Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Nov 5, 2009, 7:42 pm
The most extensive study yet undertaken on U.S. marijuana arrests and penalties, released today, finds no relationship between marijuana arrest and use rates. The report further finds that current pen...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Nov 3, 2009, 10:35 pm
This scene, from a Sacramento, CA dispensary, is coming to Maine soon. (Photo: Sacramento Bee) Becomes 3rd State to License Medical Marijuana Providers; Vote Seen as Latest Advance Spurred by Obama P...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Nov 3, 2009, 3:31 pm
By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​Ah, "guidelines." They're a little more lax than "rules," which are a little looser than "laws." When it comes to guidelines, that's their strength -- and ...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Oct 29, 2009, 8:03 pm
Medical marijuana: Legal as long as you don't actually buy it anywhere? Photo: Coaster420, Wikimedia Commons By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​It's a classic case of disconnect between pub...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Oct 28, 2009, 12:55 pm
Photo by digitalshay By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) and more than 20 bipartisan co-sponsors introduced legislation Tuesday that would allow defendants in med...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Oct 26, 2009, 4:27 pm
Open for business on L.A.'s Ventura Boulevard... but for how long? (Photo by lavocado, Wikimedia Commons) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Los Angeles' proposed medical marijuana ordinance -...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Oct 22, 2009, 8:31 pm
Dear Weed: We love you, and we don't want you to go away. Signed, California (Photo by Coaster 420) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley may have b...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Oct 19, 2009, 8:51 pm
Let my people grow. By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​In a stunning bit of role reversal, law enforcement officials in dispensary-heavy Los Angeles County are gearing up for a massive mobilization...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Oct 19, 2009, 1:26 am
By DEVLIN BARRETT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 29, 2009, 7:04 pm
We got their Zig Zags, too! (Photo: policeone.com) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Pot-phobic law enforcement officers in California are trying out an unsettling new tactic. It's the latest it...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 24, 2009, 4:44 pm
Leave that weed alone, officer! (Photo: dea.gov) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Rural sheriff's departments in California may have to find a new pastime to replace bullying medical marijuana ...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 22, 2009, 5:43 pm
San Diego medical marijuana patient Donna Lambert was arrested in Operation Green Rx as part of the "crackdown." (Photo courtesy of Donna Lambert) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City First, we heard fr...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 15, 2009, 4:12 pm
You can't argue with results. image: julianayrs.com By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​"There's no proof that medical marijuana works. It needs more study. There's only anecdotal eviden...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 14, 2009, 7:57 pm
Drug War protester at Huntington Beach, Calif. Photo: The November Coalition By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​Marijuana arrests in the United States declined in 2008 -- the first such drop since ...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 13, 2009, 2:18 am
Jack Herer Photo courtesy americancannabis.org Noted activist and author Jack Herer, "The Emperor of Hemp," is fighting for his life after giving an impassioned speech at the Portland (OR) HempStalk f...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 9, 2009, 3:06 pm
Hey, watch where you're going! (Image courtesy of Students for Sensible Drug Policy) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Remember the first few times you drove high? You knew you were stoned, you ...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 4, 2009, 7:46 pm
By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Every year since 1983, the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) has engaged in a quixotic quest to "eradicate marijuana" in California. And every single year --...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Sep 2, 2009, 8:57 pm
By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​Sometimes the biggest signs of epochal change in society are those that are casually mentioned, five paragraphs down in a story. Such was the case with Sunday'...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Aug 31, 2009, 10:00 pm
Just 14 months after his last bust (covered here on Reality Catcher), medical marijuana advocate/caregiver Darren McCrea's legal troubles continue in Spokane, where the local police clearly aren&#...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Aug 29, 2009, 11:03 am
The following is a response to a piece in the Contra Costa (CA) Times, in which columnist Tom Barnidge expresses his skepticism about medical marijuana, asks "What's up with this scam, anyway?" an...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Aug 28, 2009, 5:46 pm
Medmar Clinic is under legal attack from the City of Fresno. By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​You've gotta pity the poor, put-upon city officials of Fresno. After all, they've only had 13...
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Steve E. posted an article on Reality Catcher - Aug 26, 2009, 2:04 am
By Steve Elliott in Chronic City ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate on Monday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on m...
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