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121 US NH: Some Lawmakers See Marijuana Case Aiding Push TowardSun, 23 Sep 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Wickham, Shawne K. Area:New Hampshire Lines:86 Added:09/27/2012

Some lawmakers who support liberalizing the state's marijuana laws say the recent acquittal of a Barnstead man who grew marijuana in his back yard for personal and religious use will advance their cause.

State Rep. Timothy Comerford, R-Fremont, cosponsored a bill to legalize and tax marijuana that the House killed earlier this year. He also voted for a decriminalization bill that passed the House by one vote but failed in the Senate.

The recent jury nullification case in Belknap County Superior Court will advance the conversation about decriminalizing marijuana, Comerford said. "It's going to be slow and take a long time, but I think eventually our laws are going to catch up with the public's view on this issue."

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122 US NH: Lawyers: 'Nullify' To Be Common Refrain in CriminalSun, 23 Sep 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Wickham, Shawne K. Area:New Hampshire Lines:139 Added:09/27/2012

Criminal defense attorneys predict New Hampshire jurors routinely will be told they have the right to find someone innocent even if the state proves its case because New Hampshire has passed what appears to be the nation's first "jury nullification" law.

Earlier this month, a Belknap County Superior Court jury found a Barnstead man innocent of felony drug charges after the judge instructed jurors they could decide that acquittal was "a fair result," even if the state had met the burden of proof.

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123 US NH: Edu: Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Visits UNHFri, 21 Sep 2012
Source:New Hampshire, The (U of NH Edu) Author:Morley, Olivia Area:New Hampshire Lines:95 Added:09/22/2012

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson spoke on campus Sept. 19 and drew many like-minded supporters in to hear his speech. Johnson, who served as the Republican Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, will be listed on the 2012 ballot in 47 states as a third-party candidate.

Johnson is known for vetoing more bills than all other governors combined, and also for vetoing a whopping 750 bills during his two terms in office. He has been coined "Governor Veto" as a result of his tendency to veto most bills that are presented to him.

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124 US NH: Column: The war on drugs: Because Prohibition Worked SoFri, 31 Aug 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Stossel, John Area:New Hampshire Lines:96 Added:09/04/2012

Forty years ago, the United States locked up fewer than 200 of every 100,000 Americans. Then President Nixon declared the war on drugs. Now we lock up more of our people than any other country - more even than the authoritarian regimes in Russia and China.

A war on drugs - on people, that is - is unworthy of a country that claims to be free.

Unfortunately, this outrage probably won't be discussed in Tampa or Charlotte.

The media (including Fox News) run frightening stories about Mexican cocaine cartels and marijuana gangs. Few of my colleagues stop to think that this is a consequence of the war, that decriminalization would end the violence. There are no wine "cartels" or beer "gangs." No one "smuggles" liquor. Liquor dealers are called "businesses," not gangs, and they "ship" products instead of "smuggling" them. They settle disputes with lawyers rather than guns.

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125 US NH: Officials Seize Synthetic Designer Drugs From NH LocationsMon, 30 Jul 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Quinn, John Area:New Hampshire Lines:96 Added:08/04/2012

SOMERSWORTH -- As part of a nationwide operation against synthetic designer drugs, federal, state and local officials seized about five million packets of illegal materials marketed as bath salts, spice, incense or plant food last week.

More than 90 people were taken into custody and at least $36 million in cash was seized as warrants were executed in 109 communities throughout the country, including at a home in Gilford and stores in Salem and Somersworth.

As part of Operation Log Jam -- the first major effort against designer drug retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers -- federal, state and local officials have seized more than 4.8 million packets of synthetic cannabinoids, known as K2 or Spice, and 167,000 packets of bath salts, along with materials to produce more of both drugs, according to a release from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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126 US NH: PUB LTE: Leave The Decision To Patients, DoctorsFri, 25 May 2012
Source:Concord Monitor (NH) Author:Sharpe, Robert Area:New Hampshire Lines:36 Added:05/25/2012

Re "Legalize the medical use of marijuana" (Monitor editorial, May 23):

While there have been studies showing that marijuana can shrink cancerous tumors, medical marijuana is essentially a palliative drug. If a doctor recommends marijuana to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and it helps them feel better, then it's working.

In the end, medical marijuana is a quality-of-life decision best left to patients and their doctors. Drug warriors waging war on non-corporate drugs contend that organic marijuana is not an effective health intervention. Their prescribed intervention for medical marijuana patients is handcuffs, jail cells and criminal records. This heavy-handed approach suggests that drug warriors should not be dictating health-care decisions. It's long past time to let doctors decide what is right for their patients; sick patients should not be jailed for daring to seek relief from marijuana.

Arlington, Va.

(The writer is a policy analyst with Common Sense for Drug Policy.)

