin American nation within a one-week span to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug.
Friday, Mar. 5 2010 @ 2:24PM
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"The just pulled out all the power so the plants are going to die," Hochanadel said, reports Marcel Honore of The Desert Sun. "The heat, the lack of light, the lack of watering" puts the 400 plants "in danger of being unusable."
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Statewide Insurance Services Medical Marijuana Specialty Division provides what the company says is "the only, nationally available insurance coverage designed specifically for the medical marijuana industry."
The company is "revolutionizing the cannabis industry with its nationwide program covering growers and their products," according to a press release.
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| A federal agent carries plants away during the bust of a 16,742-plant grow operation at Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington state. |
Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, report Alicia A. Caldwell and Manuel Valdes of the Associated Press, but Mexican cartels have taken clandestine cannabis cultivation to a whole new level, using armed guards and trip wires to secure grow operations containing tens of thousands of plants.
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| Chris Bartkowicz's garden is going up in smoke... but not the fun way |
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| Robert Batsch: Another victim of the war on pot |
Robert Batsch and his wife Pamela, 54, of Rootstown, Ohio, were arrested Monday on warrants of allowing a juvenile to live in their home where marijuana was being grown. Their son told school officials about the marijuana, which led to a police investigation, reports Michael Sangiacomo of Cleveland.com.
Pamela found Robert's body with a .22 rifle in the woods behind their home about noon on Tuesday, according to Portage County Sheriff David Doak.
A spokesman for the Portage County Coroner said Batsch's death would be declared a suicide.
Monday, Feb. 22 2010 @ 12:52PM
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"We are in a quandary because we have conflict between state law and federal law," said Billings Police Chief Rich St. John.
No quandary at all, Chief. Your duty is to enforce state laws. Leave the federal laws to federal agents. Problem solved!
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"We would all like to grow it because we think it would be a good cash crop -- literally," said Fairfield, N.J., nurseryman Roger Ruske, reports Joseph P. Smith of the Vineland Daily Journal.
The idea is being taken seriously ever since outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine, in one of his last official acts, signed the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.
The New Jersey Farm Bureau has looked into the issue in depth, and found both good news and problems with the concept.
Farm Bureau research associate Ed Wengryn said the legislation isn't written clearly enough for the state Department of Health and Senior Services to write regulations.
"But I will say there are growers interested in it," Wengryn said.
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| DEA agents bag and remove marijuana plants from the home of Chris Bartkowicz during their February 12 raid of his home |
Joseph Saint-Velktri, attorney for defendant Chris Bartkowicz, appeared in federal court Friday morning after filing a motion which asks the federal government to preserve all of the plants taken from Bartkowicz's home last week, reports Nicole Vap Jace Larson at 9News.
DEA agents brought into the courtroom a box of the marijuana taken from Bartkowicz's home to show the state of the plants. The marijuana shown in court still had its root system, and appeared wilted but not dried.
