On March 25th Kevin Metcalfe received a sentence of 20 years in a Hilo Court room for allegedly shooting an intruder who was attempting to steal plants from his greenhouse in Ocean View. “An Ocean View man convicted of manslaughter for shooting and killing an intruder was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison. Kevin [...]
Posts under ‘Medical marijuana’
The proposal to create medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii has apparently gone up in smoke.
See below for an article published in Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today this week describing how the bill was killed in the House Committees but first.. a few thoughts from Peaceful Sky Alliance about what went wrong… Peaceful Sky Alliance and other groups are seeing a great deal of disappointment in our community because [...]
Hawaii kills medical marijuana dispensary measure
MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer Published: 08:24 p.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010 HONOLULU (AP) — A proposal to create medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii has gone up in smoke. The idea is dead because the House Judiciary Committee refused to consider the measure before a legislative deadline Thursday. Lawmakers were worried that medical marijuana dispensaries would fuel illegal sales [...]
In defense of medical marijuana practices
As a registered nurse who works at a medical marijuana (cannabis) clinic, I find it perfectly clear why one Big Island doctor certifies a large portion of Hawaii’s medical cannabis patients: He is a specialist. He should not be criticized for doing his job well. Any other physician specialist (orthopedist, cardiologist, neurosurgeon, etc) who did [...]
The ACLU says to HCPD.. stop harassing medical marijuana patients.
Here are excerpts from an article published in The Big Island Weekly October 14, 2009. See below for our comments & mahalo to journalist Tiffany Edwards Hunt and The Big Island Weekly: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawai’i has put the Hawaii County Council on notice that police helicopter flyovers for marijuana eradication [...]
Why are Judges in Hawaii County ‘prescribing’ medical treatment that is far more dangerous than Cannabis?
Another issue that keeps coming up here in Hawaii County concerns judges who are making ‘medical determinations’ concerning Cannabis. Frequently the judges will make it a condition of probation that the defendent is NOT to use Cannabis while on probation (remember that probation can sometimes be up to 10 years). We’ve seen judges ‘override’ advice [...]
Are you a registered “medical marijuana” user?
Here’s what you should know .. (the good and the bad of it) If you are registered by the Board of Public Safety as a medical marijuana user, you should know all of the conditions below that sets out what you can and can’t do.But caveat emptor or “buyer beware”, the rules and regulations around [...]
AMA Calls For Ending The “Schedule #1 Lie”
Yesterday, NORML published this news.. the AMA has called for Cannabis (marijuana) to be rescheduled. Now that’s a headline! The very basis for the drug war was the classification of Cannabis as a ‘schedule 1′ drug. For the last 30 years Cannabis has been vilified and classified as a drug more potent and dangerous than [...]
