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State Initiative Next Step for Marijuana Backers

karlis — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Marijuana advocates vowed from the Capitol steps Wednesday to put a statewide measure legalizing adult pot possession on Colorado's November ballot and mobilize an army of voters to pass it.
The statewide campaign is fueled by outrage over Denver authorities' rejection of Initiative 100, said Mason Tvert, campaign director for the initiative's sponsor, Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER).

Native Traditions

karlis — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Boje free ? for now

karlis — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Renee Boje with son ShivaCannabis activist and political refugee Renee Boje surrendered herself to the custody of Canadian authorities Friday morning, June 17, not knowing if a US extradition request would be honored and she would be taken away from her husband, son, and friends in Vancouver where she has lived for nearly eight years.

Celebrating a decade of cannabis activism

karlis — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Police at Hemp BC during 1996 raidIn 1994, it wasn't easy to buy a bong in Canada.
A federal law passed in 1988 had banned all "instruments or literature for illicit drug use." This law was heavily enforced across Canada ? police claimed to have shut down 200 stores in Toronto alone!

Entheogenesis conference

karlis — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

World-renowned experts in law, medicine, Buddhism, art, psionics and ancient cultures congregated in January 2004 for the first Entheogenesis conference at Vancouver's BC Marijuana Party Bookstore.

Marie Krieger busted

karlis — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Grant Krieger and wife MarieMedical marijuana advocate and multiple sclerosis patient Grant Krieger, who has repeatedly been arrested for medical marijuana, suffered another blow when his wife and son were busted after RCMP officers stopped their car on the Trans-Canada highway east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan on Wednesday.

Soma revealed

karlis — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800

The identity of the ancient plant known as Soma is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the field of religious history. Common in the religious lore of both ancient India and Persia, the sacred Soma plant was considered a God. When Soma was pressed and made into a drink, the ancient worshipper who imbibed it gained the powerful attributes of this God.

The psychedelic secrets of Santa Claus

karlis — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Although most people see Christmas as a Christian holiday, most of the symbols and icons we associate with Christmas celebrations are actually derived from the shamanistic traditions of the tribal peoples of pre-Christian Northern Europe.

Should Canada's Marijuana Party join the NDP?

karlis — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0800

The leader of Canada's Marijuana Party will be in Vancouver on Saturday, November 29, for a special public debate about whether or not the federal Marijuana Party should join or ally itself with Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP). Meanwhile, the leader of the BC Marijuana Party has already resigned his post to join the NDP.

Canada's decrim deception

karlis — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700

John Conroy: denouncing the feds` legal misinformation.While court decisions have been steadily dismantling aspects of Canada's pot prohibition, the federal Liberal government has been discussing a bill which would "decriminalize" marijuana possession across Canada.

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.

Latin America rejecting US drug war

karlis — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Peasant women pick coca leaves during the harvest in the Bolivian mountains near Chulumani.The multi-billion dollar US drug war in Latin America is foundering on the shoals of resurgent democracy and indigenous leaders in Peru, Bolivia, C

Media covers Jesus pot connection

karlis — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Chris Bennett with his lovely wife Renee BojeVancouver author and Pot-TV station manager Chris Bennett has received international media coverage for his research into the connections between Jesus and marijuana.

Legal herb for Rastas?

karlis — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Ben Makahna: major court victory for Rastafarian tokers.Ras Iyah Ben Makahna won a partial victory in the US' 9th Circuit Court after he argued that he used cannabis as a sacrament.

Crashing copters

karlis — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800

On July 29, a National Guard helicopter on an anti-marijuana mission started a massive forest fire in California. The chopper pilot severed a power-line during a low-flying pot-patrol, sparking an inferno which burned over 61,000 acres and destroyed 150 buildings, including three dozen homes. The fire blazed for over three weeks, while over 3000 firefighters struggled to contain the inferno, at a cost of over $25 million.

Truth drugs

karlis — Fri, 29 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Some US authorities are calling for the use of "truth serums" to get information on possible national security threats from al Qaeda and Taliban suspects held at Camp X-Ray, the prison at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

How did Holland do it?

karlis — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700

In North America, the talk is of war, repression and depression.
In Haarlem, Holland, at Nol Van Schaik's newly-renovated Willie Wortels coffee shops, the talk is of books, cannabusiness classes, and new types of Dutch hashish.

On a brisk autumn day, Van Schaik sits in Willie Wortels Sativa coffee shop near the train station, typing chapters for a new book into his laptop.

Rasta religion

karlis — Sun, 08 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Bob Marley lives.According to Ganja Commission chairman Barry Chevannes, many Jamaicans use marijuana for spiritual purposes.

Bush proposes using military against US citizens

karlis — Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700

George Bush and John AshcroftImagine sitting in your home smoking a joint, or participating in a peaceful public pot protest, when suddenly you find yourself confronted by soldiers in full combat gear who treat you like a foreign enemy.
This scenario, which has long been a reality for pot people across the United States, may now become even more commonplace.

Sacramental smoking in the US

karlis — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800

In the US, sacred cannabis users have similar tribulations. Although they are guaranteed freedom of religion under federal law, there are still some hitches.

Entheobotany II

karlis — Sun, 06 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800

`Journey of the Wounded Healer` by Alex GreyWe would learn a hallucinogenic cure for tuberculosis and how getting high will save the world. We would discover that certain African tribes secretly use cannabis as a sacrament, and that South American shamans once stuck gourds up their asses to get high.

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.

Two marijuana activists killed in Michigan

karlis — Tue, 04 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Gideon Israel(left), Tom Crosslin(right) at a `Roach Roast precookout`Two prominent Michigan marijuana activists were shot dead Labor Day weekend, during a police siege of the activists' "Rainbow Farm" compound in Vandalia, Michigan.

Liberty or death

karlis — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Steve and Michele Kubby: `The entire sentence would have been like living in a prison.`Ever since Libertarian politician and medpot cancer patient Steve Kubby and his wife Michele were arrested and charged with nearly two dozen drug crimes, including cultivation of marijuana, in their California home in January 1999, th

US drug-war in Canada!

karlis — Wed, 27 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Illustration: Sijay"The DEA has taken over the RCMP," Paddy Roberts told me as our teeth chattered through winter beers at a local pub last January.