Marijuana News Articles for October 2005

Civic election gone to pot
By: Naoibh O'Connor, Vancouver Courier (CN BC), 10-31-05

'Dial-a-doper' avoids jail for deals with cop
By: Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 10-29-05

Health board backs drug plan
By: Stuart Green, Etobicoke Guardian (CN ON), 10-28-05

U of S pot study stirs int'l media - Test shows improved memory and learning in doped up rats
By: Charles Hamilton, The Sheaf (CN SN Edu), 10-27-05

Smoking a J may brighten the day - Research points to marijuana as possible antidepressant
By: Juanita King, The Muse(CN NF Edu), 10-27-05

Drug kit handout plans move a step closer to campus
By: Michelle McQuigge, The Ryersonian (CN ON Edu), 10-26-05

Marijuana Party's Marc Emery faces extradition
By: Nathan Sharpe, The Concordian (CN QU Edu), 10-26-05

Canadians willing to forgive politicians their past vices
Author: Canadian Press, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 10-24-05

Most Canadians would still vote for a politician who had smoked pot: poll
Source: Canadian Press, 10-24-05

Cannabinoid breakthrough
By: Rene Bodack, The Gauntlet (CN AB Edu), 10-20-05

A former U.S. police chief stirs the pot on drug laws
By: Gary Mason, Globe and Mail (Canada), 10-20-05

Pot advocate guilty
By: Brennan Clarke, Esquimalt News (CN BC), 10-19-05

Pot suspects exploited, court told
By: Mike McIntyre, Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 10-19-05

Pot-prescribing doctors warned - Get your patients to sign a liability waiver or face lawsuits, insurance group says
By: Andre Picard, Globe and Mail (Canada), 10-19-05

Pot less of a cancer risk than tobacco, study suggests - Nicotine in cigarettes appears to boost carcinogenic properties, researchers find
By: Andre Picard, Globe and Mail (Canada), 10-18-05

Toronto going to pot? - City calls for decriminalization
By: Sarah Green, Toronto Sun (CN ON), 10-15-05

Marijuana activist sentenced to one day in jail after conviction
By: Richard Watts, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 10-15-05

Etheridge: I Used Medicinal Marijuana
By: The Associated Press, The Washington Post (US), 10-14-05

Pot could be 'blockbuster' antidepressant
By: Janet French, The Province (CN BC), 10-14-05

Pot-like drug could be the 'next prozac' -- Eases anxiety...In rats
By: Janet French, National Post (Canada), 10-14-05

High-dose cannabis stimulates growth of brain cells in rats
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, Independent (UK), 10-14-05

Judge releases medical marijuana patient arrested in B.C. hospital
By: Gene Johnson, Seattle Post Intelligencer (Us Web), 10-13-05

The Other Farmers Market -- Local marijuana growers cash in on well-heeled tokers' love of fine weed
By: Patrick Williams, Managing Editor, Dallas Observer (TX), 10-13-05

Hemp hemp hooray! -- Hipster's high on crop's future
By: TOM VAN DUSEN, Ottawa Sun (CN ON), 10-09-05

The high cost of killing pain Pot smoker threatened by his supplier -- the federal government
By: Dalson Chen, Windsor Star (CN ON), 10-08-05

Pot 'refugee' on way to U.S. after hopes for appeal dashed - American Steven Tuck faces possible pot-growing charges
By: Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 10-08-05

Marijuana and Youth Culture - Ground-breaking study looks at teenage attitudes
By: Hilary Thomson, UBC Reports - University of British Columbia - (Website Posting), 10-06-05

Government Backs Budding Marijuana Company
By: Eric Nash, CNW Group (CDN Web), 10-06-05

Marijuana effective against morning sickness: study - 92% of pregnant users surveyed report relief
By: Don Harrison, The Province(CN BC), 10-06-05

Marijuana refugee faces deportation - An odd twist is that Steven Tuck donated seeds to start Canada's medical pot program
By: Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 10-04-05

Hemp plant smokin' idea
By: Hank Daniszewski, London Free Press (CN ON), 10-03-05

Play profiles marijuana crusader Marc Emery
Author: Free Press Staff, London Free Press (CN ON), 10-03-05