Monthly Archives: May 2014

We recently heard a story of a lady who is aggressively using cannabis oil to s…

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We recently heard a story of a lady who is aggressively using cannabis oil to stabilise her cancer. After 4 days she realised she hadn’t taken her insulin – for the first time in 35 years.
Days later we spot this article. Seems like we should keep on using our favourite herb as preventative medicine for yet another condition.
An estimated 3.5 million South Africans have diabetes with countless more having no clue they have the condition. Maybe that 3.5 million would reduce if dagga we legalised…….
#justsayin

Marijuana: The next diabetes drug?
www.cnn.com
Toking up may help marijuana users to stay slim and lower their risk of developing diabetes, a new study says. …read more    

BIG NEWS: All dagga prosecutions in South Africa may be put on hold based on mul…

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BIG NEWS: All dagga prosecutions in South Africa may be put on hold based on multiple legal precedents being set in various high courts across the country. We’ll be watching and covering this story as it unfolds. Stay tuned.

All Dagga Prosecutions May Be Put On Hold
www.belowthelion.co.za
All dagga prosecutions in South Africa may be put on hold based on multiple legal precedents being set in various high courts across the country. …read more    

Here is an up to date table of the current legal situation of cannabis in Europe…

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Here is an up to date table of the current legal situation of cannabis in Europe country by country. The disparity is crazy. What is one governments pleasure is another’s poison. When is dagga and drug policy going to be regulated by science and not morals?

Comparative table by countryTable: legal status of cannabis when used or cultivated/possessed… – E
www.emcdda.europa.eu
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is the reference point on drugs and drug addiction information in Europe. Inaugurated in Lisbon in 1995, it is one of the EU’s decentralised agencies. Read more >> …read more    

Dagga Party Leader Jeremy Acton had his day in court on Friday, demanding the su…

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Dagga Party Leader Jeremy Acton had his day in court on Friday, demanding the suspension of all dagga prosecutions pending the outcome of the DC and others High Court hearings.
Read all about it:

Call to suspend all dagga prosecutions – Crime & Courts | IOL News | IOL.co.za
www.iol.co.za
South Africa’s Premier Online News Source. Discover the world of IOL, News South Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World News, Entertainment, Technology, Motoring, Travel, Property, Classifieds & more. …read more    

Right People ~ Back to Work! Petitions to sign, emails to send, pages to bombard…

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Right People ~ Back to Work! Petitions to sign, emails to send, pages to bombard! 🙂 Let’s PURGE South Africa of GMOs & Agrichemicals! 😀

Goodies
Please email your objections by Thursday 12/06/14 to:
The Department of Agriculture, GMO Registrar, Ms NL Mkhonza
NompumeleloM@daff.gov.za
Mr. Julian Jaftha, Director of Genetic Resources & Chair of GMO Executive Council
julianj@daff.gov.za
Fax Number: 012 319 6329

Or you can SHARE, COPY, PASTE & EMAIL this:
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OBJECTION TO TRIAL RELEASE OF EXPERIMENTAL GMOs IN SOUTH AFRICA:
We recommend that the application in the Lowvelder (13 May 2014) for approval for trial release of 4 unnamed GM maize varieties engineered for abiotic stress tolerance and maize borers be rejected. The signatories of this objection believe that GMO technology is neither appropriate nor safe. We recommend that the government support the shift to sustainable agroecology and strongly object to the use of GMOs in South Africa for the following reasons:

Likelihood of Insect Resistance:
GM technology is failing. PLOS ONE published a study showing Dominant Inheritance of Bt resistance of the African corn borer, thus rendering the once useful Bacillus thuringiensis practically useless: ‘Dominant Inheritance of Field-Evolved Resistance to Bt Corn in Busseola fusca’ (2013) http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069675

Low Potential of Genetic Modification for complex traits:
Monsanto has been dangling these frost- and drought- resistant traits for years, to promote GMOs, especially in Africa, where they hope to conquer new markets for their chemicals and patents.

