Medical Marijuana Inc. (MJNA) is truly a forward looking company.

Looking back, it began in 2003 as Berkshire Collection, Inc. (BKCL) of Ontario, Canada. According to a complaint filed 12 Jun 09 by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) against Blackout Media (BKMP) and its principal Sandy Winick of Toronto, Berkshire Collection was one of 59 subsidiaries spun off from Blackout Media Corporation, formerly known as First Canadian American Holding Corporation, (FCDH).

The SEC complaint alleges these 59 subsidiaries had no legitimate business purpose and were just "public company shells", and that Winick profited at least $3.2 million from selling shares in these "shells" from 2004 through 2007.

On 23 May 05 Berkshire Collection changed its jurisdiction to Oregon, at the same time issuing a 1 for 1,000 reverse split.

I have never before in my life seen a 1 for 1,000 reverse split. A reverse split is typically a last ditch effort to prevent a company from being delisted on an exchange. According to MSN Money, "reverse splits are like a message from management that the underlying business trends are so rotten, they won't be enough to get the stock price up to snuff." Small shareholders, those holding less than 1 share after the reverse split, are cashed out. They're lucky if they get a penny on the dollar.

On 31 Jan 2007 Berkshire Collection changed its name to My Newpedia Corp (MYNW). This incarnation lasted until June of 2008 when it issued 211,926,840 shares of common stock, realizing $100,000. Then My Newpedia changed it's name to Club Vivanet, exchanging 12 shares of MYNW for 1 share of CVIV. Then the merged entities, now named Club Vivanet (CVIV), "took back" 210,117,998 shares in a 1 for 20 reverse split and posted a stunning net profit of $26,040 for 2008.

The Statement of Operations found on page 16 of the Annual Report for Club Vivanet for 31 Dec 08 states that it spent $751,359 on sales and marketing in order to post a profit of $26,040 on revenue of $818,992. While this was more than double the net profit of $12,624 for the previous year, it doesn't seem particularly forthcoming to term the growth "meteoric" as Perlowin does repeatedly.

In April of 2009 Club Vivanet (CVIV) became Medical Marijuana Inc. (MJNA):

We thought at first we'd call our corporation Marijuana Inc. But when you say to someone ... you're in the Marijuana Business, you do get that weird, kinda strange look. But when you say 'We're in the Medical Marijuana Business' ...I don't care where I am, everyone's interested. Not only are they interested, sometimes they're passionately interested because they've heard the stories and they think people should have the freedom to choose the medicine that really does help them.

On 25 Mar 09, the day the name change was filed, the stock was worth 4 cents. The name change and 10 for 1 forward split occurred on 28 Apr 09. The day before the split and name change CVIV closed at 22 cents. The day after, MJNA closed at 62 cents. It has trended downward since.

Perlowin explains it like this, pointing out he got out of prison 19 years ago:

I was the largest marijuana smuggler in West Coast history. The media dubbed me the King of Pot. As the newspapers said, I had a fleet of boats larger than most country's navies, and that was probably true. Made $100 million bucks by the time I was thirty. And then I went to jail for nine years and got out and made some huge businesses in the phone card and international telecom business. We've always had meteorically growing businesses after I got out of prison. Well, before I got out of prison too...

Just look at what happened to our stock from day one and you can see we sort of know know what we're doing in this industry.

He explains that he is "monetizing" the public's desire to legalize marijuana and that buying stock in his company is casting a vote for the legalization of marijuana.

When Obama and the attorney general Holder said that they'd no longer interfere with state laws on marijuana issues, all of a sudden dispensaries and collectives and co-ops started popping up like weeds all over California ... and, all of a sudden, legitimate business people started getting involved and wanting to get involved. And then "we" come along...

This is one of those statements were you don't really know where to begin.

What is this "all of a sudden" legitimate business people are getting involved? Is he saying those dispensaries and co-operatives that have been doing it for years and who built the industry he finds so exciting are not "legitimate business people"? What does this say about The Green Cross - in business in San Francisco for five years and featured in June as an example of how medical marijuana had become mainstream? And, by the way, they've all been using plastic cards of all kinds for years: debit, credit, stored value, ID, and so forth. A manager of one dispensary told me 5 years ago, "Bank of America loves us."

Are we also supposed to believe that the "legitimate business people" who have been waiting for Obama to start the green rush before they got involved will not have the wherewithal to set up a business account with, oh, Bank of America or Wells Fargo, but instead will be "cash based"?

