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It's a perfectly beautiful day here in British Columbia for the celebration of Canada Day and I've had 3 invitations to join the festivities at backyard bar-b-ques or to drop the boat in the water and head for a flotilla of boats filled with bikini clad revelers drifting on the lake in a floating mob party, awaiting the fireworks and listening to the live bands from the party and beer garden ashore on the beach.

Kids love Canada Day and for everyone else it's just an excuse to party on a hot summer day, us Canucks are not quite as sentimental as our Yankee neighbors to the south, who really go all out for the 4th of July, we tend to be more laid back, although you'll see the red and white maple leaf flag everywhere you go in Canada today, it's not to the same degree as you'll see the stars and stripes when the USA celebrates their birthday but we know how to party just as well.

Happy 142nd Birthday, Canada!

Sommer Skye, the daughter of our poker buddy DrCheckRaise, is a 21 year old young lady full of energy with a beautiful spirit, who had been living on her own for only a short time. Late one night, she was returning a video to the video store for a friend and was involved in a head on collision just a few miles from her home.

She had 11 hours of soft tissue surgery on her face on the night of the accident, and there will be additional surgeries in the years to come. Her family is so thankful that she was fortunate enough to survive that evening and prays that this will not break her beautiful spirit.

The auto and medical insurance will not come close to covering what lies ahead. Please consider helping this young lady not to lose hope so early in life.

Sommer Callis Medical Relief Fund

A medical relief fund has been set up to aid Sommer's long and expensive recovery. Donations can be made via the following link to her Medical Relief Fund Site:

www.skyhasnolimit.org

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Recently I said that I don't like writing about pot busts, well I need to make an exception to that and say that if it's good cops gone bad, as in the case of the Sheriff of Shawneetown Illinois then I'll drop whatever I'm doing to assist in making the hypocrite notorious. Ray baby, some day you're going to Google your name and read what I have to say: To serve and protect did not mean to serve yourself and protect your profits. You are the lowest of the low, it wouldn't surprise me for a second if you were using your ill begotten proceeds to support an out-of-control meth habit, eh Ray baby? Well I hope you like your new friends at Joilet State Penitentiary, I'm sure there's lot's of brothers there that can't wait to get re-acquainted with you and this time they won't be the ones wearing hand-cuffs.

Martin's popularity in the county surrounding Shawneetown -- boasting little more than a courthouse, a couple of convenience stores and Rudy's barbecue restaurant -- swept the Democrat to re-election four times since he took office in 1990.

A criminal complaint accuses him of distributing more than two pounds of marijuana between April 27 and May 11. But an affidavit by Glenn Rountree, an investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration, suggests Martin's dealings were many times that total.

In a blow-by-blow account painting a picture of a good cop gone bad, Rountree wrote that Martin hatched a marijuana-dealing scheme in November with the drug dealer who later got cold feet.

At that time, Martin handed the dealer, unidentified in court papers, two pounds of pot and asked if the man could "get rid of that" for the sheriff, who promised he'd use his power to protect him if he ever got caught selling. If the dealer didn't comply, Rountree wrote, Martin said he could "make up" a crime against him.

Have a read of another report: Judge: monumental amount of evidence brought against sheriff facing drug charges

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Generally I try not to write about pot busts because there are so many every day, which is bad enough already, with all that good herb going to the cops, also I avoid the topic because it's negative news that doesn't need to be reverberated around the web but this story about the Griswald Conn. couple just had to be blogged:

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.--An elderly Connecticut couple traveling through Arkansas have been arrested after police discovered more than 219 pounds of marijuana inside of their truck. Arthur N. Scherp Sr., 71, and Helene I. Scherp, 69, of Griswold, Conn. were stopped by an Arkansas State Police trooper Thursday on Interstate 40. Troopers say the couple offered a nonsensical travel story and acted nervous.

The trooper says the couple had cellophane-bundled packets of marijuana in their truck's bed and another bag of marijuana was discovered in a passenger-side door.

Police say Arthur Scherp later told investigators he got $5,000 for making the trip. The couple are being held on $35,000 bond.

In another report from Connecticut Eyewitness News they provide a video clip and more details including the fact that the couple were also found to have in their possession a small bag and a pipe, which would explain why they were acting nervous, since they were probably stoned at the time and the cargo was likely primo gear (who grows bunk anymore?).

