Marc’s Prison Concert Performance

Saturday July 2nd: I'm so pleased with the prison concert performance by our band "Stuck"! It was 99 degrees out, and flies landed on my nose on four occasions. One time a fly walked up my left arm to my wrist for about two extraordinarily long minutes during a song and I still was able not to be distracted – whew! That sucker would not fly away; I almost thought it might be diggin' the music. I worked up a real sweat, especially as the afternoon went on.

Is It Time To Re-Establish Kamp Kirby?

Kelly Kirby is a Health Canada legal marijuana marijuana patient. She was stupidly evicted by her landlord when City of St. Catharines slapped a work order on her rental residence because building inspectors learned there was medicinal marijuana grow-op.

Marc Gets Ready for his Prison Band’s Performance

Dear Jodie: On July 2nd, the band I am bassist in, called STUCK – because we are stuck in prison – performs live and amplified for the other inmates. We’re going to play Sunshine of Your Love (Cream), Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry), Red House (Hendrix), Little Wing (Hendrix), Tightrope (S.R. Vaughan), Voodoo Child (Hendrix), Star Spangled Banner (Hendrix, a solo song by lead guitarist Terry), and All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix).

Time Out Called On Marijuana Legalization Deadline

The federal government received a small reprieve on 90 day marijuana legalization deadline until their appeal could be heard. In exchange for granting their time out, the justice gave them only six months to prepare their appeal. We’ll be back in court in November, instead of the usual 18 months it takes to have an appeal heard.

Change of Weekend Hempfest Plans

My plan to head down to Washington State with Jodie Emery for the Tacoma Hempfest has been foiled by a number of unpredictable disruptions, but that means CCN LIVE will be back with another episode on Friday.

I remember

I remember, several years before Marc Emery came to Vancouver, walking into a room of activists with the intent of introducing the idea that marijuana prohibition was a human rights issue.

The War on Drugs Turns 40

It’s time we make clear our public support for ending the war on drugs to the president directly:
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