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Thursday 23 February RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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Not so soft: marijuana goes superpotent

Published on : 22 February 2010 - 6:20pm | By Maurice Laparlière (graphic: RNW)
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Whether the Dutch actually like it or not, the Netherlands' drugs policy is one of the country's biggest tourist attractions. That policy is to tolerate certain 'soft' drugs. Small amounts of marijuana and hashish may be sold in ‘coffeeshops’, even though Dutch law officially prohibits the sale of narcotics.

Listen to an interview with soft drugs therapist Sandra Beltjens here:

However, a fierce debate is currently raging over this 'toleration' policy because some researchers now say that smoking large amounts of either marijuana or hashish is potentially hazardous. The staff and residents of an addiction clinic in The Hague, for example, resoundingly reject the notion that soft drugs are not addictive for young people.

It's a discussion that has been running for some time: does Dutch drug toleration encourage drug use and foster addiction among young people? The policy allows anyone over the age of 18 to buy small amounts of soft drugs and to cultivate five marijuana plants at home for personal use.

Recently, conservative US broadcaster Fox News pointed an accusing finger at the Netherlands:
"Amsterdam is the Sodom and Gomorrah of the world and Dutch people float along the streets, higher than a kite, stoned out of their brains on marijuana and hash".

However, statistics released by the Trimbos Institute, a renowned expertise centre on mental health and addiction, revealed that the Netherlands has far fewer drug addicts than most other Western countries.

Detox
That's the good news. The bad news comes from Brijder addiction treatment centre in The Hague.

Therapist Sandra Beltjens explains how the clinic works. There's a detox section where young people between the ages of 12 and 21 spend their first few months, kicking their drink, cocaine, speed or, mainly, marijuana and hash habits. She says: "An important part of the process is sweating the drugs out in the sauna. They also do a lot of sports and they talk, a lot. We try and turn addicted youths into sociable human beings again."

Shaking like a leaf
Ms Beltjens says between 80 and 90 percent of patients are young people who are addicted to soft drugs:

"It's mistaken to believe you can't become addicted to soft drugs. Some of the kids here shake like leaves in a high wind because they haven't had their fix. In the 60s and 70s, you'd smoke a joint with a whole group of people; everybody would take a hit and pass it along. Now everybody has their own joint. The percentage of THC, the active component in marijuana and hash, has tripled over the past decade. That means you get a huge amount of THC in one fell swoop and it's addictive".

In other words, soft drugs aren't soft anymore. The clinic's waiting list is meanwhile getting longer and longer.

No fun any more
Alex (18) knows what his therapist means from first-hand experience. He started smoking marijuana when he was 13. He was bullied at school and didn't have any friends, but when he was smoking dope, he felt relaxed and happy.

Slowly but surely, things started to go wrong: "At a certain point, nothing was fun any more unless I was high. TV shows that I always enjoy, they just weren't fun without a joint. The same with my favourite computer game, I didn't even turn it on unless I had smoked a joint. You don't know, but you're completely addicted. If you can smoke a joint after school or work and then get on with your life, then that's okay, but I couldn't anymore".

The therapist says smoking marijuana doesn't necessarily have to lead to addiction. Almost all teenagers experiment with drink and drugs and the vast majority do not become addicted. Parents play a key role in helping their children experiment safely. Parents should keep talking to their children; discussions about drink and drugs can strengthen the bond between parent and child and can also be fun. She says that ignoring the subject increases the risk of a child becoming addicted.

Tolerance
Sandra Beltjens refuses to comment on politics and Dutch drugs policies, but Alex's experiences have left him with some very clear ideas:

"It's ridiculous, officially, you're not allowed to cultivate drugs on a large scale, but coffeeshops still manage to get hold of large quantities of dope. It makes the law into a joke. Outlawing drugs is pointless because then it would be completely illegal and the problems will only become even bigger. I think that soft drugs should be handled in the same way that alcohol is. The law needs to be clear: soft drugs are for sale at certain places; the government is responsible for growing it and for regulating the THC content. No more fuzzy 'it's-not-allowed-but-you-can-do-it-anyway'. A clear and precise law, just like with alcohol".

Beginning of the end?
A court ruling on a case between the Dutch state and what was the country's largest coffeeshop, the Checkpoint in Terneuzen, is expected next month and could provide some clarity for Dutch toleration policies.

The coffeeshop, which has been closed down, has been accused of having contacts with criminal organisations and selling larger amounts of drugs than allowed under the vague tolerance policy. Depending on the verdict, it could be the beginning of the end for the famed Dutch tolerance of soft drugs.
 

