Smoking Weed in the Dorms 101
October 10th, 2008 by Alex
Unless your RA dresses like the chick above, there’s a good chance you’ve got to do your educational smoking on the low down.
Everything2 has put together a list of tips on how to smoke in dormrooms. It covers everything from the smell factor, to sealing your room, to the noise levels.
I had to figure all this shit out by myself, but I guess it’s better late than never.
[img via Flickr/Lorena Cupcake]
The Bust Counter Reaches 20,000,000
October 10th, 2008 by Perry
According to government statistics, by Friday Uncle Sam will have arrested 20 million Americans for marijuana use. And there’s no sign those numbers will slow down any time soon.
But don’t take it from me, take it from NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre:
This policy is a tremendous waste of taxpayers’ resources; it destroys the lives of millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens, and threatens the personal liberties and freedoms of all Americans. We’ve now arrested more American citizens for pot than the entire population of Massachusetts, Michigan, and Oregon combined.
Wow.
Global Cannabis Commission in Session
October 10th, 2008 by Perry
Arguing under the basic assumption that if something is not legal then it can’t be regulated, the Beckley Foundation commissioned the GCC (which is composed of 5 leading marijuana policy experts) to put out a report titled, “Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate.”
Some report highlights can be found in Bruce Mirken’s excellent summary.
Depending on your amount of interest, the full report in its entirety can be found and downloaded here. (Warning: It’s a rather large .pdf document.)
Happy reading.
What Can Weed Do For You?
October 10th, 2008 by Alex
Our good friends at NORML, who are always busy fighting the good fight, have written about a recent study from Sao Paulo Univiserty, Brasil. It involves the boost in scientific interest regarding cannabidiol (CBD) and its potential uses in fighting multiple types of disease.
Cannabidiol has potential uses for:
- Parkinson’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Types of cancer
- Nausea
That’s not even a complete list!
All of these affected fields involve the types of medicative actions that CBD can provide. From sedative actions all the way to neuroprotective actions, this area of scientific research should be encouraged by the government and not stunted. What a shame.
[via NORML]
Take Two Tabs and Call Me in the Morning
October 10th, 2008 by Perry
While self-diagnosis is always shady, this man found a cure to his “cluster headaches,” through the use of LSD. I might be desperate enough to try acid if I suffered from CH.
According the article there are two types, and they both sound pretty shitty.
Sufferers of episodic CH are struck by headaches for one or two months of the year, often when the seasons change; the attacks can arrive at the same time each day and night. The symptoms then die down for up to 11 months before the cycle starts again.
Sufferers of chronic CH, however, enjoy no respite at all. They are plagued by up to nine attacks per day, every day; untreated, each attack can last up to two hours. CH is characterized by a pain so severe that it makes the most debilitating migraine look like a mild hangover.
Damn. Go ahead son – Tune in, Turn on and Drop Out.
Drug Czar Achieves Epic Fail
October 9th, 2008 by Alex
Turns out that government agencies don’t like being called out on their absolute failures. What a surprise right? Since the ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) hasn’t come close to achieving its stated goals, the top brass has decided to just say they have and hope no one does a fact check.
People such as Scott Burns, the Deputy ONDCP Director, are saying that drug use in America is down dramatically since 2001. Hmmm, not according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
A recent article on AlterNet cites just a few of the failures of the Bush administration’s drug policy:
ONDCP has not even come close to meeting its goal of reducing illegal drug use by 25 percent by 2007 in any age group. In fact, among adults, overall illegal drug use actually increased 4.7% from 2002 to 2007. Teen marijuana use is down a bit but still remains common: One in nine (12 percent) 14- and 15-year-olds and one in four (23.7 percent) 16- and 17-year-olds used marijuana in 2007.
Nothing spells success like ~25% of teenagers having admitted to pot use! Or how about getting contradicted by your own government’s studies? Ouch.
The best part is the amount of taxpayer dollars this agency has wasted since drug czar John Walters’ ascension to the position. Here’s what the ONDCP has commissioned since the start of his reign:
- 127 anti-marijuana TV, radio and print ads
- 34 marijuana-focused press releases
- 50 studies from the ONDCP (and other govt. agencies) for anti-marijuana campaigns
All in all, this is another lesson in the manipulation of statistics. Just like the issue on marijuana busts and street pricing, the government is taking faulty data and using it to improperly shore up their anti-drug arguments.
Fight back by learning the facts.
[image via WWNYTV.net]
Stanislaus River Canyon Wastes Potential Tax Revenue
October 9th, 2008 by Perry
Yesterday, law enforcement in Sonora “eradicated” 3,090 marijuana plants.
The plants were valued at $2,500 each, and that this year, they’ve already destroyed 113,113 plants. To put it in perspective, if that were taxable income for somebody, it might have put $2,262,280 put in the government coffers for improving the city.
Santa Barbara Gets Tough on Pot
October 9th, 2008 by Perry
In response to pressure from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Santa Barbara, CA dispensaries are shutting its doors.
The agency sent out letters to those who owned the property the dispensaries are built on threatening seizure if the clinics did not cease operations.
New Times called five Santa Barbara dispensaries for statements, but none answered. One number had been disconnected. A representative for the Santa Barbara chapter of NORML, the national group that lobbies for the legalization of marijuana—medical or otherwise—confirmed that all of the area’s dispensaries have closed their doors in response to the letters. When asked where patients would get marijuana, he said ‘probably anywhere they can.’
More gestapo tactics from our federal government sending medical marijuana patients to the streets.
