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EDDY LEPP

Pot Prophet or Profit for Pot?

by Mary Ought Six

Thu, Sep 15, 2005 12:09 pm

more: news exclusive

By Mary Ought Six

Eddy Lepp stands alone in the marijuana world. Admirers point to his 25-acre medical-pot farm in Northern California (the largest of its kind in the world), his title as the 2004 HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter of the Year and his work as the spiritual leader of Eddy’s Medicinal Gardens and Multi-Denominational Ministry of Cannabis and Rastafari. Critics (including the federal government), however, paint an unflattering portrait of a flashy profiteer who is out for himself. Currently, the 53-year-old Vietnam vet in the center of this cannabis crossfire is out on bail, facing the possibility of four life sentences plus 40 years and over $17 million in fines. All for the love of ganja?

Located in the middle of Eddy Lepp’s massive house, its walls painted shades of hot pink and bedecked with various knickknacks from his travels, the master bedroom was once the throbbing heart of this enterprise—one of the only finished rooms in the entire 10,000-square-foot structure. Due to current court orders, Lepp is unable to smoke pot during our interview, so with tobacco cigarette in hand, he arranges some of his keepsakes before opening with a steady flow of curses against the DEA. “Goddamn sons-of-bitches....”

After this purging, he settles down and smiles wider than a Cheshire cat. “Do I speak directly into the microphone?”

As always, Lepp is pleased as punch to be interviewed. He enjoys being listened to, and respected, as the big-time ganja guru of an organization that was once home to thousands of medical-marijuana plants and from 15 to 30 nomadic cannabis cultivators at a time. In August 2004, the Feds came in and massacred 32,524 pot plants—a number that doesn’t include those that flew off the top of their open-air evidence wagons while being driven away down California Highway 20. Lepp was arrested that day, then quickly released on bail. The ministry tried to rebuild. But in February, the DEA, Lake County Narcotic Task Force and local law enforcement raided the garden again, seizing over 6,000 plants and taking Lepp into custody for over two months. He was again released on bail in April and came home not to a bustling ministry but to only his self-proclaimed “chosen family,” including his wife, Linda Senti, and his personal assistant. The ministry is now a quiet place. Lepp’s assistant spends his time writing press releases and rallying support; Senti tries to keep her husband focused on his legal case, which now combines the 2004 and 2005 raids, and on the couple’s financial problems: Eddy’s Medicinal Gardens, once estimated by the DEA to be home to over $80 million worth of marijuana, has gone flat broke.

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joe king

Aug 23 2007, 2:01 am

hey eddie keep up the great work and fuck the feds I live here in lake county and you are a god to me thanks to you i can grow smoke and pcess marijuana legally I seen you and your wife almost everyday at the sutter lake hosptial my dad was three rooms down from you i had the spare time nursery hat on my father passed in april of cancer he loved his ganja and he loved eddie thanks again joe king lakeport ca

PotHeadSociety.com

Jun 17 2007, 7:48 pm

yelsew nagrom

May 30 2007, 2:45 am

hi there , i was just after some advice on how long to let my plants bud , from the change to 12 hrs ,how do you know when there ready to hang????

peter g keyes

Dec 20 2006, 1:48 pm

Vanessa Nelson writes about Eddy Lepp and other medical marijuana court cases:

https://medicalmarijuanaofamerica.com/content/category/1/1/60/

420247

May 17 2006, 12:26 am

u dont have to move to amsterdam to enjoy weed u just gotta be discreet, u cant have a field of marijuna and profit and not expect the gov't to do sumin

fuck the united states

Mar 13 2006, 1:12 pm

shit,the whole system is fucked up,lets start a war againts legalizing marijuana.lets make sings that say:legalize it.with a bud plant in the picture.they are not ganna legalize it if we don't do shit.fuck the police.piece of shit cops.187 on a fucking cop or should i say cops hahaha bitches.

toker

Mar 13 2006, 1:06 pm

fuck this im moving to amstredam.fuck the police the could all suck a big fat dick for all i care.and fuck america.everyone just blaze it,keep in mind that you only live once.fuck that shit!

busa

Nov 10 2005, 2:53 am

I know what I read and he seems to b bad mouthing hippies or pot, or someone who is for it, Im for it, and all his comments seem to b negative towards it.

