the MUSEUM: I will not edit this rant. i will never care more for a place getting shut down. i am outraged.

This does not support the god life

This is an abomination.

I will speak of this plain to let the world know,

At least, those who listen:

THIS IS HOW I GOT MY FIX:

THIS IS HOW I GOT MY HIGH:

The Vancouver Drug & War Museum.

The established underground: each day

At 3 pm where Hastings East meets

Hastings swank West at Cambie,

At the park statue, gather there, wait there,

A representative of the museum will greet

And take you on a tour.

Vancouver’s Drug & War history.

Different locations; very informative:

Gassy Jack was Vancouver’s first drug dealer,

Now, historic Gastown is named after him,

The heap of whiskey at his bronze feet,

Is the actual barrel he sailed here with.

The Lotus Hotel was Vancouver’s first earthquake

Resistant building, but more importantly,

Cheech & Chong met there.

There is a time capsule buried in the Cambie park

To be opened in 2042, filled with goods hopefully

Legalized by the release date.

The purple glass tiles in downtown and Gastown

Were there for very specific reasons:

To show people where the underground tunnels were,

That led users from opium den to opium den,

So that the general public would not have to see them enter,

Not to mention that they were the result of Canada's first

Restriction-law that was passed on completely racist terms.

(After the railways were built the Canadian Government saw no use for
the Asian community and tried to send them back home by restricting their
only materialistic pleasure)

These are all examples of the things the tour has taught me.

I could go on, it was very informative.

Once the tour is complete, you are brought to the museum location.

You are told the way it works:

The place is always “closed”.

The windows and doors are caged.

You knock with something metal to let the inside know you’re waiting.

You are taken into the space between the door and the outer cage.

You are asked specific questions about the tour to prove that you were one it.

If correct, you are led inside to the first room: posters,

Information on drug and war, handouts and political flyers…

The second room, behind the curtain, is the lounge: there are always

Groups of people blazing in there. The room is a constant hotbox and it makes me

Feel fuzzed and content just by being there.

The third room is the objective.

At any one time there are 2 to 6 dealers behind the tables,

All with whatever they are offering laid out on the table,

Feel free to browse. Feel free to ask questions.

Make your selections.

The last time I was there I got $100 worth of HINDU KUSH.

I have never walked out of that place with mediocre bud.

It has always been top quality.

AND NOW

I RANT IN HYSTERICAL ANGER

THAT THE MUSEUM WAS RAIDED BY POLICE

THREE DAYS AGO,

AND EVERYONE SERIOUSLY INVOLVED WITH IT

IS NOW IN PRISON

SO FUCK THE CLAMP DOWN

ON VANCOUVER

BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING

OLYMIPICS.

MAN,

I HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

People try so hard to consider the law so that others

Can simply

Get high.

Can SIMPLY enjoy

Herbal, earthly grass. A great motherly gift.

So much effort went into this establishment

And now, besides all the fucking disgusting junkies hanging out

All around this place (on East Hastings) getting their DIRT FIX

Right in the fucking middle

Of the fucking dirt street

Is tolerable.

Yes. THAT is tolerable.

FUCK that.