Our Constitution abused he used as his wings
Conspiring with Samp were his federal best friends
The FBI, the DEA and an endless list of acronyms
This heroic group was charged to arrest
Those who consume the sacrament blest
By right Reverend Roger Christie
Destined to fill a page in American History

Determined is Roger to show the world
That Americans may worship as the Founders unfurled
In the Noble Document Samp wields as his cloak
Sacramental tokes from the flower of cannabis
Ignites in the soul the feeling of righteousness
Participants gather to share the peace pipe
In reverence they pray a new day shall be bright
For the children well loved and the child long ignored
Determined Mother Earth’s ecology be restored.

So why Uncle Sampyre with your cohorts in tow
The army, the coast guard and the others gung-ho
To undo the movement to restore the faith
Of free living loyal Americans for the Nation’s rebirth

And where was NASA’s police during this untoward raid
What if Christie’s mystery ministers had hid
An escape shuttle for their get a way bid
To launch into orbit beyond the sly grip
Of Uncle Sam Pyre and his illegal trip
The DEA has no notion of extra terrestrial orbit
Only NASA could counter the satanic plot
Which obviously existed but never employed

As for me, I was there at the time of the raid
But after imbibing in sacrament my escape was made
Through the rare window I scurried and slid down
The last moonbeam, escaping into Hilotown
Eluding the dragnet of The FBI/ The DEA
The Coast Guard, the US Army, the National Park Service,
The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
The Postal Inspection Service, the Hawaii High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, US Marshals Service, State of Hawaii
Narcotics Enforcement Division, The State Department of Public
Safety, Hawaii National Guard Counter Drug Unit and the Hawaii
County Police Department.

Only NASA’s police could have nabbed me. Now I’m free
To draw pictures and tell the tale of Uncle Sampyre and his
Rough riding retinue of Federal rogues.

http://aaeehilo.com/

Samp thought in the spirit
of economic thrift
He’d give tense Tillie
a piggy-back lift

So up to Capitol Hill they went
to see how the peoples’ money was spent
On that hill’s where the law-makers dwell
feudin n fussin an raisin hell

They lie and cheat an steal and corrupt
a little’s OK,
but today it’s too much.

“We need more money”
the congressmen shout
as the bags of millions are jostled about
“Money, money , we gotta have more…
How will we get it?
Let’s tax the poor!

“The poor don’t need it
or they wouldn’t be poor
and we gotta have poor
or none would be rich.”
Now aint that logic a sonnofabitch?

Ms Tillie and Sampyre felt right at home
this kind of thinking they thought theirs alone
But the whole damn govment seems to agree
that keeping folks poor is the remedy.

If you see Sampyre or elephantine Tillie
Twitter their tweeter
with one thoughtful line:
You can’t fool all of the people
All of the time.
So into plowshares
render your swords
or “Your ass is mine
Sayeth the Lord.”

A Honolulu police officer has been arrested by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for promotion and distribution of marijuana. Let’s try to look at this objectively:

The law says MJ is bad for public health and is therefore illegal. The officer of the law has broken the law. ?Does the officer use the mj? If not he is promoting a substance he believes to be harmful to himself and dangerous to public health and safety.

Back in Jersey, that’s called a scoundrel. If yes, he does use the illegal mj, but for reasons unknown at this time, chooses to hide behind the badge of public trust as an officer of the law, and heinously, hypocritically remains involved in the arrest and prosecution of persons who do exactly as he does. And, it must be asked for how long has he, perhaps a fine officer for over a decade, been ingesting mj for medical or personal reasons?

Will this officer be held by the same DEA without bail for twenty months, as is being done today to Roger Christie, for being a danger to society? Christie, it should be remembered, has not hidden his use of mj as a sacrament and medicinal herb as well as a personal elixir. He hid nothing and assisted those in need. And, he was operating his THC Ministry well within the parameters of Hawai’i State Law. So, we have a precedent as we watch the administration of equal Justice before the Federal Law which contradicts and overwhelms the Laws of the People of Hawaii.

your desire my Lord is my inspiration

I need a miracle
and I need it now
this world I live in writes wrinkles on my brow

say on, my Lord
your desire is my inspiration

I see the world’s end
down Whimperer’s Lane.

