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DEMONSTRATION CALLED TO SUPPORT MAINE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW & JEFFREY P.
BARNARD'S RIGHT'S
A statewide gathering has been called for on May 17th, 8:30am, at the Bangor Federal Court Building to support the Maine Medical Marijuana Laws and Jeffrey P. Barnard's right to choose marijuana as a medicine over the narcotics doctors are pushing on him.
Jeffrey is a legal Medical Marijuana patient with a card in Maine who is under Federal Release conditions. His condition is very serious, and he has just lost his foot. The conflict is State's rights vs Federal Law. Jeffrey's life and health are at risk as the Federal government continues to refuse the to accept the use of Marijuana as Medicine.
I would like to again remind people that the Federal government was the first to prove with their own doctors, in the case of Robert C. Randall, that Marijuana was Medicine. This led to a Federal Program that still awards patients 300 marijuana joints a month. Acceptance to this program was discontinued by our first president George Bush because he did not want his administration to be seen as soft on drugs. I guess he was trying to keep little George W. off cocaine. Didn't work out so well for him. Talk about a Snow Job! But the fact is, the Federal Government Still Gives Marijuana As Medicine by Prescription to this Day!
Jeffrey P.Barnard has been trapped in the legal system 15 years now, with only a few of them for his original crime. Most of this time spent is for Marijuana violations on Federal Release.
Jeffrey uses Marijuana for pain relief and has suffered greatly at the hands of the police. When arrested he was beaten so badly he had to have tubes inserted to urinate for months due to a bladder blockage. In Federal Jail he had both legs and his back broken in their custody. He then contracted infections under their care that led to the loss of his foot. He was coming from his doctors appointment with his wife Vicki when he was confronted by police. He saw them coming and tried to cut his own throat. He was then tackled, handcuffed and maced by police. He had just been told his other foot is now at risk due to the metal pins getting infected.
He was arrested as a fugitive from justice because he had not shown up for a court date. Jeffrey was afraid to go back to court because Judge Woodcock had told Jeffrey that he had a cell with his name on it for life. Jeffrey had stated to many that he would kill himself rather than going before Judge Woodcock again.
Jeffrey was again presented to Judge Woodcock, with a line of stitches across his neck. At that time Judge Woodcock did recant his threat of a life long cell, and set a new court date for May 17th at Bangor Federal Court House, early morning.
If I understand Jeffrey P. Barnard's situation correctly, Jeff will be tried for violations of parole on May 17th. in Bangor Federal Court. Court Time I believe is 8:30 am. At that time it will be in Judge Woodcock's power to give him as little as seven months and award him time served so he would not need to spend anymore time in jail. Furthermore, it will be in Judge Woodcock.'s power to choose the conditions of his release and could do so without court supervised release. He could immediately end this conflict between Federal Parole and Jeff's legal right to use medical marijuana in the state of Maine.
Many Marijuana and Caregiver Groups in Maine are rallying behind Jeffrey P. Barnard to support him in his right to use Marijuana as Medicine, and a Public Gathering has been called for on Tuesday, May 17th at 8:30am in front of the Bangor Federal Building & Court House to show support both for Maine's Medical Marijuana Laws and Jeffrey's right to legally medicate in the State of Maine.
We are asking Judge Woodcock to show some compassion in Jeffrey's case and to allow him to go home to his wife Vicki, and address his very serious health concerns.
Jeffrey's crime had no victim yet it has cost him 15 years of his life & freedom, his health and his foot. He has paid for his crime and it is time to now let him go home.
Press Release by:
David Bunn
A/K/A
Captain Joint
30 Front St
Brownville
Maine, 04414
Now for some entertainment, enjoy this marijuana parody song with pics from the festival scene
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Illegal Act of Love: Wife Says Husband Grew Pot for Her | Fox 8
A Medina County senior citizen is sentenced to jail time for cultivating marijuana that he says was medicinal for his wife with cancer.Illegal Act of Love: Wife Says Husband Grew Pot for Her | Fox 8
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We all know the real reason weed is illegal. It's not because people who are stoned are dangerous or violent, or a threat to their community. As secretary of state Hillary Clinton recently stated, there is too much money in it. Without the millions of criminal marijuana users, there wouldn't be such a great need for the amount of security forces and government watch groups to take our hard earned tax dollars and turn it into guns and ammo. We are not stupid, but it seems as if we are being treated as if we are. We need to remember that we get to control how we live in this country, and on this planet as free human beings. It is us who decides what is and isn't acceptable. The people in charge might not be listening to us today, but one day very soon a new generation will. Government = the people. Get involved.
