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1US CA: Judge Seizes Medical Marijuana At Government's RequestFri, 25 May 2001
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Kravets, David Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:05/25/2001

A federal judge said Wednesday the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision barring medical marijuana prompted him to order that an ounce of cannabis seized from a California man be forfeited.

It is believed to be among the first such forfeiture since the nation's highest court ruled last week that sick and dying patients cannot claim a medical necessity defense to marijuana possession in a case testing California and eight other states' medical marijuana laws.

At the government's request, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Legge ordered forfeited one ounce of marijuana seized two years ago from a Humboldt County man who was arrested during a traffic stop. Under California law, Christopher Giauque had a doctor's recommendation to smoke marijuana to relieve chronic back pain.

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2 US WA: Crime Of Pain?Thu, 24 May 2001
Source:Seattle Weekly (WA) Author:Potterf, Tina Area:Washington Lines:55 Added:05/25/2001

FORMER WASHINGTON State Patrol forensic chemist Michael R. Hoover made an appearance at the Snohomish County Courthouse last Friday, facing misdemeanor charges of tampering with evidence and official misconduct. The charges stem from allegations Hoover pilfered and ingested heroin from evidence sent to the patrol's Marysville lab for testing (see "Crime lab junkie?" SW, January 25).

The 51-year-old Hoover, whose competency and expertise were pivotal in getting drug convictions in seven Western Washington counties, faces up to a year in jail if convicted. He is scheduled to go to trial on June 18, but his lawyer hinted at a plea bargain last week.

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3 US WI: Drug Dealer Gets 20 Year Prison SentenceFri, 25 May 2001
Source:Waukesha Freeman (WI) Author:Huber, Brian Area:Wisconsin Lines:75 Added:05/25/2001

WAUKESHA - A Mexican national living in Waukesha has been sent to prison for 20 years and will likely be deported after he serves an additional 15 years on extended supervision after running one of the largest drug operations the city has ever seen.

Jose Meraz, 19, was also fined $18,000 after he was convicted of several counts of possessing marijuana and cocaine with intent to deliver.

Meraz was arrested at his Waukesha home when undercover police set up deals for cocaine in November. At the residence, police found a kilogram of cocaine - about 2.2 pounds - and 17 pounds of marijuana packaged in one-pound bags.

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4 CN BC: Marijuana Party Too Far Right, Says Defeated CandidateTue, 22 May 2001
Source:Vancouver Sun (CN BC)          Area:British Columbia Lines:37 Added:05/25/2001

Citing philisophical differences, Graeme Smecher probably won't run for the B.C Marijuana party again.

The candidate for Port Moody-Westwood said too many of his personal beliefs clash with the pot party's policies: "I was expecting a bunch of hippies and what I found was a bunch of right-wing libertarians," said Smecher, 20. "I can't run a platform to my liking without being unfair to them." The Port Moody resident said the basic principle of the Marijuana party is complete personal freedom.

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5Mexico: Ex-Governor Accused Of Shielding TraffickersFri, 25 May 2001
Source:Houston Chronicle (TX)          Area:Mexico Lines:Excerpt Added:05/25/2001

MEXICO CITY -- After a two-year manhunt for one of Mexico's most wanted fugitives, federal police on Thursday night arrested a former governor suspected of protecting drug smugglers during his term.

Mexico's attorney general said investigators from his office arrested Mario Villanueva while the former governor was traveling in a car in the Caribbean resort of Cancun with two other people, including a former state judicial police officer, Manuel Jesus Kan.

Villanueva did not resist arrest, said Attorney General Rafael Macedo.

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6 US CA: Learning To Live With Prop 36Fri, 25 May 2001
Source:Recorder, The (CA) Author:Berry, Jahna Area:California Lines:108 Added:05/25/2001

Counties Face July Deadline To Expand Treatment Options For Drug Defendants

East Bay judges and attorneys who took a hard line against Prop 36 -- the Substance Abuse and Prevention Act -- when it was a ballot initiative now find themselves preparing to implement it by the July 1 deadline.

"I can't say that I supported the initiative," said Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Krashna. Even so, the drug court judge is crafting the county's program for misdemeanor drug possession defendants.

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7 US CA: Judge Fears Pot Ruling IllegalFri, 25 May 2001
Source:Record, The (CA) Author:Garland, Francis P. Area:California Lines:73 Added:05/25/2001

SAN ANDREAS -- Two Wallace ministers sentenced to probation for marijuana possession and given the green light to grow marijuana for medicinal purposes must return to court next week because a Calaveras County Superior Court judge fears the probation terms he approved are illegal.

Ricky Dewayne Garner, 43, and Sue Melinda Garner, 40, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of possessing more than an ounce of marijuana as part of a plea bargain endorsed by Judge Douglas Mewhinney.

But it's possible those pleas could be withdrawn and the matter set for trial again, depending on the outcome of a hearing set for a week from today.

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8 US OR: PUB LTE: Punishment Too HarshFri, 25 May 2001
Source:Register-Guard, The (OR) Author:Grove, C. L. Area:Oregon Lines:27 Added:05/25/2001

This world gets crazier all the time. I read that a woman in South Carolina was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing her unborn child by using crack cocaine (Register-Guard, May 17).

Twelve years for using crack cocaine. That's insane! I realize that she performed an abortion without a license, thereby depriving some government-authorized skull-crusher of his or her livelihood, but 12 years for using cocaine. It just goes to show you what can happen to a person if she isn't the president.

C.L. Grove

Reedsport

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9 US MA: Editorial: Legalize Medical MarijuanaThu, 17 May 2001
Source:Boston Phoenix (MA)          Area:Massachusetts Lines:100 Added:05/17/2001

Politicians Must Catch Up With The Public Will

THE US SUPREME Court's May 14 ruling that federal law bans the manufacture and distribution of medicinal marijuana is disappointing, to say the least. But the representatives and senators from the nine states that have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes should lead the charge in Congress to amend federal law and make pot use legal under certain medical circumstances. And voters should let their elected representatives in Congress know that they want the law to allow for medicinal use of marijuana.

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10 Canada: Doctors In Support Of Legalizing PotWed, 16 May 2001
Source:Guelph Mercury (CN ON)          Area:Canada Lines:63 Added:05/16/2001

The Canadian Medical Association Journal is no ordinary newsletter. It is not in the habit of giving free expression to radical, off-the-wall opinions simply to provoke discussion.

No, by most accounts, the Canadian Medical Association Journal is staid and cautious. It is conservative, given over mainly to research reports. It is solemn to the point of nausea.

So when it proposes (as it does in an editorial this week) that marijuana possession be decriminalized, that's news. When it backs this stance by arguing that the social and legal fallout of being arrested for marijuana possession far outweighs the minimal health effects of the drug's moderate use, that's even bigger news.

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11 US MI: War Resisters LeagueTue, 01 May 2001
Source:The Metro Times (MI) Author:Guyette, Curt Area:Michigan Lines:148 Added:05/01/2001

A Fight We Can't Win, A Useless Battle Plan.

There was a telling moment last week at the "War on Drugs" conference held by the National Lawyers Guild at Wayne State University.

During a panel discussion that took place on Saturday, Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano - one of the few people at the two-day gathering who staunchly defended the status quo of criminalized drug use - was asked by Metro Times why it was necessary to control marijuana by putting pot smokers in jail. After all, tobacco use has been drastically reduced in the past 30 years. If you can successfully attack a terribly addictive drug such as nicotine through education and treatment - without locking up a single cigarette smoker - why can't the same approach be taken with marijuana?

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