While Perlowin wasn't really sure if New Mexico had passed a medical marijuana law or not and was astonished at what he found when he came to California in February and told his doctor he had insomnia so he could get in a dispensary and see what it was like, he assures us he is the one to tell us all how to do it.

I actually believe New Mexico is one of the places - don't quote me on that because my big focus is on marijuana, on California - but I think New Mexico is one of the places where it's legal. You can look at any of the movement websites like NORML or MPP.org - that's a great one, MPP.org - and they really keep you up-to-date on what's going on in each state. So I think it is. And in some places you can have co-ops, like in Colorado and California, and some places you're allowed to grow your own. There's no standardized laws or rules, which for a public company like us makes it really lucrative, or potentially lucrative. Because we can help come in and standardize the industry and help regulate the industry. Again, from the bottom up. Typically a company like this can move much quicker than the government can.

It's all a mish-mash. Every county in California is different from every city. And every state has different rules. And if you standardize it - it will take a few years - but that's one of the things that we're here to do, is to help standardize it. And again, starting with the most lucrative of all, the tax remittance.

And he's going to begin by re-assembling his old organization, from administering taxes paid by the sick and dying for medicine. When asked if he has any plans to own a dispensary:

"If Nevada ever legalizes it - it'll be on the ballot in 2012, November - I would love to have a dispensary inside a casino, growing the marijuana plants..."

Obviously, Medical Marijuana Inc. CEO and King of Pot Bruce Perlowin didn't have "medical marijuana" in mind when he said this. When the host points out this has the appearance of exploitation he replies:

Yeah. So in that case, yeah. In the beginning. no. In the beginning all we want to do is provide all the tools for the dispensaries or the co-ops. In fact, we're going to be doing seminars on how to open up a dispensary and we want management contracts with the dispensaries, not just for the tax card but for inventory control, for grading and standardizing the marijuana for software, for the doctors to use, and evaluating whether sativa or indica should be used for glaucoma vs. cancer vs. MS vs. headaches..."

In the meantime, he hopes to buy "homesteads" of 1 to 5 thousand acres all over the country and grow vegetables or something on them until hemp is legalized, and then convert them to hemp farms. All this from administering taxes paid by the sick and dying for medicine.

It's an intriguing business model. He states they've decided 60% of the profit will go to the company, and 40% to charity.

My job is to empower people, and specifically (because of another model) empower women. 40% of our profits goes to The Global Family and WE (Women Empowerment) because their job is to make sure this wealth goes all over the world to create a thousand millionaire women, who will create a thousand millionaire women each, and then they take over the world in what's known as a global coup, but it's really a coochie coo..

Again, it's difficult to figure out where to begin. Seems a bit sexist (not to mention boorish) to me, but what do I know? Besides there are more pressing issues. For instance, just ten minutes previously he stated 40% of "revenues" would be going to the local community: 10% to schools and or the women's council (because women won't take bribes and kick-backs, but men will); 10% to another local problem like fire or police (speaking of bribes); 10% to another city in America; and 10% to some international problem.

Obviously, how much of what goes where isn't really important. All that's important is that 40% of the stockholders earnings from administering taxes paid on medicine by the sick and dying will go to some charity somewhere. No doubt medical marijuana patients will get a warm glow knowing their disability stipend is going to increase the supply of female millionaires in third world countries.

Among a nebulae of disconnects is that it never occurred to Medical Marijuana Inc. that there are medical marijuana patients that can't afford medicine, that are losing their jobs and their homes, that can't pay lawyers and court costs. And a lot of them are men.

Perlowin says he doesn't smoke marijuana, except rarely.

My prescription's for insomnia. And I don't know if I have insomnia, I'm so excited about what we're doing I can't sleep at night so I jump up and email. I go to sleep. I wake up. I email. And so I'm thinking, 'I really want to go see these dispensaries but you can't get in without a medical condition and I don't want to lie about a medical condition. I won't do that. I'm CEO of a public company, I've got to keep everything really straight. So, I'm thinking, 'wait a minute...' and if I don't have my computer I'm sitting there awake all night, just thinking. So that's clinical insomnia. That's insomnia. So I got my medical marijuana card for being too excited. But I haven't used my marijuana medicine yet because if I do I won't answer my emails all night.

As for the morality of taxing medicine? As for what happens when The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act (HR 2835) is passed? As for the fact that you don't get a "prescription" for medical marijuana, you get a "recommendation"?

