The Emperor Of Hemp
Video Gets Steppenwolf Stopped At the Canadian Border.
It Is Legal To Grow Hemp There, But Customs Thinks It Is Suspicious To Be In Favor Of It.
We Really Couldn’t Make This Up!
(Marijuananews note: A few weeks ago Todd
McCormick and I went to a taping of Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect to have
the opportunity to meet John Kay, the lead and lyricist for the legendary Steppenwolf, who
has written some of the great anti-prohibitionist music, notably Don't Step On The
Grass, Sam. Kay is also a really nice guy. So….)
From The New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com
August 17, 1999
No Magic Carpet Ride
It's not just the substance hemp that can get you into trouble.
Material about hemp can do the same thing.
John Kay of the 1960s group Steppenwolf learned that the hard way when he tried to
cross the border into Canada. Kay was a recent guest on "Politically Incorrect,"
with Bill Maher.
See
AHEMP’s Todd McCormick Also Included
in Spitfire Tour Lineup
Along With Politically Incorrect’s Bill Maher
Kay says that after the broadcast, Todd McCormick, a friend of Maher's and a hemp
advocate, gave him a video extolling the virtues of hemp and a copy of Hemp Life magazine.
(Marijuananews note: Hemp Life was published in Holland. To
learn more about the video click on the Emperor of Hemp banner above.)
Kay says he took what McCormick gave him back to the East Coast and inadvertently left
the material on the back of Steppenwolf's tour bus.
There, he says, the book and video were discovered by Canadian customs officials when
the band attempted to cross the border for a date in Ottawa.
The "discovery resulted in a four-hour delay," says
Kay, "complete with drug-dog inspection and dismemberment of both truck and bus
interiors."
The dog found no contraband, reports Kay, "although he left a considerable amount
of dog hair on the upholstery of both our front and back bus lounges."
(Marijuananews note: To make matters even weirder, I
learned about this shortly after I learned about the Judge’s rejection of Todd’s
pretrial motions. This is truly insane. For more on Steppenwolf see www.steppenwolf.com for more
on Todd see www.ahemp.org )
Marijuananews.com hemp pages Contributing Editor: John E. Dvorak,
HempologistJohn researches and writes about the past, present and future uses of
cannabis hemp. He is the founder and proprietor of the Boston Hemp Co-op, Museum and
Library. John was the Managing Editor of Hemp Magazine and has had articles published in
Hempworld Magazine, the Journal of the International Hemp Association and Cannabis Canada
(now Cannabis Culture). He is a member of the Hemp Industries Association, the
International Hemp Association, and Mass Cann/NORML. He can be reached at boston.hemp@pobox.com and 781-662-4313.
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