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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="https://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>NORML Video Blog Times</title><description>NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is a nonprofit, public-interest lobby that for more than 30 years has provided a voice for those Americans who oppose marijuana prohibition. We represent the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly and believe the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana should no longer be a crime.</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</managingEditor><pubDate>Sun, 5 Nov 2023 01:05:16 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger https://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">108</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://mirrorimageorigin.collegepublisher.com/media/paper274/stills/q22019v2.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>marijuana norml hemp hempfest education drug drugs news</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>The NORML Video Blog features news, educational stories and information that relates to NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), a nonprofit, public-interest lobby that for more than 30 years has provided a voice for those Americans who oppose marijuana prohibition. NORML represent the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly and believe the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana should no longer be a crime.</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>The NORML Video Blog features news, educational stories and information that relates to NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), a nonprofit, public-interest lobby that for more than 30 years has provided a voice for those Ameri</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="News"/><itunes:category text="Politics"/><itunes:category text="Health"/><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>FDA rejects medicinal use of marijuana</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2006/04/fda-rejects-medicinal-use-of-marijuana.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:06:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-114563999080467093</guid><description>&lt;i&gt;Agency contradicts scientists, jumps into a political struggle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By GARDINER HARRIS&lt;br /&gt;THE NEW YORK TIMES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that "no sound scientific studies" supported the medical use of marijuana, contradicting a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The announcement inserts the health agency into yet another fierce political fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan Bro, an agency spokeswoman, said that the statement resulted from a past combined review by federal drug enforcement, regulatory and research agencies that concluded that "smoked marijuana has no currently accepted or proven medical use in the United States and is not an approved medical treatment." She said that the FDA was issuing the statement because of numerous inquiries from Capitol Hill but would likely do nothing to enforce it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Any enforcement based on this finding would need to be by DEA, since this falls outside of FDA's regulatory authority," she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Opponents of efforts to legalize marijuana for medicinal uses suggest that marijuana is a "gateway" drug that often leads users to try more dangerous drugs and become addicted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the Institute of Medicine report concluded that there is no evidence that marijuana acts as a "gateway" to harder drugs. And it said that there was no evidence that medical use of marijuana would increase its use among the general population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Daniele Piomelli, a professor of pharmacology at the University of California-Irvine, said that he had "never met a scientist would who will say that marijuana is either dangerous or useless." He said that studies clearly show that marijuana has some benefits for some patients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We all agree on that."</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total></item><item><title>YouTube - 60 Minutes Prince of Pot - Mark Emery</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2006/03/youtube-60-minutes-prince-of-pot-mark.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:09:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-114175856948906320</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1FhyKxZEIY&amp;amp;search=Pot-tv"&gt;YouTube - 60 Minutes Prince of Pot - Mark Emery&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;object width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/z1FhyKxZEIY'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/z1FhyKxZEIY' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Transcript:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mapinc.org/norml/v06/n283/a09.htm"&gt;The Prince of Pot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;60 Minutes Web Site:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/02/60minutes/main1363340.shtml"&gt;Video/Transcript/Links and more&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Alan Young Peace Summit 2 Speech - Google Video</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2006/02/alan-young-peace-summit-2-speech.