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Discussion

Shakur 30 October 2011 - 7:25am / The Netherlands

I don't see the problem of this. We do not want American Laws we have our own laws. And it clearly states that 5 grams of weed is tolerated. You may like it or not it will not go away. The people fought hard for this in the past and it is here to stay. Sure they can tax it or regulate it by creating passes so the government get information on how much weed you smoke. But it is OUR culture. And it's YOUR choice to be a part of it. Weed is less dangerous than alcohol it's a fact. And if YOU choose to smoke 10 grams of weed every day. Then you are screwing it up for yourself. Period. I smoke 10 euro's of weed that's about 2 grams in 2 weeks in my own apartment. Just because i can. It's not addictive. Besides if you smoke a lot of weed you don't get full effect. So it's better to smoke small quantities over a larger period of time to fully enjoy it. Gateway drug for Harder Drugs? Pfff come on. I have been smoking weed for 25 years now and never done any hard drugs. It's the people who choose what to do not the drugs. Sure there are people that smoke 5 grams a day if not more. Those people need to regulate. I am happy to live here. And you Americans can judge as much as you want. But you better take a good hard look to your own country first. And stay in it please.

Chris Rowley 29 June 2011 - 5:33pm / Ireland

Learn the shocking Facts of hidden Truth and Law abou the movement to lift the worldwide Cannabis Prohibition.

If you are Pro legalising Marijuana for medicine and want to know the true hidden Facts on global law you urgently need to read these few pages,

US Chief Justice Harlan Stone stated:
"The law is on trial, quite as much as the case to be decided"

Presenting: The Report of The Family Council on Drug Awareness (FCDA) Europe & America who expose decades of Governments and top World Courts ongoing Judicial and Medical Frauds.

Their Crimes Against Humanity - It's Time to put the global law on Public Trial in Ireland regarding the Cannabis Prohibition.

A Medical Nuremberg - June Solstice 2011 Onwards

By Chris Rowley Private Investigative Reporter
and Prosecutor For The People since 1998

I implicitly trust that this news will now both inspire and galvanise all you honest decent folk everywhere in Ireland and worldwide into action. Publicly demonstrating and showing compassion in mass unity for the sick and prisoners alike in the light of Justice Stones' statement above is what this is all about. Putting the global law on trial in Ireland regarding cannabis prohibition.

Having received an urgent call recently to publicly re-emerge again, it's my humanitarian Duty to again tell the worlds' public the truth. I've called this news report A Medical Nuremberg, in memory of James Cox US, for every sick child and person, everyone on planet today right now who is being denied cannabis and very ill or dying. For over twelve years now in the UK and Ireland we have been trying extremely hard to get The Report of the Family Council on Drug Awareness (FCDA) Europe & America publicly exposed worldwide to attain real justice for everyone..

The Report, that's it's official title is: Cannabis, The Facts, Human Rights and The Law. 238 pages of extremely edifying public information. The order form in The Report says: This book contains what every parent, teacher, teenager and juror should know. Hence this urgent call for cannabis organisations and people everywhere to now unite for a very special rally.

The Report is fully endorsed by Honest UK & US judges, complete with a full irrefutable US Judges Ruling from the US's very compassionate Judge Young in 1988 on numerous medical case histories he reviewed. His ruling was callously, illegally hidden by the DEA and world mainstream media since. The Report is also endorsed by honest Citizens, Doctors of Medicine, Jurisprudence Psychiatry, Economics experts, the Rt. Hon. Jonathan Porrit TV presenter and many other leading world academics, who are all respectable, compassionate and caring people.

Please remember at all times, that this is judges and other world academics Exonerative Evidence you will read, plus our story of how we used The Report over a decade ago against Blair's UK government and others. The public action we took against them was very heavily suppressed by the UK and Europe's national media.

I worked with Alun Buffry of UK's LCA who put much of the FCDA and other law info up on net for me / the public, between 1998-2000 when UK, Europe and Irish states and judges discovered over I'm a very strong pro-cannabis prosecutorial activist. Jack Girling of UK's CLCIA said to me in 1998 that the public prosecutorial files I was writing at the time were historical documents. Perhaps this one may be too. This information plus quotes from The Report supplied here are more than enough for the public to fully question their government with. Using just these quotes there is no need for anyone to buy the FCDA Report.

In 1912 cannabis was made illegal in the UK and Ireland as it was alleged that cannabis made bonded servants (slaves?) lethargic. The first of many government lies. This, almost to the day now, is a complete century of European governments Capital Crimes on the sick as well as innocent prisoners. These criminal outrages on the world's public still on-going today must cease forthwith. This can only occur with a mass public demonstration to expose, via a satellite televised public hearing, The Report of the FCDA. In its many thousands of years of use cannabis has never, ever, caused a single death.

Viewing the two recent documentaries on cannabis The Union and How Weed Won The West for those who haven't seen them, is an absolute must. Professor Grinspoon is brilliant helping to expose the world lie about the cannabis prohibition. What you will read here will shock and surprise you all, but it's the Truth which must fast be made public. Governments Crimes Against Humanity must be told and they must unquestionably, fast be brought before the public to account for them as shown herein.

The quotes here from The Report as well as the FCDA directors are a damning indictment against all governments worldwide with the cannabis prohibition installed. The Report's been mega-heavily suppressed by world media since it emerged over fourteen years ago, with the majority of the world's public never even hearing of it. Public exposure of The Report will immediately attain the following beneficial effects for the entire world.

1) To give dying and sick children and people worldwide the immediate healing relief that we all know cannabis brings.

2) To free every single cannabis prisoner globally, which is their legal immediate-now due Right, as clearly shown in The Report.