I see and yes I quite understand
Tis a fat funky fog hanging over the land
it’s as if our ‘Tis of Thee’ has lost its way
and just doesn’t see
so I look to my dreams as a poet should
and who to my star-spangled wonderment appears
but Tom-Tom Jefferson with his list of fears

“I fear for the people,”
Old Tom-Tom lamented
the only way out: if the whole world repented.

Ho! so easily said and so hardly done
many have tried
and are denied the sun!
Have you heard of Roger, the minister man
political prisoners in Freedom Land?
Twenty sad moons good Roger’s denied
the rays of the sun
the depth of the sky

Tom-Tom Jefferson scratched his dome
what infamous deed has this Roger done?
must be many, can’t be just one.

You’ve been gone so long you cannot understand
there’s an extra legal hysteria sweeping the land
perhaps you’ve heard of the USCRR
kinda  new group with roots from afar

Acronyms, acronyms — Alphabet soup
what’s up with this new fangled gobbly goop?
spill it out straight…What’s the Scoop?

The USRR and the USRRC
are the necessary link to American philosophy
It’s the United States Religious Regulatory Commission
enacted to preserve our religious freedom
as you T. Tom Jefferson insisted 200 years ago.
The good minister Christie actually made it so.
because his path to God violated
the patented path to eternal life
as well the happiness from here to there
so they, the Federal agents
from the 6000 miles afar
and 200 years in arrears
locked up the good minister Christie
for partaking in the sacrament cannabis
which is inextricably linked to Roger’s God
and the ministry they together established.

I think I’m beginning to get the picture.

You ain’t seen nothing yet!
they are  holding Roger Christie as a danger to society
the gentle lamb that terrifies the Eagle
and the much acclaimed Constitution writ
to ensure Everyman’s right
to establish and practice a religion
long as none is harmed or property injured.
So Roger’s God had to be challenged,
and they cuffed him and hold him still–
Two years without bail
no sunlight, no fresh air to breathe,
no loving touch from wife nor friend
It’s an American gulag
sinful scar upon these gentle Isles
his health is failing.
will they wait for grisly death
to shake them from their slumber?
their evil ways?

Where then is some political leader
to lift this weight of religious intolerance?
this oppressive weight upon those
who long for Freedom
for some realization of an American dream?
Such a political weightlifter must today be among us!

They toss God around
like inebriated security agents.
Loud voices with no verb.

Where today is that spirit that freed the colonies
from the semi-tyrant George the Third
and then again when civilization demanded
destroyed with muscle, blood, and Will
the chains of enslavement
one brother upon another?

The world ends not with a bang,
but a whimper,
and the fuse is lit.

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Www.Kahuina.Org

http://aaeehilo.com/

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’ after all,” she said. “I was writing it down and said, ‘I don’t think I want all this’. So it’s just ‘Share’ with no ‘E’ on it. Share Christie.”

“What an experience,” added Rev. Christie, in a corrlinks.com email message to HND. “The Minister did a fine job, and the FDC staff was courteous.”

“The unusual location disappeared momentarily as we held hands and gazed into each other’s eyes and shared our vows,” Christie wrote. “Share looked like an angel to me, her eyes were so clear and beautiful to look into as her voice delivered words of love and support that went straight into my heart. The ceremony took me to a place of unknown emotions… with great promise for the future. We got to breathe deeply together and have a few kisses, too. We tied the knot by hand-fasting with a hemp cloth prayer shawl. I’m a very happy man to have Share in my life. And so it is.”

