Video of Hemp Planting Patriots

Good news! Although six people were arrested yesterday for attempting to plant hemp seeds on the front lawn of the DEA headquarters, the group of reasonable activists did get some media attention and were only charged with trespassing. Which is probably better than being charged with possession or something. According to the current law, there’s no distinction between unsmokable industrial hemp and very smokable weed. Hopefully, Congress will get off their asses and pass this act. In the meantime watch some real patriots in action below. Read more »

Hemp Freedom Fighters Arrested for Rightfully Taunting the DEA

A group of farmers and entrepreneurs fed up with the federal choke hold on hemp were arrested this morning after attempting to plant industrial hemp seeds on the front lawn of the DEA headquarters in Arlington, VA. Somehow, the plant—that doesn’t get you high whatsoever—was banned under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 and according to a press release via Vote Hemp the agency still “refuses to distinguish non-drug industrial hemp cultivars grown for millennia for seed and fiber and has unconstitutionally blocked all state hemp programs…” Read more »

Low Quality Cocaine Making Sniffers Sick

America’s coke users are being warned that tainted drugs have killed three and sickened dozens more. According to the DEA, a third of cocaine seized is cut with levamisole, a livestock deworming drug that reportedly “elevates opiate levels in various brain regions,” producing a stronger high. However, it also weakens the immune system and decreases white blood cell counts, leaving the contaminated coke sniffers unable to fight off common infections like swine flu and rat-borne diseases. |NYT|

‘Raging Bear’ Suing for Right To Use Sacramental Chronic

On behalf of the Oklevueha Native American Church, Michael Rex “Raging Bear” Mooney filed a lawsuit (PDF doc) against the DEA, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Hawaii U.S. Attorney Edward H. Kubo for the right to use cannabis in religious ceremonies without fear of federal prosecution—it’s a total buzz kill. The group already fought and won the right to use Peyote, which makes the prohibition of the sacred weed highly irrational, especially since they’re not using it to get high, but to “enhance spiritual awareness or even to occasion direct experience of the divine.” The recognized tribe claims the government’s policy on cannabis violates the: the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Additionally, they have a major grievance with the Hawaii’s top prosecutor: Read more »

Real American Gangsters Slinging Dope Now

Oh no! Just when cocaine was emerging as the new weed, the Daily News reported on a major heroin bust that netted approximately a “half-million glassine envelopes” of dope in the Bronx. The feds are citing this as proof that the drug is making a big comeback in the U.S. and on the streets of NYC. In what should probably be considered related news, despite the Taliban being on run for almost a decade and the Pentagon dumping more military assets into Afghanistan, not to mention the CIA’s human-hunting drones, the tiny country is somehow still responsible for producing a whopping 93% of the world’s heroin supply according to the U.N. Read more »

Feds Enlist Foreign Police To Assist In Drug War, Border Safety

In a policy move that is likely to give CNN’s immigrant-hating newsman Lou Dobbs an aneurysm, various federal crime fighting agencies in the U.S. are recruiting officers from abroad. Law enforcement authorities from scandal-riddled countries like Mexico, Argentina, Colombia have been invited to work alongside officials from ICE and the DEA. While some laud the the cooperative arrangements, other security experts claim it increases the risks of corruption and potential leaks. |AP|

The DEA’s Obnoxious Quotes Are One of Many Reasons Weed Should Be Legal

So former mountain bike champion, Melissa Giove, was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Agency in upstate New York with almost 400 pounds of weed, a money counter, and about $1 million in cash. The notorious buzz-killing Feds, jumped on the opportunity to draft one of their signature punny statements in lieu of her stellar downhill cycling career: Read more »