Joomla! site syndication http://pr.cannazine.co.uk 2010-03-17T20:50:44+01:00 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-03-17T14:51:33+01:00 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/201003171265/green/eco-news/meow-meow-mephedrone-epidemic-directly-attributable-to-cannabis-law-change.html When incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair, one of the first subjects he said he wished to tackle, was the declassification of cannabis, which happened in 2004. And from this point forth another drug epidemic was on the horizon.This is your fault GordonInitially it was thought substances such as cocaine and heroin would possibly fill the void as cannabis became harder and more expensive to come by, and directly after then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reclassified cannabis a Class B substance in January 09, there was evidence (in South Wales, Merseyside and the North East), that heroin was available in five pound deals. text/html 2010-03-17T13:31:02+01:00 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/201003171264/green/eco-news/medical-marijuana-bill-to-be-debated-by-senate-committee-on-thursday.html SB 627 Would Allow Seriously Ill Patients to Use Medical Marijuana With Doctor’s RecommendationCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND— Tomorrow, on Thursday, March 18, the state Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will receive testimony on SB 627, a bill that would make Maryland the 15th state in the nation to have an effective medical marijuana law. text/html 2010-03-17T13:27:03+01:00 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/201003171263/green/eco-news/kansas-medical-marijuana-bill-to-be-subject-of-informational-hearing-today.html Rep. Gail Finney Has Proposed a Bill that Would Allow Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana for Seriously Ill PatientsCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgToday, the Kansas House Health and Human Services Committee will hold an informational hearing on a medical marijuana bill proposed by Rep. Gail Finney. text/html 2010-03-16T13:56:09+01:00 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/201003161262/green/eco-news/marijuana-policy-project-calls-for-national-boycott-of-wal-mart.html Corporation Fired a Michigan Patient For Using Medical Marijuana Under State Law With a Doctor’s RecommendationCONTACT: Mike Meno, MPP assistant director of communications …… 202-905-2030 or mmeno@mpp.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform organization called upon shoppers across the country to boycott Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in order to protest the unjust and potentially unlawful firing of Joseph Casias, a 29-year-old medical marijuana patient and sinus cancer survivor who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. Casias’s cancer is in remission, and marijuana alleviates his pain that resulted from it. The Marijuana Policy Project is asking shoppers to demand that Wal-Mart abandon its discriminatory policy of firing employees who are legal medical marijuana patients under state law. text/html 2010-03-12T16:53:38+01:00 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/201003121261/green/eco-news/marijuana-a-case-for-jury-nullification.html Jury nullification goes back to the very beginning's of the United States as we know it today. It is one of the crucial rights the Founding Fathers wanted to protect. The much revered gentlemen themselves wanted juries to be the final bulwark against tyrannical government laws. That’s why they emphasized the right to a jury trial in three of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. graphic by norrisnuvo.co.uk (http://norrisnuvo.co.uk)