Category Archives: Activism

420 Celebrations Still Going Strong in Keene, NH

My friends in the Free State Project have stepped up the activism to include daily open cannabis celebrations in the Keene town square. After two marijuana possession arrests the police are standing down. The second arrestee was released after it was discovered that he was in possession of chocolate mint, an herb as harmless as [...]

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Medical Marijuana Bill Passes New Hampshire House

The New Hampshire house has just passed a medical marijuana bill. Now it’s on to the Senate where passage looks promising. I’ve wanted to move to New Hampshire for  a few years now, as part of the Free State Project. The passage of this bill could give me the push I needed to make the [...]

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Fayetteville Voters to Vote on Low Priority

PRESS RELEASE:
Fayetteville, AR: Fayetteville voters will have the choice on Election Day to vote on making adult marijuana possession the lowest police priority. Sensible Fayetteville initiative sponsors turned in just over 1000 additional signatures on August 29 to meet a shortfall of 301 valid signatures. City Clerk Sondra Smith contacted campaign coordinator Ryan Denham today [...]

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Will Buchanan’s Walk for Liberty – Do Not Hump

I’m becoming more and more impressed with the story of a couple walking from Seattle to New Hampshire and chronicling it on a YouTube video blog. Right now they’re headed through Oregon, over the Cascade mountain range. The scenic views and Will’s witty commentary have his blog on my A list(my top 5% of 290 [...]

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Will Buchanan’s Walk for Liberty – Do Not Hump

I’m becoming more and more impressed with the story of a couple walking from Seattle to New Hampshire and chronicling it on a YouTube video blog. Right now they’re headed through Oregon, over the Cascade mountain range. The scenic views and Will’s witty commentary have his blog on my A list(my top 5% of 290 [...]

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Memphis With a Spine

From The Gates of Memphis: Opera and Go Go in Memphis:

25 years ago today, Memphis strippers and their supporters executed one of the strangest and greatest protests in Memphis’ history. During the performance of the Metropolitan Opera’s Macbeth at the late Dixon-Myers Hall, they stripped.
So some of us used to stand up in the face [...]

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Federal Prosecutors Won’t Cease Their Persecution of Tommy Chong

No word on if charges are pending in this case. As of now the feds have just confiscated his associates’ property. Full Story
Chong says agents seized 10,000 DVDs of his documentary. Federal prosecutors may be targeting Chong for trying to profit off his prosecution. “I’m not profiting off the story of my first amendment [...]

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Federal Prosecutors Won’t Cease Their Persecution of Tommy Chong

No word on if charges are pending in this case. As of now the feds have just confiscated his associates’ property. Full Story
Chong says agents seized 10,000 DVDs of his documentary. Federal prosecutors may be targeting Chong for trying to profit off his prosecution. “I’m not profiting off the story of my first amendment [...]

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San Diego students take on the DEA

My hat is off to the students of SDSU. After draconian efforts to rid a California college of a few drugs, the students sprang into action, using their persecution as a platform for their message of harm reduction. The group is called Student’s for Sensible Drug policy and they’re underwritten by the stand-up guys at [...]

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Texas Cannabis Crusade – Austin Rocks

Texas-Cannabis-Crusade-Poster-1, originally uploaded by Miss Barbara.
Congrats to Texas NORML for a fantastic job in organizing this event. It got some great media coverage locally in Austin. The story below from KEYE TV has two news telecasts included if you click the link.
Austin, TX – Hundreds protested for pot on the steps of the capitol today. [...]

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