HR 2835 will move marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act's Schedule I to Schedule II. Among other things this will mean marijuana will meet the legal definition of medicine and that doctors can prescribe it the same as pharmaceuticals. And this means it will not be taxed in states such as California where the people think there's something sleazy and just plain wrong about taxing medicine.

Well, maybe by then Perlowin will have his upscale pot emporium in some swanky Las Vegas casino.

Why I Don't Buy Medical Marijuana Inc.

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(SALEM, Ore.) - Jack Herer is a very resilient fellow. 40 years ago he was a Goldwater Republican. Nine years ago he suffered a minor heart attack, and a major stroke.

All these calamities and more, he survived. But his fight continues. For the last four weeks, Jack has been in a Portland Oregon hospital, slowly recovering from a heart attack. On Monday, he was discharged from Legacy Emanuel Hospital, and his family moved him to a nursing facility in Eugene, according to Oregonlive.com.

Exactly one month ago, Jack was stricken by a heart attack. So, each day, the challenge is no less than the day before. The challenge to bring Jack back.

He was in a medically induced coma for several days, on the critical list in ICU for nearly three weeks. Over time, he showed some improvements. His EEG (brain scan) showed more activity, and he would open his eyes. He stretched his arms and legs, yawned, turned his head from side to side. They removed the respirator.

Last week he was taken off the Critical list, moved out of ICU, and remains in stable condition. Stable enough, it seems, to be moved to another facility.

Still though, there has been no word from Jack. "He is waking up and gazing appropriately when someone's talking," Paul Stanford (THCF) said, "but he's not really communicating in any way."

We've been told that Jack responds to touch, has squeezed the hands of close friends and family, and that he even sat up in bed one day when his daughter came into the room. None of this means he's okay. It just means he's still with us, and working on recovery.

Jack is a devoted man. He has devoted his life to the cause to decriminalize hemp and cannabis. He stands strong on the belief that the cannabis sativa (hemp/marijuana) plant should be decriminalized, having been proven to be a renewable source of fuel, food and medicine, and he's been telling the story without fail, for over 30 years.

He also contends that the U.S. government deliberately hides the proof of hemp's benefits. He tried to take his message all the way to the top, twice running for President of the United States (1988 and 1992) as the Grassroots Party candidate.

Born on June 18, 1939, in NY, NY, Jack is well known as one of the first American Cannabis activists. His book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, has been a catalyst in the advocacy to decriminalize cannabis since the first edition was published in 1985.

Over 600,000 books have been sold, and an online version is available on his site, for easy access to a treasure trove of educational research. By selling his books, tapes, CDs and movies, Jack has helped support the hemp movement for the last 20+ years.

Many know Jack Herer's name for something even more notorious, a specific strain of cannabis named after him with sativa dominant characteristics. This is a genre he understands, and has contributed to greatly.

Jack won the seventh High Times Cannabis Cup, the "Academy Awards of Marijuana", the festival held annually in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, probably the most famous cannabis event among tourists, consumers and cannabis-oriented businesses worldwide.

Yes, Jack's made quite a name for himself.
Jack Herer was the first to "put your money where your mouth is". He offered a reward of $100,000 to anyone that could prove marijuana had killed a user. For over a dozen years, no one has tried to collect.

"It is the safest, smartest, best medicine on the planet," Jack said at HempStalk. "You'd have to be stupid not to use it!"

In his book, Jack reiterates it's low risk use, "A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response." This is true, yet the public is still under another impression.

It didn't start out that way though.

Every one has heard that America's founding fathers grew hemp. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, just to get started. But most people don't know why things changed, or when. Jack found this to be very terribly important, as should every social studies class in the nation. Worthy of note, just to connect some dots, are the towns of HEMPstead, Long Island; HEMPstead County, Arkansas; HEMPstead, Texas; HEMPhill, North Carolina, HEMPfield, Pennsylvania, all named for hemp.

Heard of canvas? That would be cloth made from, you guessed it: cannabis. Levi Strauss thought it was pretty good stuff. So did the pioneers that covered their wagons with it.

Here is some hemp trivia, provided by Jack Herer:

Until about 1800, hempseed oil was the most consumed lighting oil in America and the world.

Until the 1870s, it was the second-most consumed lighting oil, exceeded only by whale oil. It was then replaced by petroleum, kerosene, etc., after the 1859 Pennsylvania oil discovery and John D. Rockefeller’s 1870-on national petroleum stewardship.

In 1850 there were 8,327 hemp plantations (minimum 2,000-acre farms) growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and even the cordage used for baling cotton.

