Archive for January, 2008
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008AlterNet, US Web 09 Jan 2008 Bruce E. Levine AMERICA’S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH DRUGS Many Prescription Drugs Have Effects Similar To Those Of Illegal Drugs. But We Still View Some Users As Criminals — The Others As Patients While Americans are inundated with coverage of the Democrats’ quibbling over Barack Obama’s use of marijuana and [...]
Nationwide protest shines awareness on damage Bill C-26 will cause
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Ted Smith organizes and attends Victoria protest against Bill C-26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqR7CDPvkFM NDP MP Denis Savoie, Protesting Bill C-26 in Victoria, BC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqR7CDPvkFM Dr. Keith Martin, Protesting Bill C-26 in Victoria, BC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufhp8SuYttU&e Stop Bill C-26 with Kirk Tousaw, lawyer and activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjwpo1HCRhw&feature=related NDP MP Libby Davis, Protests against Bill C-26 in Vancouver, BC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7DnOuU6H9s&feature=related National [...]
STOP BILL C-26, by Ted Smith
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants everyone growing cannabis for sale to go to jail for no less than six months. The Federal Conservative government has introduced legislation into the House of Commons that would see mandatory minimum sentences for a variety of cannabis offenses. On Monday Dec 17, rallies will be held at noon at [...]
9TH ANNUAL CANNABIS CONVENTION: FEB 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008By Ted Smith The International Hempology 101 Society will be hosting our 9th Annual Cannabis Convention at the University of Victoria on Sun Feb 10 from 1 to 4 pm. This year’s event will feature many veterans from the anti-prohibition community. It will start with author Chris Bennett, the world’s top cannabis historian, who will [...]
Letter to Health Canada from International Hempology Society
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Dear Tony Clements Minister for Health Canada Dec 4, 2007 While we recognize that you and your staff are busy, there has been no response to our letter dated Jan 3, 2007 and we would appreciate an answer. To refresh your memory about the correspondence between us, we are sending you copies of our newsletter, [...]
Updates, Warnings and Suggestions , by Gayle Quin
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008PROTEST BILL C-26 ACROSS THE NATION! NOON, Monday December 17 at your local MPs office. Or join us at NDPs leader Denise Savoie’s office, 970 Blanchard St, or the Conservative MP Gary Lunn’s office at 9843 Second St. Sidney, B.C. A great big thank you to every one who contributed to this years Silent Art [...]
SCAM HITS HEMPOLOGY@GMAIL, by Ted Smith
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Do not send money to Nigeria! Internet scam artists took over hempology@gmail.com on Friday Nov 23 and sent emails to all of my contacts claiming that I was stuck in Nigeria and was going to jail if I did not receive $1,500 to pay for my hotel bill. The press was quick to jump on [...]
SIMPSON IN MORE TROUBLE, by Ted Smith
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008A 57 year old man from Macaan, N.S. could be spending much of 2008 behind bars for giving cannabis oil to seriously ill people in his neighbourhood. A police raid on Rickey Simpson’s property in Aug 2005 led to charges of possession, cultivation and possession for the purpose of trafficking cannabis resin after officers found [...]
DEA Terrorizes the Sick in Need of Medicinal Marijuana, by Veronica Horn
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Since June 2007 there has been a huge upsurge in asset-forfeiture cases against medical marijuana providers in California. In one instance, the bank accounts of a dispensary proprietor’s daughter, who had nothing to do with the dispensary, were seized. By early July 2007, the DEA has sent letters to approximately 150 landlords in Los Angeles [...]
HEMPOLOGY 101 AT UVIC
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008HEMPOLOGY 101 AT UVIC 2007 September 12 Cannabis B.C. (Before Christ) 19 Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 26 Cannabis Around The World October 3 Hemp Products 10 Cannabis Research 17 Cannabis Chemistry 24 Families and the Drug War 31 Cannabis in the Media November 7 – Break – 14 Medical Uses of Cannabis 21 Health [...]
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