Pacifist Cannabis minister Reverend Roger Christie has been held without bail at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center since July 8, 2010. He's been denied bail 7 times. His trial on federal drug trafficking charges has been set back to July 23, 2013.
Hawaii News Daily deplores Christie's incarceration without bail as a miscarriage of justice. You can learn about the case of Roger Christie and the Green 14 here.
I’ll be a guest on Cultural Baggage with Dean Becker this Sunday, April 10 at 7 pm central time (the second half of the program). It airs live on Pacifica Radio and online at www.kpft.org and then is syndicated on a bunch of other stations throughout the week.
Should be fun! I’m looking forward...
District Attorney Throws Out 57 Cases After Henry Hotel Scandal, Cops Pissed
This is the scandal where videotape evidence showed that police officers entered rooms without a warrant or consent, and then lied about it on the stand.
The whole scandal has pissed off some cops, says one a veteran cop who attended the...
United States Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat representing Colorado’s second congressional district, is quickly establishing himself as one of the most outspoken federal critics of marijuana prohibition. This week he appeared on CBS’s Political Hotseat to discuss the success of Colorado’s medical marijuana law, and the futility of federal marijuana prohibition. Rep. Jared Polis:...
Collectible 7-inch vinyl single of “Legalize It” b/w “Equal Rights” released in Rasta colors of red, green and gold on National Record Store Day, April 16th Legacy and NORML re-launch Tosh’s 1976 PSA at radio, promoting legalization of marijuana, in honor of NORML’s 40th anniversary birthday in 2011 Visit the NORML Daily Audio Stash to hear...
Jonathan Caulkins, Jonathan Kulick and Mark Kleiman have written Think Again: The Afghan Drug Trade – a good piece in Foreign Policy about “Why cracking down on Afghanistan’s opium business won’t help stop the Taliban — or the United States’ own drug problems.”
The article shows these guys at their best – when they...