In 1865, there were no slaves to harvest hemp, and no machinery to do the job. Most of the plantations were located in the South or in the border states, and the lack of labor defused the hemp industry in the United States, and from that point, most of our hemp came from outside the country

By 1916, the USDA forecast that a decorticating and harvesting machine would be developed, and hemp would again be America’s largest agricultural industry.

As predicted, in 1916, 50-year-old George Schlichten created a simple yet brilliant invention. He spent 18 years and $400,000 on the decorticator, a machine that could strip the fiber from nearly any plant, leaving the pulp behind. WWI took a toll on the economy though, and the decorticator was shelved.

It resurfaced in the 1930's, when it was touted as the machine that would make hemp a “Billion Dollar Crop”. Once again, the burgeoning hemp industry was halted, this time by the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.

In 1935 alone, 116 million pounds (58,000 tons) of hempseed were used in America just for paint and varnish. The hemp drying oil business went principally to DuPont petro-chemicals.

Until 1937, 70-90% of all rope, twine, and cordage was made from hemp. It was then replaced mostly by petrochemical fibers (owned principally by DuPont) and by Manila (Abaca) Hemp.

In 1938, Popular Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering introduced a new generation of investors to fully operational hemp decorticating devices. Because of this machine, both publications said that hemp would soon be America’s number-one crop. The agriculture industry was the last to know, that hemp was about to be criminalized.

In 1942, after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines cut off the supply of Manila hemp, the U.S. government distributed 400,000 pounds of cannabis seeds to American farmers who produced 42,000 tons of hemp fiber annually until 1946 when the war ended.

And then, prohibition against marijuana, a term few Americans had ever heard for hemp/cannabis, was put into practice.

These simple facts are but a side bar for the encyclopedia of information Jack and his team have produced over the years.

In Portland, September 12th, 2009, Jack Herer walked on stage and did what he does best. He fervently, directly and without mincing any words, told the crowd just how he feels about who he believes to be the real criminals- those that have upheld prohibition, benefited from it, violated the rights of Americans- and those that would tax cannabis.

Jack's got an opinion, and people can't help but listen. He is regarded as the most well known hemp activist in the world, and any one that's spoken with him has felt his sincerity.

The people that work and travel with Jack watched him on stage. They said he was impassioned, but no more "worked up" than he'd been two weeks earlier in Seattle at Hempfest. "And it was hotter in Seattle, too," one friend noted.

After telling several people, including myself, throughout the day just how good he was feeling, even walking without assistance (his stroke damaged his right side), his sudden collapse after leaving the stage that day was a shock.

He was immediately attended to by his friends and collegues, who were sitting near him after he left the stage area, when he slumped over in his chair and it was clear he had fallen ill. There was no ambulance on the grounds, and it took 20-25 minutes for one to make it's way to Kelley Point Park, and through to the back stage area. Jack had been receiving CPR until their arrival, and was taken by lifeflight to Emanuel Hospital.

Family and friends have not left his side. Supporters, fans and well-wishers from around the globe have shared their positive vibes, prayers and even personal stories in order to give strength to the power of Jack.

After his stroke in 2000, Jack made a remarkable recovery. Supporters say they've seen it before, and they want to see it again.

A firm believer in Rick Simpson's Hemp Oil, Jack was bound for Europe next month to go on tour with Rick, speaking to large groups about the medicinal values of Hemp Oil. Jack planned to share his own success story, but Jack's right-hand man, Chuck Jacobs, will be there in his stead. Jack would not want the momentum to slow, just because he's taking some time off. He's got a lot of irons in the fire and they aren't likely to cool down any time soon. The Emperor would not be pleased.

Jack Herer has said, "It’s time we put capitalism to the test and let the unrestricted market of supply and demand, as well as “Green” ecological consciousness, decide the future of the planet." And thus, his legislative iniative was born.

Recently filed in Sacramento, California, The Jack Herer Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative spells out what Jack has been preaching for all these years.

One quote from the Initiative says, "No permit, license, or tax shall be required for the non-commercial cultivation, transportation, distribution, or consumption of cannabis hemp." He hasn't faltered; he insists on decriminalization without taxation.

And now it will be up to the people, to decide whether or not the government should cross the line into taxation of hemp/cannabis. Or, perhaps that's not the question, perhaps the question is, do you trust the government? One thing's for sure, Jack says No.

As if written specifically to support Jack's position, some final words from Abraham Lincoln: “Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.” (December, 1840)

Good luck Jack. Get well soon.

