We the People of the Cannabis and drug using culture, having our own distinct identity,
recognizing the War on Drugs as the road to another holocaust, seeking to escape centuries of
oppression and obtain liberty; gather together for a common defense and
establish this, the guiding document of the first Stoner Homeland on planet
Earth.
We invite and welcome the victims of drug war oppression. To the weary
POWs, we say come here and be free; to those made destitute from drug testing,
we say come here and seek your fortune; to the masses whose homes were
seized, we say come here and live in peace. This is your country.
"Wave that flag. Wave it wide and high."
Section I: Foundation and Secession
1. The temporary name of our country shall be the "Stoner Homeland" until a formal decision
is made by a majority vote of its people.
2. The Homeland recognizes that whenever any form of government becomes destructive, it
is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to establish other methods of maintaining
civil order. The Homeland hereby declares its sovereignty, freedom and independence from
the United States of America.
3. The Homeland people hereby enter into a firm pledge of solidarity with each other, for their
common defense, the security of their liberties, pledging to assist each other, against all force
offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of national or cultural
identity, religious beliefs, cultural sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense.
4. The Homeland shall occupy the area starting twenty miles from the eastern edge of the
Pacific ocean, ten miles north of the city border of San Francisco, California; extending
compass east to the crest of the Cascade Mountains and following that crest northward; until
ten miles south of the city border of Portland, Oregon; the northern border shall extend
compass west to the coast; and twenty miles into the ocean which shall be our territorial
waters.
5. The Homeland shall have a totally legal marijuana/cannabis/hemp based economy.
6. The Homeland shall have a libertarian form of society.
7. The form of organization for the operation of the Homeland shall be one body of representatives,
comprised of elected representatives from each Autonomous Area.
8. The Stoner Homeland shall be on the gold standard of currency. The use of barter is
encouraged.
Section II: Personal Rights
The rights contained herein are to be considered sacred and not open to interpretation.
Not one word is to be added, nor one word taken away.
1. Freedom to use, possess, grow, transport and sell marijuana/cannabis/hemp, or any of its
derivatives, in any amount and for any purpose.
2. To self-defense. To keep and bear arms, including all types of weapons, which may be
carried on the person, kept in places of business, homes, vehicles and other conveyances. Remembering that this right
protects all the others.
3. Freedom of speech and the press.
4. Freedom to assemble and associate with whomever one pleases.
5. To petition the People's Congress for a redress of grievances against them.
6. Freedom of religion and the free exercise thereof, as long as such practice does not
infringe on the rights of others.
7. To be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures. That general warrants, whereby any officer or messenger may be commanded
to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or
persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence,
are grievous and oppressive and will not be tolerated.
8. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime unless on an
indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the Home Guard, when in actual service
in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be
twice put in jeopardy of life, limb or property nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to
witness against himself, nor deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law;
nor shall private property be taken for public use without permission and just compensation.
9. The trial of all crimes shall be by Jury, and such trial shall be held in the Area where the
said crimes shall have been committed.
10. That in controversies respecting property and in suits between people, the ancient trial by
jury is preferable to any other and is to be held sacred. That in all capital or criminal
prosecutions a person has a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be
confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his/her favor, and to a
speedy trial by an impartial jury of twelve of his/her actual peers, without whose unanimous
consent s/he cannot be found guilty, nor can s/he be compelled to give evidence against
him/herself; that no persons be deprived of liberty except by the law of the Homeland by
judgment of their true peers.
11. The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases
of treason or invasion; the public safety may require it.
12. The right of women to exercise reproductive choice shall never be infringed.
13. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed. Punishments for crimes shall
equal the seriousness of the crimes.
14.The enumeration in this Declaration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or
disparage other rights retained by the people.
15. The right of citizens of the Homeland to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
Stoner Homeland or by any Area on account of race, religion, color, sex, sexual preference or
previous incarceration for Drug War related activities.
16. Trade and commerce shall be open and unrestricted; excepting slavery and damage to
the environment.
17. Powers not delegated to the Homeland by this document, are reserved to the
Autonomous Areas and to the people.
18. In suits at Common Law, where the value in controversy shall exceed the value of one
ounce of gold, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be
otherwise reexamined in any Court of the Homeland, than according to the rules of the
Common Law.
19. People of the Homeland shall have the right to death with dignity.
Section III: Responsibilities
Keeping in mind the great sacrifice that went into the founding of the first Stoner
Homeland, the ruined lives, the countless families destroyed and the murders of our
brothers and sisters in North America and around the world — by the War on Drugs — it is the responsibility
of every man, woman and child to
participate in defending and sustaining this place of freedom we call our home.
Homeland Sovereign Citizens Responsibilities
1. Never forget that the oppression of our people dates back to the Pharaohs of Egypt and continues to
this day under the guise of the worldwide "War on Drugs." Our enemies exist and will destroy
our culture, our Homeland and our freedom if given a chance.
2. Participate—History proves that lack of participation in the operation of one's own
country, results in the loss of your rights. We hereby establish the Quorum of the People. If a
super majority (75%) of the people do not vote, then the People's Congress will immediately
shut down and remain inoperative until a sufficient number shall participate.