3) To get everyone their also immediate-now Due full legal rights which are: Amnesty, the expunction of all world states records on cannabis 'crimes' as well as full financial compensation, shown clearly in The Report and on page 36, the RESTORATION page of the FCDA Indictment. The Report plus 36-page FCDA Indictment is for everyone worldwide to know, the unbeatable legal retaliation against all world states illegal and criminal laws concerning cannabis prohibition.

As the UK and Eire public's prosecuting team leader from 1998-2000 I'm re-emerging to extend a firm helping hand to you folk out there in the world who aren't aware of the FCDA Report or the works we did. Amongst other things I'm a private investigator and reporter, a full time job in itself investigating, writing prosecutorial files, educating folk verbally. We were very disappointed after all the hard public works we did in 1998-2000 that a march never came to fruition. I'm not an organiser of marches but plenty of other folk and organisations are. The reason a rally didn't happen before was because the public in UK/Europe were all sitting agape at our unique, legal, high profile prosecutorial public approach on the UK monarchy, UK government and ECHR judges which had never been seen or done before in history. There's a first time for everything as we proved then.

At the top of page 1 of the FCDA Indictment it states: Cannabis is Not a Drug, Accurate Language. The FCDA explain that the word drug is derived from the Dutch word Droog, meaning dried herbs. Also on page 1 are and I report only the Facts. Quote: Some of the states tyrannical activities: Perjury, Fraud, Malindoctrination, Disinformation and Conspiracy. Radioactivity from phosphate fertilisers is Principal carcinogen. Crime Against Humanity, Crime Against Peace. Finding of Fact: THC is Not Cannabis. This small section on one Finding of Fact alone clearly shows why THC is Not cannabis, exposing more of world states lies on how they mislead the public, as does the full page on Findings of Fact in The Report.

On page 36 of the FCDA's Indictment No. 4 we read: The evolution and execution of procedure whereby the Crime of Tyranny of Prohibition of Cannabis be terminated...whereby to determine and bring before the public those responsible for the said Crime, and where appropriate do Justice. Under Nota Bene on page 36 we also read: Where the 'law' is wrong i.e. illegal, it is weak, inconsistent and wrong not to insist on consumate restitution. It is incumbent on all citizens to unite and resolutely demand the end of the malignant tyranny of prohibition of cannabis, which is a money-motivated, profit-protection corporate conspiracy.

The quote from the bottom paragraph page 24 of the softback version of The Report with its serious ramifications must fast be made public internationally. Quote: "Denial of general legal availability of life-saving preventive cannabis is malicious and premeditated and can cause early deaths. By definition and in law, this constitutes Murder UK Homicide US". The Report exposes far more than this but, that particular law quote is the most serious law quote in the entire Report. Also on p. 24 they clearly state that: all arrests, trials, incarcerations and forfeitures are illegal. They omit to mention that therefore all warrants are also illegal, but they do explicitly state again on page 24 that, the prohibitionists are the Cause of the current pandemic of disease and death on Earth. In fact, all these quotes deserves immediate international public recognition.

Essentially what the FCDA are saying via the above quote re. Denial is that, all these cancer victims and others are being murdered because of the cannabis prohibition. Reflect deeply what the above quote means, considering all child and other cancer victims, as well as other victims with numerous medical illnesses worldwide. In The Report is the highlighted case of a 3-year old boy cancer victim being given cannabis tea and cookies by his mum in the U.S.'s Spokane hospital, with the hospitals' full approval. This immediately negates the state lie that cannabis is 'harmful', for if it were then obviously the hospital wouldn't have allowed a child to have it. Parents please note this well.

In summer 1998 we laid official legal public charges against UK's Blair and his government with the FCDA's 36-page Indictment, which Alun put up on Internet. This was also published in the UK's Red Eye Express (REE) also summer of 1998 and James Cox's tragic story also appeared in the same volume of the REE. This was not reported by the BBC or any UK national media of course although they all knew, as I sent several registered letters into Jeremy Paxman TV presenter at the BBC which he also very callously and rudely ignored. Consider also the following disturbing statements.

President Joseph Kosarek of the Cancer Victims and Friends Journal in America in 1977 stated: "It is disappointing that I hadn't learned the truth earlier. Amongst my fellow Americans there were those who had the knowledge and didn't give it. They are Guilty of Homicide". The UK's Truth Campaign in 1999 stated: 17 out of every 20 people (so children) shouldn't have cancer. They have been murdered by the callous indifference of the people in power. Professor Linus Pauling double Nobel Laureate (deceased) stated some years ago: "Everybody should know that, the 'war' on cancer is, largely, a fraud".

