Field Report: Medical Marijuana Patients Are Not Criminals at Ports of Entry

By Cannabis Across Borders:

CAB with Canada's Princess of Pot
Mrs. Jodie Emery - August 2014

The World Health Organization was right about Cannabis not being a dangerous drug. Therefore at ports of entry we are not criminals because use of Cannabis is a humanitarian right as defined by international treaties law.  As the Year 2019 progresses, things seem to be improving regarding international medical marijuana patients at ports of entry into Canada.





5 years after the US Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Canadian citizen by the name of Marc Scott Emery, imprisoned him for 5 years and deported via the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel for Marijuana Crimes, New Canadian law for has been established for users of cannabis as their medicine. Persons entering Canada with a valid Medical Marijuana card from another country will not be subject to arrests or fines if the person:

1. Declares their Medical Marijuana Card to border officers
2. Posses 8 grams or less of cannabis

If are selected to go to secondary inspection and, you have ANY amount in your possession, then you must turn it in to Canadian Border Security Agency officers. By declaring your card you are protected under international law and you will not be arrested, strip searched, or fined.  Then you will be allowed access into Canada and back. Anything over that amount will get you arrested fined and refused entry into the country. YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR MEDICINE BACK!

Returning Citizen Marc Emery from 5 years of imprisonment
for Marijuana Crimes of selling seeds.

This is a major change in policy from the Canadian government on the treatment of American Medical Marijuana patients at ports of entry into Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau is to be commended for taking such bold action on implementing sensible cannabis policy.  We hope that Canadian citizens who are medical patients are given the same treatment when they come to the United States. As a favor we hope the Trudeau Government will have storage lockers for patients who mistakenly bring their Canada so that when you return home to Detroit, you can retrieve your medicine at the Duty Free before you leave the country. This man deserves re-election because we don't need another Donald Trump in the great white north. Anybody in Washington D.C. wanting to start a war with Canadians is a damn fool.

Canada says YES to Canabis

With regards to military service, the Canadian Government takes care of their veterans by subsidizing their Cannabis use to treat the PTSD effects of military service.  When it comes to Unions, the Laborers International Union of North America have successfully negotiated treatment for Medical Marijuana into their collective bargaining agreements to fight the Opioid crisis.  Nationwide Canada is doing well with their national legalization effort despite what you hear from their citizens. As in America, home grown Cannabis is better that the Government brand and, if you are a good grower, your products will reflect your work. 

Mexico says YES to Cannabis!

While Mexico has legalized the use of recreational cannabis nationwide the United States of America is dragging its feet and wants to take the world with them. Suppressing the vote at the UN by continually postponing it because the FDA needs more time to "figure things out" is a international embarrassment to democracy. The executive leadership of the United States of America must cease and desist their policy of procedural insubordination through executive orders and de-legislation by stepping up to the plate and amending the International Treaty as recommended by the World Health Organization. 

America, c'mon man!
We the People agreed,
 that the weed shall be freed

Meanwhile, Cannabis Across Borders is wishing everyone a Happy 420 day.  Do not eat too many medibles, make sure to visit both sides of the river and, with continued pressure from citizens on both sides of the border victory will be complete and the weed will truly be freed.






Yes Indeed.
#LetWeedomRing

UN Commission on Narcotics and Drugs Punk Out On The Cannabis Vote

By Cannabis Across Borders

On Monday March 18^th, 2019 in Vienna Austria, the United Nations Commission on Narcotics and Drugs decided to kick the can down the road by agreeing not to vote on recommendations by the World Health Organization to decriminalize medical use, possession, and manufacturing of products made from the Cannabis plant.

The vote was rescheduled with the support of the delegates led by the United States, Singapore, Russia. The official reason is that the International Narcotics Control Board needs more time to figure things out. With strong objections by delegates from Uruguay, Canada, Mexico, Israel and, other nations in support of the change, the actual reasons are the interest groups like big pharma and, for profit jails  who want to continue status quo, have excessive influence on the process.

