On April 1, the U.S. patent office announced a new trademark: "Processed plant matter for medicinal purposes, namely medical marijuana." The category was killed three months later when the Wall Street Journal asked about it, but in the meantime ganjapreneurs nationwide filed some very interesting pot trademarks -- with some of the most colorful coming from Colorado.

At least 20 of the 151 or so applications filed for the new trademark came from Colorado -- and there are likely more, filed by trademark lawyers and experts in other states working on behalf of Colorado entities.

westword.com

State police narcotics officers seized more than 1,100 marijuana plants with a street value of about $1 million Monday at a property on Raymond School House Road.

Police said members of the Statewide Narcotics Task Force raided a large outdoor growing operation at 41 Raymond School House Road, where there was a house, a large two-story barn and a greenhouse.

norwichbulletin.com

After decades of marginalization, medical marijuana is gaining greater acceptance across the country and is becoming big business in states that have embraced it as a gentler, more natural medication for patients suffering from illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma and HIV.

Fourteen states, including Michigan, have legalized the drug for medicinal use, and another dozen are considering bills to start medical marijuana programs. The nation's capital could join their ranks since the District of Columbia's council in May unanimously approved legalizing and regulating the pain-soothing, appetite-inducing drug.

detnews.com

Wearing a pressed shirt and tie, banging away on his laptop, law professor Alejandro Madrazo Lajous doesn't come across as an activist for legalizing marijuana.

But as the attorney for an organization at the forefront of the growing legalization movement in Mexico, he is one of its most ardent advocates.

"Seeing the destruction of my country because of the war on drugs, I began to realize the importance of debating the idea," said Madrazo, who is also an attorney for the Collective for an Integral Policy on Drugs.

dentonrc.com

Team of Israeli scientists developed an innovative system of remote detection of cannabis plants (marijuana drug produced them), and will do from now on the lives of more severe pot growers.

The system includes a unique camera, that can detect cannabis plants from a height of 500 meters, so you can mount the police service aircraft.

Forensic experts from the Department (Maz"p) of the Israel Police and the International Organization of Experts (a branch of the UN) to combat drug has been showing great interest in the system. It was developed by Dr. Naftali

Goldshlger, a senior scientist at the study of erosion of the Ministry of Agriculture in Emek Hefer, and Prof. Eyal Ben-Dor, head of the remote sensing in the Department of Geography at Tel Aviv University, master's thesis on the basis of Ilan Azaria.

The system can detect suspicious plant yards, balcony pots or window boxes and in the future you can cut through surfaces such as sheds. Dr. Goldshlger: "We were surprised that technology, used mainly to examine the exact amount of water required to irrigate plants, can contribute much to the Anti-Drug."

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Interesting stuff and good find, i couldn't translate the page but hay-ho not a problem i went looking and found DETECTION OF CANNABIS PLANTS BY HYPER-SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING MEANS [pdf]

Une équipe de scientifiques israéliens viennent de mettre au point un système visant à détecter ou sont produits les plans de cannabis à travers le pays. L’objectif étant de faire cesser le trafic de marijuana. La caméra, développée uniquement avec des technologies israéliennes, arrive à détecter une plante de cannabis à 500m de distance!

jssnews.com

CALGARY - Police have busted a million-dollar marijuana grow operation on the same street Prime Minister Stephen Harper has his Calgary residence.

The bust was one of two by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team last month at northwest homes.

On July 14, police raided a Tuscany home -- on the same street where PM Stephen Harper has his Calgary residence -- where they found 848 plants worth about $1 million.

torontosun.com

Der Konsum von Cannabis kann erhebliche psychische Probleme wie schwere Angst- und Panikzustände verursachen. Immer mehr Hessen müssen mit psychischen Störungen stationär behandelt werden, da sie Cannabis geraucht oder eingenommen haben: 411 Fälle zählten die hessischen Krankenhäuser im Jahr 2008. Im Vergleich zum Jahr 2000 mit 230 Fällen stieg die Anzahl der Klinikaufenthalte um rund 80 Prozent. Dies gibt die Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) in Hessen bekannt.

wiesbadener-kurier.de