MARIJUANA DOMINATES U.S. ELECTIONS2001 MARIJUANA ARRESTS SECOND HIGHEST EVERThe total number of marijuana arrests far exceeds the total number of arrests for all violent crimes combined, including murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.IS POT GOOD FOR YOU? Another awful article from TIME, which claims that cannabis is addictive and causes cancer.

WILL TIME MAGAZINE EVER GET IT?THE NEW POLITICS OF POTTIME runs Pot on the cover, but story is lame and riddled with stereotypes.PARENTS FACE 2 YEARS FOR SMOKING POT NEAR INFANT (AP) - Two Oklahoma parents could spend up to two years in jail for smoking marijuana in front of their infant son.

HOW MARC EMERY FUELED THE BC BUD BOOMPALLIATIVE CARE DOCTORS CAUTIOUS ABOUT MARIJUANAPalliative care specialists attending a national conference in Edmonton were told Monday that clinical trials haven't yet shown that pot is an effective medical therapy for those with terminal illnesses. They also heard marijuana can produce negative side-effects, especially in older patients.

MARC EMERY ON MAYOR'S RACE AND HIS NEW IBOGAINE CLINIC WE'RE NOT IN POT BIZ, OTTAWA INSISTSOttawa does not want to become the nation's pot pusher, federal lawyers argued yesterday in Ontario Superior Court. The federal government had a chance to present its side of an application by medical marijuana users that would force the federal government to supply them with pot. MARIJUANA QUESTIONS ON FOUR BALLOTS

LEAP: LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITIONNO CHARTER RIGHT TO MEDICAL POT, FEDS ARGUEThe right to smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons is no more enshrined in the Charter of Rights than the right to smoke crack cocaine, lawyers for the federal government argued in Canada's Supreme Court. COPS WANT MONEY FOR SEIZED HOMES

SPECIAL WOODY HARRELSON COMMENTARYU.S. THREATENS CANADA WITH TRADE WAR OVER POTTORONTO ( AP ) American officials caution they may be forced to drastically slow trade across the northern U.S. border if the Canadian government relaxes its marijuana laws. SAN DIEGO MEDPOT GUIDELINES ANGER DEAMedical marijuana guidelines that would allow sick people to keep up to 3 pounds of

HOLY SMOKE FOUNDER BRIAN CARLISLE HAS RCMP ON THE RUNTORONTO DRUG SQUAD HIT WITH LAWSUITSFormer drug suspects are suing the Toronto Police, claiming they are owed millions of dollars for wrongful arrests, beatings and warrantless searches -- and for cash and valuables. RANDOM DRUG RAIDS TARGET HIGH SCHOOLS

FEATURING DR. ROBERT MELAMEDEMcWilliams Out on Bail After Federal ChargesMedical-marijuana activist Steven McWilliams was arrested on federal drug charges yesterday morning, with law enforcement officers quietly taking him into custody outside his Normal Heights home as he walked his dogs.Drug Czar Escalates Anti-Pot RhetoricU.S. drug czar John Walters reaches new lows in his holy war on pot.

FEATURING DR. ROBERT MELAMEDEMEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS SUE FEDERAL OFFICIALSTwo medical marijuana users filed suit Wednesday against federal authorities in an effort to try to stop government raids on pot used by sick patients.

NATIONWIDE PROTESTS DEMAND JUSTICE FOR EPIS10-YEAR SENTENCE FOR BRYAN EPISEpis insisted that there was no conspiracy; that he and four other people with doctor's recommendations were growing the pot for their individual use. Whatever was left over was given to a Chico cannabis club Epis helped establish for distribution to its patients, he said.