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Dakta Green vs Police
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under Blog, Cannabis on Trial, Legalization, News, The Daktory. 12 Comments »
New Zealand Police mounted a three day operation against The Daktory last Thursday, Friday,and Saturday. (31st December 2009, 1st and 2nd January 2010)
This involved Police parking up the street then following and stopping our members as they left The Daktory.
For some reason Police think they have the right to randomly stop and search people and vehicles for no other reason but they were departing The Daktory. “A known cannabis haunt”, according to Police.
Unfortunately for Police, their actions are illegal and a formal complaint is being prepared.
After suffering this nonsense for 2 days a plan was hatched should Police return for a third day. They did and the plan was implemented to perfection. The plan was simple. Dakta Green would drive away from The Daktory (his home and current court approved bail address) driving another members car with that member in the passenger seat and a cameraman filming from the rear seat he would circle the block and pull up back outside The Daktory. Would Police take the bait? They sure did.
Unlawful behavior by Police officers is never acceptable in a free and democratic society. Even if they are trying to catch ‘bad’ guys, Police must at all times comply with the law.
‘Tipping out’ cars and searching the occupants for no reason other than they have left The Daktory is illegal.
See you in Court
Dakta Green
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Ever Wondered How It All Began?
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Blog, History, Information. 4 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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Colorado: Judge Rules Pot Patients Have a Constitutional Right to Buy Weed
Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Blog, Legalization, Medical, News. No Comments »
Back in October the city of Centennial shut down the CanaMart dispensary in Colorado. They used a strategy adopted and deployed by a number of governments in the 14 states that allow medical marijuana; since weed is NOT legal, according to federal law, operating contrary to federal law violates a city’s land-use code.
Yesterday Arapahoe County District Court Judge Christopher Cross (not the same Christopher Cross dude who wrote “Sailing” or (gag) “Ride Like the Wind”) called bullshit and barred the city of Centennial from shutting down the dispensary!
“The city of Centennial cannot use the potential violation of a federal law to order a business legally operating under our state constitution to cease and desist its business,” Cross said. He also reminded the city that local governments CAN’T take it upon themselves to enforce federal law and that in 2000 Colorado voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes. He also said the city violated CannaMart’s owners’ and patients’ constitutional rights, which he called “AN IRREPARABLE INJURY TO ALL OF US!”
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Gourmet US Eatery Cooking with Marijuana
Posted on December 28th, 2009 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Blog, Medical, Misc. No Comments »
Gourmet chefs are taking the art of cooking with marijuana to a higher level.
In Denver, US, a new medical-marijuana shop called Ganja Gourmet serves cannabis-infused specialties such as pizza, hummus and lasagna.
Across town in the Mile-High City, a Caribbean restaurant plans to offer classes on how to make multi-course meals with pot in every dish.
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New Film Ignites Debate on Ratings Policy
Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Blog, Misc. No Comments »
Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal PicturesLOS ANGELES — The romantic comedy “It’s Complicated” arrived at the multiplex on Friday complete with an R rating, ranking it in the same category as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Basic Instinct” in the eyes of the Motion Picture Association of America.
But there is no violence in “It’s Complicated,” and the bedroom scenes are decidedly tame by contemporary standards. Instead, the R rating — which experts say could limit the box-office potential of the Universal Pictures film — comes largely from a sequence in which Steve Martin and Meryl Streep smoke marijuana.
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Marijuana Vending Machine in Los Angeles
Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Blog, Misc. No Comments »
Source http://www.reddit.com/r/Marijuana/comments/aiomj/a_marijuana_vending_machine_in_los_angeles_pic/
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Interview with Bob Arctor
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under Information, News. No Comments »
An interview with US radio host and author Bob Arctor* for the 4:20 dakumentary currently in production by Redeye Productions.
* not his real name
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Cannabis Use Decriminalised While Police Seize Dealers’ Assets
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Dakta Green | Filed under Information, Legalization, News. 1 Comment »
New asset recovery legislation coming into action today will see Police able to seize unexplained income and assets from drug dealers far more easily, but at the same time a new Police policy of formal warnings for so called minor offences is tantamount to decriminalising possession and use of cannabis according to former Police detective and MethCon Group director Mike Sabin.“The asset recovery legislation is long over due” stated Mr. Sabin and “with Police able to seize assets under a civil standard of proof, Police will make great inroads into the ill-gotten gains of organised crime that yield multiple billions of dollars from the methamphetamine and cannabis trade in New Zealand.”
This strategy was one of a number of recommendations made to the new National led government by Mr. Sabin, “the thrust of the strategy being to seize finances and assets of dealers and re-invest these funds, via the crown account, into prevention and treatment aimed at driving down demand for the very drugs the criminals profited from.”
“Unfortunately, while the Police will be making the most of this new legislation, at the same time they are effectively waiving a white flag to the customers whose demand supports drug dealers, with a trial of a new policy of warnings for minor offences being widened across Auckland and likely to go nation-wide” said Mr. Sabin. Following a three month pilot on the North Shore in Auckland, Police have announced that they have extended the trial for six months across wider Auckland and will see Police under new ‘formal guidelines’ issuing warnings at their discretion for offences with maximum penalties of 2 years imprisonment or less, including shoplifting, possession of knives, common assault and possession of cannabis.
“Police hierarchy justify what they say is a ‘common sense approach’, by claiming these offences ‘would not get significant sentences anyway’, which not only flies in the face of their own ‘Broken Windows’, New York style policing policies of the late 90s, but sends a clear message to the community that it is very unlikely that using cannabis and possession of smaller amounts of the drug, will attract anything other than a warning” claimed Mr. Sabin. Read the rest of this entry »
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BREAKING NEWS – Marijuana Legalization On CA’s 2010 Ballot
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by 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. 4 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.