Very sad story, especially because they broke the first cardinal rule of being busted and now everything that was said to the disbelieving cops Can and Will be used against them. It would have been so easy for them to have said; "look officers, you wouldn't believe us if we told you. It's just too bizarre how we have found ourselves in this predicament, therefor we're going to let our attorney explain it once we've had a chance to consult with him". ~ Nothing you can say at the time of the arrest will help you. Know your rights!

Kerlikowske as the White House Drug Czar makes for some interesting reading and he's getting lots of print since being confirmed on May 7th, as head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (Drug Czar sounds better).

A quick check of Google news shows 321 articles in the past few days and today's top stories are from the OpEd of the NY Times, LA Times and Seattle Times all touting rhetoric about the "war on drugs" being over. Then Huffington Post has been covering the topics surrounding Mr. Kerlikowske as has NORML, taking issue to the recurring theme that pot is more potent than it used to be. My favorite on that topic was by AlterNet "The Media Doesn't Get That Hyping Potent Pot Makes More People Want to Smoke It"

Wall Street Journal published White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' which elicited over 200 comments (including mine) but of all these great news organizations it had to be left to Steve Bloom of Celebstoner to do some actual reporting (rather than regurgitating White House blather) with his blog post "Kerlikowske's Dilemma" that actually provides some useful interesting information, which I shared on a Yahooka thread today.

A friend of mine from New Orleans called me the other day and said she was considering going back to school and being that she's over 50 years old I was a little surprised but when she told me she was considering enrolling in Oaksterdam University I got-it. See, she's a person that can't stand hypocrisy and has been complaining to me for years that the truth about the benefits of the cannabis plant have been intentionally suppressed, and she's always quick to point a finger at a big-pharm conspiracy. On top of her contention she also senses some major business opportunity for people in the right place when the laws change, her target location is Florida and even though there's no prediction of medical marijuana there any time real soon, my friend wants to be ready to capitalize in the sunshine state when the time comes for legal marijuana.

So in order to get any kind of accreditation, experience and knowledge there's currently only one school in the country providing this type of a cannabis curriculum, and that's Oaksterdam University:

Oaksterdam University is the first trade school in the world offering quality training for the cannabis industry. If you are interested in working for or opening your own cannabis-related business, want to become a cannabis legalization activist, or are interested in learning to grow your own, Oaksterdam University is for you!

TH Seeds launched a new site and now today announced that Doug and Adam from Hempworks, Amsterdam, and founder of TH Seeds (8 time winner of the High Times Cannabis Cup) will be in Los Angeles for the THC Expo on June 13/14 with a booth at the Expo.

On the new TH Seeds website there are some phenomenal photos sent in by the growers, including a series of pictures of massive, outdoor grown S.A.G.E. plants, and in case you were curious about the name, here's the description:

The name says it all ! Sativa Afghani Genetic Equilibrium®, a well balanced Haze crossed with a robust Indica that produces a power- packed plant with over 20 % T.H.C. Fast becoming a legend, S.A.G.E.® took 2nd place in the blind test of the 2001 High Times Cannabis Cup also the hash made out of this plant won 1st place in 2000, both of these victories were based on overall strength and quality. High T.H.C. and low C.B.D. make this plant a perfect head stash variety. Spicy sandalwood flavor combined with a long lasting and uplifting high make this the plant for those who must have the best. Longer flowering time is rewarded with large buds that will seem to double in size in the last few weeks.

Make sure you check out the new site of TH Seeds

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The chairman / Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Amadu Giade,  yesterday gave the estimated number of cannabis abusers in Africa at 42 million  just as he disclosed that the continent accounts for 26 percent of global cannabis production. Now I thought that was an interesting choice of words "cannabis abusers," it made think of people slapping their marijuana plants around when they come home drunk. The article published in This Day Online, the website for "This Day" an African Newspaper was so ridiculous that it reminded me of Reefer Madness. So I decided to do a little more digging on this topic to learn a more about weed on the dark continent.

Lagos, Nigeria where the top NDLEA chairman, Mr. Giade, is from and I presumed based, is the most populous urban area in Nigeria with 7,937,932 inhabitants. It is currently the second most populous city in Africa, and estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa (7th fastest in the world), immediately following Barmako, Mali. Lagos, formerly the capital of Nigeria is a huge metropolis, originated on islands separated by creeks, such as Lagos Island.

