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UConn Basketball Star Arrested On Marijuana Charges

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on April 22, 2011 News

Basketball star Jamal Coombs-McDaniels of the national champion UConn Huskies was arrested Thursday night for marijuana possession

Seems it’s time to go through the old routine again. You know — the one where mainstream sports commentators express “surprise” and “disappointment.” Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, a star on the University of Connecticut’s national championship basketball team, has been arrested for marijuana possession.

When will they get it? Athletes, like people in every other walk of life, choose to use marijuana — and life goes on.

Campus police say the sophomore from Dorchester, Massachusetts was arrested at 10:23 Thursday night along with two other people at Merritt Hall, a UConn campus dormitory, reports Pat Eaton-Robb of The Associated Press.

Officers responded to Hilltop Apartments for a “narcotics complaint,” reports Brian Zahn of The Daily Campus, an independent UConn newspaper.

“During the course of the investigation, officers found Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and two other individuals in possession of 5.6 grams of marijuana, a marijuana grinder and a package of cigars used to smoke marijuana,” the police report drily noted.

Coombs-McDaniel was charged with marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession. He was released on a $500 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court on May 5. Also arrested were Shakwaan Simpkins and Stanley Winn, both 19 and both of Boston.

Medical Marijuana Defense Bill Advances In Maryland House

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on April 8, 2011 Legislation, Medical

Photo: Small Business Support

The Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee approved a bill, SB 308, on Thursday which would allow patients who use marijuana to treat medical conditions to use a medical necessity defense in court.

The bill would also create a panel to advise the Legislature on the best practices for creating a medical marijuana program for Maryland in 2012.

The Senate passed the bill by an overwhelming 41-6 vote on March 24, and will need to approve the bill again because of amendments made by the Judiciary Committee. Thursday’s committee vote was the biggest obstacle advocates faced in their effort to remove criminal penalties for medical marijuana users.

Sponsors of the measure had originally hoped to pass a comprehensive medical marijuana law that would have established dispensaries throughout the state and protected patients from arrest, but that plan was derailed when the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene voiced concerns over the cost of implementing it.

Medical Marijuana Study Bill Passes Maryland House

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 28, 2011 Legislation, Medical

Graphic: Hemp Beach TV

HB 291 would create a panel which will make recommendations to the Maryland Legislature on how to safely and effectively implement a well-regulated medical marijuana program

Panel of Experts to Advise Legislature on State Medical Marijuana Policy

By an overwhelming vote of 105-29, the Maryland House of Delegates on Monday passed HB 291, a bill that would create an 18-member panel to advise the Legislature on the best way to create a medical marijuana program in 2012.

HB 291 was amended from an earlier version of the bill, which would have set up a comprehensive medical marijuana program, protecting state-registered patients from arrest and allowing state-regulated dispensaries to provide patients with medicinal cannabis.

The bill, sponsored by the only physician in the General Assembly, Del. Dan Morhaim, was amended after Health Secretary Josh Sharfstein advocated a “yellow light” approach to medical marijuana.

CT Lawmakers Look At Medical Marijuana And Decrim

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 14, 2011 Legislation, Medical, News

With a recent Quinnipiac University poll showing overwhelming 79 percent support for medical marijuana, the Legislature and governor appear poised to reform cannabis laws in Connecticut.

A hearing began on Monday to discuss legalizing marijuana for people with serious medical problems and decriminalizing small amounts of it for recreational users, reports Jeff Stoecker at NBC Connecticut.

“Our state should not encourage illegal drug possession and use; however, possession of small amounts of illicit substances and related paraphernalia for personal use should not leave a person with a life-long criminal record,” said Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, a Democrat who represents New Haven and Hamden, of the decrim bill.

Man Arrested After Calling 911 For Marijuana Growing Advice

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 4, 2011 Growing, News

Photo: Danbury News-Times

Robert Michelson, 21, thought it would be a good idea to call 911 to get legal advice on growing marijuana

Well, at least he got an answer to his question. A Connecticut man who called 911 looking for legal advice on growing marijuana is now facing multiple drug charges.

