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141 US MO: Edu: NORML Conference Brings State and NationalTue, 09 Nov 2010
Source:Maneater, The (Uof Missouri - Columbia, MO Edu) Author:Lee, Seung Ah Area:Missouri Lines:73 Added:11/09/2010

The Missouri chapter of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) held its 2010 Fall State Conference on Saturday and Sunday on campus.

The purpose of the conference was to give activists from around the state a chance to come together and learn from regional and national speakers about what's going on regarding the "war on marijuana," said Sean Randall, a law student at UM -- Kansas City and a member of the Missouri Affiliate of NORML.

Randall said, in general, NORML works on three different issues of marijuana law reform: medical marijuana, responsible recreational use by adults and industrial hemp.

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142 US MO: PUB LTE: Hands Off CaliforniaMon, 25 Oct 2010
Source:Kansas City Star (MO) Author:Pickard, Don Area:Missouri Lines:30 Added:10/25/2010

I am beginning to seriously question what sun my federal government is orbiting.

The U.S. government can't control illegal immigration, yet is fighting Arizona's efforts to do so.

Now Attorney General Eric Holder is warning the U.S. will "vigorously enforce" federal marijuana laws if California's Proposition 19 passes?

Seriously, Mr. Holder. Get your priorities straight. What presents the greatest threat, wide open borders or reefers? Transfer some of your Drug Enforcement Agency agents to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and let California be California.

Don Pickard

Kansas City

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143 US MO: Former New Mexico Governor Pushes For Pot LegalizationSat, 25 Sep 2010
Source:Joplin Globe, The (MO) Author:Nicolas, Alexandra Area:Missouri Lines:74 Added:09/27/2010

JOPLIN, Mo. -- For former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, educating the masses is a key component in changing marijuana laws.

Johnson, who was in office from 1995 to 2002, spoke in Joplin over the weekend as part of the 2010 Cannabis Revival. He talked about why he believes marijuana prohibition is failing, what the war on drugs is costing -- both in dollars and in lives -- and what needs to be done about it. The event was held in Landreth Park.

Kelly Maddy, director of the Joplin chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Legislation and organizer of the Cannabis Revival, said the weekend event was held as a way to encourage public involvement in marijuana law reform.

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144 US MO: City Manager Concurs With Chief's Investigation Of SWATThu, 23 Sep 2010
Source:Columbia Missourian (MO) Author:David, Brennan Area:Missouri Lines:71 Added:09/23/2010

The decisions of the Citizens Police Review Board and Columbia's police chief concerning a February SWAT raid have been confirmed by City Manager Bill Watkins.

The decisions of the Citizens Police Review Board and Columbia's police chief concerning a February SWAT raid have been confirmed by City Manager Bill Watkins.

Watkins' letter is dated Friday and addressed to California marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal, who appealed the board's decision. The letter says that based upon his review of Rosenthal's complaint, a Columbia Police Department internal investigation, Chief Ken Burton's decision and the recommendations of the review board, Watkins supports Burton's decision in the matter.

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145 US MO: Family's Suit Seeks Damages Over SWAT Raid That KilledTue, 21 Sep 2010
Source:Columbia Missourian (MO) Author:Naeem, Waqas Area:Missouri Lines:113 Added:09/23/2010

Child, Wife Subjects Of Several Claims

COLUMBIA -- A Columbia Police Department SWAT raid that happened in February has prompted a lawsuit against the city of Columbia by the family targeted in the raid.

The lawsuit was filed before noon on Monday in the U.S. Western District Court by attorneys Milt Harper and Jeff Hilbrenner, who represent the family. Three plaintiffs, Jonathan Whitworth, Brittany Whitworth and Brittany Whitworth's 7-year-old son, all of whom were present at the house during the raid, have been listed.

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146 US MO: KC Police Dispatched To Homeless Camp Find MethThu, 09 Sep 2010
Source:Kansas City Star (MO)          Area:Missouri Lines:41 Added:09/09/2010

Kansas City police officers went into a wooded area near Independence Avenue and the Paseo on Wednesday to talk to people at a homeless camp about thefts from a nearby construction site.

But after wading into the woods, the officers found a different problem: a fully stocked methamphetamine lab in a tent not far from the homeless camp.

Police recovered bottles, tubes, pills, chemicals and at least 90 grams of methamphetamine from the unoccupied tent, which was about 30 yards from the camp, said Sgt. Tim Witcig.

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147 US MO: Column: Mexico's Drug Problems Are Ours, And Vice VersaTue, 31 Aug 2010
Source:Kansas City Star (MO) Author:Sanchez, Mary Area:Missouri Lines:94 Added:08/31/2010

Two hundred years ago, Mexico's quest for independence from Spain was marked with a grisly spectacle. After death by firing squad, the head of rebellion leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was hacked from his corpse and displayed for years on the corner of a public building. Spanish colonialists wanted to send a message to any Mexicans who had different ideas about who ought to rule their land.

It didn't work. Ten years later, after much blood spilt, Mexico gained its independence from Spain.

