Cops Go Undercover at High School to Bust Special-Needs Kid for Pot: Why Are Police So Desperate to Throw Kids in Jail?
In a video segment on ABC News, they say they were “thrilled” when their son — who has Asperger’s and other disabilities and struggled to make friends — appeared to have instantly made a friend named Daniel.
“He suddenly had this friend who was texting him around the clock,” Doug Snodgrass told ABC News. His son had just recently enrolled at Chaparral High School.
“Daniel,” however, was an undercover cop with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department who “ hounded” the teenager to sell him his prescription medication. When he refused, the undercover cop gave him $20 to buy him weed, and he complied — not realizing the guy he wanted to befriend wanted him behind bars.
Israel Called Tops In Medical Marijuana Distribution
(TimesOfIsrael) Israel distributes more medical marijuana than any European country, Health Minister Yael German (Yesh Atid) said Wednesday at a Knesset hearing amid the ministry’s recent attempts to regulate its distribution of the unconventional treatment.
German said every patient who needs medical marijuana should receive it. The question of legality of the nonmedical version should be addressed completely separately, she said.
“I think people who are helped by cannabis should be able to receive it, but that we should keep its legalization as a separate issue, and not to mix them,” German said, defending the ministry’s practice of permitting certain sufferers to legally use the contraband substance.
City Council In San Jose, CA Votes To Raise Medical Marijuana Taxes
(420Times) The city council in San Jose, California has voted unanimously to raise the tax rate on medical marijuana dispensaries from 7% to 10%. The new tax rate goes into effect in July and is expected to raise an additional $1.5 million per year for the city.
“We probably have 100 dispensaries operating in San Jose, even though they’re illegal under federal law and not permitted under San Jose’s zoning ordinance,” said San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. “They’re allowed by state law and so we’re trying to accommodate people who have medical needs, not necessarily those who have recreational interests. We will continue to try to do that, even though the law is a little bit uncertain. But there’s no reason they shouldn’t pay taxes on their operations just like other businesses.”
South Carolina Lawmaker Proposes Legalized Medical Marijuana
(CC) Did you know that according to South Carolina law, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has the authority to obtain and distribute medical marijuana?
That’s as long as it’s in line with federal law.
Now one House lawmaker says it’s time for South Carolina to catch up with other states legalizing the drug.
Representative Todd Rutherford attempted to put an amendment addressing the drug in a controlled substances bill Wednesday afternoon. He say the state law addressing medical marijuana was passed back in 1980.
Read the SC Law Code Here: SECTION 44-53-650.
(you will need to scroll down to the noted section)
Rutherford’s change would have allowed DHEC to create a program for farmers to grow marijuana and licensed physicians to prescribe it for patients.
Uruguay’s President Proposes Legalizing Marijuana
The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, is calling for different thinking in an attempt to stop the illegal drug trade. He has proposed legalizing the sale and distribution of marijuana.
The personal consumption of marijuana by adults has been legal in Uruguay since the year 1974. The president’s new proposal to legalize marijuana is intended to cripple or ultimately eliminate the black market sales of the substance, therefore reducing the overall crime rate that is correlated with the drug trade.
Prop D Wins, LA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Return To 2007 Number Of Locations
(HuffPost) Los Angeles voters opted to cap the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries at 135 locations after voting overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition D.
The proposition, which was put on the ballot by members of the Los Angeles City Council and supported by mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, holds dispensary locations in LA to the number open before 2007. It also raises taxes to $60 per $1,000 of gross receipts. With 100 percent of precincts reporting by 3:16 a.m. Wednesday, the proposition won 62.6 percent of the vote, according to the LA City Clerk’s unofficial results.
Currently, there are an estimated 472 dispensaries in LA, according to a 2012 UCLA study.
The measure was just one of three medical marijuana propositions that the LA electorate had to vote on in 2013. Proposition E also proposed capping the number of dispensaries to 2007 levels but didn’t raise taxes. It essentially had no supporters as its initial sponsors, the United Food and Commercial Workers union, dropped Prop E to support Prop D. Proposition F didn’t limit the amount of dispensaries but did raise taxes.
If neither proposition had won a majority, the issue could have bounced back to the Los Angeles City Council, reports the Associated Press.
Michigan Supreme Court rules medical marijuana users can drive after using the drug
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that medical marijuana users aren’t automatically breaking the law if they’re caught driving after using the drug.
The court unanimously overturned an appeals court decision in the case of a Grand Traverse County man, Rodney Koon. He was stopped in 2010 for speeding — going nearly 30 mph over the limit.
Koon admitted having smoked medical marijuana earlier, and a blood test revealed the drug in his system.
It’s illegal for Michigan drivers to consume marijuana. But the state high court said medical marijuana users have some protection. The court says police must show that a driver actually was “under the influence” of marijuana for a charge to stick.
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