Pantagruelion » Cannabis http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp Notes upon the final four chapters of Rabelais’s Third Book of Pantagruel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:37:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Smoking hush-hush pipe of love http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2012/01/04/smoking-hush-hush-pipe-of-love/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2012/01/04/smoking-hush-hush-pipe-of-love/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:45:39 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=525 Continue reading →]]> Clay pipe

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 excavation in Israel.

“‘Clay pipes of this kind were very common in the Ottoman period (16th-19th centuries CE), were mostly used for smoking tobacco, and some were even used to smoke hashish,’ Shahar Puni of the Israel Antiquities Authority explained. ]The Ottoman authorities tried to combat this practice but failed when it became clear that smoking was firmly entrenched in all levels of society,” he said.’”

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2012/01/04/smoking-hush-hush-pipe-of-love/feed/ 0 Russian drug agency’s bid for cannabis superpower http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/09/28/russian-drug-agency%e2%80%99s-bid-for-cannabis-superpower/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/09/28/russian-drug-agency%e2%80%99s-bid-for-cannabis-superpower/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:36:57 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=494 Continue reading →]]> 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 the country’s most important agricultural products for five centuries. Russia exported hemp to all major European naval nations in the age of sail, when the water-resistant rope made of cannabis fibers was a strategic commodity on a par with iron and gunpowder. Cannabis is also a source of seed oil, livestock foodstuff, pulp for paper production and dozens of other products.

“However, after the Soviet Union joined the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961, strict regulations on cannabis cultivation were implemented and the industry was all but eradicated. …”

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/09/28/russian-drug-agency%e2%80%99s-bid-for-cannabis-superpower/feed/ 0 The High Times Interview with Noam Chomsky http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/27/the-high-times-interview-with-noam-chomsky/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/27/the-high-times-interview-with-noam-chomsky/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:24:28 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/27/the-high-times-interview-with-noam-chomsky/ 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.

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/27/the-high-times-interview-with-noam-chomsky/feed/ 0 Does Marijuana Make You Stupid? [No] http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/23/does-marijuana-make-you-stupid-no/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/23/does-marijuana-make-you-stupid-no/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:51:35 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=489 Continue reading →]]> 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, contrary to earlier findings, the mind altering properties of marijuana are ephemeral and fleeting….

“Taken together, these studies demonstrate that popular stereotypes of marijuana users are unfair and untrue. While it’s definitely not a good idea to perform a cognitively demanding task (such as driving!) while stoned, smoking a joint probably also won’t lead to any measurable long-term deficits. “

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/08/23/does-marijuana-make-you-stupid-no/feed/ 0 Scientists want to dig up Shakespeare to find out if he smoked weed http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/28/scientists-want-to-dig-up-shakespeare-to-find-out-if-he-smoked-weed/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/28/scientists-want-to-dig-up-shakespeare-to-find-out-if-he-smoked-weed/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:40:09 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=482 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.”

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/28/scientists-want-to-dig-up-shakespeare-to-find-out-if-he-smoked-weed/feed/ 0 “Marijuana”: A 1968 U.S. government film http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/15/marijuana-a-1968-government-film/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/15/marijuana-a-1968-government-film/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:53:17 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=453

Starring a spaced-out Sonny Bono

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/15/marijuana-a-1968-government-film/feed/ 0 Drug war failed, legalize marijuana http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/02/drug-war-failed-legalize-marijuana/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/02/drug-war-failed-legalize-marijuana/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:19:25 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=450 Continue reading →]]> 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 heads of state, a former UN secretary-general, and business moguls, found that the drug war has done more harm than good.”

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/02/drug-war-failed-legalize-marijuana/feed/ 0 Website where you can buy “any drug imaginable” http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/01/underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imaginable/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/01/underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imaginable/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:43:17 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=442 Continue reading →]]> 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 drugs as easy as buying used electronics — and seemingly as safe.”

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/06/01/underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imaginable/feed/ 0 Cannabis images http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/02/23/botanical-drawings-of-cannabis/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/02/23/botanical-drawings-of-cannabis/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:59:46 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=375 Erowid Cannabis Vault

Cannabis sativa7

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).

]]> http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/02/23/botanical-drawings-of-cannabis/feed/ 0 Cannabis use and earlier onset of psychosis http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/02/08/cannabis-use-and-earlier-onset-of-psychosis/ http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/2011/02/08/cannabis-use-and-earlier-onset-of-psychosis/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:38:26 +0000 Swany http://www.pantagruelion.com/p/wp/?p=344 Continue reading →]]> 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 causal role in the development of psychosis in some patients. The results suggest the need for renewed warnings about the potentially harmful effects of cannabis.”

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