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Category: Culture | Posted on Thu, October, 27th 2011 by THCFinder
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Give tickets for small pot busts
Category: News | Posted on Thu, October, 27th 2011 by THCFinder
It looks like Chicago police may be on the right track afterall, the local sheriffs departyment wants to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana realizing that posession charges should be nothing more than a ticket and not jail time for such small amounts that are obviously for personal use.
A handful of Chicago aldermen and Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey are calling for the city and neighboring towns to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession.
The move would allow officers to issue a $200 ticket to someone suspected of carrying 10 grams or less of marijuana, rather than spending hours off the streets to haul someone to jail on a misdemeanor charge. It is similar to an ordinance passed by county commissioners in recent years that calls for issuing a ticket to those busted with marijuana in the forest preserves, unincorporated Cook County and areas where the sheriff has primary policing duties.
“We want to make it clear — we’re not approving the smoking of pot,” said Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th). “What we’re asking is the police to make the right decision when someone has 10 grams or less in their possession — simply write them a ticket and let them go. That police officer will stay working on his beat.”
Considering the time and money spent on an arrest or jailing someone, Reboyras said: “We can better use our resources in the streets.”
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California Physicians Call for the Legalization of Cannabis
Category: Legalization | Posted on Thu, October, 27th 2011 by THCFinder
More and more support continues to come out for the medical marijuana industry, so why is the federal government the only ones not seeing what is going on?
October 26, 2011 — The California Medical Association (CMA) has adopted an official policy calling for the legalization and regulation of cannabis, which, it says, will facilitate wider clinical research on the drug.
"CMA may be the first organization of its kind to take this position, but we won't be the last. This was a carefully considered, deliberative decision made exclusively on medical and scientific grounds," said James T. Hay, MD, president of the CMA, in a release.
"As physicians, we need to have a better understanding about the benefits and risks of medicinal cannabis so we can provide the best care possible to our patients."
The CMA notes that clinicians in California, where cannabis is decriminalized, are often in a catch-22 situation. Under the decriminalization rules, they can only "recommend" the substance for medical purposes, but there are no processes in place to address this.
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"We need to regulate cannabis so we know what we're recommending to our patients," Paul Phinney, MD, president-elect of the CMA, told Medscape Medical News.
"Plus, because it's still illegal on a federal level, physicians are left in an incredibly difficult legal position."
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Hanukkah Joint
Category: Fun | Posted on Thu, October, 27th 2011 by THCFinder
The gifts are coming in early this year...
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Colorado issues first medical-marijuana business licenses in U.S.
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Thu, October, 27th 2011 by THCFinder
Colorado is setting the bar to support Dispensaries and Medical Marijuana Patients by giving out medical marijuana business licenses to local dispensaries. Hopefully other states will start following what Colorado has done to show the support and hopefully get the federal government to back down on their raids.
Colorado has begun issuing the first state medical-marijuana business licenses in the nation, the culmination of a more than year-long application process for dispensaries and marijuana- infused-products makers.
The state has issued 11 licenses to businesses in Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Littleton, according to the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division of the Department of Revenue. Another seven have been notified they are likely to receive a license. And the state has sent out letters to local governments for 467 dispensaries and products-makers to double-check that those businesses have local approval — one of the final steps in the licensing process.
The first license to a Denver business was presented Wednesday to Dr. J's owner Tom Sterlacci at a meeting of an industry workgroup. The presentation received a standing ovation.
"It's very historic," Sterlacci said. "Now we're not standing alone with the feds. We have the city and the state standing with us."
Medical-marijuana advocates say Colorado's regulations for cannabis businesses are the most comprehensive in the nation, and they credit the rules' thoroughness with shielding the businesses from federal raids. John Ingold, The Denver Post
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Feds Target Financial Institutions Associated with Medical Marijuana Clinics
Category: News | Posted on Wed, October, 26th 2011 by THCFinder
The harassment continues across the state where Feds are sending more and more letters out to landlords and now including financial institutions into the mix.
In its effort to shut down California's booming medical marijuana dispensaries, the Justice Department is seeking to seize the property where the clinics are based, even going after at least one bank that holds the mortgage on a clinic.
Chase bank received a letter to evict the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, according to Greg Anton, attorney for the clinic. The bank owns the note on the building in Fairfax, Calif.
According to Anton, the bank received a similar letter from U.S. attorney Melinda Haag for the northern district of California that was sent to the Alliance's landlord on Sept. 28 and other medical marijuana dispensaries. The letters threatened that unless the owners evicted the cannabis clinics within 45 days, they could face criminal action.
Anton said he obtained a copy of the letter to JPMorgan Chase through the clinic's landlord, as reported by the Bay Citizen.
A spokesman for JP Morgan Chase said he had no comment and would not confirm whether the bank received a letter from the U.S. attorney.
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