Last Monday started out about as low-stress as any Monday could be. I had just passed an important milestone: 10 years since my heart attack, with very little to worry about since. I’ve been pretty good about keeping to my diet, even losing 20 pounds recently. I was a little less good about my exercise […]
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Too Old For 4/20?
…so I woke up this morning (much earlier than I expected to after last night’s Hash/House episode), and after a nutritious breakfast of coffee, thought I’d try the old hair-of-the-dog routine and vaporize two hits of hash. Last night, one hit got me to around a [6.5], but this morning, two hits got me packing […]
It’s 4/20, I’m High On Hash, And I Just Watched House
…and on top of that, I had shrimp cocktail that my marvelous wife brought home just because. Tonight, life is good.
420: The Story Behind The Story
Today Dave Brian, the editor of The 420 Times, asked me to write up the true story of the history of “420”. I took this as a great honor, but also felt the responsibility of getting it right. After all, 420 is their middle name! I’ll let you be the judge of that: read it […]
Uncle Buck’s Cooking Class: Those Triangle Things Always Get Me
OK, I didn’t write up Uncle Buck’s last cooking class at Magnolia Wellness because he made pizza and I got pied. But that’s no excuse, really…I always get a bit pied after his classes. I just make sure to do most of my tasting toward the end of his class now 🙂 I can’t help […]
Discovered: Legal Precedent For Medical Marijuana At the Federal Level
Exhibit A: That’s right. During alcohol prohibition in the United States, your doctor could use one of these forms to prescribe alcohol for whatever medical condition he thought was necessary, and the Federal Government allowed it, in spite of the fact that alcohol was illegal anywhere in the United States based on the 18th Amendment […]
Tylenol: The Synthesized Painkiller That Works Like Medical Marijuana
If you’re into brand names, you call it Tylenol; if you’re into generics, it’s acetaminophen; if you’re from almost anywhere else in the world but North America, it’s called paracetamol. But it’s one of the most widely-selling pain relievers on the market, and (relatively) recently, researchers finally discovered how it works. And it works a […]
Cannabis Is A Threat To National Security
“Cannabis is a threat to national security. It causes its users to become intelligent, healthy, compassionate and creative persons. These traits are not valued by our system, nor are they needed. Cannabis use threatens our exploitive system. A cannabis user has the audacity to question authority.” — subvertc on /r/trees. A beautifully worded statement by […]
Prohibition: Wisdom From Two American Presidents
Brought to my attENTion by the Ent BabyDeku: “Prohibition… goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.” — Abraham […]
Announcing OHCULS: Old Hippie’s Compact Universal Lighting System
OHCULS (pronounced Oh, coolz!)Â is an inexpensive, efficient grow light system intended for small closet grows for individual, legal medical marijuana patients (not for “grow ops” or commercial-scale setups). Heat and electricity usage is minimal, so it makes things simpler than almost any other method. The OHCULS concept will work with any indoor growing setup, not […]