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Dear Human Rights Activists,

The following articles concerning the July 31 decision as covered in the UPI news CANADIAN COURT STRIKES DOWN MARIJUANA LAW, are very relevant to the important debate surrounding medical marijuana policy in the United States - as this issue is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after another historic ruling by Federal Judge Breyer to allow the reopening of cannabis clubs for those with serious illnesses on July 17, 2000.

There seems to have been almost no news coverage of this important ruling in the U.S. media so far. Initially, there was one very short article on Aug. 1 in the Blade from Toledo, Ohio. Later, one paragraph in an article entitled "Civil Liberation" was published in the Honolulu Weekly.

HONOLULU WEEKLY August 9-15, 2000, Civil Liberation By Bob Stauffer

On the tail end of a fairly uneventful summer for Hawai'i come two glimmers of sunshine. On July 31 the appeals court for Ontario, the major province of Canada, ruled that marijuana laws there should not apply to a patient using the drug for medicinal purposes. In doing so, the court referred to Hawaii's recently enacted medical-marijuana law, which is the first in the nation approved by a state Legislature. The Ontario court went so far as to quote the entire Hawaii's law as an appendix to its decision.

I hope the following list of 92 different articles concerning this historic Canadian decision - adds to the important discussions going on in Canada and the United States (and many other countries) about the future direction of medical marijuana policy, as well as general marijuana policy:

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1084/a01.html

POT PROHIBITION UNCONSTITUTIONAL 7/31

Associated Press

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1094/a05.html

CANADIAN COURT STRIKES DOWN MARIJUANA LAW 8/1

United Press International

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1093/a04.html

SCORE ONE FOR MARIJUANA PROPONENTS 8/1

Reuters

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1096/a04.html

TOP ONTARIO COURT RULES MARIJUANA BAN ILLEGAL 8/1

Blade, The (Toledo, OH)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a08.html

SMOKERS' POT LUCK 8/1

Ottawa Sun (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1091/a04.html

POT LAW RULED UNFAIR BY TOP COURT 8/1

Toronto Star (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1091/a01.html

POT LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL, COURT RULES 8/1

Kitchener-Waterloo Record (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1090/a07.html

POT CLOSER TO LEGAL 8/1

Province, The (CN BC)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1089/a02.html

POT DECISION CHEERED BY CALGARY MAN 8/1

Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a05.html

COURT RULES POT LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL 8/1

Halifax Daily News (CN NS)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a06.html

ANTI-MARIJUANA LAW VIOLATES RIGHTS OF THE SICK, JUDGE RULES 8/1 Ottawa

Citizen (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a04.html

COURT RULES POT BAN UNCLEAR 8/1

Winnipeg Sun (CN MB)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a03.html

ONTARIO COURT STRIKES DOWN MARIJUANA LAW; GIVES OTTAWA YEAR TO CLARIFY IT

8/1 Newfoundland Evening Telegram (Canada)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a02.html

FIX MARIJUANA LAW OR IT DIES, JUDGES ORDER PARLIAMENT 8/1 National Post

(Canada)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1087/a01.html

LAW AGAINST MARIJUANA STRUCK DOWN IN ONTARIO 8/1

Globe and Mail (Canada)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1093/a09.html

EDITORIAL: TIME TO AMEND MARIJUANA LAW 8/1

Toronto Star (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1095/a04.html

COURT DECIDES MEDICAL POT OK 8/1

Windsor Star (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1096/a07.html

MARIJUANA LAW 'UNCONSTITUTIONAL' 8/1

Vancouver Sun (CN BC)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1103/a01.html

Source: Evening News (UK)

LAW HAS GONE TO POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1101/a03.html

Source: London Free Press (CN ON)

SICK ARE NO LONGER CRIMINALS

August 2, 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1096/a08.html

MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE 8/2

Globe and Mail (Canada)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1098/a01.html

TOKERS TO LAW: CHILL 8/2

Toronto Sun (CN ON)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1098/a02.html

Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)

LTE: LET POT LAWS DIE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1098/a11.html

Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)

REEFER MADNESS REDUX

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1101/a05.html

Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB)

ED: CHANGE THE MARIJUANA LAW

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1099/a05.html

Source: The Calgary Herald (CN AB)

ED: WEED AS NEEDED

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1103/a05.html

Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)

ED: DECISION TIME FOR MARIJUANA

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1099/a06.html

Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)

A WELCOME NUDGE TO REVIEW POT LAWS

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1099/a03.html

Source: National Post (Canada)

ED: THE WEED THAT SOOTHES

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1099/a08.html

Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)

POT LAWS IN LIMBO -- BUT THAT'S NO LICENCE TO LIGHT UP

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1098/a10.html

Source: New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (CN NK)

N.B. POLICE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MARIJUANA ARRESTS DESPITE ONTARIO COURT

DECISION

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1100/a01.html

Source: Halifax Daily News (CN NS)

ED: MARIJUANA RULING CHANGES `WAR'

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1101/a12.html

Source: Windsor Star (CN ON)

ED: MARIJUANA The medicinal factor

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1099/a02.html

Source: New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (CN NK)

ONTARIO NDP CALLS FOR THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA (New Democratic

Party)

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1099/a10.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

OTTAWA STILL UNDECIDED ON POT APPEAL

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1101/a11.html

Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)

ED: REWRITE LAW ON MARIJUANA

August 3, 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1105/a03.html

Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)

MARIJUANA PRESCRIPTION

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1103/a14.html

Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)

MARIJUANA ADVOCATES OFFER HEALTH CANADA TIPS ON RESEARCH INTO POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1102/a09.html

Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)

ED: DIALOGUE ON DRUGS

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1105/a07.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