While youth and law enforcement officials are being injured and killed on Fentanyl worldwide, this and other opioids are freely accepted at ports of entry. The same excuses of youth exposure and a threat to society brought by the opposition, seem overwhelmingly contrary to the evidence provided by medical professionals on the benefits of Cannabis. Now that the vote has been delayed AGAIN, the time is now to get the delegates to amend the documentation to include a 70 gram personal use exemption at ports of entry for member nations who’s citizens use Marijuana as their medicine.

Stop the delay at the FDA!

As for recreational use in member nations, cannabis products should be available at duty free retail shops at ports of entry. In the INCB documentation they talk about how US States like Colorado, Alaska, Michigan and others are poorly regulating Cannabis use and sales. This despite the fact that states like Michigan made millions from Cannabis business transactions.  There was no respect given to member states like Uruguay who went recreational like Canada. Delegates from China, United States, Russia and Singapore who are clinging to the Harry Anslinger theology of reefer madness shut down the entire process with procedural rules to extend the voting for an additional 3 months. This is the second and third time that this group has done this at this conference.  

@CND_tweets unanimously adopts procedural decision to postpone the consideration of @WHO cannabis-related recommendations, to provide MS with more time to consider the recommendations @UNODC @UN_Vienna #CND2019 #CND62 pic.twitter.com/22HKADFQub

— CND (@CND_tweets) March 19, 2019

The INCB can run but they cannot hide from the inevitable truth. The WHO has said they were sorry and, we want to make up to the mis-information that was previously reported about Cannabis related products. Border security means allowing medical patients who use Cannabis all rights and privileges as a human right of declaration of medicine at ports of entry.   Duty taxes if any should not excessive to a point of harming low to moderate income individuals. Citizens in member nations must allow foreign nationals legal redress in their respective courts of law and promote commerce and trade with cannabis imported and exported between member nations.

Citizens Want Cannabis in America

Therefore, citizens in member nations must elect and employ elected officials who have their best interests at heart. Especially in nations like Canada, Uruguay, Mexico, and others in the world that want to finally put and end to this international war on the cannabis plant. Because by the next conference in Vienna at #CND2020 and #CND63, a vote must be taken in the affirmative to atone for the lies and fake news being spread about Cannabis.

Urgent Message for International and Domestic Medical Marijuana Patients at Ports of Entry

By Cannabis Across Borders


It is the position of the United States of America to oppose the recommendation of the World Health Organization regarding the re-scheduling of Cannabis products at the United Nations before the Commission of Narcotics and Drugs on Monday March 18th, 2019 in Vienna Austria.  This is contrary to the popular vote of American Citizens in 30 states and, the passage of the Farm Act law by congress in 2018. 

Border Security means protecting patients at ports of entry...

Your voice is needed to tell your representative at the United Nations about how you feel that the United States of America should vote YES on all recommendations by the World Health Organization to reschedule Cannabis including plants and extracts.  This vote will direct the legislators in Washington DC to remove Cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act by making House Resolution 420 the law.

Let Weedom Ring

Please make your comments and upload supporting files to the FDA  before March 14th, 2019 11:59pm EDT by using this link. (Click Here to Enter your Comments) due by Thursday March 14th, 2019 @ 11:59p Eastern Standard Time 

Tell your US/UN Representative to vote YES vote on Agenda Item 9(a) at 62nd Session 3/18/2019 from 3-6pm. Findings of the UN Social and Economic Council Committee

 Agenda of the United Nation Office of Drugs and Crime Commission on Narcotics and Drugs 62nd Meeting in Vienna Austria


Thank you, 
Cannabis Across Borders






The Official Position of the United States of America regarding Cannabis 

At this time, it is uncertain whether the above notification from WHO of recommendations for proposed scheduling action on cannabis and cannabis related substances will be acted upon by 62nd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (from 14 to 22 March 2019). The Bureau of the 62nd Commission is currently considering whether to postpone voting on the cannabis-related recommendations until the reconvened meeting in December, or the 63rd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, March 2020. If voting is deferred to a later date the comment period will be reopened.