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:53:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113950403326564026</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1173393896635349092"&gt;Alan Young Peace Summit 2 Speech - Google Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DlgAAAK09vcC1XW1Q2KRMXJmwBMpZNyyCzSHpBaCDfa7sVqkThtuWJmCv8nQ2BivrgjUelg18kLtjBHOJaQhyo45iIJdEVkeqSuiJQmkWmDip0964S0B5K0EIYE9AqJEArjLRWEDfpwxC4-Xrsqr05CX2Wdiv4JnT-Ca3j8P6zS0MH2yUj1BKYTCg5RFmtMERq46qYc4ybDV0s1h9PT7jlmFSbrc%26sigh%3DUgnSvUiVy40PTX0U4G-MyVaEGCA%26begin%3D0%26len%3D1121266%26docid%3D-1173393896635349092&amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D4dad63a959673f92%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1139503605%26sigh%3D0TZgiYCJKfnUM8HNY6TJnVwnvYA&amp;playerId=-1173393896635349092&amp;playerMode=embedded" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" scale="noScale" wmode="window" salign="TL" &gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan Young's speech at the Peace Summit in Toronto.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is &lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6018405077322329437"&gt;Marc Emery's speech&lt;/a&gt; at the Peace Summit.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This a &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/w/Mary-Lynn-Chamney-at-Peace-Summit-2?v=g41DKm1r2gU"&gt;well-spoken medical patient&lt;/a&gt; talking about the problems associated with having her medicine considered illegal.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is &lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4605070326038134596"&gt;Renee Boje at the protest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Here is &lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3881916980317754202"&gt;Marc at the protest&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></item><item><title>YouTube - Legalize it</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2006/02/youtube-legalize-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113932622528065747</guid><description>&lt;object width="400" height="325"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rtR4Bl7Yz6o"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rtR4Bl7Yz6o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Hempcar.org-Press</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2006/01/hempcarorg-press.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:26:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113712998334753862</guid><description>&lt;img src="http://www.hempcar.org/img/status/status07/PIC08625.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hempcar.org/press.shtml"&gt;Hempcar.org-Press&lt;/a&gt;: "If you're driving on the interstate this summer (2001) and you smell a strange odor don't worry: You're not having a flashback and that isn't a 'doobie' you smell, it's &lt;a href="http://www.hempcar.org"&gt;Hempcar&lt;/a&gt;! The exhaust won't 'catch you a buzz' but the car is creating one amongst hemp activists and environmentalists. It's a car powered by hemp seed oil and it will be touring the country to promote drug-law reform and environmental fuel technologies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grayson Sigler and Kellie Ogilvie created the project to demonstrate the utility of hemp to car crazy Americans. They are embarking on a 10,000 mile journey around the continent beginning in Washington D.C. on July 4, 2001. 'We've been pleasantly surprised by the attention the car is getting,' says Ogilvie. 'The website is starting to take off and we're getting a lot of support from the hemp industry.' " (&lt;a href="http://www.hempcar.org/press.shtml"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: Seeking HempCar videos...</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></item><item><title>Sam's Journey Animation - NORML</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2006/01/sams-journey-animation-norml.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:05:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113683712172797455</guid><description>NORML and the NORML Foundation are proud to announce the release of our first major Internet viral animation project. It¹s called &lt;a href="http://www.norml.org/samsjourney.html"&gt;Sam's Journey&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I think you¹ll enjoy this funny and poignant 90-second animation and will want to forward it on to ALL of your like-minded friends, family and co-workers. In fact, the only way the project can be successful is for you to pass the animation around. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don't &lt;a href="http://www.norml.org/samsjourney.html"&gt;Bogart Sam's Journey&lt;/a&gt;. Pass it around, and as always, thanks for the terrific support you provide NORML!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Rhode Island just became the 11th state to legalize medical marijuana so this year is already shaping up to be a dynamic one for marijuana law reform.</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></item><item><title>YouTube - SNL - The Chronic of Narnia Rap</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/12/youtube-snl-chronic-of-narnia-rap.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:14:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113526805425229939</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0"&gt;YouTube - SNL - The Chronic of Narnia Rap&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;object width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/zLElfJ9YCh0'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/zLElfJ9YCh0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;"
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  3. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comments&lt;/strong&gt;
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  5. &lt;br /&gt;- This is especially funny if you live in NYC. Magnolia does have some damn tasty cupcakes. And of course everyone sneaks food into the theater... At $10+ per ticket, who wouldn't? For me, this is more a spoof on a typical nerdy/lame NYC Sunday rather than a rap spoof. (This video is almost exactly how my weekend went, including the debate about internet map sites). Bravo!
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  7. &lt;br /&gt;- Best SNL skit since Will Farrell's cowbell sketch.
