KOIN 6 News (January 13, 2003)

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World News Tonight (October 30, 2002)

KGW 8 News (October 25, 2002)

KEZI ch. 9 news October 23,2002, October 24,2002

CNN San Francisco (October 20, 2002)

CBS News Sunday Morning (October 20, 2002)

War on drugs with John Stessel- July 30, 2002

Donahue- July 29, 2002
Donahue has Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico, Sup. Mark Leno of San Francisco, Lynn Nofzinger of the Reagan administration and Billy Rogers of the new Nevada marijuana regulation initiative debate ex-Drug Czar, General Barry McCaffrey. McCaffrey complains that this is the most unbalanced program he has ever been on.

O'Reilly factor by FOX News (March 9, 2002)

THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP London goes to pot. It's high times in London. The British government announced plans last week to relax marijuana laws. Cannabis will be reclassified as a Class C drug, putting it in the same category as steroids and anti-depressants. The drug will still be illegal to possess or smoke, but police will not arrest violators.(Nov. 3, 2001) THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP

Pot-busting cops counterproductive The Grow Busters were supposed to crack down on B.C.'s thriving pot growing industry. But critics charge the Vancouver Police unit is not laying charges, and is actually making the problem worse.

Cannabis: the UK's story 23 October 2001 The BBC's Margaret Gilmore reports. Relaxing the law Home Secretary David Blunkett said he wanted to change the law so that it "made more sense" to people on the street, but cannabis possession and supply would remain a criminal offence, attracting maximum sentences of five years for supply and two years for possession. BBC Online

Cannabis: the UK's story16 September 2001 Colin Davies tried to open a Dutch-style cafe A campaigner for the legalisation of cannabis, who was arrested after attempting to open the UK's first Amsterdam-style marijuana cafe in Greater Manchester, was released without charge. The BBC's John Brain reports. BBC Online

The Dutch example Amsterdam coffee shop Many of those who have campaigned for a relaxation of Britain's drugs laws look to Holland as an example of how decriminalisation works, but others see it as a drug-ridden society which encourages serious addiction and all its related social ills. The BBC's Robert Nisbett reports from Amsterdam. BBC Online

Cannabis: the UK's story17 November 2000 Then Shadow Home Secretary Anne Widdecombe told the Conservative party conference she wanted a "zero tolerance" policy towards cannabis, but within a month was forced to re-think her tough policy after media criticism and embarassing revelations from some Tory MPs that they had previously smoked the drug. BBC Online

US Supreme Court's May 14, 2001 Medical Marijuana Ruling. A May 14, 2001 news clip from KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon where HempTV's Paul Stanford takes the local news reporter into his home medical marijuana garden, in conjunction with the same day ruling by the US Supreme Court against medical marijuana sales at California's cannabis buyer's clubs. 2 minutes.

Fox's O'Reilly Factor with Judge Gray This August 15, 2001 edition of Fox-TV's 'The O'Reilly Factor' segment features California's Judge James Gray and the new head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Asa Hutchinson. Fox-TV's host O'Reilly shows himself to be a drug-war-crazed prohibitionist, advocating compulsory drug testing, compulsory drug treatment for people testing positive on the compulsory drug tests, and active military interdiction at the border.

Portland, Oregon's KGW-TV on Dr. Leveque & Medical Marijuana Cannabis Common Sense cohost Dr. Phillip Leveque explains why he signs more medical marijuana applications for the Oregon Health Division registry than any other doctor.

Fox-TV on Oregon's Dr. Leveque & Medical Marijuana The Fox-TV network interviews Cannabis Common Sense's cohost, Dr. Phillip Leveque about his approving patients' medical marijuana applications for the Oregon Health Division registration. They never mention that Dr. Levque taught pharmacology and toxicology at Georgetown University Medical School and other medical schools.

ABC News' Downtown: Holland: Does Tolerating Marijuana Keep People off Harder Drugs? An examination of drug policy in Holland looks at the "coffee shops" selling marijuana, heroin clinics and street drugs. Includes interviews with the Dutch health minister, ex-US Czar McCaffrey and others.

