Marijuana News Articles for September 2008

Growers expect bumper pot crop - RCMP see increase in outdoor plots
By: Dustin Walker, Nanaimo Daily News (CN BC), 09-30-08

Head-shop workers face hard time - Accused pot dealers argue that they provided a community service
By: Ethan Baron, The Province (CN BC), 09-28-29

Maccan's marijuana maverick enters race
By: Tom McCoag, Chronicle Herald (CN NS), 09-27-08

Inside Canada's biggest pot bust
By: Neco Cockburn, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 09-27-08

Medical marijuana grower to go national?
By: Sandra Mcculloch, Cowichan Valley Citizen (CN BC), 09-26-08

Manitoba to back Dauphin hemp processor
By: FBC staff, GrainNews (Online), 09-26-08

Hard to find outdoor marijuana crops in vast forests, Kelowna RCMP say
Source: CBC News, 09-26-08

Europe: Dutchman Busted for Smoking Tobacco in Cannabis Coffee House
Source: StopTheDrugWar.org (Online), 09-26-08

Pot priest busted again
By: Maria Calabrese, North Bay Nugget (CN ON), 09-25-08

Marijuana bust sets record - Valley plantation proves extent of problem in Ontario, Canada: police
By: Graham Hughes, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 09-23-08

May stands firm on legalizing pot
By: John Colebourn, The Province (CN BC), 09-21-08

Feds try to spark change in pot laws - Medical-marijuana users forced to rely on the black market
By: Shannon Kari, The Province (CN BC), 09-21-08

Medical pot ruling appealed in Ontario - Case hinges on patient's right to reasonable access to government supply of marijuana
By: Shannon Kari, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 09-20-08

Mystery surrounds dropped pot charges
By: Tom McCoag, Chronicle Herald (CN NS), 09-19-08

Green with empathy
By: Daniel Lametti, The McGill Daily (CN QU Edu), 09-18-08

May never inhaled -- but she would tax pot
Author: Reuters and Times Colonist, Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC), 09-18-08

Marijuana activist and candidate butts out of B.C. race
By: Joanna Smith, Toronto Star (CN ON), 09-17-08

Organic growers hope to bag new federal medical marijuana contract
By: John Cotter, The Canadian Press, 09-17-08

Canada Green leader apologizes for not smoking pot
By: Randall Palmer, Reuters Canada, 09-17-08

Bylaws says no bong shop
By: Phil Melnychuk, Maple Ridge News (CN BC), 09-16-08

Pot party candidate runs again
By: Joe Millican, Abbotsford News, 09-13-08

Part III of a four-part series on the medical use of marijuana
By: Mark Hoult, The Community Press (CN ON), 09-12-08

Council to vote on bong shop
By: Robert Mangelsdorf, Maple Ridge News (CN BC), 09-11-08

Hemporium shut down - Almost as soon as it opened, the Hemporium closed.
By: Robert Mangelsdorf, Maple Ridge News (CN BC), 09-09-08

Driver found not guilty of marijuana possession
By: Monisha Martins, Maple Ridge News (CN BC), 09-09-08

New tool for fighting grow shows
By: Colin Payne, Nelson Daily News (CN BC), 09-09-08

District orders bong store shut
By: Amy Steele, Maple Ridge Times (CN BC), 08-09-08

Just like that, Cheech and Chong are back in session.
By: Sean Fitzgerald, Toronto Sun (CN ON), 09-08-08

Ontario not following British Columbia's lead on drug testing
By: Vince Versace, Journal of Commerce (Online), 09-08-08

Review: Cheech & Chong a "high ol' time"
By: Peter Simpson, The Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 09-06-08

Rain affects Kent Co. pot crop quality - RCMP in midst of operation to search for and eradicate plants
By: Dwayne Tingley, Times & Transcript (Moncton, CN NK), 09-05-08

Kings cops on the lookout for more than just alcohol fumes
By: Wendy Elliott, Kentville Advertiser (CN NS), 09-05-08

A medical doctor's marijuana trip
By: Mark Hoult, The Community Press (CN ON), 09-05-08

'Say no' to canine cannabis - vet - Keep your dogs away from pot.
By: Tricia Leslie, Peace Arch News (CN BC), 09-03-08