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Medical marijuana school opens in San Jose

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 1:41pm
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By. Karina Rusk
 
Oakland had the country's first college for cannabis - Oaksterdam University - which was founded in 2007. Now, a similar concept is taking root in the South Bay and a new school focused on medical marijuana is opening.
 
Jeffrey Zorn has founded the Cannabis Training University to serve the South Bay. Zorn, a graduate of Oaksterdam University, says the timing is right for San Jose to have its own education facility. This weekend marks the first boot camp classes at a hotel conference room.
 
"Our workshops provide students with knowledge about how to open their own medical marijuana dispensary, how to properly run the dispensary, how to cook with cannabis, how to grown their own cannabis," Zorn says.

No Warrant Needed for School Drug Searches in Oregon

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:11pm
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By William McCall, Associated Press
 
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that high school students can be searched for illegal drugs without a warrant if school officials have a reasonable suspicion based on specific facts.
 
The court said Thursday schools are not held to the higher standard of requiring probable cause for a search if officials believe there is an immediate risk of harm from possession of illegal drugs on school grounds.
 
The case began with the seizure of marijuana from a Rex Putnam High School student in Portland in 2005 after another student tipped school officials.
 
In a unanimous opinion by Justice Thomas Balmer, the court said schools provide a unique setting, “including the responsibility of protecting students from harm, maintaining order, and fulfilling the schools’ educational mission.”

Teachers Suspended for Teaching Constitutional Rights

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Sun, 05/30/2010 - 1:35pm
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By Steven G. Vegh
 
Two Norview High School teachers were placed on paid administrative leave this week after a parent complained that they distributed classroom materials that gave advice on how to deal with police if stopped.
 
The materials - a one-page handout and a video distributed and aired in a 12th-grade government class - are sponsored by two organizations, one a nonprofit that supports legalization of marijuana and one that calls itself a "decentralized anarchist collective."
 
The last paragraph of the flier, titled "When Dealing with Police" states, "Remember You have legal rights, but many police will not respect your rights. Be careful - Be Street Smart."
 
Schools spokeswoman Elizabeth Thiel Mather said division leaders are investigating the incident over concerns that the materials were unauthorized.

Marijuana school: Prescription for a higher education

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 3:45pm
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By. Mitch Potter

SOUTHFIELD, MICH.– Budding opportunity is the lesson at marijuana school, where everyone, it seems, wants to be the teacher's pet.

In a scene almost unimaginable during the George W. Bush era, a standing-room-only class of 42 people is taking down the professor's every word at an inconspicuous industrial plaza on the outskirts of job-depleted Detroit.

Some are laid-off autoworkers, others straight out of high school. But the goal is the same: to graduate with a green thumb to quietly grow and distribute medical marijuana – and the legal smarts to avoid getting caught by Michigan's finest.

National anti-drug campaign starts

Submitted by Ellis Worthington on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 3:57am
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2944003899_a2b6acb00a.jpgCBC News

A federal campaign to warn young people about the dangers of illicit drugs was launched Tuesday.

Studies have shown anti-drug campaigns aimed at teens are only marginally effective, but Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said this one is different.

"Before, there really was no campaign to focus on young people for young people," Aglukkaq said. "We went out and looked to the young people for feedback on what kind of message can we develop for the country."

Back to School Activism time!

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 4:45pm
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It's September, and this is a great time to get active and get involved in any kind of activism! In Canada, we have Parliament resuming, a possible federal election and a mandatory minimums bill that's weeks away from passing into law. We need to get active more than ever, so, here's how!

Group Formation/Participation:

I have mentioned it before, but one of the most effective ways of being active is by joining and working with what are refered to as “Civil Society Groups” or “Non-Governmental Organizations”. Examples of these kinds of groups range from Churches, Unions, Professional Organizations to groups like Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Sierra Club or Greenpeace.

This is helpful for a number of reasons:

-Gives you a chance to network with other politically active and influential individuals in your community
-Gives you a chance to influence people in your community
-Gives you a chance to build experience in community organizing

Study Says It's Easier For Teens To Buy Marijuana Than Beer

Submitted by Ellis Worthington on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 5:26pm
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August 27, 2009
By Ty Brennan

A recent study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University has some startling results about teens and drugs.

In their study, they found that 40 percent of teens could get marijuana within a day; another quarter said they could get it within an hour. In another portion of the survey, teens between the ages of 12 and 17 say it's easier to get marijuana than buy cigarettes, beer or prescription drugs. That number is up 37 percent from 2007.

But, local law enforcement says these numbers don't match up to what's happening here in east Idaho.

Kim Ellis, Pocatello Police department: "That's something that we're seeing here, but as far as what we're seeing the statistics don't bear out, that way, we're seeing a lot more underage consumption citations than marijuana, possession of marijuana."

Marijuana Proponents Urge Colleges To Mellow Out

Submitted by Jeremiah Vandermeer on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 7:35pm
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The Associated Press

Hey dude, can we talk? Marijuana advocates who say pot is safer than alcohol want colleges to wade into a hazy debate over whether schools' tough pot penalties are actually worsening their drinking woes.

They argue that stiff punishments for being caught in a campus dorm with pot steer students to booze and add to binge drinking, drunken brawls and other booze-soaked troubles.

"You know, when you get high on marijuana you don't act violent — you just kind of sit there," said Mason Tvert, leader of a Denver-based group stoking the pot-vs.-booze debate.

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