Great, Now They Tell Me
October 15th, 2008 by Perry
A recent study with brain imaging shows that teens that abstain from marijuana use, have brains that are “working harder” than their peers who toke.
Per the article:
[A presentation] titled, “Neuroimaging Marijuana Use and its Effects on Cognitive Function,” suggests that chronic, heavy marijuana use during adolescence – a critical period of ongoing brain development – is associated with poorer performance on thinking tasks, including slower psychomotor speed and poorer complex attention, verbal memory and planning ability.
My biggest problem with the study is that for all we know about how the brain works mechanically with neurochemicals, we still have a limited understanding about how it actually functions. So how can they actually prove any of it.
Although if you look at my high school yearbook, it makes a lot of sense…
Parents: Beware of Heavy Metal and Vanishing Visine
October 15th, 2008 by PerryWho says we can’t learn a lot from the 80s?
This classic anti-drug footage from the Reagan era shows that the war on drugs was (at least) a little more honest in their approach, although no less entertaining in retrospect.
My favorite part, when she started smoking pot, the music changed. It went from pop-rock to heavy metal. And I could never find any Visine bottles; of course nobody knew where they went.
Spliffigami: Arts and Crafts With Zig Zags
October 15th, 2008 by Perry
As a joint man myself, I have a personal philosophy of “if it ain’t broke…” when it comes to rolling.
That said, every once in a while it’s cool to have a party trick or two up your sleeve, that’s where “Spliffigami,” comes into play. A book of creative joint ideas that encourage you to break the mold with j’s and think outside the zag.
Some joint creations after the jump. Continue Reading
Dispensaries the Focus in San Francisco, CA
October 15th, 2008 by Perry
Apparently, dispensaries are becoming the next Starbucks in San Francisco, and to quote the Dude, “and that’s cool, that’s cool,” but the situation has everyone else on edge.
And by everyone I mean the state’s attorney general, Jerry Brown who has nominally supports dispensaries, and California’s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, which hasn’t. And dispensary customers which are victimized by a tragic policy war.
The CA Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement gave dispensary owners until January 21st, 2009 to comply with Brown’s 11-page list of directives that dispensaries need to follow. The directives are basically policies the clinics need to follow, such as purchasing marijuana from other cooperative members, not private growers. Brown predicted as many as half of the city’s 26 dispensaries may face closure due to the extra regulations, which are aimed at taking the street market out of dispensaries, but most legitimate dispensary owners don’t seem to mind if it gives their business an added level of legitimization.
Psychadelics and Spirituality at DoseNation
October 14th, 2008 by PerryInteresting video with noted, if not eccentric, quantum physicist Nick Herbert talking about the psychadelic experience, mind states, and the label “drugs.”
I always find it intriguing when legitimately intelligent people recount their experience with mind altering substances. Like Nick said, if they trusted him with plutonium, why not LSD?
A Low Down Dirty Shame
October 14th, 2008 by Perry
The only thing worse than law enforcement raiding your marijuana is people pretending to be law enforcement raiding your marijuana.
An Oregon couple was tricked by two men in “tactical assault gear” with rifles, according to reports. Honestly, the uniforms were probably unnecessary. Anybody who storms my house with a crew of assault rifles will probably have full access to find and take whatever they want. The couple had about $30,000 worth of legally grown marijuana that was destined for a local dispensary. Not no more.
Beware of the Claw
October 14th, 2008 by PerryCypress Hill’s B Real shows off a few of his smoking skills in the latest installment of B Real TV. It takes a minute before you can tell what he’s smoking but it’s a pretty cool joint combiner called “the claw.”
Simple, but effective.
Amy Says Candy Makes You Dandy
October 14th, 2008 by Perry
There’s a story circulating out there that Amy Winehouse puts cocaine in her cotton candy machine and whips up some nice, mixed batches.
Do you think she’s trying to actively be a bigger skank than Hole’s Courtney Love? And if so, is she suceeding? Talk about taking a nosedive into the abyss. Discuss amongst yourselves.
[img via News of the World]