3. Defend the Homeland from outside aggression as well as the mushrooming of antidrug
and anti-freedom forces within the borders of the Homeland. Anti-drug bigots must always
be watched for and exposed.
4. Protect the environment. Pollution is as deadly as the oppressor's sword. Be vigilant
and militant against polluters and those who would mow down the forests.
5. Keep our culture alive. Celebrate the planting, harvesting and many uses of Cannabis/hemp.
6. Party! Use the herb and celebrate life as its Creator intended.
7. It is the responsibility of all adults to participate in judging the accused on juries.
Section IV: Laws of the Homeland
In all societies there are certain guidelines for conduct. To best promote a free and
open society, rules and regulations are to be kept to a minimum. Any and all laws that
infringe on the guaranteed rights of the people of the Homeland are to be considered
illegal and void. Persons submitting such illegal legislation should be considered
suspect and expelled from the People's Congress.
1. These things are banned from the Homeland, now and forever more: anti-drug urine
testing, curfews, anti-drug roadblocks, domestic spy agencies and subversive anti-drug networks.
2. When two people refuse to settle their differences peaceably, it is legal for them to
engage in the rite of dueling. This shall only be legal when carried out in an area set aside for such a purpose, safely
away from innocent bystanders. The injury or death of an innocent bystander shall be considered a
criminal act.
3. A national voter referendum (90% participation) is required to declare war. The Homeland shall take
full advantage of technological breakthroughs to improve the participation of the largest masses of
people in the rapid decision-making process.
4. All power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without
consent of the people is injurious to their rights and shall not to be exercised.
5. Inhabitants shall be entitled to all human and cultural rights and immunities; and the
people shall be free to come and go, into and out of the Homeland, and shall enjoy therein all
personal rights.
6. All people are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights
which cannot, by any law or decree, be deprived or divested of their rights; namely, the
enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and
pursuing and obtaining personal happiness and safety.
7. All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that any and all
freely chosen representatives are their trustees and servants, and at all times answerable to
them.
8. Slavery is now and forever more, barred from the Homeland
9. Involuntary servitude shall not exist within the Stoner Homeland, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
10. Private companies and registries can better promote the progress of science and useful
arts, by securing to authors and inventors the exclusive Right to their respective writings and
discoveries.
11. There shall be no laws creating "consentual crimes," and all such laws on existing books within the Homeland are void.
Section IV: The Autonomous Areas
1. Area Representatives shall be composed of members chosen per the requirements of the
People of the Autonomous Areas. Age and residence requirements shall be determined by
the Autonomous Areas themselves.
2. The Council of each Area shall select, by their own methods all officers; raise the Home
Guard and clothe, arm and equip them in the necessary manner, at the expense of the Area
volunteers themselves.
3. That a Home Guard, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper,
natural, and safe defense of a free land; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be
strictly avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under
strict subordination to, and be governed by, the people of the Homeland.
4. The number of Representatives from each Autonomous Area shall not exceed one for
every thousand registered voters, but each Area shall have at least one Representative. The
Area Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers.
5. The Area Representatives shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When the
National Speaker of the Stoner Homeland is tried, a chosen judge shall preside.
6. The times, places and methods of holding elections and length of terms for Area
Representatives shall be decided in each Autonomous Area by the Council thereof.
7. The Autonomous Areas themselves will determine the day, time and method of choosing
the National Speakers.
8. No Area shall be represented in the People's Congress by less than two members; and
no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than six years; nor shall any person,
being in the People's Congress, be capable of holding any additional office under the
Homeland, for which s/he, receives any salary, fees or earnings of any kind.
9. A person charged in any Area with treason, felony, or other violent predatory crime, who
shall flee from justice, and be found in another Area, shall on demand of the executive
authority of the Area from which s/he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the Area having
jurisdiction over the crime.
10. Each Autonomous Area retains the power to recall its delegates at any time within the
year, and to send others in their place.
11. New Autonomous Areas may be admitted by the People's Congress into the Homeland.
12. Autonomous Areas may unite at will to resist invasion.
Section V: The People's Congress
The chief duty of the Representatives of the People's Congress is to inform the
people of the Autonomous Areas of the challenges facing the People's Congress in
order for the people themselves to make the important decisions affecting the
Homeland. In all serious and pressing decisions of our Homeland, the people
themselves shall make the decisions. The flow of power in the Homeland shall always be from the bottom up,
rather than from the top down.
1. Overall administration of the daily affairs of the Homeland shall be trusted to the People's Congress, which
shall consist of Representatives from the Autonomous Areas.
2. The People's Congress shall have no power to lay and collect direct taxes or duties. No
direct taxes shall ever be levied by the People's Congress on the people or property within the
Homeland.
3. For the most convenient management of the general interests of the Homeland, the
People's Congress will convene on the first Monday in every month.
4. The People's Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members
for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
5. No person shall ever be a Representative in the People's Congress, or hold any office,
civil or Home Guard, if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against our culture,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
6. If any person guilty of, or charged with predatory violent crime, treason, fraud, or other
high misdemeanor in any republic or stateless area friendly to the Homeland, shall flee from
justice, and be found in the Homeland, s/he shall, upon demand of the Governor or executive
power of the Homeland from which s/he fled, be delivered up and removed to the place having
jurisdiction over the offense.
7. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the Homeland, shall accept any
present, salary, office or title of any kind whatsoever from any King or government; nor shall
the People's Congress, grant any title of nobility.
8. The Homeland shall not enter into any treaty, declaration or alliance whatsoever, without
the consent of the People's Congress, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same
is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
9. The People's Congress shall have power to adjourn to any place within the Homeland, so
that no period of adjournment be of longer duration than one month, and shall publish the journal
of their proceedings monthly, especially such parts thereof relating to new laws, treaties, alliances or
military operations; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each Area on any question
shall be entered in the journal.
10. No vessel of war, nor shall any body of forces, shall be maintained in time of peace by the Homeland,
except in such number deemed necessary by the People's Congress for the defense of the
borders of the Homeland and its trade.
11. The Homeland shall not engage in any war without the consent of the people, unless the
Homeland be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received a credible threat of imminent invasion.
12. All charges that shall be incurred for border defense, allowed by the People's Congress,
shall be defrayed out of a common fund, which shall be supplied by the Autonomous Areas,
raised by their own means and in proportion.
13. Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall extend further than to removal from office, and
disqualification to hold again any office of honor or trust under the Homeland. The person
convicted shall also be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment
according to the laws of the Area where the crimes were committed.
14. The People's Congress does not have the power to: borrow money on the credit of the
Homeland; to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the Autonomous
Areas; to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of
bankruptcies throughout the Homeland; to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of
foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; to establish post offices and post
roads. All of these needs shall be addressed through the Autonomous Areas and the marketplace.
15. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law (after-the-act law) shall be passed.
16. No money shall be drawn from the Homeland Business Treasury, but in consequence of
Appropriations made by the People's Congress; and a statement and account of the receipts
and expenditures of all money shall be published immediately, and made available to
the people of the Homeland.
17. The People's Congress shall appoint Ambassadors, various Managers and Judges to the
High Court; provided two thirds of the Area Representatives concur.
18. The People's Congress shall determine the punishment of those convicted of treason against our culture.
Such punishment shall not extend to innocent family members.
Section VI:
The National and Co-National Speakers
The National Speakers shall be the public representatives for the Homeland. They shall
preside over the meetings of the People's Congress as well as act as leaders for the
unified Home Guards during time of war or national emergency.
1. No person except a member of our culture and a resident of the Autonomous Areas within
the Homeland, shall be eligible for the office of National Speaker or Co-National Speaker.
2. One person shall be National Speaker of the Homeland. S/He shall hold the office during
the term of three years, and, together with the Co-National Speaker, chosen for the same
term, be elected. The National Speakers shall, at agreed times, receive a compensation,
which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the elected term.
3. The National Speaker shall be the wartime Coordinator of the combined Armed forces of
the Homeland. In all other times, the Home Guards shall be under local command.
4. In case of the removal of the National Speaker from office, or death, resignation, or
Inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall pass to the Co-
National Speaker. The People's Congress may by law provide for the case of removal,
death, resignation or Inability, both of the National Speaker and Co-National Speaker,
declaring what Officer shall then act as National Speaker, until the disability is removed, or a
new Speaker(s) shall be elected.
5. Before taking office, they shall take the following Oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully execute the office of National Speaker of the Homeland, and will to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend the rights of my culture contained in the Declarations of
the Stoner Homeland."
Section VII: The Courts
To formally settle differences between people and to fairly judge those accused of
crimes, a court system is necessary. All power of judgment shall be reserved to the
Autonomous Areas with only one High Court for the settlement of differences that
cannot be resolved by the Areas themselves.
1. The judicial power of the Homeland, shall be vested in the High Court, and in such lower
Courts as the Autonomous Areas ordain and establish. The Judges of the High Court, shall
hold their offices for two years during good behavior. They shall receive for their services a
fair compensation, drawn from court costs. Said costs shall be paid by the loser in each case.
2. Candidates for election to the position of judges of the High Court shall come from the judges of the courts of the
Autonomous Areas.
3. Full faith and credit shall be given to the records, acts, and proceedings of the courts.
4. The judicial power of the High Court shall extend to deciding all cases in law and equity,
arising under this declaration, the laws of the Homeland, and treaties made, or which shall be
made, under their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, to all cases of admiralty and
maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the Homeland shall be a party;—to
controversies between two or more Autonomous Areas; between an Area and sovereigns of
different Autonomous Areas, or the citizens of an Area and foreign countries.
9. Treason against the Homeland shall consist of waging war against our culture, showing loyalty to our enemies
and/or giving aid to them.
10. When a person has been duly tried and found guilty by a jury of his/her peers, they shall
whenever possible, be punished by the victim. If the victim of the crime no longer lives, or is
unable to punish the convicted person(s), then they shall be turned over (in chains) to the
family of the victim for punishment. Should no family exist, then the judge and jury shall
decide and carry out the punishment.
11. In courts of law, the juries shall not only judge the accused, they shall judge the law itself.
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