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Below is the verbiage of the Jack Herer Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative:
The Jack Herer Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative
AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE OF CALIFORNIA:

I. Add Section 11362.6 to the Health and Safety Code of California, any laws or policies to the contrary notwithstanding:

1. No person, individual, or corporate entity shall be arrested or prosecuted, be denied any right or privilege, nor be subject to any criminal or civil penalties for the possession, cultivation, transportation, distribution, or consumption of cannabis hemp marijuana, including: (a) Cannabis hemp industrial products. (b) Cannabis hemp medicinal preparations. (c) Cannabis hemp nutritional products. (d) Cannabis hemp religious and spiritual products. (e) Cannabis hemp recreational and euphoric use and products.

2. Definition of terms: (a) The terms "cannabis hemp" and “cannabis hemp marijuana” mean the natural, non-genetically modified plant hemp, cannabis, marihuana, marijuana, cannabis sativa L, cannabis Americana, cannabis chinensis, cannabis indica, cannabis ruderalis, cannabis sativa, or any variety of cannabis, including any derivative, concentrate, extract, flower, leaf, particle, preparation, resin, root, salt, seed, stalk, stem, or any product thereof.

(b) The term "cannabis hemp industrial products" means all products made from cannabis hemp that are not designed or intended for human consumption, including, but not limited to: clothing, building materials, paper, fiber, fuel, lubricants, plastics, paint, seed for cultivation, animal feed, veterinary medicine, oil, or any other product that is not designed for internal human consumption; as well as cannabis hemp plants used for crop rotation, erosion control, pest control, weed control, or any other horticultural or environmental purposes, for example, the reversal of the Greenhouse Effect and toxic soil reclamation.

(c) The term "cannabis hemp medicinal preparations" means all products made from cannabis hemp that are designed, intended, or used for human consumption for the treatment of any human disease or condition, for pain relief, or for any healing purpose, including but not limited to the treatment or relief of: Alzheimer's and pre-Alzheimer's disease, stroke, arthritis, asthma, cramps, epilepsy, glaucoma, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nausea, premenstrual syndrome, side effects of cancer chemotherapy, fibromyalgia, sickle cell anemia, spasticity, spinal injury, stress, easement of post-traumatic stress disorder, Tourette syndrome, attention deficit disorder, immunodeficiency, wasting syndrome from AIDS or anorexia; use as an antibiotic, antibacterial, anti-viral, or anti-emetic; as a healing agent, or as an adjunct to any medical or herbal treatment. Mental conditions not limited to bipolar, depression, attention deficit disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, shall be conditions considered for medical use.

(d) The term "cannabis hemp nutritional products" means cannabis hemp for consumption by humans and animals as food, including but not limited to: seed, seed protein, seed oil, essential fatty acids, seed cake, dietary fiber, or any preparation or extract thereof.

(e) The term "cannabis hemp euphoric products" means cannabis hemp intended for personal recreational or religious use, other than cannabis hemp industrial products, cannabis hemp medicinal preparations, or cannabis hemp nutritional products.

(f) The term "personal use" means the internal consumption of cannabis hemp by people 21 years of age or older for any relaxational, meditative, religious, spiritual, recreational, or other purpose other than sale.

(g) The term "commercial production" means the production of cannabis hemp products for sale or profit under the conditions of these provisions.

3. Industrial cannabis hemp farmers, manufacturers, processors, and distributors shall not be subject to any special zoning requirement, licensing fee, or tax that is excessive, discriminatory, or prohibitive.

4. Cannabis hemp medicinal preparations are hereby restored to the list of available medicines in California. Licensed physicians shall not be penalized for, nor restricted from, prescribing or recommending cannabis hemp for medical purposes to any patient, regardless of age. No tax shall be applied to prescribed cannabis hemp medicinal preparations. Medical research shall be encouraged. No recommending physician shall be subject to any professional licensing review or hearing as a result of recommending or approving medical use of cannabis hemp marijuana.

5. Personal use of cannabis hemp euphoric products. (a) No permit, license, or tax shall be required for the non-commercial cultivation, transportation, distribution, or consumption of cannabis hemp. (b) Testing for inactive and/or inert residual cannabis metabolites shall not be required for employment or insurance, nor be considered in determining employment, other impairment, or intoxication. (c) When a person falls within the conditions of these exceptions, the offense laws do not apply and only the exception laws apply.

