Cannabis Day 2011 at the Vancouver Art Gallery
CANNABIS CULTURE - Happy Cannabis Day! Join us at the Vancouver Art Gallery on JULY 1 for a smoky celebration of the national day of Canada and our favorite sticky green plant.
Jeremiah Vandermeer
Prairie Medicinal Cannabis Cup First of its Kind in Saskatchewan
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana culture is growing in the Canadian Prairies, and now the home of much of our country's hemp-growing industry will play host to the 1st Annual Prairie Medicinal Cannabis Cup from July 8 - 10 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
‘No Knock Raid’ Musician Lindy says ‘Catastrophic’ Drug War Must End
CANNABIS CULTURE - Lindy, the Canadian musician behind Reason Magazine's "No Knock Raid" video, discusses the tragic consequences of the Drug War, libertarian politics, and Marc Emery with CC writer and activist Peter Jaworski.
Reefer Madness: Alive And Well In The Federal Government!
Almost as if on cue from a movie director, the head of the Judiciary Committee in the US House of Representatives, ‘conservative’ Republican from Texas Lamar Smith, has provided both cannabis law reformers and the general public a typical up-close view of why the US Congress—the creator of Cannabis Prohibition laws in 1937 and later the Controlled Substances Act of 1970—rarely seems to work the way it was intended.
Eight States Have Banned Tylenol In Anti-Marijuana Hysteria
It’s called the Law Of Unintended Consequences, also known as “what happens when a bunch of ignorant legislators try to interfere with people’s lives without having a clue.”
Bolivia to Withdraw from Drugs Convention Over Coca Classification
Bolivian President Evo Morales says chewing coca leaves is a cultural heritage and ancestral practice.
Police Shut Down ‘Paraphernalia’ Vendors at Tacoma Hempfest
CANNABIS CULTURE - In what organizers are calling "an absolute travesty of police fuck-upery", several glass vendors at the Tacoma Hempfest were shut down and given paraphernalia citations by off-duty police officers hired by the city to work security for park events.
Hackers Unearth FBI Report on ‘KopBusters’ Filmmaker Barry Cooper
Computer hackers with the group 'Lulz Security" have unearthed a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) intelligence assessment of Barry Cooper, the former Texas narcotics officer who turned against the drug war and began setting up hidden camera stunts looking to catch corrupt police in the act.
Marco Renda and Treating Yourself Go International
I had the pleasure of attending the 2nd-Annual Treating Yourself Medical Marijuana and Hemp Expo in Toronto earlier this month for Cannabis Culture, and it was exactly that: a pleasure.
Cannabis Culture News LIVE: NDP vs. Conservatives – Drug War Politics in Canada
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. On today's show: Canada's Official Opposition Party, the NDP, is going toe-to-toe with the governing Conservatives with the adoption of a new drug resolution at the NDP National Convention. Nicole Seguin of End Prohibition joins the show in-studio to talk about the politics of the Canadian Drug War.
