Marc Emery: The Sacrificial Goat of Canada’s US-Dictated Drug Policy

The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt - 1854After witnessing the slow-moving tentacles of the Federal courts wrap around and consume my friend and fellow Canadian pot activist Marc Emery after a 4-year extradition process for US-based charges regarding the sale of marijuana seeds into the USA, I can’t help seeing Marc as a sacrificial offering that was given by Canada to the White House officials who set Canadian drug policy at the end of the Chretien era.

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Ask Ed: Grow Questions and Answers - Spacing Lights

Question: I will try to make this as simple as I can, it is kind of a convoluted question. You said that a 1000 watt High Pressure Sodium (HPS) light would be enough to cover a 4 x 4 foot canopy. I have four separate plant areas, each are about 5 x 5 feet. If I added a light mover, would a 1000 watt HPS per 5 x 5 ft area be sufficient lighting?

Additionally, you mentioned that it was more efficient to use three 600 watt bulbs instead of two 1000 watt bulbs instead of two 1000 watt bulbs because less energy is used while the same amount of lumens is produced.

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Exploring The State’s MMJ Law After Five Years

Montana — Jeff Swensen did not tie down his legs late Tuesday night before climbing in bed to watch his favorite television shows.
A car accident when he was 16 paralyzed him from the nipples down, which makes his legs “flop uncontrollably.” He used to worry about falling asleep in front of the screen without [...]

10 Years Of Dealing Pot

The Marijuana Party of Canada’s founder was on hand to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of medical marijuana distribution in Montreal.
The past 10 years have been a bit of an uphill battle, Marc-Boris Saint-Maurice said.
Medical marijuana is available to members of Montreal’s Compassion Centre where the celebration, hosted by two original founders of the movement, [...]

Homegrown Pot Threatens Mexican Cartels

Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico.
Illicit pot production in the United States has been increasing [...]

Day 12 without my husband at my side

I woke up this morning alone, for the 12th day. I get to wake up in a big, soft, warm bed, with the sunshine outside the window, and a hot shower to start the day. Marc wakes up on a narrow steel bed in a tiny cell, with a thick metal grate showing just a small glimpse of the outside world, and an open-space jail shower. It’s not fair.

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Legalize Medical Marijuana In Iowa

Crawfordsville, Iowa, resident Lisa Jackson had been taking a wide assortment of opiates before she experienced what she called a two-week overdose.  Not that she’d noticed it; she was in too much pain.  Jackson suffers from fibromyalgia, a chronic condition causing extreme body pain and fatigue.
The opiates, legally prescribed painkillers, [...]

Marijuana Licensing Fails To Chase The Shadows

Santa Fe, N.M. — The only person in America with a state license to distribute marijuana wants to keep her identity secret.
“I’m so totally paranoid I can’t stand myself,” said the distributor, who runs a nonprofit group here that grows and sells marijuana for medicinal purposes and who insisted on meeting in the [...]

NY’s Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Takes Effect

New York — This week, two essential components of Rockefeller Drug Law reform go into effect: restoration of judicial discretion and resentencing eligibility for some people currently incarcerated under the failed laws. The enactment of these hard-won reforms signals a major shift in New York’s approach to drug abuse and dependency.
By restoring discretion, incarceration for [...]

L.A. County Plans Strategy for Marijuana Dispensaries

Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor seemed to tilt the balance against providers of medical marijuana Thursday when he said he would prosecute for-profit dispensaries.
District Attorney Steve Cooley was one of dozens of guests at a conference in Montebello at which the topic was the “eradication of medical-marijuana dispensaries in the city [...]

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