Operation Green Merchant (October 26, 1989) National and Seattle news clips on federal crack down on horticulture equipment suppliers

Up Front: Marijuana Legalization (January1986) Debate on the Oregon Marijuana Initiative on KHQ-TV Spokane, Washington.

Patton Of Pot-60 Minutes II's Vicki Mabrey reports.Weeding Out Marijuana At Its Roots. California Team Destroys Illegal Plantings. Increasingly Gangs, Some From Mexico, Are Involved In Business. Febuary 13, 2001. CBS News

KGW-TV CRRH is 1st with on-line initiative signaturese CRRH filed a lawsuit in Oregon court against the Oregon Secretary of State to have them accept electronic signatures gathered on the Internet. With the US Congress passing the electronic signature bill, and with President Clinton signing it, CRRH's OCTA initiative is the first petition seeking a statewide vote to gather signatures on-line, using the signer's computer, modem and mouse. 2 minutes; June 22, 2000.

Peter McWilliams on ABC News' 20/20e John Stoessel's segment, "Give me a break" features best-selling author and medical marijuana patient Peter McWiiliams' federal prosecution. Medical marijuana helped Peter fight nausea caused by other life-saving medications he had to take. Peter died 5 days after this aired, asphyxiated in a bout of nausea, 3 days after his last book and computer were destroyed in a mysterious fire at his home. 4 minutes; June 9, 2000.

Bill Bradley on ABC News' This Weeke Bradley admits he smoked marijuana, then he asks and gets a confession from Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts that they smoked too. Roberts says she did when she was pregnant, which would lead to having her child taken away from her in most places in the USA today. 2 minutes; Sept. 19, 1999.

Medical Pot Sheriff on CNN NewsStande Portland, Maine Sheriff Mark Dion discusses his support of medical marijuana and supplying police-seized-pot to patients. Dr. John Morgan, CUNY professor of pharmacology debates. 11 minutes; May 12, 2000.

Mark Emery on CNN's Impact CNN visits British Columbia, Canada, investigating marijuana production and "Vancouver's Prince of Pot," Mark Emery, activist and the founder of HempBC, Cannabis Culture magazine, Mark Emery's Marijuana Seed Distribution, and the Cannabis Cafe. 13 minutes; 1997.

Steve Kubby on Inside Edition Kubby, a noted author and activist, who helped the US' first medical marijuana initiative, California's Prop 215 in 1996. Kubby, a cancer victim, was busted for medical marijuana and is being prosecuted in California. 3 minutes; July 1999.

Hugh Downs on retirement from ABC News' 20/20 discusses marijuana and censorship. 1 minute; 9/99.

"CNN & Company" with Mary Tillotson, Institute of Medicine study release by CNN 20 minutes (March 17, 1999) [with Richard Brookhiser, Gen. McCaffrey & Dr. Mohrbocher]

Bill Clinton's statement that he did not inhale. 7 seconds

"War on Drugs: R.I.P." by Investigative Reports and The A&E Channel, 1995, 47 minutes.
Bill Curtis presents an indictment against the War on Drugs and says that it should "Rest In Peace." The show documents the horrors caused by the drug war.

Portland KATU-TV's "Town Hall" on Measure 67, medical cannabis, and Measure 57, recriminalization of cannabis Nov. 1998, 47 minutes.
This show aired two days before the crucial Oregon election which overwhelmingly, by 2-to-1, defeated the police effort to recriminalize possession of small amounts of cannabis, Measure 57, and passed Measure 67 for medical marijuana. Hosted by John Marler.

CBS's "60 Minutes" report on Cannabis in the Netherlands & the USA, with Morley Safer, 1996, 13 minutes.
"60 Minutes" segment called "American Enterprise," with reporter Morley Safer in 1996 as he visits Dutch and American cannabis cultivators and notices the different drug policies and the cultural exchange between these two nations.

