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The New York Times had question-and-answer interview last Tuesday, December 22, 2008 with Mahmoud A. Elsohly, who grows marijuana for research purposes. He talks about the improved quality of cannabis in Northern California, thanks to growers using modern genetics techniques. Q. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE MARIJUANA PROJECT DO? A. Though cannabis had been used by man for [...] Kevin Hoover, editor of the Arcata Eye, reports on a number of medical cannabis measures which were recently approved by the Arcata (California) City Council. No more than four medical marijuana cooperatives/collectives may operate in Arcata. If one closes, the limit drops and stays at three. The SacBee with the story of eight men who tried to steal cannabis from a man who was growing plants for his own personal use. (SacBee) Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies arrested eight Sacramento-area men Friday on suspicion of robbing at gunpoint a Laytonville man who grew marijuana in his garden for medical use. The men, who range [...] From the The Point Reyes Light: Several hundred marijuana plants were discovered on two neighboring ranches near Soulajule Reservoir in the past two weeks. The plants—found on Robert Gambonini and Phil Dolcini’s properties—were cultivated in small clusters in remote areas. “They are doing small grows rather than large ones and putting them in really obscure places,” [...] The Monterey County Herald reports that local Carmel Valley authorities announced that “ Agents with the Monterey County Marijuana Eradication Team destroyed about 16,000 plants discovered growing in the forest off Robinson Canyon and Carmel Valley roads.” According to The Herald, this is becoming a common occerence, since “in July authorities destroyed a patch of [...] The Victorville Daily Press on the recent bust of a San Bernardino cannabis growing operation, the 12th such site found in San Bernardino in 2008… Officials from the U.S. Forest Service, with assistance from the Sheriff’s Department and the state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement’s task force, retrieved a total of 9,285 plants from the area near [...] |
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