As for access to weed on the streets of Lagos, according to WeBeHigh.com
Smoking tolerance level: 4 out of 5 (where 5 is legal)

Legislation: Marijuana is illegal in Nigeria and so is any related action

Law enforcement: Depends on who you ask. Some say to be discreet, others smoke in front of the police on the street. Nigeria is Known as the third most corrupt country in the world. So a couple of dollars will get you a long way..

Where to buy marijuana: Akerele around the market is where you get the good ganja. Around African Shrine, Agidingbi, and Oshodi you will also find allot of pot. Our latest info says go to the beaches. Koramo beach is like the Nigerian little Amsterdam. Nigerians love to get high in front of the ocean and enjoy the view for hours!!!

Marijuana prices: 10 Grams goes fore N400 around 3 dollars

In closing, I'd like to suggest to the chairman / Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Amadu Giade, that he learn the difference between a drug and an herb, so that he could focus his energies on more serious issues because according to other reports marijuana is grown on large-scale farms in many parts of Nigeria and is smuggled across its porous borders to neighboring countries but worse is that lax customs control and corruption, have made Africa's top oil and gas producer, a conduit for hard drugs from Asia and Latin America on there way into Western markets. Dude (Mr. Giade), get your priorities straight.

Searching this topic on Google News there is 448 News articles, of course the Blogosphere will be ten times that many stories.

Ryan Grimm from Huffington Post covered this story well, in: Arnold: Time To Talk About Legalizing Pot - which had about 330 comments but my favorite piece was a blog article on High Times by Joseph Klare (aka StonerJesus420) called: Ok Arnold, Let's Debate. Here we find Arnold's debate team on video.

By: Dan The Poker Man

In online poker, there is no doubt that the Texas hold-em poker is still considered the most popular. But it probably would not hold that spot for long, as Omaha hold-em is steadily gaining ground in the poker popularity contest. You'll find many respectable poker rooms and other live dealer casinos offering the Omaha Poker version.

Omaha hold-em, or simply Omaha, is the game of choice of a lot of poker players because it is perceived that the mathematical probabilities that poker nerds look forward to computing are more obvious there. Also, because these probabilities are more apparent, Omaha is said to be more of a game of wits than a game of chance.

Another characteristic that makes Omaha distinct from the other kinds of poker games is that in Omaha, it is not always the player with the highest hand who wins the pot. The object of Omaha is to come up with both the highest and the lowest hand. The two players who got the highest and the lowest hand respectively get to split the pot. In some cases, two or more players tie in having the highest and lowest hand, and so they split the pot amongst themselves. Of course it is entirely possible for just the player with the highest hand to get the whole pot to him/herself.

There are, however, restrictions as to how a hand of cards can be considered a low hand. First, the highest card in the hand should have a value not bigger than eight. Second, the five cards making up the hand should all be unpaired.

In addition, in Omaha, a player makes up his/her hand, be it the highest or the lowest, using exactly two of his/her four hole cards and exactly three of the five community cards.

Today I voted on this month's "Cream of the Crop" contest on UK420.com and found myself stumped to pick a winner, since every bud photo entered was extraordinary. So much so, that I had to write the entrants down on a piece of paper and make notes. Today's modern cannabis strains are truly exotic and include such hybrids as; Killer Skunk (pictured), Orange County Floss, Opiumxberry, Northern Lights, Cheese, Pahari Farmhouse, Purple Wreck and one of my favorites, Toothless Grin.

Orange County Floss from Bigga Buddah was destined to win this months "Cream of the Crop" contest, having already received 41% of the votes but honestly it was hard to tell which was best.

Looking into the background of Killer Skunk, which was entered by two growers I discovered an organically produced cannabis seed company called "Underground Originals", here's their review of this cannabis strain:

