Gather up your expired and unneeded prescription medicines and bring them to the Public Safety Center at 5770 Freeport Blvd. from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. this Saturday for safe disposal. The Sacramento Police Department, for the third time, is offering a collection site as part of the DEA’s National Take Back Day. According to the DEA’s website, “More than 376,593 pounds (188 tons) of unwanted or expired medications [were turned in] for safe and proper disposal” this past April. There are many reasons to participate in this important program, including limiting access to children. According to the DEA’s website, “Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained

An Interview with a Sacramento Former Drug Addict Named Bo-Hop Paul: Bo-Hop, how long were you addicted to drugs? Bo-Hop: Too long man, as long as I can remember. I guess I was 12 when I started smoking pot. As I grew older, I got into everything, downers, uppers, Cocaine, crack cocaine. Paul: How old are you now? Bo-Hop: 52 years old. Paul: How long have you stayed straight? Bo-Hop: 3 years now, it’s been a long hard road, but going to prison helped me on my road towards rehabilitation. If I had stayed on drugs, I would be dead now. Paul: Do you have any bitterness towards the police? Bo-Hop: No way man, if it weren’t for the police, I would be dead now, I was falling into a dark

Cloned cannabis plants at Canna Care Munching on a herbal brownie at El Camino Wellness Center, AAMC state director Ryan Landers explained how tricky and self-conflicting medicinal cannabis laws are. "In Sacramento County, publicly smoking medicinal cannabis is considered ten 10 times worse than just smoking weed," he said. Landers has been a medicinal cannabis activist for over 15 years and has worked extensively in drafting legislation and law enforcement plans for the new dimension of legal medicine. He works with patients and patients' rights groups, lobbies and national advocacy groups. If weed was legal expertise, he'd be "the guy on the corner." Regarding the legal gap between