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Cannabis Culture News Roundup - September 18th 2005

karlis — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Marc Emery speaks in Vancouver on September 10thA look at some of the recent and current events in the cannabis community.

Marching for freedom

karlis — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Leaf lovers in LondonThe sixth annual Million Marijuana March was a great success. On May 1, 2004, activists around the globe held marches, rallies, parties, concerts, and festivals raging against prohibition and calling for legalization.

Beyond Prohibition

karlis — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

It was like a pot parliament, and all the founding fathers of legalization were present.

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.

The BC Bud Lovers' Cup

karlis — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Winning strains at the Bud Lovers` CupOn Valentine's weekend Vancouver was host to the BC Bud Lovers' Cup. This was the third event of its kind sponsored by local businesses Blunt Bros, Kind Seeds and the New Amsterdam Caf?. The Cup catered to over 150 judges, local breeders and special guests.

War and peace in Vancouver

karlis — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Linguist and historian Noam ChomskyAnd so they came to a bayside park in Vancouver, 20,000 people who chose to spend their Saturday at an anti-war rally.

The great global ganja march

karlis — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Colorful people celebrating their freedom at the Vancouver rally.On May 3, 2003, the global community of pot-people came together for the fifth annual Million Marijuana March. Around the world, ganja-lovers marched against drug war atrocities, protested to end prohibition, and toked to demonstrate their freedoms.

Tokers' Bowl Two

karlis — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0800

The road to the second annual Cannabis Culture Tokers' Bowl was paved with 22 pounds of top-grade BC bud.
The Bowl is only in its second year, but it has already achieved the kind of status and cache associated with Amsterdam's long-running annual Cannabis Cup.

California's secret harvest fest

karlis — Fri, 30 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Somewhere amongst the rolling hills of California's wine country, there was a November harvest celebration that blew away any other pot-party I've been to, which is many. Set in a giant, million-dollar mansion overlooking a beautiful, lush vineyard, the event was fully catered with non-stop decadent food, and an endless selection of cannabis varieties to choose from.

Europe's toking trade show

karlis — Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Fiery glass pipe-making demonstration on the Cannabusiness main stage.The annual CannaBusiness trade fair held the last seven years in Germany is one of two major European marijuana industry events; the other is CannaTrade, which is held in Switzerland.

Mardi Grass madness

karlis — Wed, 05 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800

It has been called a "hippie haven," "doper's paradise," and "a flawed experiment in alternative living."
Australian governments send police to invade it.

Social scientists and social workers study it, trying to penetrate its convoluted counterculture core.

DEA protests

karlis — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Activists staged protests and civil disobedience against DEA offices in over 50 US cities on June 6. Med-pot patients and activists converged upon their local DEA offices, giving their home-made "cease and desist" orders to agents, receptionists, and even slipping them under locked office doors.

Quebec Cannabis and Hashish Cup cancelled

karlis — Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Alain Berthiaume, founder of the Quebec Cannabis and Hashish Cup, and owner of Montreal's Hemp Quebec and the Quebec Seed Bank, is likely going to be sentenced to a year in prison on Monday, November 18, 2002.

Cannabis Culture Toker's Bowl

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

A few issues back, Cannabis Culture invited our readers to come and enjoy a fabulous four-day party with us in Vancouver. A hundred of our most devoted readers heeded the call, and made the trip for the first annual Cannabis Culture Toker's Bowl.

'Harold Hedd' creator dies

karlis — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Hedd`s adventures often offered a parallel to events in the real world.Legendary Canadian counter-culture cartoonist Rand Holmes died on March 15, at the age of 60.

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.

Cannabis business is big business

karlis — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Jos Nijsten: author of the Cannaclopedia.On August 24 to 26, 2001, Germany was host to the sixth annual Cannabusiness Expo, an international gathering of over 100 exhibitors from eight nations, devoted to all things marijuana and hemp.

Marching on London

karlis — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Chris Sanders and other leaders of the United Kingdom's Cannabis Coalition action group had a tough decision to make in the wake of September's terror attacks against the USA.

Nimbin Mardi Grass

karlis — Fri, 07 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Parades, poets, music, marijuana-related sporting events, all-night parties, and a high-flying cannabis competition heralded this year's "Mardi Grass," held in Nimbin, Australia during the first weekend in May.
Mardi Grass is a legendary cannabis festival that has been defying drug war politics for ten years. In years past, pot heroes like Dennis Peron have gone down under to experience some of the Southern Hemisphere's best hospitality and marijuana.

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.

Drug Policies For The New Millennium

karlis — Wed, 30 May 2001 00:00:00 -0700

The Lindesmith Center - Drug Policy Foundation 2001 International Conference Wednesday - Saturday, May 30 - June 2, 2001. Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Both a political convention and a crash course in cutting edge drug policy issues, topics will include:

* Medical marijuana
* Ecstasy and club drugs
* The emerging youth and student movement
* Wasting taxpayer money
* Racism and the drug war

Australian pot celebration draws 12,000

karlis — Tue, 15 May 2001 00:00:00 -0700

photo from last years Mardi GrassThe annual Nimbin, Australia Mardi Grass rocked the Southern Hemisphere the first weekend of May.

Montreal's marijuana magic

karlis — Thu, 03 May 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Quebec Cup Judges KitIn the early 1900's, Montreal was called "Sin City" because it produced and shipped vast amounts of alcohol to thirsty Americans. The now-famous Molson family and other booze black marketeers eagerly defied US prohibitionists. Visitors to Montreal enjoyed quality prostitutes and gambling halls.

FTAA demonstration gets violent!

karlis — Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

The protests in Quebec weren't just about free trade. They were also about the drug war. Marijuana Party leader Marc Boris St-Maurice and a friend were shot by police with rubber bullets for protesting against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and how it will create even worse drug war oppression in its dozens of member states, including Canada.

NORML 2001 Conference

karlis — Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

The 2001 NORML Conference, entitled "4/20 - A Celebration of Personal Freedom," will be held in Washington, DC at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel on April 19-21, 2001. Featured speakers for the conference include New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Rep.