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Cannabis Charity Plans New March for Roger Christie

September 6, 2010
By HND Staff Reporter

HILO - A new Rally and March in support of Rev. Roger Christie has been planned for Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Hilo. Christie was arrested by federal agents on July 8, 2010, along with 13 members of his congregation. All of the “Green 13″ — as they are known locally — have been released...
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Hilo Community Rally “for Life and Liberty”

September 1, 2010
By HND Staff Reporter
Hilo Community Rally “for Life and Liberty”

"Everyone has the right from Akua/God to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and a corresponding duty to protect those rights as an individual and through the establishing of governments to do the same."
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East Hawai`i Grandma Bagged in Marijuana Raid

August 27, 2010
By HND Staff Reporter

FERN ACRES – Hawai`i News Daily is tracking the story of a Fern Acres woman in her 60s, who was arrested recently by Hawai`i police on charges related to marijuana cultivation. Jessica (not her real name) lives part-time at a residence in the hills...
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Big Island March for Jailed Cannabis Activist

August 24, 2010
By HND Staff Reporter

HILO, HAWAII – A protest rally was held on Wednesday August 18, 2010, in downtown Hilo for Cannabis activist Roger Christie, now being held without bail at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center. Several hundred protesters gathered at the Hilo bayfront to hear citizens speaking...
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Light Sentences for Pot Growers?

August 24, 2010
By HND Staff Reporter

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald has published a piece, “Pot growers given light sentences“, emphasizing the light-sentencing usually faced by Marijuana growers on the Big Island. “A 50-year-old Ainaloa man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for growing marijuana,” the article begins. “Hilo Circuit...
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Hawaii State Resumes Marijuana Eradication on Big Island

August 24, 2010
By HND Staff Reporter

With a primary election just weeks away, the Hawai`i state Narcotics Enforcement Division has restarted its Marijuana Eradication program over the Big Island. According to a report Wednesday in the Hawaii Tribune Herald, Hawaii Narco chief Keith Kamita said the state Narcotics Enforcement Division had...
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