Compassion Club Harassment

DEA Raids San Francisco Medical Cannabis Cooperative and Grow Sites

karlis — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Patients rally outside HopeNetSan Francisco, December 20th: DEA agents raided the HopeNet Medical Cannabis Cooperative, returning after dark to break down the door after a three-hour standoff with the HopeNet supporters.

How To Open A Compassion Club

karlis — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800

At its simplest, a compassion club can be started with an ounce of medicine, a pager, a backpack, and a skateboard. With excellent foresight, this basic setup can evolve into a storefront cannabis clinic.

Tremors follow Raich ruling

karlis — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Before the raid...A few weeks ago, Cannabis Culture publisher Marc Emery was excitedly putting together a major series of articles devoted to medical marijuana.

US Supreme Court says no to medical marijuana

karlis — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Angel RaichEarly today, June 6, 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Gonzales versus Raich that medical marijuana patients and growers can be arrested and prosecuted by the federal government in states that have enacted laws legalizing medical marijuana.

Lynn Wood jailed

karlis — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Jim and Lynn WoodToday, Lynn Wood, formerly of HEMP NB & The Cannabis Caf?, was jailed immediately for one year following her sentencing in a St. John courtroom. Lynn Wood is several months pregnant and has three children with husband Jim Wood.

Canadian pot possession laws still invalid?

karlis — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

On August 4, police in Smith Falls, Ontario raided medical cannabis grower Carasel, a company whose owners hoped to provide high-quality pot to government-licensed medical users. At the heart of the raid is a basic disagreement between the federal government and Ontario courts which invalidates Canada's marijuana possession laws.

Businessmen and advocates team up to deliver free medical marijuana

karlis — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0800

The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision that offered legal protection for people who grow marijuana for medical patients has resulted in a unique partnership for the Vancouver-based company, Advanced Nutrients, and the world's largest Internet medical marijuana site.

International Medical Marijuana Day gets official recognition in Victoria

karlis — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0800

This summer trafficking charges against a Cannabis Buyers' Club employee were thrown out. The charges stemmed from a police raid last June, the fifth such police action against the club in the last few years. Police raided the club in June after following a member into the establishment and discovering the operation. Pot charges against a club member allegedly found in possession outside of the club were also recently dropped.

Santa Cruz sues DEA

karlis — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700

The city and county of Santa Cruz, California, has launched a lawsuit against Attorney General John, DEA administrator John Brown, drug czar John Walters, and 30 other DEA agents.

Ed Rosenthal found guilty

karlis — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700

On February 12, last year, with the wounds of 9/11 still fresh in the American psyche and the country supposedly at war with external enemies and infiltrators, the federal government invaded California to wage war against Cannabis Culture cultivation expert and book publisher Ed Rosenthal and a group of associates involved with marijuana gardens and sales in the San Francisco area (CC#37, DEA attacks med-pot and hemp).

Dutch coffeeshops threatened

karlis — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Now may be the time to visit!Do you have your travel reservations in place for this year's summer vacation in Holland?
If not, you might want to look into it right away, especially if your main reason for going to Holland is to enjoy the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system.

Judge recognizes legal 'void'

karlis — Tue, 06 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700

BC Provincial Court, Nov 13/02
Police investigating an accident near David Lange's home discovered a 230-plant operation. Lange, 36, had nine previous narcotics convictions. He pleaded guilty to a charge of producing marijuana, saying it was for the compassion club.

Canadian med-pot clubs under attack

karlis — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Toronto Compassion Club founder Hitzig (left) and club manager Naftolin.1,200 med-pot patients, many of whom suffer from life-threatening illnesses that can only be controlled with marijuana, lost their supply of medicine when Ontario police mercilessly raided the Toronto Compassion Centre (TCC) on August 14, 2002.