Type: Sativa/Indica Hybrid.
Parentage: Blues x SmellyBerry.
Harvest Indoors: 7 - 9 weeks after starting 12/12 light-cycle.
Harvest Outdoors: End of September - beginning/mid October.
Cerebral Hit: Joyful, an uplifting mood enhancer; also gives good audio visual enhancements. "Killer Skunk" is sociable too, good for parties or more intimate occasions. Yet, for those who prefer it, the hit can be spiritual and illuminating, inviting meditation and contemplation.
Physical Hit: A feeling of bodily lightness, leaving the user comfortable with muscular relaxation and ease predominates.
Medicinal Value: "Killer Skunk" may well prove to be a possible medicinal keeper for someone with pain/spasm problems, or spasticity. The strong yet comfortable cerebral impact may help anyone with depressive illness. The mood is lifted considerably, yet without any accompanying paranoia or racey "edge".
Smell: Dense, strong and sweet. Hashy, with some pine and lemon hints but essentially the smell is of highest grade Cannabis. Very aromatic, Carbon filters essential!
Taste: Sublime, more-ish. Sweet, hashy and delicious!
Yield Indoors: Depending on grow skills and environment, a big yield is hard to avoid. A gram per watt of light is not so hard with Killer Skunk.
Yield outdoors: Dependant on climate and seasonal variations; but expect higher than average yields.

This is the perfect time of year to start a crop of Killer Skunk from UGORG.

After posting Oregon Weed Grower earlier this week I came across an article published on Oregon Live, local news, entitled Traffic stop leads police to indoor marijuana grow operation about an unlucky guy who was pulled over for a traffic violation and the cops found almost a pound of pot in his car, which led to the search of his house, where they seized his grow-operation. Well the unlucky guy was Brian Waldrip and he left the following comment, which I decided to publish as a way to try and help him out. Maybe someone will read this and have some suggestions for Brian to help him solve his dilemma.

Hey Buddy! Yes, Oregon growers are very talented. I am the man charged with possession, manfucature and distibution of marijuana in Oregon that you commented on April 29th or 30th.

Those plants were some of the best the DEA agent that helped raid my home had ever seen, according to him directly. Funny thing is, I've only been growing for a short time! Organic methods rock!

Do you have any great legal contacts? One who needs a pro bono case?

These guys took every dime I have.

Also, I found this comment from Brian on the OregonLive.com article:

Well, what I was thinking is that I AM a registered, valid patient with the right to carry, consume and cultivate marijuana in the state of California. I still cannot believe that the state of Oregon doesn't not acknowledge the validity of a licensed, Medical Doctor. Interestingly, you can drive on Oregon streets with an out of state license, you can have proof of insurance from another state, and you can even possess hardcore, narcotic prescription medicine from another state. You can even have an out of state doctor call in your script for vicodin and not be a "criminal". Why, is a medicine I can grow myself, not allowed to be possessed in the state of Oregon if another state of the union honors my right to self medicate?

Someone please help me a make a stink about this!!! I moved to Oregon because of the beauty and good people. I am in process of getting my Oregon medical marijuana license, and am NOT a criminal. I am a God loving, earth loving, people loving person. Anyone who has any help or suggestion please email me @ brian_waldrip@yahoo.com

Especially an attorney who needs a pro bono case, as these bullies have taken every dime I have. $3,960 was all the money I had set aside for 2 months.

Please pass this along to anyone you think might be able to help out Brian.

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a California medical marijuana dispensary, or cannabis collective as they call them? In this cool 4/20 special video Dave Warden of the Weed Report takes us on location to a newly open cannabis collective in Los Angeles, plus some drive by footage of a few other popular shops and shows us what specials they offer to celebrate 4/20. Great music on a very interesting film.

There's no doubt that Dave Warden has created some of the most popular videos on the web in the cannabis culture genre. His videos have the best production quality and most amusing, often very funny, story themes. He's even produced a feature length movie called "The Kind City" (costs $12 online) which I've yet to see but I've watched many of his videos and they're always good for a laugh and worth checking out at the Weed Report YouTube Channel.

Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is doing a commendable job in the fight for reforming the bogus U.S. marijuana laws and by informing the public about what's going on. Today Dan Bernath posted an article about how important this week is to the movement.

It's never easy to know for sure, but this week could be huge for medical marijuana reform if things go just right in state legislatures across the country. The senates in Illinois, Minnesota, and New Hampshire all could vote to pass medical marijuana bills as early as tomorrow. At the same time, the Rhode Island Senate could vote on a bill creating medical marijuana compassion centers, making safe access to qualified patients in the state far less burdensome

The Global Marijuana March (GMM) is an annual rally held at different locations across the planet. It refers to cannabis-related events that occur on the first Saturday in May (this coming Saturday is May 2nd). Marches, meetings, rallies, raves, concerts, festivals, info-tables, etc.. The home page is at GlobalMarijuanaMarch.org

The Global Marijuana March also goes by the name of the Million Marijuana March (MMM). It began in 1999. Over 485 different cities worldwide have participated since 1999. There are local names for the event too. Such as: World Cannabis Day, Cannabis Liberation Day, Global Space Odyssey, Ganja Day, J Day, etc..

