Heaven's Stairway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heaven's Stairway was an Eastern Canadian cannabis seedbank, supplying around 300 different cannabis strains. Established in 1998, the Montreal-based company imported seeds from New Zealand and the Netherlands and shipped them worldwide, especially to customers in Canada, the United States and Europe. On or around January 31, 2006, the company was raided and their websites were taken down. A two-year investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Project Courriel seized 200,000 cannabis seeds, US $183,000 and three gold bricks. The company's owner as well as six other people have been charged with importing and trafficking in cannabis. ^[1]

The company ran six websites, one of which was an online magazine named "Overgrow," a message board and cannabis cultivation resource for cannabis growers. Topics included cannabis growing, cultivation articles, cannabis seeds, pictures and FAQs. Overgrow fought for the legalization of cannabis by teaching people how to grow it. ^[2] The site was equipped with a unique feature known as the "StrainGuide", which allowed users to search for their favorite type of cannabis by genetic lineage.^{[citation needed]} Their forums were a popular place for members a place to chat and socialize, and at its peak had 6,016,336 posts from more than 133,000 registered members. ^[2] It should also be noted that the DEA held an active interest in the prosecution of Heaven's Stairway.