British prisons full

karlis — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Colin Davies (right) and Nol Van SchaikThe saga of England's first official marijuana coffee shop continues.
It started last year, the same week as September 11th, when Dutchman Nol Van Schaik and Englishman Colin Davies opened The Dutch Experience in Stockport, England.

Sunshine Coast Compassion Club raided

karlis — Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700

On Friday, August 23 at about 4pm, the Sunshine Coast Compassion Club was raided by Gibsons RCMP officers.
Police officers, acting on a warrant, took club founder Lisa Kirkman and her baby daughter to the local RCMP station where they were held for two hours.

Police searched the club and seized about a quarter pound of medicinal marijuana. Kirkman is likely to be charged with possession for purposes of trafficking.

NORML in San Francisco

karlis — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Politically Incorrect host calls for more pot activism and outs some fellow celebrities.Whether it's where you left your heart, wore flowers in your hair or sat on the dock of the bay, no city in America is better suited for a cannabis convention than San Francisco. As the birthplace of both acid rock and the Compassionate Use Act, the "city by the bay" is truly the Amsterdam of America ? as friendly as a town can be to an herb the feds love to hate.

Dutch coffee shops celebrate thirty year anniversary

karlis — Sat, 17 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700

AmsterdamThree decades ago, Wernard Bruining was a bit younger, a bit more adventurous than he is now.
People call him "the father of the marijuana coffee shops." According to the Dutch government, there are approximately 850 of Wernard's "babies" officially operating in Holland, each one licensed to dispense marijuana and hashish.

Toronto Compassion Centre raided by police

karlis — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700

The Toronto Compassion Centre (TCC) was raided by police on Teusday, August 13, 2002. Warren Hitzig, the club's founder, was thrown behind bars, along with the club's manager, Zachary Naftolin, and two employees. With the help of pro-pot lawyers Alan Young and Leora Shemesh, they were released the next day, with a combined bail surety of $8,000, much of which was provided by Toronto Star journalist Barbara Turnbull.

UK marijuana reforms questioned

karlis — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Good news from England reported internationally in early July appears to have been a bit too optimistic.

Health Canada claims their pot sucks

karlis — Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Brent Zettl: claiming that his pot is potent medicine.The Canadian government has 250 kilograms of marijuana and doesn't know what to do with it. The buds were grown deep in a mine in Flin Flon, Manitoba, by Prairie Plant Systems, as part of a $5.7 million, five-year contract.

Victoria compassion club under attack

karlis — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Ted Smith: challenging the law for med-pot.After being arrested several times for selling cannabis to patients from his Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada (CBCoC) in Victoria, BC, Ted Smith appeared before Victoria's city council and helped convince them that the laws against pot should be loosened.

Colin Davies is free

karlis — Fri, 17 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Colin Davies (left) and Nol Van SchaikColin Davies, a disabled medical marijuana user and advocate who opened England's first official marijuana coffee shop last September, has been freed from Strangeways Prison after seven months in captivity.

Go to Holland before it's too late!!

karlis — Thu, 16 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700

AmsterdamIn earlier articles published on our website in the last few weeks, I advised CC's friends to visit Holland this summer to enjoy its cannabis shops, culture, ganja tourism cruises, hot babe beaches, and European charm.

Canada's med-pot, hot or not?

karlis — Fri, 10 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Deep in the depths of an isolated mine lurk these dank nugs.Prairie Plant Systems ? the Canadian government's official pot-grower ? has about 250 kilos of crystally bud packing their shelves. Brent Zettl, the company's co-founder, says that the crop came out even better than he had hoped.

John Turmel says 'genocide'

karlis — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Prohibition hangs by a thread in Canada, as at least four constitutional challenges to pot laws are currently being heard in courts across the land. In the US, battles continue between the states and the federal government for the fate of medical pot. The reverberations are felt as far away as the Vatican, where Pope John Paul II recently rejected legalization, issuing a declaration late in 2001, calling the marijuana and drug economy "death trafficking." For cannabis users, it is a slap in the face.