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  9. &lt;br /&gt;NOTE: The Chronic of Narnia Rap was created by the &lt;a href="http://www.thelonelyisland.com/ "&gt;Bing Bong Brothers &lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total></item><item><title>Reefer Madness - Now Available for Video iPod Download</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/12/reefer-madness-now-available-for-video.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:50:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113458260102626251</guid><description>&lt;img src="http://ia300108.us.archive.org/0/items/reefer_madness1938/reefer_madness1938.gif" align="left"&gt;Sometimes, propaganda is so blatant, and so obvious, that it is impossible to take serious. Take the 1938 movie "Reefer Madness", for example.
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  11. &lt;br /&gt;A title that perfectly suits the movie, but not in the way it was perceived when this piece of propaganda was released.
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  14. &lt;br /&gt;A "reefer" is a spliff, or a joint. A "marihuana cigarette". And this movie is all about the dread marihuana, as they call it in the movie. And there's just too much madness in the movie.
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  16. &lt;br /&gt;Smoking weed is presented as the reason for a 16 year old boy to kill his entire family, for example. During the entire movie you're being presented to an extreme version of all the prejudice there is against marihuana.
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  18. &lt;br /&gt;Reefer Madness is a movie with players and a script. It's not a documentary. And that makes it an invaluable piece of comedy, even though it is never intended as such. But aren't these things the most funny, in some way?
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  20. &lt;br /&gt;The story is located in a little town. You're being introduced to a group of friends. They're being tempted into marijuana use.
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  22. &lt;br /&gt;As soon as they smoke a little bit, they completely change. One -ofcourse under the influence of marijuana- causes a car accident. You'll even witness a sexual assault caused by a few draws from the reefer. And murder.
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  24. &lt;br /&gt;A young man smokes a joint, and then loses all self-control which makes him rape the girl. the girl resists and the boy shoots her dead. Or didn't he? In court, he's found guilty and death sentence is put on him.
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  26. &lt;br /&gt;In another scene, the police enters the house of someone who is under the influence of marijuana and as a result kills the policeman. All the while, his girlfriend laughs her brains out...
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  28. &lt;br /&gt;This unintentional comedy shows the reefer madness. The people who believe that this great comedy really isn't a comedy at all. They would perfectly agree with this scene, where a judge sentences someone to a "house of the criminally insane" for the rest of his life on the basis of marijuana use.
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  30. &lt;br /&gt;And that's the true reefer madness.
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  32. &lt;br /&gt;However, there are some really great scenes, some great acting, and the story-line has some nice angles. (blog comment)</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Jeff Steinborn</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/12/jeff-steinborn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:19:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113415234021055874</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=Z6-2Bc7UxiM"&gt;YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;object width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Z6-2Bc7UxiM'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Z6-2Bc7UxiM' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;"
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  34. &lt;br /&gt;Jeff Steinborn's talk at NORML's 2005 Key West Legal Seminar. </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Hammer of Truth - Marijuana No Longer the Key Gateway Drug</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/hammer-of-truth-marijuana-no-longer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:23:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113319859054141140</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://hammeroftruth.com/2005/11/27/marijuana-no-longer-the-key-gateway-drug/"&gt;Hammer of Truth - Marijuana No Longer the Key Gateway Drug&lt;/a&gt;: "Not only might one argue that Viagra is frequently abused by people taking it for recreational use, but it also leads to more dangerous activities. The strength of the DEA argument against marijuana has always rested on the distortion fact that marijuana is a gateway drug. Viagra is much more of a gateway drug, as it is not only associated with the use of hard (no pun intended) drugs, but it also leads to such things as marital enhancement for those with erectile dysfunction and the restoration of healthy sex lives for our elderly. Like marijuana, it must be outlawed today before our society slips into further decay."
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  38. &lt;br /&gt;According to U. S. District Judge John L. Kane in: “The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenging the Drug War” edited by Sheriff Bill Masters, our so-called war on drugs began with the passage of the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914.
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  40. &lt;br /&gt;Back then, all types of recreational and self-medicating drugs were legally available on grocery store shelves for pennies per dose, with no questions asked. Back then, about 1.3 percent of our adult population were addicted to drugs.
