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Saturday, September 19th, 2009For Immediate Release: September 19, 2009 Victoria, B.C: After a very successful PHONE JAM Monday, we are keeping our campaign alive until bill C-15 falls. Everyone concerned about these mandatory minimum jail sentences should keep phoning until the Senate votes NO on Bill C15. We have now had [...]
Jack Needs Our Good Loving
Friday, September 18th, 2009A kind and humorous man, Jack Herer is truly a living legend. A false rumor of his death circulating this morning brought me to tears and lead me to reflecting on how far Jack has carried this movement. He wrote his first cannabis based book in 1973 and the iconic “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” [...]
KEEP JAMMING- NATIONAL PHONE SIT-IN
Thursday, September 17th, 2009The phone jam against C-15 has been so successful that we are encouraging people to keep calling the Senators to express their view. Asking Senators to conduct research into the effects of mandatory minimum sentences is a good way of delaying, if not defeating C-15. If we get enough people to call every day we [...]
Mandatory jail for drugs wrong – by Steph Dahl
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Times Colonist September 17, 2009 Mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes have flooded the prison system in the United States. Putting one out of every hundred people in jail is draining the economy, tearing families apart and not helping Americans win their “war on drugs.” Canadians should be learning from this terrible example, not following [...]
420 on Saturday at UVIC for Marc Emery
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 [...]
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