Both Rev Christie and the new Mrs. Christie were arrested by Federal authorities on July 8, 2010. Share was released within a few days of the arrest to prepare for her trail on marijuana trafficking charges, along with 12 other defendants in the case. Mr. Christie — an avowed pacifist with no prior arrest record — has been held without bail at the Honolulu FDC for the past 18 months.

“It was so good to finally touch Roger,” said Mrs. Christie.

The Christie’s Federal court trial has been tentatively scheduled for February 28, 2012.

Roger and Share Christie

Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney
PIKK Federal Bldg.
300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 6100
Honolulu, HI 96850

Dear Florence,

I am writing you to express my very sincere feelings about the gross injustice which has led to Roger Christie’s lengthy incarceration because of a denial of bail and the possibility that even a plea bargain could lead to many years of future incarceration for him.
Some months ago I wrote the Island Voices piece which is pasted below after my signature. Our most dangerous “drugs,” causing very large numbers of deaths, are alcohol and tobacco. Marijuana doesn’t even come close. I have also pasted, below, a report published by ProCon.org, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing all the relevant and necessary information applicable to highly controversial public issues, such as those surrounding marijuana and prostitution. The report compares the number of deaths reportedly caused or contributed to by marijuana with a wide variety of popular and legal drugs designed to provide some of the same kinds of relief to patients they seek through marijuana use.

You should note that in a study from January 1, 1997 through June 30, 2005 there is no indication that cannabis, by itself, caused any deaths and that in conjunction with other drugs there were only a total of 279 deaths, compared with 11,687 deaths from FDA approved drugs designed to produce some of the same benefits as those claimed for marijuana. See page 4, below.

What these studies and comparisons seem to show, I believe very conclusively, is that the perceived dangers of marijuana have been grossly exaggerated, at least with regard to causing death, and that there is a huge failure of justice and fairness in imposing criminal penalties, including jail and all the other nasty consequences of criminal conviction – such as loss of scholarship aid for students or loss of employment – on those who provide or sell marijuana. Meanwhile, the government licenses and regulates the sales of other substances like liquor, tobacco, and FDA-approved drugs, such as morphine, which have been proved to cause large numbers of deaths.

I understand, of course, that there is a difference between law and justice and that, except for the constitutional requirement of equal protection, there is no explicit legal requirement that the law be fair. Fairness and justice, however, are very important values and, it seems to me, can only be achieved if those who run the criminal justice system undertake to exercise their lawful discretion in ways that enhance human dignity. While the adversary system may sometimes seem to encourage the seeking of the most extreme results, there is no law that says that lawyers cannot and should not exercise discretion to insure that legal results and consequences are not grossly unfair and excessive, whether too lenient or too punitive. In my view, there must always be an unspoken goal which favors human dignity and which encompasses fairness and justice.

I understand that Roger Christie, because he was disallowed bail, has already suffered 14 or so months in jail and may face up to five years in the hoosegow if he accepts a plea bargain. That outcome, in the larger scheme of things, seems to me to be grossly out of wack . . . unfair and unjust, that is, while purveyors of much more dangerous booze and tobacco can suffer no such penalties. It will turn out to be even worse – far worse – if, as well may be the case, Mr. Christie sincerely believes that his religion permits or requires marijuana use.

You should know that I am not a personal acquaintance of Mr. Christie. What I perceive is happening to him, however, seems to me to be so far out of line and unjust — especially since house arrest or other more limited constraints or modalities were available – that I write to you in the hope that you might be able to bring some justice and balance to this situation.
With warmest Aloha,

Most sincerely,
Dick
Dick Miller

Professor of Law, Emeritus, and former Dean, The William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Member, American Law Institute; Board Member: Kokua Council, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and Honolulu Community Media Council; Legal Consultant to the Hawaii Coalition for Health

We have all read of local violent, brutal crimes where the perp with a long history of convictions is let off easy. In this case, it is just the opposite! Roger Christie is a gentle, good hearted man and has been held in Federal prison without bail for over a year and half, and both he and his fiance are facing long prison sentences.

