Get Involved! Help Defeat Prohibition

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 1:00am
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We need to get a lot of work done to legalize marijuana, here's some ways to help!
 
Get active helping build activism in Canada!
 
May 7, 2011 is the Global Marijuana March, and of course there is always 4/20 (April 20) and Cannabis Day, July 1. We need organizers working across Canada on these and other events.
 
Send that link out over Facebook and Twitter, encourage your friends to sign up! WhyProhibition.ca will is the basis for a number of important campaigns, including a new BC referendum to legalize Marijuana. We need people to register so they can find out about upcoming protests, rallies, and laws.
 
We need bloggers, researchers, newshawks, and activists to get posting! You can use the userblogs section to post blogs, news, upload files (especially pamphlets, we're looking to host as many drug policy pamphlets as we can find!)
 
One of the most important things you can do is get involved in your local community. Join other activist groups, volunteer at soup kitchens, march in local parades. When we get involved, not only do we reach out to potential allies, but we also represent the best of our community to people who may be unfamiliar with it. If you're unsure about a group, attend some meetings and see if they're amenable to drug policy reform.
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C-15 Has Returned - Now Called S-10

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 3:19pm
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Rob Nicholson today reintroduced C-15 as Bill S-10, the bill is slightly different, with mandatory minimum sentences kicking in at 6 plants, not 1. So, to say again, the bill no longer has a mandatory minimum sentence for 1 marijuana plant.
 
That being said, the bill is a disaster for Canada. S-10 will imprison thousands of Canadians for victimless crimes, send people to jail for growing 6 marijuana plants, making any hashish (or baked goods) and a host of other offences.
 
There is no evidence that S-10 will work, indeed, every scientific study says it will fail. We know that prohibition has never worked, and we know that mandatory minimum sentences only increase the violence in our society.
 
Please contact your Member of Parliament (Login to WhyProhibition.ca, your MP will display in the top Right of the page) and let them know you oppose S-10 or any mandatory minimum sentence for marijuana.
 
Additionally, please, call (866) 808-8407 to let the Conservative Party of Canada know you oppose their harmful and dangerous so called "tough on crime" strategy. The evidence is clear, S-10 will do nothing but harm our society and cost billions of dollars. Read more »

Free Marc Emery World-Wide Rallies: September 18

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 12:08pm

Location

Your Town
Victory Square Park
Vancouver
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 (All day)
Help Free Marc Emery! September 18, in your home town!
 
Marc will be sentenced in mid September, which means that Vic Toews will begin considering Marc's repatriation to Canada shortly thereafter. We must remind Vic Toews and the Conservative Government that Canadians and indeed the world, want Marc Emery brought back to Canada and set free.
 
You can help! Login to WhyProhibition.ca and create an event for your Rally, then check out the Shout-Out function (whyprohibition.ca/content/shout-out) which will allow you to invite everyone within 40km of you in the WhyProhibition.ca database to your event! With your event hosted on WhyProhibition.ca, we can let people nearby know about it, making it easier for you to get higher turnout! If you haven't already, sign up for WhyProhibition.ca today! Read more »

No on S-10 Canada-Wide Rallies

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:11pm
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Location

Your MP's Office
1030 Denman St
Vancouver
When: 
Saturday, October 2, 2010 - 12:00
Stand up and Say NO to Bill S-10! Stephen Harper wants to throw you in jail for 9 months for growing 6 marijuana plants, or 18 months for making a single pot cookie.
 
These mandatory minimum sentences against marijuana users will cost Canadian taxpayers billions of dollars, and for what? Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, and if legalized, would earn government billions in tax revenue.
 
Stand up and be heard, head to your local Member of Parliaments office (listed in the Top-Right corner of WhyProhibition.ca if you're logged in) and demand your Member of Parliament vote NO on S-10.
 
October 2 is a Saturday, but your MP should be in their local office, in order to meet with local constituents. If they're not there, let the public know that their taxes will be going up to throw marijuana users, including medical users, in jail.