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148 US MO: Changes Made In DARE ProgramSat, 21 Aug 2010
Source:Blue Springs Examiner (MO) Author:Glover, Michael Area:Missouri Lines:97 Added:08/21/2010

Independence, MO - A recalculation of how much money Independence received from a Jackson County anti-drug sales tax to fund the D.A.R.E. program prompted the Independence Police Department to make changes in staffing the program.

The police department each year gets money from COMBAT (countywide anti-drug sales tax) to fund D.A.R.E. or Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

County officials and officials representing law enforcement jurisdictions met to discuss how COMBAT money would be used for D.A.R.E. The result was a reconfiguration on how the tax money was distributed.

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149 US MO: Column: Battle of Words in the War on DrugsTue, 20 Jul 2010
Source:Kansas City Star (MO) Author:Pitts, Leonard Area:Missouri Lines:86 Added:07/20/2010

Ron Allen probably thinks Alice Huffman has been smoking something.

Huffman, president of the California Conference of the NAACP, recently declared support for an initiative that, if passed by voters in November, will decriminalize the use and possession of marijuana. Huffman sees it as a civil rights issue.

In response, Bishop Allen, founder of a religious social activism group called the International Faith-Based Coalition, has come out swinging. "Why would the state NAACP advocate for blacks to stay high?" he demanded last week at a news conference in Sacramento. "It's going to cause crime to go up. There will be more drug babies." Allen wants Huffman to resign.

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150 US MO: Citizens Police Review Board Hears First Appeal, TablesThu, 15 Jul 2010
Source:Columbia Missourian (MO) Author:Rogers, Abby Area:Missouri Lines:98 Added:07/16/2010

COLUMBIA - The Citizens Police Review Board spent most of its meeting Wednesday night debating whether it should discuss its first appeal, which it did briefly before tabling the discussion.

Ed Rosenthal, a California-based marijuana activist, filed the review board's first appeal June 10 after viewing a YouTube video of the Feb. 11 SWAT raid in which officers killed a dog at 1501 Kinloch Court. The SWAT team also injured another family dog and a child was present during the raid. Police found a small amount of marijuana in the house.

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151US MO: MO Governor Signs Bill On 'Synthetic Marijuana'Tue, 06 Jul 2010
Source:St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) Author:Slater, Jim Area:Missouri Lines:Excerpt Added:07/07/2010

It's known as fake pot or synthetic marijuana. Soon, it will be just as illegal in Missouri as the real thing.

Gov. Jay Nixon appeared Tuesday at the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department to sign a bill criminalizing the product known as K2. The law, effective Aug. 28, makes K2 a controlled substance, with possession punishable by jail or fine.

Specifically, the law bans synthetic compounds that are sprayed on dried herbs and flowers and often sold as incense. The product produces a marijuana-like high when smoked or inhaled. It is sold in smoke shops, convenience stores and elsewhere.

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152 US MO: OPED: Prescriptions Scarier Than 'Devil Weed'Sun, 27 Jun 2010
Source:Columbia Daily Tribune (MO) Author:Adelstein, Eddie Area:Missouri Lines:120 Added:06/27/2010

I remember hearing 62 years ago that Robert Mitchum had been caught with a joint of marijuana in his suitcase, was arrested and his acting career ended. I remember thinking, "He's done for, now -- that devil weed has entered his brain, and it is all over for him." Such was the power of public disinformation. In people of my generation, those concepts still hold true for many.

Every morning, we review the cases that come before the medical examiner's office. During the past few years, more and more deaths are related to prescription drugs, often taken with legal prescriptions for opiates. In 2009, drug overdoses reportedly exceeded automobile deaths in 15 states. Some studies indicated deaths from ingesting multiple prescription drugs is up by 60 percent. This is partially fueled by the ever-increasing volume of advertisements for prescription drugs on television. Serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) are epidemic. You know them as drugs such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil. The costs to health care are enormous.

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153 US MO: Pot Activist Files First Appeal In SWAT CaseTue, 22 Jun 2010
Source:Columbia Daily Tribune (MO) Author:David, Brennan Area:Missouri Lines:87 Added:06/22/2010

A California marijuana activist has filed a formal appeal to the Citizens Police Review Board regarding Police Chief Ken Burton's ruling that SWAT officers' actions during a controversial February raid were appropriate.

The appeal is the first for the board, which has been authorized to accept appeals since Jan. 1.

The letter, dated June 10 and received by Columbia police last Tuesday, calls for an appeal of the investigation into the actions of an eight-member SWAT squad that raided 1501 Kinloch Court in southwest Columbia and fired shots. Burton in May released the findings of his monthslong internal investigation into the raid, which resulted in the shooting of two dogs, one fatally, and the discovery of a misdemeanor amount of marijuana. A video of the raid has been viewed more than 1 million times online.

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154 US MO: PUB LTE: Time To Rethink Marijuana LawsWed, 02 Jun 2010
Source:St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) Author:Wynen, Jody Area:Missouri Lines:43 Added:06/04/2010

Last week there was a very brief article on the extradition and arrest of Canadian citizen Marc Emery for the charge that he sold millions of cannabis seeds to U.S. customers.