Nov 7 2005, 1:06 pm

High Times is all about the profit

Jack

Oct 30 2005, 11:49 pm

Eddy, you need any help I'll come down there and help you grow your plants, I agree with you on everything.

And you get any shit from teh DEA I'll kick all their asses :)

busa

Oct 30 2005, 1:19 am

five-oh ur mamas a bitch ok., Tulsa, come 2 town and ill kick ur cop ass 1 on 1 as men, civilians

five oh

Oct 26 2005, 6:08 pm

Big bad mel,

Just post your name and address here, and we'll be right over to make it up to you... ;-)

Big-Bad-Mel

Oct 26 2005, 2:58 pm

When the FEDs ripped off "Eddy's Medicinal Gardens and Multi-Denominational Ministry of Cannabis and Restafari," they ripped me off too. This is not right. I can't afford Club Prices for my medicine; Rev. Eddy Lepp was the answer to my problems. Not only did Eddy get Fucked by the County of Lake and the State of California, all the patients that were expecting medicine at harvest time got Fucked along with him. I am really pissed off and not sure what to do now. My God bless Eddy and his Ministry.

Oct 20 2005, 3:02 pm

Thats funny,doesnt High Times make profit???

Oct 20 2005, 12:37 pm

profit profit profit

Jn420

Oct 13 2005, 2:56 pm

He is a hustler who went from operating massage parlors to medical weed and has as much class as a pile of dog waste in the middle of the street.

Concerned

Oct 11 2005, 11:27 am

P.S. He was making money (and lots of it) and that IS the point.

Concerned

Oct 11 2005, 11:26 am

Tampalight,

As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. He may have started honorably or with every good intention, but now he's a drug dealer, using the medical marijuana lobby as a shield. He's a common drug dealer. I submit you're not as knowledgable about his activities as you think you are.

tampalight

Oct 9 2005, 10:34 pm

this ones for concerned....how can u say he was a typical drug dealer trying to make money using our beliefs as a sheild!? YEA HE was makin money but thats not the point ...if you read about him he didnt start because of a fad he started becuase of nam to calm him down and what really got him into it was giving it to his dad because he was sick and made his dad take the medicine he wouldnt take thats how it all started was because of medincinal purposes not because of fuckin greed...for the people who made pot about money fuck you guys you are the ones who make the rest of us look bad, pots an herb no more its not a drug or a money mechanism keep it sacred respect it

AKMAN

Oct 9 2005, 7:46 pm

Dude sounds like he made a shit load of money on medicinal marijuana. hope his case gets droped and he dosent serve anytime in prison because that will fucking blow,If i was him i wouldve fucking left this country asap.

Concerned

Oct 9 2005, 4:13 pm

Racefan and others,

That's the point duh! He made money! As for him being broke, the property's worth money, the house and the gold he so prowdly displays are all assests. If he's claiming poverty, it's of his own making and more likely than not, the result of creative book keeping. I dunno, ask him about the sale of a pound of marijuana to an undercover cop. According to the cops there was no mention of religion or medicine during the negotiation of the sale...The obvious goal of that sale is greed, pure and simple. No valiant cause there. Just an everyday drug dealer, using your beliefs as a shield for his crimes

racefan

Oct 7 2005, 12:41 am

eddy lepp has more class in his little finger than most of you haters have in your entire body. Yes Eddy made money buy renting plots for medicinal growers to grow on. he provided care for the plants as well as advice for those doing it themselves. When the farm was raided Eddie was the only one charged as well. None of the renters! So now the question is...how much is freedom worth? Eddy is taking all the rap for these plants that he wasn't technically even growing. They were other med patients'. As with every undertaking there are pros and cons. Most see the fact that Eddy "rented" these plots as a profiting business.Wrong! That he took advantage of med patients! Wrong! He's flat broke, barely able to pay his defense and everyone talks about his "profit"! Where is it? Why don't some of these med patients step up and take responsibility for "thier" plants to maybe help reduce the plant count against Eddy if all he did was take their money? Think about it. All he did was supply the land for "others" to grow on. They even took the final product off the land at harvest. Yet the only one taking the rap for all these plants is Eddy. That to me says..."HERO"! He didn't sit here at a site pissing and moaning about others, he chose to help as many med patients as possible by opening his land to them to grow on. Bravo, Eddy! Bravo!

natureshigh.com

smokie more budz thanu

Oct 5 2005, 1:33 pm

I agree all of us pot heads need to take a stand together im sure if unite it would be easy to over power the goverment. FIGHT!
RE-LEGALIZE

