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1 New Zealand: Pot Club's BirthdaySun, 31 Oct 2010
Source:Sunday News (New Zealand)          Area:New Zealand Lines:49 Added:11/02/2010

NEW Zealand's first cannabis connoisseurs' club will celebrate its second birthday next month as several other "pot" clubs look set to open across the country.

Since opening in November 2008, the Daktory in West Auckland's New Lynn has gained more than 2000 fee-paying members who have got together to spark up within the Daktory's expansive kitted-out warehouse space.

"I think it's achieved everything we've set out to achieve, ranging from drawing attention to the plight of the people within the cannabis culture, creating a rallying point for people who want to change this evil law and a cool place to hang out," said Daktory founder, Dakta Green.

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2 Canada: Alcohol More Dangerous Than Crack, Heroin: U.K. StudyTue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:Edmonton Journal (CN AB) Author:Minsky, Amy Area:Canada Lines:63 Added:11/02/2010

Alcohol is more dangerous than such illegal drugs as crack cocaine and heroin, a British study has found.

Researchers stacked several drugs -- including alcohol, ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine and heroin -- against each other and measured the effects on both the individual and society.

In terms of the effects on the individual, the British experts analyzed how addictive each drug is, and how much damage it causes to the body.

In terms of a drug's effect on society, the researchers analyzed such factors as how much it costs the health-care and prison systems.

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3 New Zealand: Courts Go Easy in Drug CasesSun, 31 Oct 2010
Source:New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) Author:Stoep, Leigh van der Area:New Zealand Lines:70 Added:11/02/2010

A record number of drug offenders were let off last year in what appears to be a move towards leniency for cannabis use and possession.

Statistics New Zealand figures show that 2309 people prosecuted for drug offences were given diversion or discharged without conviction, 466 more than in the previous year.

And the number of people being let off has steadily increased over the past five years.

Legal experts believe the increase is due to greater leniency towards Class B drug offenders because the punishment of conviction does not match the relatively minor nature of the crime.

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4 Canada: Alcohol More Dangerous Than Crack or Heroin, U.K.Tue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Author:Minsky, Amy Area:Canada Lines:64 Added:11/02/2010

Alcohol is more dangerous than such illegal drugs as crack cocaine and heroin, a British study has found.

Researchers compared several drugs -- including alcohol, ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine and heroin -- against each other and measured the effects on both the individual and society.

In terms of the effects on the individual, the British experts analyzed how addictive each drug is, and how much damage it causes to the body.

In terms of a drug's effect on society, the researchers analyzed such factors as how much it costs the health care and prison systems.

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5 US CA: Web: Parents Are Biggest Obstacle to Pot Legalization:Tue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:Huffington Post (US Web) Author:Grim, Ryan Area:California Lines:182 Added:11/02/2010

Pot Smokers Hoping That Tuesday's California Election Will Finally Bring an End to Marijuana Prohibition Are Running into a Familiar Enemy: Parents.

Proposition 19, which had been leading through much of the campaign, is now trailing in every survey. Support has declined fastest and hardest among those aged 40-49, the age demographic most likely to have children old enough to be thinking about -- or already -- smoking pot.

When those parents answered the survey earlier in the election, pot legalization was more idea than reality. As an idea, voters between 40 and 49 supported legalization by a 15-point margin of 53-38 in a survey released by the Field Poll, the gold standard for public-opinion research in California, in September. At the end of October, as the idea came closer to becoming a reality, that demographic flipped. A 15-point margin turned into a 13-point deficit. Nine percent remained undecided in both surveys. The unheard-of 28-point swing among a fifth of the electorate explains roughly half of the overall drop in the polls. Support among baby boomers aged 50-64 stayed constant in the survey. Among those aged 18-39, support fell from 59-33 to 54-38 over the course of a month. And those 65 and older backed away from the initiative as well, where support dropped from 36-29.

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6 US CA: PUB LTE: Legalization Of Pot OverdueFri, 29 Oct 2010
Source:Salinas Californian, The (CA) Author:Sharpe, Robert Area:California Lines:34 Added:11/02/2010

Regarding your Oct. 22 editorial on Prop 19: The drug war is largely a war on marijuana smokers. In 2009, there were 858,405 marijuana arrests in the U.S., almost 90 percent for simple possession. At a time when state and local governments are laying off police, firefighters and teachers, this country continues to spend enormous public resources criminalizing Americans who prefer marijuana to martinis. The end result of this ongoing culture war is not necessarily lower rates of use.

