It was just three years ago when President Obama (then candidate Obama) famously pledged to no longer use federal "Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws" regulating the physician authorized use of medical cannabis. And it was in the fall of 2009 that the administration issued the Ogden memorandum to federal prosecutors directing them to not "focus federal resources ...
A Timaru man is threatening to go on a hunger strike if he is jailed for marijuana charges today, claiming the 45 plants he grew were for medicinal purposes.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Vancouver's annual 4/20 marijuana freedom rally is taking place this Wednesday, April 20 at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the adjacent block of Howe Street, from 11am-8pm. Last year's event drew a (VPD) estimated 13,000 people, despite poor weather and falling on a weekday.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Jodie Emery, wife of imprisoned marijuana activist Marc Emery, will be speaking to an estimated 15,000 people at the Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, April 20 at the annual 4/20 cannabis protest and celebration.
CANNABIS CULTURE - April 20 is the international day of cannabis freedom: a day of global celebration, a show of appreciation for a truly amazing and versatile plant, and an impressive display of solidarity by an oppressed but resilient culture.