These reports discuss the reality of modifying genes for complex, abiotic-stress tolerance traits:
“The coding for drought tolerance in particular, is incredibly complex with up to as many as 60 genes implicated, all interacting in a subtle and complex way. The successful manipulation and transfer of many complex genes, which can respond to a variety of conditions, and not produce unwanted toxins and allergens, is a long way off for current scientific knowledge.” “Environmental stresses such as drought are unpredictable in various respects such as timing and intensity. Other variables include the presence of disease, day length, temperature, and soil characteristics.” African Centre for Biosafety – ‘Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Drought Tolerant Maize in South Africa’ (2007): http://www.biosafety-info.net/file_dir/4871488837158955b.pdf

“According to the USDA’s environmental assessment and available data, cspB corn is not expected to be of practical value in severe or extreme drought.” “Genetic approaches are unlikely to substantially mitigate losses from severe or extreme droughts in the foreseeable future. That is because traits that provide substantial tolerance under extreme drought greatly reduce plant growth rates, limiting crop yields.”
“Genes involved in drought tolerance often interact in complex and unexpected ways to alter more than one trait. It can mean that engineered drought tolerance genes produce additional, undesirable effects on crop growth.”
“Public universities should expand their research on using plant breeding to improve water use efficiency. The public sector should invest in improving water-saving irrigation methods and the water-holding capacity of soil, reducing water loss from soil, and developing better water storage facilities.”
“The high variability in the test results showed that for several tests, Monsanto’s corn did not provide a statistically significant improvement in yields under drought conditions.” Union of Concerned Scientists – ‘High and Dry – Why Genetic Engineering Is Not Solving Agriculture’s Drought Problem in a Thirsty World’ (2012):
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/high-and-dry-report.pdf

“Genetic engineering has inherent shortcomings pertaining to plant-environment interactions and complex gene regulations that make it unlikely to address climate change either reliably or in the long term. This conclusion is also reflected in the recent IAASTD (2009) report, which considered GE crops to be irrelevant to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and to eradicating hunger. A onesided focus on GE plants contradicts all scientific findings on climate change adaptation in agriculture, and is a long-term threat to global food security.”
Reyes Tirado & Janet Cotter, Greenpeace Research Laboratories, Exeter Uni, UK: ‘Ecological Farming: Drought Resistant Agriculture.’ (2010) – http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/Drought_Resistant_Agriculture.pdf

Monsanto spliced the B. subtilis gene that expresses cold shock protein B (cspB) into their ‘drought-tolerant’ GM corn MON 87460. USDA approved commercial release in 2011, but it is not commercially available. It is the only ‘abiotic-stress tolerant’ GM event approved in the USA. ISAAA – ‘GM APPROVAL DATA BASE’ http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/

Risk of antibiotic resistant marker genes to humans and animals:
The antibiotic resistant marker gene neomycin phosphotransferase type II is a part of these constructs and could impact the treatment of MDR TB and HIV/AIDS victims. We find it shocking that Monsanto would propose a release of these GMO varieties, given that South Africa is one of 3 countries with the highest burden of multi-drug resistant TB, and by far the highest number of HIV/AIDS victims in the world.

In South Africa, TB is among the leading causes of death in children under 15. Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death among curable infectious diseases. South Africa has the greatest burden of HIV infected individuals (at least 5.7 million). 20% of persons with HIV associated tuberculosis in South Africa are currently infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, introducing an additional major challenge in coping with the worsening tuberculosis and HIV epidemic. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in SA; 13 of 100 deaths are from tuberculosis. ‘The Tuberculosis and HIV Epidemic in South Africa and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB and HIV’ – Journal of Infectious Diseases (2011) http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/204/suppl_4/S1099.extract
TB Statistics for South Africa: http://www.tbfacts.org/tb-statistics-south-africa.html

SA ranks first in HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) incidence in the world, with over 400 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012 – HSRC survey (2012)
http://www.hsrc.ac.za/uploads/pageContent/4565/SABSSM%20IV%20LEO%20final.pdf

“Neomycin is indicated in important clinical conditions.” “aminoglycosides is a class of antibiotics that has become increasingly important in the prevention and treatment of serious invasive bacterial infections in humans. This is because gram-negative bacteria (and tuberculosis bacteria) are becoming resistant to other classes of antibiotics.” “They thus have the potential to become extremely important to treat otherwise multi-resistant gram-negative infections and Tuberculosis.” “The Committees therefore concluded that neomycin, and kanamycin, are of importance for veterinary and human use.” EMEA – Committees for Medicinal Products for Veterinary and Human Use: ‘Presence of the antibiotic resistance marker gene nptII in GM plants for food and feed uses’ 2007′
http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Other/2010/01/WC500054091.pdf

High Potential for Risk of …read more    

From Shawn W: "very important idea to look into here folks, some "allergies" are…

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From Shawn W: “very important idea to look into here folks, some “allergies” are really not normal to have, especially lactose and gluten. I personally know a child that will die if he drinks a cup of shop milk, but can finish his own litre of milk straight from the cow and feel great.”