SMOKIE THE BUD

Oct 5 2005, 1:30 pm

Blaze the ganja plant for better life, that is why we grow it, that is why god made it thats why the gov. wants to control it. rebel smokers unite and over grow all those blind pig fuckers

eric

Oct 5 2005, 9:42 am

To me Eddy Lepp is a hero if more people did what he did and is trying to do for a third time americans could relize marijuana is one of the most important meds ever.Its safe for virtually everbody its has a wide range of uses from anerexia to canser.Why stop the production of such meds, i mean you wouldn't refuse insuline to a diabetic would you??????

FUBR

Oct 4 2005, 7:00 pm

religious or medical who gives a fuck just smoke

dlize

Oct 4 2005, 2:30 pm

is it medicinal or religious. thats a good fight. we all have dreams of what it should be. a crutch, a flower, a portal to god. a tool for communication, as it is.. a threat, of disease, a weapon. a tool for desolation, disasimination of lifestyle

THE GHETTO GURU

Oct 4 2005, 2:15 pm

Eddy is a hard worker! What the fuck is a super-cop? If this dude was a super-cop he would be dead already! We got super bullets for that type!

FTP!

lepp fan 420

Oct 4 2005, 1:35 pm

I think that what eddy has done is in every way right. not everybody can grow their own and he is providing the land and the resoures' to do what others can. yeah he may of made a little money, but he shoud have, every bodys tome is worth something. Im also sure he didnt get rich off of the opperation because I've never seen his house on the rich and famous show. Any body against lepp needs to open their eyes and get educated on the big picture, re-legalize

jomama

Oct 4 2005, 11:26 am

Eddy Lepp is greedy and his number one goal is to enhance his lavish lifestyle--He is an embarrassment to the cause

Concerned

Oct 3 2005, 11:38 am

Becuase his pot is not medicinal...It's religious, oh wait it's medicial for california and religious for the Feds...Oh wait, why does he wear so much gold? Perhaps he's making money. How did he buy the house? the land? The equipment? Oh yeah, he makes money selling pot and lots of it. Hey, isn't that a crime?

Rev. Chase Dattilo Ph.D

Oct 3 2005, 7:48 am

Steer the course mate, it will happen. You are the light in the darkness. Let me know how we can help.
Rev. Chase Dattilo Ph.D
Cannibus (THC) Ministry
(Guardian Knights)
Sellersburg, IN.

Walwyn

Oct 2 2005, 4:47 am

I don't get it. If his pot is medicinal why is the DEA coming down on him so hard.

Northern California

Oct 1 2005, 1:39 pm

Federal Law on Medical Marijuana
D.E.A. Jurisdiction and Due Process of Law
Part 1
Our Federal Courts and Department of Justice are operating under color of law1- and
systematically denying We The People of our right to the due process of law2.
Common Law3 crime requires a victim, with injuries or damages. Administrative Law, a form of
contract law for Executive Branch agencies and its registrants, does not require a victim but can call
for criminal penalties for registrants.
The following is from a motion that was presented last year to a Federal District Court in U.S. v.
Landa. The judge refused to rule, telling Attorney Allison Margolin to “take that to the Ninth Circuit”.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear it, returning the issue to District Court. This case
involves prison time for a patient, and the judge will not rule! Since then many patients have filed the
same motion. This concerns Our most basic right: Our unalienable right to due process.

San Francisco

Oct 1 2005, 1:31 pm

09-29-2005
Defense attorney J David Nick writes:

I just want to emphasize that now that I have seen the discovery in the "asian medical marijuana mobster-mafia-moneylaundering-exctasy
selling gang case"(yeah right!) that I can assure all that the
federal government has done nothing but spewed lies about this very honorable group that was doing nothing except serving the medical marijuana needs of San Francisco. They have taken excerpts of conversations taken out of context in order to make them look like something else (knowing that its part of their little propaganda startegy). Don't fall for it! support them! This is part of the Government's war on medical marijuana, that is, to get stupid people who don't get informed to believe that there are "bad criminals"involved in medical marijuana dispensing and thus the only answer is to shut it all down-get informed and support these defendants.

