Email Author Chris Roberts

2011 Stories by Chris Roberts

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  Feds Now Fight War on Medical Marijuana with Passive Aggressive Strategies

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Hard to believe it's been only two years since Attorney General Eric Holder shocked -- and relieved -- California's medical marijuana users when he said the federal government had no interest in prose... More >>

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  Unemployed Stillr Cannabis Jobs Fair at Cow Palace This Weekend

  published Oct 05, 2011

  This being election season means it's also jobs season. Jobs are on the lips of every politician worth his or her soft money -- from Barack Obama's jobs plan to Mayor Ed Lee's own Wilsonesque 17-point... More >>

• Should San Francisco Ease Restrictions on Pot Clubs Near Schoolsr

  published Oct 04, 2011

  San Francisco's notorious land-use restrictions and zoning laws send neighbors to court over the construction of a porch, and they also mean that the city known as the birthplace of medical marijuana ... More >>

• Almost Nobody You Know Will Vote For the Next Mayor of San Francisco

  published October 5, 2011

  If local politics are a blood sport, San Francisco's are also a niche sport, with a fanatic minority following the races — and,... More >>

• Study: Bars, Liquor Stores and Restaurants More Dangerous than Marijuana Dispensaries

  published Sep 30, 2011

  Quick! Pick your crime magnet: The stretch of central Market Street in front of Zuni, or the alleyway near cannabis dispensary Shambhala Healing Center in the Mission DistrictrNeither blocks are exact... More >>

• SF Cops Join LA's Finest In Disputing RAND Study's Findings That Marijuana Clubs Don't Cause Crime

  published Sep 23, 2011

  What with the company's deep connections to the American war machine, the RAND Corporation isn't exactly a pack of hippies. Which makes it all the more surprising that the policy-think tank released a... More >>

• Senator Lou Correa, Author of Vetoed Medical Marijuana Restrictions Bill, Just Wanted to Help

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Medical marijuana advocates celebrated Wednesday with Governor Jerry Brown's veto of SB 847. The brainchild of State Senator Lou Correa (D-Orange County), the bill would have required a 600-foot barri... More >>

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  Cops Arrest Roughly 90 People an Hour for Marijuana Possession

  published Sep 20, 2011

  It's hard sometimes to get a handle on raw numbers, likr the large figures dished out by the U.S. Census and other fact-issuing agencies.The FBI's annual Crime in the United States is a good example. ... More >>

• San Francisco One of the Few California Towns with Room for Prisoners

  published September 21, 2011

  With tony towns like Palo Alto and Woodside — where Meg Whitman and Mark Zuckerberg hang their hats — San Mateo County isn't... More >>

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  Feds: Drug Cartels Are Here, and They're Taking Our Jobs

  published Sep 16, 2011

  The Drug War is going the way of the "evildoers," according to a federal report released last week. Two years ago, foreign drug cartels were in 230 American cities. Today, the cartels -- from Mexico, ... More >>

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  Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owners Facing Criminal Charges for Operating a "Flower Shop"

  published Sep 14, 2011

  The former owners of Wellness Solutions Group, a Pacifica medical cannabis dispensary ordered closed by city officials on Monday night, will face criminal charges for operating a business under false ... More >>

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  Where Have All the Stoners Goner

  published Sep 12, 2011

  It's hard to say exactly where the American marijuana movement is at present. For every Alabama, where a Republican state legislator will sponsor a bill to legalize medical cannabis, there's an Arizon... More >>

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  Oaksterdam's Richard Lee: Marijuana Legalization Is "Dead" in California -- For Now

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Last year's Proposition 19 was quite a wild ride, but marijuana legalization in California is over.  That's according to Richard Lee, the Oaksterdam University founder and chief sponsor of Prop. ... More >>

• International Cannabis and Hemp Expo in Oakland (SLIDESHOW)

  published Sep 06, 2011

  Never one to miss a cannabis-themed "public awareness event," SF Weekly attended this weekend's International Cannabis and Hemp Expo in downtown Oakland on Saturday and Sunday. We present some of our ... More >>

• Marijuana Smokers Are Skinnier Than Everyone Else

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Forget marijuana -- medical or otherwise -- as a performance-enhancer for such accolades as "winner" of the Chubby Bunny competition. Consider the magic plant, instead, as a partner in weight loss. Th... More >>

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  Marijuana Advocates Unsure if New State Law Is Good or Bad

  published Sep 01, 2011

  Earlier this summer, medical marijuana advocates sounded the legislative alarm over a bill penned by a Southern California assemblyman that gives local governments the right to ban medical cannabis di... More >>

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  Is Your Medical Marijuana Organicr

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Seeing as how it's a medicine and all, many medical marijuana users prefer -- and indeed, request -- that their smokeable flowers are organic. And seeing as how this is Northern California and all -- ... More >>

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  How to Survive a Marijuana Raid (or Just Having Some Weed on You)

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Just how legal is marijuana, anywayr So legal that news of grow house raids and Emerald Triangle busts -- such as the monthlong, federally overseen Operation Full Court Press -- are regular features o... More >>

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  Marijuana Legalization Measure Has Support of Mendocino Growers

  published Aug 19, 2011

  Can Protections for Medical Patients Help Succeed Where Proposition 19 FailedrCannabis advocates promised they'd be back at the California ballot following marijuana legalization measure Proposition 1... More >>

• President Obama Fumbles and Punts Medical Marijuana Question on Campaign Trail

  published Aug 17, 2011

  For all his Kennedyesque "uhs" and "ahs," President Barack Obama is nonetheless generally regarded as an accomplished public speaker, able to expound extemporaneously on a plethora of topics. But on t... More >>

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  Board of Supervisors Seems Afraid to Address Medical Marijuana

  published Aug 12, 2011

  Urban planning in San Francisco is a very big deal -- and so is the city's Planning Commission, the appointed officials who call the shots on urban design. So what does one of the city's more importan... More >>

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  Another Poll Shows Majority Support Legalizing Pot

  published Aug 10, 2011

  Ho-hum. Another day, another poll showing a majority of Americans are sick of the War on Drugs and favor marijuana legalization.Of 1,003 Americans nationwide contacted by Canadian firm Angus Reid Publ... More >>

• Dennis Peron, Local Pot Guru, Cleared of Criminal Charges

  published Aug 03, 2011

  Dennis Peron has said it all along. For decades, the Castro District resident -- one of the fathers of the American medical cannabis movement  -- has maintained that marijuana is medicine. And fo... More >>

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  Does Your Woman Have Bad PMSr Tell Her to Smoke Some Weed

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Recently, we wrote about a study which claimed that a majority of medical marijuana users in California are probably white men. Not included in the study was how many of those men were acquiring marij... More >>

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  Will Kamala Harris Burn the Medical Marijuana Advocates Who Campaigned for Herr

  published Aug 01, 2011

  While marijuana legalization dominated the news last fall, unity was in short supply during the election season among medical cannabis patients and advocates.It may be hard for nonsmokers to grasp, bu... More >>