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Marijuana activist Marc Emery hopes for tourism high as dollar goes to pot

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BY NICK EAGLAND, THE PROVINCE FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Pot advocate Marc Emery is encouraging Americans to take advantage of the low loonie to come up and buy some pot.
Photograph by: Steve Bosch , PNG

A Vancouver entrepreneur and marijuana activist wants Americans to boost local tourism by coming north to get higher as the Canadian dollar gets lower.

“Hello, American would-be visitors, weed here is $3.50 to $8 US a gram,” Marc Emery posted to Instagram on Thursday as Canada’s dollar continued to plunge — dropping from about par to the U.S. dollar two years ago to 79 cents on Friday.

“I don’t think it’s occurring to (American tourists) that they can come up to Canada now, in the last six weeks, and have a holiday at a much greater discount than ever before,” the self-styled “Prince of Pot” told the Sunday Province on Saturday.

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Apoptosis; PHYTOCANNABINOIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

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Publication Date: September 15th, 2011

This invention relates to the use of phytocannabinoids, either in an isolated form or in the form of a botanical drug substance (BDS), as a prophylactic or in the treatment of cancer. Typically the cancer to be treated is a cancer of the: prostate, breast, skin, glioma, colon, lung or a bone or lymph metastasis. The phytocannabinoids may be used in combination with other cancer treatments.

http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf;jsessionid=CDE8C8387AE11033FBC35300482C3B9C.wapp1?docId=WO2011110866&recNum=1&maxRec=&office=&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=&tab=PCTDescription

Agricultural Apocalypse

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Check out page 39 in the Fourth issue of The Hemp Connoisseur.

Check out Page 39

Imagine wearing a mask just to go through you day, just to breathe. Dirt grit perpetually in your teeth and covering your windows with sheets and blankets in a futile attempt to stop the dirt from sifting into your home and food becomes scarce on the shelves at the supermarket. Breathing, eating a meal, and walking the dog, are no longer simple, but moment to moment challenges.

This has happened, for eight years during the 1930’s, after decades of extensive farming without crop rotation and other mitigation techniques, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska were ground zero for the Dust Bowl. It came in a yellowish-brown cloud from the South and in a black blizzard from the North, causing major economic, ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian farmlands.

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Jason Lauve forced to leave public Court House: The Cop Said So

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This was a very telling situation and left me with no recourse. I never saw an order against me and the police NEVER took my name; even after my insisting over and over to make a record of this incident. I was told that Judge Martinez wrote the order and if I wanted to address it, to go see him… However, I was threatened with trespassing (in a public building) if I entered and not for possessing my medicine.

I was told that my medicine was the reason I am not allowed in the court house, but Article 18-14 (Colorado Amendment 20) protects my rights to have my medicine. I have been in and out of this building over 30 times in the prior three weeks with my medicine and it wasn’t a problem until then.

There were two other incidents where the D.A.and/or prosecution physically assaulted a person for taking pictures in a public space and the other was physically harassed in front of the courthouse.

After observing the trials of caregiver Elisa Kappelmann and then cancer patient Bob Crouse, both tried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, where D.A. Dan May commands (read dictates to) his prosecutors and The Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Division (VNI) to do his bidding, I am convinced that there is widespread corruption coming from the D.A.’s office and this may even include some judges too.

The VNI detectives, such as Detective Lehmkuhl, lied consistently in both trials; how many people are being railroaded by these cronies?

D.A. Dan May and all law enforcement who continue to lie and think that they can create their own rules, should be removed from their jobs, as they have not been able to demonstrate a competent level of knowledge about the laws of Colorado, and their behavior is socially unacceptable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV4l_2rziOc

Weedman proves his freedom

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The Weedman did it.Make no mistake about it: The   victory    Ed Forchion — the NJWEEDMAN — enjoyed on Thursday in the Burlington County Courthouse certainly sets the stage for other marijuana users to upend the unjust New Jersey (and national) marijuana laws.I’ll get to the “unjust” part later, but first, a rehash (pun intended) of the facts: Forchion was pulled over with a pound of pot in his car and $2,000 in cash. According to the state laws, he was facing a mandatory   minimum    of three years in jail and a $25,000 fine for distribution. Forchion, who has been fighting the marijuana laws in this state (and nation) for   over    15 years, claimed it was for his own purposes. Medicinal, to be clear. The county prosecutor pointed out during the trial that Forchion had enough grass to roll 6,000 joints, which would seem to poke a hole in the “personal use” defense. I mean, how many joints could Forchion smoke in a day? Two? Five? Ten? (Actually, I don’t want to know.)Forchion was seeking a hung jury, hoping to get a pothead-friendly juror to “nullify” the law. (Quick and dirty   “jury nullification”    definition: The jury decides the law is unjust, so they acquit.)But what Forchion got was something much more than one person fighting for him. He got 12. A unanimous jury verdict, 12-0.

