You could call him a ‘holy roller.’
On Monday, a Bracebridge court judge granted Sturgeon Falls resident Michel Ethier, 52, until Feb. 11, 2010 to prepare his defence against a pot possession charge he received in Muskoka in the summer of 2008.
Ethier is a reverend with the ...
Archive for July, 2009
Written by greenmachine on July 31st, 2009
Written by greenmachine on July 31st, 2009
Pot, or not?
This is the next big culture-war question that will divide and energize voters and possibly determine the successor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
After more than a decade of doing the medical marijuana sham — wow, we must have a lot of sick people in California — the state next ...
Written by greenmachine on July 31st, 2009
Private-sector funding for establishing hemp-processing factories may be a hard sell at the moment, but Gordon Scheifele is undaunted in his passion for developing the enormous potential for hemp.
Earlier this week on a farm just east of Tavistock, Mr. Scheifele was showing a group of 16 mostly student workers how ...
Written by greenmachine on July 31st, 2009
USA — OK, so you haven’t used Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap since your last camping trip years ago. And you never noticed those boxes of hemp granola at Whole Foods. But if you drive a BMW or a Mercedes Benz, or wear Armani jeans or Patagonia shirts, you could be ...
Written by greenmachine on July 31st, 2009
Municipalities Mull Regulations
SUMMIT COUNTY - As Summit County’s first bona fide medical marijuana business prepares to open this weekend in Frisco, local municipalities are mulling options to regulate the budding trade.
“I’d like to model off pharmacies,” Breckenridge Mayor John Warner said at a recent town work session.
Breckenridge and Frisco have ...
Written by greenmachine on July 30th, 2009
Politics/Legislation Urges End To Prohibition Against Marijuana Use
Cannabis culture supporters came out to Bannerman Park in big numbers Wednesday to bid farewell to Marc Emery, also known as the Prince of Pot, before he’s sent to the United States this fall to face marijuana charges.
Emery, who’s doing a cross-Canada tour ...
Written by greenmachine on July 30th, 2009
The Ventura City Council indicated this week that it’s willing to take a serious look at allowing medical marijuana collectives to operate legally in the city.
Medical marijuana patients hailed the decision, but top city and police officials cautioned that pot clubs could pose enforcement and regulatory ...
Written by greenmachine on July 30th, 2009
For some 35 years the United States federal government has been well aware that cannabis possesses potent anti-cancer and anti-tumor properties. And for the past three years, government-funded researchers have speculated that these qualities may offer “protective” effects against the onset of various types of cancer in humans, including lung ...
Written by greenmachine on July 30th, 2009
The popular TV series Weeds is about a widowed suburban mother who deals pot to preserve her family’s cushy California dream. Not a few Californians would like to see the theme writ large for their state. California has legalized medical marijuana, its cannabis crop is valued ...
Written by greenmachine on July 30th, 2009
NORML Wants Jacksonville Beach to Be the State’s First City to Decriminalize Use.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH - When advocates chose Jacksonville Beach as the first city in Florida to decriminalize marijuana use, they selected a town that has resisted them for at least a decade.
Six years ago, Jacksonville Beach ...
