Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 12:35 pm | By: Radical Russ
Saturday Night’s episode of NORML SHOW LIVE will be at a special time – 4:00pm Pacific / 7:00pm Eastern – to take advantage of the lineup here at the Cypress Hill Smokeout in San Bernardino, California. Cheech & Chong are playing a “4:20″ set, so I will be there live, bringing you the comedy from NORML’s favorite comedy team.
Following Cheech & Chong in the lineup are the newly re-formed band Sublime, which many will remember for their cover of “Smoke 2 Joints” among many others. We’ll bring you some of their set as well. I’ve also got an interview with “My Fair Brady’s” Adrianne Curry, Steve Bloom from Celebstoner discussing the celebrity panel, and PonyBoy from Los Marijuanos from Friday’s festivities. Calling in to the show are Kottonmouth Kings and responding to her Jay Leno snub, 2006 Miss New Jersey Georgine DiMaria. (All subject to change due to the chaotic nature of a festival!)
Interspersed with the live audio will be my interviews with many of the artists, celebrities, and just normal folks attending this two day outdoor festival. Join us live at http://live.norml.org, where you can also participate in our online chat and speak live to the host and guests – dial in to 347-994-1810 to participate.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 8:26 pm | By: Radical Russ
Cannabis Karri and I rounding up Day 1 at Smokeout. The venue here is wonderful. It’s a big amphitheater just off of I-15 on the way toward Vegas, tucked up into the hills. They’ve got a big outdoor stage, a covered Expo with all the vendors, as well as food and other vendors on the main grounds.
A walk up the big bowl of a hill leads to the permanent structure amphitheater and main stage. There were no bands there today, but tonight they are showing “How High” and “Nice Dreams” on the big projector screen. Cypress Hill is playing the closing set.
We arrived around 3:30 only to find no credentials at will call. I called Steve Bloom who came through with two all-access wristbands. We head back into the VIP only area to smoke a couple fine Pacific Northwest fatties with Steve, Shirley Halperin, and Adrianne Curry. Adrianne was wonderful and gave us five minutes of her time to interview about “Stiletto Stoners” (you’ll hear it on the live show tomorrow, if I can clean up the background noise a bit.)
We visited the Expo tent. I’m immediately struck by how much the medical marijuana displays all were staffed by very attractive young women, almost like a car show. Then there was the handwritten mispelled sign offering “medical canabis referrals”. Calvina Fay would love that one.
We moved backstage and got some up close shots of Geto Boys and Bushwick Bill. We ran into actor Michael Rapaport who said, “Hey,” while rocking a Yankees cap. B Real and Sen Dog were backstage getting ready for a meet and greet.
I got cornered for an interview with the folks at Cannabis Planet TV. Behind backstage there was a big open tent lounge with plenty of couches and VIPs blazing, disco lights streaming through the haze. I even ran into Stash guest Henry Hemp and our good friend PonyBoy from Los Marijuanos.
Tomorrow I appear on the Legalization panel with Allison Margolin, Ed Rosenthal, Debby Goldsberry, and Steve Bloom moderating. Then immediately following we break in live for NORML SHOW LIVE at a special early time of 4:00pm Pacific so we can catch 4:20 with Cheech & Chong.
Today’s Stash is ready and will be uploaded in a couple of hours.
Posted from my BlackBerry – please forgive my big thumbs for any typos!
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 10:48 am | By: Radical Russ
(High Desert Daily Press) DEVORE • Those hoping to attend Friday and Saturday’s Cypress Hill Smokeout and participate in the recreational use of smoking marijuana should think again.
Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and Officers from the California Highway Patrol will staff the Cypress Hill Smokeout as a constant reminder that smoking the drug for recreational use is illegal. All sections of the California Penal Code, Health and Safety Code and California Vehicle Code will be strictly enforced.
(Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) “The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department wishes to remind concert-goers that while state law makes provision for the possession, use and cultivation of limited amounts of marijuana for medicinal purposes, it does not allow the recreational use of the drug,” officials wrote in a statement. “Further, there is no provision in the law for the use of marijuana while operating a motor vehicle, whether someone possesses a doctor’s recommendation for the drug or not.”
Promoter Live Nation has booked acts including Cypress Hill, Method Man, Redman and Cheech & Chong.
