CBS Reverses Decision: NORML Times Square Ad Okayed
Executives at CBS broadcasting have quietly reversed their decision refusing to air a NORML's Times Square advertisement advocating legalizing and taxing marijuana.
HB642 The Michael Phillips Compassionate Care Act
Folks we now have a new bill number for the medical marijuana bill.
Educating fellow Green Party candidates about cannabis and prohibition
I'm on an email list for Green Party candidates, and I brought up discussing the Conservative government's costly anti-drug, "tough-on-crime" legislation when the budget was tabled this week. It created a conversation, and to my surprise, there are Green Party candidates who actually support prohibition! I had to comment, of course. The discussion continues on the email list; thankfully there are other Green candidates helping explain to the ignorant ones why prohibition is bad.
Tobacco Prohibition at Fraser Regional Correctional Center
This article was written in Fraser but I chose to wait to publish it until after I was released - those who run the jail may not have taken my constructive criticism with a completely open mind.
Join Loretta Nall and Alabama Compassionate Care at Heads vs. Feds
This Thursday March 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm: The University of South Alabama is sponsoring the annual face off between High Times Editor Steve Hager and DEA agent Robert Stutman.
Canada Wins Hockey Gold at the Vancouver Olympics!
Marc and I watched Olympic Gold Medal hockey game on Sunday on the big screen in our BCMP Headquarters with 100 other people, and then went to join the party on Granville Street later that night. It was such a great time! YAY CANADA!
The Uncle Henry Show
I was on a very conservative radio station in Mobile, AL on Friday. I was expecting just 5 or 10 minutes like a normal radio interview but Uncle Henry kept me on for the entire hour.
India’s Big Bhang Party the Holi Festival
For millennia, copious amounts of the cannabis beverage "bhang" have been consumed at the Hindu Holi Celebration, also called the Festival of Colours, which is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Nepal, Srilanka, and other countries with large Hindu diaspora populations. In these celebrations thousands of participants drink bhanga and playfully throw colored paint on each other in a celebration of fertility, life and joy. Here are some recent news stories about Holi bhang use.