6. Use of cannabis hemp products for religious or spiritual purposes shall be considered an inalienable right; and shall be protected by the full force of the State and Federal Constitutions.

7. Commerce in cannabis hemp euphoric products shall be limited to adults, 21 years of age and older, and shall be regulated in a manner analogous to California's wine industry model. For the purpose of distinguishing personal from commercial production, 99 flowering female plants and 12 pounds of dried, cured cannabis hemp flowers, bud, not leaf, produced per adult, 21 years of age and older, per year shall be considered as being for personal use.

8. The manufacture, marketing, distribution, or sales between adults of equipment or accessories designed to assist in the planting, cultivation, harvesting, curing, processing, packaging, storage, analysis, consumption, or transportation of cannabis hemp plants, industrial cannabis hemp products, cannabis hemp medicinal preparations, cannabis hemp nutritional products, cannabis hemp euphoric products, or any cannabis hemp product shall not be prohibited.

9. No California law enforcement personnel or funds shall be used to assist or aid and abet in the enforcement of Federal cannabis hemp marijuana laws involving acts which are hereby no longer illegal in the State of California.

10. Any person who threatens the enjoyment of these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor. The maximum penalties and fines of a misdemeanor may be imposed.

II. Repeal, delete, and expunge any and all existing statutory laws that conflict with the provisions of this initiative.

1. Enactment of this initiative shall include: amnesty, immediate release from prison, jail, parole, and probation, and clearing, expungement, and deletion of all criminal records for all persons currently charged with, or convicted of any non-violent cannabis hemp marijuana offenses included in this initiative which are hereby no longer illegal in the State of California. People who fall within this category that triggered an original sentence are included within this provision.

2. Within 60 days of the passage of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop and distribute a one-page application, providing for the destruction of all cannabis hemp marijuana criminal records in California for any such offense covered by this Act. Such forms shall be distributed to district and city attorneys and made available at all police departments in the State to persons hereby affected. Upon filing such form with any Superior Court and a payment of a fee of $10.00, the Court shall liberally construe these provisions to benefit the defendant in furtherance of the amnesty and dismissal provision of this section. Upon the Court's ruling under this provision the arrest record shall be set aside and be destroyed. Such persons may then truthfully state that they have never been arrested or convicted of any cannabis hemp marijuana related offense which is hereby no longer illegal in the State of California. This shall be deemed to be a finding of factual innocence under California Penal Code Section 851.8 et seq.

III. The legislature is authorized upon thorough investigation, to enact legislation using reasonable standards to:

1. License concessionary establishments to distribute cannabis hemp euphoric products in a manner analogous to California's wine industry model. Sufficient community outlets shall be licensed to provide reasonable commercial access to persons of legal age, so as to discourage and prevent the misuse of, and illicit traffic in, such products. Any license or permit fee required by the State for commercial production, distribution or use shall not exceed $1,000.00.

2. Place an excise tax on commercial sale of cannabis hemp euphoric products, analogous to California's wine industry model, so long as no excise tax or combination of excise taxes shall exceed $10.00 per ounce.

3. Determine an acceptable and uniform standard of impairment based on performance testing, to restrict persons impaired by cannabis hemp euphoric products from operating a motor vehicle or heavy machinery, or otherwise engaging in conduct that may affect public safety.

4. Regulate the personal use of cannabis hemp euphoric products in enclosed and/or restricted public places.

IV. Pursuant to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the people of California hereby repudiate and challenge Federal cannabis hemp marijuana prohibitions that conflict with this Act.

V. Severability: If any provision of this Act, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid by any court, the remainder of this Act, to the extent it can be given effect, or the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

VI. Construction: If any rival or conflicting initiative regulating any matter addressed by this act receives the higher affirmative vote, then all non-conflicting parts shall become operative.

VII. Purpose of Act: This Act is an exercise of the police powers of the State for the protection of the safety, welfare, health, and peace of the people and the environment of the State, to protect the industrial and medicinal uses of cannabis hemp, to eliminate the unlicensed and unlawful cultivation, selling, and dispensing of cannabis hemp; and to encourage temperance in the consumption of cannabis hemp euphoric products. It is hereby declared that the subject matter of this Act involves, in the highest degree, the ecological, economic, social, and moral well-being and safety of the State and of all its people. All provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes: to respect human rights, to promote tolerance, and to end cannabis hemp prohibition.

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Do you want to help Jack and his family? Jeannie Herer has set up a fund at US Bank, the Jack Herer Fund. Please make a donation in person or by mail at any US Bank to the Jack Herer Fund.


