Marijuana News Articles for April 2005

Club supplies marijuana to sick and suffering
By: Neil Horner, Comox Valley Record (CN BC), 04-27-05

Pot Laws Pain Some Elders
By: Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times (CA), 04-28-05

The United States Government is maintaining its opposition to decriminalising the use of marijuana as is being contemplated in Jamaica.
By: Earl Moxam and Howard Campbell, The Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica), 04-27-05

Dutch support legalizing marijuana in Netherlands
Author: Associated Press, Jerusalem Post (Israel), 04-27-05

Pot charge pains mom - Medical marijuana user faces drug rap in 'misunderstanding' over grow permit
By: Megan Gillis, Ottawa Sun (CN ON), 04-26-05

Krieger taking cannabis crusade to Supreme Court
By: Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 04-26-05

Medical user arrested for growing pot
Author: CanWest News Service, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 04-26-05

Licensed marijuana user busted for grow-op - Woman says permit to produce own plants had not arrived in mail
By: Paula McCooey, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 04-26-05

Pot for squares
By: Colby Cosh, National Post (Canada), 04-26-05

Compassion club takes high road
By: Neil Horner, Parksville Qualicum Beach News (CN BC), 04-22-05

Pot users arrested in park
By: Lana Michelin, Red Deer Advocate (CN AB), 04-21-04

Scuffle at pro-marijuana rally results in charges
By: Dan Singleton, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 04-22-05

Pot users light up outside legislature - Part of annual call to legalize marijuana
By: Leah Janzen, Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 04-21-04

Victoria's top toker can't join smoke-in - Pot aroma wafts over City Hall in sixth annual joint jubilee
By: Gerard Young, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 04-21-05

Canada approves GW's cannabis drug for multiple sclerosis sufferers
By: Stephen Foley, Independent (UK), 04-20-05

(Rolo Commentary: Quite a set of headlines considering the date...hehehe)

GW clears cannabis hurdle
By: Richard Irving, The Times (UK), 04-20-05

Smokin' up the joint
By: Mike Boone, Montreal Gazette (CN QU), 04-19-05

Cannabis drug approval buoys firm
Source: BBC News (UK Web), 04-19-05

Cannabis spray gets go-ahead
By: Tavia Grant, Globe and Mail (Canada), 04-19-05

POLITICS Pot party candidate pushing medical use
By: Jennifer Lang, Peace Arch News (CN BC), 04-19-05

Activists spark up marijuana protest - Falls site of pro-pot rally for second year
By: Corey Larocque, The Review (CN ON), 04-18-05

Area cannabis group in Canada to stir pot
By: Joseph Spector, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY), 04-16-05

Marching for a few reefers more - Protestors plan to walk and light up while calling for legalization
By: Mike Zettel, Niagara This Week (CN ON), 04-15-05

Drug-dealing cop to be paroled - Mountie will have served one-sixth of 4-year term
By: Patricia Brooks Arenburg, Chronicle Herald (CN NS), 04-13-05

Pot search ruled illegal
By: Mike Chouinard, Chilliwack Times (CN BC), 04-12-05

The grandfather of all grow-ops - 89-year-old busted for growing pot for Salmon Arm's senior tokers
By: John Colebourn, The Province (CN BC), 04-10-05

Mann steps up for pot
By: Neil Horner, Parksville Qualicum Beach News (CN BC), 04-08-05

And marijuana for all - Moral panic over grow ops ignores fact that more of us puff than play hockey
By: Alan Young, NOW Magazine (CN ON), 04-07-05

Cannabis chemical taken to heart
Author: London Daily Telegraph (UK) Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU), 04-07-05

Britain: THC stops mouse heart disease, stroke
Author: Citizen News Services, Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 04-07-05

Not ready for 'a joint a day'
Author: Associated Press Source: Globe and Mail (Canada), 04-06-05

On supermarket shelves, hemp is the new soy - It is showing up in energy bars, waffles, veggie burgers and pizza
By: Pamela Durkin, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 04-06-05

Prohibition greater evil
By: Clifford Schaffer, Winnipeg Sun (CN MB), 04-03-05

It's time for intelligent responses to marijuana
By: Jim Hackler, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 04-02-05

Pot activists sound off at meeting - Police heckled at presentation - Assembly called to address grow ops
By: Betsy Powell, Toronto Star (CN ON), 04-01-05

Lots of opinions on marijuana
By: Kristyl Cahill, Langley Times (CN BC), 04-01-05