It is vital to support Roger Christie so that true, moral justice can be achieved. Further incarceration of Roger Christies is unjust and a terrible waste of tax payers dwindling money. He should be released immediately, a year and half is enough!

Aloha,
Ann Rickard and Robert Searight
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The authorities on-going attention to eradicating marijuana across the country is appalling in a couple of ways. It has created an unnecessary criminal element and incarcerated thousands of otherwise harmless and decent citizens. Tragedy upon tragedy has been effected against a drug that so far has not proven to create hostility, erratic or dangerous behavior in any level close to that of legal alcohol consumption. Nor has it been normally associated with encouraging harder drug usage in cases other than when induced by government intervention. Many in the medical profession attest to the positive benefits yet the conflict and injustice remains.

So why is the Government relentlessly expending valuable resources against marijuana usage by prosecuting normally good citizens, terrorizing others and encouraging criminal activity when instead it could be benefiting from new taxes and free valuable services to fight greater threats to our society. Legalize marijuana and focus our attention to more important issues.

Gary Turner – Pahoa, HI
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Aloha

I met Roger Christie first in the early mid 90′s when he first came to Maui and spoke proudly about the many uses of marijuana and applied his passion to helping people. He is such a caring and giving man. Whatever crime he may have been accused of, I, for one, feel he has served more than enough time and needs to be released. He can better serve humanity and his imminent bride from outside of his confined world. I believe marijuana should be decriminalized and the world here in Hawaii needs to become a leader in this very old issue. The resources we devote to “criminals” in marijuana-related crimes are staggering. Enough is Enough. Please FREE Roger. Enough, please. When so many people know the benefits of marijuana, isn’t it about time we finally decriminalize it and get people out of the jail environment and give them opportunity to become valuable free citizens.

Thank you for hearing this, Governor Abercrombie and State House and Senate… and hear this, law enforcers are prison authorities.

Aloha,
Jason Schwartz

Executive director
DreamMakers Foundation, Maui.

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Aloha,

I have known Roger Christie for more than twenty years. I attended a men’s group with him for a while. He could be faulted for being somewhat obsessive and compulsive, especially concerning the issue of cannabis legalization. He could also be judged as being foolhardy enough to openly promote the use of cannabis from his cannabis ministry premises in downtown Hilo. He could even be criticized for making some profit from buying and selling cannabis, an illegal substance according to federal law. Non of the above judgements of this kind and gentle man can justify that he has been held without bail for 15 months in a federal prison on Oahu. Roger Christie provided people with a product that they were grateful to receive, as do all the other merchants in downtown Hilo. Roger’s situation is similar to the experience of many who dared to openly stand against foolish and unjust laws; Nelson Mandela against apartheid, Martin Luther King for civil rights, all the women who demanded the right to vote, and all the other brave and courageous people who insisted that something had to change. There are men who commit home invasion, brutally attack and injure the homeowner and receive 1 year in prison, probation, and community service. There are people who kill and maim while driving drunk on legal alcohol and spend no time in prison. Roger has not hurt or robbed anyone. He should be freed on bail immediately, so that he can await his trial in the company of those who love, accept, and appreciate this courageous and dedicated man.

E malama pono Clive Cheetham
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Dear Editor;

I am writing this letter of support for my amazing friend, hero and humanitarian: Rev. Roger Christie.

He is powerful in prayer, spiritual healing, and peacekeeping and legendary in the modern marijuana movement. Though his imprisonment is heartbreaking, his courage is not only inspiring, but part of the motivation of the shift in consciousness that is happening regarding ending the war on drugs.

I have done many shows over the years with Rev. Christie and have found him to be a man of Love who is on a March For Peace.

I am outraged that our justice system would waste time and taxpayer dollars jailing a man of prayer over a plant.

Do the right thing. Support Rev. Roger Christie and demand he be set free!.

