33 Facts About Roger Christie

On Sept 27,2013, Roger Christie pleaded guilty to marijuana trafficking and two counts of failing to file income tax returns.

Roger Christie was born on June 15,1949, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Roger Christie refused his orders to serve in the Vietnam War and received an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector.

Roger Christie was a co-founder of the Hawai'i Hemp Council in 1990 and, with Aaron Anderson, and Dwight Kondo, founded the Hawaiian Hemp Company.

In 1996, Roger Christie ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Hawaii County Council.

Roger Christie received his license to perform marriages in the State of Hawaii as a "Cannabis Sacrament" Minister and founded the THC Ministry.

Roger Christie ran the THC Ministry in Hilo, Hawai'i for ten years.

Roger Christie is on a life mission to achieve the goal of Equal Justice Under Law for Cannabis sacrament for the THC Ministry and for We the people.

Roger Christie's goal includes the acceptance of home growing of safe and natural Cannabis in a similar way, using the concepts of Equal Justice Under Law, the First Amendment for religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

Roger Christie is the first person known in US history to have been ordained, and then licensed by a state government as a Cannabis sacrament Minister.

Roger Christie is credited with making and returning the holy anointing oil of Moses and the christening oil of Jesus to use in the THC Ministry.

Roger Christie provided ministry services and Cannabis sacraments to members and medical patients, alike.

Roger Christie dismissed the case a few months later due to a conflict with his lawyer, Michael Glenn of Honolulu.

Roger Christie has both the original injunction and the government's 37 pages of legal "chess moves" to use to refile the case at an appropriate time.

Roger Christie said authorities spent about seven hours searching his home and ministry, starting around 6 am He said the Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service, US Postal Inspector and US Immigration and Naturalization Service were involved in the search.

Roger Christie was arrested on Thursday July 8,2010, along with 13 others from the Big Island, and charged with possession and sale of cannabis.

Roger Christie's arrest culminated a two-year investigation by federal and county law enforcement during which they seized 2,296 marijuana plants, nine weapons, 33 pounds of processed marijuana, and four properties from Roger Christie and his co-defendants.

The prosecution argued that Roger Christie should not be released on bail because he is a danger to the community.

Roger Christie is one of the most peaceful persons I know.

Roger Christie faced up to 40 years in a federal penitentiary if convicted at trial.

On September 27,2013, Roger Christie made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty in federal court to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 100 or more marijuana plants.

Roger Christie agreed under duress to forfeit a condominium apartment on Kauila Street in Hilo which was a gift from his late Mother.

Roger Christie was subject to drug testing and always tested negative.

Roger Christie was allowed to appeal his sentence, but was denied by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Roger Christie was allowed to remain free on bail pending appeal of her sentence which was denied.

On September 4,2014, Roger Christie was transferred to the Mahoney Hale halfway house in Honolulu before being allowed to return to Puna on the Big Island on supervised release on November 14.

May 2020 Roger Christie completed his four-year federal probation with no violations.

Roger Christie was denied early release of probation by US District Court Judge Leslie Kobayashi.

Roger Christie was transferred back to the Federal Detention Center Honolulu in April 2017 where she was held until released to the Orion Halfway House in Los Angeles on August 7,2018.

Roger Christie was denied early termination of her probation by Judge Kobayashi in January 2020.

Roger Christie recently filed another motion for early termination of probation, this time doing it pro se, without a lawyer.

Roger Christie wrote a chapter in the book called Cannabis and Spirituality by Stephen Gray.

Roger Christie is planning to restart the THC Ministry in June 2020 mostly online, but without the distribution of Cannabis sacrament until he "wins a federal injunction, or better".