The Global Marijuana March is a celebration embracing cannabis culture as a personal lifestyle choice. Participants unite to discuss, promote, entertain and educate both consumers and non-consumers alike. The official website has a list of every participating city world and links to leanr more information, including how to host your own rally - March ON!

When I was a teenager I met a grower from Oregon who, to me, was like a scientist. Over the years we became friends and I was able to learn allot about this intriguing man and his vocation, he told me he learned his trade in Oregon, then spent time in Northern California mastering the science of growing marijuana, before moving to a small farm he bought in BC. My friend always talked about Oregon and the great growers there.

In July of 2008 a thread was started on my favorite weed forum; Grasscity.com and it's the best single page of dank ganja photos anywhere I've seen on the web. This post is my tribute to my old friend from Oregon.

This thread is also my official salute to every Oregon smoker and grower. Every caregiver and every dealer. Thank you for keeping our cannabis some of the DANKEST and CHEAPEST on the map! Keep it GREEN!

Drop by: vc77's "Oregon Weed ROCKS" Thread - TONS of DANK Pics

Erowid.org, also called The Vaults of Erowid, is an amazing online library of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals. It provides information about legal and illegal substances, including their desired and adverse effects. The site is organized by substance, ranging from common substances like alcohol, to unusual ones such as Bromo-DragonFLY and features some great information and photos of Cannabis and my favorite section about Hashish.

According to the site, the creators' vision includes creating a

"world where people treat psychoactives with respect and awareness; where people work together to collect and share knowledge in ways that strengthen their understanding of themselves and provide insight into the complex choices faced by individuals and societies alike".

Erowid was founded in April 1995; the Erowid.org website appeared six months later. Since January 1, 2008, it has operated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization under the name Erowid Center. The organization is supported by donations, and its website is free of advertisements. Although its primary focus is on the website, Erowid also provides research and data for other harm reduction, health, and educational organizations.

Steven Kubby's name kept coming up during my research for Jamaican Lamb's Bread, as he's one person who knows more about cannabis strains than most anyone else alive. As a matter of fact, Steven Kubby is a VIP figure in Cannabis Culture, with such an amazing background that my meager little blog post will not possibly do him justice, so I encourage you to read more about this fascinating man on his website www.kubby.com

For any of you that are reading this and enjoy the benefits of medical marijuana as a treatment for what ails you, say a little blessing to Steven Kubby the next time you administer a dose of "medical grade marijuana". Steven Kubby may well be the single most important person in the evolution of medicinal marijuana:

"Kubby helped author Prop. 215, California's Compassionate Use Act approved by voters in 1996 and was the Libertarian Party's gubernatorial candidate in 1998."

Today Steven Kubby is on the bleeding edge of medicinal marijuana, as President and CEO of Cannabis Science.

About Cannabis Science, Inc.
Cannabis Science, Inc. is at the forefront of medical marijuana research and development. The Company works with world authorities on phytocannabinoid science targeting critical illnesses, and adheres to scientific methodologies to develop, produce, and commercialize phytocannabinoid-based pharmaceutical products. In sum, we are dedicated to the creation of cannabis-based medicines, both with and without psychoactive properties, to treat disease and the symptoms of disease, as well as for general health maintenance.
Source: Cannabis Compounds Reduce Multi-Drug Resistant Infections

Another of the fabled, almost lost cannabis strains is Jamaican Lamb's Bread (often confused with Jamaican Lamb's Breath). Jamaican Lamb's Bread is getting increasingly difficult to find in Jamaica or anywhere else on earth, due to the influx, popularity and profitability of the modern feminized cannabis strains which are mostly hybrid sativa/indica crosses from Dutch growers. Rumor has it that serious medicinal marijuana growers from Hawaii have kept the strain pure and very much alive but the thing is that it takes longer to grow, often produces less than the modern cannabis strains and it's not a common name in the marketplace. Except for real weed connoisseurs, Rastafarian's and some Jamaican's this magnificent strain is all but lost.