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  42. &lt;br /&gt;Back then, the term “illegal drugs” didn’t exist. Back then, the term “drug related crime” didn’t exist either. Neither did drug lords or even drug dealers as we know them today.
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  44. &lt;br /&gt;Today, after 90 years of fighting our so-called drug war, we still have about 1.3 percent of our adult population addicted to drugs.
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  46. &lt;br /&gt;And in the process, we have completely wasted more than a trillion dollars and become the most incarcerated nation in the history of human civilization.
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  48. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hammeroftruth.com/2005/11/27/marijuana-no-longer-the-key-gateway-drug/"&gt;More&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Drug Policy Reform Conference Long Beach November 10-12</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/drug-policy-reform-conference-long.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:23:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113241743570191326</guid><description>&lt;img src="http://pinkgasm.citizensex.com/spreadthepink/screenshots/veohdrugreform.jpg" width="400"&gt;
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  50. &lt;br /&gt;Halcyonpink and TassPink, Southern California video bloggers, interview a cross section of convention goers about mainstream media's drug coverage.
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  52. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinkgasm.citizensex.com/spreadthepink/video/veohdrugreform.wmv"&gt;WATCH VIDEO&lt;/a&gt; (WMV, 22meg)
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  54. &lt;br /&gt;Full screen version available on &lt;a href="http://www.veoh.com/"&gt;VEOH Networks&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Mark Levine's Radio Inside Scoop: This Bush Crony Has Blood on His Hands!</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/mark-levines-radio-inside-scoop-this.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:35:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113241812400862593</guid><description>This Bush Crony Has Blood on His Hands!&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="mms://216.145.9.14/InsideScoop/InsideScoop11-10-05.mp3"&gt;broadcast stream&lt;/a&gt;) (.&lt;a href="http://www.mytalkradio.com/InsideScoops/InsideScoop11-10-05.mp3"&gt;mp3 download&lt;/a&gt; Right-click,"Save Target as","Save")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE INSIDE SCOOP on George W. Bush's Former Ambassador to Italy, Melvin Sembler, who ran a teen drug rehab center where thousands of American teens were physically and mentally abused in horrific, degrading ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guest: Reporter John Gorenfeld&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comment Excerpts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a victim of straight inc in Sarasota Florida. I wish I could call in tonight but I have to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I could have called I would have stated that these abuses have NOT STOPPED there is no regulation of these type of "mal"treatment centers and the directors need only grease the palms of the republicans and they are protected. HMM Hush money, Bribery? Does this smack of racateering?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another point I think should be made is that "OPRAH" did an entire show on STRAIGHT in the 80s and the admin numbers jummped. To this day "OPRAH" has NEVER made an attempt to amend or take any responsability for being dupped into the STRAIGHT GAME.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And another point is that Alot of kids who left STRAIGHT and went into STATES CUSTODY were questioned and then hidden out of state during the investigation of the 80s. I was hidden in Devereux GA just 25 mins. from the ATLANTA program. As a matter of fact Kristen Stottelmeyer who came from Atlanta and was a victim of straight and also a victim of Devereux Killed herself. Alot of kids from the VA and Atlanta programs have attempted suicide, What the hell went on up there! I remember JR and SR staff from Sarasota were sent up there to start the program and I was threatened to be sent there. My mother tried to enrole my sister there 3 years after I escaped, It was by the grace of God that she was spared the heinous treatment I and all the other victims suffered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seemed the more Straight got away with the more they did to hurt us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hold the STATE OF FLORIDA RESPONSIBLE along with all members of STRAIGHT Staff Directors Parents and volunteers. Any one who says "They didn't know" are FULL OF SHIT! there were reports, children bloodied AND bruised, hospital records when we were lucky enough to be brought to the hospital. I was brought there once to SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Penny I forget her last name and Lisa Ringland accompanied me with a couple of other straightlings My shoulder was dislocated after being sat on for hours it is in the hospital report somewhere, I told them of the abuses at STRAIGHT, My mother was a nurse there. YET I WAS