EDITOR: I was very happy to read on Dec. 12 about the suspects in the heroin ring being indicted. My 24-year-old granddaughter passed away in February from a heroin overdose. I was taken aback by the second headline of the same page - "In search of best buds" - regarding the Emerald Cup, the weekend marijuana competition. Lisa started her journey with drug addiction by smoking pot as a young teenager, then graduated from there to the killer drug. It seems to me that was poor article placement, but what do I know? I am not a newspaper editor, just a brokenhearted grandmother. Sebastopol [end]
I went down to our local pot shop the other day and scored some grass. That is by way of saying I purchased some medical marijuana to help in our daughter's fight against the nausea of cancer. And it's working. But I had to try it first to make sure it was safe. I considered it a father's duty. I chose the chocolate chip cookie. You don't just bring home raw cannabis anymore. In the new age of legalized useage one can purchase the dope in cookies and candy or use its buds for tea. [continues 462 words]
City Officials, Advocates Debate Medical Marijuana Dispensary SIMI VALLEY -- R. Dean Jones wonders why he must leave Ventura County to find a cannabis club where he can legally purchase marijuana to ease the pain of his diabetes. "This county should have a facility where medical marijuana patients can purchase their medicine," said the 70-year-old Simi Valley man who drives to clinics in West Hollywood and Santa Barbara. "It's my God-given right to deal with this my way." [continues 823 words]
Peter McWilliams lives in a house overlooking Laurel Canyon with a view that stretches past the wooded hills all the way to the clustered towers of downtown. Frank Lloyd Wright called it the most inspirational site in Southern California, but it doesn't always feel that way to McWilliams. It has become a kind of prison for the 49yearold writerpublisher who hasn't been out of it since February. He doesn't have many guests over either, because his immune system is almost nonexistent and flu could kill him. [continues 759 words]