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BANGOR, Maine — A man who friends say tried to slit his own throat with a knife when he was arrested by police Wednesday has been ordered to be held in custody until federal officials can determine the extent to which he has violated his probation.
Jeffrey P. Barnard, 47, who has clashed with federal officials over his use of medical marijuana, was pushed in a wheelchair into U.S. District Court in Bangor on Friday morning. He was in court for a brief hearing on whether he wanted to continue being represented by defense attorney Marvin Glazier. Scratches were visible on Barnard’s neck and forehead, which his wife said stems from his arrest Wednesday in Machias, as he told Judge John Woodcock that he was scared of going back to jail.
“You threatened to throw me in a [jail] cell forever,” Barnard said, referring to a previous hearing. “I was scared.”
Woodcock clarified his prior comments to Barnard, saying he had neither the power nor inclination to sentence Barnard to life in prison.
After talking privately for a few minutes with Glazier during Friday’s hearing, Barnard told Woodcock he wanted to keep Glazier as his defense attorney.
At issue is Barnard’s repeated use of marijuana while on federal probation — which Barnard has admitted to doing — and whether he violated his probation last year when he failed to return in a timely manner after being temporarily released from custody to receive medical treatment, according to court documents.
According to Barnard’s wife, Vicki Barnard, her husband was arrested Wednesday as he was hobbling on crutches through a Machias parking lot immediately following a doctor’s appointment. He scuffled with police officers as he attempted to slit his own throat with a knife during the arrest, she said, because he is fearful of going back to jail, where his life has been threatened multiple times.
Barnard said her husband has stitches all the way across the front of his neck from his suicide attempt.
“My husband wouldn’t hurt nobody but himself,” Vicki Barnard said Friday morning outside the federal courthouse. “They just need to let him go home.”
Barnard had been scheduled to appear in federal court on April 17 for a hearing on whether Glazier would withdraw as his attorney. After Barnard failed to show up, Woodcock issued a warrant for his arrest. On Friday, Woodcock ordered that Barnard remain in federal custody until at least May 17, when officials will discuss what should be done about Barnard’s federal probation violations.
“I’m going to keep you detained, because the last time you were supposed to be here you didn’t show,” Woodcock told Barnard.
Barnard has raised the ire of federal officials over his refusal to stop smoking marijuana, which he says he does to address his myriad medical and pain problems. Barnard has been prescribed pain relief pills but claims they resulted in severe stomach pain and blood in his urine. He said he has been prescribed marijuana by his doctor and is registered with the state as an approved user of medical marijuana, which he said is more effective in addressing his pain issues.
According to Barnard, federal officials are improperly preventing him from using medical marijuana.
Federal officials have indicated that Barnard’s federal probation predates Maine’s medical marijuana law and that it explicitly prohibits him from using or possessing alcohol or drugs. Barnard tested positive for marijuana 23 times between June 4, 2009, and Dec. 22, 2009, before the state law went into effect, according to federal court documents. Last November, Barnard filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Bangor asking for permission to smoke marijuana for medical purposes, but Woodcock denied Barnard’s request.
Both Glazier and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have declined to comment on Barnard’s case outside of court appearances.
Barnard claims that several of his medical issues stem from injuries he suffered during prior arrests and during previous stints in jail. Barnard said has been labeled a snitch by jail officials and, as a result, has been threatened several times with physical harm from other inmates.
Barnard has said that in June 2010, concerns about his safety prompted him to jump from a balcony at the Cumberland County Jail to a concrete floor 17 feet below, which resulted in serious injuries to his legs. Since then, Vicki Barnard said Friday, his left leg was amputated below the knee and he has had lingering issues with his right leg.
At the end of March, police confiscated 44 marijuana plants from a home in Gouldsboro that Barnard rents with his wife, according to court documents. According to Vicki Barnard, who has not been charged in the incident, the plants were hers and she had a legal right to possess them.
Barnard said she, like her husband, is legally registered with the state as a medical marijuana user and that the plants were hers. She said state law allows such users to possess up to six flowering plants. Only six of the plants confiscated by police from the Barnards were large enough to produce medical marijuana, she said, while the rest were small enough that they do not count toward the state limit of six flowering plants.
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/06/news/bangor/man-involved-in-marijuana-use-case-tries-to-slit-his-throat-during-arrest/BANGOR, Maine — A man who friends say tried to slit his own throat with a knife... more
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What’s Up With Obama’s Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana?
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Medical Maryjane Primer http://j.mp/mbdHzU
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http://blog.montananorml.org/2011/05/02/newsletter-our-new-medical-marijuana-law-strategies-and-next-steps/
We are Trying to get the Governor to veto this terrible bill SB 423 or get him to fix it so that it can serve the patients in the way the law had originally intended.
