History
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Ever Wondered How It All Began?
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, History, Information. No Comments »
Here is a cutup video of a documentary called Grass, it is narrated by celebrity activist, Woody Harrelson. It explains all the reasons, or lack of, that Marijuana became illegal in the first place.
Part 1
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BREAKING NEWS – Marijuana Legalization On CA’s 2010 Ballot
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, History, Information, Legalization, News. 1 Comment »
YES WE CANNABIS and YES WE DID! The folks at the The Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010 here in Oaksterdam California have gathered the 650,000 signatures necessary to put the legalization of marijuana on the November 2010 ballot! This major victory means Californians will be the first in the nation to decide whether they believe marijuana should be legal…taxed and regulated for all adults over 21.
Richard Lee, the president of Oaksterdam University, owner of the famous Coffeeshop Blue Sky, and major financial supporter of the initiative told Stuff Stoners Like, “California voters believe that our laws criminalizing marijuana have failed! 56% of Californian’s support legalization and the time for reform is now.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Cannabis vs The Courts
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under Cannabis on Trial, Featured, History, Legalization, News, Press Releases. 3 Comments »
CANNABIS RIGHTS TRIAL NEXT MONDAY 21st December 2009. Auckland District Court.
In a legal first for New Zealand, The founder of The Daktory, New Zealand’s first Cannabis club will appear in court next Monday to argue that Cannabis laws are a breach of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. The Daktory has been operating openly for the last year and has over two thousand members.
Dakta Green, will appear in court to argue for a stay of criminal proceedings following arrests made during decriminalisation protests held in 2007.
“I want the whole thing thrown out” said Dakta Green. “Alcohol causes more harm than cannabis but alcohol users are protected by law. Cannabis users are persecuted. The laws are discriminatory. They don’t work and they are unjust. Police and the Courts have got better things to do than chase after the likes of me and the 800,000 other people who smoke cannabis each year in New Zealand.”
Dakta Green, an experienced political campaigner, intends to pursue his claims all the way to the Supreme Court if he needs to. “We will never give up fighting for our rights as citizens.”
Arguing that cannabis laws are a breach of civil and human rights have never been tried before in a New Zealand court. If successful with his application, Dakta Green will set a ground breaking legal precedent.
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Hamas Approves Law To Execute Pot Dealers In Gaza
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, History, Information, News. No Comments »
Selling pot can now officially get you killed in Gaza City — by the government, that is.
Despite the area’s proud tradition of fine hashish (Blond Lebanese, anyone?) the Hamas-run government of Gaza has approved a law that will allow for the execution of “convicted drug dealers,” its attorney general said today, according to the Associated Press. Read the rest of this entry »
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American stockbroker sets record for cannabis consumption with 115,000th joint (and it’s all legal)
Posted on November 21st, 2009 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, History, Medical, News. No Comments »
‘I would be bedridden without it’: Irvin Rosenfeld has been supplied with cannabis by the government since 1982An American stockbroker has one of the world’s most prolific cannabis smokers – thanks to a constant supply of the drug to treat a rare bone disease.
Fort Lauderdale stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld will tomorrow smoke his 115,000th joint – and it’s all legal.
The 56-year-old has been provided with cannabis by the government since 1982, when he became a patient in the Federal Drug Administration’s Investigational New Drug Programme. -
The Daktory Turns One!!!
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under History, Information, News, The Daktory. No Comments »
New Zealand’s first cannabis club, the Daktory, celebrates its first birthday today. In the year it has been operating, it has provided a venue where members can gather to enjoy cannabis in a safe, relaxed environment.
The Daktory has also shown the way toward the future of cannabis in New Zealand, illustrating the fact that cannabis is a benign herb which can be used in an accessible social setting without any problems for the wider community.
The Daktory was established last year by Dakta Green, following his nationwide tour in the Cannabus advocating for the legalisation of cannabis. The tour, which encompassed the entire country from Cape Reinga to Bluff, drew an overwhelmingly positive response from the public.
Unfortunately, politicians are not listening to the public. Instead they continue to inflict harm on New Zealanders by maintaining cannabis prohibition.
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First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland
Posted on November 16th, 2009 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, History, News. No Comments »
By Dan Cook
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.
The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it — as long as they are out of public view — despite a federal ban.
“This club represents personal freedom, finally, for our members,” said Madeline Martinez, Oregon’s executive director of NORML, a group pushing for marijuana legalization.
“Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana,” said Martinez. “We hope to have classes, seminars, even a Cannabis Community College, based here to help people learn about growing and other uses for cannabis.”
The cafe — in a two-story building which formerly housed a speak-easy and adult erotic club Rumpspankers — is technically a private club, but is open to any Oregon residents who are NORML members and hold an official medical marijuana card.
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1968 – CBS Reports: Marijuana
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under Blog, History, Information. No Comments »
In 1968, Mike Wallace’s report on the controversy surrounding marijuana looked at the significant increase in use and drug-related arrests.
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Getting High in School
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under Blog, History, Information. No Comments »
If you are under 30 years old, THESE ARE YOUR PARENTS. OH MY GOD!!! THEY SMOKED DAK!!! Yes Johnny and they still do!!!
Our Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 had been in force just 4 years when this 60 minutes program was made. Our prohibition continues with the same draconian law in place even though ‘these students’ are our political leaders with families of their own. Go figure.
30.09.79: High school students in New Jersey are interviewed about their use of marijuana. They claim it boosts their athletic and academic performance. Harry Reasoner reports.
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Holy Smoke
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under Blog, History, Information. No Comments »
28.10.79: In 1979, Dan Rather reported on an Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church in Star Island, Florida. They believe that marijuana was given to them by God and that smoking it is a holy ritual they should practice.
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