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Marijuana's new high life In June, an estimated 25,000 people attended the inaugural THC Expo hemp and art show in downtown Los Angeles, an event that pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy -- including a $22,400 payment directly to the city of Los Angeles for use of its convention center. Barneys New York in Beverly Hills is celebrating the Woodstock spirit by selling $78 "Hashish" candles in Jonathan Adler pots with bas-relief marijuana leaves; Hickey offers $75 linen pocket squares or $120 custom polo shirts bearing the five-part leaf; and French designer Lucien Pellat-Finet is serving up white-gold and diamond custom pot-leaf-emblazoned wri…

Pot-battle double-amputee Marilyn Holsten loses her last fight Heart attack fells woman who contested eviction for smoking pot by Andy Ivens, The Province Marilyn Holsten's last days on Earth were a living hell, according to her sister, Moira O'Neill. In frail health, the almost-blind, diabetic double-amputee was ordered evicted from her apartment because of her need to smoke marijuana to control her pain. Holsten, 48, died earlier this month from a heart attack. "For a whole year, it went on. It was an unbelievable way to treat someone in her health," said O'Neill. Holsten lived in a building operated by Anavets Senior Citizens Housing Society in the 900-block East 8th A…

Herd this on the radio today Thought i might post it up Brothers charged with growing $600,000 crop Kieran Campbell | 29th July 2009 Print larger | smaller THREE brothers, armed with 18 weapons, are alleged to have grown a major cannabis crop worth $600,000 at Mount Morgan, south of Rockhampton. Two properties were raided and the three brothers charged on Monday afternoon. As well as the weapons and drugs, the brothers allegedly had 2½ tonnes of stolen cement powder and a stolen trailer generator worth $40,000. Most of the 206 plants seized have been burned. A few have been kept at the police station as a sample. haha The bust was a result of detectives from…

Hey all, I know its not a new idea but hey why dont we all agree on a day in which we can all form together all over Australia when we voice our ideas as one combined, powerful force? I think our activism will result in more power if we all work together on a single day to prove that advocates of cannabis are a very large, powerful community. As far as i know we don't have such a well recognised day in Australia but imagaine if word was to spread about a day where every one who wanted these laws changed all over the nation stood up as a single recognisable power. Just a thought dudes. Chris

In the wacky world of Republicans who love liberty almost as much as they love prisons, an Illinois congressman named Mark Kirk has proposed a competing law to make selling “this new potent marijuana” punishable by $1 million in fines and 25 years in prison. Apparently Kirk is talking about something called “kush,” which I cannot personally evaluate since I am A) not currently a pot-smoker, and too crippled by college bills to afford anything that costs $600 an ounce. But for those old-fashioned reality-based types who care about scientific evidence, here’s what the guys in white lab coats say. http://blog.norml.org/ 15 - 7 - 09

Author: Alex Wodak Date: 27 August 2009 Source: Brisbane Time http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/ti...90826-ezph.html

Marijuana Use Linked to Reduced Risk of Head and Neck Cancer NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Marijuana use for 10 to 20 years is associated with a 62% reduced risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), the results of a population-based case-control study suggest. However, further research from larger studies is needed to verify this association, the researchers emphasize. Moreover, even if marijuana use were found to protect against this malignancy, the risks of use may still outweigh this benefit. "Marijuana is an entry-level drug and can be associated with later use of more serious addictive drugs, as well as other risk behaviors," Dr. Karl T. Kelsey, fr…

Argentina court ruling would allow personal use of pot (CNN) -- Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. The unanimous ruling makes Argentina the second Latin American country in the past four days to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug. The case in question involved five young men who were arrested for having a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets. Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt, who at one time supported laws that make personal use of marijuana illegal, told the state-run Telam news agency that "reality" changed his mind. Argentina's …

Guys. I want to contribute to make marijuana legal in Australia, or at least in Victoria... Is there any activist group here in Melbourne? Thank you.

Saw this sad news story about a lad in England, Gareth Anderson who's a 19 year old binge drinker. He needs a new liver immediately or he will die. He's having trouble getting one cause he doesn't qualify for the liver program until he hasn't had a drink for 6 months. Looks like he's going to die. I was watching Dr Phil (while puffin' on a few billies...nothing like junk TV and cones) and there was this woman who was so fucked up with a raging prescription meds addiction. She had initially been given them for depression. I sure wish that poor boy had discovered the wonders of smokin herb and someone sure could have helped that poor woman by rolling her a real fat spli…

Author: Adelaide Advertiser Date: August 22nd Source: Adelaide Advertiser Copyright: News Limited A Mallala man, 32, suffered life threatening burns to 30% of his body after an explosion in a clandestine drug lab........ ....... The force of the blast blew out most of the windows and buckled the outer walls of the rented transportable style home. Drug investigation officers later collected 16kg of cannabis leaf they suspect was being converted into hashish oil. An unknown quantity of what is believed to be hashish oil was also removed from the house. A word to the wise::::: Highly flammable pure alcohol and heat are not a good mix people. Unless you know what you…

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...13-2862,00.html Now this is one of my pet peeves Really sick of journo's calling hydro gear "drug making equiptment", just shows how ignorant these people are, and how they are just quoting from the vicpigs media releases. also Cannabis in caps?? this guy needs some drug re-education.

( WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A study just published online by the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology suggests that marijuana may protect the brain from some of the damage caused by binge drinking. The study, by researchers at the University of California San Diego, used a type of high-tech scan called diffusion tensor imaging to compare microscopic changes in brain white matter. The subjects were students aged 16-to-19, divided into three groups: binge drinkers (defined as having five or more drinks at one sitting for boys or four or more for girls), binge drinkers who also smoked marijuana, and a control group who had very little or no experience with either alcohol or…