Part 1: Marc questions what his crime really is -- "Being Marc Emery?" -- and how so many families have been affected by the war on marijuana.

Part 2: Persecution Of Cultures Part 5

VANCOUVER - A provincial court judge refused to grant bail to a woman whose cafe had been openly selling pot over the counter for months.

The decision puzzled and saddened Carol Gwilt's supporters.

"That's crazy -- there are harmful people out there," said David Malmo-Lavine, a friend and fellow marijuana activist. "She's put in there and they're let out to make room for her."

Michael Boudreau, Gwilt's co-accused, said thousands will be dismayed by the court's decision.

William J. Kitchen
Provincial Court Judge
Telephone: 604 660 4300
Facsimile: 604 660 4322
222 Main Street
Vancouver BC
V6A 2S8

It seems Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell is stepping back from his former approval and recognition of the harm reduction aspects of Da Kine, and lumping it in with the Vancouver Eastside's drug problem.

Prompted by more media investigations, Canada Post wonders about mailorder bud businesses (feat. comments from Flash).

Part 1 - Persecution of Cultures, Part 4

Part 2 - Letters to Marc

Here is Montel's excellent show on medical marijuana -- a topic extremely close to his heart, featuring interviews with medical users and testimonials, with the live studio audience challenging the legal limitations on such a healing herb. Featured guests include Rob Kampia, Executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project (an organization devoted to removing criminal penalties for marijuana use -- mpp.org), and Andrea Barthwell, MD, former White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Deputy Director For Demand Reduction, who discusses why the federal government still maintains that medicinal marijuana should be illegal (whitehousedrugpolicy.gov).

Vancouver Fringe Festival's acclaimed one-man comedy starring Russell Bennett about a lawyer who grows cannabis. This show is hilarious! The actual show is over an hour, this is just a taste. See it on stage at The Fringe!