These are all deeply profound statements the public can also use to question their governments. Extremely loud alarm bells are ringing here calling you all to learn even yet more truth. Cancer can be cured safely, quickly, via many natural organic remedies with no need for doctors, hospitals, surgery or chemotherapy, contrary to world media lies. Some fine examples being:

B17 from Hunza apricot kernels, Vitamin C with Selenium, Essiac, Dr. Hulda Reheger Clark's approach, Macrobiotics and Body Electronics (BE). BE is the most advanced Natural Healing system in the world. There are many other safe remedies for cancer and all degenerative diseases with case histories testifying to the truth of this. Type in Kushi Institute who've also been suppressed for 30-plus years, check the testimonials. Elaine Hollingsworth with her website: doctorsaredangerous.com to list just a few of many excellent examples. Decades of worldwide governmental medical and judicial fraud and scandal on ill child illness victims and folk in hospitals as well as prisoners globally, is beyond words. This extreme brutal and very cruel state misbehaviour must be very urgently addressed by the public.

Judge Young not only ruled on Cannabis as Safe: Compared to chemotherapy drugs, but also that cannabis in its natural herbal state is Non-Toxic. What does this mean under the law? The Fact that it's a herb plus it's Non-Toxic, means it should not be under the Misuse of Drugs Act anywhere on planet. A substance has to be harmful to be placed there, which cannabis isn't. The illegal placement of cannabis under this politically invented 'Act' is a hidden Crime Against Humanity never before publicly exposed. Chemotherapy's super-poisons that kill children, women and men worldwide every single day should be banned. Examples of chemotherapy's terrible effects are shown in Judge Young's Ruling. Judge Young also ruled that there was indeed an accepted use for cannabis as medicine in America,so therefore the world.

Along with the LCA during and after our intensive open public investigation and interrogation of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judges in 2000, we again took further prosecutorial action using the FCDA Report as our unbeatable weapon. This was done because as clearly shown on page 17 of the FCDA Indictment under UN Principles No. 3 that any criminal act committed by any head of state does not excuse them from punishment under the law. These Principles also apply to any state employed person(s) who commit criminal offences, acting pursuant to the orders of those in power i.e. politicians, top police, solicitors, barristers, judges, media. All state employed personnel as outlined above are equal before the law, without mitigation particularly and especially in the cannabis prohibition context.

The ECHR judges refused to answer any and all our questions pertaining to The Report of the FCDA back in 2000. This is similar to the same scenario as the Nuremberg Trials after WW2 which the FCDA refer to in The Report, only this time it's far worse now, as it's virtually all top judges worldwide involved. We know, after our open public investigation of Blair and ECHR judges and, like many others who have tried to penetrate their 'hallowed' walls, that they are Guilty of decades of Capital Crimes. This is Fact. I welcome anyone to check our previous history at the LCA. Let Blair plus the current ECHR judges and others I cite in this report, now face us publicly live on satellite TV (see closing references on this). We are unafraid, they will immediately lose again.

One supposes that the ECHR judges incorrectly and arrogantly assume that they're the only people in the world to have studied law. That they alone exalt can themselves as untouchable, therefore can abuse, ill-treat and disrespect the world's sick and dying children and people and imprison completely innocent people. The UN Declaration of Human Rights laws are everyone's, the Peoples laws. They are not owned by anyone, especially ECHR judges who've never used them to dispense Justice for 65 years since the 1948 inception of the UN Declaration of Human Rights Laws and Principles. Decades of these judges with their vile and despicable treachery, along with their appalling crimes and lies to the international public also needs urgently addressing.

Shortly after our investigation in 2000 of the ECHR judges using the FCDA Report's irrefutable, conclusive and incontrovertible Exonerative Evidence, the U.S.'s very courageous James Cox with his wife Patti quickly joined our UK's public's prosecuting team. As quoted on page 24 above re. Denial of cannabis and the fact that James was dying, then along with the Alun at the LCA we all united, jointly charging these ECHR so-called judges with Conspiracy to Murder (just like Nuremberg). This was never reported by any mainstream European media but Alun put it up on Internet. They can fool some of the people all the time, but not all of the people all of the time and most certainly not me.

I really felt for James dying with his cancer and he said to me in 2000: " If I die will you please get Justice for my wife and son"? Obviously I said yes. James and Pattie Cox are amazing, and a shining outstanding example to the world of truly tremendous courage. All please honour them, respect their names, by standing by them now today as they stood up for you all worldwide over a decade ago. Send this news of their amazing stance with our UK team against these lawless, very cruel ECHR judges to cannabis friends and organisations around Europe, America, worldwide and folks who aren't cannabis users. I feel I've let James and Patti down, but we did everything humanly possible between 98-2000 to make the world aware of the FCDA Report.

We exposed these ECHR judges disgrace in 2000, twice. Firstly when James Patti and I charged them as shown above, second when I received a letter from Alun in 2000 shortly after he had also approached them with around 600-plus people. These judges had said to him in their callous criminal indifference: "We had no case, without disclosing reasons, by a unanimous decision, with no appeal process". What kind of grave criminal injustice to the world's public is 'without disclosing reasons'?

Their non-response to the FCDA Exonerative Evidence was because they knew then, that what they were doing was criminal. They also know today that when the world finds this out they will be immediately removed from public office. These 'judges' are an Abomination to the world. They must be brought before the public, tried and their assets frozen.