OPED: OTTAWA CAN DO THE RIGHT THING ON POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1105/a06.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

OTTAWA SHOULD REVIEW MARIJUANA LAWS

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1105/a09.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

POT ADVOCATES PASS ADVICE TO OTTAWA

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1105/a13.html

Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)

MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATIONS DENOUNCED

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1105/a11.html

Source: Evening News (UK)

LTE: CANNABIS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE SICK

Fri, 04 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1107/a09.html

Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)

POT BREAKTHROUGH OVERDUE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1111/a11.html

Source: Chilliwack Times, The

LTE: CN BC: "Facts" about pot outdated and wrong

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1107/a08.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

JUSTICE MINISTER READY TO TALK POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1109/a06.html

Source: London Free Press (CN ON)

DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA A NO-BRAINER

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1108/a05.html

Source: Evening News (UK)

LTE: LET'S FOLLOW CANADIAN LEAD #1

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1107/a06.html

Source: Evening News (UK)

LTE: LET'S FOLLOW CANADIAN LEAD #2

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1126/a02.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

LTE: CUTTING TO THE CHASE

Sat, 05 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1125/a09.html

Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

WHY I'M NOT HIGH ON LEGALIZING POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1143/a04.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

LTE: DECRIMINALIZE POT

Sun, 06 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1120/a11.html

Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)

PUFFING PAIN AWAY

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1139/a01.html

Source: Province, The (CN BC)

MEDICINAL HOPES FOR MARIJUANA IGNITE CONTROVERSY FOR WIDESPREAD USE

Mon, 07 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1125/a12.html

Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)

INSIDE GROWING OPERATIONS

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1126/a03.html

Source: London Free Press (CN ON)

LTE: LAWS DON'T RECOGNIZE MEDICAL VALUE OF MARIJUANA

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1128/a03.html

Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)

LTE: POT PERSPECTIVES

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1136/a01.html

Source: North Shore News (CN BC)

ED: UP IN SMOKE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1154/a06.html

Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)

Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1096/a08.html

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1098/a11.html Related: http://www.mapinc.o

rg/drugnews/v00/n1096/a08.html

LTE: POT PERSPECTIVES 1 of 2

Tue, 08 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1131/a08.html

Source: National Post (Canada)

SOROS GROUP FUNDED CASE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1133/a10.html

Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)

LTE: BODY POLITIC'S STUPIDITY

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1143/a10.html

Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)

LTE: DEFENDING INTERESTS

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1137/a02.html

Source: Nelson Daily News (CN BC)

OPED: A VICTORY FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1136/a08.html

Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)

LTE: A CLEAR MAJORITY

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1136/a09.html

Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)

LTE: CANNABIS ISSUES

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1135/a05.html

Source: New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (CN NK)

OPED: SMOKING MARIJUANA IS NOT SAFE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1135/a06.html

Source: Halifax Daily News (CN NS)

LTE: IN DEFENCE OF AMSTERDAM

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1143/a05.html

Source: Halifax Daily News (CN NS)

LTE: POT CRITIC BLOWING SMOKE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1133/a07.html

Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)

MAKE POT LEGAL, MOST CALLERS SAY

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1132/a11.html

Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)

SUPPORT GROWS FOR LEGALIZED MARIJUANA

Wed, 09 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1142/a05.html

Source: Province, The (CN BC)

OTTAWA'S ARCHAIC MARIJUANA LAW GOES TO POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1141/a09.html

Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)

LTE: SILENT MAJORITY

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1142/a13.html

Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

FUNDS GO TO POT BILLIONAIRE HELPED MARIJUANA DEFENCE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1138/a09.html

Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)

ED: LEGALIZING MARIJUANA REFLECTS TODAY'S REALITY

Thu, 10 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1144/a10.html

Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

LTE: WILLIAMSON SAYS SILLY THINGS

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1146/a03.html

Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)

FORGET THE MARIJUANA SCARE STORIES

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1146/a07.html

Source: London Free Press (CN ON)

LTE: WANT TO SMOKE POT? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1147/a05.html

Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

Author: Gerald M. Sutliff, http://www.mapinc.org/writers/gerald+sutliff

Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1125/a09.html

LTE: REGULATED LEGALIZATION

Fri, 11 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1151/a10.html

Source: New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (CN NK)

LTE: REDUCE CRIME BY LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1149/a08.html

Source: New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (CN NK)

LTE: DRUG PROHIBITION PROFITS GOVERNMENT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1150/a11.html

Source: Mirror (CN QU)

CLOCK TICKS ON WEED BAN

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1151/a03.html

Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)

LTE: DRUG USE SHOULD BE INDIVIDUAL CHOICE

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1153/a01.html

Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)

MARIJUANA PARTY TARGETS DAY, CLARK

Sat, 12 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1155/a13.html

LTE: (TITLE ERROR) ALCOHOL MUCH WORSE THAN POT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1156/a03.html

Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

LTE: POTENCY MATH

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1161/a04.html

Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)

OPED: LEGALIZE POT AND PROSTITUTION AND KEEP POWER FROM THE CROOKS

Sun, 13 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1158/a09.html

Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)

REEFER MADNESS?

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1159/a08.html

Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)

LTE: DECRIMINALIZATION OR JAIL

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1160/a09.html

Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)

Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1125/a09.html

LTE: NOT HIGH ON PROHIBITION

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1161/a07.html

Source: Province, The (CN BC)

PATIENT: I WON'T QUIT SMOKING POT

Mon, 14 Aug 2000

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1163/a08.html

Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)

LTE: PUT REEFER MADNESS IN THE PAST

If I am wrong about this lack of coverage amounting to a virtual blackout of this historic Canadian decision in the mainstream U.S. News Media, please bring it to my attention - so that I can update this special report as soon as possible.

Best Wishes,

WallyB

 

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