The Malaysian Consulate in New York was the target of a surprise advance protest today by people dressed in pink (pictured) demonstrating against Malaysia’s policy of mandatory death sentences for dealing recreational drugs, including cannabis.
Tomorrow (March 4th) will see the Consulate targeted again in New York as part of global demonstrations including Los Angeles,...
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Dear Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak,
It is with the greatest respect to you and your country and it’s legal system that we write to you today in the hope that your government will join the vast majority of UN member nations and urgently reconsider your current use of the death penalty, in particular for...
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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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Tags: Busts, Campaigns, Canada, Cannabis, Law, Marc Emery, Prohibition, THC, USA, Weed
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A Facebook group organised by the US campaigning organisation NORMAL is aiming high – they plan to get 5 million members to pressure Obama to legalise marijuana.
They say:
“OBAMA was originally for the decriminalization of marijuana but, soon after talking to his advisers he changed his position. We hope Obama will stand for what he...
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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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Medical cannabis patients, campaigners, and experts plus two MPs went to 10 Downing street to demand urgent action on Medical Cannabis. Later they met with other MP’s, plus Lords and supporters at a packed meeting in the Houses of Parliament.
Above: Medical cannabis campaigners including Labour MP’s Paul Flynn and Brian Iddon (Chairman of the...
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Above and below: We need the NHS – the Natural Healing Service. Today campaigners will be going to Downing Street and Parliament Square to call for medical cannabis to be supplied free by the NHS to treat pain, MS and many other ailments. They also want specialist ‘cannabis clinics’ run by experts to be...
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Winston Churchill in London yesterday
TOMORROW campaigners will be going to No 10 Downing Street to take to deliver a letter asking his predecessor Tony Blair to pull his finger out and make medical cannabis available on the national health, like he promised he would if the research was positive – and it is!
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