SENT BACK TO STRAIGHT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another STRAIGHTLING then LIFER Mary Azadian has stated that she would tell the truth about me being bloddied she remembers and she is a PRO LIFE/Straight person. try to find and talk to her. You see it was a terror camp a gulagh a time in my life that I wish I could forget but instead is burnt into my memory FOREVER. And every day I remember more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for having the courage to expose STRAIGHT FOR WHAT IT WAS AN AMERICAN GULAGH KINDER JUGEN A TORTURE CAMP paid for by our parents and sponsered by the state and federal government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Posted by: samantha monroe at November 10, 2005 01:06 PM &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for doing this story. I was in Straight Dallas in 1989 for 5 months. I had smoked pot one time a year before. I was screamed at constantly, told that I was lying about everything, that I was a drug addict and that I was full of shit. I lived in fear of being stood up and confronted for god only knew what...whatever they decided to make up that day. I didn't understand what was happening, and I was too young to consider that the people running that place were crazy. I eventually "came to believe" (as in the the 2nd step I believe) that I was a drug addict. I grew to be in constant fear of being full of shit, fake, prideful, of thinking of running away (which was also against the rules), of singing any songs in my head, of looking the wrong way during raps. I learned how to lock up all of my "wrong" thoughts into a little box and keep them there. That place was deplorable and how it could stay open and have spin offs in operation even today is something I just can't even fathom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Posted by: jane at November 12, 2005 12:34 AM &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://radioinsidescoop.com/mt-posts-archive/000504.html"&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>CRRH's Hemp TV video archive: documentaries about cannabis</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/crrhs-hemp-tv-video-archive.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:07:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113242004644790624</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/video_docs.html"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/images/hemptv_head.gif" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/video_docs.html"&gt;Documentaries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>SAN FRANCISCO / Supervisors OK S.F.'s first rules on medical pot / Compromises allow neighbors' input, limits on sales</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/san-francisco-supervisors-ok-sfs-first.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:58:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113216031487865263</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/16/POTRULES.TMP"&gt;SAN FRANCISCO / Supervisors OK S.F.'s first rules on medical pot / Compromises allow neighbors' input, limits on sales&lt;/a&gt;: "San Francisco's first-ever medical marijuana regulations, approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, will allow most of the city's 33 dispensaries to stay open while limiting the amount of pot a patient can buy and giving residents a say in where the clubs can operate.
  55. &lt;br /&gt;
  56. &lt;br /&gt;The new rules, pushed through by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, appeared stalled at City Hall just a few weeks ago. An earlier version of Mirkarimi's legislation would have forced the closure of many clubs. He faced criticism from pot club advocates and fellow Supervisor Chris Daly that the ordinances would have limited access for about 8,000 medical marijuana patients registered in San Francisco. At the same time, Mayor Gavin Newsom and his political allies expressed serious reservations about clubs' selling marijuana near schools.
  57. &lt;br /&gt;
  58. &lt;br /&gt;But after a flurry of amendments, Mirkarimi's critics changed their tune, and Tuesday supervisors voted unanimously to approve his legislation on a first reading of the ordinances. Medical marijuana advocates hailed the vote. " (&lt;a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/16/POTRULES.TMP"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>SignOnSanDiego.com &gt; News &gt; North County -- Man, 38, faces three years in jail on medical pot conviction</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/signonsandiegocom-news-north-county.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:54:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113216006842574117</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20051115-0342-convicted.html"&gt;SignOnSanDiego.com &gt; News &gt; North County -- Man, 38, faces three years in jail on medical pot conviction&lt;/a&gt;: "VISTA - A 38-year-old man faces the prospect of spending three years behind bars after being convicted of three drug charges in what is believed to be North County's first medical marijuana-related trial.
  59. &lt;br /&gt;
  60. &lt;br /&gt;An eight-man, four-woman jury found yesterday that Dean Childers had more marijuana plants in a rented Fallbrook home than allowed under California's voter-approved Compassionate Use Act.
