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By Sandra Thomas, Vancouver Courier

 

 

No one can accuse local pot activist David Malmo-Levine of being a quitter.

 

Just months after being released from prison for possession of marijuana and magic mushrooms for the purpose of trafficking, Malmo-Levine is organizing a fundraising art auction to resurrect his Herb Museum, formerly housed at 123 East Hastings St. Malmo-Levine said the museum was targeted in a February 2008 raid by the VPD--their target was his Vancouver School of Drug War History and Organic Cultivation, a.k.a. Herb School, which housed the museum.

 

"The Herb School was a form of civil disobedience," said Malmo-Levine. "But for the three years and four months before it was raided I got to live as a free man." Read more »

By. Huffington Post

 

Graphic artist Haik Hoisington's cartoon, "The Flower," embodies almost every aspect of the War on Drugs, particularly the prohibition of marijuana.

 

The cartoon, only 3 1/2 minutes long, follows the story of a community that is persecuted for its use of a special flower and essentially depicts a society where marijuana use is legal.

 

The issue has garnered a lot of controversy, especially in California, where this fall voters will head to the polls to vote on Proposition 19, a ballot measure that would legalize the sale of cannabis in the state. It is estimated that 52 percent of voters are in support of the measure and other similar initiative are expected to pop up on ballots in other states. Read more »