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N.C. Supporters Rally For Legalizing Medical Marijuana

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on April 14, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Supporters gathered outside the Guilford County, North Carolina Courthouse Tuesday evening to rally for a bill before the Legislature to legalize medical marijuana.

The purpose was to educate people on House Bill 1380, which would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana for seriously ill patients, reports MyFox8.com.

Harold Watts said he wants to tell people how cannabis helps those who are suffering with chronic illness or pain.

Idiocy In Illinois: Anti-Blunt Pot Wrap Legislation Pushed

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 15, 2010 Legislation, Products

Photo: Marijuana Reviews

Good news, folks. Preachers, police and politicians in Illinois must have already solved all the real and important problems troubling the state, because now they seem to have time to go after blunt wraps.

Clergy and cops are backing a plan being pushed in the General Assembly to classify blunt wraps — made of tobacco leaves, and often used to roll marijuana — as “drug paraphernalia,” reports Kristen Mack at WGN-TV.

Video Interview: Fired WalMart Employee/Medical Marijuana Cancer Patient

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 15, 2010 Medical, News

Cancer patient and former employee of the year Joseph Casias says he was unfairly fired from WalMart after he tested positive for a controlled substance. He’s a registered Michigan medical marijuana patient, reports Smita Kalokhe of FOX 17 News.

Nationwide Boycott! WalMart Fired Cancer Patient For Medical Marijuana

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 13, 2010 Medical, News

Graphic: disinformation

It’s time for WalMart — and other corporate chains — to join the 21st Century.

WalMart pulled a major bonehead move this week when it sacked a cancer patient — a former Associate of the Year — for following his doctor’s advice and using medical marijuana, which is perfectly legal in Michigan. As a direct result, medical marijuana advocates are now organizing a nationwide boycott of the retail giant.

The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company, notorious for its corporate stance of social conservatism, looked like a big, dumb, lumbering, heartless beast. But WalMart still hasn’t budged, and is completely unapologetic about firing Joseph Casias, who suffers from sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor.

The wave of revulsion and outrage over WalMart’s treatment of Casias is growing exponentially as more people learn what was done — and with 80 percent of the American public supporting medical marijuana, the results of a boycott could be substantial.

Prisoner Sets Up Pot Farm While On Day Release For ‘Work Experience’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 15, 2010 Global, Growing

Photo: DEA

A British prison inmate turned an empty office into a marijuana farm while out on day release for “work experience.”

Disgraced businessman Christopher Sanders had been given time out by Sudbury Prison officials to find a job on the outside, in preparation for being released early from a seven-and-a-half-year prison stretch for fraud, according to the Daily Mail.

The 41-year-old instead spent £10,000 (more than $15,000) of his savings on high-tech equipment to grow a crop of cannabis.

Highway Patrol Targets Medical Marijuana Delivery Service — Then Lies About It

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 12, 2010 Medical, News

KTLA

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is obviously targeting a legal medical marijuana delivery service in Orange County — and then lying about it.

California’s medical marijuana law clearly specifies caregivers may possess up to eight ounces per qualified patient. But these Highway Patrol officers pretend to believe that caregivers may possess only eight ounces total.

Washington State Panel To Discuss Marijuana Laws Tuesday Night

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 11, 2010 Legislation, News

www.marijuanaconversation.org

Replacing criminal sanctions for marijuana with a $100 civil fine is among the ideas up for discussion as the Washington Legislature begins its 60-day session Monday.

Travel show host Rick Steves and Washington lawmakers including Democratic State Rep. Brendan Williams of Olympia will take part in a panel discussion on the need to change state marijuana laws at 6:30 Tuesday evening in Olympia, reports Brad Shannon of The Olympian.

State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and State Rep. Mary Helen Roberts are also on the panel, which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organized at the Capitol Theater.

The 30-minute informational video, “Marijuana: It’s Time For A Conversation,” hosted by Steves, will also be shown, according to the ACLU.

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