Cannabis (medical marijuana) can be a perfectly good and safe medicine when used correctly. But there are always people who find fault with everything, and they complain: It’s unsafe (not really) It’s illegal (not in 16 states) It’s not effective (that’s not what dozens of studies have shown) People will pretend they are sick to [...]
“States Should Make Their Own Decisions”: Obama
Last Thursday, members of Congress submitted HB 2306, a bill that would end Federal prohibition of marijuana completely and allow each state to decide whether they wanted to ban it, regulate it, or simply legalize it. There’s been quite a lot of discussion since then about how it would work, whether it would work, it’s never [...]
Eight States Have Banned Tylenol In Anti-Marijuana Hysteria
It’s called the Law Of Unintended Consequences, also known as “what happens when a bunch of ignorant legislators try to interfere with people’s lives without having a clue.” According to a press release apparently from the Retail Compliance Association (a trade association for sellers of “synthetic marijuana”, a.k.a. “spice”), eight states, including Texas, Wisconsin, and [...]
Safe, Legal Access To Marijuana Is A Basic Human Right
…and it says so right in the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Sounds pretty good [...]
Uncle Buck’s Blueberry Smoothies Are A Trip!
And by trip, I mean I hit [13]. Yes, folks, I done it again. And by “it”, I mean I once again ventured forth to Magnolia Wellness for Uncle Buck’s by now surely world-famous cannabis cooking class. But this time he wasn’t cooking anything. He was making smoothies, using protein powder and blueberries and honey yogurt and [...]
The War On Drugs Is 40 Years Old Today: Call the White House 202-456-1111
Enough already. There’s been too many deaths, too many ruined lives, too much money spent. For what? More people abuse both recreational and pharmaceutical drugs than ever before. Let’s jam the White House comment line! You know how you’d love to tell “them” what you think? Now’s your chance. Lots of good info and talking [...]
Notes On Old Hippie’s Interview By The 420 Times
When I wrote the article about my first year as a medical marijuana patient, it got the attention of the folks at The 420 Times, and they had their feature writer do a (really cool, IMHO) interview with me, which you can read here. (Yes, I know I write for them, but the coincidence of [...]