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]
Be a Part of Showtime’s Weeds
October 14th, 2008 by Tim
The show’s producers are auctioning a walk-on role in conjunction with Variety’s Power of Youth. Proceeds (85 cents to the dollar) of this event will go directly to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help fund their “no child ever is denied treatment” organization.
St. Jude is the only pediatric research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance and no child is every denied treatment because of a family’s inability to pay. St. Jude also pays for lodging, food and travel for patients and a family member or legal guardian.
The Weed’s guest role auction is close to about $1,000 right now. Make a bid and we’ll see you on Season 5 of Weeds!
The Health Benefits of Heroin Use, Maybe
October 13th, 2008 by Perry
Okay, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t skeptical.
Basically, a Swiss study showed that addicts who were given prescription heroin, methadone and dilaudid, a morphine derivative, showed that heroin had the least harmful effects out of all of them. Which does not really make it healthy at all, just in relation to morphine.
Not advocating any heroin use here folks. Just saying.
DEA Continues to Violate State’s Rights
October 13th, 2008 by Perry
Despite the state’s top prosecutor Attorney General Jerry Brown’s specific instructions to obey local and state, (not federal guidelines regarding medical marijuana laws,) several local law enforcement agencies participated in federal raids of several southern Californian dispensaries.
I would like to thank Brown personally for his efforts, but he really needs to put a leash on those pesky pigs or do something else that’s slightly more effective.
Those dispensaries that were raided are listed below:
Marijuana Policy Project Points Out the Lies
October 13th, 2008 by PerryThe MPP points out some of the blatant fallacies of the War on Drugs. Keeping up with the score card, it seems this war propagates more lies than truth.
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.
