Tag Archives: Drugs

Canada’s Spreading Cannabis Crop

Homegrown marijuana has become big business in British Columbia By Misha Glenny / July 22, 2008 As we walk into John’s basement, the smell is so overwhelming it almost knocks me off my feet. In front of me stand 120 … Continue reading

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Jim Hightower on Pot

Sharing his thoughts on pot, that is…July 14, 2008 Watch the Marijuana Policy Project’s Profiles in Marijuana Reform interview with author and national radio commentator, Jim Hightower in the video above. This is a project of MPP.tv. Here’s more from … Continue reading

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Medical Study on Psilocybin : Lasting Positive Effects

‘Shrooms.Heck, they could have just asked us… Magic Mushrooms produce long-termsense of well-beingBy John Lazarou / July 1, 2008 In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in “sacred mushrooms,” produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins … Continue reading

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Ecstasy May Be Key To Treating PTSD

At last the incurably traumatised may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.And controversially, the key to taming their demons is the ‘killer’ drug EcstasyBy Amy Turner The following story was originally posted on May 4, 2008 … Continue reading

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Amsterdam : To Have Such Problems!

Coffee shop for cannibis smokers in Amsterdam You can’t get busted for smoking weed, but tobacco is another matter. Roger Baker / The Rag Blog Marijuana Is In, Tobacco Is Out Under Netherlands’ Smoking Ban By Martijn van der Starre … Continue reading

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Doug Zachary in the 70s : Girls Say Yes to Men Who Say NO

Confessions of an ex-Marine on AcidBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 22, 2008 It is 1970, I am 20 years old, and I have been out of the Marine Corps for about a year. Finally, women are … Continue reading

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Suppressing the Research That Matters

Here you can see the effect of the treatment on the two patients with brain cancers. VEGFR-2 activation is shown in green and its expression in red. Cell nuclei are stained in blue. Relative values of activated-VEGFR-2 pixels are displayed … Continue reading

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Mariann Wizard : Hypocrisy and the Drug War

Sinister Drug War Propagandists will stoop to any low level as evident in this World War 2 Era Political Cartoon from the Buffalo Courier-Express equating Marijuana with Nazism. From Daily Kos. Mariann Wizard posted the following as a comment appended … Continue reading

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Medical Marijuana : Things Looking Up

Medical marijuana user.All Indicators Point to a Softening of America’s Harsh Marijuana LawsBy Alexander Zaitchik / June 3, 2008. With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in Congress, there is room for optimism. … Continue reading

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Cocaine Jesus….

….Riding on the Dashboard of my Car!Meet Cocaine Jesus.Federal agents last week arrested a Mexican national for allegedly paying a woman to smuggle into the U.S. a statue that was made of a dried cocaine paste. The carefully painted religious … Continue reading

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Mexican’s Cry: Legalize It!

Mexico’s Narco Opera Reaches for High NoteBy John Ross / May 25, 2008 Mexico’s on-going Narco Opera is straining to reach new dramatic heights. Springtime 2008 has been for killing. Since Good Friday (March 21st) when 22 citizens were slaughtered … Continue reading

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Austin’s Legendary Oat Willie’s, In Art

Oat Willie’s, Austin’s venerable sixties headshop, a living monument to counterculture history in one of the true birthplaces of the sixties counterculture, recently observed its fortieth birthday with a gala celebration at Austin’s Moose Lodge. Hosted by founder and proprietor … Continue reading

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