David Malmo-Levine
growpotkin@hempbc.com
On May 14th, the day the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act was to come into force, a "Rally for the Truth" was held in Victory Square Park. The truth in question was that the new drug laws came into being without any meaningful public debate, without the support of the public or the expert witnesses and at a point in history when the old drug laws were being challenged constitutionally across the country.
The way this truth was communicated was with a open mic gathering (with a bit of music ans marjuana for fun), a quick lesson in hug power theory was held, followed with a march down to the copshop.
The marching song went like this:"0123 we don't want your pharmacy - 1234 we don't want your drug war - 2345 we want to control our lives - 3456 we know the election's fixed - 4567 - no one wanted bill C7 - 5678 no one wanted bill C8 - 6789 ganja is more safe than wine - 789 10 our medicine we will defend."
We arrived at police headquarters, sat on the front steps, smoked a dozen doobies and a short comment was made about how they would bust us if they knew they were right, but because they knew they were wrong, they didn't bust us.
We then marched back to victory square, chanting and singing "all we are saying, is give drug peace a chance" and then smoked up a bit more when we got back to the park. The drummers and didgerydoo-gooders ended the day off right.
There are plans for an "international anti-prohibition day" party in Grandview Park on June 15th, the July 1st "Cannabis Day" celebration and the 26th anniversary of the great Grasstown police riot of 1971. For more information, contact David Malmo - Levine at (604) 669-9069 (voicemail extention 17) or via Email at growpotkin@hempbc.com