J. David Nick

blazeing tx

Oct 1 2005, 12:59 pm

man i sure do love cannabis

U.S.American

Oct 1 2005, 12:16 pm

NOW is the time to let your thoughts be heard, your needs spoken, and your desires voiced.

texas twister

Sep 30 2005, 6:44 pm

Vibrant Im laughing

New Wave Activist

Sep 29 2005, 12:42 pm

Hippie on the Move. Not Fat or Lazy But vibrant and New Hopful And Compassionate Oh Yeah Hygenic Too.

Buddy Just Harvested

Sep 28 2005, 6:58 pm

Not Garbage Moron Derbin,Kush and Afgahni

Buddy Smoke Alot

Sep 28 2005, 6:46 pm

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Time To Get Vocal About Prohibition Of Mariuana!
For More Info Try Wizard Productions com.MAINELY NORML or MAINE Vocals.

leze

Sep 28 2005, 6:36 pm

In the discussion of meri, you address drugs of all kinds and alcohol- all kind of mind drugs, in the sense we consume them and our minds absorb them and we notice it first. You obviously have a problem and personally will be able to deal w/it, if you first change your language, in the sense of anylize what yr saying when you adress it as dope, because dope is heroine, I would like to speak to this;
You know, if I had some I might try to smoke it or something, being the fact its illegal. Meri is an herb we smoke, not a refined drug. In a great world all drugs would be legal and we'd have better communication skills, as it is we need to continue to educate everyone and take this offense away before it does away w/us

Day Tripper

Sep 28 2005, 6:35 pm

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Pot Compassion Station

Sep 28 2005, 6:21 pm

The Begining of Change When Describing Prohibition of Mariuana. Should Be Covincing Our Country That we Have The Biggest Renewable Source of Fuel At our finger tips With Industrial use of hemp Our Country could pull Oil pruduction in Foreign countries and stop pumping Oil Which in my Opinion Lubricates Techtonic Plates or Fault lines in the Earth Some would say The Fight for Mariuana Should Stay Medicinal No WAY! It's Time America Took on Big oil! The Paper Industry! And Textile Industries (Stop Cutting Trees)Indutrial Hemp Would Wipe out/or Make These Industries Rethink How They Do Business By Providing a viable Resource.It Could even end The Current War in Iraq And Greedy Oil War Politicians Like that Idiot in the White House. Don't Drink BudWieser Or Your Contributing To The Millions of Dollars Busch Incorporated Gives Our Government To Keep Pot Illegal.
NO MORE TROUBLE
B.MARLEY

Grow,Smoke, & Live GOOD

Sep 28 2005, 2:24 pm

First things first, Eddy Lepp is and always will be a breath of fresh air. Almost a "toke of fresh kind" if you will. Now down to business, supercop, I know you and I know you know that someone would be laying in wait out there for your dumbass to post some punk ass comment. My opinion is blow or get blown. So go or get gone. Peace to all and all have a kind day. Words of wisdom-"Moments of clarity are few and far between for some, not for all". Live good,smoke good,grow good 'cause ain't no f'n George W. Bush gonna roll that shit for you!!!MCM

Sep 28 2005, 11:44 am

Stringbean Green Machine

Sep 28 2005, 7:49 am

I assume you mean reading...
fuck you must be stoned!
He's just some dead beat loser - i don't even know why anyone would bother discussing him - unless it was to throw tomatoes at him?! As they say "Eddy�s Medicinal Gardens, once estimated by the DEA to be home to over $80 million worth of marijuana, has gone flat broke".

Sep 27 2005, 10:22 pm

Who's Eddie? I can't be fucked ready the article...

DirtyDiaper

Sep 27 2005, 9:56 pm

Damm? How'd we get so far off?

The topic is really Eddie -right? I was there when things went bad for Eddie. Do any of you still think he was growing "JUST FOR THE CAUSE?"

Washington D.C.

Sep 27 2005, 4:57 pm

HHS Heat Campaign

Rescheduling marijuana is the most efficient way to ensure that patients everywhere have safe and legal access to the medicine that provides them relief.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to be a significant roadblock for a variety of issues impacting medical marijuana patients. They block research, control funding resources that could be used for research, and control the process for rescheduling marijuana.
The goal of this Campaign is to turn up the heat to pressure HHS to take action to reschedule marijuana.

Marijuana Rescheduling
Americans for Safe Access is part of the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, which has filed a formal rescheduling petition to HHS. We are now using grassroots efforts to pressure the HHS and Congress to reschedule.