Sincerely,
Casper Leitch
Host/Creator: Time 4 Hemp

http://www.Time4Hemp.com

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Hello,

Good love is hard to find, some say.

At any discussions on “drug plolicy”; please consider the source.

N.I.D.A., S.A.M.S.A., D.E.A. & others are not based on sound science; the history of “drug war data” & Anslinger mis-information is well known.

Thank You,
Jason Bursey

l.e.a.p. not invited to drug policy summit… “news”papers write about “drug policies”…who owns your body?
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the issue of justice regarding roger christy can be easily determined by one simple comparison…..marijuana vs alcohol….why is alcohol, one of the most dangerous and toxic substances to the human body legal????….alcohol causes countless problems and deaths in society each year….marijuana on the other hand, has not caused any deaths ever, is safer than aspirin… where is the justice here????

roger christy believes, as i do, that marijuana is a spiritual food or sacrament, that it is legal in the eyes of the great spirit for consenting adults, as a very useful plant and medicine to the body, mind, spirit of us humans…..roger should be honored for his commitment, to teach others about the positive uses of this plant, rather than used as an example to others, to show that those who promote marijuana will be punished….why continue the war on marijuana, that has failed since it’s beginning….roger is not a dangerous criminal, he is a caring member of society, trying to show that marijuana can be a spiritual medicine for the soul, the opposite of alcohol….please give roger a break….

William Greenwald

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Marijuana Prohibition

A criminal is one who infringes on the rights of humanity. In the case of marijuana prohibition it is the government who is infringing on the rights of humanity to use the most useful plant on the planet. Marijuana (aka. cannabis, hemp) has been used for food, clothing, shelter, energy, medicine and as a spiritual sacrament. Free Roger Christie as well as all prisoners incarcerated for the most useful plant on the planet.

Sincerely

Jeff Brown
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Roger Christie is a compassionate nonviolent warrior made victim to the DEAs who are fueled by unethical privatized prison corporations.

Additionally, the truth frequently exposes corporations that fund “science” of modern medicine for fiction. Their sole purpose is to increase their powers with published quackery. Politicians can no longer hide behind these lies.

Roger’s plight is no different than the peaceful protesters of Wall Street. I pray this good man is appointed the sane and justified legal representation that he deserves.

Respectfully submitted,

Delia Montgomery,
former THC Ministry member who cannot physically tolerate pharmaceuticals for most treatments.
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Today the Hawaii International Drug trafficking Summit meets in Honolulu. With that in mind I would like to point out to the participants and remind the public that our friend, Rev. Roger Christie remains in custody in federal prison without bail or trial since July 8, 2010 for growing, processing and distributing marijuana. U.S. District Judge Alan Kay ruled that Roger is “a danger to society”.

This is a travesty of justice happening right here in Hawaii by the federal authorities of our own governments. One that prides its human rights record and goes around the world pointing fingers at abuses in other countries. To those who know him, Roger Cristie is a peaceful man. We believe that marijuana prohibition is unjust and infringes on our inherent right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

To those at the Drug trafficking Summit please vote to decriminalize marijuana and focus your attention on more dangerous drugs. Marijuana does not deserve it’s “schedule 1” status. Hawaii’s Democratic Party has passed resolutions which call for legalizing marijuana for personal use by people over 21 and when given the opportunity Hawaii’s voters overwhelmingly supports decriminalization.

Who are these public servants really serving? We, the people, ask that federal authorities, whose salaries we pay, “Free Roger Christie and legalize the use of marijuana for adults”.

