Archive for the ‘Information’ Category
Cops & CPS Seize Child From Parents For Mistrusting Government
April 3rd, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Williamson County police deem parents “unsuitable” for teaching kids government is out to harm them
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, April 2, 2010
A family in Williamson County, Austin have lost custody of their 7-year-old son as part of a Child Protective Services investigation because the parents taught their children to mistrust the government, an action that deemed them to be “unsuitable parents,” according to charges leveled by police officers in CPS documents.
Drug reform activist filmmakers Barry and Candi Cooper recently had their home raided and searched by police after authorities claimed Cooper’s voice had been heard in the background of an allegedly false police report.
Sting: Let’s End the War on Drugs
April 1st, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Whether it’s music, activism or daily life, the one ideal to which I have always aspired is constant challenge — taking risks, stepping out of my comfort zone, exploring new ideas.
I am writing because I believe the United States must do precisely that — and so, therefore, must all of us — in the case of what has been the most unsuccessful, unjust yet untouchable issue in politics: the War on Drugs.
Read the full article at huffingtonpost.com
Noam Chomsky On Pot
March 29th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
NORML’s Deputy Director Debates The Drug Czar
March 28th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
NORML.org: Well, the ex-Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey that is. (As a rule, acting Drug Czar’s do not debate marijuana law reformers in public forums.)
Below is the clip from this afternoon’s edition of the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC
Dakta Green’s Upcoming 60th Birthday Party!
March 23rd, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Friday 09/04/2010 till Sunday 11/04/2010
There are details yet to be finalized, when they are I will post more information, but the most up to date news is on our facebook page.
Tickets will be on sale from Monday, 29th of March, from The Daktory and a few stores that will be confirmed shortly.
Legalizing Marijuana Is America’s Top Political Issue — Again
March 23rd, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
To the surprise of virtually no one who has been following public opinion polls for the past 18 months, the call to “legalize the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana” placed #1 in the 2010 Change.org online vote for the “Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.”
Open voting at the Change.org website took place for six weeks — during which time citizens voted nearly 210,000 times on over 2,500 different ideas. This morning the website released the top 10 results here.
The Drug War takes American Lives in Mexico, maybe they will finally start to listen?
March 18th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
The US consular killings are the latest brutal proof that prohibition is a deadly option
When politicians talk of a “war” on drugs they rarely mean it literally. Yet in some parts of Mexico the “drug war” is more than metaphorical. On taking office as the country’s president in December 2006, Felipe Calderón launched 45,000 army troops against trafficking gangs, declaring that “organised crime is out of control”.
Since then some 18,000 people have died — and there is no sign of any let-up in the violence. Worst hit is Ciudad Juárez, a sprawling city of 1.3 million people in the Chihuahuan Desert rammed up against the border with Texas. One of the most important industrial centres in North America, it has now become one of the world’s most violent cities. Despite the presence of 10,000 troops and federal police, there are eight to ten murders every day in Juárez. The latest victims were a pregnant employee of the American consulate, her husband and the partner of another consular worker.
Read the rest of the article at timesonline.co.uk
Image from frontpagemag.com
Multiple DEA Raids Target Marijuana in Hawaii
March 16th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
CANNABIS CULTURE – Hawaii’s THC Ministry and the homes of several medical cannabis growers were raided Wednesday by federal agents from the United States DEA and IRS.
Roger Christie, founder of the THC Ministry, said he was visited Wednesday morning by federal agents and local police who presented search warrants for his Wainaku home and popular Hawaii Cannabis Ministry in Hilo.
“It was a surprise raid,” Christie told Cannabis Culture. “Apparently they were looking for evidence of a crime or fraud.”
Agents searched Christie’s properties for seven hours, confiscating holy anointing oil containing cannabis and seizing files, but made no arrests and laid no charges.
Harper’s Youtube Political Dilemma: Cannabis Legalization
March 15th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
“It sounded like a good idea at the time”. I fully expect those to be the words beginning to thrum in the mind of Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, following his announced acceptance of Google’s offer to stream his response to the throne speech today, and to answer YouTubers’ questions on YouTube next Tuesday, March 16th. It is a decision that has put him in an uncomfortable spot with respect to the issue of marijuana legalization. Read the rest of this entry »
New Hampshire House Passes Decriminalization Bill
March 12th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
The New Hampshire House voted 214 to 137 to decriminalize marijuana today, after recommendations from the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. However, the victory will be short lived (see link). Governor John Lynch has already said he will veto the bill if it makes it to his desk. The bill would have made possession of less than ¼ oz of marijuana a civil citation ($200) for people over 18. Currently the offense is a misdemeanor crime, punishable by a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. This isn’t the first time that the House passed this type of legislation. In 2008 the bill passed the house, only to die in the Senate after threats by the Governor’s Office that it would be vetoed. Read the rest of this entry »