Data Quality Act
Following the submission of the Formal Rescheduling Petition, ASA filed a Data Quality Act Petition, requesting that HHS correct information disseminated by the agency regarding the medical use of marijuana. The DQA requires federal agencies, like HHS, to ensure that the information it distributes is fair, objective and meets certain quality guidelines. Congress passed the DQA primarily in response to increased use of the Internet, to prevent the harm that can occur when government websites, which are easily and often accessed by the public, disseminate inaccurate information.

Go to this website http://www.safeaccessnow.org
Top Left Political, pull down (Online Action Center) Click Than Click on HHS Heat Campaign, for the online Petition at your Left. Click.

el sinaloense

Sep 27 2005, 2:42 am

i have fucken more fucken weed then what you think you fucking cerdo meens pig pig pig fuck you

el sinaloense de mexico

Sep 27 2005, 2:39 am

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Sep 27 2005, 12:33 am

SuperCrop
"The Emperor Wears No Clothes,"
JackHerer.com

Supercop

Sep 26 2005, 10:57 pm

You don't "own" me you little bitch!
I AM THE LAW - YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITY!

I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious? Out of my way all of you. This is no place for loafers! Join me or die! Can you do any less? Turn into Sumos you Bitches!!!

BankDuds

Sep 26 2005, 12:14 pm

Yeah that is a good point. "but i think that cannabis isnt a drug it is not alterd in any way to beable..." And I do somewhat agree with this, but unfortunetly the government doesn't feel the same way. And I don't think it will be changing anytime soon. And yeah, supercop did get owned, who talks trash on the internet? LOSERS. Be easy, -1-

blazeing tx

Sep 26 2005, 11:19 am

i think supercop just got owned!BankDuds you do have a good point. but i think that cannabis isnt a drug it is not alterd in any way to beable to get its effects, unlike coke, herion and xtc. It dosent go to a lab to be made. It just grows right out of the ground and isnt alterd in anyway.

BankDuds

Sep 26 2005, 2:46 am

And "supercop", you were probably one of those loser kids in high school that got made fun of by people that smoked weed. Quiet frankly no one cares about you or your whack ass opinions. This site is obviously a stoner site. And I bet you think you're so cool comming online and talking shit to stoners. And you're probably not even a cop. You just wished you were, but they probably turned you down because you're a weak individual. Be easy, -1-

BankDuds

Sep 26 2005, 2:39 am

The reason why marijuana is illegal is because it is a drug. I smoke everyday and love buds just as much as the next stoner but it's a drug. Now I see what some people say, "It's a plant, not a drug." Yeah, but the same people that sell coke, extacy and heroin and shit sell weed. And it's not the police's fault if they arrest you, they're just enforcing the laws that the legislature passed. Now I agree that you shouldn't be put in prison for marijuana use. But in my opinion, (like it matters)if marijuana is that big of a part of your life then go move to the Netherlands or Canada. Im not saying thats a bad thing. But too many people talk and do nothing. Talk is cheap. And like Token Tom said "We need full support or else their is no hope for us." And I honeslty, as much as I would like it to happen, don't see that happening anytime soon. I'll admit I'm lazy, but thats why I have aspiriations to leave this country. I don't want to have to worry about cops or any law enforcement when I'm out trying to smoke a blunt. I know it's just babling but hey, it's my opinion. Be easy, -1-

DirtyDiaper

Sep 25 2005, 11:46 pm

Now it's your turn. Try to sound somewhat educated - OK?

DirtyDiaper

Sep 25 2005, 11:45 pm

Hey SuperCop - these dead heads are kinda senitive. You might want to talk at ...hummm, lets see ???

I KNOW!!! Start with about the mental age of 5 - yeah thats it ... 5.

Supercop

Sep 25 2005, 10:57 pm

Yes, "what?" is the question... Rool model.. case closed - you're a stupid brain dead stoner! Those days spent smoking pot in front of sesame street havent payed off have they?!
Why do you feel you have to answer to me? Because Cops have authority which intimidates you. Suck my Arse Warts!

Maui Grn

Sep 25 2005, 11:42 am

super flop im 25 work for a school dist for two years,PAY MY OWN RENT, PAY MYOWN CAR INNS, SUPPORT MY SELF, & take care of your little stoner while you pretend to be a rool modle. WHAT!?

blazeing tx

Sep 25 2005, 11:25 am

To "super cop" man fuck you you dont know shit. Im 18 I have my own appartment, a job and I have a place in this society. so fuck you go catch the REAL criminals.

