Cannabis News 2.0

CONTACT: Kurt A. Gardinier, MPP director of communications…202-905-0738 or kgardinier@mpp.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marijuana Policy Project recently hired Kurt A. Gardinier to be the organization’s new director of communications. Gardinier joined MPP earlier this month and officially takes over the communications department from Bruce Mirken on Tuesday, December 22. Gardinier is based in MPP’s Washington, D.C. office, and among other things will serve as an MPP spokesperson for radio, newspaper and TV interviews.

Only Obama's signature is missing, but thats surely just a formality.WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate today passed historic legislation to end the decade long ban on implementation of the medical marijuana law Washington, D.C. voters passed in 1998.“This marks the first time in history that Congress has changed a marijuana law for the better,” said Aaron Houston, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C.

In a historic move, Congress is now poised to end the decade long ban on Washington, D.C. implementing the medical marijuana law District voters passed in 1998 with a 69 percent majority. Known as the Barr amendment, the provision – a rider attached to appropriations for the District -- has forbidden D.C. from extending legal protection to qualified medical marijuana patients and has been derided by advocates for years as an unconscionable intrusion by the federal government into the District's affairs.

The Czech Republic has followed Portugal's lead by decriminalising the possession and use of many so called 'soft drugs' which would ordinarily risk a trip to court and a possible jail sentence.The Czech government today approved the list of hallucinogenic plants and mushrooms, including hemp, coca, mescaline cactus and magic mushrooms, and decided that people would be allowed to grow up to five pieces of such plants and keep 40 magic mushrooms at home, a CTK source said.The cabinet was today also expected to discuss artificial drugs and a permitted amount of these drugs in people’s possession.

A British man who served half of a seven year sentence for dealing in illicit drugs has set up again in a similar trade, but this time with a subtle difference. Yes he sells recreational drugs. But this time the drugs (like 2-DPMP, BK-MBDP and 4-MMCat, to name but three) are legal to buy and possess. Not only that but he can sell them with a clear conscience, as any adverse side-effects are covered with a weak, but clearly presented cloak of protection.The label reads Not for human consumption . It looks like coke. Acts like it too, or very similar at least, but this is in fact meeow meeow, (also known as 4-MMCatt or Mepherdrone)

A British man who served half of a seven year sentence for dealing in illicit drugs has set up again in a similar trade, but this time with a subtle difference. Yes he sells recreational drugs. But this time the drugs (like 2-DPMP, BK-MBDP and 4-MMCat, to name but three) are legal to buy and possess. Not only that but he can sell them with a clear conscience, as any adverse side-effects are covered with a weak, but clearly presented cloak of protection.The label reads Not for human consumption .

It would be fair to assume that any website which doesn't carry the name of a high street brand like Boots, Walmart or Lloyds Pharmacy, is to be steered clear of if you are planning on buying erectile dysfunction medications like Viagra, Cialis or Levitra online. But a small online pharmacy has spoken out in favor of the little guy by saying Its not all bad news. There are some great savings to be made .Pharmacy-i.Com is one such independent operator. After watching television adverts portraying a man pulling a dead rat out of his mouth which is meant to illustrate some of the deadly concoctions which have been found in fake medicines, Stephen Williams came to the conclusion enough was enough, and he decided to speak out.

Ever since the Labour leadership changed in the summer of 2007 the writing has been on the wall for those British citizens who like to have their cannabinoid receptors tickled by smoking a joint.Spice - BannedFirst of all we were told the laws regarding cannabis were going to be 're-opened' with a view to seeing if cannabis caused more harm than it did the last time the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) were asked for their learned opinions.On this occasion, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins FMedSci, who was the then chair of the ACMD, wrote to then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, saying;

Ever since the Labour leadership changed in the summer of 2007 the writing has been on the wall for those British citizens who like to have their cannabinoid receptors tickled by smoking a joint.Spice - BannedFirst of all we were told the laws regarding cannabis were going to be 're-opened' with a view to seeing if cannabis caused more harm than it did the last time the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) were asked for their learned opinions.On this occasion, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins FMedSci, who was the then chair of the ACMD, wrote to then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, saying;