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Forest Fire Damage, Healed By Hemp

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The non-drug hemp plant could be an integral part of the reforestation projects that are necessary after large forest fires to mitigate mud slides and flooding, but in 1937 the plant was branded “illegal,” not through scientific evaluation, but by the DEA for political, corporate gain, and social control issues.

The High Park fire burn area in Fort Collins, as well as the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs, were disastrous. The now barren, hydrophobic soil (also known as non-wettability) poses other problems. As The Gazette in Colorado Springs puts it “Soil Takes Over As Top Threat” and we should take this very seriously. Rain washes over the top soil and the result of the ash filled runoff are floods and land slides. Hemp grows very fast and can establish a strong carpet of roots that would stabilize the soil, in specific areas, to help mitigate the damage of erosion. Other plants will take months, and sometimes years, to reveal their sprouting green seedlings.

Forest fires have an impact on local rainfall as well. The heat at the ground level can reach 600◦ centigrade which vaporizes tree tars and plant materials releasing tiny particles (aerosols), into the ground and atmosphere. The ground layer is impermeable and prevents water from reaching the soil. Sometimes this hydrophobic layer can persist for years, especially if it is relatively thick, up to three inches in depth. In the atmosphere, creating high concentrations of aerosols, the local climate is affected by increasing cloud formation and decreasing rainfall. Cloud droplets form around the aerosol particles, but may never grow large enough to fall as rain (researchers with NASA have studied this effect). Large forest fires also have the effect of reducing rainfall, compounding the issue by leaving burned areas more prone to dryness and future fires.

Over time, as plants regenerate and growth resumes, plant roots, soil micro-organisms, and soil fauna will break down the hydrophobic layer. Hemp can initiate this process and accomplish in weeks, what would take months for other plants. Our health and wellbeing comes from the community working together and making our own choices, not from a government that tells us what to do. Coloradoans are very much about States Rights and individual freedoms, as we know about the place we live in. It is our responsibility to implement strategies that work for us, and in the case of environmental stewardship, hemp can help mitigate the damage of forest fires.

Activism At D.A. Dan May’s office in Colorado Springs

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Monday July 30th at 10:00am there is going to be a protest in front of the El Paso County D.A.’s office in Colorado Springs for D.A. Dan May and his prosecutors.

105 E. Vermijo
Colorado Springs, Co

Greetings,

On Monday July 30 at 10am, C4CPR and it’s Supporters will hold a rally in front of D.A Dan Mays office. Previously, I had sent letters to Barbara Miller, Dan May, the Chief of Police and our local VNI” regarding its policies and procedures towards cannabis patients and businesses. I have yet to hear from Barbara Miller and Dan May to this date. I received the typical responses from VNI. The citizens of Colorado Springs would like to send a message to Dan and his department regarding blatant harassment of patients and businesses that are within the laws set forth in our Constitution!

Our D.A. and the C.S.P.D. use scare tactics and excessive force to maliciously prosecute those that are operating under the law. The cost to the taxpayers is unknown, however according to C.B.I., El Paso County has the HIGHEST (no pun intended) number of MMJ cases being brought before the court system in the state!

Why is Dan May trying to prosecute those within the law? The main reason being, Dan has his sights set on Attorney General. Using scare tactics to get patients to take a plea is a win for him. Those that are not fazed, take their cases to trial and win. Those that are given misinformation by the department have been scared into taking a plea deal when it wasn’t necessary. It’s no secret about Dan’s views on MMJ, in fact he has went so far as to pad the truth and flat out lie at hearings regarding MMJ.

We demand that Dan May and his Department, READ and FOLLOW the laws in OUR state regarding MMJ patient and business rights. We demand actual investigation when accusations towards patients and businesses arise, as in Chuck Balls case. We demand that training and education of the C.S.P.D. and the D.A.s office regarding the local MMJ laws take place immediately! Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are being wasted each day bringing those within the law before the courts. This must STOP NOW! Concentrate on the REAL CRIMINALS AND LEAVE US ALONE!!!

