Busts

Despite the Netherlands liberal reputation for allowing ‘coffee shops’ the small scale cannabis growers who supply them are being threatened with extinction due to increased police harassment. The result is that coffee shops in Amsterdam and elsewhere in the Netherlands are now selling lower quality, and even dangerously adulterated merchandise sourced from major criminals,...
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A jury in Texas has found a man guilty of possession of less than five pounds but more than four ounces of marijuana in a ‘drug-free zone’. The jury in the 7th District Court with Judge Kerry Russell presiding then sentenced Henry Walter Wooten, 54, to 35 years confinement in prison. They did not...
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A hemp farmer in Halland in western Sweden has won a 10 year battle in the Swedish and European courts, thanks to court ruling stating that his crop of Hemp was illegally seized by the Swedish state. The story is an example of the ignorance still surrounding cannabis and hemp which are closely related...
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MALAYSIA is to be the target of international protests at the Malaysian government’s mandatory death penalty policy for drug trafficking on Thursday March 4th. Peaceful protests are planned at Malaysian Embassies in cities worldwide, including Britain (London), Denmark (Copenhagen) France (Paris), USA (New York & LA) and Nepal (Kathmandu). There will also be protests at...
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Flying into Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines there is an announcement: “Drug Trafficking carries a mandatory death penalty. Welcome to Malaysia.” Malaysia would definitely kill for pot. In Malaysia, as in 21 other countries in the world, people who use or possess relatively small quantities of drugs, including cannabis, are sentenced to death. These...
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Marc Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture Magazine, could be finally extradited from Canada to the inhuman US Gulag prison system as early as this week. Marc is currently out on bail after 52 days waiting in a Canadian jail to be extradited (see interview below). However, unless the Canadian authorities have a last minute change...
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This video features the intrepid duo, Dana Beal (recently busted with 150lbs of medical marijuana) and arch ‘Pieman’ Aron Kay, up against the forces of evil. Music by Benedict Arnold & The Traitors. • Dana Beal’s address is currently Irvin Beal #6669, Saunders County Jail, 387 North Chestnut Wahoo, Nebraska 68066, USA. A court hearing...
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Is it just coincidence that within the space of just two days, two of the leading organisers of the annual Global Marijuana March, first Marc Emery (28th Oct) and then (30th Oct) Dana Beal (above, photo New York Times) have been arrested and are now both behind bars, at the mercy of the...
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All over Britain people are being ‘itemised’ by a new machine called the Itemiser which is being used by the police to test for drugs and explosives. More than 400 people were ‘Itemised’ in one night by police in Reading recently. The Itemiser is a desktop testing lab which can detect traces of all kinds of...
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