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    This is a Guide for medical cannabis ministers and medical marijuana ministers.

    This Guide outlines some of the topics you may need to prepare for in order to have a successful legal defense in both federal (U.S.) and state (California) court for working as a medical marijuana minister or medical cannabis minister in a California medical cannabis collective, dispensary, or cooperative.

    Exact material will vary greatly by religion. I provide examples from my own religion, although many of the examples may not apply to your religion. You will want to prepare your own defense, probably with the help of a lawyer skilled in first amendment and criminal law.

hanged, drawn and quartered

    The traditional punishment for Cannabis Witchcraft is the death penalty. This is especially true of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), the official religion of the majority of the U.S. Supreme Court.

    A method of carrying out the Christian death penalty against Witches was being hanged, drawn and quartered.

    This punishment was first imposed on William Maurice for piracy in 1241 under King Henry III of England.

    The punishment of hanged, drawn and quartered was carried out as follows:

  1. Dragged on a hurdle to the place of execution. A hurdle was a wooden frame.
  2. Hanged by the neck for a short time, until almost dead.
  3. Disembowelled. The genitalia of the condemned Witch would be cut off and burned before the condemned’s eyes. The entrails (intestines and other soft organs) of the condemned Witch would be drawn out of the body and then burned before the condemned’s eyes.
  4. Quartered. Beheaded and the body divided into four parts.

    Typically the five parts of the Witch (the four quarters of the body and the head) would be gibbeted (placed on public display).

    The drawing and quartering carried special religious significance for the Christians of Western Europe. They believed that mutilating a human body was contrary to proper dignity and thereby punished the person beyond the grave.

    One trial transcript from the Old Bailey, London, England, on July 12, 1683 states (The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref. t16830712-4):

    Then Sentence was passed, as followeth, viz. That they should return to the place from whence they came, from thence be drawn to the Common place of Execution upon Hurdles, and there to be Hanged by the Necks, then cut down alive, their Privy-Members cut off, and Bowels taken out to be burnt before their Faces, their Heads to be severed from their Bodies, and their Bodies divided into four parts, to be disposed of as the King should think fit.

    November 18, 1441 Roger Bolingbroke was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, England, for Witchcraft.

    What possible reason could the U.S. government have for such Draconian penalties for cannabis? It is because Chrsitianity has always imposed Draconian penalties for Witchcraft, including torture and the death penalty. The Controlled Substances Act imposes harsher penatlies for cannabis than for rape, murder, and torture because the Christian judges and Congresspersons consider Cannabis Witchcraft to be a more serious religious offense than violent crimes.

See also: death penalty

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    Free weekly instruction for medical marijuana ministers and medical cannabis ministers every Monday night in Orange County, California. Write to: Milo, PO Bx 1361, Tustin, CA, 92781. Post office box checked once per month.

    The courts have already ruled in multiple cases that a person who starts preparing a religious defense (including gathering certificates and other paperwork) after arrest loses all chance to use the late religious defense. It is essential that you prepare your defense before you are arrested. Adequate preparation may even prevent arrest. With that in mind, doesn’t it make sense for at least one collective owner somewhere to pay me minimum wage to work on preparing these materials on a full time basis? Even the most callous cooperative owner should realize that low paid workers facing prison sentences are likely to change sides and testify for the police? On the other hand, if the workers have a religious defense ready then they need not fear going to prison and have no incentive to testify against the owner. I don’t care how jaded and selfish a dispensary owner is, it just makes good sense to have a strong religious defense ready for your workers.

    These web pages are not professional legal advice. Nothing on this website should be considered as a substitute or replacement for professional legal advice. Persons should seek the advice of qualified legal providers.

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Last Updated: May 12, 2007

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