Aloha,
Ken Charon.
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Enough

Medical marijuana: 45 researchers concluded that established uses include easing of nausea and vomiting, anorexia, and weight loss; “well-confirmed effect” was found in the treatment of neurogenic pain, movement disorders, asthma, glaucoma. (wikipedia – condensed)

Clinical trials have shown the efficacy of cannabis as a treatment for cancer and AIDS patients, suffering from clinical depression, nausea and resulting weight loss due to aggressive treatments. A synthetic version of THC – dronabinol has been shown to relieve symptoms of anorexia and reduce agitation in elderly Alzheimer’s patients. Dronabinol has been approved for use with anorexia in patients with HIV/AIDS and chemotherapy-related nausea. This drug is more expensive and less available than whole cannabis and has not been shown to be effective or safe. (wikipedia – condensed)
So why will the FDA approve a drug that is possibly toxic and not the organic source?

Making the use of a medically beneficial substance illegal and punishing the person promoting these benefits through its use is the actual crime.

Ellen Kilbourne
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Roger Christie: Stop the insanity set him free.

Is it not ironic that the Bankers and corporate CEO’s who have committed outrageous crimes against our country and against our community’s have had no charges brought against them and enjoy life as they are accustomed to (Can you say life of luxury) while Roger Christie has been in jail for over a year for following his beliefs and helping people, and being a good and outstanding member of his community.

I come from New Mexico Where even our previous Republican Governor, Gary Johnson saw the wisdom in legalizing marijuana hemp, which you can not even get high on is illegal in this country which is ignorant beyond belief can be used
as a super food, super fiber, for cloths rope, insulation,paper products etc, etc.So we have to import it from country’s like China,who uses it for everything and makes huge profits on it.One could say that our country’s political belief that all things marijuana are bad, is one of the biggest and costly misperceptions in our history is just a small list of the ramifications of this belief.

1. The drug war: legalizing marajuana would do miracles almost immediately.
2. People going to the really dangerous drugs like crack and meth and the devastation caused by such drugs.
3. Missing out on all the wonderful and healing properties of this herb from God.
4. Turn disaster into community profit, and save Mexico at the same time.Juarez MX. is the most violent city in the world, only miles from the USA.Take the power from the Cartels Legalize pot.
Maybe the movie “Reefer Madness” started this whole mess It was not reality folks just an entertaining joke.

Treating Roger Christie like public enemy #1 is just another example of how political policy uses its power to To make Mr Christie the scapegoat while the truly dangerous are free to weave there little webs of big profit and community destruction. Set the visionary free, put the Bankster in jail.

Sincerely

Kimo Ward
Santa Fe NM
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When Private Corporations profit from harsh and illogical drug laws, good men like Reverend Roger Christie are kept in jail in order to generate profits for shareholders. Why hasn’t Roger Christie been allowed a trial in the 15 months since his arrest? Why is he being presented as a danger to the community?
These are questions anyone should be concerned with because it appears that anyone can be made a scapegoat in this long and unjust drug war. Roger ran a ministry in downtown Hilo for many years and did much work to address the ice epidemic on the island. Roger Christie isn’t forgotten. There are many of us who would like to see him released.

Megan Isaac Magdalene
Hilo, Hawaii
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“Equal treatment under the law” applies basically to people. But it’s also a good idea for things like facts and realities. Sixteen states including this one think medicinal marijuana is credible enough to try letting patients use it. But the federal authorities refuse to even consider changing their classification of pot as being worse than “ice”. Instead they’re spending our tax- and deficit- dollars sending SWAT teams after grandmothers with too many plants in their garden.

They let Bernard Madoff out on bail, but they won’t do the same for Roger Christie? The only thing “equal” about that is the level of lunacy.

Ptr Kozlowski
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Aloha,

Thank you for your time.

Rev. Roger Christie has been held without trial for 15 months,
denied bail 5 times on charges of distributing Cannabis, a plant the US gov. holds the patent on….

“Patent number 6,630,507 states unequivocally that cannabinoids are useful in the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of diseases including auto-immune disorders, stroke, trauma, Parkinson’s, Alzeheimer’s and HIV dementia. The patent, awarded in 2003, is based on research done by the National Institute of Health, and is assigned to the US Dept. of Health and Human Services.” (Brinna Nanda)

Roger maintains that all humans have a spiritual right to the Cannabis plant.