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My journey from discovering my canola “allergy” and doing something about it. One day at a time. I dropped from close to 300lbs and a size 28, to 160lbs and a size 12 in a little over a year. Just from removing genetically modified foods from my diet. …read more    

From Allan Moncur, FYI: – "I live in a dairy farming area and all the dairy farm…

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From Allan Moncur, FYI: – “I live in a dairy farming area and all the dairy farmers spray Roundup on their pastures then put animals in to graze before planting the next crops be it GMO Maize or GMO rye grass. The roundup must go into the milk. How can milk be tested for residue of roundup. 98 percent of maize in RSA is GMO so all animal feeds are GMO products and I imagine all maize based (chips) are all GMO polluted.” …read more    

Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as business executives, a…

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Engineers and scientists
will never make as much
money as business
executives, and a rigorous
mathematical proof that
explains why this is true:

Postulate 1: Knowledge is
Power.
Postulate 2: Time
is Money.

As every engineer knows,
Work/Time = Power
Since Knowledge = Power,
and Time = Money, we
have:

Work/Money = Knowledge

Solving for Money, we
get:
Work/Knowledge = Money

Thus, as Knowledge
approaches zero, Money
approaches infinity,
regardless of the Work
done.

Conclusion: The less you
know, the more you
make. …read more    

A cowboy had lost his horse due to a snake bite, and he walked for miles, carryi…

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A cowboy had lost his
horse due to a snake bite,
and he walked for miles,
carrying his saddle. He
came upon a small hut
belonging to a Mexican
who just happened to
own an old, sway-backed
horse. The cowboy
wondered if the old horse
would be able to carry his
weight, but he had no
choice. He asked the old
Mexican to sell him the
horse. the old man said,
“Señor, he don’t look so
good.”
The cowboy said, “Sell
him please. I am tired of
carrying this saddle.”
They decided on a price,
and the cowboy saddled
up and stepped into the
saddle. The old horse
took off like a shot,
directly into a tree.
The cowboy got up from
the ground and
exclaimed, “That thing is
blind!”
The old Mexican said, “I
told you, Señor. He don’t
look so good.” …read more    

For my 40th birthday my wife asks me "Whats your biggest fantasy sweetheart? And…

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For my 40th birthday my
wife asks me “Whats your
biggest fantasy
sweetheart? And i’ll make
it happen”
I think long and hard and
reply “A threesome with
two sexy women”
Later that week she calls
me and says theres a
surprise at home on my
bed and that todays the
day my fantasy comes
true. I finish early and
race home and there is
my wife and a beautiful
brunette both naked on
the bed.
I get excited and smile, I
rush to the cupboard and
open it “Not here”, I
scramble over to the bed
and look underneath “Not
here” and then scuttle
over to the en-suite
“Dammit, not here
either”.
“What are you looking for
sweetie?” My wife asks.
“The other sexy woman” …read more    

Children coming forth today have a greater capacity to deal with the greater var…

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Children coming forth today
have a greater capacity to
deal with the greater variety
of information that is coming
forward than you did. They
deliberately are coming forth
into this environment where
there is more to
contemplate. This generation
gap that you are talking
about, it has ever been thus.
Each new generation, every
new individual, that comes
forth, is coming with you
having prepared a different
platform for them to
proceed from.
There is this thing that gets
in the way of that which
says, “I’m the parent. I got
here first. I know more than
you do.” From the children’s
perspective, and from the
purity of their Nonphysical
Perspective, what they are
saying is, “You’re the parent.
You got here first. You
prepared a platform that I
am leaping off from — and
my leap will be beyond
anything that you have ever
known.” …read more    

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dream…

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People who lack the clarity,
courage, or determination to
follow their own dreams will
often find ways to
discourage ours. When we
change for the better, most
people around us will be
inspired to change also, but
there are always those who
will do their their best to
make us stop. Our changes
may make them
uncomfortable and this is
when we have to decide
consciously to live our truth
and don’t ever stop, no
matter what. …read more    

Thank You Safra, for these beautiful photos of the March Against Monsanto in CT :)

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Thank You Safra, for these beautiful photos of the March Against Monsanto in CT 🙂

March against Monsanto – 24 May 2014

Marches in 400 cities in 52 countries against the US chemical & agricultural company Monsanto in an effort to boycott the use of Genetically Modified Organisms in food production. Feel free to tag … …read more    

More nasties lurking in your food :P READ YOUR LABELS!!! – acid casein, amylase,…

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More nasties lurking in your food 😛 READ YOUR LABELS!!! – acid casein, amylase, digestive enzymes of baby pigs, fish bladders, hair from humans & horses, human albumin … AAAaaaargh!

