Dec-05-2009
Bonnie King Salem-News.com
Canadian authorities have still not laid charges ten days after the police action.
Rick Simpson holding hemp oil. Photo: Christian Laurette
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(SALEM, Ore.) - There’s a man from Athol, Nova Scotia,
Canada who has caused a stir around the world. About five years ago,
he made the shocking claim to have cured cancer. As unbelievable as that
sounds, there is viable evidence to support his claim.
You may not have heard of Rick Simpson, many people
have not yet had the chance. He’s well known globally in the cannabis
community, but the general public has been slow in receiving his whole
story.
Simpson makes and distributes a medicinal cannabis
extract popularly known as “hemp oil”. He does so without any profit
motive. Many patients have claimed to be cured of their ailments, often
terminal cancer, by miniscule amounts of this extract.
This pioneer for alternative health solutions was in
Europe in November, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) took
the opportunity to raid Simpson’s home in Canada. As his house, office,
and garden were being trampled through by police, Simpson was accepting
an International Freedom Fighter award, thousands of miles away.
“While he has been touring in Europe his residence was
raided by the RCMP and rumor has it the DEA was involved as well,”
explains friend Desmond Wynnd.
January 2010 Issue
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“The newest issue of "High Times" that came out a week
or two ago has a lengthy article on his story and it's felt by many this
is what prompted the latest raid. He is now seeking political asylum in
Europe.”
The 22nd Annual High Times Cannabis Cup was just held
in Amsterdam, and there Rick Simpson received the acclaimed honor of
"Freedom Fighter of the Year". The special event came on the heels of a
European tour Simpson had just completed.
Jack Herer, well-known as “the Hemperor”, author of
Emperor Wears No Clothes, had anxiously awaited joining Simpson for the
tour in early fall. Sadly, Herer was afflicted with a heart attack in
September and is in recovery, but his assistant Chuck Jacobs was able to
attend in his stead. Jack Herer and Rick Simpson are of like minds in
that they truly believe hemp can save the world. One person at a time.
For five years, Simpson has been diligently working on the behalf of saving lives,
challenging the traditional remedies for skin cancer and other cancers,
diabetes, as well as many chronic illnesses. He aspires to enlighten
the medical community and bring the discussion of curing cancer to a new
level. That discussion is widely believed to be more politically
motivated than cure goal-oriented.
Though Rick Simpson has helped so many, there are forces that want to stop him, at any cost.
As of December 3rd, Canadian authorities had still not
charged Simpson, ten days after the police action. Initially there were
discrepancies in available information from the two involved agencies
that carried out this police action.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police first claimed that
such an action would have been undertaken by the Amherst Police
Department, as Simpson’s home falls within their jurisdiction. Amherst
PD denied that they incited this action when reached for comment, and
deferred inquiry for detail to the RCMP.
Rick Simpson wrote, “If I return home, I will be
arrested and put in jail without bail or medicine. I am not afraid of
their jails but I cannot go without my medicine, the system has nothing
that could help me with my conditions. So for me to return to Canada
would be like committing suicide. I would be thrown in jail and denied
my medicine and a short time later you would hear in the news that ‘Rick
Simpson died of natural causes’.”
"It seems the goal is to keep me from returning home
and they succeeded. But to what end? All hemp magazines on this planet
are now telling their readers how to heal themselves with this wonderful
medicine. If governments want to live in denial, it will be
short-lived. We are gaining tens of thousands of followers every day.
You cannot stop the truth.”
“For the time being, it seems I will be seeking asylum in Europe.”
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