Richard Lee, Oaksterdam and the Feds – HAPPY 420!
Probably everybody who is reading this blog has seen the Kony 2012 video that went viral, amassing 28 million hits in its first day. When we say “viral”, we think of something spreading instantaneously over a wide swath of demographics. However, some things spread more like cancers. They don’t necessarily infect a large swath of people, [...]
Weed Wars
Weed Wars, the new four-part series on the Discovery Channel, debuted on Dec. 1st and will run through Dec. 22nd. So set your Tune in tonight at 10 PM – I’ve been told by cast members that episode #2 has some tense moments.This documentary follows daily life in the world’s largest marijuana retail shop. Harborside [...]
Eddy Lepp: Only Eight Years Left in Federal Prison
Letter via Eddy Lepp. Eddy Lepp is a Vietname War Veteran, Rastafarian Minister and Medical Marijuana farmer who was growing marijuana for patients under California State Law. He was raided and arrested in 2004 and is currently serving a 10-year sentence. Please take a moment to write to Mr. Lepp about anything, he loves hearing [...]
Update on Drug War POWs Dale Schafer and Mollie Fry
by Heather Schafer, Dale and Mollie’s daughter: Thursday, June 02, 2011 Hi everyone. So it’s been one month, since our parents surrendered to Federal Marshals, and there have been many changes. We wanted to give you all a status update on both of our parents as well as our family: I will begin with Mollie. On Wednesday May [...]
Happy Birthday Eddy Lepp
Written on May, 24, 2011 – Eddy’s Birthday Well, I turned 59 today last night and as I laid in bed and said my prayers, I thought about my life. I have lived nearly six decades. I grew up a child of God, a hippy, always believing– even when I went to NAM [Vietnam]– that there [...]
TODAY: Dr. Mollie Fry & Dale Schaeffer to Enter Prison [RALLY IN SACRAMENTO]
Doctor Mollie Fry and Attorney Dale Schafer have been order to surrender to Federal Marshals on May 2nd to serve a 5-year sentence. The family was offered a plea deal – stop recommending cannabis to patients, which they adamantly refused. Please show your support by making signs of protest and joining the rally in Sacramento, [...]
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 [...]
THIS SATURDAY! GREEN AID MONEY BOMB
March 26, 2011: Green Aid & Time4Hemp Money Bomb Join Time4Hemp and Ed Rosenthal’s Green Aid to raise money for our ongoing trials. This is not a radio show to benefit our current funds. The Money Bomb will be hosted by Casper Leitch and Ed Rosenthal with special guests: Ken Unger, disabled Navy Vet fighting to [...]
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 [...]
Letters #7-8 from Eddy Lepp via Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution
Eddy Lepp is a Vietnam War Veteran and medical marijuana activist who grew medicine for patients in Northern California. He gave it away free to those who needed it most. In 2008 he was sentenced by Federal Judge Marilyn Patel to ten years in federal prison. Although he has been moved to other California prisons, [...]