The US Federal government holds legally that is treats Alzeheimer’s, and the citizens do not have any right to it.
What is your personal opinion?

Please raise your voices, contact Senators Inoue and Akaka, and your Congress-persons.

Best regards and
Warm aloha,
Rev. Kristopher D. Johnson
River City Christian Mission
Universal Life Church
Hawaii THC Cannabis Ministry

Reverend Kristopher D. Johnson
Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage / Yoga

http://www.localyte.com/travel/Japan–Kumamoto?&sq=&dist=70&gwoTest=1

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The War on Drugs should be ended. It has filled our jails, cost taxpayers millions, and fueled organized crime. In June of 2011, an alliance of world leaders declared the War on Drugs “a resounding failure”! The alliance included former Secretary of State George Shultz, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and ex-presidents of Columbia and Mexico. Their recommendations to the UN:

• End the criminalization of drug users who “do no harm to others;”
• Use legal regulation to wrestle controls from criminals;
• Institute addiction treatment programs if needed.

Jimmy Carter supported these reforms in a New York Times editorial, “Call Off the Global Drug War.”

Hawaii County voters passed an initiative declaring that marijuana have lowest enforcement priority. Cannabis Minister Roger Christie, a longtime hemp activist in the Hilo community, is now facing marijuana distribution charges. He has been jailed for over a year and not permitted bail, yet we witness bail offers to those accused of horrendous murders. Our community is disheartened with this injustice. Cannabis has tradition of health & spiritual benefits.

Stop the criminalization insanity.

Mary Marvin Porter

This coming weekend has a very important summit on Oahu called the Hawaii International Drug Trafficking Summit, it’s actually for the police nations to get together and talk about how they can take more liberty away from the good people of Hawai’I and others in my opinion.

There’s going to be a lot of attention in the newspapers talking about drug policies: more of the same. Zero talk about the 40-year failed drug war(s). At the same time, it’s coming very close that our attorneys are wanting Roger and I to plea bargain this next week. We still are anticipating our miracle that will secure a better than imagined outcome. Let this summit signal the end of the war on drugs and the beginning of a dialog and a sane global policy.

One of the most profound things that you could do for us, Roger would say, “Please write an editorial or letter to the editor on my behalf.”  Please, even if you zero consider yourself a writer, write a letter anyway, from the heart.

At the same time, we’re getting married this next week over at the prison, Once I am his wife, I will have the privilege of visiting Roger, my beloved, for the first time in the 15 months, I have yet to be able to speak to him in private or simply touch his hand during his wrongful incarceration. Please consider your editorial as a wedding gift for us to be part of the miracle.

Mahalo nui loa.

I have a vision of having 70 people write to the Star Bulletin newspaper on Oahu in the next three days to ask that Roger be set free, with his good name restored.

Will you be one of those 70 angels for Roger and me? If so, please email me as soon as possible so I can add your name to the list of writers.

Editorials have to be 175 words or less. You can send them to:

letters@staradvertiser.com

PS I’m attaching a few letters as samples, as Roger wants good manners on his behalf. I am the firey one. Be bold my friends!

Mahalo so very much, many blessings!

Share e Saint Cyr
(soon to be Mrs. Saint Christie? – Just having fun with you on the name)

Sample Editorials:

Cannabis prohibition is a direct measure of the incompetence of our state and federal governments. Every human being, and in fact all vertebrates, make marijuana-like compounds known as endocannabinoids. They literally regulate all body systems including the, cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, immune, excretory, nervous, musculoskeletal systems. They regulate our appetite. Every person on the planet gives themselves the munchies every time they get hungry by activating portions of the endocannabinoid system. Taking a warm bath soothes as our aches and pains while it relaxes us because endocannabinoids levels are increased as the try to down regulate the extra heat.

