Veterans of the War on Drugs

 BRITNEY GRINER IS HOME WITH HER LOVED ONES WHILE HUNDREDS OF MEN & WOMEN ARE LOCKED UP IN FEDERAL PRISONS, AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILYS, FOR THE SAME CRIME. IF YOU WANT TO HELP, EMAIL THE PRESIDENT. SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR: CONTACT US, THE WHITE HOUSE & FOLLOW THE PROMPTS. I THANK YOU p free

 HEY! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? PRESIDENT BIDEN GETS GRINER HOME FROM RUSSIA BUT DOES NOTHING FOR AMERICANS LOCKED UP HERE FOR CANNABIS? I remember, during his campaign for president, he said no one should be locked up for cannabis. So, LET THEM OUT! What fiscal dynamics are at work here? Unions? Or just out-of-contact with 2022 sensibilities.  

 I stopped by ASCEND DISPENSARY in Coshocton, Ohio today and found very friendly employees who were extremely knowledgeable. The menu is enormous with tons of different flowers, Indica & Sativa, as well as concentrates, vapes, topicals, tinctures, capsules, candies & gummies. So many to choose from. Luckily for me the employees know their stuff & made great recommendations. I'll go back for sure. p free. 

 WHEN AT THE 2022 MJBIZCON IN LAS VEGAS THE FOUR OF US WHO RECENTLY GOT OUT GOT TO MEET THE BEARD BROS (beardbrospharms.com) WHO, 8 YEARS AGO STOOD WITH POSTERS EACH WITH A PICTURE OF ONE OF US WHILE THEY WERE ADVOCATING FOR OUR RELEASE. IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL FEELING TO MEET & HUG & TAHNK THESE MEN WHO WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP US, TOTAL STRANGERS AND TO CELEBRATE OUR NEW-FOUND FREEDOM.

 WE SPENT  FOUR DAYS AT MJBIZCON, They have EVERYTHING FOR ANONE WHO WANTS TO GROW, HARVEST, EXTRACT AND PACKAGE POT & ALL POT PRODUCTS NO MATTER ON WHAT SCALE. AMAZING MACHINES SOME THE SIZE OF HOUSES JUST LIKE FOR ANY OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT. NO MATTER IF YOU GROW A FEW PLANTS OF YOU GROW 100 ACRES THERE IS EVERYTHING YOU NEED DEVELOPED BY ENGINEERS. WE HANDED OUT OUR FLYERS TO ANYOE WHO WOULD LISTEN AND WE GOT A WONDERFUL POSITIVE RESEPTION. MOST FOLKS WERE SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE STILL HUNDREDS OF MEN & WOMEN IN PRISON FOR CANNABIS, SOME SERVING LIFE SENTENCES. "IT MAKES NO SENSE" THEY ALL SAID "AS WE CAN BUY CANNABIS LEGALLY." YUP, I AGREE. SO, WHAT TO DO? WELL, GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND SEE THAT YOU CAN MESSAGE THE WHITE HOUSE AND WRITE LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEMENCY PETITIONS THAT ARE PENDING IN THE OFFICE OF THE PARDON ATTORNEY. 

 Randy Lanier, 1986 Indy-car Rookie of the Year, became a huge pot smuggler, got caught, and was sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON. He eventually got out & this book tells the whole amazing story. According to ROLLING STONE, on the back jacket "Decades ago, Lanier could not walk through a racetrack in America without being thronged by admirers. In the 1980s, he had appeared on the professional racing circuit out of nowhere -- a young phenom who seemed to materialize ex nihilo in a British-made March race car. Lanier had no pedigree, no formal training -- but he was fast.... Many of his competitors were backed by long-dominate and deep-pocketed factory teams -- Porsche, Jaguar, Ford. Lanier's March bore a logo from a local theme restaurant. It was as though an unknown chess player had routed the grandmasters." And,  according to ROAD AND TRACK "Lanier's world became a cocktail of race cars, drug trafficking, trips to Victory Lane, wealth beyond measure, trophies and...

 ON OUR PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN US WE MET MANY DISPENSARY OWNERS BUT THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IS THE RED BISON IN SAPULPA, OK. IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR TULSA, THIS IS A GREAT DISPENSARY RUN BY WONDERFUL PEOPLE, CRAIG & TAMMI BARNETT..

 WE DROVE FROM ARIZONA THROUGH NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TO FULFILL OUR MISSION WHICH IS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC 1. THAT HUNDREDS OF MEN & WOMEN ARE SUFFERING IN FEDERAL PRISONS, SOME SERVING LIFE SENTENCES WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE, ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE CONVICTED OF CANNABIS-ONLY CHARGES; AND 2. THAT, NOT A SINGLE PERSON WAS RELEASED UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S "PARDON." WE STOPPED AT WALMARTS, STAPLES, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, BEST BUYS, GAS STATIONS,  AND HANDED OUT FLYERS AND T-SHIRTS AND SPOKE TO ALL WHO WOULD LISTEN INFORMING THEM OF THE ABOVE. WITHOUT EXCEPTION ALL WERE SURPRISED & ALL AGREED THAT THOSE LOCKED UP SHOULD NOT BE ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT CANNABIS IS READILY AVAILABLE IN A MAJORITY OF THE STATES. WE STOPPED AT MANY DISPENSARIES WHO ARE MAKING MILLIONS MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING THE SAME PRODUCT. THEY ARE RIDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN PRISON FOR MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CANNAB...

 ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME TO ASK FOR DONATIONS SO WE CAN SUPPLY TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN OF THOSE INCARCERATED -  FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

 AS YOU CAN SEE MANY SHOWED UP TO URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HONOR HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO RELEASE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS. PAUL FREE, (IN RED "RELEASE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS" -TSHIRT) & MANAGING DIRECTOR OF VOWD.ORG WAS THERE AND JUST GOT BACK TO OHIO. WE MADE MANY GOOD CONTACTS & SPREAD THE WORD. NOW PAUL IS HEADING OFF TO INDIANA, NEBRASKA, COLORADO AND TEXAS TO PLACE OUR POSTER BOARDS IN AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN. PLEASE NOTE: NOT ONE PRISONER WAS RELEASED DUE TO BIDEN'S "PARDON." 

Students for Sensible Drug Policy https://ssdp.org/      This lady sent me cards birthday, Xmas many many over the years when I was locked up. They really made me feel like someone  cared. Her name is Shell. Myself and many others will never forget her. We are replacing the disastrous war on drugs with policies rooted in evidence, compassion, and human rights. Our 5,000 active members, made up of young people and students, mobilize from 300 schools around the globe to make change from the campus to the United Nations. We do this work because the war on drugs is a war on us. 

Flying High with GRINGO BILLY a smuggler and his wife by Billy and Kay Dekle   Billy AND BETH (NOT HIS WIFE)   Paul Free    Billy, Beth & his wife Kay

 Billy Dekle, a good-ole-smuggler from back in the day wrote a great book with his wife. What makes this book unique is that after every chapter Billy writes about flying weed and being in prison, his beautiful wife KAY writes about what she was going through during those times, what she had to deal with. Billy did the crime and did the time. A good man held his mud. Congrats Billy on your freedom & your book. Congrats to you too KAY.  The book, FLYING HIGH WITH GRINGO BILLY, can be purchased on Amazon and elsewhere at a decent price. 

 THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONOR WE HAVE 8 NEW POSTER BOARDS WHICH WE WILL HAVE DISPLAYED ALL OVER OHIO. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE TO DISPLAY ALL OVER THE LOWER 48 SOON. THESE INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE MEN & WOMEN IN FEDERAL PRISON SERVING LENGTHY SENTENCES, INCLUDING LIFE, FOR CANNABIS. NO OTHER DRUGS, NO GUNS, NO VIOLENCE FOR MOST. THEY FURTHER INFORM THE PUBLIC HOW & WHERE TO WRITE THE PRESIDENT TO REQUEST THAT HE GRANT CLEMENCY TO ONE OR ALL.

BUT IT ONLY COVERS SIMPLE POSSESSION - I DOUBT IF ANYONE IN FEDERAL PRISON WILL GET OUT, EXCEPT THOSE ARRESTED ON FEDERAL LANDS, SUCH AS MILITARY BASED, FEDERAL PARKS, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAYBE 300 TOTAL. ~ PAUL FREE ____ Statement from President Biden on Marijuana Reform OCTOBER 06, 2022 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.  Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit. Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities.  And while white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates.   Today, I am announcing three steps that I am taking to end this failed approach.   F...

 WE URGE OUR FOLLOWERS TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY VETERANS - ESPECIALLY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WORKING TO HELP VETERANS RECEIVE CANNABIS WHO WANT & NEED IT. WE KNOW OF ONE SUCH ORG AND IT IS CALLED: VETERAN'S ALLIANCE FOR HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVES . WE CAME TO THEM THROUGH SIGNAL FIRE MEDIA, WHICH CAN BE HEARD ON SIGNAL FIRE RADIO , PODCASTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE. THESE ARE A GROUP OF REALLY COOL DUDES AND MILITARY VET'S THEMSELVES. VERY DEDICATED AND REAL. KEEP ON KEEPING ON, ALWAYS pfree.

FIRST PHASE OF PROMOTIONAL TOUR COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. We are pleased to announce that we were able to place our poster boards in a few restaurants and convenience stores in Minnesota. We also met with donors in Wisconsin where we explained our plans for the near future. We received a great reception and positive input. We made inroads to place our poster boards in major dispensaries in Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and soon, in Phase-II, & -III, in New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Maryland and eventually all 50 states. Our poster boards inform the public that, believe-it-our-not, there are still men and women in prison serving lengthy sentences, including life sentences, for cannabis. They direct the public to our website where they can discover how to help these prisoners, and former prisoners, get out and find jobs, housing and anything else they absolutely need.    

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE & IT IS THE BEST! Thanks to WEB CHICK.COM. !!  So, one of our directors ran into a third-grade teacher who informed her that 7 of her students couldn't afford headphones for the computers in the classroom so we took a vote & purchased 8 inexpensive headphones for them.  THANKS TO OUR DONORS!      We are leaving in 2 days to drive to Minnesota, stopping at every dispensary along the way to install whiteboards which tell our story & the stories of all the pot-prisoners and display our t-shirts available for donations. After that we will drive to Seattle and then down the coast through California and then back south to Ohio. We will post regularly. 

Brittney Griner, a former American women's basketball star, was sentenced to nine years in prison for deliberately smuggling cannabis into Russia. Prior to hearing the verdict, Griner apologized to the court and requested leniency. She was fined $1 Million Rubles (about $16,400). As she explained, she "never intended to hurt anybody" and "never intended to put the Russian people at risk." She said, "I did not mean to break any laws," adding that her mistake "doesn't end my life here," and "I know everyone keeps talking about political pawns and politics, but I hope that is far from this courtroom." In the US, the same words are heard in courtrooms on a daily basis, but the sentences are much longer. Yes, nine years is a long sentence for possession of cannabis, but thousands of people are imprisoned in prison for the same reason. #BringBrittneyHome Additional Resources of Support: Change.org BlackFeministFuture.org