cannabisnews.com: Adler Indicted on Eight Drug Charges Adler Indicted on Eight Drug Charges Posted by FoM on July 12, 2001 at 19:15:08 PT By Chris Loos, Tribune-Herald Source: Hawaii-Tribune Herald A grand jury on Wednesday indicted marijuana activist Jonathan Adler on eight drug charges. Adler, 49, was already scheduled to go to trial next month on similar charges stemming from an arrest in 1998.The latest grand jury indictment charges Adler with commercial promotion of marijuana, six counts of promoting a detrimental drug and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia. If convicted on all counts and if the sentences run back to back, he faces as many as 45 years in prison. Circuit Judge Riki May Amano ordered a bench warrant for Adler's arrest and set bail at $9,000. She agreed with Deputy Prosecutor Tharrington Trusdell's request that terms of bail will include random drug testing and an order to stay away from drugs or drug paraphernalia.Adler is scheduled to go to trial on Aug. 20 for second - degree promotion of marijuana, a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He plans to present a religious defense, contending that he is a minister in the Religion of Jesus Church and that his church requires marijuana as a sacrament.The written indictment on the latest charges wasn't filed in court by the end of Wednesday but Adler said it stems from a visit by a rookie police officer on Dec. 23, 1999. "This was probably when they sent the undercover cop in when he lied about being a member of the church and lied about his back pain," Adler said after learning about the indictment. "When he smoked the holy sacrament with me, he accepted the mandate of the church ..."There's never been a crime except for the one that's been created by the police against me."Adler, a familiar face at County Council meetings when marijuana eradication issues are on the agenda, launched two failed campaigns for mayor and one for a County Council seat. Newshawk: Rev. Jonathan Adler Source: Hawaii-Tribune Herald (HI)Author: Chris Loos, Tribune-HeraldPublished: July 12, 2001Copyright: 2001 Hawaii Tribune HeraldContact: editor hawaiitribune-herald.comWebsite: http://www.hilohawaiitribune.com/Hawaii Medical Marijuana Institutehttp://www.medijuana.com/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml END SNIP --> Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #10 posted by Robbie on July 13, 2001 at 14:44:47 PT Just realized... That would be Serling . [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by Robbie on July 13, 2001 at 10:25:04 PT Hmmm second - degree promotion of marijuana, a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prisonThat's a law where an argument can be made that someone should challenge its constitutionality. Still, a noble effort to take one for the team. However...SterlingPicture if you will the dark days of the freedoms you hold dear. Those days that what you say might be interpreted as a crime punishable by the state. The days that the old ways penetrate the internet, and that all of our freedom is gone./Sterling I don't know what that was.Right on dddd,,,,I have a new goodwill on JAH Weather in your area... [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by dddd on July 13, 2001 at 06:25:35 PT itz fryday the thurteeth .....I encourage all to join me in a self proclaimeddeclaration that I have observed for many yearswhen this special day,and date coincide........Years ago,,in a defiant act of anti-mainstream preclusion,,,,,I decided that Friday the 13th is a special lucky day,,whengood fortune comes,,and positive vibrations abound.....The theory behind this reverse HooDoo,can best be explainedby realizing that there is an abundance of positive vibrationsthat are not being used because so many supersticious peopleare cornering the market in bad mojo,,that there are good mojos,and HooDoo abounding.............furthermore,,if one wishes toenhance the good JuJu,,,all ya gotta do is walk under a ladder,,break a mirror,,and hunt down a black cat,,,and you can enjoythe embellished good happenings on this special day...........................................outasight......................................just what JAH ordered............................dddd [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by Lehder on July 13, 2001 at 06:02:46 PT thought and speech regulation You're right, dddd. The Internet's days may be numbered. i've often wondered why the government has allowed this medium to develop as it has. maybe it's just collecting names. i think i'll expand Neil's indictment of this site as a DEA front to include the entire net. seriously, i think there is every chance that speech on the net will be sharply curtailed eventually by privatizing the net - putting its regulation into corporate hands.i notice that this site is not as fully referenced by the Yahoo search engine as it once was. specifically, i used to be able to enter exact phrases contained in some of the comments, in quotes, into the search engine and obtain a cnews listing. for example, i could enter "slogans, pinheads and prisons" or other unique or nearly unique expressions to obtain a link to my own comments, or yours, here. that no longer works, as of about 6 weeks ago. you can still get a reference to the recent comments page by entering, for example, 'kaptinemo'. but the text of the comments is no longer referenced in the search engine. to protect children? [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by sm247 on July 13, 2001 at 05:38:29 PT God ... and just what prayes.com is "commercial promotion" ??? [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by meagain on July 13, 2001 at 05:35:04 PT This is B.S. Damn I woke back up in LA'AMERIKA [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by Rambler on July 13, 2001 at 05:01:41 PT "Conpiracy"? dddd,that's even more nebulous than conSpiracy, [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by dddd on July 13, 2001 at 04:44:48 PT next... will be a law against "Thoughts of drugs",,,it sounds absurd,butit's not that far off.You can already be put away for "conpiracy",which is very nebulous.....If they are charging this guy with "promoting",and they get away with it,,then magazines like High Times will disappear soon,and then,the web will be policed for promotion.....Like I've said before,,,enjoythe internet while you can,,because it wont be long until it becomes way lessfree........On the local L.A. news tonight,there was a story announcing the openingof a new branch of the LA county sherriffs office known as the "cyber crimes division".(I'm not joking here folks)...They showed pictures of the multi-million dollarCyber Crimes Command Center,,and told of how it is stocked with all the latestcomputer equipment,and software...Their mission was described as 'battling child pornography,bootleg software,and identity theft'......Notice how "identity theft" has popped up in the news alot lately....it wont be long until they get control ofthis last place where free speech goes on unfettered...........dddd [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by jorma nash on July 13, 2001 at 04:37:00 PT part two Adler, a familiar face at County Council meetings when marijuana eradication issues are on the agenda, launched two failed campaigns for mayor and one for a County Council seat.how much you wanna bet somebody on this County Councilgot sick of hearing the truthand decided to ruin this guys life?ironyof course, there are no political prisioners in the US/irony [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by jorma nash on July 13, 2001 at 04:23:54 PT six counts of promoting a detrimental drug??? "promotion" is a crime now?well, why not... they've trashed every other amendment,why not the 1st? [ Post Comment ] Post Comment