Marijuana Militia

Santee, Calif. — A Santee Pastor who had been found guilty of selling hundreds of pounds of pot has been pardoned by President George Bush.

In what certainly seems baffling to Marijuana Advocates everywhere, President Bush has pardoned a SoCal Pastor for his 1996 conviction for selling/dealing marijuana. Anthony Foglio Jr. an associate pastor at the Sonrise Community Church received his pardon this week. Anthony was quoted as saying “It’s God’s mercy. It’s an undeserved gift.”

Foglio wasn’t a pastor when he sold hundreds of pounds of the drug. Apparently if you find god … George Bush thinks you deserve forgiveness …

In a thinly veiled attempt to adopt an American policy towards drug control Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his “Conservative” government are leading Canada, yet again in a direction it would rather not go.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is calling for a cultural shift with Bill C-26, to be enforced by what his political opponents are calling an American-style war on drugs. He has introduced legislation that would set mandatory minimum jail sentences for marijuana growers and traffickers, and he is seeking more money for enforcement and prosecution.

A veteran of the Gulf War is demanding that the Denver Colorado Police Department return his seized plants.

On April 27th, Kevin Dickes a former lance corporal in the marine corp. had his house raided and was charged with a felony for “Cultivating Marijuana” and could have been sentenced to 6 years in prison.

After the prosecutor found out that Kevin was licensed medical marijuana patient, the charges were promptly dropped.

On Wednesday Kevin will appear in court to demand the return of his legally grown plants.

Dickes’ Attorney stated “Colorado law requires them to keep the plants alive and safe”

Authorities have seized nearly a ton of marijuana from a man camping along Interstate 80 in west Omaha.

Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office searched a camper along I-80 east, near the 96th Street interchange, on Wednesday afternoon after seeing its license plate was partially obscured.

The sheriff’s office says a drug dog sniffed out 90 packages of marijuana _ some wrapped as Christmas gifts _ which together weighed 1,940 pounds.

The street value of the marijuana is estimated to be more than $3 million.

A 28-year-old Utah man was arrested, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office it trying to determine what charges to file.

A destructive piece of legislation, says local MP Keith Martin

Protesters are set to gather Monday, December 17, at MP offices in Victoria and across Canada to speak out against proposed drug laws they say are draconian and ineffective. The Conservatives’ Bill C-26 would entrench the criminalization of cannabis and require minimum mandatory prison terms for people caught with pot.

Protest organizer Ted Smith of Victoria’s Cannabis Buyer’s Club says the laws would needlessly clog up already over-burdened courts and jails, and that organized crime would only profit from prohibition. The Conservatives are driven by an ideological agenda that is disconnected from most Canadians, he says.