The National Organization for the Reform
of Marijuana Laws in Canada
NORML
CANADA and LAURENCE CHERNIAK Life
Long Member Since 1980.
Above is the cover concept and art work by
LAURENCE CHERNIAK of the 24 page program to promote our MARDI GRAS in 1978.
All its pages and plenty photos will be posted here soon. They were great
days with great people all doing our best to end prohibition. How innocent
we were... and still are. Our music and songs heralded the coming of a
new rennaissance period known as the Age of Aquarius.
The Age of Aquarius is still alive/young. It is past being like an infant learning
to walk. Now we know the walk. Together, we will overcome this ordeal and Canada
will show the rest of the world that we truly are a unique country going into
the future. Let us bring smiles to our ancestors who struggled and sacrificed
so that the dreams of their children would flourish and come true as well as
be the envy of the rest of the world.
Let us use (not abuse or misuse) our time on this planet wisely. Let us be
the very 1st to make prohibition truly obsolete. Then the way will be open
to build a nation of people that can gently show and gracefully lead the rest
of the world in the true lessons of what life through peace means and how valuable
it is for future generations. After much traveling, I have learned many languages
and seen many places where the people of older countries have become so cynical,
bitter, old and put little value on life. If we go forward with a vision that
is unique to us we will ensure our wonderful country continuing to be a place
where people can aspire and achieve their dreams instead of being another land
where many people, have grown into wasting their lives away.
Canada will truly continue to be a great nation if we keep in mind all those who lived and died for this country to be a great nation to live and have families. Since we can we should set the example in peace. By allowing each person to develop the many unique and the future is all about.
Above
photo is from the previous year's, 1977, NORML D-DAY. The following year we tweaked
it up and had Mardi Gras. In 1978 our
Toronto chapter of
NORML
had
the largest
membership in Canada. The other members of the executive, both on the local
and the national level worked very hard to raise the membership. We had some
great brains working together. They included Rebeccas Shamai (an incredible
lady who was one of the most resourceful, kind and loving, compassionate
people, I have ever known), in fact she was known as (Inner City Angel) Paul
Copeland, Clayton Ruby, Ed Brown, Andy Rapoch, Robert Bellows
and John
Conroy.
Others that should be mentioned are James Kyle (Kip) & The Air-Male-Female
Club (Kitchener), Ted Woloshyn, Eric Amirault, Armin Darmstadt, Jim Devereux,
Millie Drain, Paul James Vigna, The Musicians Union, David Goldberg (photographer),
Umberto Iofirda and
Terry Parker.
HIGH TIMES magazine's Thomas King Forcade (Publisher) and HIGH TIMES'
Art Director Toni Brown, supported us with taking the inside front of
our
program
for the Mardi
Gras. (By that time I had contracted with them, to be their only
ever INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT. As well Sebastian Orfali from And/Or
Press, in Berkeley, California who had contracted with me to do
the first trilogy of The Great Books of Hashish took a full page
ad inside the back cover. More of my dreams were coming true.
The dream that I was speaking of was being able to play music at these events. That was, in many ways the height of it all. Being able to play with Paul Vigna and the rest of the band Lick'n'Stick was definitely one of the highlights of my NORML CANADA activities. That inspired me in so many creative ways. We also played together around Toronto at several of the places where he had been booked. We also made dates, for me, to come and sit in. Playing music with Paul made it all worth the tremendous amount of community service that I was happy to donate.
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