Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
 2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 511.0 Sheriffs' group opposes guns for pot smokers
SALEM The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat. Advocates for the state s medical mar...
3.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 659.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 124.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 26, 1:23 a.m., police arrested one man for probation violation and another on an arrest warrant, after responding to a call for loud music in the 1000 block of Lawn...
3.3K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 82.0 Feds pot step was a good move
The Justice Department issued a memo to federal prosecutors in Colorado and 12 other medical marijuana states, telling them to stop enforcing federal marijuana laws against medical marijuana patients. This should result in an end to the mean-spirited...
1.0K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 137.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. North Bend Oct. 16, 10:13 a.m., theft was reported in the 2000 block of Virginia Court. Oct. 16, 11:11 a.m., someone stole tail lights off a vehicle parked in the 2500 block of O...
4.9K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 63.0 Feds back off medical marijuana users
WASHINGTON Federal drug agents won t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states including Oregon that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued today by the Obama administration. Two Justice Departmen...
4.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 1000.0 Morality, self-interest and your health
I can t tell you how many foreign leaders who are heads of center-right governments say to me, I don t understand why people would call you socialist. In my country, you d be considered a conservative. President Barack Obama, Sept. 20, 2009 There ...
4.3K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 63.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 12, 1:37 a.m., police cited a 19-year-old Coos Bay man with driving under the influence of intoxicants, minor in possession of alcohol, failure to obey a stop sign...
4.0K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 95.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Aug. 5, 9:20 a.m., phone harassment was reported at The World, 350 Commercial Ave. Aug. 5, 11:12 a.m., fraud was reported at Coos Bay City Hall, 500 Central Ave. Aug. 5,...
3.8K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 63.0 Pot could be the new Calif. gold
The popular TV series Weeds is about a widowed suburban mother who deals pot to preserve her family s cushy California dream. Not a few Californians would like to see the theme writ large for their state. California has legalized medical marijuana,...
3.1K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 156.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay July 17, 3:51 p.m., someone stole dirt from the 3100 block of Ocean Boulevard Southeast. July 17, 10:58 p.m., a fight was reported at Sunset Middle Schoo...
4.2K - Jul. 21, 2009; scored 95.0 California sprouts marijuana green rush
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspec...
15.8K - Jul. 19, 2009; scored 270.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coquille n July 10, 9:30 a.m., fraud was reported at Apple Blossom Antiques and Gifts, 446 E. Highway 42 n July 11, 1:59 a.m., a fight was reported in the first b...
1.4K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 82.0 Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as Calif. budget fix
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A pro-marijuana group is launching another television bid to legalize pot in California this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state s massive budget deficit. The 30-second spot, airin...
2.7K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 161.0 State's winners and losers
Some of the major bills approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature: JOBS With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works pr...
4.8K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 82.0 Sports Briefs: Writers: Hall guidelines fine
CHICAGO When it comes to the electing players to the Baseball Hall of Fame, no new guidelines are needed to deal with the so-called Steroid Era because voters are already asked to consider a player s integrity and character. That s what the Chicago...
3.0K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 63.0 Marijuana clinic to open in Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS (AP) - The Portland-based Hemp and Cannabis Foundation has opened a permanent clinic in Grants Pass for people seeking medical marijuana cards. Regional director Henrik Rode said the clinic, the first permanent one in Oregon outside Portl...
0.7K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 113.0 U.N. reports decline in drug cultivation
WASHINGTON (AP) - In its annual report on world drug use, the United Nations concludes that global markets for cocaine, opiates and marijuana are holding steady or in decline. Yet about 28 million people are heavy drug users likely to be physically o...
2.8K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 95.0 Several arrests stem from assault report
Oregon State Police troopers arrested two homeless men Saturday after reports the men assaulted a woman in Charleston. At 6 p.m., troopers went to the area near the general store, where two men had pushed and hit a woman, an OSP press release said. T...
1.3K - Jun. 16, 2009; scored 63.0 | 
