Marijuana News Articles for March 2009

City wants bongs out of shop windows - Surrey targets drug paraphernalia - Surrey plans to clamp down on head shops.
By: Marisa Babic, The Now (Surrey, CN BC), 03-31-09

Drug use absent from discussion on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
By: Katherine Scott, The Concordian (CN QU Edu), 03-30-09

U.S. repeals drug laws we favour - 'Tough on crime' mandatory jail terms being ditched as Canadians try them out
By: Sandro Contenta, Toronto Star (CN ON), 03-28-09

Entrepreneur hopes to bring medical marijuana to Nunavut
Source: CBC.ca (online), 03-27-09

Pro-marijuana groups hijack Obama's chat room...
By: John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail (Canada), 03-27-09

Med marijuana user draws battle lines
By: Joe Howell, The Strand (CN ON Edu), 03-26-09

Restrictions loom on medical marijuana
Author: Canwest News Service, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 03-26-09

Drug Agents Raid SF Medical Marijuana Clinic
By: Joe Vazquez, CBS5.com (online), 03-26-09

Medical marijuana user fuming over 'frank e-mail' exchange with councillor
By: Jake Rupert, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 03-25-09

'Prince of Pot' says police and city hall conspiring against him
Source: CBC.ca (online), 03-23-09

Greens want pot legalized - Party also wants to ban Tasers, increase energy production
By: John Bermingham, The Province (CN BC), 03-22-09

B.C. to review pot laws
By: Catharine Tunney, The Charlatan (CN ON Edu), 03-20-09

Lawyer for alleged 'compassion club' marijuana ring trashes RCMP
By: Sam Cooper, The Outlook (CN BC), 03-20-09

Ontario Worker's Compensation pays for medical mairjuana

Will Kerlikowske help get U.S. a rational drug policy?
By: Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA), 03-19-09

Pot was for medicinal use, judge rules in grow-op case
By: Paul Rudan, Campbell River Mirror (CN BC), 03-19-08

Medical marijuana license holders frustrated over crack-down of 'compassion associations'
By: Andrea Macpherson, News1130.com (all news radio, online), 03-19-09

Cannabis Regulation Deliberated as U.N. Develops New International Drug Strategy
Source: The Beckley Foundation - Cannabis Commission (online)

'Compassion' club busted as pot ring
By: Ian Bailey, Globe and Mail (Canada), 03-18-09

Growing interest in hemp project
By: Valerie MacDonald, Northumberland Today (CN ON), 03-17-09

Police drop pot charges against young Shawnigan Lake couple
By: Mike Damour, Cowichan News Leader (CN BC), 03-14-09

B.C. court makes med marijuana more legal
By: Andrew Farris, The Xaverian Weekly (CN NS Edu), 03-12-09

Ont. wants federal clarity on medical pot
By: Jorge Barrera, Canada.com (online), 03-12-09

Discussing marijuana - Former leader of Marijuana Party of Canada speaks to students about resolving prohibition
By: Linda Givetash, The Cord Weekly (CN ON Edu), 03-11-09

Stonehedge makes pitch to farmers to grow industrial hemp
By: John Campbell, The Community Press (CN ON), 03-10-09

BC judge rules current medicinal marijuana laws unconstitutional
By: Andrew Farris, The Gateway (CN AB Edu), 03-09-09

In pain? You have a right to get high. - Quebecers with handicaps can smoke pot, says tribunal
By: Martin Patriquin, Maclean's Magazine (Canada), 03-09-09

64 percent of British Columbians back legalization of marijuana: poll
By: Carlito Pablo, StraightTalk.com (online), 03-06-09

Marijuana legalization at the public library
By: Aendrew Rininsland, The Gauntlet (CN AB Edu), 03-05-09

Medical marijuana more legal, says court
By: Andrew Farris, Martlet (CN BC Edu), 03-05-09

Brighton resident wants tougher laws for pot thieves
By: Bill Tremblay, NorthumberlandNews.com, 03-04-09

State to compensate Swede for broken 'hash' pipe
By: David Landes, The Local (SWE), 03-04-09

Is it time for society to rethink its drug laws
By: Is it time for society to rethink its drug laws, Chilliwack Progress (CN BC), 03-03-09

'Cash in' on marijuana exports - It's not the 1920s, it's 2009 and year 89 of the War on BC Bud.
By: Mike Hodge, Chilliwack Progress (CN BC), 03-03-09

Raphael Alexander: Ottawa takes the wrong road on marijuana crimes
By: Raphael Alexander, Full Comment (online - blog), 03-02-09