We have several activists and supporters in the state joining us for next weeks rally and we are very grateful to them all!

C4CPR is a Colorado Springs based cannabis non-profit founded by Audrey Hatfield in 2010. For more information:

Audrey Hatfield
President C4CPR
719-271-8430
www.c4cpr.org

Hemp Bill Signed By Governor Hickenlooper

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As of July 1st, 2012, Colorado is now moving forward with the Industrial Hemp Remediation Pilot Program, HB12-1099.

Phytoremediation (from the Ancient Greek φυτο (phyto, plant), and Latin remedium (restoring balance or

remediation) describes the treatment of environmental problems (bioremediation) through the use of plants that mitigate the environmental problem without the need to excavate the contaminant material and dispose of it elsewhere.

Phytoremediation consists of mitigating pollutant concentrations in contaminated soils, water, or air, with plants able to contain, degrade, or eliminate metals, pesticides, solvents, explosives, crude oil and its derivatives, and various other contaminants from the media that contain them.

Evaluation

The data collected from the non-drug hemp remediation pilot program will help determine the economic impact of the changes in the ecosystem and their benefit. With the policy change of researching non-drug hemp and its impact on the ecosystem, the changes in ecosystem services and thus the impacts on human welfare will determine the programs effectiveness. The Mechanism of transport is in the root zone, starting in the rhizosphere area in the soil.

Economic Potentials of the pilot program include:

• increase the usable land area for agriculture; restore proper pH balance in the soil and water
• improved hunting, bird watching and fishing habitats
• Flood attenuation (uS$ 772/ per acre)
• industrial and domestic wastewater treatment (uS$ 265/ per acre per year).
• Co2 Sequestering: (a damage cost of uS $10 per ton of carbon per year)
• H2o remediation of pharmaceutical contamination

Phytoremediation?

• Phytoremediation costs 5% to 10% vs. landfill costs
• 90% reduction in waste volume
• 90% to 95% reduction in metals from water
• less Surface disturbance
• Wildfire mitigation and stabilization of soils

Why Hemp?

• low Water use (12”-15” and up per year, depending on the use of the crop)
• low to Zero Pesticide and Hebicide requirements
• Hemp Kills Noxious Weeds
• High Metals uptake
• High Survival Tolerance
• erosion Mitigation
• More Studies Needed

The Pilot Program would specifically:

• Create a set of data that would determine the effective remediation capacities of hemp
• demonstrate that hemp can aid in improving soil conditions for the production of food crops
• demonstrate the economic potentials for using hemp in remediation projects
• demonstrate that hemp can remediate contaminants from water and air

I Was Stroked

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by Steve Boorstein

Please take 4 minutes to listen to my latest song for stroke survivors and loved ones: Written a year after my stroke, and reworked many times over the past 4 years! Maybe it will get some attention from the National Stroke Assoc. and the American Stroke Assoc. Feel free to share it with everyone :)
MP3 LINK             or             Web LINK
Be sure to play it loud!!
I Was Stroked by Steve Boorstein

Performed by:

Ray Smith on vocals, guitar, organ, bass & drums

Cari Minor on vocals

Jeb Bows on Violin (Plays with Brandi Carlile)

If you can’t play the MP3, click http://www.reverbnation.com/steveboorstein to hear it there!

Cannabis should be a medicinal ally, but we’ve put it on the wrong side of the drug war

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We have a drug problem. Its victims include the very young, the very old and everyone in between.

According to The Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of babies born addicted to opiates has nearly tripled in the last decade. Overdose death rates for the elderly increased twofold from 1999 to 2006. In 2009, drug-induced deaths exceeded deaths from motor vehicle accidents. The culprit: legal prescription painkillers.

In many people, it starts innocently: A fall, an accident or a surgery begets unbearable pain, treated with an opiate painkiller. As useful as these drugs are, they can also be deadly. Their tragedy ripples through a network of family and friends whose lives are also torn apart and forever altered. We can do better.

What if there was a medication that acted on its own endogenous bodily system to relieve pain, as documented in clinical studies, while never resulting in one overdose death? There is. It’s called cannabis.

The real drug problem in this country lies in the war we have waged on this medicinal plant, while ever increasing numbers of young and old suffer and die from legal prescription drugs. It shouldn’t be. It needn’t be. People should have a choice.

We can do better for our families.

Theresa Daniello Auburn Township