Marijuana News Articles for October 2006

Multiple sclerosis forum hears of pot's benefits
By: Alexandra Paul, Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB), 10-29-06

Medical marijuana advocate granted new trial - Supreme Court says instructions by judge denied man constitutional right to jury trial
By: Norma Greenaway, with files from The Canadian Press, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 10-27-06

Pot activist to get new trial - Judge 'usurped' jurors' function by ordering conviction, top court rules
By: Kirk Makin, Globe and Mail (Canada), 10-27-06

Top court unanimously strikes down conviction of pot activist
By: Canadian Press, Canada.com (CN Online), 10-26-06

Disease treatment gone to pot
By: Kim Dick, Sundre Round Up (CN AB), 10-24-06

Marijuana-Like Compound May Ease Stomach Cramping
By: Canadian Press, CBC News (CN Online), 10-24-06

Medical pot demand grows - Local firm signs contract extension with gov't
By: Murray Lyons, The StarPhoenix (CN SN), 10-21-06

Smoking pot may help lower risk of Alzheimer's
By: Maggie Fox, Globe and Mail (Canada), 10-19-06

B.C. official pot capital of Canada
By: Stephanie Mamayson, The Gauntlet(CN AB Edu), 10-19-06

Dutch MS patient allowed to grow pot
Author: CanWest News Service, Edmonton Journal (CN AB), 10-18-06

GANJA THE ECONOMIC WEAPON
By: Shomari Morrish-Cooke, Jamaica Observer (Jamaica), 10-17-06

Disease treatment gone to pot
By: Kim Dick, Mountain View Gazette (CN AB), 10-17-06

'Poor' pot from only legal grow-op - Activists blame fed Tories
By: Brookes Merritt, Edmonton Sun (CN AB), 10-13-06

Prince of Pot plants the seeds of activism - Marc Emery: Drug kingpin or political target?
By: Debby Reis, The Fulcrum (U of Ottawa, CN ON Edu), 10-12-06

Turns out, all the B.C. kids are smoking pot - Studies claim British Columbians smoke more pot than the average Canadian
By: Matthew Gauk, Martlet (CN BC Edu), 10-12-06

New deal for federal pot grower - Legal marijuana grow-op to continue but activists decry research cutbacks
By: Alex Dobrota, Globe and Mail (Canada), 10-12-06

Canada troops battle 10-ft Afghan marijuana plants
Source: Reuters, 10-12-06

Marijuana's active chemical may be Alzheimer's fighter - U.S. tests suggest THC stops damaging plaque
By: Sharon Kirkey, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 10-09-06

Support for pot oil closes legion - Officials temporarily suspend Maccan branch's charter
By: Cathy Von Kintzel, Chronicle Herald (CN NS), 10-06-06

A smart response to B.C.'s pot habit - UVic report shows Prohibition tactics doomed; education, anti-crime measures - right response
By: Times Colonist, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 10-06-06

It's official: B.C. smokes the most pot - Marijuana use outstrips tobacco among province's youth, study finds
By: Richard Watts, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 10-05-06

High time
By: Brent Sedo, The Coast (CN NS), 10-05-06

Prof in the pot
An editorial by Alison Myrden of The Medical Marijuana Mission, Burlington, Ontario, 10-05-06

High society - My stumble upon the promised land
By: Morgan Modjeski, The Manitoban(CN MB, Edu), 10-04-06

Cannabis users confused
By: Kyra Hoggan, Grand Forks Gazette (CN BC), 10-04-06

Activist pans pot laws - Mayoral campaign begins in West Nip.
By: Maria Calabrese, North Bay Nugget (CN ON), 10-04-06

Video Link: Russell Barth on Conservative Cuts to medical marijuana

Marijuana activist gets six months jail
By: Kent Driscoll, Nunavut News North (CN NU), 10-02-06

Pot stash attracts thieves - Man shot as fake officer targets his medicinal marijuana
By: Ian Elliot, Kingston Whig-Standard (CN ON), 10-03-06