It has been called Repeal light bill and will make it hard if not impossible for patients to get their medicine; for instance, if you have 2 people who own the same home and are both medical Marijuana patients only one can grow in the home. The other has to go without.
Please take the time and call his office Wednesday morning and ask that he veto this bill. This is life or death to many of us ill people. call (406)444 3111. Please pass this message to everyone you know on face book. Calls from the entire nation are welcome. Please help me and the rest of us that need this medicine! For some of us, it is a matter of life or death.http://blog.montananorml.org/2011/05/02/newsletter-our-new-medical-marijuana-law-strate... more
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Marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs are attracting renewed attention as potential treatments for psychological disorders, particularly in people who have not responded to conventional drugs like Elavil, Prozac, Paxil, Trazodone, Wellbutrin or the many other antidepressants.
Read the whole article, Marijuana and Hallucinogens as an Effective Treatment for Depression, at http://www.addictsnotanonymous.com/2011/04/marijuana-and-hallucinogens-as.htmlMarijuana and hallucinogenic drugs are attracting renewed attention as potential... more
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In operation since late 2009, Marijuana-Jobs.com continues to provide the medical marijuana community with a place to post and find employment across the United States.
With marijuana now gaining acceptance as medicine in many states, the job market is destined to grow. Marijuana-Jobs.com hopes to be the destination for job seekers well into the future.In operation since late 2009, Marijuana-Jobs.com continues to provide the medical... more
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Marijuana is slowly and steadily losing its image as a villainous drug in the U.S. and becoming widely regarded as a useful medication. This week, the Delaware state senate voted to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. The bill has to now go before the house.Marijuana is slowly and steadily losing its image as a villainous drug in the U.S. and... more
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Shocking news: The Feds have raided more than two dozen medical marijuana dispensaries across California and Montana. Armed agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, and ATF swept through 28 stores and greenhouses, detaining the workers there and seizing computers, plants, and other items. Where will the Feds go next? More than 20 states, including Ohio, have decriminalized marijuana or legalized its use for medical purposes.
Will you urge Obama to put an end to these raids? Just click here.
According to one worker, "They came in, guns drawn, got us down on the ground and in cuffs as fast as they could."
The raids represent a swift change in law enforcement policy: When Obama took office, Attorney General Eric Holder promised to end the Bush-era attacks on sellers of medicinal marijuana and the patients who use it. Obama made the same promise on the campaign trail:
"I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources." (August 21, 2007, event in Nashua, New Hampshire)
Now the Feds are even refusing to say why they conducted these raids, and if and when they'll be pressing any charges. This shift in policy puts medical marijuana sellers and patients across America in jeopardy: There's no telling what state will be next.
Will you click here to tell Obama and Holder to keep their promises and end the raids right away?
( links to petition at source from Demand Progress if you support the decriminalization and Medical Marijuana movement please sign this petition at site thank you!)Shocking news: The Feds have raided more than two dozen medical marijuana dispensaries... more
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The National Cancer Institute quietly added to its treatment database a summary of marijuana’s medicinal benefits, including an acknowledgment that oncologists may recommend it to patients for medicinal use
The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. In the practice of integrative oncology, the health care provider may recommend medicinal Cannabis not only for symptom management but also for its possible direct antitumor effect.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a division of the National Institute of Health, which is itself one of the 11 component agencies that make up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The new NCI assessment could have an impact on the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the harshest possible drug classification, which has resulted in a prison population in which 1 in 8 prisoners in the U.S. is locked up for a marijuana-related offense. One of the principal criteria for a Schedule I determination is that there be “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” The U.S. Justice Department may have a hard time maintaining that claim if challenged, considering a federal agency now recognizes marijuana’s medical use in cancer treatment.
I personally believe pot should not be treated as medicine but should be decriminalized and treated as an "herbal" supplement since it is grown and not created, but this is a good step toward removing it from schedule 1.
http://americanindependent.com/175499/federal-agency-proclaims-medical-use-for-marijuanaThe National Cancer Institute quietly added to its treatment database a summary of... more
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The first ever investor-grade analysis report of the medical marijuana market in the United States found that it will soon rival the market for Viagra.The first ever investor-grade analysis report of the medical marijuana market in the... more
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Federal agencies conducted 26 raids on medical marijuana facilities in 13 Montana cities this week, as agents seized thousands of marijuana plants and froze about $4 million in bank funds.
The raids stunned medical marijuana advocates, many of whom believed the Obama administration's policy was to leave states with medical marijuana laws alone.
