Would you say this film represents a warped view of Arcada’s grow community? Interesting that the Gyllenhall family made this one - we’ll have to contact them privately and see if they’re interested in our work here in Israel.

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By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent

“And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking.” Thus the book of Exodus describes the impressive moment of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.
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from IMDb: Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. The tale revolves around Mae and Jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by Mae’s apartment to smoke reefer. The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably shattered. One man becomes so addicted to the killer weed that the guilt over framing a teen for murder causes a judge to order him to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll closes by advising us to not incur the same tragedy…

 The Green Leaf Party strongly sympathizes with the fate of our good friend and ally, Marc Emery, who sponsored the Joint Arab/Israeli Conference for Marijuana Policy and Peace. We would like to express that support by asking our members to sign the petition to FREE MARC EMERY!

‘Prince of Pot’ given prison time

B.C. man says U.S. sentence is a political muzzle

By PAUL SHUKOVSKY
P-I REPORTER

A Vancouver marijuana activist, whose arrest and pending extradition for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet outraged many Canadians, says he’s cut a deal with federal prosecutors in Seattle and is going to prison.

U.S. authorities portray Marc Emery, dubbed the “Prince of Pot,” as a major drug trafficker who pocketed millions of dollars and fueled organized crime.

But Emery, 50, says the prosecution was politically driven and designed to muzzle his vocal opposition to laws criminalizing pot.

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Watch Ohad Shem-Tov, GLP chairperson, speaking in the EU parliament in Brussels

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this just makes me happy. you gotta love how many musicians have taken a stand for legalizing marijuana.

sometimes we all have bad days and we need to hear about good things. thanks ben! anytime you want to come to Israel, members of the Green Leaf Party will be happy to burn one down with you.

from: http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3195

Shane Collins backs Chief Constable of Wales comments

The Green Party today came out in strong support of calls for legalisation of drugs from Richard Brunstrom, Chief Constable of North Wales. (1)

Shane Collins, Green Party Drugs Spokesperson and GLA candidate for Lambeth and Southwark said: “We warmly welcome this report which speaks the truths no government minister dare mention.

“This policy as outlined by the Brunstrom report has been Green Party policy for some years now. All we would add is we would ban the advertising of any newly legalised drugs and ensure clear information on strength and variety and and strict age limit on sale.

“The report shows clearly how a policy of regulation and legalisation would cut crime and remove the motor of gang and gun crime in urban England.”

(1) news.bbc.co.uk

Green Leaf Party activists are skeptical about how much difference this new policy will have on marijuana smokers’ freedoms - we will continue to fight prohibition until new legislation is drafted, passed and implemented, permanently halting the harassment of citizens who aren’t harming anyone by what they put in their own bodies. Nevertheless, it is extremely encouraging that the police are now instantly responding (and being forced to defend themselves) to the Yes! television documentary on the inefficacy and futility of the drug war as well as ongoing public pressure brought to bear by the GLP. 

At long last, feel free to inhale?

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