IS CANADA'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM ENDING?CANADIAN HEALTH MINISTER BACKPEDDLES ON POTHealth Minister Anne McLellan, the official who signed Renee Boje's extradition papers, admits she is unable to do her job.HEMPFEST DRAWS RECORD CROWDS AND POLICEPremier event draws over 150,000 and a call for political action.

Ian Hunter remembered for cannabis activism and visionary idealsIAN HUNTER TRAGEDYProminent BC cannabis activist remembered for his visionary leadership. BIG ISLE QUESTIONS MEDICAL POT RAIDSAngered by police raids on medical marijuana users, Hawaii County Council member Curtis Tyler told acting Police Chief Lawrence Mahuna, "What I see is a paramilitary force outside of civilian control."

Warren Hitzig Defends Toronto Compassion CentreCOURT BLOCKS TORONTO CENTRE FROM DISTRIBUTING TO TERMINALLY ILLToronto Compassion Centre staff were released on bail Wednesday on the condition they shut down their medical marijuana distribution to 1,200 patients.MORE NEWS ABOUT OSBURN BUST

The Prince of Pot Strikes Back!U.S. AGENTS RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER OUR LAWSVancouver Sun blasts U.S. DEA illegal acts and violations of Canadian sovereignty.ROGERS ON THE RUNHe's traveling with his girlfriend, Liberty, and reported that they're considering moving to Canada with her toddler son, Sativa, and his teenage son, Vinnie.

Are the Drug Warriors genetically defective?CUOMO BOLDLY TAKES ON DRUG LAWSDuring an East Harlem press conference, Cuomo called the laws a "social injustice" and a "waste of taxpayer money." He noted that 90% of those sentenced under the Rockefeller laws are black or Hispanic. He urged "not just reform, but the repeal of the mandatory minimums" and called for the "restoring of judicial discretion in sentencing."

It's the end of their world (and we feel fine)CANADIAN COMPANY SUES U.S. OVER HEMPABC News reports on a small Canadian company using the 1994 NAFTA treaty to sue the U.S. government for devastating their hemp business.MARIJUANA PARTY TO AVENGE FERRY POT BUST

Judge James Gray explains why the drug war must end. CANNABIS EASES TRAUMATIC MEMORIESScientists have known for years that the brain makes substances almost identical to the active ingredient in marijuana, but the function of these "cannabinoids" remained mysterious. Researchers now say they help to extinguish traumatic memories. ABC NEWS: GOING TO POT

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JURASSIC NARKS REFUSE TO ALLOW CHANGEU.K. POLICE REVOLT OVER CHANGE IN CANNABIS LAWPolice forces around England and Wales are revolting against changes in the law on cannabis introduced by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, whom they accuse of creating confusion.HAWAIIAN POLICE OBSTRUCT MEDPOT LAW

Conservatives join Liberal Barney Frank in calling for Medical MarijuanaANTI-POT EFFORTS BOOST ICE USE"Marijuana eradication in Hawaii contributed to the increase in the use of the drug "ice," according to a government study." SUPPORT WIDENS FOR S.F. CANNABIS FARMS