BIGDINPA

Sep 23 2005, 11:17 pm

WHAT THE HELL IS THE BIG DEAL IF THE GUY WAS MAKING SOME MONEY WHO CARES. THE GOVERNMENT IS JUST MAD THEY DIDN'T GET THERE CUT.DON'T WORRY IF THERE POCKETS WERE GREASED THERE WOULD'NT OF BEEN ANY RAIDS.HE POSED AS A THREAT AND THE GOVERNMENT IS GOOD AT GETTING RID OF THREATS.ITS ABSURD TO PUT LIFE SENTENCES ANY WHERE NEAR A WEED BUST JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE SYSTEM IS FUCKED UP. SO THEY SPEND ALL THIS MOEY ON INVESTAGATIONS AND A TRIAL NOT INCLUDING MAN HOURS THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO GOOD AT WASTING ARE MONEY.WHENEVER THIS MONEY IS NEEDED TO TRY A CHILD MOLESTER OR A MURDERER THEY WILL JUST OFFER A PLEA BARGAIN AND IT WILL BE OVER WHAT THIS COUNTRY COMING TO. YOU FIGURE AFTER 9/11 WE AS AMERICANS WOULD OF LEARNED SOMETHING.WHAT GIVES US THE RIGHT TO VOTE THESE OFFICIALS INTO OFFICE AND HAVE THEM WASTE ARE MONEY ON WEED GROWERS INSTEAD OF ON OUR SAFETY. HOW WELL WILL YOU SLEEP TONIGHT????????

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Sep 23 2005, 1:06 pm

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DirtyDiaper

Sep 22 2005, 10:22 pm

Hey D O JR - You sick Monkey
I read you POST....

"You would think that with all the people who smoke we could get something done, but we all sit back and watch...." you all sit back and watch because you too damm stoned to doing anything but eat!!!!!

And as for the 10,000 + meth labs - lead the way you sick Monkey. You too Petair.

ganja-alchamist

Sep 22 2005, 3:03 pm

thats fucked up.i got to quit smokin ganja too thou cuz i gots to make money for my farm, but if i had the money, i'd pay the fine man, cuz i'm a freedom fighter too.peace and love of JAH.

Petair

Sep 22 2005, 1:07 pm

This guy's my hero!!!

D O JR

Sep 21 2005, 9:07 pm

they keep it illegal because it is the only thing that keeps the justice system alive. They need to legalize it for one reason and one reason only...taxes. We are in an economic crisis, we are in debt out the ass and we spend billions jailing non violent marijuana offenders. I smoked in high school, but stopped for a few years. I started again about a years or so ago, and can appreciate the gift that marijuana is. At 24 though it is not a matter of if , it is when I get pinched. I do not understand though how it works. If I get pinched than that is it..I am guilty, I smoke marijuana, that is the only illegal thing I do...I won't even speed or switch lanes without a signal. Laws are meant to protect people and keep them safe. The marijuana tax act does nothing but oppress the people and destroy families. You would think that with all the people who smoke we could get something done, but we all sit back and watch....until it happens to us. We need to get off our asses and demand that the government lift its trivial sanctions on marijuana and free up our jails for violent and real drug offenders. Rolling Stone reported of some 10,000+ meth labs in the US...tell the f-ing feds to take their heads out of their asses and spend their money busting those evil and deadly places....give us our buds...were gonna get i anyway...ironic thing is I've been dry for two days lol....

Dontsmokitbutamforit

Sep 21 2005, 2:41 pm

Ed's flaunting was his demise. Walking aroung with pot leaves caked all over him(jewelry, clothing), yea, yea, I know, free speach. The dude drew too much attention to himself. It's like it wasn't about the sick, it was more like he was saying F.U. to the DEA. If you want to be taken seriously, you should try to act the part.

gro til ya go

Sep 21 2005, 2:15 pm

make bubblehash wit yo shake

Big Indo

Sep 21 2005, 10:42 am

I knew Eddy he was out for one thing MONEY. he used and abused prop 215 to make MONEY. MONEY MONEY PROFIT thats all that matters for him.

DirtyDiaper

Sep 20 2005, 11:07 pm

Sorry for the mis spelling - tired.

