cannabisnews.com: Holy Smoke Centre Targeted Again Holy Smoke Centre Targeted Again Posted by CN Staff on January 03, 2003 at 15:53:28 PT By Robert Freeman Source: Chilliwack Progress A shot fired at the Holy Smoke marijuana compassion club on New Year’s Day has Brian Carlisle asking for more police protection. But police investigators say it was not a bullet but a rock or some other projectile that struck the glass door of the club located on Yale Road near the new courthouse. RCMP Const. David Aucoin agrees the property has been the target of a number of acts of “vandalism” recently, but Mr. Carlisle, president of the non-profit society that runs the club for medical marijuana users, calls the incidents "hate crimes" upon the centre that opened in July. A chunk of concrete was thrown through the glass window around that time. Mr. Carlisle believes competing marijuana growers may be to blame. “The bad guys are saying ‘beat it ... we like the black market,’” he says. “Regardless of how sick we are they don’t want any change to their status quo.” Marijuana is not sold or grown on the club premises, and members are required to obtain the equipment and expertise to grow their own, Mr. Carlisle says. “We’re not in the business to sell pot, that’s not why we opened,” he says. “We’re in the business of bringing about awareness.” “My goal is not to give them milk, it’s to give them the cow to make their own milk,” he adds. Mr. Carlisle says 27 of the 60 members of the club have obtained licences from Health Canada to grow their own pot. All members are required to obtain a physician’s approval to use marijuana for medical reasons before they can join the club. An Abbotsford company has donated grow lights, fans, and nutrients to distribute free to club members in return for participation in a research study on the different strains of marijuana. While Mr. Carlisle says he does not sell marijuana, he has “donated” some pot given to him by local growers to club members who have not yet started growing their own. He believes recent court rulings protect compassion clubs that provide marijuana to patients for medical purposes. Source: Chilliwack Progress (CN BC)Author: Robert FreemanPublished: January 3, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Chilliwack ProgressContact: editor theprogress.comWebsite: http://www.theprogress.com/Related Article & Web Site:Holy Smoke Compassion Clubhttp://www.holysmokesociety.com/Pot Club Offers 'Compassion'http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13655.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by The GCW on January 04, 2003 at 05:52:00 PT Some hate history... http://www.boulderweekly.com/speakingout.htmlThe Arab/Nazi connectionAnne Lieberman [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on January 03, 2003 at 18:20:21 PT p4me I thought we had it but needed to do a search. Good article.http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread9715.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by FoM on January 03, 2003 at 18:18:16 PT mayan Thanks! That's good news! [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on January 03, 2003 at 18:16:02 PT p4me Thanks for dropping in to the chat. I went back in after I looked for news. I'm not a chat type person but I will go more frequently since it is ours and I feel comfortable with CNews contributors. Try registering that name you mentioned again. You must give a working email now. I think we have that article up from Salon somewhere. Thanks! [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by mayan on January 03, 2003 at 18:01:17 PT LP MMJ Ad Award! A medical marijuana advertisement created by the Libertarian Party has been named the "Most Dramatic" political ad of 2002 by the National Journal! http://www.lp.org/press/archive.php?function=view&record=624The way out is the way in -9/11 Inquiry Chair Tied To Osama's Brother In Law: http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/55/4a/200212291618.2de0e9c6.htmlMake No Mistake About It - 9/11 Was An Inside Job: http://www.voxnyc.com/archives/00000076.htmThe 9/11 Truth Movement - Selected Resources for Researchers and Activists: http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/LEV212A.html9/11 "Conspiracies" and the Defactualisation of Analysis: http://www.mediamonitors.net/mosaddeq37.html9/11 Skeptics Unite: http://www.osamaskidneys.com/links.htmlMore 9/11 Links: http://www.keystonereport.com/911.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by p4me on January 03, 2003 at 17:45:09 PT The doctor who had cancer A person had about a 1 in 4 chance of getting cancer before the Republicans decided the way to solve the Social Security problem was to poison everyone with pollution. The Big C does not discriminate and doctors will get cancer too and need help that can only come from cannabis. This is an older story that was at Salon written by a physician that wrote about his cancer and the wonders of cannabis he experienced- http://dir.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/15/weed_love/index.htmlFoM, I am about chatted out for a long time. The chat room is a nice addition though. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by The GCW on January 03, 2003 at 17:39:46 PT Hate Crimes. This in effect is what the American Federal Government is doing to its citizens.Hate Crimes, is the name of John "Pee" Walters game.If the American gov. did not persue the prohibition of cannabis so hard, wouldn't cannabis already be Re-legalized in Canada? [ Post Comment ] Post Comment