  61. &lt;br /&gt;
  62. &lt;br /&gt;Childers was found guilty of possession of marijuana for sale, cultivation of marijuana and possession of more than 28.5 grams of the drug. He faces about three years in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 14." (&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20051115-0342-convicted.html"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Colorado State Collegian - Alaska legalized marijuana first</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/colorado-state-collegian-alaska.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:48:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113197968898767673</guid><description>As a student and daily reader of the Collegian it deeply disturbs me that on the front page of an issue of your paper that an (article) would be completely false and nearly devoid of fact. And that the writer of the (article) obviously did not research this as well as it should have been.
  63. &lt;br /&gt;
  64. &lt;br /&gt;The city of Anchorage, Alaska as well as the whole state of Alaska would be the first to legalize possession and use of marijuana in 1975, a decision by the state Supreme Court. It was re-criminalized in 1990 but recently overturned, making pot legal. On a lesser note several other cities have de-prioritized possession of marijuana essentially making it legal to possess. Those cities are Seattle, San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.; Amherst, Mass.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Madison, Wis., among other places.
  65. &lt;br /&gt;
  66. &lt;br /&gt;This can all be verified &lt;a href="http://www.inorml.org/news_stories/national_news092003.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;
  67. &lt;br /&gt;
  68. &lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.collegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/14/4378348a287f7"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)
  69. &lt;br /&gt;
  70. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.collegian.com/vimages/default/masthead_new.gif" width="400"&gt;
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  72. &lt;br /&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Unofficial - NORML PSA </title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/unofficial-norml-psa.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:35:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113180973811307583</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=He9vIZxiRnA&amp;amp;search=marijuana"&gt;YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;object width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/He9vIZxiRnA'&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/He9vIZxiRnA' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='400' height='325'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;"</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Drug Policy Alliance: Building a Movement for Reason, Compassion and Justice: Pictures</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/drug-policy-alliance-building-movement.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:21:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113172248499592185</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.drugpolicy.org/events/dpa2005/pictures/"&gt;Drug Policy Alliance: Building a Movement for Reason, Compassion and Justice: Pictures&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;a href="http://www.drugpolicy.org/events/dpa2005/pictures/"&gt;Photo Gallery&lt;/a&gt; of the November 9th reception. Westin Hotel Long Beach, CA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.drugpolicy.org/images/DPAConference09.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From left to right: Leah Rorvig, Alliance Director of Publications; George Zimmer, CEO of the Men's Warehouse and longtime supporter of drug policy reform; California Assemblyman Mark Leno; and Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Alliance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.drugpolicy.org/"&gt;Drug Policy Alliance Conference Blog&lt;/a&gt; - Long Beach Conference - First Impressions</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Medical marijuana ID cards come with uncertainty </title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/medical-marijuana-id-cards-come-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:14:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113172209854728580</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3203645"&gt;DailyBulletin.com - News&lt;/a&gt;: "JOSHUA TREE - One hundred dollars, a chronic medical condition and a note from a doctor can get you free reign to possess and use marijuana.
  73. &lt;br /&gt;
  74. &lt;br /&gt;Just don't get too happy -- Federal law trumps California's.
  75. &lt;br /&gt;
  76. &lt;br /&gt;That's the lesson people learned in Joshua Tree on Thursday as public health officials announced future compliance under Senate Bill 420 and the issuance of a possible 7,000 Medical Marijuana ID cards.
  77. &lt;br /&gt;
  78. &lt;br /&gt;Passed in 2003, the law imposed statewide guidelines outlining how much medical marijuana could be grown and possessed.
  79. &lt;br /&gt;It also required the state's Department of Health Services to establish a voluntary medicinal marijuana patient registry and issue identification cards to qualified patients.
  80. &lt;br /&gt;
  81. &lt;br /&gt;Individual public health agencies are responsible for issuance of those cards.
  82. &lt;br /&gt;
  83. &lt;br /&gt;'The card is really going to be a driver's license-type in that it will be valid throughout the state of California,' said Jim Felten, the county's public health director during the special meeting organized by the &lt;a href="http://www.marijuananews.org/"&gt;Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project&lt;/a&gt;.
