Censorship

Grow guru on world's most progressive TV show

karlis — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Grow guru Ed RosenthalCannabis Culture is the world's best marijuana magazine in part because the solar system's most experienced cultivation expert and pot book author, Ed Rosenthal, provides exclusive ganja growing information in every issue of the legendary magazine.

BCMP Sues City of Abbotsford and Surrey School Board

karlis — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700

On Friday, May 13, the British Columbia Marijuana Party began civil proceedings against the City of Abbotsford and the Surrey School Board.
In separate lawsuits under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the BCMP moved for orders to prevent each defendant from targeting the BCMP and the ability for candidates to have political discussion.

Anti-pot propaganda

karlis — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Bush and his cronies: drug war propagandists.Shortly before last year's Super Bowl, about 22 million American households saw a series of reports on their local TV news about the dangers of marijuana. The reports were by journalist Mike Morris, and included interviews with Drug Czar John Walters and other "experts" on the harms of pot.

Fortress America

karlis — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Since 9-11-01, readers have contacted Cannabis Culture to tell us the US has become a fortress nation, seeking to wall itself off from the world and oppress its own citizens and those of other nations.

Spore sales shut-down

karlis — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Psilocybe Semilanceata.About one week before the major bong shop crack-down swept across the US in late February (CC#43, Bong shops under attack!), a smaller raid hit Psylocybe Fanaticus, one of America's oldest and best-known sellers of mail-ord

Bong shops under attack!

karlis — Tue, 20 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Ashcroft and Walters announce the arrests for drug paraphernalia.Across the US, a combined force of the DEA, US Marshals, US Secret Service, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, and local police took their positions outside dozens of headshops.

Censorship in New Zealand

karlis — Sun, 20 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700

On February 1, 2002, at 6:30am, five New Zealand Customs officers executed a search warrant at the home of John and Daniela Setter.

NZ pot reform gets shafted

karlis — Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700

New Zealand's recent federal election produced bad results for the Kiwi cannabis culture. The governing Labour party was re-elected, forming a coalition government with United Future, a born-again Christian party. A key point in the coalition agreement was continued repression of marijuana users.

US docs can talk pot

karlis — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800

A federal appeals court in California ruled that the US government can not revoke the licenses of doctors who recommend that their patients use medicinal cannabis. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel said that doctors were simply exercising their right to free speech.

DEA Chief will help run new spy agency

karlis — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

America moved one giant step closer to becoming a complete police state this week when Congress approved $33 billion funding to authorize a new Cabinet level department called Homeland Security.

Bong makers busted

karlis — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Chris Hill, founder and owner of Florida company Chills, was sentenced to prison in August after accepting a plea bargain for various charges related to distributing drug paraphernalia.

Grow guru on trial

karlis — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Defiant Ed: ready to testify about his `state of mind`Grow guru Ed Rosenthal, who has spent 30 years telling people how to grow nature's kindest plant, is spending his January 20th Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday preparing to be put on trial for growing it.

Censorship in New Zealand

karlis — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700

On February 1, 2002, at 6:30am, five New Zealand Customs officers executed a search warrant at the home of John and Daniela Setter.

Pot makes you smart!

karlis — Fri, 05 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700

A recent study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, examined whether marijuana lowered intelligence levels in users. The study was largely ignored by US media, while within Canada, the results seemed to depend on which newspaper headline you read.

Simpsons sell-out?

karlis — Tue, 02 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Homer Simpson and Phish: making fun of the med-pot movement.In April 2002, The Simpsons tackled the controversial topic of medical marijuana, with a special episode where "Homer gets addicted to medical marijuana."

Super drug bowl

karlis — Fri, 07 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Tom Brady(r) and Tim Brown: This year`s Super Bowl brought to you by the War on Drugs.January's Super Bowl saw the US government buy their most expensive ads ever, spending $3.2 million to air two 30 second spots which claimed that illegal drug use funds terrorism.

Global lockdown

karlis — Tue, 02 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0800

The US President and his Attorney General: introducing a police state.Since September 11 there has been a series of laws passed in the US, Canada and other western nations which introduce repressive measures to limit personal freedom, in the name of "fighting terrorism." Yet these laws restrict civil liberties and introduce ha

Ray Turmel convicted

karlis — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Prohibition hangs by a thread in Canada, as at least four constitutional challenges to pot laws are currently being heard in courts across the land. In the US, battles continue between the states and the federal government for the fate of medical pot. The reverberations are felt as far away as the Vatican, where Pope John Paul II recently rejected legalization, issuing a declaration late in 2001, calling the marijuana and drug economy "death trafficking." For cannabis users, it is a slap in the face.

Imperial Tobacco threatens CC with lawsuit

karlis — Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Cannabis Culture received a lawsuit threat from Imperial Tobacco Canada on March 15, in reference to an illustration in the February/March issue of Cannabis Culture. The illustration is in an article called "Radioactive tobacco," and is of a pack of cigarettes with a resemblance to a pack of Player's tobacco, except that it is called "Chernobyl's" and has warnings about radioactivity.

Spiritual pot update

karlis — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800

War on terror = war on drugs

karlis — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800

The suicide attacks of September 11 were both real and symbolic, an unforgettable and murderous swipe at symbols of US power and global domination.
The US and allied response to the attacks, which includes a massive war effort against Afghanistan and domestic security lockdown, troubles civil libertarians. Is the new war on terrorism just an extension of the war on drugs? What does this mean for the fate of personal freedom, and the survival of worldwide cannabis culture?

Marijuana in the news

karlis — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800

Photo: Lincoln ClarkesMarijuana has been getting quite a bit of favourable attention in North American media over the last few months, and many of those articles have included mention of Cannabis Culture magazine and interviews with our publisher, marijuana seed magnate Marc Emery.

Straight, Incorporated

karlis — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800

Illustration: Steven VerriestIn 1982, Leigh Ann Bright was a rebellious teenager who used marijuana and alcohol. Her mom told her she had to talk to counselors at a St Petersburg, Florida drug rehab institution called Straight, Incorporated.

Nimbin Hemp Embassy raided

karlis — Mon, 05 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800

On October 31, 2001, 28 police poured out of cars and vans and surrounded the Nimbin Hemp Embassy, closing it off to the public.
About two hours later they emerged, arresting one person, Dave Cannabis, and maybe they found a little pot. Shock, horror! Pot in the Nimbin Hemp Embassy!

Drug War Redux

karlis — Thu, 27 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and an army of Justice Department officials have descended on Congress this week, lobbying hard for a utility belt of new police powers that they say would allow them to fight the critical war on terrorism. Disturbingly, Ashcroft's rhetoric reveals an ignorance of the immediate past instead of a vision for the future.