Jack Herer Strives To Recover While The Fight For Hemp Goes On

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August 31, 2009 at “High Noon” marks the last theatrical showing you can catch Jack Herer’s, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” short documentary on the demystification of the many uses of Hemp, Cannabis, and Marijuana at the Laemmle TownCenter Encino!  The $7 tickets are Buy One Get One Free so Bring a Friend!  First 50 people to drop the name “420 Magazine” at the ticket window get in for FREE! The 23-minute short documentary features a few of our celebrity activist friends reading excerpts from Jack Herer’s best-selling Hemp book, archival footage, periodicals, US Government propaganda encouraging American farmers to grow Hemp in 1942, and compelling never-before-seen footage.

Be a part of the Peace Treatise to End The War on a Plant, Free Eddy Lepp and Save The Planet!

The next time you will be able to catch this compelling flick co-directed by myself, Melissa Balin and the infamous author & Hemperor himself, Jack Herer, starring the hilarious Ralphie May, Imagen Winner Yvonne “99” DeLaRosa, life coach Rochelle Balin, Pauley Perrette of NCIS fame, and Money Mark, the world-renowned keyboard player for the Beastie Boys; will be at select film festivals around the world, private screenings in dispensaries and coffee shops in California and Amsterdam, and at Free Eddy Lepp rallies worldwide- so join our political action groups, & social networking groups to sign the Global Hemp Initiative and find out when and where you can host a JackHerer.Com Viewing Party for the Emperor short in your town! 

Jack Herer is determined to free all prisoners of this senseless “War”, including our mutual buddy and the film’s Executive Producer, Vietnam Veteran and Rastafarian minister, Reverend Eddy Lepp, who was sadly missed from both the premiere festivities and the Day After 420 Magazine’s private screening & Cast Q&A at the 99 High Art Gallery & Collective, guest moderated by Co-Producer and 420 Magazine Founder, Rob “420” Griffin and you guessed it, yours truly!  Lepp bravely surrendered himself to Lompoc Prison (July 6, 2009), to serve a 10-year sentence, that the presiding judge herself called “excessive”, for his growth of medical marijuana under the governances of California State Law.  Herer has suffered from a debilitating stroke, but he tours relentlessly to speak at events like Seattle HempFest, attended by hundreds of thousands of the enlightened, who are anxious to cast his message to an even wider audience.

Jack explains enthusiastically, “Until the 19th Century, over 50% of all foodstuffs and 80% of all fibers worldwide were made from Hemp.  Hemp is the only thing that can save our planet and the American people are being fed antiquated misinformation through fear-mongering.  We have dedicated our lives to getting the truth heard and we hope that this documentary will bring the information forward to a new generation.  The time for change is NOW.”  More information on how you can help Free Eddy Lepp can be found at FreeEddyLepp.Com   

The doc was shot by the incredibly talented cinematographer, Eric Adkins (of Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow), edited by my brother and post production workflow guru,  Brandon Balin, and features original music by DJ Dre Ghost of Hip Hop For Hemp, and Hemp Hemp Hooray!  Drumroll please… producer for the Hemptastic Bone Thugs-N-Harmony!  Thanks to the overwhelming support pouring in from celebs & activists around the world, the greenlight from International sponsors Green House Seed Co. and Advanced Nutrients, and our Talent Executive and Hollywood Casting Director, Aaron Griffith, we have already begun development on a feature length documentary version of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, featuring all of the super famous celebrities that you always knew were ready to take a stand to Save The Planet!

Jack Herer’s Call To Action Discussion Groups will be held in the online forums of 420magazine.com and filmed live monthly at the 99 High Art Gallery & Collective in Venice, CA!  Find out how to get involved and what we can all do to help Save The Planet- It all starts with Jack’s Book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes at Welcome to Jack Herer's Home on the Web

A $100k Challenge To The World To Prove Us Wrong:

If all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as trees for paper and construction were banned in order to save the planet, reverse the Greenhouse Effect and stop deforestation; Then there is only one known annually renewable natural resource that is capable of providing the overall majority of the world’s paper and textiles; meet all of the world’s transportation, industrial and home energy needs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, rebuilding the soil, and cleaning the atmosphere all at the same time… And that substance is – the same one that did it all before – Cannabis, Hemp… Marijuana!

By Melissa Balin  

Source www.420magazine.com

Jack Herer’s Call to Action! 

