Activism

CANNABIS CULTURE - Thousands of marijuana smokers and activists gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery on July 1, 2009 for Cannabis Day, a day to celebrate Cannabis Freedoms.

Calling his U.S. pot charges a “great injustice,” Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery says he hopes his looming prison sentence below the border will stoke up support for the cannabis movement.

Portugal is now considering legalization of cannabis. One of the leftist parties with seats in government is preparing legislation to do just that.

With a constant barrage of global news surrounding us, we now have the power to know that there is always a crisis somewhere- a volcano shattering peoples lives, a tsunami or hurricane, man made disasters-mostly wars- and humans attempting to control nature.

LOUISVILLE, KY - On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court limited the use of strip searches in the public schools, two young women filed an action in Jefferson County Court against a local middle school and several of its employees for using "grossly intrusive" methods to discover an alleged cache of marijuana. They were allegedly forced to unzip their pants, "lift up their bras ... and jump up and down."