By Steve Elliott Friday, Dec. 3 2010 A challenge to the marijuana laws of the southern African nation Swaziland is going all the way to the High Court. Dr. Ben Diamini wants cannabis legalized, and he has also called upon the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade to grant […]
Cannabis & Hemp , Hot Off The 'Net , International
N.Z.: Cart Of Burning Cannabis Pushed Inside Police Station
Wellington, New Zealand police will decide Friday whether to charge cannabis legalization activists who pushed a shopping cart full of burning marijuana into the central police station foyer. Officers will study CCTV footage showing the shopping cart loaded with smoking weed being pushed into the central police station at the […]
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DTN – Century of Lies: 10/24/10 – Matt Elrod
Matt Elrod of DrugSense.org, based in British Columbia shares insights on US and Canadian drug policy with focus on racial disparity in the drug war
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Marc Emery US Federal Prison Blog #17: a tribute to an old friend
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/25052 Marc Emery US Federal Prison Blog #17: Letter to Jodie October 5th, 2010 Dear Jodie: I was saddened to hear that Michelle Rainey is possibly just weeks away from dying from her melanoma and lymphatic cancer, which has now reached critical proportions throughout her body. She’s only 37. Melanoma […]
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The Unheard Voices Project
The Unheard Voices Project is a documentary archive of testimonies from offenders, ex-offenders, family members, and experts on the far-ranging consequences of the American criminal justice system.
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Drug Warriors — It’s Time for You to Go to Rehab
Johann Hari Posted: September 29, 2010 08:35 AM In the Western world today, there is a group of people who live in a haze of unreality, and are prone at any moment to break into paranoia, hallucinations, and screaming. If you try to get between them and their addiction, they […]
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Cannabis Forgetting and the Botany of Desire: Michael Pollan
Contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan delivers this Avenali Lecture on Cannabis Forgetting and the Botany of Desire [1/2003]