My own experience with Lamb's Bread goes way, way back to when I was in Port Antonio in Jamaica, once made famous by Errol Flynn and his Hollywood friends. I was staying at at an old hotel up on the hill overlooking the town, where at the time, even the bar staff would bring you good weed but if it weren't for a local that I befriended I may have never heard of Lamb's Bread, however to this day I can remember that the characteristics of this fabulous weed were far and away above the common grade of grass that could be bought just about anywhere at anytime. Bright green and sticky, as soon as you saw it you knew there was something special about this legendary herb. There's even a strain of similar origin called "Bob Marley's Lamb's Bread" but I suspect it's the same genealogy and just named as such for his famous quote:

De ability what de herb 'ave ya call lamb's bread. Some a dem ya call Bethlehem's bread. ~ Bob Marley

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Hemp is such an enormous solution for our planet that I recommend that the name "Earth Day" should be changed to "Hemp Earth Day", perfect event for following 420 Day and to keep the rally going strong. Ironically potheads and stoners are often portrayed in pop culture as dull-witted or even stupid but if you sent a reporter into a big crowd of stoners yesterday, at any one of thousands of 420 celebrations around the world, to interview and ask participants, stoned out of their minds, if they know the difference between Marijuana and Hemp, any one of them will know more than (apparently) the U.S. lawmakers know. The main thing they will tell you is that Hemp will not get you high, no matter how much you smoke.

As my contribution (on this blog) to Earth Day 2009, I decided to make the recommendation of the name change to Hemp Earth Day and to publish a list of the practical uses and advantages of Industrial Hemp.

Industrial hemp is an extraordinarily useful plant that can provide more environmentally friendly food, fiber, fuel, medicinal and building products.

Hemp is incredibly robust to the point in some places it is invasive and is considered a noxious weed. Some varieties are very hardy and able to thrive in saline and heavily degraded soils. It's these characteristics that make it a great candidate to replace pesticide and herbicide dependent crops such as cotton. Hemp is also a water miser and can be processed into useful products with little energy and without requiring toxic chemicals.

Except for Hawaii the last 4:20 PM Festivities have been observed by the largest number of people on record. Vancouver just lit-up and reefers will still be blazing as I write this. The parties will rock on through-out the night and well into tomorrow morning but one thing is very different this year; all the mainstream media attention, as pointed out in this New York Times report.

On YouTube there's already a wave of new "420" videos, so I picked one of my favorite video producers to share with you, he's the "Urban Grower" a fellow Canadian from BC and he always produces worthy videos. Hope you like it. Happy 420!

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Roll-up my blog reading friends and fiends, get your gear together and make it to NYC for the HIGH TIMES Party.

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Due to overwhelming demand from our kind friends and special guests the 420 Party/Miss High Times Pageant has upgraded to a much larger location. This new venue offers a larger stage for the pageant, more bars, a better sound system and an open-air rooftop deck. This location is easily accessible from the X? and X? trains, or a short taxi ride from Manhattan. Doors open at 7 pm, and the show begins at 8.

T.H.Seeds was founded in 1993, making it one of the oldest seed companies in Holland. It began as the C.I.A. (Cannabis In Amsterdam), which was: a Cannabis information center, a world renowned seed shop, the first hemp store in Europe and according to Robert C. Clarke (author: Marijuana Botany, HASHISH!), "The epicenter of the Cannabis universe." T.H.Seeds quickly gained a solid reputation among the experienced growers who purchased their product. Year after year, these growers returned to buy more, so the TH Seeds reputation was built on the consistency and quality of the award winning (7 Cannabis Cups) genetics. The collaboration with growers established the solid foundation on which T.H.Seeds grew to become one of the leading cannabis seed companies in the world.

Amazing how significant the date of 4/20 has become to the Cannabis Culture, some groups have been waiting and planning all year for the day, which falls on a Monday this year. For those that hate Monday's you get one to love for a change, as there are cool things to do, if you're 420 friendly, in almost every major city of the world. Or if you'd prefer to stay at home and hack the web or watch TV there's no shortage of 420 programming on TV and on the web as well.

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420 Fests
Colorado University - National Marijuana Forum
Kottonmouth Kings - 420 Freedom Fest - Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, Anahiem
Niagara Falls, Ontario Highway 420 Anti-Prohibition Rally
University of Californian, Santa Cruz 420
Atlanta, Georgia Sweetwater 420 Fest
Toronto, Ontario Freedom Festival
Vancouver, BC 420 Celebration

NOTE: Celebstoner has an excellent list on their 4/20 Event Calendar.