Toke of the Town — Marijuana and Cannibis News

Bad Girlfriend Calls 911 On Marijuana-Smoking Sweetheart

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 5, 2010 News

Pick your girlfriends carefully, guys. Especially if you’re unemployed and high on pot.

A 35-year-old Missouri man has been charged with marijuana possession after his girlfriend call 911 and said she was tired of him smoking pot all day instead of working.

Dispatchers in Lebanon, a small town in southwestern Missouri, got a 911 hang-up call about 9 p.m. Saturday night from a motel room, reports the Lebanon Daily Record.

Police said officers went to Forrest Manor Motel at 1307 East Route 66, and were told by the woman that her boyfriend did nothing but smoke marijuana all day and would not go find a job.

The woman told officers that she just wanted her boyfriend to stop smoking pot, according to the Lebanon Police Department.

The man told police his girlfriend was angry with him because he didn’t have a job yet.

He then admitted to having marijuana in his car, and handed over a container holding a pipe and some plant material identified as cannabis.

Wisconsin: Marijuana Advocates March In Madison

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Photo: The Badger Herald

The 40th Annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival drew thousands to Madison, Wisconsin, and hundreds of them participated in the march on the Capitol.

Hundreds of marijuana advocates marched down State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday, asking for the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Some of the protesters spoke of the benefits of a more far-reaching legalization of cannabis.

In what has become an autumn tradition in Madison, pot advocates observed the 40th annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival, held annually from October 1-3, with most attendees joining the march and finishing the weekend with a rally on the Capitol steps, reports Lucas Molina at The Badger Herald.

Women’s Marijuana Movement Supports California’s Prop 19

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2010 Legislation, News

Graphic: Women’s Marijuana Movement

The Women’s Marijuana Movement on Tuesday, October 5, will coordinate news conferences throughout California and across the nation in support of Proposition 19, the California ballot initiative to control and tax marijuana similarly to alcohol, and to highlight the need for marijuana law reform nationwide.

“The Women of these United States are joining together and showing their support of Proposition 19 and the people of California to vote YES and take this historic step towards reforming our nation’s marijuana laws,” Cheyanne Weldon of Texas NORML told Toke of the Town.

“Throughout history, when women have shown their support of prohibition (or lifting of a prohibition), society as a whole has taken notice,” Weldon told us.

Oakland City Leaders Attend Reopening Of Marijuana Megastore

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2010 Culture, Products

Photo: iGrowOakland.com

Oakland marijuana supply superstore weGrow held its Grand Re-Opening on Sunday.

What a difference a year makes. Last year, you would be hard pressed to find any Oakland city leaders at an event called “Hemp Evolution,” but on Sunday, they were publicly supporting the industrialization of medical marijuana.

It was already known as the “Wal-Mart of the marijuana world,” with 15,000 square feet of everything you need to grow or use marijuana, according to Cecilia Vega of KGO. Now, iGrow is growing even more, and changing its name to “weGrow.”

Former Narcotics Agent: It’s Time To Call Off The War On Drugs

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2010 Uncategorized

Photo: East Bay Express

Retired police officer Russ Jones: “When I arrested a drug dealer, all I did was create a job opening”

Russ Jones, who has spent more than 30 years fighting the War On Drugs, has something to say about his life’s work: it is a complete failure that should be ended.

“The U.S. over the last four decades has spent $1 trillion of our tax dollars, made 38 million nonviolent drug arrests and quadrupled our prison population,” Jones said, reports columnist Tom Barnidge of the Contra Costa Times. “And the rate of addiction today, 1.3 percent, is the same as it was in 1970, when we started.”

Jones, 64, spoke to the Martinez Rotary Club last week on behalf of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a volunteer organization of 15,000 former judges, prosecutors, federal agents and police officers working for the end of drug prohibition.

He wasn’t specifically promoting California’s Prop 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state, but he said he welcomed any advancement toward the larger goal of legalizing and regulating all controlled substances.

Cocaine-In-Butt Guy Confesses: ‘The Drugs Were Mine’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2010 News

Photo: Bradenton.com

Raymond Stanley Roberts: “I was thinking about my kids and putting food in their mouths”

The Florida man who infamously got arrested in Manatee County last week for having marijuana and cocaine allegedly stashed in his butt — ony to later deny to cops that the cocaine wasn’t his — has confessed both controlled substances belonged to him.

