Heaven's Stairway
Industry | Seed bank |
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Founded | 1998 |
Defunct | January 31, 2006 |
Fate | Raided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
Headquarters | , Canada |
Products | Cannabis |
Owner | Richard Hratch Baghdadlian (aka Richard Calrisian) |
Heaven's Stairway was an
The cybercompany Heaven’s Stairway used the Internet sites hempqc.com, cannabisworld.com, overgrow.com, eurohemp.com, cannabisseeds.com, and cannabisbay.com. These sites were used to order cannabis seeds online and obtain information on cannabis cultivation. Topics included cannabis growing, cultivation articles, cannabis seeds, pictures and FAQs.[3]
Overgrow.com, the largest cannabis grow site in the world at the time of its demise, was acquired by Baghdadlian in 2002. Overgrow.com was founded in 1999 and fought for the legalization of cannabis by teaching people how to grow their own marijuana.
The DEA and the UN's International Narcotics Control Board held an active interest in the prosecution of Canadian seedbanks. The INCB in its report for the year 1999 said: "The Board notes with concern the indoor cultivation of very potent cannabis varieties is being promoted through the sale of both cannabis seeds and paraphernalia for growing cannabis over the internet through websites located primarily on servers in Canada. There is an urgent need for action required to counter the spread of such cultivation." (Report of the INCB for 1999, chapter III, paragraph 271, Feb. 2000)[5]
See also
References
- ^ RCMP. (Feb. 28, 2006) ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)" - ^ Cherry, Paul. (Mar. 01, 2006) "RCMP make cyberbust Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine". The Gazette
- ^ RCMP. (Feb. 28, 2006) "http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/qc/comm/archives/2006/fev06/060228a_e.htm Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ Downing, Renee. (Nov 17. 2005). "Marijuana World". Tucson Weekly.
- ^ INCB Report for the year 1999 (Feb. 2000). ""Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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