In reality, increasing cannabis activity, by using the only plant that can directly tap into the endocannabinoid system, has antiaging, and anticancer properties. Psychoactive endocannabinoids are even found in mother’s milk. Perhaps law enforcement should be arresting nursing mothers, or maybe all women for walking around with paraphernalia.

Roger Christie knows of the benefits that cannabis has to offer mankind. His religion demands he use it and help others to use it. America was founded on religious freedom not as a police state. Free Roger Christie to help free us all..

Dr. Robert Melamede
Associate Professor and Biology Chairman (ret)
Biology Department
University of Colorado
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Science and Engineering Building (SENG), room 351
Colorado Springs, CO 80918

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BEGIN A SANE POLICY ON CANNABIS – LIBERATE ROGER CHRISTIE

Reverend Roger Christie and thirteen others were arrested in July 2010 in connection with the cannabis ministry in Hilo. The State of Hawaii licensed Roger to marry people as a cannabis church minister. Roger advocated a sane approach to the use of cannabis. Time after time, Roger requested that elected officials pay attention to the National Institute of Drug Abuse study, which concluded the methamphetamine (known as “ice”) problem in Hawaii was caused by the drive to eradicate cannabis. Now, Roger is held without bail in federal prison, awaiting a trial where federal prosecutors want him sentenced to 5 to 40 years. This week, we have the Hawaii International Drug Trafficking Summit at the Hyatt in Waikiki. Please write to your newspaper editors and your elected officials asking that our government move towards a more sane policy on cannabis, save your tax dollars, and free Roger Christie.

Monica Wallach, Esq.

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CORPORATIONS PROFIT WHEN YOU GO TO PRISON

A disturbing trend is emerging. Private corporations have begun to run our prisons. The largest of these is the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). According to its 2010 annual 10K SEC filing, CCA operates 66 correctional facilities with 90,000 beds. Like all corporations, CCA wants to continue to grow and turn a bigger profit. Its annual report states one of the risks to making more profits is that “any changes with respect to drugs . . . could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them.” Apparently, we have to continue the drug wars, because CCA and corporations like them have to continue to fill their beds. Does this send a chill up your back? If so, please contact Congresswomen Mazie Hirono (https://hironoforms.house.gov/ContactMe/Email.htm) or Colleen Hanabusa (https://hanabusa.house.gov/contact-me/email-me) asking them to end the drug wars and deny funding for privatized prisons.

Monica Wallach, Esq.

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 has access to outdoors at the Honolulu FDC. You can send books to Roger but they MUST come directly from Amazon or the publisher. But ask Hokulani or Share before you send, since Roger may have an explicit request or he may already have the book you want to send. Just send us a Facebook message if you want to mail him a book and we will give you the details.
His address is :

Roger Christie
Federal Bureau of Prisons
99279.022
Unit 5B
PO BOX 30080
Honolulu, HI 96820

2.) Write Letters of testimony on how Roger has helped you or touched your life.

Send it to:
c/o Roger Christie
PO Box 1643
Pahoa, HI 96778

3.) Print up and hand out the GOD WANTED flyers to churches, etc.

4.) Write you Congressperson regarding Bill 2306. This the legalization bill that Ron Paul and Barney Frank are presenting to the Congress. Lamar Smith of Texas particularly needs to be written since he refuses to let this be heard before the House Judicial Committee.

5.) Visit the Last Marijuana Trial website: http://www.the-last-marijuana-trial.com

6.) Read and study, then practice Self-I-Dentity. Ho’oponopono. www.zerolimits.info

7.) Write a letter of support to Editors of Hilo and Honolulu newspapers and please

show good manners and respect, etc. (Per Roger!)

8. Send $$$$ to Roger to this location:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Roger Christie
99279-022
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa
50947-0001

The deposit must be in the form of a money order made out to the inmate’s full committed name and complete eight-digit register number.

9. Support Cannabis Liberation organizations, online, in person, etc.

Write, write, write!

10. Visualize Roger’s Freedom. And daily prayer right after that 420 break!