Archive for September, 2009
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009We will be having a 420 on Saturday, September 19th at UVIC to say goodbye to Marc Emery. Please come out and say a couple words. Same time same place as the Wednesdays.
PHONE JAM is today!!
Monday, September 14th, 2009Wake up! Today is the day. Call your senators with your morning coffee and joint. They are on Ottawa time, so phone early, phone often and be LOUD! You can find the complete list of senators at http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/IsenAssist.asp?Language=E&sortord=N you can also check out the facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4899449903#/event.php?eid=127061926995 Contact Kristen@hempology.ca or 250-381-4220 with any questions [...]
Need C15 talking points?
Monday, September 14th, 2009Mandatory minimum sentencing (MMS) for drug crimes, as proposed for Canada in Bill C-15, have decimated the legal system in United States. Overloaded prisons, constant appeals, and powerless judges, all lead to large expenses and generalized punishment for non-violent drug offenses. 6 months in jail for growing 5 plants or sharing 1 joint is disproportionate, [...]
Monday-C15 Time Difference
Friday, September 11th, 2009PHONE JAM is happening this Monday. Just a heads up to all you westcoast activists out there, that Ottawa (where the senate is) is 3 hours ahead of our time. They will have left the office by about 1 pm our time. So wake up early and call often. Incidentally, you can leave messages all [...]
14th Anniversary was awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, September 11th, 2009Almost twice as many people as last year came out to celebrate Hempology’s 14th Birthday. Like any good teenager, we were outspoken and critical. With our government’s newest drug law looming into legislation, we took to the streets! The shops and tourists along Government St. came out to witness the spectalce, take pictures, honk and [...]
CannabisDigest.ca
Friday, September 11th, 2009After 22 wonderful issues of the Cannabis Digest we are now hosting it on it’s own website. Check out www.cannabisdigest.ca for all the update news from Vancouver Island and beyond. You can also pick up a print edition at Sacred Herb and Trippy’s Emporium. Several of our last digests have covered Bill C15 and it’s [...]
PHONE JAM Official Press Release
Thursday, September 10th, 2009For Immediate Release: Victoria, B.C: The International Hempology 101 Society will be initiating a nation campaign to stop Bill C15. PHONE JAM will happen Monday September 14, 2009 from the 8 am in Halifax until midnight in Victoria. We will be calling senators all day to make sure that our senators are informed on this [...]
STOP C15 – PHONE JAM
Saturday, September 5th, 2009We need to stand up for our freedom and personal liberties. We want to talk about this issue. You can help us stop Bill C15. On September 14th we are having a nation wide PHONE JAM. We are going to call Senate all day starting at 8 am in Halifax and ending at midnight in [...]
Double amputee dies facing eviction for MMJ
Saturday, September 5th, 2009Marilyn Holsten’s last days on Earth were a living hell, according to her sister, Moira O’Neill. In frail health, the almost-blind, diabetic double-amputee was ordered evicted from her apartment because of her need to smoke marijuana to control her pain.
Kelowna MMAR Patient’s Wheelchair Seized for Using Meds
Saturday, September 5th, 2009A Canadian care home resident with full body paralysis was confined to his bed against his will after his wheelchair was seized by caregivers – all because he smokes medical marijuana to relieve his Multiple Sclerosis.
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