Stop S-10 Petition

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:29am
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Whereas crime in Canada is at a 30-year low;
 
Whereas more than half of Canadians want marijuana legalized;
 
Whereas harm reduction measures have been more effective at curbing social harms from drug use than criminal penalties;
 
Whereas the Drug War has failed to achieve any of it's goals despite more than $1 Trillion spent;
 
Whereas Mandatory Minimum Sentences have failed to curb drug use or availability in any jurisdiction which has implemented them;
 
Whereas the Conservative Government was unable to provide any evidence that S-10 or it's predecessors would achieve their stated goal of decreasing crime;
 
Whereas all expert opinion oppose S-10;
 
Whereas all newspaper editorials oppose S-10;
 
We the undersigned demand our Representatives in the House of Commons stand up against this unconscionable Conservative agenda and Vote NO on Bill S-10. Read more »

Free Marc Emery Rally

Submitted by Tamarijuana on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 5:29pm

Location

Reefer Gardens
Mayor Magrath Drive S
Lethbridge
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 11:00

We shall meet again at the same location and rally in support of Marc Emery! Please come and join us in Lethbridge!

Freemarcrally

Submitted by jac on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:16pm

Location

Canadian EmbassyLondon
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 13:00

FREE MARC! @macalester college

Submitted by ptk on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:50pm

Location

macalester college
Cross-section of Snelling and Summit
st paul
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 13:00

Protest Bill S-10 / Demand Montreal City Council to Endorse the Vienna Declaration

Submitted by green on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:14pm

Location

Dorchester Square (tentative)
Peel & Rene Levesque
Montreal
When: 
Saturday, October 2, 2010 - 11:00

Rally to protest Bill S-10. We want to convince Liberal MP's to vote against this dangerous, draconian bill and to raise public awareness about the true costs of Stephen Harper's justice agenda.

Additionally, we will be calling on the Montreal city council to formally adopt a harm-reduction approach to drug policy by endorsing the Vienna Declaration.

Free Marc Emery!

Submitted by Pagan on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:20am

Location

Town Park
Hwy 97 and 350th Avenue
Oliver
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 12:00

Free Marc emery rally & march

Submitted by barney83 on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:29am

Location

march to and from gov of nc mansion and federal court house
200 N Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Raleigh, NC 27601
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 10:00

We will begin our march and rally at the Gov mansion and go all over downtown raleigh.also to the federal building.we will be making posters to free marc emery and to legalize Marijuana. we urge you to make your own posters and come help us make a difference and free Marc Emery

Marijuana gateway risk overblown: study

Submitted by mellowdee on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:27am
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Long-held fears that the use of marijuana will lead to harder drugs are overblown, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.

The research, in the September issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, found that other factors, such as whether or not a person has a job, or is facing severe stress, are far more predictive of future hard drug use than whether they smoked pot as a teenager.

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Free Marc Emery/Legalize Cannabis Rally

Submitted by xaveille on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 8:53am
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Location

Clock side of Trade and Tryon
100 S. Tryon St. North Carolina
Charlotte
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 14:00

Charlotte Hempfest is hosting a free Marc Emery/Legalize Cannabis Rally in a continued campaign to educate the public about the benefits of marijuana medically and the wasting of tax dollars being spent on the prosecution of non-violent pot smokers.We will have music and speakers as well as 20 posters for the 1st 20 people. Spread the word, the rally will end at 5 p.m.

Free Marc Emery World-Wide Rallies

Submitted by Jermaineum on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:37pm

Location

2 News Studio
299 S. Main St. UT
Salt Lake City
When: 
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 16:30
Will gather and protest outside the CBS2 News Studio during the 5pm newscast. We'll send 2 News a press release. The anchors report with their backs to windows facing the large downtown sidewalk where we will gather with Marc Emery/pro-liberty/pro-cannabis signs. It's time Utah joined the peaceful fight for personal freedom. 
 
Come join us in exposing this vicious attack on personal liberty.
 
Please Feel free to submit any ideas. I'm new to this.

Bill S-10 Peterborough Rally

Submitted by jenniecee on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:57pm

Location

Member of Parliament's Office
1600 Lansdowne Street West Unit 3
Peterborough
When: 
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 14:00
Bill S-10 Rally