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Current Affairs 2005 - Culture (76 items)
| Sep 8, 2005 | Chong Says He Was Targeted For His Hippie Persona Edmonton-born Tommy Chong rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the dope-smoking comedy duo Cheech and Chong.
In 2003, Chong was charged in the United States with conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and sentenced to prison, what he now calls an assault on his civil liberties.
[The powers-that-be have been trying to systematically rid the world of counter-culture types since the 60's... it is just getting more fierce now. ] |
| Aug 30, 2005 | CN BC: Judge Sets Aside Bail Conditions For The Sake Of Love Flashing a thumbs up from the prisoner's dock to a handful of supporters, Briere was ecstatic at the ruling that will allow him to run for Vancouver city council in November and paves the way for him to see his lover Carol Gwilt, who also faces drug and money-laundering charges for her role at the Commercial Drive cafe.
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| Aug 29, 2005 | Public Misinformed About Marijuana, Advocates Say FIELD, Ont -- Marijuana users and members of the Church of the Universe gathered Saturday to support Rev. Michel Ethier
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| Aug 26, 2005 | Police Didn't Violate Pot Advocate's Rights - Judge A judge yesterday threw out arguments that police violated the constitutional rights of pro-marijuana advocate Marc-Boris St-Maurice when they joined the Bloc Pot party he founded and arrested him at the party's cafe.
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| Aug 24, 2005 | Pot Issue The 'Perfect Storm' The Marc Emery case, in which Canada appears complicit with the United States in bringing to "justice" Vancouver's most prominent potrepreneur, may bring this still-peripheral issue to the front burner of Canadian politics.
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| Aug 22, 2005 | CN ON: Up in Smoke: Pot Users Blaze A Trail Hamilton - City Hall was the scene of a marijuana smoke out over the weekend as 300 users lit up to celebrate Canabian Day.
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| Aug 22, 2005 | Marijuana Mayhem Ont - Three people face charges after a scuffle with police at Hamilton's marijuana cafe.
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| Aug 5, 2005 | US WA: DEA Chief admits politcal persecution in Emery seed case US WA: Column: Pursuit of Drug Case All Smoke, No Fire
Seeking to stop his extradition to the United States -- where he faces charges of trafficking in marijuana seeds -- Emery's legal team could use Tandy's words to telling effect: Their client is being prosecuted for his beliefs.
"Today's arrest of Mark ( sic ) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement."
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery's illicit profits are known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on."
[Targeting citizens for their political views and trying to silence them is against the rules.... but when has that ever mattered? Will the government of Canada do the right thing? Not something we could ever count on.] |
| Aug 5, 2005 | Marc Emery out on bail B.C. Marijuana Party leader Marc Emery has been released from the pre-trial centre in Port Coquitlam after posting $50,000 bail.
Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey, Greg William INFORMATION
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| Jul 29, 2005 | BCMP Headquarters Raided ordered by U.S. - Emery & others arrested Police raided a marijuana seed store run by the B.C. Marijuana Party leader in Vancouver Friday, apparently at the request of U.S. authorities in Seattle.
At a news conference in Seattle, U.S. authorities announced they've asked for Emery to be extradited to the U.S. to face drug charges.
[ Any illusion that Canada is a sovereign nation is now dead and gone] |
| Jul 27, 2005 | CN BC: Compassion Society Defends Sooke Grow-Op In Court Philippe Lucas, head of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, will be in at the Western Communities court house tomorrow and Friday for a preliminary trial into a RCMP raid on the compassion society's grow-op in Sooke.
[This facility was involved in several research projects and supplies cannabis - much more than the government is doing, without costing taxpayer's a cent. Close the competition down seems to be government strategy] |
| Jun 11, 2005 | How To Cheat On A Urine Test EDMONTON - Keeping a job used to be about minding your Ps and Qs. These days, some people are minding their pee. "We're not talking just typical party people. We're talking mothers, fathers, secretaries, grandparents, everybody."
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| Jun 5, 2005 | CN ON: York Police Target Stores Selling Drug Accessories "Just because certain crimes aren't seen as a threat to public safety, does that mean we should stop enforcing it?"
[Through perseverance and diligence, will they ever be able to stomp out cannabis culture?] |
| Jun 2, 2005 | NB: Pregnant Woman Gets A Year For Selling Pot A New Brunswick judge has sentenced a pregnant woman to a year in prison, even though she will have to give birth while in jail in August, and also has three other children at home.
[Another blow to reason, logic, justice, enlightenment and humanity in general. FREE LYNN WOOD - donations toward her legal costs can be made through MUMM, Please help.] |
| May 29, 2005 | CN ON: Averse To Pot Laws, Poet Objects In Rhyme A poetic pot activist rhymed out his reasons for battling Canada's marijuana laws at a rally yesterday ...
"There's a little poem I've got, that makes a case for pot. Though a poet I am not, I've given this much thought. Is there hard data? A lot. What's pot's greatest danger? Getting caught,"
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| May 27, 2005 | CN BC: Hippie Capital Tunes In The Counter-Culture '60s Come Alive In A New Vancouver Museum Display ... The coffee table contains the essentials of the day: a hookah pipe and a stash basket.
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| May 27, 2005 | CN BC: Marijuana Party Candidate Claims Company Fired Him The Marijuana party's Shuswap candidate believes he lost his job because of his election attempt.
"It's all fun and games until somebody loses a job,"
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| May 24, 2005 | Skier Tokes Prior To Hitting Slopes While most students in the cafeteria are studying for final exams, James Hillier is figuring out his travel budget for an upcoming skiing competition in the USA.
This Langara student specializes in half pipe and skis slope style but Hillier almost always competes under the influence of marijuana.
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| May 24, 2005 | Mary Jane And Me TV shows where people are smoking marijuana are entertaining for some, but offending to those who say they promote drug use. ..."[The shows are] just reflecting a consensus reality that has emerged over the last 40 or 50 years in North America, that says the use of marijuana is not a serious problem and the worst thing about marijuana are the laws against it," he said.
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| May 12, 2005 | Who's Your Puff Mama? Puff Mama's sunday-night ganja and grub revue headlined by Global Marijuana March MC Watermelon would have impressed Jay Gatsby himself. A warm-hearted med-cannabis baker, Puff Mama - who refuses to use her other name - throws grass-infused, in-the-know fundraisers featuring her delectable edibles and Wayward Comedy Show.
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