Because we were a private public prosecuting team not working for the state but for The People, those ECHR judges thought they had some exalted right to not only not be forthcoming to the public with the truth, but also to utterly destroy all our childrens' and families lives with their illegal persecution. The investigators/prosecutors after WW2 exposed all the top criminal German judges at the Nuremberg Trials, so this exposition of top judges by me today is the latest. It's extremely severe globally. These so-called judges are not what they seem and could not face the simple truth of the following facts.

That we are all perfectly intelligent people. That we would not and will not be deceived by them even today 2011. That we are perfectly capable of managing top judicial public affairs for the betterment of humanity. That we beat them effortlessly with the FCDA Report. That we are quite capable of reporting their Capital Crimes to the international public as I'm doing again today.

That we are also perfectly capable of organising a public demonstration to demand the FCDA Report be satellite televised with the public questioning, not the state, of all those named herein. We want no more cover-ups and most certainly, no more state prosecutors involved here. This will be a world first publicly organised event with the public asking the questions, with the law and truth i.e. real Justice on their side. We want no more political, judicial and especially media lies. It stops here.

It's why we called on Blair to face us on national television in 1998 to have all these issues addressed and put on the international public table for all to see. As expected, he refused to meet us knowing we would not only oust him out of public office, but many others. The UK's Magna Carta was signed and ratified by the UK queen so-called, yet this monarchy have for decades wilfully permitted the UK state to abuse the UK's children and people by violating numerous laws from the UK Magna Carta and Human Rights Laws aforementioned. Let's not forget other countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, who have or share strong ties with the UK and who have the same queen as head of state. Want to know how unimpressed we are with all of them here?

Watch Chris Everard's films on enigmaTV.com He is the top documentary film maker in Europe of many films such as Die Lady about Princess Diana's murder, or Murdered by the Monarchy, or Spiritworld which has a lot about 9/11 in it. The song Silent Running by Mike and The Mechanics advises people with these lyrics: "Don't believe the church and state and everything they tell you, believe in me I'm with the High Command". Or from Supertramp's album Crime of the Century: "Who are these men of lust greed and glory, rip off the masks let's see"? A lot of folk are rapidly doing that like Chris Everard, Truth Campaign, David Icke, Nexus magazine etc. etc. In 2000 we ripped the masks of these fraudulent ECHR judges, and now again today 2011.

If, the ECHR judges were doing their job living honest, law-abiding righteous lives, can they tell you now why they haven't upheld the laws they've personally violated for 65 years and are still doing today as you read this? Betrayers, liars to our children and you, these so-called judges are the destroyers of our world. The UK monarchy, can they tell you why they've been violating the very laws the queen signed and still are today? Can any supreme court on Earth now tell you/us why they didn't rule the cannabis prohibition illegal in 1948 bringing those responsible to justice then? Cannabis has never been illegal, it is the 'law' from the start that always has been. It will be more than the usual international news when this incredible news story eventually breaks.

No-one worldwide has ever been Guilty for any cannabis-related activities since cannabis prohibition started, as clearly shown throughout The Reports' irrefutable, incontrovertible law Facts. The Report clearly shows multiple Crimes Against Humanity via this illegal prohibition including the violation of 16 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights laws, as well as the violation of internal laws of all western nations involved. It shows the full complicit involvement of the UK Home Office, DEA and all other governments globally, along with judges from the highest to the lowest, some medical establishments and the world's national media.

When the directors of the FCDA sent me my 36-page Indictment it headlined: The Plaint of Chris Rowley versus Regina de facto as States Prosecution Service. The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) emanates from the crown i.e. the queen. Hence we laid into them too. Like Blair, she refused to be honest, forthcoming to the public, also knowing full well as I also took on Lord Chief Justice Bingham laying the FCDA Indictment against him too. We never made any secret of our public works back then, having no desire or need to. Communicating with the directors of the FCDA in France in 1998, I received four letters from them with more amazing revelations not shown in The Report which I reveal next.

For e.g. The case in Kentucky of 300 acres set with cannabis around 14 years ago. Busted, the three generations living there went to court, produced the FCDA Report and were found Not Guilty. The honest judge there ordered that they were given their farm and all belongings back. They can never be re-tried again, because the 'law' itself is illegal, worldwide. The American national media never reported this outstanding case as it would have meant the end of the cannabis prohibition in America then, and so the world. In the UK we almost succeeded in doing this in 1998, but the callous ECHR and UK state brutality against not only our public team but also our children and families prevented this crucial event from happening.

They FCDA directors also advise us that: "Since 1928 not one single proper truthful defence has ever been presented by a solicitor" (worldwide). As they also explain: "Solicitors don't want their clients to know just how wrong this cannabis prohibition is...because they are part of the enforcement process". "The prosecution can and has been beaten". "To date where The Report was produced in court the charges were dropped". So it has been here in Europe with many cases of cannabis charges being immediately dropped with presentation of the FCDA Report in court. Again all these outstanding cases were never reported by any mainstream European media because of their 100% complicity and daily active involvement in this conspiracy.

