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I got a page about my dad going on MySpace.
Henry Boston on Myspace
I’m looking for pictures of Dad in his BC Anti-Prohibition role. He was always at the legislature peace rallies in Victoria with a table, and I’d love to have some pics of him in this activity.
Also copies of his newsletter, […]

You can visit bcantiprohibitionleague.

Spannabis Magazine held its annual fair this weekend in the Fira de Cornella - with 118 exhibitors offering various hemp and cannabis products - everything from seeds to classic-styled clothing, including hemp bread mix, hemp facial masque, and De Verdamper BV a smoke-less vaporiser smoking apparatus.
Each day of the 3-day event, forums were […]

There is no doubt the housing market in Spain is corrupt. Here are some links to related stories.
Stories on the Abusos Urbanisticos No website links the problem to money laundering by drug lords. Canadian, Charles Svoboda, is on the executive of Abusos Urbanisticos No.
Housing is
over-priced.

ALA - Associacio Lliure Antiprohibicionista - runs regular events…
and this website.
The cafe operates on the ground floor of C/dels Salvador, 20 in the Raval. Enter through a small black door, the name ALA painted in large, white letters above a green canibas leaf.
Just inside the door you will find […]

Christmas Spirit 2006, original digital artwork, copyright Alison Boston

Well, I’ve been in Barcelona just over 3 months now and I have just moved into my sixth accomodation (seven if you count the crazy woman I left my bags with for 1/2 a day, then chose not to sleep there for even one night!) […]

Memorial Service Floral and Photo Display
Dad passed away Monday morning at 7:15 AM.
This is the obituary we ran in the newspaper:
BOSTON, Henry On June 12, 2006 at Mt. St. Mary Hospital, Henry, dearly loved husband of June, father of Stephen, Tom (Ellen) and Alison, and grandfather to Nicholas, Christopher, Katharine and Sonja. Henry is […]

Why did I call my painting (see previous post) Spray Noszel? Well…
My father - who believed profoundly in the individual’s right to choose what substance went into their mouth - chose to swallow a plastic spray nozzle as his last meal.
It’s a funny story and when I told one friend, she said: “OMG […]

The law is a curious thing. The rationale regarding drug laws in particular can twist one’s mind. Take for example Canada’s laws regarding medical cannibas.
A doctor can prescribe cannibas for medical use, providing the cannibas product has a pharmaceutical DIN number. Alternatively, an individual can fill out a lengthy document to […]

There’s an update on Dad’s page with a recent photograph.
I’ve also been editing and linking the posts about the workshops at Open Space, so now most of the artists I refer to are linked to related biographical pages.

…on the subject of, read this:
Sacred Coca Leaf Threatened by War on Drugs
….and if that doesn’t get you riled, try this

Even though all Latin American countries have signed the Ottawa treaty which prohibits the use of these fatal, economical, horrifying weapons, in Colombia they remain the weapon of choice for the guerrillas and drug traffickers.
Landmines […]

I took my Dad to hear retired police chief Norm Stamper speak at Victoria City Hall today about ending the war on drugs.
That was my father’s issue and still is, it seems, because in spite of his dementia he was able to follow along and clapped at the appropriate times. After the […]