Showing posts with label war on drugs. Show all posts
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Monday, June 10, 2024

Please Support Pot Pioneer Dana Beal!

PLEASE SUPPORT DANA BEAL

SUPPORT DANA BEAL NOW
SUPPORT DANA BEAL RIGHT NOW!


As an old hippie from the 1960s, I find it difficult to comprehend why Pot Pioneer and Ibogaine Scientist/Activist Dana Beal is facing legal troubles for possessing cannabis.

It's perplexing that the industry seems to be neglecting the very person who helped pave the way for legalization. Though their lack of support in his time of need is truly disappointing, I remain confident that the multi billion dollar legal cannabis / hemp industry will come to the aid of our hero, Dana Beal, who is in danger of going back to jail for the crime of possessing a plant.


Having marched with Dana since 1973, both in person and online, I'm stunned by the indifference shown by the multi-billion dollar cannabis industry in response to his 2024 arrest. 

"Dana Beal’s journey, marked by relentless advocacy for cannabis and psychedelics legalization, takes a new turn following his recent release from Idaho’s Gooding County Jail. Arrested in January for alleged marijuana trafficking, the 77-year-old activist now faces a potential 15-year prison sentence, even as the U.S. seems to be moving toward legalization."

The legal cannabis businesses have the resources, so why does Dana even need to ask for help? In Arizona alone, legal cannabis made $1.4 billion in 2023$1.4 billion in 2023. If just 8 dispensaries contributed $5K each, it would cover his legal fees for a charge that lacks logical sense. 


It's disheartening that the industry has not stepped up to support him in promoting the benefits of hemp and ibogaine for modern issues.

With all the profits from legal weed, it’s frustrating that law enforcement would arrest a man who has dedicated his life, freedom, and health to ending the harmful war on drugs.

My initial shock has turned into determination. The truth is, Dana Beal deserves our support.

Looking beyond my emotions, I asked ChatGPT "Who Is Dana Beal?"

"Dana Beal is a prominent American activist known for his longstanding work in drug policy reform, particularly focusing on cannabis legalization and ibogaine treatment for addiction. Here are some key points about his life and activism:

1. *Early Activism and Yippies*: Beal has been active since the 1960s, beginning his work with the Youth International Party (Yippies), a countercultural group known for its radical activism against the Vietnam War and in support of various social justice causes.

2. *Cannabis Legalization*: He has been a significant figure in the cannabis legalization movement, advocating for the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana for decades. Beal is credited with initiating the Global Cannabis March in New York City during the 1970s, an event that has since spread to over 400 cities worldwide.

3. *Ibogaine Advocacy*: Beyond cannabis, Beal is also a leading advocate for the use of ibogaine, a psychoactive substance derived from the African iboga plant, which has shown promise in treating addiction, particularly opioid dependence. He has been involved in efforts to promote ibogaine therapy and has even brought this treatment to conflict zones, such as Ukraine, to aid soldiers with PTSD and addiction issues.


4. *Legal Issues*: Despite his contributions, Beal has faced numerous legal challenges due to his activism. Most recently, he was arrested in Idaho for cannabis trafficking, underscoring the ongoing legal battles faced by even the most veteran advocates in the movement.


Dana Beal’s relentless activism has made significant impacts on drug policy reform and has garnered him recognition within the movement, including awards from notable figures like the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams. His work continues to inspire new generations of activists in the fight for drug policy reform and alternative addiction treatments."

In summary, Dana Beal has earned the support of the cannabis community. Why won’t more of the industry owners help Dana?

I also asked about the number of dispensaries in the USA in 2024.

"As of 2024, there are approximately 12,156 legal marijuana dispensaries across the United States. This number reflects a slight decrease from the 12,572 dispensaries reported in September 2023. The state with the highest number of dispensaries is Oklahoma, with 2,387, while Texas has the fewest, with just three dispensaries​ (DispenseCBD)​​ (Flowhub)​. For the most credible sources on the number of legal marijuana dispensaries, consider checking industry reports and data from established cannabis market analysts. Websites like Flowhub and Dispense provide detailed and regularly updated statistics on dispensary counts and market trends​ (DispenseCBD)​​ (Flowhub)​. These sources are highly regarded within the cannabis industry for their comprehensive data and insights into market dynamics."

