A 1 day of the Global Marijuana March, comes the very good news that freed the writer Alicia Castilla Argentina, detained and held in captivity 93 days ago. No doubt great news for the cannabis community, for him, for freedom and for our cause it is also yours.
released yesterday to the "lady cannabis after 3 months
Justice. "Plant what you eat is not a crime," said RUGGIERO VIVIANA
Argentina's 66 year old Alicia Castilla was 94 days in prison for having 29 marijuana plants at his home in Atlantis. Yesterday was released. "I'm excited and show that plant what you eat is not a crime," he told El Pais.
Saturday turned 90 days in jail. The Supreme Court refused Monday to grant provisional liberty of grace. However, in the afternoon yesterday, the prosecutor, Fernando Valerio, granted the request of probation filed by his defense. "Mrs. cannabis" and obtained his freedom and now must wait for the ruling. According to defend the resolution "delayed." Castilla
confessed that the last days began to "resign" and, somehow, to assume that it would continue in prison. His case, however, took a turn in the early hours of yesterday morning when the director of the CNR (where he was imprisoned) conveyed that was free.
"Emotion, emotion felt. And now I'm free I think perhaps my incarceration was a blessing in disguise. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but was not committing a crime. Without But my case it possible that Uruguayan society feels unfair to discuss a topic. I think it's an injustice that a person is prey to plant what you eat " Castilla said El Pais.
While in prison his figure took his case was relevant and a major impact in Argentina. Activist groups were convened before the Supreme Court of Justice to demand the legalization of self-cultivation and freedom. While in Parliament discussed different bills on the subject. Members who actually wrote any of them went to visit the prison.
"The consciousness of being the pivot of a social movement that can make the first global decriminalization makes survival possible in the branch of hell," he wrote in prison. Argentina
activist believes that "many people fought" to help her and 350 others imprisoned for the same reason. "There were people who said he was ashamed to be Uruguayan while I was imprisoned. 90% of workers in the CNR he said he felt ashamed that I was prey. I commented that my case had been discussed in the family. It a bonus for me, "he said.
writer's books and Cannabis Culture Cannabis Culture began to write his third publication in prison. In addition to his personal experience and try to "get the devil" the track, capture "the failure of the war on drugs."
"I lived. I was with people who consume, sells and negotiates with the paste. And it is worth explaining that putting them in prison does not solve anything. Fare much worse because in learned more, "he said. In addition to completing your book and order your house Atlantis is scheduled to continue campaigning for the legalization. In fact, tomorrow will be present at the rally to be held in the Parque Rodo.
ARRIVAL. Alicia Castilla came to Uruguay in November 2010. He bought a house in Atlanta with the objective to spend "quiet" and "unnoticed as possible." Two months later due to the withdrawal of English growers, police raided his home and found 29 marijuana plants. was arrest and imprisonment. "I was sailing on a lake and suddenly there came a tsunami. I was not prepared for that." He
45 days in Jail Canelones. "It was hard. There can be a prison like Canelones" he said. "Sleaze", "violence", "Dirt", "rats everywhere", "cockroaches in the beds," "lice." All these words sum up, according to Castilla, the prison grounds of Canelones.
After several requests were forwarded to the CNR. "Not a hotel but it is another thing. The problem is that it is a rehabilitation center and I was in rehab, had no assigned activities." said. So he managed to get a laptop through which he learned "from outside" and began to write his story in Uruguay.
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