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How Counterculture Built Silicon Valley
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103...
Event Date: Wed, Jan 17, 2018 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2017 12:52pm PST
Call SF Bd of Supes for Marijuana: We Voted 75% for It
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, all Democrats, is currently doing everything they can to oppose the 75% of San Francisco voters who voted for Prop 64, the marijuana initiative, of November 2016. We need your phone calls, Emails and faxes now to demand enforcement of Prop 64 with marijuana stores everywhere in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2017 7:42am PST
Philippines: Stop the killings, stop silencing dissent
This is the statement of a seven-member delegation of the Progressive Alliance (PA) and the Party of European Socialists (PES) that have visited Manila this week to assess the situation and to demonstrate solidarity in support for democracy in the Philippines. The delegation was hosted by Akbayan Party, a member of Progressive Alliance....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 1:19am PDT
A Public Bank of Oakland Could Provide Financial Services to Cannabis Industry
Oakland will spend $75,000 on a study to examine the feasibility of establishing a public bank in that city. Most corporate banks do not conduct business with the cannabis industry, even where cannabis operations are legal, pay taxes and hire employees. The study will hopefully prove that a public bank would be able to provide financial services to the cannabis industry....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 1:10am PDT
Cannabis Advocates Alliance meeting
Felton Community Hall
6191 Hwy 9...
Event Date: Sun, Oct 22, 2017 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2017 4:33pm PDT
Cannabis for the Treatment of Cancer - Scientific Details in Report
The 182 page report titled "Cannabis for the Treatment of Cancer: The Anticancer Activity of Phytocannabinoids and Endocannabinoids" by Justin Kander and edited by Dennis Hill reveal detailed descriptions of studies where cannabis stopped cancer cells from surviving, spreading and metastasizing. Included are also personal testimonies of patients that have used cannabis to treat their cancer. The U.S. government chooses to ignore this critical information and instead continues to publically vi...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2017 7:47am PDT
Philippines: 8,000 killings proof of policy to kill
Akbayan Partylist condemns President Rodrigo Duterte’s denial of his policy to kill under the War on Drugs....
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2017 5:13am PDT
Santa Cruz County Cannabis EIR Update and Important Meeting Dates
A draft Environmental Impact Report on establishing a regulated cannabis trade in the County concludes that a more permissive approach is an “environmentally superior alternative” to either a ban or a more restrictive proposed ordinance under consideration....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2017 6:32pm PDT
Recommendations for Action in the MHCAN Crisis
MHCAN (Mental Health Clients Action Network) has faced a crisis for the last several years with police and city agencies breathing down its neck. The management of MHCAN and its Board of Directors has chosen to pursue, largely a low-profile work-behind-the-scenes approach. There's been little publicity about the upcoming Special Use Permit meeting of the Planning Commission which Board Chair Steve Pleich says is slated for 9-28. A month ago, I wrote the following suggestions to the community....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 6:06pm PDT
Support Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) for City and County License
WAMM is the longest continually running Medial Cannabis Collective in the nation....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 3:56pm PDT
PHILIPPINES - Akbayan slams Duterte's raid killings, threats vs. rights activists
Akbayan partylist condemns Duterte's public threat to shoot human rights groups. The threat comes at a time when Oplan Tokhang has reached its bloodiest and human rights groups are needed to watch over the government's operations....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2017 6:21pm PDT
Support Santa Cruz Cannabis Meeting
Resource Center for Nonviolence
616 Ocean Street in Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Sun, Aug 13, 2017 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2017 3:29pm PDT
Time for Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Broaden Narcan Policies
Saving Lives Should Be Top Priority...
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2017 9:14am PDT
Negro on California's Corporate Marijuana Rush
Satirist Eugenio Negro's take on marijuana dispensaries....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2017 4:11pm PDT
Paramilitary group kills 6 people and leaves 3 children wounded in Guerrero, México
The armed assault resulted in the death of three women, one man, a 17-year-old youth, and a baby of just four months....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 2:27am PDT
Time to Revisit All-Volunteer Needle Exchange
Needle Exchange is Not the Problem, It is the Solution...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 4:19pm PDT
Deep State Targets Duterte for Shaky Alliances, Not Drug Killings
The deep state is attempting to destabilize Duterte for his political instability, not his extrajudicial killings of civilians. The Philippines turning to Russia and China scares the intelligence community enough to use ISIS to stage a coup....
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2017 10:46am PDT
Tom Marino Drug Czar; Another Prohibitionist Profiteer!
Trump's pick for drug czar Tom Marino (R-PA) is another Reagan-era drug warrior looking to continue the revolving door of prohibitionist policies....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2017 11:33am PDT
Mother of Cyprus Speaks Out on Using Cannabis to Treat Epilepsy
A wonderful interview featuring one of many breakthrough stories on how medical cannabis is helping children deal with crippling seizures....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 11:50pm PDT
Interview with Valerie Corral of Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM)
‘I don't work with pot, I work with people.’
- Valerie Corral...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2017 12:50pm PDT