cannabisnews.com: City Clerk Validates Marijuana Petitions City Clerk Validates Marijuana Petitions Posted by CN Staff on January 01, 2003 at 15:38:53 PT Local News Story Source: Columbia Daily Tribune A group of University of Missouri-Columbia students seeking to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana gathered enough signatures on an initiative petition to ensure that their proposed measure will make the April ballot.The Columbia City Clerk’s office yesterday said the petitions, circulated by the Columbia Alliance for Patients and Education, contained 1,285 valid signatures. The group needed 1,191 valid signatures. Two ordinances related to the petition drive are scheduled for introduction at a Columbia City Council meeting Monday. The ordinances would be voted on at the council’s Jan. 20 meeting.The first ordinance would adopt the proposed measure, which seeks to direct all people charged with possessing 35 grams of marijuana or less to municipal court, limit punishments for possession to small fines and ask city prosecutors to dismiss charges against people who use marijuana for medicinal purposes under the direction of a doctor.If the council defeats the first ordinance, it would pass a second ordinance that would place the proposal on the April 8 ballot. Source: Columbia Daily Tribune (MO)Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002Copyright: 2002 Columbia Daily TribuneContact: editor tribmail.comWebsite: http://www.showmenews.com/CannabisNews - Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 02, 2003 at 19:02:34 PT mayan Let's hope that 2003 brings us good news. The Canadian case is very good. It could have a big effect down here I hope.You're welcome! [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by mayan on January 02, 2003 at 18:39:29 PT FoM... Happy New Year! Thanks for yet another year of C-News! May 2003 bring more good news than bad! [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by FoM on January 01, 2003 at 21:58:45 PT BGreen Forfeiture laws are wrong and have been abused way beyond what they were created for. How many drug king pins have they gotten? Not many at all. They aren't doing what they were created for so the law should be changed. If the forfeiture laws were changed the incentive would be gone and talking about drugs and drug use could be done with some sense in my opinion. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by BGreen on January 01, 2003 at 21:54:03 PT re: Ashcroft We just haven't turned over the right rock yet. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by BGreen on January 01, 2003 at 21:49:48 PT It doesn't matter what transpires in Columbia, MO The MO highway patrol is the gestapo. They will take all of their cases to the federal courts. These are the idiots that pull up about 9 million feral cannabis plants a year and claim they're saving the kids.There's too much money in civil forfeiture. That's fun money for the local and state piggies and there's no way they're going to stop stealing it. When the state legislature cowards passed a law requiring seized money go to the schools the local yokels started throwing most cases to the federal courts anyway. Every single federal case reported in the papers uses "conspiracy to commit" in the charges, so they can get convictions for sales even with NO proof any sales ever took place.Hundreds of thousands of stolen dollars go to the local police scumbags to buy new toys and to pay the so-called "confidential informants," who are actually more scummy than even the sleaziest cop.Watch the TV show Cops and see how many times they pull over cars "leaving a known drug house." They don't even bust the dealer at the "known drug house" because they make much more money by seizing cars and property of all the people buying $10 and $20 worth of drugs. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on January 01, 2003 at 21:35:57 PT mayan Happy New Year just a little late! I'm sure Ashcroft will surface sooner then we want unfortunately. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by mayan on January 01, 2003 at 21:28:36 PT huge, that is... not hugh. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by mayan on January 01, 2003 at 21:25:51 PT 2 Bucks is 2 Much... Free The Weed...Free The World! This could be a hugh slap in the face to Missourian John Asscrotch! Haven't seen his ugly mug lately. He has become a huge liability to the Shrub(like the Shrub needs one).The way out is the way in -The 9/11 Conspiracy: http://members.aol.com/sneiracs/911.htmMake No Mistake About It - 9/11 Was An Inside Job: http://www.voxnyc.com/archives/00000076.htmAftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11(QuickTime Video, parts 1-4) http://www.guerrillanews.com/after_math/The 9/11 Truth Movement - Selected Resources for Researchers and Activists: http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/LEV212A.htmlSecret 9/11 Documents: http://www.hempbc.com/articles/2705.html9/11 "Conspiracies" and the Defactualisation of Analysis: http://www.mediamonitors.net/mosaddeq37.html9/11 Skeptics Unite: http://www.osamaskidneys.com/links.htmlPaul Thompson's Complete 9/11 Timeline: http://cooperativeresearch.org/completetimeline/The People's Investigation of 9/11: http://www.911pi.com/More 9/11 Links: http://www.keystonereport.com/911.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by p4me on January 01, 2003 at 18:16:54 PT Fines are fine if the fine is less than $2. Couldn't this article tell us just how awful this Mword smoking is by telling us the maximum fine. Isn't there enough missery in Missouri without fining people for using cannabis anyway? Good news though and it requires the subject of medicinal values break the silence barrier of the prohibitionists. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment