David Bruce Allen, a former local heart surgeon, will remain in jail following his latest arrest on charges of felony witness manipulation. Allen, 53, was previously charged with cultivation of marijuana and selling hashish while in the possession of a firearm. He was released from the Jackson County Adult Detention Center in April on $50,000 [...]
Vancouver police say they stumbled on these ecstasy pills while investigating a report of a home invasion. (Vancouver Police Department)Re: Olympic rings ecstasy bust in Vancouver Police answering a 911 call about a home invasion in East Vancouver Wednesday found no break-in suspects when they arrived but did find 107,000 ecstasy tablets, some imprinted with [...]
A new restaurant on Broadway in downtown Denver claims it is the first of its kind… anywhere. Ganja Gourmet serves food items laced with marijuana. And not just brownies. This place has all kinds of different dishes made with pot sprinkled in. When voters legalized medical marijuana in Colorado in 2000, it’s not certain if [...]
This weekend on NORML SHOW LIVE, we take a look at the rising influence of women in the movement to end adult marijuana prohibition. In 2009, the Gallup poll found the support for legalization of marijuana among women rose by a whopping 12% in just four years! We’ll examine the trends that are causing women [...]
Posted in Legalize ItThere probably is little chance that the state Legislature will legalize medicinal marijuana any time soon. A bill to do so, introduced by Rep. Mark Cohen of Philadelphia, has just half a dozen cosponsors and it’s not at the top of the legislative agenda. Yet a recent Health and Human Services Commitee [...]
If you want to watch a trial where the defendant has no moral culpability, is prevented from testifying truthfully and where the prosecution distorts an otherwise reasonable law beyond all rationality, you can see one this month right in Somerville. John Wilson, a multiple sclerosis patient treating himself with home-grown marijuana, is charged with operating [...]