  84. &lt;br /&gt;The group has chapters in San Bernardino and Riverside counties." (&lt;a href="http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3203645"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)
  85. &lt;br /&gt;
  86. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.marijuananews.org/resources/header.gif" width="400"&gt;
  87. &lt;br /&gt;
  88. &lt;br /&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Bill Maher - NORML 2002 Conference</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/bill-maher-norml-2002-conference.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:59:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113163552227693347</guid><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wchstv.com/abc/pi/pi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billmaher.com/"&gt;Bill Maher&lt;/a&gt; Speech Transcript (Excerpt)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11 I mean, the problem with this drug&lt;br /&gt;12 is complacency. It's not that it's too hard&lt;br /&gt;13 to get. It's too easy. Let me quote you&lt;br /&gt;14 Mr. Redman ---- magazine. He said, "Yeah, I&lt;br /&gt;15 used to think let's legalize it so I could&lt;br /&gt;16 smoke all day, but damn, I smoke all day&lt;br /&gt;17 now." And that's the problem is that the&lt;br /&gt;18 government is so ineffective, inconsistent,&lt;br /&gt;19 and it lulls us into this sense of&lt;br /&gt;20 complacency and we forget about the people&lt;br /&gt;21 who really are suffering, who are arrested&lt;br /&gt;22 for it. (&lt;a href="http://www.norml.org/docs/maher.doc"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch Video&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.norml.org/video/norml_billmaher56.wmv"&gt;56K&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.norml.org/video/norml_billmaherISDN.wmv"&gt;ISDN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.norml.org/video/norml_billmaherCABLE.wmv"&gt;Cable/DSL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://flow.norml.org/ramgen/norml/video/maher_160.rm"&gt;All Connections&lt;/a&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Traverse City, Ferndale voters favor medical marijuana</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/traverse-city-ferndale-voters-favor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:55:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113163453324651136</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw123928_20051109.htm"&gt;Traverse City, Ferndale voters favor medical marijuana&lt;/a&gt;: "TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Laura Barber says she's convinced good will come from a newly approved city ordinance instructing police to go easy on those who use marijuana for medical purposes, although critics dismiss it as a worthless gesture.
  89. &lt;br /&gt;
  90. &lt;br /&gt;'I believe in my heart that it will have an effect,' said Barber, executive director of the &lt;a href="http://www.ferndalecares.org/"&gt;Coalition for Compassionate Care&lt;/a&gt;, which led the petition drive to get the measure on the local ballot.
  91. &lt;br /&gt;
  92. &lt;br /&gt;Her 32-year-old husband, Matthew Barber, was convicted of possession last year. Laura Barber says he uses marijuana to relieve symptoms of multiple sclerosis. " (&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw123928_20051109.htm"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)
  93. &lt;br /&gt;
  94. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ferndalecares.org/ferndalebanner.gif" width="400"&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Santa Cruz Okays City-run Medical Marijuana Distribution</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/santa-cruz-okays-city-run-medical.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:13:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113156000529447744</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2578"&gt;Santa Cruz Okays City-run Medical Marijuana Distribution&lt;/a&gt;: "The city council of Santa Cruz, California on Tuesday passed for the second time an ordinance paving the way for the nation's first-ever government-run medical marijuana distribution program. A portion of the ordinance would hold off enactment until federal courts resolve current cases dealing with the issue.
  95. &lt;br /&gt;
  96. &lt;br /&gt;Under the measure, the Santa Cruz city government will set up an Office of Compassionate Use that will handle procuring and storing marijuana and dispense it to 'qualified patients' under California's nearly ten-year-old Compassionate Use Act. A council-appointed five-person board, made up of at least two approved medical marijuana users or caregivers and two medical professionals, will oversee the office's actions and report back to the council." (&lt;a href="http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2578"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>SignOnSanDiego.com &gt; Supervisors sue state over medical pot law</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/signonsandiegocom-supervisors-sue.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:05:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113151275082928195</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20051108-1348-bn09pot.html"&gt;SignOnSanDiego.com&lt;/a&gt;: "SAN DIEGO - Rather than wait to be sued for refusing to follow state medical marijuana laws, the county Board of Supervisors is going to force the issue by suing the state first.
