Filed under: Hemp&Law, hemp in general | Tags: cannabis, drug, ganja, hashish, hemp, italy, marijuana, rasta, rastafari, supreme court
Good news for Rastafari religion….
A 44 years old rasta-man in December 2004 was catched with almost 100gr of marijuana and arrested with the accusation of “sale of drug” and condamned to one year and four month of prison.
The man affirmed that “the sacred grass could be utilised till 10 gr every day” and so 100gr are personal use.
Today the italian supreme court affirmed that for rastafari marijuana is “utilised not only as curative grass,but also as meditative grass”.
I belive in Italy tomorrow there will be more rasta….
Filed under: Hemp&Law, HempTherapy | Tags: arrested, cannabis, drug, Fabrizio Pellegrini, ganja, hashish, italy, jointmarijuana, marijuana, medical cannabis, P.I.C., skunk
Fabrizio Pellegrini is 40 years old.
He is a 40 years old artist, a painter and musician, and suffer for reumathoid arthritis.
He use medical cannabis and he has been arrested seven time in last seven years. Every year police enter in his home,find some cannabis plant and small quantities of marijuana.
He use cannabis as pharma,he is not a drug-dealer and police never accused him of this.
This year,on 30 june (the day of his 40th birthday) ,police entered in his home and found (just like every time) some plants and some marijuana and sent him in Chieti’s prison.
His doctor had prescribed him “Bedrocan” ,the therapeutic cannabis produced and sold in Holland.The iter for “Bedrocan” in Italy is very long, it is quite impossible to obtain and many users say that “Bedrocan” has a lower effect.
Chieti A.S.L. (the agency of italian healty minister) didn’t pay the “Bedrocan” which cost 900 euros every month in Italy and only with the help of P.I.C. (association of medical cannabis users) he obtained “Bedrocan”.
The second time that Fabrizio asked “Bedrocan” ,Chieti’s A.S.L. asked him 2000 euros!It is an unjustice!
Why Fabrizio should pay every month an incredible price for medical cannabis?And why italian healty minister doesn’t want to pay the treatment of Fabrizio?
Link (in italian) to P.I.C. website and the story of Fabrizio:
http://www.pazienticannabis.org/index_file/Libertfab.html
Link to another story of unjustice in Italy:
http://hempyreumenglish.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/elenas-marijuana/
Filed under: Hemp&Law, hemp in general | Tags: 2007, arrested, cannabis, cocaine, drug, ganja, hashish, hemp, heroin, italy, law, marijuana, report, repression, skunk
The last report about the use of drug in 2007 admitted that in Italy use of cannabis is increased.
Last year 32413 people has been signaled to authorities: 73% for cannabis,16% for cocaine and 8% for heroin and 26985 people has been arrested, more than in 2006
The use of cocaine is increased in 2006,but not in 2007.On the other hand, in 2007 use of cannabis is increased and 14 Italians on 1000 between 15 and 64 years old have admitted and 14% had used cannabis more than one time in 2007.
320000 people has been cared for drug: 205000 for heroin and 154000 for cocaine.
84,6% of Italians are against the use of every drug and 89,8% believe is danger.70% is worried and 80% is against the use of cannabis. More people are against cannabis respect 2006.
I believe real number of cannabis smokers is more higher, and not so many people (80%) are against the use.
Younger Italians, particularly, are less worried about cannabis.
I’m afraid in 2009 a new and more strong wave of repression will beat us…
Filed under: Hemp&Law, hemp in general | Tags: anti-drug, cannabis, cocaine, drug, drug-test, ganja, hashish, hemp, italian parliament, italy, law, marijuana, prohibitionism, skunk, war
In October 2006 a popoular tv transmission (“Le iene”) had done a secret drug-test on 50 members of italian parliament.
The result was incredible: 1/3 of members use drugs.
The report was stopped and starded an incredible discussion:is it correct a secret drug-test for parliament’s member?
I think it isn’t correct,but:
-it wasn’t possibile recognize the members (the faces were obscurated and voices changed)
-the tests were mixed,so it wasn’t possible recognize whic test a members had used
-Italy has the strongest anti-drug law in Europe and one of the strongest in “occidental world”
-it was the first time for a drug-scandal among italian parliament’s members.Emilio Colombo (more than 80 years old) ammited he use cocaine as therapy (cocaine therapy…) and he didn’t suffered of restriction (as example jail,driving license and passaport suspended)
The tv-report was stopped,the trasmission fined and some party proposed drug-test for every members,but nothing has done.
