Christmas Prison Blog: It’s A Wonderful Life

I chose that title for today's Christmas blog because I do believe it is a wonderful life, and it's much too short. The Frank Capra Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" was a reminder to: 1) never underestimate the good you have done and the good you can do in the world, 2) be grateful for the love you have, and 3) be grateful for whatever you do have, it could be much worse!

Cannabis Culture Celebrates Christmas

I had a lot of Christmas fun, ate a lot of Christmas food, and smoked a lot of Christmas trees at the CCHQ holiday staff party last weekend, and on the LIVE broadcast of A Cannabis Culture Christmas on Pot TV yesterday.

Christopher Hitchens, Anti-Prohibitionist

I read the sad news that Christopher Hitchens, the always controversial and unique wizard of words, died yesterday from complications due to cancer at 62. Hitchens was a well known political commentator and author who publicly advocated marijuana legalization and spoke out against drug prohibition.

Marc Emery: Support Ron Paul for President!

Choosing the next President of the United States begins in Iowa in mere weeks. For the cannabis culture, 25 million people in the United States, there is only one option: Ron Paul.

Ed Likes: Marijuana Capsules

Do you resent the calories involved in using edibles? Solve the problem by making your own marijuana caps.

A warning to Canada from inside the “Tough On Crime” US prison system

In lieu of the imminent passage of Bill C-10, the crime bill with mandatory minimums for all drug offenses involving manufacture and distribution – which the Harper Conservatives are set to pass in the Canadian Parliament – it is reflective to consider how the US criminal justice system has gotten completely out of control with these mandatory minimum sentences.

Serious Issue

Many people feel that as far as human rights go, drug prohibition is not a serious issue. Their reasons range from the fact that drug use is prevailent despite prohibition to idea that drug use itself is somehow intrinsically wrong. Either way, the rights of individuals to choose what substances they ingest is given marginal importance in many social activists' minds.

Protesting Harper and other recent news appearances

Here is a collection of the news coverage and quotes I got into the media from the recent protest we held against Prime Minister Harper and his backwards, costly Bill C-10, which will see the cannabis culture targeted and imprisoned under US-style drug laws.
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