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Somewhere Over The Rainbow Weigh a Pie “Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets…?” I took up the tobacco pipe in or about 1980 – I think. Gazbo took it up just after me. We smoked Amphora Black Cavendish. Cloying memories of sweet tobacco smoke in the backroom of Nana’s house because she thought that it added the room-note of a man. Rich and luxuriant in the meandering traditions of patient men, contented to silently reflect while the nicotine intimately massaged the pleasure centres of our souls. You cannot get Amphora Black anymore. Generally Gaz and I would light incense then take the sacrament in my cramped Study and thereafter smoke our pipes an…
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Anybody have any ideas how to beat the BBus test??? Been driving for 12 years and didnt cause 1 accident stoned........ yet 1 on hangover!!! Anyways, any help appreciated......... i will go INSANE if i have to be straight to put up with all the ignorant morons. Cheers Chris
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Nothing else to do on a quiet day at work than find interesting stuff to read So here's another one USA -- Two recent studies should be the final nails in the coffin of the lie that has propelled some of this nation's most misguided policies: the claim that smoking marijuana somehow causes people to use hard drugs, often called the "gateway theory." Such claims have been a staple of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under present drug czar John Walters. Typical is a 2004 New Mexico speech in which, according to the Albuquerque Journal, "Walters emphasized that marijuana is a 'gateway drug' that can lead to other chemical dependencies." The…
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Take part in drugs survey, drivers urged or Fuck off ,do you think were stupid enough to help you fuck us over! February 7, 2007 - 11:35PM SMH online Motorists are urged to have their say in a national survey on community attitudes towards drugs and driving. Information is limited on the prevalence of drug-driving, particularly in rural areas, but research last year found more than one in 10 drivers had driven after using recreational drugs. Dr Jane Mallick, director of the Australian Drug Foundation's (ADF) Centre for Youth Drug Studies, said the new national survey would target a wide cross-section of Australians in city and regional areas. She said the…
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Hey, I've been searching everywhere on what the law is - both to be in posession of and to grow cannabis sativa in Queensland.. I plan to start growing a couple of plants in the next few weeks, but would really like to know what im getting myself into first. Cheers for any info. Alex.
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hey, can any one tell me what political parties are weed friendly? state and fed. thanks
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Smoking Flowers And other stuff I have heard. When I was young I remember walking passed hotels on a perpetual summer afternoon and seeing men unconscious on the footpath. On occasion I saw them vacantly leaning on traffic-light poles their trouser-flies baptised with piss. At the same time I was told that smoking cannabis led to ‘harder’ drugs. I was told that ‘Jesus loves me this I know’ but always believed this with the same fervour that I believed in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny – both of whom seemed more amiable. If you got a lot of presents it was because you were good; if you didn’t it was because you were Aboriginal. Life was gentler then. The televised h…
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Hi all, was just wading through a few pages of links when I clicked on this one to the Commonwealth Government, Department of Health and Ageing http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/Pub...is-can_exec.htm Looks like a report into cannabis policy by a bunch of uni qualified legal arena consultants, lawyers etc, financed by you and I. Looks like it was tabled 2004 In particular chapter 4(Dutch approach vs US approach) is very interesting, as well as Chapter7(Conclusion) and also the chapter on Medicinal Use, actually sheds some light on an easy way for the government to legislate for medicinal use and still meet it's obligations to archaic international treaties. Actual…
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So how many people have actually died from smoking dope? I haven't heard of any 100% certain fatalities myself but one book I read alleged that Bruce Lee died from a rare allergic reaction. He was quite a dope fiend apparently. Him and his mate Steve McQueen who used to tear down Hollywood boulevard in his sports car. Bruce is quoted as saying that sitting in the passenger seat of that car was the scariest thing he ever did. Dope is incarcenogenic like Tobacco but I've never heard of any cancer cases. Millions die from the Governments favourite taxable legal drug so why dope hasn't been shown to cause similar effects on health beats the hell out of me. I'm sure the proh…
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Forgot I even had this book but it's such a long winded pile of numbers and graphs and psycho babble that after flicking through a few pages again it's not hard to see why. It highlights that pollies have had favourable info on pot for some time This thing is 157 A4 pages thick so it will take me a while to wade back through it, but here are a few items, Chapter 2 The Background to Cannabis Page 9, Table 1.1 Summary of Inquiries British East India Hemp Commission 1893-94 Findings; Cannabis use more extensive than believed, and effects less than feared. Use not linked to insanity or crime. Excessive use weakens constitution and increases susceptibility to d…
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Here's a gem from those dimwits known as the Federal coalition government : Please don't misunderstand I am not defending amphetamines just pointing out stupidity and more ominously being told what we can and can't say yet again. Mmmm,drugs are bad ,m'kay http://www.happyballs.com/Merchant4/imgs/balls/cartoons/small/southpark_antenna_toppers_Mr_Mackey_macky_mmkay_drugs_are_bad.jpg Senator Ellison I'm so sure that banning the term "party drug " will stop them being used and make them disappear ,just like magic I find it disturbing that some people think its ok to repress free speech.I additionally wonder whether he wants the term "fantasy:the date rape …
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OK we have the reasons to legalise cannabis thread. Which I hope people will continue to add to. Now what reasons are there NOT to legalise cannabis? This is mainly from the point of view of the straight community, to prepare us for any arguments we may encounter, but there may even be some reasons that stoners don't want cannabis legalised either.
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Waste Not; Want More. And Other Scholarly Words. Some time back – years ago; probably late 1980s, I homebrewed some wheat beer. I remember that this brew did not come from a pre-prepared can of ingredients that you mix with sugar-water and bottle. This stuff was made with hops that had to be boiled in a net-bag, with ingredients and procedures I have long since forgotten. Anyway, the time and effort paid off because I made about a hundred and twenty dollars worth of beer for twenty-something – using the old extra strength Australian owned Redback as the standard. I know I made more than two dozen long-necks because I hide some of these in a box, at the back of a dila…
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As everyone here would know the only way we are going to get the canabis laws changed in australia is to change the fact that a majority of our population is ignorant. We can all sit around and tell the other people here(who in principle agree with our beliefs) but that isnt getting the message to people who otherwise wouldnt know it. i was just tossing the idea through my head then of a full page colour add in the big newspapers(courier mail, australian, sydney morning herrald etc) with information but then i realised i deffinatly wouldnt be the person to right it because so many people know the facts better then i do plus i wouldnt be able to afford it. thats wh…
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This evening i began drafting a short letter to A Current Affair(yes i know its a ignorant show but a lot of people watch it I have tried to avoid the topic of legalization for recreational medicinal or high thc fiber crops(yes i am aware that high thc crops grow better) instead it is a request that they try and educate their audience that there is no reason to fear low THC hemp. yes i do know their is no reason to fear high thc hemp either but making the smaller step first would work better. plus make it slightly less likely to be ignored (damn ignorant tv people) id be very thankful if anyone has anything to add that they please tell me i shall be waiting atle…
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