Healing House Closes Though Lynn Lansford, a thyroid-cancer survivor, hoped to use a four-bedroom house she and her husband own in Teller County as a temporary home for families moving to Colorado for medical marijuana, the funding never supported it. Last week, she announced the closure of her Children's Healing House (lynnzina@aol.com). "I had hoped to relocate it to Colorado Springs, but am unable to find a like minded soul willing to allow Medical Marijuana patients to live there," she writes on Facebook. "I also had hoped for more donations to ease the financial aspect and that didn't materialize. With both of the giant difficulties that I face I have had to make that very painful decision. [continues 337 words]
Last week, there was a disturbance in the Force: The world lost a great giver of light, Robin Williams. The sky above metro Detroit, where Williams spent his childhood, seemed to know this loss intimately, and flooded the region. The wake of the event still ripples throughout the world, and there are tributes to Williams around the globe. From the theaters on Broadway to Syrian rebels to planning the next Emmy awards, people are honoring the actor ... fans are even demanding a character be created in the video game "Legend of Zelda." [continues 510 words]
When I was a child living on a farm in Bowman, N.D., my father would notice an animal out in our pasture running around and acting crazy. My dad would go out and look to see if loco weed was growing in our pasture. He would find it, dig it up and destroy it. Dad told me it was a marijuana weed, which grows in every state in the continental U.S. (I don't know about Alaska and Hawaii.) It was called loco weed back then because animals who eat it can go loco. It was usually our horses. [continues 87 words]
Taxpayers Will Pay For An Anti-Drug Campaign-Timed To Hit Just Before The November Vote On Legalizing Pot. Legal weed is coming to Oregon-that's the conventional wisdom anyway. A recent poll shows eight of 10 Oregonians believe it's a matter of when, not if, voters erase laws against recreational use of marijuana. And a growing consensus says it will happen Nov. 4, when Measure 91, the latest pot legalization initiative, appears on the ballot. The Measure 91 campaign has deep pockets padded by mainstream donors. It enjoys a growing number of middle-of-the-road endorsements, including from a retired Oregon Supreme Court judge and the City Club of Portland. And Measure 91 looks similar to measures that passed in Colorado and Washington in 2012. [continues 639 words]
'Telling Kids to Not Smoke Pot Is Not a Partisan Attack,' Ambrose Says OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose blames Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau after doctors groups declined to participate in a government anti-marijuana campaign. Speaking at a meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, Ambrose accused Trudeau of "politicizing" the debate over marijuana and said that shouldn't take away from the importance of the government's message. "Telling kids to not smoke pot is not a partisan attack on Justin Trudeau by Health Canada," Ambrose said. "It is a sound public health policy backed by science - whether it's legal or illegal, the health risks remain the same." [continues 391 words]