Robert Michelson, 21, allegedly called Farmington Police Thursday night to ask “how much trouble he could get in” for growing one marijuana plant, police said, reports the Danbury News-Times.

The dispatcher advised Michelson that he could be arrested. Michelson then thanked the dispatcher and hung up.

Police then traced the call to an address on Waterville Road. Narcotics officers from Farmington went to the house and reportedly discovered that Michelson was — surprise, surprise! — growing marijuana.

Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced In Delaware; Montel Supports

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 25, 2011 Legislation, Medical

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Delaware, ”The First State,” could become the 16th to legalize medical marijuana.

State Senator Margaret Rose Henry and three Senate co-sponsors on Tuesday introduced SB 17 in the Delaware State Senate, calling for a common sense approach to providing compassionate care for seriously ill patients seeking relief with medical marijuana. Rep. Helene Keeley is the prime sponsor in the House, with eight co-sponsoring House members on the bill.

Montel Williams, a popular former talk show host and multiple sclerosis patient, attended Tuesday’s legislative session to meet with lawmakers and the Governor to urge them to support SB 17. Neuropathic pain associated with MS is one of the ailments for which marijuana has been shown to provide relief.

Passage of the bill would allow Delaware patients suffering from several devastating illnesses to receive medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation.

Police Seize 100 Pounds Of Pot Wrapped Up Like Xmas Gifts

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on December 9, 2010 News

Photo: William Kaempffer/New Haven Register

The Connecticut State Police — that bunch of Scrooges — spoiled Christmas by going ahead and opening the gifts.

A cross-country, 100-pound marijuana shipment — wrapped up to look like Christmas presents, complete with bows — arrived at a well-kept Cape Cod house in New Haven, Connecticut Wednesday morning. But Scrooge’s minions, the cops, were there, too.

State police executed a search warrant at 621 Townsend Avenue for the entire morning and into the afternoon, reports William Kaempffer of the New Haven Register.

A 29-year-old self-employed musician, Julio Ramos, admitted to police that he was the intended recipient of the gift-wrapped marijuana, police said.

Montel To Illinois Lawmakers: Legalize Medical Marijuana Now

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 29, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Photo: Marijuana Policy Project

Montel Williams: “Illinois lawmakers should act without delay to make marijuana legally available for medical use”

Former talk show host Montel Williams will meet with members of the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday to urge them to vote in favor of SB 1381, a bill that would make Illinois the 16th state to allow chronically ill patients to use marijuana legally with the recommendation of their doctor.

The Illinois Senate passed the bill — which would create one of the most tightly regulated medical marijuana programs in the country — last year.

Williams, a former U.S. Navy officer, uses medical marijuana to help ease the effects of multiple sclerosis.

“Illinois lawmakers should act without delay to make marijuana legally available for medical use,” Williams said, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. “Every day that they delay is another one of needless suffering for patients like me all across the state.”

“Fifteen other states have already passed medical marijuana laws, and Illinois’s lawmakers now have an opportunity to ensure that those suffering in their state will be treated with the same compassionate care,” Williams said.

Four Get Prison For Mailing Marijuana In Texas

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on August 11, 2010 Global, News

Photo: U.S. Postal Inspection Service

A federal judge in McAllen, Texas has sentenced four illegal immigrants to prison for using the U.S. Postal Service to mail marijuana.

All pleaded guilty last summer to conspiracy to distribute marijuana through the mail. The four were convicted of mailing cannabis from various locations in the Rio Grande Valley since May 2008. They were each arrested in May 2009.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced the sentences for Leopoldo Perales-Rodriguez, 42; Juan Carlos Hernandez, 22; Victor Hugo Mares, 27; and Margarito Gallardo, 46. All four illegally lived in Mission, Texas, reports Lindsay Machak at The Monitor.

Study: Marijuana Doesn’t Affect Driving Performance

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 28, 2010 News

Photo: The Inspiration Room

It’s something most seasoned pot smokers already know, but still it’s nice to get more scientific confirmation: Marijuana doesn’t make you wreck your car.

Subjects show almost identical driving skills just before and just after smoking marijuana, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.

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