Now that I'm calmer, I see that if just 8 out of those 12,156 legal marijuana dispensaries donated $5K each, it would cover Dana’s legal fees.




PLEASE SUPPORT DANA BEAL
SUPPORT DANA BEAL NOW
SUPPORT DANA BEAL RIGHT NOW!


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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Jeff Clark, Casper Leitch and Michael Krawitz on Time4Hemp



Time 4 Hemp - LIVE! 
First broadcast June 13, 2014 on Time4Hemp.com and iHeartRadio.com 

 Host: Casper Leitch, Founder and Chairman of Time4Hemp Global Broadcasting Network 
Joint Host: Michael Krawitz, Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access 
Guest: Cannabis Champion, the late Hemp Hero & Veteran Jeff Clark  

 Please share this with your friends. 
Casper Leitch's TimeHemp's website: http://www.Time4Hemp.com
Michael Krawitz's Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access
http://www.veteransformedicalmarijuana.org/
The late, great Jeff Clark - use the prayer route. It's amazing how many times folks on the other side get back to us.
Below are the twitter posts from the program, most recent on top.
http://www.twitter.com/Time4Hemp
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Friday, February 06, 2015

Hemp and 4D / 3D Printing - A Conversation

2016 Update 

Kanèsis is making a hemp filament for 3D printing, demonstrated above. 

 "While in Sicily, I got a chance to meet with the Kanèsis team (Giovanni Milazzo, Luca Millauro, Antonio Caruso, Santiago Consoli and Erika Ruiz). They are young engineers and material science graduates who have succeeded where many more have failed. Hemp, which is a similar plant to that which gets you high, but has very low THC content, is about as close as it gets to a wonder material.
It is extremely sustainable. Hemp is a weed. It grows just about anywhere, in any condition and consumes minimal resources. It can be used to make thousands of products, from clothing and fibers to the strongest ropes that exist, to bioplastics, paper, natural cosmetics, and more."
The game is changing. 
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 Hemp is filament (ink) for 4D printing and 3D printing. The difference between 4D and 3D is 4D is self assembling. The purpose is to create what you need.





These printers print with the new ink, called filament. This conversation is about how to make hemp the dominate raw resource material for this life changing evolution.  Print with hemp filament! It's already being done.

Matterlab develops hemp and tagua-based FDM 3D printer filaments

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150205-matterlab-robert-cicetti-develops-hemp-and-tagua-based-fdm-3d-printing-filaments.html

Why hemp as printer filament? Because hemp is a versatile, strong, environmentally empowering, safe, multi-faceted, easily renewable raw resource material, making it perfect as a filament for 4D and 3D Printing.  

 For example, the building above as well as other items can be printed in hemp, i.e. hemp plastic which is 10x stronger than steel used for windows and waterproofing and smoothing a finishing coat, hempcrete and other building materials.


Hemp plastics 
Medical applications
Don't forget, hemp inks could be incorporated into 2D Printing because hemp can make regular ink too.  

As we embrace the Information Age it is easy to understand the surge in popularity that hemp / marijuana is experiencing.  Lies about the hemp plant do not stand up to the light of truth, no matter how many millions are jailed or uncounted numbers of people executed in the name of the war on drugs. Jack Herer was right, as usual 'nobody dies from marijuana other than murder by cop or drug dealer.' 

 Let's start a crop financed international Hemp For Victory program! Here's some information on the original program.  A 21st Century of this program could be easily achieved, this time through crop, not government financing. 

Though the majority of the legalization conversation today is about medical and recreational cannabis, there is another treasure from this trillion dollar crop, industrial hemp, that has the potential to once again be a huge market. The late Richard M. Davis, founder and curator of the USA Hemp Museum broke down the economics of the market in his book HEMP FOR VICTORY: TRILLION DOLLAR CROP. 

"A hemped economy is a healthy economy. Imagine an emerald plant that grows in 90-150 days, can be used to make over 50,000 products such as all our paper, can eliminate dependence on foreign energy sources, actually reverse global warming and can be implemented, as Willie Nelson says, with NO WAR REQUIRED. Such is the amazing hemp plant that can help turn our current economic mess into an economic cornucopia of job, business, and other taxable income opportunities." H4VT$C pg. 6

 The current technology of 4D and 3D printing carries with it a plethora of benefits and a few problems that hemp, wisdom and common sense easily solves. 

