Marijuana Activists Occupy Conservative MP's Office
source: http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/05/13/Free-Marc-Emery-Activists-Occupy-Conser...
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CANNABIS CULTURE - A group of Vancouver marijuana activists occupied Conservative MP James Moore's Port Moody office on Tuesday to demand an end to the extradition of 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery.
At about 11am, a activists from the British Columbia Marijuana Party and Cannabis Culture, including this reporter, stormed through the front doors of the office of Conservative Heritage Minister James Moore. The lone secretary on duty was shocked and appalled to see the mega-phone wielding group crowd into the small office and gather around the front counter.
"We're going to be protesting in your office today," BCMP director Jacob Hunter told the lady working behind the counter.
"Uh, no you won't," she said looking flustered as she grabbed the telephone and frantically started dialling.
But we did! We sang chants, shouted drug war facts into the megaphone, and pulled out huge bags of weed and rolled joints on the front counter. Police showed up shortly afterwards and immediately began checking medical cards after seeing the large 200-gram bag of pot brought by a legal medical patient. One cop grabbed a bag of weed and threw it across the room to another cop, suggesting that it be confiscated. He was quickly informed that it was legal and stood down.
At first, police wanted to arrest the protesters for "assault by trespassing" but after several minutes of heated debate and negotiations the police called The Crown who told them to leave us alone.
The cops did what they were told; instead of busting anyone, two unusually enlightened police officers sat with protestors and discussed the destructiveness of the drug war. By the end of the conversation, we were exchanging email addresses so we could send them info about Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group dedicated to ending prohibition.
We soon realized the door to Mr. Moore's personal office was wide open, so we made our way in and began looking over his bookshelf and rolling joints on his desk.
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At about 11am, a activists from the British Columbia Marijuana Party and Cannabis Culture, including this reporter, stormed through the front doors of the office of Conservative Heritage Minister James Moore. The lone secretary on duty was shocked and appalled to see the mega-phone wielding group crowd into the small office and gather around the front counter.
"We're going to be protesting in your office today," BCMP director Jacob Hunter told the lady working behind the counter.
"Uh, no you won't," she said looking flustered as she grabbed the telephone and frantically started dialling.
But we did! We sang chants, shouted drug war facts into the megaphone, and pulled out huge bags of weed and rolled joints on the front counter. Police showed up shortly afterwards and immediately began checking medical cards after seeing the large 200-gram bag of pot brought by a legal medical patient. One cop grabbed a bag of weed and threw it across the room to another cop, suggesting that it be confiscated. He was quickly informed that it was legal and stood down.
At first, police wanted to arrest the protesters for "assault by trespassing" but after several minutes of heated debate and negotiations the police called The Crown who told them to leave us alone.
The cops did what they were told; instead of busting anyone, two unusually enlightened police officers sat with protestors and discussed the destructiveness of the drug war. By the end of the conversation, we were exchanging email addresses so we could send them info about Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group dedicated to ending prohibition.
We soon realized the door to Mr. Moore's personal office was wide open, so we made our way in and began looking over his bookshelf and rolling joints on his desk.
CONTINUED>>> http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/05/13/Free-Marc-Emery-Activists-O...
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hunzedog
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he he thats some funny shit.......way to go guys....fuck em if they cant take a toke !
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hunzedog
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BCDel89
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Im all for freeing mark emery and putting an end to the war on drugs (the war on cannabis and cannabis users to be more specific) but i really doubt rolling a joint on this dudes desk is gonna get anything done...
- 2 years ago
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BCDel89
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copperdragon
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BCDel89:
Its better than doing nothing.
- 2 years ago
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copperdragon