AUGUST 24, 2009- LOS ANGELES, CA- Celebrities and activists show their support for the decriminalization of Hemp by attending the World Premiere of the short documentary, Jack Herer’s “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”. The short presentation of the celebrity footage demystifying hemp’s many uses, will World Premiere at 4:20 pm on August 25, 2009 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatres for the media and celebrity friends of the filmmakers by invitation only.

A brief Q & A with Co-Directors Jack Herer & Melissa Balin will follow the film, as well as a live musical performance by surprise guests & DJ Dre Ghost, Hip Hop For Hemp, who’s original music is featured in the film; with a private afterparty to follow.

The short doc will also kick off its brief qualifying theatrical run on the same day, showing to the public at the Laemmle TownCenter Theatres in Encino from August 25-31 to qualify for Academy Award Consideration for Best Short Documentary Subject as part of the campaign to help raise awareness and voter support for the feature length documentary of the same title, scheduled for release in 2010. Tickets for the short film are $7. Principal photography for the controversial feature length documentary began on Sunday, June 28, 2009, just days before Exec Producer, Eddy Lepp, surrendered himself to Lompoc Prison (July 6, 2009), to serve a 10-year sentence, that the presiding judge herself called “excessive”, for his growth of medical marijuana under the governances of California State Law; and will continue throughout the fall around the world, including exclusive international celebrity footage from The High Times’ 2009 Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.

The short film features celebrities and activists reading excerpts from the eye-opening book off a teleprompter, archival footage, periodicals, US Government propaganda encouraging American farmers to grow hemp, and compelling never-before-seen footage. The doc is being produced by The Brookturn Co., co-directed by author Jack Herer and filmmaker Melissa Balin, shot by cinematographer, Eric Adkins (Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow), edited by Brandon Balin, featuring original music by DJ Dre Ghost of Hip Hop For Hemp, and is supported by Co-Producers Brandon Balin, Bret Bogue, John Deiker, Rob “420” Griffin, Chuck Jacobs, and Craig Lemire.

For more information on the movement to legalize Hemp and on the short and feature length documentaries based on “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” please e-mail rsvpemperor@gmail.com

Source http://www.420magazine.com

August 19, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA – The weekly medical marijuana based television show, Cannabis Planet,  unveiled a billboard on Highland Avenue last week to announce their re-launch on KJLA TV.    

Cannabis Planet  had originally premiered on  Friday July 31st on KDOC TV, but the show was pulled by producers after KDOC refused to list Cannabis Planet in the TV Guide or to run pre-paid advertisements promoting the show claiming the topic was “Too Controversial”

Cannabis Planet  is a weekly 30 minute TV show focused on the merits of the Cannabis Plant, medicinally, agriculturally and industrially.  Weekly topics include Cannabis news and information,  cultivation tips, collective profiles, celebrity interviews, music and more. 

Cannabis Planet explores this wonderful, natural, renewable resource (Cannabis) and poses the questions of why this multi-use plant is not being fully utilized by mankind , our planet and our nation.

“KDOC put a bit of a damper on our initial launch by failing to list us in the TV Guide and it was difficult for people to find us to tune in” explained the Executive Producer of Cannabis Planet, Brad Lane.  “We thought this billboard, on a busy thoroughfare like Highland Avenue in Hollywood would be a great way to let people know that we are indeed still on the air!” Lane went on to say.

Cannabis Planet  is co-hosted by Ngaio Bealum, (Publisher of West Coast Cannabis Magazine) and Sarah Diesel (medical marijuana advocate).  Renowned California horticulturist and best-selling author Ed Rosenthal is the resident “Growing Guru” on Cannabis Planet.  The weekly, 30 minute show is also streaming on the world wide web at Cannabis Planet, medical marijuana, medicinal marijuana, medical use of marijuana and available to anyone with an Internet connection.

Cannabis Planet  will run twice per week on KJLA, Thursday's and Saturday's at 11:30 p.m. following the “Poorman's Bikini Beach” program.  Cannabis Planet debuted on KJLA TV Thursday  August 13th with the original episode #1, then episode #2  played on Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th at 11:30 p.m.  Episode #3 airs this Thursday,  August 20th at 11:30 p.m. and will replay on Saturday August 22nd at 11:30 p.m.

For additional information contact:

Brad Lane

Executive Producer

Cannabis Planet

877-420-SHOW (7469)

Brad@CannabisPlanet.TV

Cannabis Planet, medical marijuana, medicinal marijuana, medical use of marijuana

Marijuana Billboard Unveiled on Highland Ave. in Hollywood, CA

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