I must admit that I was more than disappointed that the Saint Louis Post gave this so little coverage.

It is outrageous to threaten a non US citizen with prison time merely for the crime of selling of marijuana seeds when there are so many other offenses that our limited resources could be used to pursue, especially when so many States have decriminalized and legalized the medical use of cannabis.

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155 US MO: Drug Raid Inquiry Is OngoingMon, 03 May 2010
Source:Columbia Daily Tribune (MO) Author:David, Brennan Area:Missouri Lines:71 Added:05/03/2010

A man whose home Columbia police raided in February on a narcotics search warrant has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and is contemplating a civil action against the department for shooting his two dogs during the raid. Jonathan E. Whitworth, 25, of 1501 Kinloch Court entered into a plea agreement with the state to drop charges of possession of marijuana and second-degree child endangerment for a guilty plea to possession of drug paraphernalia.

Investigators believed Whitworth was in possession of a large amount of marijuana and was considered a distributor, Deputy Chief Tom Dresner said in February. Police, who found a grinder, a pipe and a small amount of marijuana, shot two dogs upon entering Whitworth's home around 8:30 p.m. Feb. 11.

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156 US MO: Edu: OPED: The Cocaine Conversation: Balancing the Drug DebateFri, 23 Apr 2010
Source:Student Life (MO Edu) Author:Murray, Aubrey Area:Missouri Lines:137 Added:04/23/2010

In December, a Pennsylvania teenager asked Obama if he had considered legalizing drugs to stimulate the economy. The audience broke into laughter, and Obama deflected after complimenting the boy's "boldness."

I posed a similar question to Jack Riley, a senior member of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and a panelist at last week's "Within our Borders: The Mexican Drug War" event hosted by Sigma Iota Rho. I asked how the War on Drugs continues to be a good use of U.S. resources and wondered if violence could be neutralized in this and other countries by legalizing and regulating illicit substances as part of the formal economy (I realize that President Obama has shied from using this terminology for ideological reasons. In the DEA, though, this change has been interpreted as purely nomenclature).

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157US MO: Pro-Marijuana Group Discusses Strategy HereSun, 11 Apr 2010
Source:St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) Author:Leiser, Ken Area:Missouri Lines:Excerpt Added:04/11/2010

ST. LOUIS - Don Yarber joked that he has managed to earn the nickname Mayor Juana through his efforts to legalize cannabis.

Last week, two nonbinding referendums seeking support on statewide legalization of marijuana use for medical purposes narrowly failed in Cottleville, where Yarber has been mayor for five years. He had hoped its passage would have sparked state legislators to put the matter to a statewide vote.

"We have to start working to convince the nonbelievers," Yarber told a small gathering Saturday at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws state spring conference in St. Louis.

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158 US MO: Cottleville Asks Voters About Medical MarijuanaThu, 01 Apr 2010
Source:St. Charles Journal (MO) Author:Castile, Raymond Area:Missouri Lines:64 Added:04/03/2010

Question on City's Ballot Focuses on State Legislation

Marijuana will still be illegal in Cottleville after the April 6 election, even if the city's voters approve two nonbinding propositions supporting legalizing the drug for medical purposes.

Proposition C asks voters if they support Missouri House Bill 1670, which would legalize medical marijuana. If passed by the Legislature, the House bill would trigger a statewide vote in November 2011.

Proposition V on the Cottleville ballot asks voters if they want the Legislature to put the provisions of HB1670 on the state's Nov. 2, 2010, ballot.

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159 US MO: PUB LTE: Give Voters a Chance to Legalize MarijuanaMon, 29 Mar 2010
Source:Columbia Daily Tribune (MO) Author:White, Stan Area:Missouri Lines:33 Added:03/29/2010

Editor, the Tribune:

Former New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary Johnson is not the only elected official to have voiced support for legalized cannabis while in office ("Former GOP Governor Wants Pot Legal," March 20). Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, who campaigned for president, has said if elected he will regulate cannabis similar to alcohol.

For the record, as a registered Democrat, if a Republican gets on the election ballot for president who vows to RE-legalize cannabis, I will strongly consider changing political parties. I'm not alone; millions of voting Americans also oppose discrimination of cannabis users.

Stan White

116 Climax Drive

Dillon, Colo.

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160 US MO: Edu: Former Governor Talks MarijuanaMon, 22 Mar 2010
Source:University News (U of MO, Kansas City, Edu) Author:Bomgardner, Nikki Area:Missouri Lines:74 Added:03/26/2010

Former governor of New Mexico, Republican Gary Johnson, was at the UMKC School of Law student lounge delivering a message to a group of students and faculty Tuesday.

"Congress will pass laws regarding anything and everything," Johnson said. "This is our America, take it back."

Johnson occupied the governor's seat in New Mexico for two terms. He proudly vetoed 750 bills during that time and he was only overridden twice.

However, Johnson did not begin as a politician.

He was an entrepreneur, starting his own construction business that turned in to a 1,000 person operation.

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