Sneaky meat byproducts may be making you sick – but where are they hiding?
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Sneaky meat byproducts may be making you sick – but where are they hiding? …read more    

Madagascar Marches Against Monsanto! 'Madagascar currently prohibits the agricul…

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Madagascar Marches Against Monsanto! ‘Madagascar currently prohibits the agricultural production or importation of GMOs, yet multiple recent reports indicate strong pressure to change these laws and flood the food system with processed food imports and expensive patented seeds from developed countries.’

Madagascar Against Monsanto: Madagascar Marches Against Monsanto!!!
madagainstmonsanto.blogspot.com …read more    

A Massive Thank You to the UBUNTU Liberation Movement for supporting March Again…

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A Massive Thank You to the UBUNTU Liberation Movement for supporting March Against Monsanto yesterday.
“The UBUNTU Liberation Movement wholeheartedly supports the complete eradication of genetically modified organisms from all our food supplies and the expulsion of Monsanto and other GMO organisations from South Africa.”

ubuntu: March Against Monsanto 24 May 2014
www.ubuntuparty.org.za …read more    

Naz Jam will be hosting a talk show ~ “Eating Out: A Muslim Perspective” ~ cover…

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Naz Jam will be hosting a talk show ~ “Eating Out: A Muslim Perspective” ~ covering halal food and the issue of GMO’s in South Africa. Radio Al Ansaar 90.4fm, Durban tonight, Sunday, 25 May 2014, between 19h30 and 21h30. Zakiyya Ismail from African Centre for Biosafety will be part of forum, speaking on behalf of the broader Food Sovereignty Community. Guests include Aalim, Farmer & GM Food Expert, Nutritionist, Halal Authorties – MJC / SANHA/ ICSA and a Restaurant Owner.
Audio streaming on
Al Ansaar Foundation
www.alansaar.co.za
Al Ansaar Foundation …read more    

It’s Time To Stop Living On The Earth and Start Cohabitating With Her – The Earth is a Sentient Living Organism

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It’s Time To Stop Living On The Earth and Start Cohabitating With Her – The Earth is a Sentient Living Organism By Liz Bentley, published on May 13, 2014 Contrary to the common belief that the Earth is simply a dense planet whose only function is a resource for its inhabitants, our planet is in …read more    

Gaia Energetic Alignments Progress to Unprecedented Levels

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Gaia Portal, published on May 23, 2014 Gaia energetic alignments progress to unprecedented levels, not yet experienced on planetary scale. Angular incomings to Gaia are increasing in intensity and maximize opportunities for hu-manity to Hue-manity transformation. Stellar and Galactic alignments support all such transformative processes, and establish new foundations …read more    

Please Sign & Share this Petition ~ Thank You!

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Please Sign & Share this Petition ~ Thank You!

Timeline Photos
TIME TO TAKE ACTION! NO GMO SOYA IN OUR BREAD

Add you voice to the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) petition to be sent to CEO’s of Pick n Pay, Spar, Shoprite/Checkers, Woolworths, Tiger Brands, Premier Foods, and FoodCorp

Following on from the ACB’s report on GM Contamination, Cartels and Collusion in South Africa’s Bread Industry in which high levels of Monsanto’s GM Soya was found in the soya flour used in the South Africa’s popular white bread brands, we as consumer are saying

NO… NO GMO SOYA IN OUR BREAD…

This petition will form part of a larger campaign to force companies to source GM Free sources for our foods.
http://www.acbio.org.za/activist/

PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE WIDELY

Thank you
#NotInOurBread #NOGMO …read more    

Please Sign & Share these Petitions ~ Thank You!

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Please Sign & Share these Petitions ~ Thank You!

