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New Laws Have Tougher Penalties for Pot Growers By Nic Corbett
CN Source: Tallahassee Democrat June 29, 2008 Florida

Starting Tuesday, a new state law will bring harsher penalties for marijuana growers. Under the new Florida law, a "grow house" will be classified as a building containing 25 or more marijuana plants. Before, the threshold was 300 plants. The charge will remain a second-degree felony.

"Our laws were way out of date on that,"
--Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum told the Tallahassee Democrat.

War on Drugs as a destroyer of the family unit
DWR: Monday, June 30, 2008

Why the War on Drugs is Bad for Family Values
Ilya Somin of Volokh Conspiracy

Newsbrief: McCollum/Return of the Undead, Part II 2000

Former Congressman Bill McCollum (R-FL), who as head of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime played a key role in much of the repressive anti-drug legislation to pass in the last 15 years, is seeking to return to Capitol Hill, this time as a senator. McCollum gave up his House seat in 2000 to run for the Senate only to be defeated by Democrat Bill Nelson, and then was passed over in his bid to be named drug czar for the new Bush administration. Since then, he has licked his wounds as a Washington lobbyist.

But McCollum's has been condemned not only by drug reformers but by privacy advocates as well. He was winner of the Orwell Award at the 1999 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in Washington, DC. That dishonor goes to the person who has most promoted Big Brotherism. McCollum scored the award for his efforts to give the FBI expanded wire-tapping capabilities and the ability to read encrypted emails.

Lock 'em all up, for Crist's sake!

Juvenile Crime, Adult Time: Why are we so afraid of our kids?

The alarmist tone of this conservative tome echoed in Congress, where Florida Republican Rep. Bill McCollum introduced the "Violent Youth Predator Act," which called for confining children as young as 13 with adult offenders, denying federal funds to states that do not try 13-year-olds as adults and abolishing the federal agency charged with preventing juvenile crime. The bill, which is still being considered, has since been given a less hysterical name, but the stringent provisions remain.

Supreme Court Okays Random Drug Testing in Schools

"The horrors experienced by many young inmates, particularly those who are convicted of nonviolent offenses, border on the unimaginable. Prison rape not only threatens the lives of those who fall prey to their aggressors, but it is potentially devastating to the human spirit. Shame, depression, and a shattering loss of self-esteem accompany the perpetual terror the victim thereafter must endure."
--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun,
Farmer v. Brennan

Police informer buried, but questions linger By Demorris A. Lee
Times Staff Writer May 14, 2008 PALM HARBOR

Rachel Morningstar Hoffman was laid to rest Tuesday amid grief and questions about how and why she died.

Hoffman, 23, was killed last week while serving as a informer for the Tallahassee Police Department.

Rachael Hoffman RIP

Mourners embrace as they walk from Temple Ahavat Shalom to the Curlew Hills Cemetery Tuesday during services for Hoffman.

Bill OK'd To Freeze Dealer Assets

Mexico Rejects Conditions On US Anti-Drug Efforts

'The Associated Press' Says Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat On Monday Once Again Just Said No To US Demands That American Prohibition Agents Be Allowed To Carry Arms In Mexico, Rejecting A Bribe Proposed By Two Republican Lawmakers, Senator Mike DeWine Of Ohio And Representative Bill McCollum Of Florida, Which Would Have Provided New Helicopters To Mexico)

Racial Implications of the Crack Laws!

The Savaging of Black America

Mass incarceration is by far the greatest crisis facing Black America, ultimately eclipsing all others. It is an overarching reality that colors and distorts every aspect of African American political, economic and cultural life, smothering the human – and humane – aspirations of the community. Even the boundless creativity of youth cannot escape the chains that stretch from the Gulag into virtually every Black social space.

Slimeball Bill McCollum's Cannabis Phoebia is Terminal!

BILL McCollum'S REEFER MADNESS 11/29/2007

Taking a closer look at the Florida attorney general's dire marijuana warnings

Now, as attorney general, he spends his time traveling the state railing against marijuana, touting sketchy statistics and writing columns with such shock-value headlines as “Target Marijuana McMansions,” the title of his Oct. 30 op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel. (That column has also been published in the Miami Herald, the Tampa Tribune and the Palm Beach Post.)

But his dire warnings are scarier than what the facts support. McCollum has little research to back up his claims, but there’s plenty of evidence that McCollum might be bending reality to manufacture a crisis.

