"A Significant Blow To The Marijuana Legalization Movement" Really?

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Wednesday May 19, 2010 · 9:30 AM PDT

2010/05/19 · 09:30

This story was sent to me via email from The NORML Newsletter:

The Prince of Pot, Marc Emery, will be extradited to the United States. It will happen imminently, according to his attorney.

The DEA finally nailed the bastard for selling pot seeds via the mail. Their struggle has been going on since 2005. They must be feeling their oats (avena sativa) right about now.

Emery has always maintained that his extradition was politically motivated. The nerve of that arrogant pothead! Probably paranoid from all those cannabinoids he's ingested.

Gee, what will become of his television station? His political party? His paraphernalia shops? Can they manage to survive without him? One wonders.

BTW, he paid the taxes on his profits to the penny ... in full

BhangBong

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Tuesday May 18, 2010 · 7:04 PM PDT

2010/05/18 · 19:04

[I got this from attorney Robert Franklin and am passing it on for your perusal and edification.

Parental Alienation is considered a serious problem by those parents on the receiving end of the defamation and harassment aimed at them by spouses that use the kids as a weapon of revenge.

There is a movement currently lobbying to get the American Psychiatric Association to approve the addition of Parental Alienation Syndrome to the DSM - IV (rev.)

Parental Alienation Awareness Day is officially designated as April 25th.

Here is an article on one state's acknowledgement of the problem.]

There's a little bit to like and a little to dislike in this case (Law.com, 5/10/10).

In it, the New Jersey court of appeals ruled that one parent could sue the other parent for denying access to the child. The court held that a civil cause of action for infliction of emotional distress can be pursued by the parent against whom the child has been severely alienated. So what's the problem with that? Well, it turns out a person can file such a suit, but just not in this case. Why not? The "best interests of the child," that's why not.

BhangBong

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Sunday May 16, 2010 · 9:06 PM PDT

2010/05/16 · 21:06

Beckford v. Dept. of Corrs., No. 09-11540, involved an action by female corrections officers claiming that the institution failed to remedy a sexually hostile work environment that male inmates created for female employees. The court of appeals affirmed judgment for plaintiffs, on the grounds that 1) there was no reason to treat prison inmates differently from other third-party harassers and prisons differently from other employers under Title VII; 2) a reasonable jury could have found that prison officials should have enforced the inmate dress policy, which required inmates to wear pants when female staff were in the close management dorms; and 3) the refusal of the district court to instruct the jury about the Faragher defense did not prejudice defendant.

http://blogs.findlaw.com/...

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Sunday May 16, 2010 · 3:00 PM PDT

2010/05/16 · 15:00

I just got this from Keith Stroup, Legal Counsel for NORML:

Washington, DC: The 2010 edition of the White House National Drug Control Strategy, released this week, calls on states to enact laws criminalizing motorists who drive with the residual presence of drug or inactive drug metabolite in their body.

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