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Hawaii’s ‘Marijuana Minister’ gets five years in prison, wife gets two

By Jack Daniel on April 30, 2014 Culture, Legalize It, News

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Roger Christie, Hawaii’s “Preacher of Pot”

64-year-old Hawaii resident Roger Christie has long been a well-known advocate for medical and recreational marijuana use on the Big Island. As a minister at his own church on Hilo – a quaint little joint by the name of THC Ministries – Christie enjoyed a rapidly growing congregation of over 60,000 followers, to many of whom he provided “sacrament” in the form of cannabis.
On July 8th 2010 though, it all came crashing down as a result of an extensive undercover investigation, leading to the arrest and indictment of 14 people associated with THC Ministries, along with Christie and his wife Share.

Safe Access: If A Cannabis Patient Is Cut Down Mid-Disease, Does Anyone Hear It?

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 10, 2012 Culture, Dispensaries, Medical

death + taxes

By Jack Rikess

Toke of the Town

Northern California Correspondent

Resonate

res·o·nate/ˈrezəˌnāt/

Verb: 1. Produce or be filled with a deep, full, reverberating sound.

2. Evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions.

Picture the State of California in your mind. Now imagine the Attorney General taking a pair of Federal scissors and cutting along the dotted line below and above California’s largest city, leaving Los Angeles as an island. Not content to stop there, Cali’s Top Law Dog is now on a serrated blood trail with Federal Fiskars in hand.

She continues undercutting the will of the People by lopping off areas of California like a mad child decapitating paper dolls. Soon, if she has her way, all of California’s dispensaries will be gone.

Marijuana Church Founder Called ‘Too Dangerous’ For Bail

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on July 23, 2010 Culture, News

Photo: The Hawaii Cannabis Ministry

Roger Christie of THC Ministry is “a danger to the community.” That is, if you believe federal prosecutors.

A Hawaii-based marijuana minister who has for years been preaching the good news about ganja is now under federal indictment, and agents on Friday managed to persuade a federal judge that he is somehow “too dangerous” to be allowed out on bail.

Roger Christie, the founder of The Hawaii Cannabis Ministry (THC Ministry), has been ordered held without bail after the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested him, along with 13 current or former employees and growers, on July 8.

Christie and the others are charged with marijuana trafficking offenses related to their alleged distribution of marijuana as a sacrament at the ministry, reports Stop The Drug War.

Christie had already been raided by the DEA in March, with agents “seizing” cash and marijuana, but not arresting him at that time.

Federal agents claim that after that raid, Christie continued his marijuana distribution at the ministry. He and the others were secretly indicted last month.

Colorado: Cannabis Holiday Health Fair Spotlights New Businesses

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on December 13, 2009 Dispensaries, Medical, Products

Cannabis Therapy Institute

The Cannabis Holiday Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Boulder today will be the largest gathering of medical cannabis businesses ever held in Colorado, according to organizers, and will highlight the growing industry and its importance to the economy.

Several new businesses are using this as their debut appearance, including two magazines and several wellness centers.

The Fair is a full-day public outreach event designed to answer questions about cannabis as medicine and how to become a legal patient in Colorado.

The event is free and open to the public.

There will be displays from medical cannabis dispensaries as well as other hemp and cannabis-related businesses, video seminars, gifts, contests and prizes.

State Senator Chris Romer and Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown will attend from 12 noon until 1 p.m.

Holy Smoke! ‘Marijuana Minister’ Sentenced To Two Years Behind Bars

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on December 11, 2009 Culture, News

Graphic: Clint JCL

Self-proclaimed “marijuana minister” Steven Swallick of Brevard County, Fla., was sentenced today to two years in prison.

Swallick, who was arrested in May 2008 after police said they found more than 100 marijuana plants growing in his Palm Bay, Fla., home, says he is the minister of a church called The Hawai’i Cannabis Ministry (THC Ministry).

“Cultivation and enjoyment of Cannabis sacrament is a fundamental human right provided by God and protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” THC Ministry says on its website.

Police had testified they found dried marijuana inside Swallick’s oven and in baskets on top of kitchen cabinets.

Rev. Swallick, 53, showed no visible reaction upon his sentencing, according to WFTV. During his testimony in the trial last month, he had worn a white priest collar and a black suit jacket and shirt, with a black cross hanging from a black-beaded necklace.

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