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127 US NH: Editorial: Legalize The Medical Use Of MarijuanaWed, 23 May 2012
Source:Concord Monitor (NH)          Area:New Hampshire Lines:83 Added:05/24/2012

Writing in The New York Times last week, Gustin Reichbach, 62, made a passionate plea to legalize the medical use of the marijuana that allows him to sleep and combat the nausea caused by chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. Reichbach's story was similar to those heard by New Hampshire lawmakers, who will soon vote on Senate Bill 409, legislation that would make New Hampshire the 17th state to legalize medical marijuana. The difference is, Reichbach is a sitting justice on the New York state Supreme Court.

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128 US NH: Edu: Symposium Addresses Marijuana LegalizationMon, 14 May 2012
Source:Dartmouth, The (Dartmouth College, NH Edu) Author:Pauly, Madison Area:New Hampshire Lines:139 Added:05/15/2012

Policymakers, doctors and professors from across New England debated the merits and pitfalls of legalizing medical marijuana at the eighth annual Dartmouth Symposium on Substance Abuse, held on Friday in Collis Common Ground. The conference - "Medical Marijuana: Compassionate Care or Oxymoron?" - examined the controversial issue of medical marijuana in the context of a current bill facing the New Hampshire legislature.

The symposium aimed to provide an informed, scientific discussion of the topic and sought to eliminate politicized arguments, according to Seddon Savage, director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education and the event organizer.

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129 US NH: Federal Pot Patient To Speak At State HouseTue, 08 May 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Siefer, Ted Area:New Hampshire Lines:50 Added:05/08/2012

CONCORD - One of the only people in the U.S. to receive marijuana from the federal government will be the featured guest of medical marijuana advocates Tuesday, as they continue to press for passage of a bill the governor has vowed to veto.

Irvin Rosenfeld is one of four patients who receive medical marijuana from the federal government as part of the Compassionate Investigative New Drug Program, a little-known initiative that was closed to new applicants in 1992.

Rosenfeld will speak at a State House press conference Tuesday alongside the sponsors of Senate Bill 409, Sen. Jim Forsythe, R-Strafford, and Rep. Evalyn Merrick, D-Lancaster.

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130 US NH: Law Enforcement Resisting Pot BillSun, 29 Apr 2012
Source:Concord Monitor (NH) Author:Hanna, Maddie Area:New Hampshire Lines:186 Added:04/29/2012

New Hampshire could be three Senate votes away from legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, but the state's law enforcement community is putting up a barrier that could prevent the effort from becoming law.

Last week, the bill won a veto-proof majority in the House, but medical marijuana proponents need three more Senate votes to overcome a veto from Gov. John Lynch, whose opposition to the bill puts him in line with police and law enforcement officials.

The Democratic governor has traditionally backed positions supported by the law enforcement community, opposing expanded gambling, a broadening of the right to use deadly force and the ability to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

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131 US NH: House Passes Medical Marijuana BillThu, 26 Apr 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Siefer, Ted Area:New Hampshire Lines:65 Added:04/27/2012

CONCORD The House voted by a wide margin Wednesday to pass a medical marijuana bill, but it still faces an uphill climb in the Senate in order to overcome a promised veto from Gov. John Lynch.

The House voted 236-96 in favor of Senate Bill 409, a margin of support sufficient to overcome a gubernatorial veto.

However, the Senate voted to pass the bill 13-11 last month, short of the three-fifths majority needed for an override.

The House vote sets up a possible replay of the last time the Legislature considered a medical marijuana bill, which was vetoed by Lynch in 2009. The House was able to override the veto, but the Senate came up three votes short. The prime sponsor of the latest legislation, Sen. Jim Forsythe, R-Strafford, said he was not giving up.

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132 US NH: Like Prohibition, The Drug War Has FailedFri, 20 Apr 2012
Source:New Hampshire Business Review (NH) Author:Cohen, Bert Area:New Hampshire Lines:84 Added:04/21/2012

Five officers were shot in Greenland. The much-beloved chief - just eight days from retirement - was killed. Hearts across New Hampshire suffer from this horrible tragedy.

How many more families of police officers will suddenly find themselves in mourning?

Michael Maloney is the 23rd person to die in U.S. drug law enforcement operations in 2012. Forty years, 40 million arrests. The drug war is not working. There is zero effect on the demand for drugs.

When will we say "Enough!" to the counterproductive, gut-wrenching drug war? We need a new approach.

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133 US NH: PUB LTE: Medical Marijuana Needs Three VotesTue, 17 Apr 2012
Source:Telegraph, The (Nashua, NH) Author:Mora, Carla Area:New Hampshire Lines:46 Added:04/18/2012

Most people know someone who suffers from chronic pain due to some ailment.

If there were a safe alternative to sometimes harmful prescription drugs that cause side effects to help ease suffering, would you make an effort to make sure it was available to patients?

What if the alternative treatment was marijuana?

I have been watching documentaries, reading articles and attending talks regarding medical marijuana, and am astounded by its many uses.

At a recent symposium in Boston, Rick Doblin, founder of a research group on the effects of medical marijuana, stated that statistics show more people now support medical marijuana than are against it. The most notable change is in the number who now support it because they have a friend who is ailing and could benefit from using it.

