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marijuana laws in Kalamazoo

Submitted by Louis Stocking on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 23:52

By Chris Killian: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/01/kalamazoo_group_pu...

Kalamazoo Charter Amendment Petition Text

Submitted by Louis Stocking on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 03:59

Kalamazoo Charter Amendment Petition Language for:

SECTION 198 "LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES"

Definitions

a. “Adult” means an individual who is 21 years of age or older.

b. “City of Kalamazoo Law enforcement officer” means a member of the City of Kalamazoo Police Department or any other city agency or department that engages in law enforcement activity.

c. “Lowest law enforcement priority policy” means a priority such that all customary law enforcement activities related to marijuana offenses where 1 ounce or less of usable marijuana was either possessed or consumed by adults, shall be a lower priority than all other customary law enforcement activities not relating to marijuana offenses where 1 ounce or less of usable marijuana was either possessed or consumed by adults

d. "Marijuana" means that term as defined in section 7106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7106. [this is how the MMM Act defines the term]

e. "Usable marijuana" means the dried leaves and flowers of the marijuana plant, and any mixture or preparation thereof, but does not include the seeds, stalks, and roots of the plant. [this is how the MMM Act defines the term]

AMA Chages It's Position on Marijuana

Submitted by Louis Stocking on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 09:11

The largest group representing physicians in the country is the American Medical Association (AMA), which has over 250,000 members. Traditionally, they have accepted without question the government's position on marijuana, and have always supported the idea that marijuana should continue to be classified as a Schedule I controlled substance (like heroin or LSD).

Of course, this is a ludicrous stance since marijuana is non-habit forming and far less dangerous than many legal drugs. Now it looks like the AMA is starting to come to their senses -- sort of. At least they've taken the first step toward sanity.

On Tuesday, the AMA asked the federal government to reconsider their classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use. Dr. Edward Langston, an AMA board member, said, "Despite more than 30 years of clinical research, only a small number of randomized, controlled trials have been conducted on smoked cannabis, insufficient to satisfy the current standards for a prescription drug product."

The Associated Press would not post this story to their website.

Submitted by Louis Stocking on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 12:04

At a time when we Americans may abandon health care reform because it supposedly is "too expensive," how is it that we can afford to imprison people like Curtis Wilkerson? Wilkerson is serving a life sentence in California - for stealing a $2.50 pair of socks. As The Economist noted recently, he already had two offenses on his record (both for abetting robbery at age 19), and so the "three strikes" law resulted in a life sentence.

This is unjust, of course. But considering that California spends almost $49,000 annually per prison inmate, it's also an extraordinary waste of money.

Astonishingly, many politicians seem to think that we should lead the world in prisons, not in health care or education. The United States is anomalous among industrialized countries in the high proportion of people we incarcerate; likewise, we stand out in the high proportion of people who have no medical care - and partly as a result, our health care outcomes such as life expectancy and infant mortality are unusually poor.

COPS STILL 'CONSENT SEARCH' MINORITIES' CARS MORE OFTEN, ILLINOIS STUDY SAYS

Submitted by Louis Stocking on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 01:35

The latest state traffic study on who gets pulled over by police
shows once again that minorities are more likely to be the subject of
so-called consent searches although police are more likely to find
contraband in the vehicles of white drivers.

The results of the annual state study were not a surprise to civil
rights activists who are opposed to the searches, which are done with
the consent of the driver.

According to the 2008 study, released earlier this month, when a
vehicle of a white driver was "consent-searched," officers statewide
found contraband 24.7 percent of the time. When a vehicle driven by a
minority was searched, officers found contraband 15.4 percent of the time.

"The fact is every single year we see these same numbers," said Ed
Yohnka, spokesman for the ACLU of Illinois. "There is just a
predisposition to believe minorities have contraband. ... The data
and the indisputable nature of this is exactly what the president was
talking about the other night."

President Barack Obama worked on the racial profiling bill that led
to the traffic studies when he was an Illinois state senator.

Are you a Veteran?
"Founded by a local Kalamazooian, Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access (VMMA) is the only organization in the United States that advocates for veterans' rights to access medical marijuana for therapeutic purposes. VMMA also works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana use, which many veterans believe to be conviction and incarceration."
www.veteransformedicalmarijuana.org

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