The GREEN Mountain State
THIS JUST IN: Vermont has the highest rate of pot smokers in U.S.
IN OTHER NEWS: The sky is blue.
To all Our Massachusetts Friends
Vote Yes on #2.
Ruining A Good Reputation
From TIME’s 10 Facts About Sarah Palin: “The battle over marijuana became a minor issue during the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial race (which Palin won), with [the incumbent] claiming he had never smoked pot and Palin admitting that she had tried it. ‘I can’t claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled,’ she said [...]
Smoking Bunnies
From Playboy’s Raw Data page in the September 2008 issue: “Asked by the legislature to define a 60-day supply of medical marijuana, the Washington Sate Department of Health suggested that patients be permitted a stash of 35 ounces. If you figure the average joint contains .02 ounces of weed and then do the math, patients [...]
Pass The Idealism To The Left Hand Side
From Alternet’s Will Pot Ever Be Legal in This Schizoid Country?: “Marijuana occupies a bizarrely paradoxical place in American culture. Its use is widespread, commonplace among the young and ubiquitous in popular culture. Yet it remains highly illegal, and talk of legalization is usually deemed political suicide. Here are five signs that pot should be [...]
I Object! On What Grounds? The Defendant Has The Giggles!
From Since You Asked’s I’m 21 and addicted to pot — but I’m doing just great!: “Court is the worst place to be stoned — except for funerals. Court is bad and pot makes it worse. You know how the taste of an orange or Milky Way bar is magnified by the high? So the [...]
State Senate passes marijuana bill
From the Rutland Herald’s State Senate passes marijuana bill: “The Vermont Senate easily passed a bill lowering criminal penalties for small amounts of marijuana Wednesday as lawmakers called for a sweeping review of how the state penalizes illegal drug users. The bill stripping jail penalties away for most people arrested with 2 ounces or less [...]
Study shows marijuana increases brain cell growth
From Simon Fraser University’s student newspaper’s Study shows marijuana increases brain cell growth: “Supporters of marijuana may finally have an excuse to smoke weed every day. A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that smoking pot can make the brain grow.”
Marijuana Arrests 2006 Tops Record High
From NORML’s press release, Marijuana Arrests For 2006 Tops Record High…Nearly 6 Percent Increase Over 2005: “Police arrested a record 829,625 persons for marijuana violations in 2006, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. This is the largest total number of annual arrests for pot ever recorded by the [...]
Toke Like a Girl
From The Stranger’s article, entitled, Toke Like a Girl: “Perhaps the obstacle to female toking is a fear of looking lazy. Getting stoned is, in effect, a great way to relax. Men are allowed to be lazy—being stoned is part of their farting, pajama-wearing, video-game-playing pantheon of acceptable male relaxation techniques…But modern women are not [...]
