Category Archives: Cannabis

Smoking hush-hush pipe of love

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Swany

Russian Times: “‘The heart is the language of the lover.’ That’s according to the inscription on the mouthpiece of a pipe probably used for smoking hashish and dating back to the Ottoman period which has been discovered in an archaeological … Continue reading →

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Russian drug agency’s bid for cannabis superpower

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Swany

Russian Times: “Drug and agriculture officials have called for the revival of mass cannabis cultivation in Russia. They say the project has a plethora of benefits, from bringing cash into state coffers to curbing pot-smoking. … “Cannabis was one of … Continue reading →

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The High Times Interview with Noam Chomsky

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Swany

Chomsky: Chomsky concludes the main purposes of the War on Drugs are incarceration of the unemployed class (mainly blacks and Hispanics) and an excuse for counterinsugency operations in foreign countries.

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Does Marijuana Make You Stupid? [No]

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Swany

Wired.com: “[T]he amount of pot consumed had no measurable impact on cognitive performance. The sole exception was performance on a test of short-term verbal memory, in which “current heavy users” performed slightly worse than former users. The researchers conclude that, … Continue reading →

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Scientists want to dig up Shakespeare to find out if he smoked weed

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Swany

The Raw Story: “Recently uncovered evidence suggests that William Shakespeare used marijuana, and now a team of paleontologists want to dig him up to prove it.”

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“Marijuana”: A 1968 U.S. government film

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Swany

Starring a spaced-out Sonny Bono

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Drug war failed, legalize marijuana

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Swany

Russian Times: “A report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy concluded the global war on drugs has been an abysmal failure and that governments should consider legalizing marijuana and other controlled substances. The commission, made up of experts, former … Continue reading →

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Website where you can buy “any drug imaginable”

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Swany

Wired.com: “Silk Road, a digital black market that sits just below most internet users’ purview, does resemble something from a cyberpunk novel. Through a combination of anonymity technology and a sophisticated user-feedback system, Silk Road makes buying and selling illegal … Continue reading →

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Cannabis images

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Swany

Erowid Cannabis Vault Color drawing of Cannabis sativa with other “Plants Used in Clothing and Cordage” Plate XVIII in A History of the Vegetable Kingdom, by William Rhind (1877).

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Cannabis use and earlier onset of psychosis

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Swany

Arch Gen Psychiatry, February 7, 2011, Large et al. 0 (2011): archgenpsychiatry.2011.5v1: “The results of meta-analysis provide evidence for a relationship between cannabis use and earlier onset of psychotic illness, and they support the hypothesis that cannabis use plays a … Continue reading →

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