Marijuana News Articles for September 2009

Surrey's pot grow-op program pitched to other cities
By: Kevin Diakiw, Surrey Leader (CN BC), 09-30-09

Councillor proposes registry for homes used in grow operations
By: Terry Pender, The Record (Kitchener, CN ON), 09-30-09

Providers of medical marijuana celebrate 10 years of service
Source: ctvmontreal.ca (Online), 09-30-09

Licensed pot grower picks jail
By: Karena Walter, The Standard (St. Catharines, CN ON), 09-30-09

'Prince of Pot' waits in jail for extradition
Source: Nanaimo Daily News (CN BC), 09-29-09

Pot grower ordered to get a licence
Source: Comox Valley Echo (CN BC), 09-29-09

There's more collateral damage than victories in this War on Drugs
By: Shayne Morrow, Alberni Valley Times (CN BC), 09-29-09

A defiant Marc Emery begins journey toward five-year U.S. prison term on drug charges
By: Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 09-29-09

Prince of Pot's sentence reeks of injustice and mocks our sovereignty - Emery's jail term longer than for some violent crimes
By: Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 09-28-09

Coffee shops to challenge ban on cannabis sale near border
By: Agence France-Presse, Calgary Herald (CN AB), 09-26-09

Norfolk man supplying medical marijuana - From the outside, the farm looks like any other in the tobacco belt.
By: Daniel Pearce, The Expositor (CN ON), 09-25-09

Growing local
By: Patrick Lejtenyi, Mirror (CN QU), 09-24-09

Get-out-of-jail cards for Hamilton pot priests - Trafficking sentences redeuced by court of appeals
By: Barbara Brown, Hamilton Spectator (CN ON), 09-24-09

American hands in the Canadian pot - Canada's "Prince of Pot" talks with the Argus before extradition to U.S. prison
By: Ian Kaufman, TheArgus (CN ON Edu), 09-23-09

5 Things the Corporate Media Don't Want You to Know About Cannabis
By: Paul Armentano, AlterNet (Online), 09-23-09

Emery’s wife to take over business
By: Jeff Hodson, Metro Vancouver (CN BC), 09-23-09

Former officer becomes pot crusader
Source: CBC News (Online), 09-22-09

Canada's 'Prince of Pot' prepares for U.S. prison term - Emery tying up loose ends before beginning up to 15 years in U.S. jail
By: Kristen Thompsom, Metro (Vancouver, CN BC), 09-21-09

Hemp Guru Jack Herer's Condition Critical But Stable
By: Bonnie King, Salem-News.com (online), 09-20-09

Police issue hemp warning
By: Joe Belangerm, London Free Press (CN ON), 09-19-09

"Prince of Pot" addresses public
By: Ryan Webb, Imprint (CN ON Edu), 09-18-09

Update: Jack Herer, Emperor of Hemp, marijuana hero, critical condition
By: Michael Stone, examiner.com (Online), 09-18-09

It's hemp, not marijuana - Stratford Police issue alert
Source: TheBeacon Herald (CN ON), 09-18-09

Lack of translator delays suspected pot grower's trial
By: Jack Wilson, Red Deer Advocate (CN AB), 09-17-09

Prince of Pot stares down martyrdom
By: Cody Willett, Martlet (CN BC Edu), 09-16-09

OFF THE BOARD: The prince of pot
By: Matt Chesser, McGill Tribune (CN QU Edu), 09-15-09

Scrutiny for medical marijuana sites - Council asks where legal pot is grown to ensure homes properly modified
By: Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 09-14-09

U.S. drug policy is violent and dogmatic - Fed up countries quietly defect from 'War on Drugs'
By: Gwynne Dyer, FFWD (CN AB), 09-10-09

Pembroke grow-op largest ever in Canada - Details of police raid released at sentencing hearing of owner
By: Neco Cockburn, Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 09-10-09

MARIJUANA : TIME TO STUDY THE LONG TERM EFFECTS
By: Michael Terry, View Magazine (Hamilton, CN ON), 09-09-09

Some Countries are scaling back war on drugs
By: Gwynne Dyer, Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, CN NK), 09-09-09

Marijuana seized from man's jacket not admissible as evidence, judge rules
By: Beverley Ware, Chronicle Herald (CN NS), 09-08-09

America's longest war
By: Gwynne Dyer, Bugle-Observer (CN NK), 09-08-09

Active cannabis chemicals halt prostate cancer cell growth
Source: The Medical News (Online), 09-08-09

The racism of marijuana prohibition
By: Stephen Gutwillig, Los Angeles Times (CA), 09-07-09

Pot trade well-organized, say police
By: Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer (CN ON), 09-03-09

Pot activists plan march on legislature
By: Roszan Holmen, Victoria News (CN BC), 09-02-09

OPP gear up for marijuana eradication program
By: Matt James, The Haliburton County Echo (CN ON), 09-01-09