Revolution with the public rising en-masse in Peace to attain an historic global resolution to the cannabis prohibition, is an entirely different thing. Having a rally now with something completely fresh that most of the world's public have never heard of, will turn the spotlight away from legalise cannabis marches, on to the public asking "What is this FCDA Report all about"? It's time for everyone to consider about quickly adopting this fresh invigorating approach that will achieve the lifting of the cannabis prohibition. I did often say unity, or to unite in my The Immediate Global Annihilation (of prohibition of cannabis) TIGA files I wrote back in 98-2000 put on net by Alun at the LCA. It is tragic that most folk couldn't see then this blindingly obvious FCDA solution I advised them of. The world suffering would have ceased back then.

A satellite televised Medical Nuremberg is an international public event that needs to happen very soon. Saving the children takes priority as it's saving our future. We knew the world was in a crisis medically as well as legally long before 1998. We all know this prohibition is a heinous world crime, legally and morally wrong for sick and dying children and people, as well as all the innocent prisoners. Again showing cannabis prohibition's global illegality as a rep. to The Report for well over twelve years, is why I'm once again strongly advising not just cannabis organisations, but everyone at this time, to act swiftly in unity.

Is it really that hard to organise one major rally to demand public exposure of the FCDA Report ? No. Would folks in any cannabis organisations or other organisations in the world anywhere, please now start uniting with each other to organise this FCDA rally in Ireland. The longer we delay the more the suffering continues, which is totally unfair on all of the sick children, folks and prisoners worldwide. All those folks suffering in hospitals and jails round the world are suffering this appalling indignity, humiliation and illness simply because they don't know of the FCDA Report.

Folks in Ireland Europe and the world could now easily change that by the autumn of this year by coming together and uniting. The Report shows that all previous US and UK administrations along with other governments globally, have always known about these judicial illegalities. The proof is here, there in all these quotes issued for you all from The Report, with further quotes here: All cannabis trials to date have been mis-trials. The Report also states that: Anyone who claims that cannabis is harmful are unfit to be in public office. I could go on, but there's more than enough here.

Everyone saw the world rise with tremendous compassion over the death of Princess Diana. With full respect everyone, I call on you all to demonstrate. Show an even greater compassion by putting the world's millions of innocent sick children, sick people and prisoners first. They have both a moral and legal right to be free of their diseases and prisons immediately. Getting the prohibitionists to admit the FCDA's Exonerative Evidence is not easy. However, a massive public FCDA rally now focusing purely and only on exposing The Report of the FCDA will force them to bow down, capitulate, surrendering to the will of The People. As John Lennon sang: "Power to the People".

All persons persecuted for cannabis activities since 1948 are owed financial compensation by world governments, clearly shown in The Report. You/we have the right to not only demand it, but collect it. One does not need to be an economics expert to see that the untold billions spent yearly globally on state enforcement of their so-called law today, can immediately go in to paying everyone their immediate-due compensation tomorrow. That day will come very quickly with folk now acting promptly. The talk is over, it's time for action.

The states of the world cannot deny the truth contained within The Report, it is undeniable. Also shown is the fast eradication of famine, so please demonstrate even greater compassion here everyone, think of the starving kids round the world too, as we know famine is politically engineered. Also shown is the reversal of desertification via cannabis replacing lumber, thus the fast cessation of the destruction of the rain forests, plus all the myriad of other beneficial attributes cannabis serves humanity with shown in The Report. The Cannabis Bio-Mass Energy Equation is also published in there.

Interestingly I recently educated some youth in Southern Ireland into the FCDA Report and last year a 17-year old got busted for a joint. I gave him page 1 and 36 of the FCDA Indictment, and the two pages from The Report concerning the Supreme Law. It's quite clear under the Supreme Law that quote: Under the law the Prohibition of Cannabis is illegal. He took these pages into the Killarney Garda (police) station alone. Minutes later they dropped any intended action they were going to bring against him.

Now you can see that which I was saying in 1998-2000 about Unity. One Irish teenage lad briefly united with me, received four pages of FCDA evidence and beat the police. Four pages. A 17-year old beats the Irish police. How cool is that?

If one teenager can do this on his own, the public demonstrating in unity with the FCDA Report can do a lot better. That is to say, a resounding peoples victory worlwided. Equal rights and Justice stands for all and it's to claim your long overdue reward. The UK government's fear was complete, real fear of The Report being publicly exposed in 1998, justifiably so. There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that, this One book, The Report, will stop all governments worldwide with this cannabis prohibition installed dead in their tracks. The Truth must urgently Out to save the children, people and planet.

Don't enrich the FCDA directors any further, under any circumstances. Alun also had his issues with them. It's not necessary for folk to be swamped with law. The FCDA are meant to be a non-profit organisation but, how is it that they never pushed to make this public over twelve years ago? They are a very dubious crowd in that sense seemingly only seeking to profit from sales of The Report at others great misfortune, because if you go to their website they begrudgingly impart only miniscule information.

Every single aspect of cannabis is discussed in The Report, law, medical relief, driving on cannabis, alcohol abuse statistics, radioactive tobacco, you name it it's there. All that matters is that folk shouldn't rush to buy The Report. Challenge the corrupt Irish politicians and DPP with the quotes here from it. They would be both foolish and incredibly stupid to even attempt to deny them. The time for world revolutionary action by the public has has come.