  97. &lt;br /&gt;
  98. &lt;br /&gt;The supervisors voted in closed session Tuesday to challenge the law that requires counties to provide identification cards to medical marijuana users exempting them from criminal prosecution.
  99. &lt;br /&gt;
  100. &lt;br /&gt;"The focus is on whether or not the state mandate is legal" County Counsel John Sansone said after the meeting. "The argument would be that the state legislation is pre-empted by federal law."
  101. &lt;br /&gt;
  102. &lt;br /&gt;The dispute is over Proposition 215, passed by the voters in 1996, and a follow-up measure by the state Senate in 2003. The laws permit users of medical marijuana to show identification cards that would keep them from being prosecuted under state laws." (&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20051108-1348-bn09pot.html"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)
  103. &lt;br /&gt;
  104. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.signonsandiego.com/images/sosd_logo_main.gif"&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>SignOnSanDiego.com &gt; Oregon court hears case on medical marijuana in the workplace</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/signonsandiegocom-oregon-court-hears.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:22:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113148855951014678</guid><description>SALEM, Ore. – An attorney for Columbia Forest Products Inc. argued before the Oregon Supreme Court that voters who approved the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act never intended to force companies to let employees come to work with the drug in their systems.
  105. &lt;br /&gt;
  106. &lt;br /&gt;But Philip Lebenbaum, an attorney representing a mill worker who was fired after failing several drug tests, told the justices Monday that his client's medical condition left him legally disabled, requiring his employer to make reasonable accommodations for him in the workplace under the Oregonians with Disabilities Law.
  107. &lt;br /&gt;
  108. &lt;br /&gt;The case pits an employer's right to ensure a safe workplace against a worker's right in Oregon to use marijuana at home to treat pain. It started in 2001, when Robert Washburn was fired from the company's mill in Klamath Falls after several failed urine tests.
  109. &lt;br /&gt;
  110. &lt;br /&gt;Washburn had a state-issued card allowing him to use marijuana to ease neck and muscle pain that disrupted his sleep. Washburn, who said he used the drug at home, sued the company, claiming it should have made an allowance for his disability.
  111. &lt;br /&gt;
  112. &lt;br /&gt;A circuit court dismissed the lawsuit, citing a provision in the state medical marijuana law that employers don't have to "accommodate the medical use of marijuana in the workplace." (&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20051108-0916-wst-medicalmarijuana.html"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)
  113. &lt;br /&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Colorado State Collegian - An Interview with The Weasel About Ganja</title><link>http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/11/colorado-state-collegian-interview.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (JOlmsted)</author><pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2005 06:33:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15979112.post-113146039970566960</guid><description>I know the legalization of cannabis (let's see how many different terms I can use today) is a high-priority grassroots issue for Coloradans (pun intended). With this in mind, I decided to write a column about the issue after interviewing a prominent member of the weed community here in Fort Collins who smokes "copious amounts of ganja" and also happens to be a good friend, known as the "Weasel."
  114. &lt;br /&gt;
  115. &lt;br /&gt;I asked the Weasel about his thoughts on I-100 and the legalization of marijuana and he thought the I-100 measure would do little to help legalize marijuana other than making the issue a hotly discussed topic right now. The initiative hasn't done much more than that, because although the voters in Denver have spoken, state laws supersede city laws. Denver police will continue to write citations for the petty offense.
  116. &lt;br /&gt;
  117. &lt;br /&gt;On the issue of the actual legalization, the Weasel said the hypocrisy at hand is that the state looks down on cheeba, but has no problem with alcohol. Indeed the I-100 campaign even raised these same talking points about being high versus being drunk.
  118. &lt;br /&gt;
  119. &lt;br /&gt;The Weasel asserts being high is different for everyone, but it's not near as debilitating as being drunk. He also told me the government clearly has an alternate agenda with pot because of the propaganda they put out against the substance. (&lt;a href="http://www.collegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/08/43705554ed529"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;)
  120. &lt;br /&gt;
  121. &lt;br /&gt;By Tyler Whittman
  122. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.collegian.com/vimages/default/masthead_new.gif" width="400" /&gt;
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