Attention all criminals and traffic scofflaws in the San Bernadino area! This weekend, the Sheriff’s Department and Highway Patrol will be very busy catching people smoking marijuana at a Cypress Hill / Method Man & Redman / Cheech & Chong / Sublime / Kottonmouth Kings concert. Do not commit crimes or violate traffic laws in areas away from the San Manuel Amphitheater while a large share of law enforcement resources are dedicated to preventing pot smoking at a Smokeout. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 9:36 pm | By: Radical Russ
It’s long and it’s rambling and it’s chock full of reefer madness. It’s an op-ed called “In defense of banning marijuana dispensaries” by San Bernadino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, a man who took a sacred oath to protect and defend the good people of San Bernadino (a point he makes twice – he’s only doing it for your own good, you see.)
You can get the distilled eau de guanoloco* out of just two paragraphs:
However, the real issue here is that the medical marijuana movement is a fraud. The majority of medical marijuana card holders in the state of California are under the age of 30. How many of them actually have serious illnesses other than drug addiction? Even if they were truly sick, there are no credible studies demonstrating the medical benefits of marijuana.
I guess in San Bernadino, people under 30 don’t get epilepsy, cancer, irritable bowel, glaucoma, fibromyalgia, crushed vertebrae, migraine headaches, PTSD, anxiety disorder, AIDS, or any other number of diseases and conditions medical cannabis can alleviate. Diseases and conditions that don’t necessarily put you in a wheelchair or make you look visibly sick or disabled. And even if they are truly sick, since Brad can’t be bothered by 17,000 credible studies on cannabis and cannabinoids, let them take Vicodin or something instead of a legal non-toxic herb.
The case against marijuana is most clear when the mental abilities of a lifelong marijuana smoker are observed. In fact, I will take this argument one step further. While many ill people believe their symptoms can be alleviated by smoking marijuana, the political movement behind legalizing medical marijuana is the same movement that seeks to legalize the drug for recreational use.
Well, the mental abilities of this lifelong marijuana smoker are taxed trying to understand Brad’s reasoning. Why would people like me who want to legalize marijuana for all people not support legalizing marijuana for sick people? Why would sick people who want to legalize marijuana for themselves support locking other pot smokers up for being too healthy? And do you mean that we can’t allow people to self-medicate with a non-toxic herb because some of them might enjoy it?
By the way, I want to form a new elite team of competitors called The Cannabrains. We’d go to places like San Bernadino and challenge people like Brad Mitzelfelt to whichever test of mental abilities he chooses against one of our Cannabrain lifelong marijuana smoker teammates. For example, he could play chess against chess master Ben Masel** from our Madison, Wisconsin affiliate. I’m pretty handy at pop culture trivia. Cannabis Karri is kick-ass at Boggle. Are there any more volunteers for the Cannabrains? Maybe we could seriously challenge these people and play the games online. Some of the most brilliant people I know are lifelong stoners, which makes sense when you figure intelligent people would gravitate toward the least harmful, most fulfilling recreational substance.
Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 10:51 am | By: Radical Russ
I got the call from Steve Bloom while in Orlando. “Do you want to represent NORML on a Legalization Panel at the Cypress Hill Smokeout in San Bernadino in a couple of weeks?”
Uh, let’s see, hosted by Tommy Chong, guests include Cypress Hill, SlipKnot, the Deftones, Sublime, Method Man & Redman, Bad Brains, Kottonmouth Kings and others, plus panels with Ngaio Bealum, Sarah Diesel, Allison Margolin, Ed Rosenthal, Mikey Avalon, Adrienne Curry, Andy Milonakis, Debby Goldsberry, Shirley Halperin, Steve Bloom, RZA, and me? Is there a stronger reply than “Hell, yes!”
The whole show / expo / panels extravaganja runs Friday, October 23rd and Saturday, October 24th. I’m on the Saturday 3:00pm Legalization panel with Rosenthal, Margolin, and Goldsberry. (I’ll even provide you podcasts for that Thursday & Friday… though you may have to deal with the road noise on the Thursday one as I produce it from the laptop in the car while my wife drives.)