Raymond Stanley Roberts told RadarOnline.com he was selling drugs “to support his family.”

“What am I supposed to do to earn money?” Roberts said. “I have two kids and we’re in a recession. No one is hiring. I’m a black man who has put in hundreds of applications for legit work, but always came up empty.”

Roberts was driving his four-year-old son to school when Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies pulled him over for allegedly speeding.

When deputies approached the vehicle, they claimed to smell marijuana coming from Roberts’ car, according to their arrest report.

“I do smoke marijuana,” Roberts admitted to RadarOnline.com.

Washington State Sued Over Medical Cannabis Petitions

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 2, 2010 Medical, News

Graphic: CDC

A cannabis activist group has filed suit against the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission, claiming the state agency overstepped its authority and violated the law in its handling of two recent medical cannabis petitions.

Under Washington state law, citizens may petition to add an ailment to the list of conditions for which health care professionals may recommend medical cannabis.

The Cannabis Defense Coalition, a grassroots activist group, petitioned to add neuropathic pain to the law, supported by three recent clinical trials of cannabis in the treatment of neuropathic pain. The Commission rejected the petition, stating “neuropathic pain is not a discretely defined condition,” and that they could not find it in two online medical dictionaries — a result that happens when searching for many conditions already covered by the state’s medical cannabis law, like “seizure disorder.”

Florida Man Says Cocaine In His Butt Isn’t His

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 1, 2010 News

Photo: Bradenton.com

Raymond Stanley Roberts: “The white stuff is not mine, but the weed is”

The search of a 25-year-old Florida man following a traffic stop Wednesday morning revealed a bag of marijuana and a bag of cocaine in the driver’s buttocks, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. The driver said only the marijuana belonged to him.

Raymond Stanley Roberts was pulled over at 8:40 a.m. in Manatee. As deputies approached the Hyundai, they claimed they could smell a “strong odor of marijuana” coming from the vehicle, reports Paradise Afshar at Bradenton.com.

After writing Roberts a speeding ticket, one of the deputies asked him if he smoked marijuana, and when he had done it last. Roberts replied that he smoked pot the night before and there was nothing in the car, according to the arrest report.

He then told the two deputies to search his car.

While searching Roberts’ person, deputies said they felt a “soft object in his buttocks.” Roberts then said, “Let me get it,” and pulled a clear plastic bag containing 4.5 grams of marijuana out of his butt, according to the report.

He was then asked if he was “holding” anything else, and Roberts said no.

Marijuana Activists Don’t Like CO’s New 35-Day Waiting Period

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 1, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Photo: BusinessBroker.net

If you just received your doctor’s authorization in Colorado, you now have to wait 35 days to buy any marijuana from a dispensary.

Medical cannabis activists are protesting a new policy requiring patients who just applied to the state’s medical marijuana registry to wait 35 days before they can shop at a dispensary.

Matt Cook, the Department of Revenue enforcement official who oversees Colorado’s new medical marijuana regulations, claims the position paper, written Monday, solves the riddle of how to handle sales at a dispensary to patients without a medical marijuana card, reports John Ingold at The Denver Post.

Colorado is months behind in issuing medical marijuana cards to patients. According to state law, applications not processed within 35 days will be considered approved until the state can get to them. But dispensary owners were unsure whether that mean they had to wait 35 days to sell to those patients, or whether proof of application alone was enough to legally get patients in the door.

Rally Kicks Off Campaign Against Ban On Marijuana Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 1, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Graphic: Colorado Springs Independent

Lost jobs and property tax revenues, more commercial real estate vacancies and foreclosures, and difficulties for patients will result if voters on November 2 approve a ban on medical marijuana-related businesses in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, according to speakers at an opposition kick-off campaign on Thursday.

“We’re encouraging you to vote ‘No’ if you believe in patient rights and the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, want to save jobs and protect the local economy, and want to keep businesses tightly regulated and out of our neighborhoods,” said Michael Elliott, campaign manager for Citizens for Safer Communities, reports Debbie Kelley at The Colorado Springs Gazette.

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