Nevada County school board may renew drug dogs

 Government, Marijuana News
Aug 172010
 

High school administrators sick of drugs on campus want to enlist more dogs. Nevada Joint Union High School District is considering renewing a contract with a private canine drug-sniffing agency, The Union of Grass Valley reports. Last year, the district paid about $13,000 for services from Interquest Detection Canines, based in La Grange, about 30 miles east of Modesto. The canine teams show up unannounced to sniff locker areas, parking lots and empty classrooms. The firm recommends twice-monthly sweeps on each campus. Board president Mark Heauser calls the random drug-dog visits “very effective,” especially in [...]

New Humboldt County cannabis college set to teach advanced growing techniques

 Business, Marijuana News, Medical marijuana
Jul 092010
 

When Southern Humboldt residents Kellie Dodds and Pearl Moon took the advanced class at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, they discovered the class wasn’t advanced enough for them. ”We went there and we were just disappointed that we knew so much more, coming from here,” Dodds said. A Proposition 215 patient with a vision for cannabis education, Dodds said she wants to create a school that will focus on the sustainable, organic growing of medical cannabis, and not just focus on indoor growing techniques. ”I’ve looked at every cannabis college or school in California and outside [...]

D.A.R.E. chair: With L.A. law passed, legalization debate begins

 Law Enforcement, Medical marijuana, Opinion, Pot-pourri
Jan 272010
 

This L.A. Times guest opinion column is written by Skip Miller, chairman of D.A.R.E. America, the top drug-abuse prevention and education program in the United States, and a partner in the Los Angeles law firm Miller Barondess. =========================== The City Council’s vote Tuesday to shut hundreds of so-called medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles was a welcome move, but the larger battle over pot has just begun. Across the country, lawmakers and residents of cash-strapped states are edging ever closer to legalizing — and taxing — marijuana. In California, the first state in the nation [...]

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