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PartyToker said:Yeah SC was nice. Couldn't believe how many woody's were out.
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karmical said:first and formost was our timing and stop and go traffic encountered along hwy 17....thanks mars, but hwy 1 would of been faster we had to sit in this shit here for a bit...and we all laughed about mars saying that this would be the faster route down....lol but next time we'll take hwy 1
dante420143 said:Dante here!
Hope to see you all soon!
June 24, 2006
Federal court could allow city to create medical marijuana shop
By SHANNA McCORD
Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ - A federal judge will decide if medical marijuana patients and a
proposed city-owned dispensary should be protected from federal prosecution.
American Civil Liberties Union attorneys and other lawyers presented
arguments to a San Jose federal court Friday in a case aimed at forcing the
U.S. government to recognize California's 10-year-old medical marijuana law
and to allow Santa Cruz to establish an Office of Compassionate Use - the
nation's first government-owned medical pot shop.
The lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the Drug
Enforcement Administration began after a federal raid of the Wo/Men's
Alliance for Medical Marijuana in 2002. The case since has grown to include
the city and county of Santa Cruz.
Justice Department attorney Mark Quinlevin asked the court to dismiss the
case, which would leave the state's medical marijuana law intact but leave
users and providers vulnerable to arrest by federal agents.
No decision was made Friday by federal Judge Jeremy Fogel. His verdict could
come in several months to a year.
"The federal government seeks to limit access to medical marijuana,"
said
Graham Boyd, director of the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project. "The government
needs to accept that, at least for some people, this is the only medicine
keeping them alive."
City leaders voted in October to create a new department to distribute
marijuana to seriously ill patients, but only if the federal government
guaranteed the operation would be allowed to run without federal
interference.
The city's effort to form a compassionate-use office tests the state's right
to enact the medical marijuana law that voters passed in 1996, Proposition
215, which allows some patients to use marijuana. Santa Cruz aims to provide
the drug to qualified patients at a reasonable price, proponents say, in a
safe environment.
"If it were legal we might contract with Longs pharmacy," Councilman
Mike
Rotkin said. "They provide morphine, why not marijuana? This is not a
recreational issue, and we wish the government would see that."
Marijuana co-op founders Mike and Val Corral were taken to federal holding
cells in San Jose after the raid in 2002 and released later that day.
They contend some patients, such as those undergoing chemotherapy or
treatment for HIV and AIDS, should be able to use marijuana to ease pain,
reduce nausea and stimulate appetite.
"If people are dying, they have enough to worry about," Mike Corral
said.
"This case is really important for America in general. It has far reaching
and broad impacts for life in America."
The federal government has been steadfast in viewing marijuana as a
dangerous and illegal drug, and has challenged its use and distribution,
shutting down medical co-ops and confiscating marijuana.
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana users can
be prosecuted by the federal government.
Contact Shanna McCord at [email protected].
SCF said:dante... you still got that Olive Oil??? I highly kick myself in the ass for not purchasing some of that....
dante420143 said:As for GardenofBleedin, yeah the "cannonball" is 35 a gram, and you can also buy black contaminated cannonball for 35 or just try to get a good chunk. SCPC MLT hash is only PEANUT BUTTER.
dante420143 said:I hope you all understand about the increased overhead of a larger business.
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meduser180056 said:Not true. Both places are hit&miss. I've had MLT that wasn't up to par and I've had cannonball that wasn't up to par. It just depends on the current stock. The other day a friend picked up some from the Garden that was fmcd. Some of the best I've tried in awhile. I've gotten great MLT before too. My only point is there is no point driving further to pay an extra $15 and waste more gas. Both places will tell you that whatever they have is the bomb wether it's contaminated or not so no difference there. Your eye is the only honest friend you have in those places.