Although WHO has made specific scheduling recommendations for each of the drug substances, the CND is not obliged to follow the WHO recommendations. Options available to the CND for substances considered for control under the 1971 Psychotropic Convention include the following: (1) Accept the WHO recommendations; (2) accept the recommendations to control but control the drug substance in a schedule other than that recommended; or (3) reject the recommendations entirely.

Cannabis, also known as marijuana, is a plant known by biological names Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica. It is a complex plant containing multiple cannabinoids and other compounds, including the psychoactive substance THC and other structurally similar compounds. Cannabinoids are defined as having activity at cannabinoid 1 and 2 (CB1 and CB2, respectively) receptors. Agonists of CB1 receptors are widely abused and are known to modulate motor coordination, memory processing, pain, and inflammation, and have anxiolytic effects. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.

The principal cannabinoids in the cannabis plant include THC, CBD, and cannabinol. These substances are controlled in Schedule I under the CSA. The synthetically derived single pure stereoisomer, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (also known as dronabinol) is the active ingredient in two approved drug products in the United States, MARINOL (dronabinol) capsules, also available as a generic, and SYNDROS (dronabinol) oral solution. MARINOL is controlled in Schedule III, while SYNDROS is controlled in Schedule II under the CSA. Both MARINOL and SYNDROS are approved to treat anorexia associated with weight loss in patients with AIDS, and nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional treatment.

CBD is another cannabinoid constituent of the cannabis plant. In the United States, one CBD-containing product, Epidiolex oral solution, has received marketing approval by the FDA for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome, in patients 2 years of age and older. On September 28, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration placed FDA-approved product Epidiolex to be marketed into Schedule V of the CSA. Currently, CBD that is not contained in an FDA-approved product with less than 0.1 percent THC is controlled as a Schedule I substance under the CSA. CBD is not specifically listed in the schedules of the 1961, 1971, or 1988 International Drug Control conventions.

FDA, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, invites interested persons to submit comments on the notifications from the United Nations concerning these drug substances. FDA, in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will consider the comments on behalf of HHS in evaluating the WHO scheduling recommendations. Then, under section 201(d)(2)(B) of the CSA, HHS will recommend to the Secretary of State what position the United States should take when voting on the recommendations for control of substances under the 1971 Psychotropic Convention at the CND meeting in March 2019.

Comments regarding the WHO recommendations for control of Cannabis and Cannabis Resin; Dronabinol (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol); Tetrahydrocannabinol (Isomers of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol); Extracts and Tinctures of cannabis; Cannabidiol Preparations; Preparations Produced Either by Chemical Synthesis or as Preparation of Cannabis; under the 1961 Single Convention will also be forwarded to the relevant Agencies for consideration in developing the U.S. position regarding narcotic substances at the CND meeting.

Dated: February 25, 2019.

Lowell J. Schiller,

Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 2019-03662 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4164-01-P

FDA (USA: www.regulations.gov) 

Building Bridges Instead Of Walls, Is Good For One, And Good For All.

By Richard C. Clement - Cannabis Without Borders

           It is time to build bridges to unite each other instead of walls to divide us. Friday,  April 20^th, 2018 will be the last illegal celebration of marijuana held in North America. Coming this July, Canada goes recreational as they go from allowing a person 4 grams per day or 20 plants to recreational sales. Canadian unions like the Laborers International Union of North America  (L.I.U.N.A. www.liuna625.ca)  cover their workers Medical Marijuana costs as a part of their contract. The change is so profound that Canadian Border Security Agency Employees are slowly being directed to not handcuff and strip search Americans who have small amounts of the medicine.  

Website: LIUNA Local 625 Windsor Ontario Medical Marijuana Benefits

Hopefully that memo will reach them very soon because now they will arrest you, fine you a few dollars, and send you back to the USA for a roach (cocktail).  So clean your car out before you cross and wait until PM Trudeau gives C.B.S.A. the word to chill out. When US Customs reciprocates with Canada regarding Marijuana patients, one day there will be medicine sold at the Duty Free stores on the Ambassador Bridge with an exclusive duty tax contract in the distant future.