On 10 june 2008 the italian supreme court condamned the transmission because the report “had demanged the public imagine and onorability of parliaments”.
Today, Carlo Giovanardi (the co-author of the anti-drug law,with Gianfranco Fini) has admitted that drug ,particularly cocaine, is diffused also in parliament.He said also drug test will be done for every category of workers that could be “on risk”.
He forget members of parliament…
Filed under: HempTherapy | Tags: cannabis, elena, ganja, hashish, hemp, italy, marijuana, multiple sclerosis, persecuted, thc, therapeutic use, weed
This video is only in italian:
This video narrates the story of Elena,affected by multiple sclerosis.
She is caring multiple sclerosis with cannabis and she doesn’t suffer of collateral disorders caused by normal drugs.
Elena discovered medical cannabis in Sovietic Union,and she continued with doctor Ada Francia in Italy.
She had bought cannabis in street from pushers (bad quality cannabis) so she decided to cultivate her medical cannabis.Police discovered it but luckily pm asked archiviation.
In February 2008 Elena received permission to buy medical cannabis from Holland (90 gr for 824 euro,one month of treatment).This type of cannabis is not good enough and she didn’t received cannabis for the month later.Currently she keeps on curing his illness with cannabis,but in illegal way…
I believe i should be free to smoke cannabis without be persecuted,but therapeutic use MUST be free.
It is an injustice that people like Elena and other ones suffering of illnesses are persecuted and can’t treat themselves in the better way.
Filed under: Hemp&Law | Tags: cannabis, drug, hashish, illegal, italy, marijuana, prohibitionism, repression, skunk
In the new italian parliament there are no more “hemp friends”.
The government’s coalition is right oriented and prohibitionist. The biggest party (“Popolo delle libertà) is born by the fusion of “Forza Italia” and “Alleanza nazionale”. Alleanza nazionale ‘s leader ,Gianfranco Fini, is the co-author of the strongest antidrug law in Europe and in the “occidental world” and the other coalition party ,Lega Nord, approved this law.
The “left” party (“democratici di sinistra”,Margherita”,now “Partito democratico”) didn’t really try to change this law during the last 2 years of Prodi’s government (only a small and useless review,deleted not much time later) as was written in the electoral program.
Radical Left parties are outside the parliament and they were the only ones parties where someone declare himself against prohibitionism.
In the next five years,the Italian law could become only more strong against hemp and the recent controversy against smart and grow shop and the Italian fair “Cannabis tipo forte” are a clear signal of new way.
http://www.fuoriluogo.it/home/percorsi/international_version/drug_policy_in_italy
This link is explains the current law and his story.
Filed under: Hemp&Law | Tags: arrested, cannabis, drug, extradition, ganja, greece, hashish, hemp, italy, marijuana, thc, traffic
The greek ministry of justice ask to Italy the extradition of two italian boys catched in summer 2005 with 21 gr of hash.
The italians are accusated of “International traffic” and risk years of jail.
I sincerely hope that italian government help the 2 guys and other people all over the world in prison for some grams of cannabis.
Filed under: Hemp&Law | Tags: aldo bianzino, cannabis, christian brazzo, drug, giuseppe ales, hashish, hemp, italy, jail, killed, marijuana, media, prohibitionism, suicide, thc
-Giuseppe Ales
Giuseppe Ales was 23 years old. On 20 March 2005 police did a raid in the home where he lived with his family and found some small plants of cannabis.
“Il giornale di Sicilia”, one of the local newspapers, treat him like a pusher “Discovered drug traffic, arrested drug dealers”. He committed suicide
-Christian Brazzo
Christian Brazzo was 21 years old. He was found with his friends when they were smoking. Police controlled his car, checked the documents ,found 3gr of hashish and accompanied everybody at barracks.
Later, when he was alone, committed suicide.
-Aldo Bianzino
Aldo Bianzino was arrested on 12 October 2007 because cultivated Marijuana.
He died 2 days later in prison, killed by some “not accidental stokes”
Which one of these news have you seen on television?
