One physician told Salem-News that the average age of the Oregon medical marijuana patient is 47. Few are under 25, and many are considerably older. Photo courtesy: NORML

U.S. Supreme Court: State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law

December 1st, 2008, Americans For Safe Access

Medical marijuana case appealed by the City of Garden Grove was denied review today

Washington, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a landmark decision today in which California state courts found that its medical marijuana law was not preempted by federal law. The state appellate court decision from November 28, 2007, ruled that ‘it is not the job of the local police to enforce the federal drug laws.’ The case, involving Felix Kha, a medical marijuana patient from Garden Grove, was the result of a wrongful seizure of medical marijuana by local police in June 2005. Medical marijuana advocates hailed today’s decision as a huge victory in clarifying law enforcement’s obligation to uphold state law. Advocates assert that better adherence to state medical marijuana laws by local police will result in fewer needless arrests and seizures. In turn, this will allow for better implementation of medical marijuana laws not only in California, but in all states that have adopted such laws.

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Medical marijuana symbol posted on a fence that encloses a ‘legal’ garden in California. (Photo courtesy http://peacecorpsonline.org/)

CA medical marijuana advocates concerned about Obama appointments

By Malcolm Maclachlan (published Thursday, November 20, 2008) In this year’s presidential election, medical marijuana advocates in California were pretty clear on which candidate they were rooting for. On multiple occasions, Democrat Barack Obama has pledged to end the federal raids that have bedeviled the state’s dispensaries for years under the Bush administration…

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One wonders what Methuselah would say about all this.

Experts Say Humans Can Live to 1,000 -Some Experts Want to Prevent That

Nov. 11, 2008, Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey has famously stated, “The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or younger can expect to live for centuries.”

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Phoenix was sent to Mars with seven science instruments

Nasa Mars mission declared dead

Nov. 10, 2008, BBC, Nasa says its Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars has gone silent and is almost certainly dead.

Engineers have not heard from the craft since Sunday 2 November when it made a brief communication with Earth.

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The corpse of a Mexican policeman shot dead by assassins lies on the street in Rosarito, Baja California state, on October 16. Almost 400 people have died in the past two weeks in an intensifying drugs war in Mexico despite a government crackdown on cartels, trafficking and related violence. © 2007 AFP Said Betanzos

AFP Mexican drug wars intensify, killing nearly 400 in two weeks

by Oscar Laski — Almost 400 people have died in the past two weeks in an intensifying drugs war in Mexico despite a government crackdown on cartels, trafficking and related violence. The killings include six people lined up and shot against a wall with a written warning promising a similar fate to all ‘rats’, and five others shot dead in a house where a ganglord’s corpse was found in a freezer.

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23 hours ago: The shoes of US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) (R-AZ) and his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are shown as they stand at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008. (Photo from Reuters Pictures)

MPP, August 29, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Noting that his just-announced vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has acknowledged having smoked marijuana, reform advocates today urged Sen. John McCain to respect states’ rights to set their own marijuana policies if he is elected president.

TREE OF LIFE – CANNABIS PLANT GROWING
time lapse film of cannabis plant growing from seed to wonder weed

(photo courtesy Michael ‘M’ Designs, http://www.michaelm.com/)

(8/20/2008) ACLU Press Release, CONTACT: media@aclu.org SAN JOSE, CA – In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a federal court today held that the U.S. Constitution bars deliberate subversion by the federal government of state medical marijuana laws.

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