With a primary election just weeks away, the Hawai`i state Narcotics Enforcement Division has restarted its Marijuana Eradication program over the Big Island. According to a report Wednesday in the Hawaii Tribune Herald, Hawaii Narco chief Keith Kamita said the state Narcotics Enforcement Division had restarted helicopter missions on Sunday. The Tribune-Herald reported “numerous calls from [...]
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- Published: Aug 20th, 2010
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Hawaii State Resumes Marijuana Eradication on Big Island
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- Published: Aug 20th, 2010
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Light Sentences for Pot Growers?
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald has published a piece, “Pot growers given light sentences“, emphasizing the light-sentencing usually faced by Marijuana growers on the Big Island. “A 50-year-old Ainaloa man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for growing marijuana,” the article begins. “Hilo Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura ruled that Edwin Robert Lively can serve his [...]
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Big Island March for Jailed Cannabis Activist
HILO, HAWAII – A protest rally was held on Wednesday August 18, 2010, in downtown Hilo for Cannabis activist Roger Christie, now being held without bail at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center. Several hundred protesters gathered at the Hilo bayfront to hear citizens speaking out on behalf of Christie and the other 13 members of [...]
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- Published: Aug 5th, 2010
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Meet Roger Christie and the Green 14
On July 9, 2010, Hawai`i Cannabis Ministry founder, Rev. Roger Christie, was arrested (along with 13 other brothers and sisters of the Ministry) by federal agents. The Green 14 were charged with various counts of Marijuana farming and trafficking. The homes of many of the accused have been seized, and slated for police forfeiture. The [...]
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free." Luke 4:18