The quote above from page 24 re. the Denial of Cannabis, is the most powerful law quote regarding cannabis ever.. I recommend people very quickly arm themselves to use the quotes today without any further equivocation or further procrastination by the state, demand the FCDA Report be made public. Just these few quotes from The Report is enough to expose the Irish state with folks marching en-masse, armed with the quotes on placards held high stating: Expose The Report of the Family Council on Drug Awareness Europe & America Now - We Demand Immediate Televised Public Answers (or similar) as well as holding the paperwork with these quotes as proof. It's perfectly reasonable to cut and paste all quoted here from The Report and its directors onto a single page.

The governments over here were and still are in fear of this getting out into the public domain. Remember how Clinton was openly questioned on satellite TV re. Monica Lewinsky? But this is no cheap sex scandal. Theses are global government Capital Crimes, which are deadly serious. Hold one government to task publicly with The Report and the cannabis prohibition will be lifted globally. It is still my/our extremely urgent wish to question and cross-examine multi-millionaire Blair and the others so charged, openly via satellite from southern Ireland.

I also want to question and cross-examine the current Irish DPP Hamilton, the garda Commissioner and the Irish supreme court judges as they were also challenged by me to expose The FCDA Report in the last few years. They ignored our warnings, continuing to persecute innocents throughout the land today. With open public questioning of the above-named in the autumn this year from the INEC will reveal the truth to the world. This is far too grave for the public to ignore. This is about real Justice.

We need fast positive change from cannabis organisations and others, from people with fast positive ways. After these decades of illegal prohibition with the daily on-going medical atrocities because of it, it's now time for us to have Our day. The faster this FCDA news spreads with folk responding swiftly by non-stop forwarding of this email round the world, the quicker we can unite as One bringing this global tyranny to a rapid, very timely end. By bringing this story to the public's attention via a rapidly organised rally in Eire, so too united will we bring the prohibitionists down, exactly like the IMF chief recently just brought down. How the mighty are fallen. Who will be the peole and organisations to organise this rally?

We need to fast address this situation as one voice, as it's our one world. Rise as One voice everywhere with this amazing FCDA information. It would take just the one massive public rally in Ireland to expose The FCDA Report for the world to know the Truth so let's make it mega-big please. I would like our previous works with the LCA to be made public for you internationally via satellite TV, ensuring justice be done for James and Patti Cox plus everyone else globally. This was always my/our aim from the start in 1998. Allow me to be clear. This is an international Peoples Public Prosecution, not the states, it always was. The FCDA Report is the Peoples of the worlds' legal retaliation to their criminal activities.

Organising the FCDA rally to happen at the INEC in Killarney, would be the best option for us worldwide. Eire's a very small country so a vulnerable extremely easy target. There are only four TV stations in tiny Eire, RTE 1 & 2, Channel 3 and TG4. Making it a 3-5 day event with many public cannabis speakers from all over the world such as Alun, Jack etc, plus having a mini holiday too, will appeal to many people. Killarney is not a very big town but, it's the second most visited place in Ireland next to Dublin. World class music bands play at the INEC, especially in the summer/autumn. There are plenty of hotels, restaurants, cafes and pubs, with historical places to see, many beaches not far from Killarney, deep sea fishing and many other activities.

There are plenty of places for camping too as Killarney is right in the heart of the Kerry countryside and very well placed, and local farmers would probably be delighted to rent land out at a mere 5 euros a night per tent. Killarney would be beautifully swamped with hundreds of thousands of people, maybe even a lot more. The more the merrier is a simple motto to adopt. There would be absolutely nowhere to hide for the Irish DPP Hamilton, or supreme court judges or the Irish government, because the Irish just love to talk and are heartily sick of the government and its failing health service. It's time the Irish government faced the music.

Hold placards high with with all those named here as wanted for public questioning by us, Blair included. written. Those who can spare a little money could perhaps print out some one-pagers of the quotes for handing them round to the Irish public. This recommended public rally is a reasonably effortless simple but highly effective strategy for everyone to consider adopting.

Advised very recently that the US government are now trying to end the medical marijuana thing in all US states is also extremely alarming. Couple their nonsense with heavily repressed Sweden, UK and Eire with all of their fanatical zealot prohibitionist allies here now trying to force a crackdown in Europe, it's absolutely critical to fast initiate a huge public response. The time has now come to Do this. This would then bring about the exigent change that is crucially needed for the world.

It should be everyone's firm goal to positively ensure everyone have medical marijuana immediately, simultaneously, globally, on the same day. I recommend folks devote much of their time over the next few weeks to organise this so that we can bring those responsible for these Capital Crimes to justice. It is most definitely, time to make a satellite televised event in Eire happen. I recommend cannabis organisations begin to organise this event with allied organisations and the events manager at the INEC. Maragaret Mead's lovely quote says: "Never doubt for an instant that, a small thoughtful group of dedicated people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has". Thus, we have the power to decide and bring about this world change by one simple rally in S. Ireland.

