Posts by peaceloveharmony

the smurf stickers are DEMONIZED!!! i have proof of this! i found my smurf sticker in the washing machine, (somehow it found it's way into my laundry basket.) so i pull out the shiny sticker from the bottom of the machine and guess what? it still STICKS! i tell ya, i had to perform an excorcism right then! freaked the hell out of me!

hehehehe

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What would YOU do?

by Adam in

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the california super lotto plus is up to $131 million.

our office has 35 people buying a single ticket together.

since the organizer picked the "cash now" option instead of the "over 20-years" one, there will be a stiff penalty.

peaceloveharmony

i'd take the cash now option

one million bucks, i'd pay off my debt and my family's debt then i'd travel.

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Reflections over the year! Thanks!

by VeniceIT in

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hi everyone, i just looked at my profile the other day and realized that i'd started posting over a year ago.

in some ways it all seems so short this past year, like a blur in my life.

yet i feel that i've gotten to know so many of you so well, i can't believe it's only been a year.. one thing that's really strange for me is the fact the no one i talk to or know has known me for more then 2 years!!!

peaceloveharmony

hey ven, happy 1 yr anniversary!

i'm sooo very glad our paths have crossed on this board. someday i'll get to florida and we will raise a little hell . you are a sweet person with a great attitude about life. you survived a cult. girl, you can do anything!

love
harmony

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feds vs. states, medical marijuana

by peaceloveharmony in

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/02/13/pot/index.html .

feds bust s.f.

by margie mason.

peaceloveharmony

the fed gov't really needs to wake up. the people are saying "LEGALIZE IT" and they are just ignoring us all.

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feds vs. states, medical marijuana

by peaceloveharmony in

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/02/13/pot/index.html .

feds bust s.f.

by margie mason.

peaceloveharmony

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/02/13/pot/index.html

Feds bust S.F. pot club

By Margie Mason

Feb. 13, 2002 | San Francisco --

In the latest tussle between local and federal officials over medical marijuana, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency was jeered by city leaders hours after his agents raided a club that provides pot to sick people.

DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson was denounced Tuesday while delivering a speech at the Commonwealth Club of California. Audience members shouted "Liar!" when he said "science has told us so far there is no medical benefit for smoking marijuana."

Demonstrators outside blew kazoos and chanted "Go away D-E-A" while the smell of marijuana wafted through the air.

Earlier, federal agents seized more than 600 pot plants from the Harm Reduction Center and arrested the group's executive director. Three other men also were arrested.

The raid coincided with President Bush's announcement of a stepped-up war on drugs, with a goal of cutting drug abuse by 25 percent in five years, in part through improved law enforcement.

California, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Maine, Oregon and Washington state allow the infirm to receive, possess, grow or smoke marijuana for medical purposes without fear of state prosecution.

However, the U.S. Supreme Court said last year it is illegal to distribute marijuana for medical reasons.

During the raid, the Harm Reduction Center's executive director, Richard Watts, was arrested and two other men were charged with growing more than 100 pot plants. In a separate case, a fourth man was charged with growing more than 1,000 marijuana plants.

"They all are connected with marijuana smuggling," DEA spokesman Richard Meyer said. "We've said all along the cultivation and distribution of marijuana is illegal regardless of state or local law."

The center serves about 200 patients a day, all with doctors' recommendations to get the drug. Many suffer chronic pain from AIDS and cancer, said David Witty, the marijuana club's chief of security.

San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan has been outspoken in his support of such clubs, and Police Chief Fred Lau has said his officers wouldn't take part in any raids. City leaders declared San Francisco a sanctuary for medical cannabis use last year.

"This is a decision to be made by the voters of California and the people of the city and county of San Francisco," Hallinan said through a bullhorn outside the building where Hutchinson spoke.

Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano went one step further, calling the DEA an "obnoxious, grandstanding" agency. "I don't want somebody in my house that's not invited!" Ammiano shouted.

In his speech, Hutchinson said "science has told us so far there is no medical benefit for smoking marijuana." He also defended the arrests, saying "We have to enforce the law."

Tuesday's raid is just one in a series of recent federal crackdowns in California. Agents shut down a West Hollywood cannabis club in October. Other federal actions include raiding a Ventura County garden operated by patients, and seizure of medical records from a Northern California doctor who is a prominent medical marijuana proponent.

Associated Press