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134 US NH: Both Sides On Medical Marijuana Debate Sound Off ToTue, 10 Apr 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Siefer, Ted Area:New Hampshire Lines:78 Added:04/13/2012

CONCORD -- Medical marijuana returned to the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee on Tuesday, having been passed by the Senate last month.

However, Senate Bill 409 encountered familiar resistance from law enforcement officials, who doubted claims made about marijuana's medical benefits and raised concerns about crime associated with the drug.

The bill would allow patients with "debilitating medical conditions" or their caretaker to possess up to 6 ounces of marijuana or cultivate up to four plants within a locked and secured facility in a location known to law enforcement. A patient or caretaker would also be allowed to possess up to 2 ounces away from home.

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135 US NH: Marijuana Backers Seek Veto OverrideWed, 28 Mar 2012
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Author:Rayno, Garry Area:New Hampshire Lines:97 Added:03/29/2012

CONCORD - Supporters of legalizing the medical use of marijuana will try to garner enough votes in the state Senate today to override an expected gubernatorial veto.

"We're going to try to get a veto-proof majority," said the bill's prime sponsor, Sen. Jim Forsythe, R-Strafford, at a news conference Tuesday. "We broke the party lines this year and have at least seven Republican senators supporting it."

Gov. John Lynch vetoed a bill in 2009 to legalize medical marijuana use and threatened to veto a similar bill last year that was defeated in the Senate after passing the House.

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136 US NH: OPED: Medical Marijuana Prognosis Looks GoodSun, 18 Mar 2012
Source:Telegraph, The (Nashua, NH) Author:Simon, Matt Area:New Hampshire Lines:66 Added:03/19/2012

Nearly three years have passed since House and Senate lawmakers first approved a medical marijuana bill to protect patients with debilitating illnesses in New Hampshire. That bill fell just short of becoming law in 2009, when an effort to override Gov. John Lynch's veto passed the House but failed by only two votes in the Senate. When the 2010 election resulted in Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the General Court, many felt this issue would be placed on hold for two years.

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137 US NH: U.N. Mission EarnedSat, 10 Mar 2012
Source:Keene Sentinel (NH) Author:Gilbert, Steve Area:New Hampshire Lines:46 Added:03/13/2012

A local law enforcement chief will spend next week talking drug policy on an international stage. Rick Van Wickler is no stranger to Washington, D.C., where he's lobbied legislators before, and he once addressed the Parliament of Canada. They're experiences that will no doubt serve him well when he travels to Vienna, Austria, today to attend an international drug policy conference next week hosted by the United Nations.

Van Wickler, 52, superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections, will head up a four-person team representing a group known as Law Enforcement against Prohibition, or LEAP, which he has been associated with since 2007. He became a member of LEAP's board of directors three months ago. Joining Van Wickler in Vienna are James Gierach, a Chicago drug prosecutor, Maria Lucia Karem, a retired Brazilian judge, and Annie Machon, a retired British intelligence agent.

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138 US NH: War On The War On DrugsFri, 06 Jan 2012
Source:Concord Monitor (NH) Author:Duckler, Ray Area:New Hampshire Lines:43 Added:01/06/2012

Members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an international organization that supports the legalization of pot, will be spreading their message today at the Grappone Conference Center.

Like most of the GOP primary field, Jon Huntsman, scheduled to appear at 9 a.m., will be a tough sell.

The group is made up of former and current police officers and government agents. Richard Van Wickler, the superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections, will represent the group during a question-and-answer segment.

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139 US NH: Editorial: Insult To Injury: Fast And More FuriousSat, 10 Dec 2011
Source:Union Leader (Manchester, NH)          Area:New Hampshire Lines:36 Added:12/11/2011

Drug cartels were not the only ones the Obama administration tried to set up in its infamous "Fast and Furious" operation. Law-abiding gun shops were, too.

In Fast and Furious, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives encouraged private gun dealers near the Mexican border to sell firearms to suspected drug dealers. The plan was to trace the weapons up the cartel chain-of-command and eventually bring down a major drug lord. But the ATF quickly lost track of thousands of guns. Two of them later wound up at the scene of a murder -- the victim a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

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140 US NH: PUB LTE: Paul Is Right: Legalize DrugsFri, 21 Oct 2011
Source:Concord Monitor (NH) Author:Piermarocchi, Dan Schroth Area:New Hampshire Lines:39 Added:10/23/2011

Last week I sent Ron Paul $25. I'm an Independent who wants to see the best Republican run against the best Democrat. I like President Obama. I like Paul. Now that would be the election of a lifetime.

How about the feds threatening to arrest medicinal marijuana shop owners in California? It's a $1 billion-a-year business, with tax revenue $100 million. I liked the Monitor's Oct. 6 editorial on Ken Burns's Prohibition. You wrote about the parallels between Prohibition and the war on drugs. I agree with Paul: Legalize all drugs. Use the tax revenue for public schools and drug and alcohol treatment centers. Relieve the state from this burden. Don't people see there is a shortage of affordable free treatment centers? Yet no shortage of drugs. Give me $50 to $100 and two hours, and even I could round up prescription drugs, cocaine or heroin. Drugs are often easier to find than work.

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