Timeline Photos
RSA New issue MONSANTO WANT TO RELEASE GM MAIZE IN SA, please sign the petition against this:
SIGN & SHARE PETITION:
1: Causes.com recycled signatures. http://bit.ly/1hQzAYv
2: Avaaz = petition per issue. http://bit.ly/1i5k6zm
Application by Monsanto x4 Maize product trials (Lowvelder 13 May 2014 pic: http://on.fb.me/1k4V1tb)

#GMOBan #bangmos #gmo #gmofoods #labelfood #nogmo #marchagainstmonsanto #monsanto #marchMay24 #sanews …read more    

A stay of all dagga prosecution nation wide submitted in Western Cape high court…

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A stay of all dagga prosecution nation wide submitted in Western Cape high court today by Dagga Party leader Jeremy Acton

“Staak dagga-sake” vra man in hof

‘n Aansoek om alle hangende dagga-verwante sake nasional te staak, is Vrydag by die Wes-Kaapse hooggeregshof ingedien. Jeremy Acton, die applikant, het aange… …read more    

A Special Thank You to Shaheed Mohamed & the Platinum Workers Support Committee…

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A Special Thank You to Shaheed Mohamed & the Platinum Workers Support Committee for their Solidarity with Cape Town MAM today ~ VIVA!
Awesome message from Shaheed this morning:
“Even though there are reports of the strike being settled, the Platinum Workers Support Committee is still going ahead with the picket 10am at parliament, we still call for the expropriation of Anglo American and other mines; While we are picketing, there is an inauguration going on in Pta, so the contrast is important.
Further, we condemn the City of Cape Town and the DA for denying the anti-GM anti-Monsanto protestors permission to march on the same day; we have reached agreement with their march organizers that they join us at parliament and both messages will go out, we will jointly handle the marshalling and the platform will be shared. 2 aspects, same fight.

Viva the heroic mineworkers! Expropriate Anglo American! Down with Monsanto!” …read more    

7-year-old girl dies after fight to legalize cannabidiol We first introduced yo…

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7-year-old girl dies after fight to legalize cannabidiol

We first introduced you to Lydia Schaeffer’s contagious smile in February.

“Her laugh and her smile just lit you up,” said Lydia’s mom, Sally Schaeffer.

“She was so inspiring and she made my day when I heard her laugh,” said Devin Schaeffer, Lydia’s older brother.

7 year-old Lydia fought her whole life.

“To me, she’s a little angel,” Devin Schaeffer said.

Now she’s resting peacefully.

“A part of my soul is gone,” said Tom Schaeffer, Lydia’s father.

Lydia had a rare disease that caused her to have seizures nearly 80 percent of her sleeping hours. The Schaeffer’s heard about a treatment, an oil extract from marijuana called cannabidiol that could help eliminate the seizures. Sally fought in Madison, and in April, Governor Walker signed the bill into law.

“I’m so proud of my wife for what she’s done for our family and so other families in our shoes. If we could just help one kid avoid this,” Tom Schaeffer said.

Now, there’s a push in Madison to rename the law after Lydia.

“That would be an excellent honor. She left a huge legacy and a huge part in people’s lives and we’d be honored if that occurred,” Sally Schaeffer said.

The Schaeffers are planning on starting a foundation to help other kids like Lydia.

Url:
7-year-old girl dies after fight to legalize cannabidiol
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We first introduced you to Lydia Schaeffer’s contagious smile in February. …read more    

We Don't Need No GMO, We Don't Need No Seed Control The musicians did a fantas…

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We Don’t Need No GMO, We Don’t Need No Seed Control

The musicians did a fantastic job in Jhb today! Thank you so much. The rap was brilliant, they need to bring a CD out. — at March Against Monsanto – Johannesburg, ZA

#MarchAgainstMonsanto #NoGMO #GMO #marchMay24 #Monsanto #EndMonsanto @AnonExpectOps #MAM #MarchaContraMonsanto #Anonymous
We Don’t Need No GMO, We Don’t Need No Seed Control

The musicians did a fantastic job in Jhb today! Thank you so much. The rap was brilliant, they need to bring a CD out. …read more    

JOZI For A Better World! #MarchAgainstMonsanto #NoGMO #GMO #marchMay24 #Monsant…

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JOZI For A Better World!

#MarchAgainstMonsanto #NoGMO #GMO #marchMay24 #Monsanto #EndMonsanto @AnonExpectOps #MAM #MarchaContraMonsanto #Anonymous
March Against Monsanto Jhb 2014 #MAM

Young and old, white and black, corporates and hippies, mothers and fathers, friends and colleagues, musicians and activists – everyone stood together to stand for a better world. Where will you be next year? No press was there that I could see, surprise surprise… …read more    

The great patriach is outlining more legalisation nitty gritty in Uruguay. Track…

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The great patriach is outlining more legalisation nitty gritty in Uruguay. Track stoners like they track cows….It’s easy in a country with only 3 million people…..

Uruguay’s president says he will track pot smokers like cows
www.washingtonpost.com
President Jose Mujica explains his controversial pot legalization plans to The Post …read more