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Benjamin Curtis, the 22-year old actor who portrays the Dell Guy in those bothersome computer commercials, was arrested late last night (2/9) on a marijuana possession charge, The Smoking Gun has learned. According to cops, Curtis was holding a "small bag of marijuana" when he was popped on Manhattan's Lower East Side (at Ludlow and Rivington for you Gothamites). Curtis is currently being held in Central Booking and is scheduled to be arraigned later today in Manhattan Criminal Court. Curtis, who lives in lower Manhattan, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. Bonnie Shumofsky, the actor's agent, said...

<p>Well, that is, if you happen to have a marijuana patch in your back yard during the growing season and your neighbor finds out you are breaking the law.</p> <p>Then, with 11 digits, he can give away your secret plot, and in turn, make away with cash for his effort.</p>

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Physicians can discuss the pros and cons of medicinal marijuana with their patients without worry of the Drug Enforcement Administration cracking down on them, a federal appeals court ruled in October. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously ruled that a 1996 federal policy that said physicians could lose their DEA numbers if they discussed the issue tramples on First Amendment rights that allow a doctor and patient to discuss medical issues. The policy had some physicians fearful of discussing the issue with patients who have cancer, AIDS or other debilitating diseases...

As we saw from another post here today, Sean Hannity is a FR Lurker. Which makes me wonder, WHO are the other Famous FR Lurkers? According to summer, Jeb Bush is also a FR Lurker. Could a certain brother of his also lurk here? Rush Limbaugh has mentioned the FR numerous times so he is definitely an FR Lurker as is Matt Drudge. I would love to know who the other famous FR Lurkers are. But, of course, they won't reveal themselves if they are Lurking only.

Medical marijuana and the feds Debra Saunders If the federal government were right that medical marijuana has no medicinal value, why have so many doctors risked their practices by recommending its use for patients with cancer or AIDS? Marcus Conant, the doctor who identified the first cases of Kaposi's sarcoma among San Francisco AIDS patients, can answer that. Imagine you're the doctor for a 40-year-old lady with breast cancer. They put her on chemotherapy, and every time she takes her therapy, she throws up. She can't sleep; she's up sick all night. She has trouble caring for her children. Medical...

Washington Effort To Undermine California Voters On Marijuana Dealt Another Setback A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Tuesday that federal drug police may not revoke the licenses of doctors -- or launch investigations of those doctors -- based on their recommending marijuana to their patients. This had been the most pernicious tactic in the federal government's attempts to frustrate the will of California voters, who overwhelmingly approved the medical use of marijuana. The court did uphold the draconian federal theory that a doctor might be held to be engaging in a criminal conspiracy under...

The “worst Drug Warrior in Congress” has lost his seat -- and the Libertarian Party appears to have played a small role in making it happen. U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, an outspoken opponent of medical marijuana, was defeated by Rep. John Linder in a Republican primary election in Georgia on August 20. With 82% of precincts reporting, Linder had 67% of the vote to Barr’s 33%, prompting Barr’s concession. Over the past two weeks, Barr had been the target of a barrage of television ads produced by the Libertarian Party. The ads were run by Carole Ann Rand, the LP...

"Our goal is not to cope with the drug problem, but to actively reduce substance abuse in our society," Walters said in an address to the National Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities conference. [...] "We have a responsibility - as family members, employers, physicians, educators, religious leaders, neighbors, colleagues and friends - to reach out to help these people," Walters said. "We must find ways to lead them back to drug-free lives."

Employees of Drug Center Can Remain Silent Employees of the Orlando drug treatment center where the daughter of Gov. Jeb Bush is staying do not have to say anything to police about allegations she was in possession of crack cocaine, Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. ruled Monday. Perry cited federal law that maintains communications between drug patients under treatment and those treating them are confidential. Noelle Bush, 25, has been at the Center for Drug-Free Living since February after her January arrest in Tallahassee for allegedly attempting to buy Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug, with a fake prescription. Another patient called...

Drug-Treatment Staff Subpoenaed The Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office has joined the Orlando Police Department in the drug investigation of Noelle Bush, issuing subpoenas to four workers at the drug-treatment center where the governor's 25-year-old daughter is staying. But a lawyer representing the four subpoenaed employees of the Center for Drug-Free Living said Friday that federal laws prevent the workers from answering investigators' questions. Those laws protect the confidentiality of clients at the center and keep nearly everything about the program secret. Center officials have refused to comment. Julia Elias, the employee who discovered the drug, completed a written statement but...

I feel nothing but sympathy and concern for Noelle Bush. Her latest stumble on the rocky road to recovery -- being caught with crack cocaine at a drug rehab center -- shows that she is in desperate need of help. As a parent, I can also easily empathize with the anguish Noelle's father, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, must be experiencing. And I'm in total agreement with his insistence that his daughter's substance abuse problem is "a private issue." But when I think about the heartless stance the Governor has taken toward the drug problems of those less-fortunate and well-connected than...

The pill-popping daughter of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush faces possible felony charges after she was caught with crack cocaine in her shoe at a drug rehab center, police said yesterday. Noelle Bush, 25, who was busted in January on prescription drug charges, was in hot water after a worker at the center in Orlando found .2 grams of crack in her shoe Monday night. Bush was not immediately arrested because the worker ripped up a sworn statement, Orlando police said. "She has not been arrested, and she is still living at the center," said Sgt. Orlando Rolon. Cops had not...

The facts are this: a substance was found in Nicholl's shoe, not on her person. the rehab wanted to settle this internally but a patient called the cops......Sounds like a dem plant working overtime to me

<p>As we endeavor toward a more lucid and informed discussion of substance abuse, let's deconstruct the mystique of marijuana and recognize it for the dangerous drug that it is.</p> <p>Marijuana is a substance that's worthy of our concern. It is the most prevalent of all illicit drugs used in the country. The 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reported that 34 percent of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime and 5 percent are current users.</p>

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A judge sentenced Noelle Bush, the daughter of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, to three days behind bars for violating a court-ordered drug treatment plan by having prescription pills in a treatment center. Noelle Bush, 24, was sentenced Wednesday for contempt of court and taken to a jail in Orlando. Her lawyer, Pete Antonacci, said he didn't know what kind of pills had been in his client's possession. He said she had the pills for about a half-hour but tested negative for having taken them. A letter from the treatment center to Judge Reginald Whitehead said Bush was...