 The initial problem is filament for the printers. How do we provide affordable, non toxic filament, especially in light of reports of health concerns?

 "According to Phys.org, inhaling UFPs is potentially harmful, as the particles "deposit efficiently in both the pulmonary and alveolar regions of the lung, as well as in head airways." They could also find their way to the brain through the olfactory nerve.
Previous research has suggested that high concentrations of UFPs in the body can cause asthma symptoms, stroke, cardiac arrest and even death.

In light of these health concerns, researchers say that consumers should exercise caution when operating 3D printers in "inadequately ventilated or unfiltered indoor environments," according to the study, published this month in the journal Atmospheric Environment." 

 Above quote from the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/3d-printers-health_n_3646133.html

The choice is simple. Do we cut down more trees, suck off more out the Earth's lithosphere for oil to meet the demand new technologies present? Or do we grow our own filament. Choosing the hemp solution is so much better than being stupid, which, based on results, is the way things are being done now.

 Since technology is the key out of Babylon, we can speak the same language, "weblish", understand that there is no shortage of land, indoor growing is a hot topic, many folks could return to what they were born to do, farm/process/sell hemp. Hemp solves the problem of how to make enough filament for the upcoming demand by using this quickly renewable plant. 



Folks can grow their own raw material for filament if they want, take the plants in for processing to make what they need, like we do with dry cleaning today. The processing can read 'lb. of flour, 5 lbs. of plastic, 4 lbs of textured vegetable protein (like a hemp based TVP - meat substitute for vegetarians like me.) This hemp evolution allows folks to grow their way out of poverty. Hemp hero Jeff Clark is making plans for his 3D printed hempcrete house made from material, hemp, that he grows himself.  A lot of folks would not only find jobs, but start their own companies or masterworks series of products or services in old and new hemp industries. It is the truth that sets us free.

 As is the case with energy, instead of cutting down trees for paper and wood or pumping the Earth's blood for plastic we can print using hemp.  Hemp can be used as hempcrete to print buildings and infrastructure, hemp plastics for common items as well as some industrial applications as developed, hemp foods to help meet nutritional needs, hemp fabrics for innovative clothing and furnishing designs, papers, etc., perfect raw materials processed into whatever the person needs to create a good life.  


   

How To Make 3d Printer Filament

 http://www.electronicproducts.com/Electromechanical_Components/Motors_and_Controllers/Make_your_own_3D_printing_filament.aspx 





http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1479181/filament-production-equipment-operational-at-graphene-3d-lab

 Here's some information on hemp plastic, that could meet the market needs for plastic filament.  The program below is from Time4Hemp about hemp plastic with hemp heroes Casper Leitch, Carey Burns and Paul Benhaim.

Overview blog entries and papers I've written over the years include in our hemp empowerment conversation (please post in the comments section other relevant material):

 Hemp is a great raw resource material for 3D / 4D Printing
http://hempnayer.blogspot.com/2013/06/hemp-is-great-raw-resource-material-for.html

Hemp and 3D / 4D Printing Research Links - Draft
http://hempnayer.blogspot.com/2013/06/hemp-3d-4d-printing-research-links-draft.html

Hemp and 3D Printing
http://hempnayer.blogspot.com/2013/04/hemp-and-3d-printing.html

Time4Hemp: Fukushima, Medical Marijuana and 3D Printing - Initial Program Production Approval
http://hempnayer.blogspot.com/2014/02/time4hemp-fukushima-medical-marijuana.html

 The Declaration of Independence: Hemp and 3D Printing
Why hemp, cannabis, marijuana, weed, pot, etc. should be legal all over the world.
http://h4v.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-declaration-of-independence-hemp.html 

 Hemp Nayer: Use Hemp and 3D Printing To Fix Fukushima
http://hempnayer.blogspot.com/2014/08/use-hemp-and-3d-printing-to-fix.html
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I've been posting on social media over the years on hemp and 3D printing - I'll provide a full list but for now here's some posts on 3D printing Las Vegas in hemp on the Colorado River where the water is.