CNN's "Higher Times" with Bernard Shaw, Winter 1997, 50 minutes.
CNN presents "Higher Times" on cannabis and prohibition. Features experts from around the world. One of the best overall in-depth reports on the issue. This show originally aired in the summer of 1996, and this is a revised and updated version that aired in the winter of 1997.

ABC's "Pot of Gold" with Peter Jennings, Winter 1997, 48 minutes.
This show from the US ABC television network examines the economics of marijuana cultivation in America. It shows growers and communities around the USA, and how the culture of the underground economy affects them. ABC's anchor Peter Jennings is the host and gives a great commentary at the end. This show originally aired in the winter of 1997

Portland's KOIN-TV News reports that Oregon legislature almost recriminalizes cannabis & Woody Harrelson wins industrial hemp court case, June 1997, 3 minutes.
Portland's KOIN-TV reports two stories in under 3 minutes in June 1997 when Oregon's legislature passed a bill to recriminalize marijuana, featuring CRRH Director, D. Paul Stanford. We collected signatures to refer this bill to a vote on November 1998, which is now Ballot Measure 57. This story was shown back-to-back with another report on actor and industrial hemp entrepreneur, Woody Harrelson's Kentucky case where he planted 4 industrial hemp seeds and this report announces his victory in the appeal.

Portland's KATU-TV News "telepoll" showing the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) can win, 20 seconds.
This television news poll shows that OCTA can win at the ballot in Oregon. The poll asks the question, "Should marijuana be legalized to fund education?" OCTA wins with over 54 percent saying yes. Twenty seconds.

Portland's KOIN-TV News on the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA), February 1997.
Portland's KOIN-TV reports on the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) in February 1997 with an interview with CRRH director, D. Paul Stanford.

ABC's "Nightline" with Forest Sawyer and NEJM editor Dr. Jerome Kassirer, February 1997, 26 minutes.
ABC's "Nightline" looks at medical marijuana on February 3, 1997. Sawyer interviews New England Journal of Medicine editor, Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D as he debunks a White House drug warrior.

Portland KATU-TV's "Town Hall" on medical cannabis, January 1997, 60 minutes.
This show aired on January 12, 1997 concerning medical marijuana. The show's host, Jeff Gianola of Portland, Oregon's ABC affiliate KATU-TV, interviews a diverse and emotional crowd with people on both sides of the issue. The show features CRRH director Paul Stanford and focuses on our Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA). This show portrays a microcosm of the very emotionally-charged debate on drug policy reform in the USA today.

Portland KATU-TV's "Town Hall" on the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA), December 1997, 3 minutes.
This show aired on December 28, 1997, and featured segments from the year's most popular episodes, and they saved the best, our part, for last. CRRH director D. Paul Stanford debates a local spokeswoman from the PDFA, and she incorrectly says that OCTA is not about marijuana, but the legalization of all drugs.

Portland KGW-TV's News on the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA), Spring 1996, 2 minutes.
This 2-minute interview and examination of the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA) aired in the spring of 1996. They interview CRRH director D. Paul Stanford and look at the man-in-street's reaction to OCTA.

CNBC's "Market Wrap" feature on CRRH Director D. Paul Stanford's hemp paper company, 3 minutes.
This 3-minute segment is the final story on the CNBC show "Market Wrap" and features CRRH Director D. Paul Stanford's hemp paper company, Tree Free EcoPaper, and talks about hemp and paper. A DEA agent says trees are better for paper.

Portland KGW-TV's News helicopter takes police to harvest outdoor cannabis, 3 minutes.
Portland's KGW-TV, an NBC affiliate, goes along for a helicopter search and seize marijuana harvest. The harvesting deputy explains the economic motivation of why his law enforcement agencies like to do marijuana busts and harvest when he says, "I would like to thank the marijuana growers for my job security."

CNN feature on Hemp BC and Vancouver Canada, October 1997.

KATU-TV Telepoll Showing OCTA Can Pass

News clip explaining OCTA

D. Paul Stanford, CRRH Director, on NBC about Industrial Hemp and Paper in China

Industrial hemp prohibition in USA on NBC

D. Paul Stanford's company featured on CNBC