Portland NORML News - Friday, July 24, 1998

Bill McCollum, the sponsor of H.R. 372, the "sense of the house" resolution against medical marijuana.

The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 3898, the
"Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998,"
on July 21 by a vote of 21-6

(I) objected to the "race-based rationale" for the bill.
-- H. Alexander Robinson, DPF Public Policy Director

"Over the last eight years, Mexican drug organizations have replaced motorcycle gangs as the major methamphetamine producers ... and have saturated the western U.S. markets."
-- Rep. Bill McCollum R - FL

"I do not want to be part of a bill that specifically targets a minority group."
-- Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

Rep. Bill McCollum(R-FL) is scapegoating Mexicans in his promotional material for the bill, and I am concerned passage of this bill will have a disproportionate effect on Mexican-American communities.
-- Drug Policy Foundation

House Votes To Oppose Medical Marijuana Use

('The San Francisco Examiner' Notes The US House Of Representatives Voted 310-93 Tuesday For House Resolution 117, Sponsored By Republican Bill McCollum Of Florida In Response To 1996 Ballot Initiatives Approved In California And Arizona That Allow Physicians To Prescribe Marijuana To Treat Symptoms Of Illnesses)

McCollum Concerned About Medical Marijuana
United Press International 18 Mar 1999

Florida Congressman Bill McCollum says he's deeply concerned about a recommendation by a panel of medical experts urging the federal government to allow scientific tests to determine the best way to use marijuana to benefit people suffering from cancer and AIDS. A leader in the fight against medical marijuana, McCollum says the report may encourage people to smoke pot. The doctors say active ingrediants in marijuana can ease pain, nausea and vomiting.

# Another Patient Arrested

Protesting US House's Anti-Medical Marijuana Resolution (A Bulletin From The Marijuana Policy Project In Washington, DC, Says Multiple Sclerosis Patient Renee Emry Of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Was Busted For Smoking A Joint In The Office Of Florida Republican Bill McCollum, Who Sponsored House Joint Resolution 117)
# Medical Marijuana Patient Arrested In Representative McCollum's Office (The Drug Reform Coordination Network Version)
continued... ML980915

Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot

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DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,088 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 47 Thanked 570 Times in 378 Posts	It's back... Florida Reinfested With McKillum New Laws Have Tougher Penalties for Pot Growers By Nic Corbett CN Source: Tallahassee Democrat June 29, 2008 Florida Starting Tuesday, a new state law will bring harsher penalties for marijuana growers. Under the new Florida law, a "grow house" will be classified as a building containing 25 or more marijuana plants. Before, the threshold was 300 plants. The charge will remain a second-degree felony. "Our laws were way out of date on that," --Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum told the Tallahassee Democrat. War on Drugs as a destroyer of the family unit DWR: Monday, June 30, 2008 Why the War on Drugs is Bad for Family Values Ilya Somin of Volokh Conspiracy Newsbrief: McCollum/Return of the Undead, Part II 2000 Former Congressman Bill McCollum (R-FL), who as head of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime played a key role in much of the repressive anti-drug legislation to pass in the last 15 years, is seeking to return to Capitol Hill, this time as a senator. McCollum gave up his House seat in 2000 to run for the Senate only to be defeated by Democrat Bill Nelson, and then was passed over in his bid to be named drug czar for the new Bush administration. Since then, he has licked his wounds as a Washington lobbyist. But McCollum's has been condemned not only by drug reformers but by privacy advocates as well. He was winner of the Orwell Award at the 1999 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in Washington, DC. That dishonor goes to the person who has most promoted Big Brotherism. McCollum scored the award for his efforts to give the FBI expanded wire-tapping capabilities and the ability to read encrypted emails. Lock 'em all up, for Crist's sake! Juvenile Crime, Adult Time: Why are we so afraid of our kids? The alarmist tone of this conservative tome echoed in Congress, where Florida Republican Rep. Bill McCollum introduced the "Violent Youth Predator Act," which called for confining children as young as 13 with adult offenders, denying federal funds to states that do not try 13-year-olds as adults and abolishing the federal agency charged with preventing juvenile crime. The bill, which is still being considered, has since been given a less hysterical name, but the stringent provisions remain. Supreme Court Okays Random Drug Testing in Schools "The horrors experienced by many young inmates, particularly those who are convicted of nonviolent offenses, border on the unimaginable. Prison rape not only threatens the lives of those who fall prey to their aggressors, but it is potentially devastating to the human spirit. Shame, depression, and a shattering loss of self-esteem accompany the perpetual terror the victim thereafter must endure." --U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Farmer v. Brennan Police informer buried, but questions linger By Demorris A. Lee Times Staff Writer May 14, 2008 PALM HARBOR Rachel Morningstar Hoffman was laid to rest Tuesday amid grief and questions about how and why she died. Hoffman, 23, was killed last week while serving as a informer for the Tallahassee Police Department. Rachael Hoffman RIP Mourners embrace as they walk from Temple Ahavat Shalom to the Curlew Hills Cemetery Tuesday during services for Hoffman. Bill OK'd To Freeze Dealer Assets Mexico Rejects Conditions On US Anti-Drug Efforts 'The Associated Press' Says Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat On Monday Once Again Just Said No To US Demands That American Prohibition Agents Be Allowed To Carry Arms In Mexico, Rejecting A Bribe Proposed By Two Republican Lawmakers, Senator Mike DeWine Of Ohio And Representative Bill McCollum Of Florida, Which Would Have Provided New Helicopters To Mexico) Racial Implications of the Crack Laws! The Savaging of Black America Mass incarceration is by far the greatest crisis facing Black America, ultimately eclipsing all others. It is an overarching reality that colors and distorts every aspect of African American political, economic and cultural life, smothering the human – and humane – aspirations of the community. Even the boundless creativity of youth cannot escape the chains that stretch from the Gulag into virtually every Black social space. Slimeball Bill McCollum's Cannabis Phoebia is Terminal! BILL McCollum'S REEFER MADNESS 11/29/2007 Taking a closer look at the Florida attorney general's dire marijuana warnings Now, as attorney general, he spends his time traveling the state railing against marijuana, touting sketchy statistics and writing columns with such shock-value headlines as “Target Marijuana McMansions,” the title of his Oct. 30 op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel. (That column has also been published in the Miami Herald, the Tampa Tribune and the Palm Beach Post.) But his dire warnings are scarier than what the facts support. McCollum has little research to back up his claims, but there’s plenty of evidence that McCollum might be bending reality to manufacture a crisis. Portland NORML News - Friday, July 24, 1998 Bill McCollum, the sponsor of H.R. 372, the "sense of the house" resolution against medical marijuana. The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 3898, the "Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998," on July 21 by a vote of 21-6 (I) objected to the "race-based rationale" for the bill. -- H. Alexander Robinson, DPF Public Policy Director "Over the last eight years, Mexican drug organizations have replaced motorcycle gangs as the major methamphetamine producers ... and have saturated the western U.S. markets." -- Rep. Bill McCollum R - FL "I do not want to be part of a bill that specifically targets a minority group." -- Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Rep. Bill McCollum(R-FL) is scapegoating Mexicans in his promotional material for the bill, and I am concerned passage of this bill will have a disproportionate effect on Mexican-American communities. -- Drug Policy Foundation House Votes To Oppose Medical Marijuana Use ('The San Francisco Examiner' Notes The US House Of Representatives Voted 310-93 Tuesday For House Resolution 117, Sponsored By Republican Bill McCollum Of Florida In Response To 1996 Ballot Initiatives Approved In California And Arizona That Allow Physicians To Prescribe Marijuana To Treat Symptoms Of Illnesses) McCollum Concerned About Medical Marijuana United Press International 18 Mar 1999 Florida Congressman Bill McCollum says he's deeply concerned about a recommendation by a panel of medical experts urging the federal government to allow scientific tests to determine the best way to use marijuana to benefit people suffering from cancer and AIDS. A leader in the fight against medical marijuana, McCollum says the report may encourage people to smoke pot. The doctors say active ingrediants in marijuana can ease pain, nausea and vomiting. # Another Patient Arrested Protesting US House's Anti-Medical Marijuana Resolution (A Bulletin From The Marijuana Policy Project In Washington, DC, Says Multiple Sclerosis Patient Renee Emry Of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Was Busted For Smoking A Joint In The Office Of Florida Republican Bill McCollum, Who Sponsored House Joint Resolution 117) # Medical Marijuana Patient Arrested In Representative McCollum's Office (The Drug Reform Coordination Network Version) continued... ML980915 Government Shows No Compassion for Medical Pot