Category: Needless Victims

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Needless victims of our failed drug war

October 15, 2013
10/15/2013
Calling All Former Answerdam Members

Calling All Former Answerdam Members

Is there such a thing as triple jeopardy? Tragically, there is in San Diego under District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ reign. This month, the third trial of Jovan Jackson...
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October 14, 2013
10/14/2013
Jury Instructions Complete in Jovan Jackson Trial

Jury Instructions Complete in Jovan Jackson Trial

Medical marijuana patient and Navy veteran Jovan Jackson, along with his attorney, Lance Rogers assisted by Logan Fairfax and Rezwan Khan were in court Thursday and Friday,...
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October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

by Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women’s Outreach, October 10, 2013 In late 2012, a Riverside County, California police officer infiltrated a local high school, befriended a vulnerable,...
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October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
USA v. Gutierrez: Oaksterdam University Protestor Beaten by Federal Officers Found Guilty of Assault

USA v. Gutierrez: Oaksterdam University Protestor Beaten by Federal Officers Found Guilty of Assault

“My children are going to grow up without a father! Over what?!” shouted Sarah Schrader, longtime girlfriend of Jose Gutierrez and the mother of his two young...
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October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Defelonization – The Next Step in Winding Down the Drug War

Defelonization – The Next Step in Winding Down the Drug War

Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have already passed laws making simple drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony, and the momentum...
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October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

If you haven’t already, check out this story about a toddler who went to school with a backpack full of weed in New York City. I had...
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September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Film Review: “The House I Live In”

Film Review: “The House I Live In”

“The House I Live In” is one of the most important documentaries made in the last 10 years. I urge each and every one of you to...
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September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Texas Lawmen Want to Be Stars

Texas Lawmen Want to Be Stars

Texas lawmen broke into a woman’s house without a warrant to arrest her on bogus marijuana charges, and filmed it for a constable’s YouTube reality show, the...
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September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Ten month old Lilly Fisher has been in CPS custody since April when her father requested their help rescuing her from an extremely unsafe situation while in...
By: Mercedys
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September 20, 2013
09/20/2013
CPS Removes Children Due to State-Sanctioned Medical Marijuana Use

CPS Removes Children Due to State-Sanctioned Medical Marijuana Use

A six month old baby girl and her six year old brother were taken from their homes by CPS in Michigan this week because the state sees...
By: Mercedys
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September 17, 2013
09/17/2013
US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012

US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012

The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the...
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September 11, 2013
09/11/2013
Fund Raiser for the Rinehart Family, Medical Cannabis and CPS

Fund Raiser for the Rinehart Family, Medical Cannabis and CPS

Two powerhouse cannabis community collaborators, The World Famous Cannabis Café and SKUNK Magazine have joined forces again to raise money to help another family in need and...
By: Anna Diaz
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September 5, 2013
09/05/2013
Activist Targeted And Beaten By DEA Agents Faces Charges

Activist Targeted And Beaten By DEA Agents Faces Charges

In a great article on Ladybud, Angela Bacca recalls the events of the recent raids in Oakland, when DEA agents moved to shut down Oaksterdam. Jose Gutierrez, a...
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September 3, 2013
09/03/2013
Illinois MMJ Advocate Not Eligible Due To 2012 Possession Charge

Illinois MMJ Advocate Not Eligible Due To 2012 Possession Charge

Michelle DiGiacomo, a 53-year-old Chicago advocate that helped pass Illinois’ medical marijuana law, will not be eligible to receive her medication of choice because she was found in...
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August 30, 2013
08/30/2013
Landon Riddle, One of the Cancer Patients That Changed Dr. Gupta’s Mind On Cannabis

Landon Riddle, One of the Cancer Patients That Changed Dr. Gupta’s Mind On Cannabis

A Colorado mom says she’s at odds with the medical establishment and specifically, her oncologist, as the mother is refusing to restart chemotherapy and choosing to treat her 3-year-old son,...
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August 26, 2013
08/26/2013
Armored Car Companies Is the Federal Government’s Latest Attack On Legal Marijuana

Armored Car Companies Is the Federal Government’s Latest Attack On Legal Marijuana

As reported earlier this week on Harborside Medical’s website and reposted here on Weedist, the federal government is now going after medical marijuana in one of the...
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August 26, 2013
08/26/2013
DEA Must Pay $3 Million in 2010 Killing of LA Teen

DEA Must Pay $3 Million in 2010 Killing of LA Teen

A federal judge Tuesday awarded $3 million to the family of an 18-year-old Los Angeles honors student who was gunned down by undercover DEA agents in a parking garage...
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August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
New Orleans Cop Jailed in 2012 Drug War Killing

New Orleans Cop Jailed in 2012 Drug War Killing

A New Orleans police officer who gunned down an unarmed 20-year-old man during a 2012 drug raid pleaded guilty to manslaughter last Friday and was led off to begin...
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August 13, 2013
08/13/2013
San Diego Dad Says Medical Pot Use Cost Family Custody

San Diego Dad Says Medical Pot Use Cost Family Custody

San Diego County took two little children away from their parents for a year, and lied about it, because the father used medical marijuana on the advice...
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August 9, 2013
08/09/2013
Medicinal Marijuana Needy: The Story of Michael Brooks, Part 2

Medicinal Marijuana Needy: The Story of Michael Brooks, Part 2

Weedists: Meet Michael Brooks “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Michael Brooks represents a new trend,...
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