‏@cureworks  Jan 24, 2015
#Water - Move Vegas to CO River. Replacate using hemp based 4D / #3dprinting "Sam Kinison - World Hunger" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q4o58pKwA … #marijuana

‏@cureworks  Jan 24
Let's 4D / 3D Print Las Vegas in hempcrete where the water is, the CO River that's in NV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuA0Xm2cy1s … 
THCFoundation, Arlin Troutt, ♔MillennialFalcon♔ and 6 others

‏@cureworks  Jan 24, 2015
Las Vegas. You need to be closer to the water. Don't you know you can 3D print those buildings in hemp? http://www.cnet.com/pictures/3d-printed-apartment-building-and-mansion-pictures/ … #Vegas #news

 Earlier relevant posts on using hemp and Las Vegas

‏@cureworks  Dec 24, 2014
Joy! Joy! Joy! The game is changing! "Las Vegas company could print your next car, 3D technology" http://fw.to/yz1gZGU  #news #3DPrinting

‏@cureworks  Nov 17
"Nevada cracking door to marijuana tourism" http://usat.ly/1uHcdtE  #mmot #mmj #weed #pot #economy #news #cannabis #jobs #Vegas #UniteBlue

 ‏@cureworks  Nov 14
Congratulations and thank you @MJBizDaily for your excellent, empowering conference in Vegas http://mmjbusinessdaily.com/  #mmot #news #marijuana #p2

 ‏@cureworks  Nov 10
Marijuana Business Media-Las Vegas to Host Largest Gathering of Cannabis Professionals in History Nov. 12-14 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/las-vegas-host-largest-gathering-130000481.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw … #mmot

 ‏@cureworks  25 Jan 2014
Marijuana money's moving, get yours 'Weed Investors Weigh Pot Pitches at Las Vegas Conference' http://bloom.bg/19Rzgda  #change #news #economy

 Again, the goal is to empower folks to be able to choose a non-toxic (don't add none, won't be none) hemp based filament for 4D / 3D printing. I'm assuming hemp will work for 5D Printing so as I learn more I'll post an article on that. 

 This topic will be covered in depth by Casper Leitch and Paul Stanford on the Time4Hemp Global Broadcasting Network. If you'd like to participated in this conversation as a speaker and/or listener Tweet and/or FB me.  Thank you to all the hemp heroes and sheroes who have made or are making this evolution possible.

 Now is the time to let government know they must get out of the way of We The People using hemp to solve our problems.  "Hey Mr. D.A., let's make a deal!"
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

How Weed Won The West(Full)


Text from the Youtube post.
"Published on Oct 28, 2013

Educational Documentary - How Weed Won The West delves deeply into the culture and commerce of cannabis featuring California's ganja growers,medicinal marijuana patients and law reform advocates. With California and the rest of the country going bankrupt, one business is booming. 'How Weed Won the West' is the story of the growing Medical Marijuana industry, focusing on Los Angeles with over 700 legal dispensaries doling out the buds. Following the story of Organica, a southland dispensary which was raided by state and federal agencies in August of 2009, the film shows that although much has changed with Obama in office, the drug war is nowhere near over. Kevin Booth, producer/director of American Drug War, picks up where the last film left off and continues his fight against the hypocrisy of the War on Drugs. Intended to inform and entertain, this fast paced and even sometimes funny film features Texas conspiracy guru Alex Jones, Ethan Nadelmann head of Drug Policy Alliance, and a host of amazing characters including a former LAPD narcotics officer who now thinks all drugs should be legal. Even to someone who has not consumed weed in decades, this film definitely opens anyone's eyes concerning the detrimental economic, social and human ramifications created by marijuana prohibition. It takes the viewer through a journey of real life stories involving the relatively new California legal marijuana industry using a refreshing angle which does not focus strictly on the medicinal value of marijuana. The widespread responsible consumption of marijuana for personal recreation and mood enhancement is addressed as well. This is a must-see film because it destined to become an icon of the marijuana anti-prohibition movement. Even to someone who has not consumed weed in decades, this film definitely opens anyone's eyes concerning the detrimental economic, social and human ramifications created by marijuana prohibition.

It takes the viewer through a journey of real life stories involving the relatively new California legal marijuana industry using a refreshing angle which does not focus strictly on the medicinal value of marijuana. The widespread responsible consumption of marijuana for personal recreation and mood enhancement is addressed as well.

While there are many light and entertaining moments which are implied by a somewhat playful title, the subject matter and the production values of this film give it a serious historical position as an iconic mainstream documentary film."
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