We must fast unite everyone worldwide to lift the cannabis prohibition, therefore attaining medical legalisation which is what the world needs, or it's the end of any and all hope for everyone. The sick kids and folks will continue to be sick, will continue to suffer and die. The global persecution will continue, with prisoners still continuing to rot and die in their cells too. It is paramount to demand those responsible to be brought before us at the INEC without fail. There is no mitigation for those state officials I've named as clearly shown in The Report. The mighty must be made to fall by us all, taught to show Respect.

Rise in Peace and Unity to end this global tyranny forever. Our long bitter experience has taught me/us that no court on Earth will ever provide the instantaneous Justice that the people of the world need today. In the light of the exposure of the ECHR judges and other information here, it is down to the people to make this happen. Exposing the Truth with satellite TV will attain Justice worldwide for everyone simultaneously. It's everyone's goal to have it legalised, so let's make it happen by coming together in Ireland in a few short months. Remember, we have the law and truth on our side, corrupt politicians don't.

Thank you for reading this simple report that I trust you will now all fast use for the planets' benefit. Calling any and all cannabis and hemp organisations and others worldwide. Come together and organise this cannabis rally/event Organised by the public for the public, this would be a world first event exclusively for putting the global law on cannabis prohibition on trial via a satellite televised public hearing. This very auspicious public occasion will then free the world of the illegal Cannabis Prohibition, medical cannabis be legalised, the prisoners rightfully freed and financial compensation paid to all who have been persecuted.

It has been many long years on a long difficult road, a very humbling experience, a huge learning curve for me and still is, but it has also been a pleasure in between the painful, evil, state persecution. I'm honoured, proud to know you all and wish many more years of long good life to you and your families. To all out there working hard striving to make the world a better place to be for all our children and ourselves, thankyou each and every one. You are all amazing. Positive response and feedback is always well appreciated. I can be contacted at this email address: oneworldonevoice777@yahoo.com

Finally I would like to extend my most sincerest thanks to: Michio Kushi, Alun LCA, Rachel, Jen, Nick REE, Jack CLCIA, James & Patti Cox US, Tony, Steve, Brigid, Eric, Angela, Evan, Mickey, Sheffield University Hemp Society, along with numerous other folk who've helped me through these long years. Couldn't have done it without you. Thanks one and all.

Peace be to you all - Chris

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jays 18 November 2010 - 11:21am

Marijuana decriminalization was never a good idea, although small quantities might be ok, the more you smoke the more it affects your brain.

narconon 18 November 2010 - 11:25am

I guess we'll just have to wait and see how things evolve, it is pretty clear though that the current situation brings nothing good though.

narconon 18 November 2010 - 9:51am

Those from The Hague addiction center know what they are talking about, they deal with the ugly side of marijuana on a daily basis and have good reasons to be against it. They are right about the rising THC level, years of selective cultivation is to blame for that, and the addiction caused by it can't be ignored. That kid is also right, if the authorities continue to allow it they should set better rules and protect the consumers.
Narconon

Anonymous 29 June 2010 - 11:50pm

I am a resident of Maine and I can say that we now have a medical marijuana law for patients. The details of the law are not clear yet so only time will tell.

Jon Fiegelbart. 15 March 2010 - 9:43am

Folk will always relax after working, some smoke weed, some drink beer. Alcohol is just as addictive, induces violence and cancers, and kills millions and millions every year, weed kills no-one.

The rest of Europe is following the Dutch model, with Spain, Portugal and Poland no longer prosecuting users.

As for weed being dangerous, yes... if too much is used, but then so is chocolate and fried food, with obesity costing millions to the state in treatment and unemployment, as many overly fat folk are unable to even walk any more....

Mustafa ** Ch 25 February 2010 - 10:50am / Nederland

With respect for personal freedom for all. I would say it is recommended that all be away from all kinds of smoke and drug rather, so smoking is also normal that do not only bring disease and misery, addiction, and it is harmful to humans and the environment alike, and harmful to everything in this beautiful planet on which we live . Life and life is pure green natural and idealism that is supposed to work for him, all life is beautiful and quiet and Nkiip and free of disease. Not only for us, and but for generations to come normalize.

Dave 24 February 2010 - 11:19pm / USA

Too many people will not follow the rules of laws that make cannabis illegal for its prohibition to be practical or successful. The U.S. needs to let legalization happen faster by getting out of the way of progress. The U.S. could legalize and tax it in order to turn around and cut taxes on businesses for them to make jobs. Some of the jobs would be green jobs in the above-the-radar cannabis industry that just starts up above ground. Other long established businesses should see if they qualify for the tax cut made possible by excise taxes on cannabis.

Hiram1 24 February 2010 - 4:42pm / USA

"Whether the Dutch actually like it or not, the Netherlands' drugs policy is one of the country's biggest tourist attractions.".......This is why the Dutch are so tolerant with the poisioning of their own children with the so called soft-drug stance. It is all about making money, money, and more money from the tourists. When the government makes money indirectly , i.e. hotels, and shopping, they in reality become no different from the drug dealers who sell the drugs illegally. The politicians are the money changers of the drug traffic. The death and addiction of every child in the Netherlands is the cause and effect of the government dealing in drugs that are known to be dangerous and addictive. Is money so important to you that you will help cause children get addicted. When you say it okay, your children believe you.

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