Marc Emery Prison Blog: The Origins of Pot TV in 2000

Hemp BC, our original retail store that opened on July 2nd, 1994 at 324 West Hastings Street in Vancouver, launched the first cannabis website in the world on September 30th, 1994. The World Wide Web had gone live in August of 1994, and now web sites could actually be created and put "online". In fact, our launch party for Hemp BC was shared at a location where our Hemp BC site was 'launched' in tandem with CBC.ca, Canada's largest national TV and Radio network.

ZIG ZAG Cease and Desist

CANNABIS CULTURE - So I received a cease and desist order via registered mail today from ZIG ZAG. It's 3 pages of their request, followed by 50 pages of their copyrights they own. In one part their letter mentions "Even though your use of our client's copyrighted works make a political spoof of Mr.

Witness to History: Me and Dennis Peron, Getting Raided, and Proposition 215

This is a story about how I was with Dennis Peron at a pivotal moment in the 1996 campaign for proposition 215 in California, even though Dennis was actually in Vancouver. He had been invited up to participate with me in a protest and commemoration of an anti-pot police brutality incident that had happened twenty-five years earlier.

Olivia Chow Inhaled Cannabis

No real shocking news, but CBC is reporting established Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow inhaled cannabis. Her journey included some minor experimenting with marihuana, but she stresses she preferred camping, hiking and biking to buds. A cannabis enthusiasts will tell you - all these activities go great with ganja!

The Devil in the Details: Why Russ Belville is Slightly Wrong About His “5 Pot Myths That Must Be Busted”

"I've been studying marijuana professionally for eight years now and have read more reports, studies, and data than most of you put together." – Russ Belville, Sept. 26 at 10:20am, Facebook CANNABIS CULTURE - I am saddened when pot activists do sloppy research and hold it out to the public as the truth. I am even more saddened when it takes the form of an attack on other pot activists.

Marc Emery Prison Blog: How I Began My Plan to Overgrow the Government

CANNABIS CULTURE - Since the 20th anniversary of my activism in British Columbia is approaching on April 11th, I thought I would write a series of blogs about my early years, when there was no movement, no legal medical marijuana anywhere, books and magazines about cannabis were banned in Canada – in essence, there was nothing. Over the next few months I'll tell you about great moments in my life where I contributed to the marijuana movement and helped changed several laws.

Justin Trudeau ZIG ZAG Rolling Papers SLOW BURNING 100 Cigarette Papers

CANNABIS CULTURE - Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are planning to target Justin Trudeau at the upcoming Liberal convention with “more gimmicky ideas,” such as distributing ZigZag rolling papers screened with Trudeau’s face and the Liberal logo to put a focus on the Liberal leader’s comments about the legalization of marijuana. The note makes clear that the Conservatives see Trudeau’s position on marijuana as a wedge issue they hope to exploit. “There is an opportunity to keep the focus on this poor policy decision.
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