The War on Drugs Turns 40
It’s time we make clear our public support for ending the war on drugs to the president directly: call the White House on Friday, June 17th – the 40th anniversary of Nixon declaring the War in Drugs Phone Numbers: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 Or click here to send an email! Sample Message: [...]
Direct Action
Sometimes it is hard to speak the truth. Especially when policy becomes personal. Right now in Mendocino County, CA the government is running an extortion racket charging $25 per tag per marijuana plant. If you have 24 or fewer plants and have a tag on them, the sheriff wont come and get you. On the [...]
The Reds
Before the Soviet Union fell in 1991, the two nicknames it was given were “The Iron Curtain” and “The Reds.” As propaganda, there were slogans like “Better Dead Than Red” and “Red Dawn” which were used to bring fear to Americans that the US was about to be invaded by the Soviet Union. Funny about [...]
Ed Rosenthal to Run For President in 2012
Folks, I didn’t want to have to do this, but as a patriotic American, seeing this country going to hell under the bipartisan watch of both Democrats and Republicans, I have decided to set up a presidential exploratory committee and we will seek the endorsement of the Party Party, which at present doesn’t exist formally, [...]
Blowing Smoke: Oakland’s Massive Pot Farms
You may remember last summer, July 2010, when the city I live in, Oakland, CA, decided to license four major pot farms. While the original plan was shut down in December due to conflict with federal law, there is a great debate going on here in Oakland regarding future cultivation models. Supposedly, progressive council people [...]
Tax the Sick
Cynics declare that medical marijuana is a farce, using my stand-up comedy routine. “I use marijuana for my latent glaucoma. There are no indications of it yet, but if I stop using it there could be irreparable damage done.” Actually that may not be far fetched for both glaucoma and Multiple Sclerosis. However, I have [...]
Take the Pledge: Work With the Police and DEA
In the last few weeks the U.S. government detected two commercial tunnels running across the U.S.-Mexico border. They were constructed to eliminate the tedium of bribing customs agents at the border. They publicized it as if it were a major blow to the marijuana industry. The officials probably don’t realize how ridiculously 20th century they [...]
Steve Cooley Loses Case to Ed Rosenthal
A week after Robert Wooster was arrested, I decided that I would test the law regarding possession of under an ounce going through Bob Hope Burbank, California airport (Los Angeles County). I was ticketed at the airport for the misdemeanor of possession of under an ounce. Bruce Margolin, an excellent attorney and movement supporter, represented [...]
Obama in Critical Condition: MDS
Obama seems to be taking his cues from the failed Presidency of Jimmy Carter. During his campaign Carter said that no law should be more harmful than what it is trying to regulate and that he favored the re-legalization of marijuana. Then he re-started Nixon’s Drug War and lashed out at his naive supporters. Obama [...]
COLUMBIA MO: APPEALING THE CPRB
William Watkins City Manager, Columbia, MO PO BOX 6015 Columbia, MO 65205 Dear Mr. Watkins, In May 2010 we filed a complaint with the Columbia Police Department about the officers involved in the February SWAT raid at 1501 Kinloch Ct. that was recorded and uploaded to Youtube.com, where it has been viewed by almost 2 [...]
