Imprisoned minister Rev. Roger Christie married his long-time sweetheart and co-defendant Share E. St. Cyr at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center today, Friday, January 6, 2012. In a phone message to HawaiiNewsDaily.com, Mrs. Christie said that the ceremony took just 20 minutes to complete. “It’s done,” said Share Christie. “I didn’t keep the ‘St. Cyr’ [...]

Aloha, We have known Roger Christie for 2 decades. Over this time, he has made it his life’s mission to educate people on the many benefits of cannabis/ hemp and to change the harsh laws prohibiting their cultivation and use. Medical research on the benefits of cannabinoids and many states acceptance of medical marijuana support [...]

Top 10 Ways to Help Roger Christie: 1.) Write a letter or postcard to Roger. Roger has ZERO internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc. He only has Corrlinks which is a limited Email program. If you are nervous about the return address, then try sending a postcard. SnailMail is Roger’s fresh air and sunshine since he zero [...]

by Jeane Ohta June 17 will mark forty years since President Richard Nixon, citing drug abuse as “public enemy No. 1”, officially declared a “war on drugs.” A trillion dollars and millions of ruined lives later, the war on drugs remains an abject failure. Drug policy reform advocates all across the country will mark this [...]

Hawaii Senate Bill 1458 began as an effort to allow for the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries across the islands. On April 26, during a joint committee hearing, Senator Josh Green offered a draft of the bill that introduced new restrictions on medical qualifying conditions that would deny medical marijuana to patients suffering from debilitating [...]

Episode 1: The Cannabis Hour of Power with Roger Christie. Roger talks with Brian Murphy of Patients Without Time. July 12, 2005. Click to listen Episode 2: In this episode Roger Christie speaks with Paul von Hartman. August, 2005. Click to listen Episode 3: Cannabis Hour of Power with Roger Christie: Torah, Farrah, Constitution and [...]

U.S. District Judge David Ezra appeared unimpressed by the letters from Greenwell, Naeole-Beason and others. “They’re from people who like him and believe in him,” he said Friday.

There is a great injustice taking place in Hawai`i that threatens all of our cherished l iberties . We are writing to you because you signed up at the  thc-ministry.org website, and in some way Rev. Roger Christie touched your life. Rev. Roger Christie,  the founder and leader of the Hawai`i  Cannabis THC Ministry, has for many years operated [...]

Just days before sentencing in the US Federal Court case against Canadian Marc Emery on charges of Marijuana Trafficking, the former lead US prosecutor in the case has called for the end of Marijuana prohibition. In an opinion column published in the Seattle Times on September 3, 2010, former US Attorney John McKay said the “public [...]

HILO – A new Rally and March in support of Rev. Roger Christie has been planned for Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Hilo. Christie was arrested by federal agents on July 8, 2010, along with 13 members of his congregation. All of the “Green 13″ — as they are known locally — have been released on [...]

With protections for VA medical marijuana patients now secured by VHA DIRECTIVE 2010-035, some are wondering why the DEA continues to treat marijuana as a Schedule I drug. And what — if any —  is the significance of the Directive in light of last year’s federal policy announcement ending raids on Cannabis clinics in those 14 states that allow doctors [...]