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm | By: Radical Russ
Medical marijuana patients and growers can sue police for illegally raiding their property and destroying their plants, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The 2-1 decision by the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento was the first in the state to allow a patient or grower to sue claiming that their rights to cultivate and use medical marijuana have been violated. Those rights are protected by state law but banned by federal law.
Officials in Butte County, where the case arose, argued that patients and suppliers can invoke the medical marijuana law only as a defense to criminal charges, not to sue for damages. The court’s dissenting justice said no one is entitled to compensation for the destruction of a drug banned under federal law.
But the court’s majority said a marijuana patient or member of a collective has the same right as anyone else to sue officers who violate the constitutional ban on illegal searches and seizures.
Brad Stephens, a deputy county counsel, said the county would probably appeal to the state Supreme Court.
Butte County, you really want to play out this hand? Did you learn nothing from San Diego and San Bernadino? The federal law banning marijuana does not relieve state, county, and local officials from obeying the state medical marijuana law. You can take this to the California Supremes and lose and take it to the federal Supremes and be ignored, and all you’ll do in the process is waste a lot of Butte County taxpayers’ money.
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm | By: Radical Russ
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear a lawsuit filed by the counties of San Bernardino and San Diego to have medical marijuana Proposition 215 declared unconstitutional, essentially ending the counties’ bid to avoid issuing ID cards for people who say they use marijuana for medical purposes.
The two counties joined forces for their lawsuit in 2006 and were defeated in the lower courts, the appellate court and the state Supreme Court.
According to Sgt. Dave Phelps of the county sheriff’s Public Affairs Division, the county will now do whatever is required to comply with Proposition 215 and SB420.
“The next step is for the Department of Public Health to issue the ID cards,” said Phelps. “We will develop policies and procedures to deal with those cards.”
Let’s see how easy San Bernadino and San Diego make it to get those cards. I wouldn’t be surprised if they put all sorts of unnecessary hurdles in the way.
Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 8:20 am | By: Radical Russ
(FOX News) The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not get involved in a dispute over California’s medical marijuana law.
The case presented a direct conflict to the justices of California’s Compassionate Use Act which its detractors say contravenes federal laws prohibiting drug use. A California appeals court ruled last summer that the state’s medical marijuana law does not preempt a federal drug ban.
Monday’s decision by the high court effectively affirms that ruling.Thirteen states have laws allowing for the limited use of marijuana. California’s law allows for individuals and their caregivers to “possess, cultivate and transport” marijuana as long as it used for medical purposes. Local officials in San Diego objected and filed a lawsuit saying the state law violates the federal Controlled Substances Act.
In its argument to the Court, the local officials said the California law is contrary to federal efforts to limit drug use. They argued “it is inevitable that marijuana originally grown for medicinal use will fall into the hands of recreational drug users.”
California joined a handful of pro-Marijuana groups in asking the Court to not take the case. They argued the specifics of this case made it a “poor vehicle” for the high court to use in deciding such a controversial issue.
San Diego county, San Bernadino county, guess what? You lost! Your silly little argument that you have lost at every trial and appeals court level has finally been declared over by the highest court in the land. The people of California want medical marijuana, the state has made it legal, and your little conservative enclaves have to obey the laws just like everyone else… even the laws you don’t personally like. You have to issue medical marijuana ID cards to patients that want them. You have to allow patients to grow and possess and use their natural medications. You have to be obedient counties in the state of California!
Now, will someone will press a Freedom of Information Act request to determine how much taxpayer money these two counties wasted in the continued pursuit of a dubious legal strategy that had tasted defeat at every judicial level?
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RevRayGreen: days they didn't talk back..or act disrespectful..
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Urb Age: Heck I was gonna go up there, but just not feeling well this weekend..Dang it, I hate it when that happens..
RevRayGreen: wishing I was hanging at NORML cafe...
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mr reuben: I could do without seeing Rob K. on tv. But Bruce and Eithan get a big thumbs up from me.
SneakerPimp: waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
mr reuben: I don't respect her opinion bluzguy.
Missippi Hippy: Something about the last year in a contract... folks become more ballsey... and Oprah has big ones.
Adam: Oprah won't actually go off air for over a year, 2011 sometime. Maybe with here leaving the network soon, she'll be more likely to speak out about MMJ.
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waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
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