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7 US CA: PUB LTE: Pot: Respectful DisagreementTue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Pscheidt, Tom Area:California Lines:31 Added:11/02/2010

So, the progressive, bleeding-heart, liberal newspaper opposes legalization of marijuana, and the token rabid, reactionary columnist supports it? What planet am I living on?

In this day and age, do people actually still consider all aspects of an issue thoughtfully and come to their own conclusions based on critical thinking and not on what everyone expects them to say? Is respectful disagreement in discourse still alive? Maybe there is still hope for California.

Or maybe not. Regardless, this is an example of why I like The Chronicle and love Debra J. Saunders.

Please keep up the good work.

Tom Pscheidt, San Mateo

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8 CN MB: PUB LTE: The Roots Of CrimeMon, 01 Nov 2010
Source:Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB) Author:Buors, Chris Area:Manitoba Lines:35 Added:11/02/2010

The hard-on-crime crowd exemplified by letter writers complaining about our ridiculous justice system, watered-down sentencing and hug-a-thug media should be reminded that all manner of beatings, jailing and torture have been tried without end, and those policies have failed to deter crime.

Brian Mulroney was not soft on crime. He doubled the sentences for drug crimes when he and Ronald Reagan reinvigorated the Nixonian war on drugs. We live with the monsters that injustice created.

More unjust sentencing for unjust crimes will not deter anybody from drugs. That action will only create worse monsters with whom Canadians will have to deal when these people get out of jail and raise their kids to have nothing but contempt and disrespect for the law.

Repealing drug prohibition laws ought to be the first order of business in ending a cycle that has destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives in Canada since the war on (some) drugs Nixon started years ago.

Chris Buors

Winnipeg

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9 US MA: PUB LTE: God Wants Pot LegalizedTue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:Patriot Ledger, The (Quincy, MA) Author:White, Stan Area:Massachusetts Lines:33 Added:11/02/2010

Another reason to re-legalize the plant cannabis for sick citizens that doesn't get mentioned ("Marijuana questions on some local ballots," Oct. 24) is because it is Biblically correct, since God indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants saying they are all good, on literally the very first page (see Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30). The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it be accepted with thankfulness (see 1 Timothy 4:1-5).

And, "But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (1 John 3:17).

Further, many people know of cannabis as the tree of life and the very last page of the Bible indicates the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations.

Stan White

Dillon, Colorado

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10US MI: Wyoming's Self-Described 'Conservative Council' Bans Medical MarijuanaTue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:Grand Rapids Press (MI) Author:Bunte, Matt Vande Area:Michigan Lines:Excerpt Added:11/02/2010

WYOMING -- Licensed by the state to grow and dispense marijuana for medicinal purposes, Ernest Richards at the same time was breaking federal law. Now, the Wyoming man also is violating city ordinance.

Wyoming City Council in a unanimous vote Monday enacted a ban on medical marijuana, joining several municipalities on the east side of Michigan.

"I'm not going to stop doing what I'm doing," Richards said. "As far as I'm concerned, the state granted me this right."

Like many communities, Wyoming has been exploring regulations to govern the use of medical marijuana that Michigan voters approved in 2008. City voters passed the proposal in 27 of 28 precincts.

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11 US MI: Township Considers Licensing Medical Marijuana UsersTue, 02 Nov 2010
Source:Holland Sentinel (MI) Author:Goodell, Andrea Area:Michigan Lines:84 Added:11/02/2010

Local Ordinance Would Go Beyond State Law

Holland, MI - In a move to keep tabs on medical marijuana in Holland Township, a proposed ordinance mostly would mirror state law except in one significant way.

The township ordinance might also seek to require a business license for all patients and caregivers.

"This is the discussion stages, and I don't want to cut my planning commission out of this, that's for sure," Zoning Administrator Jon Mersman said. The commission plans to discuss the measure at its next meeting, at 7 p.m. Nov. 9.

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12US FL: Editorial: Let People Vote On MarijuanaMon, 01 Nov 2010
Source:News-Press (Fort Myers, FL)          Area:Florida Lines:Excerpt Added:11/02/2010

The debate over whether marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes is complex, so let's have that debate - for real.

An Orlando-based organization, People United for Medical Marijuana, is trying to gather the 676,811 signatures of registered voters it will need to get the issue on the general election ballot in November 2012. If approved by the required 60 percent of voters, the constitutional amendment would give Floridians the right to grow, purchase, possess and obtain marijuana for medical treatment.

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