That belief stemmed from Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement in October 2009 that the pursuit of "individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance" with existing state medical marijuana laws would be the lowest priority of U.S. law enforcement.
"I think most everybody believed the directive from the Justice Department was that no priority would be given to utilizing Justice Department resources in going after medical marijuana operations if local authorities believed they were operating legally under state law," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance.
Montana U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter said there was "probable cause that the premises were involved in illegal and large-scale trafficking of marijuana."
"When criminal networks violate federal laws, those involved will be prosecuted," he said.GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Federal agencies conducted 26 raids on medical marijuana... more
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"The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical marijuana growers group to build the 4,000-square-foot nursery. In return, every month the city will get either 3% of the growers' profits or $25,000 -- whichever is greater, reports NBC's Garvin Thomas. That's at least $300,000 a year in new revenue, but estimates say it could end up being twice that much.
In addition, the growers have agreed to install security cameras anywhere in town that the Police Department requests and buy a laptop for each squad car, Thomas reports. It will also buy a new mainframe computer for the Police Department.
Thomas reports that instead of trying to write a broad medical-marijuana policy, Isleton simply decided to include the nursery in a developer agreement with the grower. It doesn't apply to anyone else".
While the revenue-sharing model from this story represents an interesting incentive for cities to get involved in future medical marijuana market development (and possibly full legalization), using that revenue to support increased monitoring negates the point of having such a market at all.
How could the town use the revenue in a more supportive way? Should such a profit-sharing model exist at all? Are there other ways for municipalities to be incentivized to cooperate with growers?
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"The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical marijuana growers group to build the 4,000-square-foot nursery. In return, every month the city will get either 3% of the growers' profits or $25,000 -- whichever is greater, reports NBC's Garvin Thomas. That's at least $300,000 a year in new revenue, but estimates say it could end up being twice that much.
In addition, the growers have agreed to install security cameras anywhere in town that the Police Department requests and buy a laptop for each squad car, Thomas reports. It will also buy a new mainframe computer for the Police Department.
Thomas reports that instead of trying to write a broad medical-marijuana policy, Isleton simply decided to include the nursery in a developer agreement with the grower. It doesn't apply to anyone else".
While the revenue-sharing model from this story represents an interesting incentive for cities to get involved in future medical marijuana market development (and possibly full legalization), using that revenue to support increased monitoring negates the point of having such a market at all.
How could the town use the revenue in a more supportive way? Should such a profit-sharing model exist at all? Are there other ways for municipalities to be incentivized to cooperate with growers?
Post your thoughts."The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical... more
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"The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical marijuana growers group to build the 4,000-square-foot nursery. In return, every month the city will get either 3% of the growers' profits or $25,000 -- whichever is greater, reports NBC's Garvin Thomas. That's at least $300,000 a year in new revenue, but estimates say it could end up being twice that much.
In addition, the growers have agreed to install security cameras anywhere in town that the Police Department requests and buy a laptop for each squad car, Thomas reports. It will also buy a new mainframe computer for the Police Department.
Thomas reports that instead of trying to write a broad medical-marijuana policy, Isleton simply decided to include the nursery in a developer agreement with the grower. It doesn't apply to anyone else".
While the revenue-sharing model from this story represents an interesting incentive for cities to get involved in future medical marijuana market development (and possibly full legalization), using that revenue to support increased monitoring negates the point of having such a market at all.
How could the town use the revenue in a more supportive way? Should such a profit-sharing model exist at all? Are there other ways for municipalities to be incentivized to cooperate with growers?
Post your thoughts."The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical... more
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"The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical marijuana growers group to build the 4,000-square-foot nursery. In return, every month the city will get either 3% of the growers' profits or $25,000 -- whichever is greater, reports NBC's Garvin Thomas. That's at least $300,000 a year in new revenue, but estimates say it could end up being twice that much.
In addition, the growers have agreed to install security cameras anywhere in town that the Police Department requests and buy a laptop for each squad car, Thomas reports. It will also buy a new mainframe computer for the Police Department.
Thomas reports that instead of trying to write a broad medical-marijuana policy, Isleton simply decided to include the nursery in a developer agreement with the grower. It doesn't apply to anyone else".
While the revenue-sharing model from this story represents an interesting incentive for cities to get involved in future medical marijuana market development (and possibly full legalization), using that revenue to support increased monitoring negates the point of having such a market at all.
How could the town use the revenue in a more supportive way? Should such a profit-sharing model exist at all? Are there other ways for municipalities to be incentivized to cooperate with growers?
Post your thoughts."The struggling city of Isleton, CA has come to an agreement with a medical... more
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