DirtyDiaper

Sep 20 2005, 11:06 pm

All Lepp had to do was ..............pratice what he preached. Thats it!

But no.......... he went and sold to undercover FEDS on video for pure profit. Thats right - no bullshit - profit. He ever jokes about it. But now hes winning. King's X Eddie.....

The cutting crew

underground grow king

Sep 18 2005, 11:49 pm

a smart man once wrote something like this: " when facism arives in this country,it will be wrapped in a flag, carrying a cross"

Token Tom

Sep 18 2005, 11:03 pm

This country was founded with marijuana as a main export and import crop. The Constitution was written on Hemp paper. George Washington himself cultivated Marijuana on his farm. Thomas Jefferson as well. How did something that had such a promising future in this country all of the sudden become public enemy #1? Corruption, money, greed are all factors. The only way to make changes is for those who are in-the-closet smokers to come out of the shadows and show their support for the cause. We need martyr's both politically and socially. We need the pot-smoking community to fight for it. We need those in the entertainment industry to start campaigning for marijuana reform. We need full support or else their is no hope for us. We will all be encarcerated and the Peace and Love ideal that marijuana should promote will be lost.

Gainsville Greenie

Sep 18 2005, 8:26 pm

Eddie broke? No power players like Sorros providing funds? No free publicity shots with Woody Harrelson? No big benefit concerts. Notice celebrities are steering clear of this. I suspect that is intentional. They know something that so far HT has seen fit to overlook! Weed may need a martyr, but Eddie ain't it.

420_killabuds_420

Sep 18 2005, 7:21 pm

i love weed. it makes me happy. everyone in the world should smoke a joint. we'd all be happy. way to go for weed!

underground grow king

Sep 18 2005, 1:09 am

as long as pot is outlawed, only outlaws will cultivate pot.. face it folks,as long as 'big buisness' is running the show, it will never be legalized..so it's time to harden up,be smart and be safe and remember that rats must be dealt with accordingly.

the bermin german

Sep 18 2005, 12:21 am

bound to happen

THE INDIVIDUALS

Sep 16 2005, 2:52 pm

Eddy Lepp is a very kind Man. He was the first Person to buy our CD when we met Him at the Seattle HempFest in 2004. We missed Him out there this year. We wish the dea and many other police departments across the country would put all of their efforts into catching sex offenders. We want to know why the safety of our Children isn't the first priority of the police? Marijuana is not a problem! Maybe so many of the politicians who run these World governments are pedophiles themselves. The Government is suppose to be OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND BY THE PEOPLE! A lot of the People we know Smoke Weed!

EDDY LEPP****MARC EMERY****GREG WILLIAMS****RENEE BOJE****LYNN WOOD****MICHELLE FENKAREK****AND EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA************************WE SALUTE YOU**********420!!!!

HIGHTIMES IS KING!

token in tha saw

Sep 16 2005, 1:42 pm

This is to everyone who hates on pot and those who
smoke it. Get the hell of our site. We're no lazier than you ass. I can't speak for everyone, but I work fifty hours a week, I go to school full time, and I work out at the gym like three to four days a week. So if I go against everything you thought about potheads, then get over it. We are everywhere.

smokey mcpot how original

Sep 16 2005, 1:40 pm

So from what i read of the story, I get that this man was legally growing medicinal marijuana and the feds seize his shit? Well if that's true, it just goes to show how fucked up the gov't is...well, shit will change soon, I'd say the most 10 years..
-smoke 1 for me
-hometown hookahville, who knows what hookahville is?

beer and loathing

Sep 16 2005, 10:33 am

Amsterdam on the 23rd.Be jealous be very jealous

token in tha saw

Sep 16 2005, 2:00 am

The whole world has gone to shit. I hear Bin Laden has purchased a bunch of suitcase nukes, and all the pigs can think about is oppressing potheads. I'm sitting in my house smokin a blunt, and playing playstation, not hurtin a fly and you want to knock my door down! Get a life.

What Day Is It?

Sep 16 2005, 1:49 am

Just a lil' before the times Brother! And of coarse there would've been a pay off, that shit isn't free! I don't see how he can get through this unless he can get Canada to take him and his Family. I'd love to have a team of Cultivators at my disposal.

kkilam

Sep 15 2005, 6:50 pm

all i can say is that it is a shame and god will judge all hypocrits and bumbaclots