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POLICE BRUTALITY – Cops Shoot Student For Smoking Weed
Posted on June 14th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under America, Misc, News. 2 Comments »
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Marc Emery has been locked up in solitary confinement since Thursday!
Posted on June 10th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under America, Canada, Information, News. 2 Comments »
by Jodie Emery – Tuesday, June 8 2010
On Thursday night, June 3rd, Marc was put into solitary confinement, or “SHU”, (Security Housing Unit) at SeaTac Federal Detention Centre (SeaTac FDC) while he awaits his sentencing in September. The reason? For unknowingly breaking an unwritten rule. I haven’t heard from him since… Here’s what happened.
On Thursday afternoon, Marc had me record a phone call that was meant as his first US Prison Podcast, similar to the ones he did last fall while imprisoned here in BC and posted on iTunes and our website. That evening, as he was writing me an “email” through the Corrlinks prison messaging system, he mentioned that a guard had just given him a citation, said his phone access was suspended for “at least three days” and that there would be a disciplinary hearing in “a few days”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cannabis fines to pay for dope DVD
Posted on June 5th, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under Information, New Zealand. 9 Comments »
By FELICITY ROSS – Taranaki Daily News
A New Plymouth man convicted of drug possession has been ordered to help fund a DVD on the dangers of smoking cannabis.
In the New Plymouth District Court yesterday, Reuben William Wade, 25, was ordered to pay $1500 to Waves towards the production of a Youth Horizons Trust video informing youth about the drug.
Wade was convicted and discharged on possession of cannabis plant, cannabis resin and cannabis seeds, and cultivating cannabis.
On April 27 police searched Guru Gardener, where Wade is a retail assistant, and following his arrest for supplying equipment for cultivation of cannabis, he was searched, police persecutor Lewis Sutton said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Marijuana Does Not Impair Driving Ability
Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under America, Information, News. 2 Comments »
Smoking marijuana barely affects driving performance.
Researchers from Hartford Hospital in Connecticut and the University of Iowa had 85 subjects participate in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial where they were tested on a driving simulator before and 30 minutes after smoking a marijuana cigarette.
The researchers found there were no differences between the performance of marijuana smokers and those who were given a placebo in either the simulator’s baseline driving segment or its collision-avoidance scenarios. In fact, the only difference between the two groups was that the subjects who got the real stuff were more likely to decrease their speed during certain parts of the simulation.
Nevertheless, this study didn’t address the vicious way marijuana smokers have been known to attack their roommates’ bottles of Nuttella. Which is the real reason why the ancient herb must remain illegal.
Source asylum.com
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California voters back pot legalization, but support is shaky
Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under America, Information, Legalization. 1 Comment »
Survey finds 49% support the ballot measure but a third of those only “somewhat” support it. Of the 41% who oppose it, a vast majority believe it will worsen social problems. One in 10 are undecided.
LOS ANGELES TIMES/USC POLL
May 31, 2010|By John Hoeffel, Los Angeles TimesCalifornia voters, by a modest margin, think they should be allowed to grow and consume marijuana, according to a new poll that also found more than 1 in 3 voters had tried pot and more than 1 in 10 had lit up in the past year.
The Los Angeles Times/USC poll found that voters back the marijuana legalization measure on the November ballot, 49% to 41%, with 10% uncertain about it. But support for the initiative is unstable, with one-third of the supporters saying they favor it only “somewhat.”
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Huge, Legal Cannabis Farm Study Surprises Industry, Officials
Posted on May 28th, 2010 by Dakta SiFFiN | Filed under America, Information, Legalization, News. 1 Comment »
The groundbreaking study showing how the City of Oakland could make $2 million per year licensing a medical cannabis growing warehouse caught many locals by surprise this week. Even though city officials and the cannabis industry are looking toward licensing large-scale grows allowed under state law SB 420, the hard numbers appear to be the first of their kind. Economist Joanne Brion of Brion and Associates, who did the six-month, $16,000 report said she was surprised at how potent an economic force cannabis is.
“My gut instinct said that this would be a great revenue and job generator for the city,” she said. “But after running the numbers, “I went, ‘Wow, that’s really a job generator.’” Read the rest of this entry »
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Unlawful Police Search of Cannabis Campaigner
Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Featured, New Zealand, News, Press Releases. 4 Comments »
Press Release: Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
The founder of New Zealand’s first cannabis club the Daktory, Dakta Green, today described a raid Monday on an 18-year old cannabis law reform campaigner’s house in Blenheim as “completely over the top and unlawful”.
“However, because Police knew they had acted improperly in the first place, I am pleased that all charges against this young man have been dropped within 24-hours of the illegal search and arrest,” Dakta Green said.
However, Mr Green believes that Josh Lucas, an 18-year old cannabis law reform campaigner was singled out due to local media attention about his intention to stage a rally in Blenheim protesting the current laws on cannabis.
“Josh is a highly motivated young man who approached us with his plan to hold a midday march on June 10,” said Dakta Green. “He then got a bit of a story in the local newspaper, followed by a harshly negative editorial response, and now this.”
“I’m simply appalled by the reaction of the Police. He was raided at home twice in the same day and now, despite being told that charges are to be dropped, remains on 24-hour curfew. It’s outrageous and draconian!” Read the rest of this entry »
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Marc Emery protest – Auckland, New Zealand, May 22nd 2010
Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Dakta Green | Filed under America, Canada, Legalization, New Zealand, News. 2 Comments »
Kiwis are proud to speak out in support of Marc Emery, our ‘Prince of Pot’.
The American Drugs War must end NOW!!
President ‘Toker’ Obama you cannot continue to lead the world down this wrong path.
SEND MARC EMERY HOME TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS…He is no threat to anybody except those who perpetuate the drug war lies.
Dakta Green
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Marc Emery, emailing from prison
Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under Blog, Canada, Misc. 3 Comments »
Jody Emery (via cannabisculture.com): Marc is currently in SeaTac Federal Detention Center, or SeaTac FDC, and has access to the federal prisoner “email” system CorrLinks.
He is able to send messages and has written me five times already! He requested that I share this email so people can get an idea of what it’s been like for him so far.
To send Marc mail or money in prison, which will make his sentence much more bearable, please click here for the mailing address and other information.
From Marc Emery – May 22nd, 2010
The radio here mentions the rally downtown in Seattle every 15 minutes. On a request line at 4.20 pm , a caller called in and requested “My request is FREE MARC EMERY!” You guys are doing great! Read the rest of this entry »
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Drug war has failed on every front
Posted on May 22nd, 2010 by Dakta Bourbon | Filed under America, Blog, Information. 4 Comments »
The US is thinking about dealing with drug abuse as a medical issue, says Martha Mendoza
fter 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost US$1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.
Even US drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn’t worked.
“In the grand scheme, it has not been successful,” Kerlikowske said. “Forty years later, the concern about drugs and drug problems is, if anything, magnified, intensified.”