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I am honored to be chosen as a guest speaker at the 420/421 event on Charles Street in Windsor Canada.  Building bridges instead of walls is economically practical and is good for the neighborhoods around Detroit and Windsor. Deportations for paperwork and politics have no place in America and sending Marc Emery to Mississippi for 5 years was a waste of our tax dollars. At the same time Florida resident Irving Rosenfeld receives 300 pre-rolled joints per month grown in the same state. Mr. Rosenfeld is allowed to medicate in all 50 states legally. What happened to Mr. Emery was a glaring example of White on White crime. We hope that when things change in Washington D.C., Marc Scott and Jodie Emery will be allowed to return to the USA as visitors and diplomats via the Ambassador Bridge.  

Website: Irvin Rosenfeld receives 300 pre-rolled joints per month from US Govt.

All arrest records for Marijuana will be expunged for him and everyone else in the USA when Marijuana is removed from the Controlled Substances Act.  And for the others who were deported on stupid stuff, the City of Detroit will not be used for a deportation station for failed political agendas.  Immediate hearings before Federal Judges and International tribunals will reverse many orders and put some sense back into our government giving direction to its policies.

Therefore by building bridges, you can put things on them like pedestrian access, light rail, or a restaurant viewing platform hanging from the middle. This is much more cost effective than a wall that you can fly a drone over or, get painted on by the neighborhood graffiti artists.

Michigan residents must make it their mission to end prohibition by showing up to vote in the August 7^th primaries for candidates who support change through, jobs, justice, and equal opportunity.  Starting June 22, 2018 get up, show up, and vote until I get tired. Then remember to vote again in November to stop their lame duck game in December.

Elections Canada 2015 - Weed is Howe To Pay For The Gordie Howe International Bridge

by The Weed Warrior

On October 19^th, Canadian Citizens will have the opportunity to elect a son of a change leader in Justin Tredeau.  Mr. Tredeau is a candidate for Prime Minister of Canada running against the current prime minister Stephen Harper who is a combination of Donald Trump and Chris Christie regarding Marijuana.  He is primarily responsible for using Canadian taxpayer dollars to send one of their citizens to a United States Federal prison at the request of the Bush Administration’s Drug Enforcement Agency for 5 years for the crime of selling marijuana seeds.  Prime Minister Harper is also loaning money to the State of Michigan to build the Gordie Howe bridge and requiring that Americans pay it back over 30 years just on toll revenue.

"BC Bud from Canada is Cleaner that Oil From Alberta and, Water In Flint MI USA"

- A Detroit Resident listening to Jazz at Baker Keyboard

With a Justin Tredeau victory, the money will be there to pay for a new bridge and, he will allow the United States to pay for the bridge loan with revenue from the bustiling Marijuana industry in America, specifically the State of Michigan.  One of Justin’s first official acts is to decriminalize the stigma and criminal penalties for Marijuana the plant.  Unlike the United States who loves to put people in jail for small amounts of medicine, Canada under Treadeu will not be suckered into the privatized prison scam that has infected the governments of Counties and States across America.  Prisoners are treated like a share of stock on Wall Street and corporations benefit up to $25,000 a year per body in a cell.

Justin’s father was Piere Tredeau one of Canada’s most successful Prime Ministers(wiki def). In 1969 he commissioned a study to  decriminalize  Marijuana so that people would not clog a corrections system with small time drug offenders(click Here for Toronto Star News) .  He also was a statesman because he could get along with everybody and treated people with respect.

The 1969 Tredeau Report On Marijuana by the Toronto Star

By electing Justin Tredeau, this would be an important step towards granting full clemency and pardon to Mr. Marc Scott Emery of Vancouver British Colombia.  By President Obama granting him clemency, Marc and his wife Jodie can cross into Detroit from Windsor on the Ambassador Bridge and stop by and say hi at a provisioning center in our City of Detroit. 

So if you know of someone in Canada, please let them know that they can vote NOW up until October 19^th, in person for Justin Tredeau son of a change agent.