How-to Harass Potheads

In case you haven't seen this by now, go ahead and enjoy. Take note of the terrible quality of the marijuana smoked in this film. That bag is 90% stems and leaves. I guess the cops were only good at confiscating the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel shwag. And hey, did you know that seeds will explode if they are set on fire? I really had no idea. I always pick the seeds out BEFORE rolling the joint. Now I feel like getting some hemp seeds and setting them ablaze to see if they will explode.

I think my favorite part of this propaganda film, aside from the expected pronouncements of doom and gloom on pot-smokers the world over, was the knowledge that police officers don't check the inside of saran wrap rolls or vacuum cleaner bags. Those hiding places are safe for now!

Meth, Cocaine, LSD, MDMA and the Pharmaceutical Industry

This video has a slight "Loose Change" feel to it, but a very interesting video nonetheless.

How to be a Drug Dealer in the United States

The Joy of Hemp

The Hole - video powered by Metacafe

via Backseat Blogger

A fat rant

I love this youtube. Everybody should watch this.

I weigh 158 pounds at 5'7" and I have never owned a womens' winter jacket because they never make the sleeves long enough for my gorilla arms. It drives me nuts.

The Reagans on Drugs

British Cannabis Granny sent to the slammer

LONDON - A 68-year-old British woman faces jail after being found guilty Wednesday of growing and possessing cannabis which she said was for medicinal purposes.

A jury at Carlisle Crown Court in northwest England took just 15 minutes to return their verdict on grey-haired Patricia Tabram, who claims she uses the drug to ease her depression and aches and pains from two car crashes.

Judge Barbara Forrester postponed sentencing so psychiatric reports could be prepared on the unlikely-looking dealer, who since her first conviction has become a focus for campaigners seeking to legalise the drug.

Tabram was arrested and charged after police acting on a tip-off found four cannabis plants growing in a wardrobe at her bungalow in the town of Humshaugh in Northumberland, northeast England.

What a world we live in, when a sick granny gets sent to jail for self-medicating. Britain must be swimming in reefer madness, if they managed to find twelve people willing to convict her.

Watch the interview and take note of the cowardly disclaimer at the end. Wankers.

Norml's Cannabis Clip Contest Winners

These are some very fine and entertaining videos. Enjoy.

Winner.

Honourable Mentions.

Medical Marijuana vs. Ritalin

I thought about the following newscast today when I was at work. I heard about a student with ADHD that had bad side effects from taking Ritalin and I remembered a newscast from a few months back about a doctor that recommended the use of medical marijuana to treat ADHD. Marijuana certainly doesn't have as many side effects as Ritalin. But the reefer madness runs so deep that I don't think I could ever favorably mention the use of marijuana to treat ADHD. Besides, the only way a kid could get treated for ADHD with marijuana would be with black market weed. No doctor in Saskatchewan would prescribe it for a kid with ADHD, even though it is much less likely to lead to negative side effects. And that's a damn shame.

I know for a fact that if one of my kids had ADHD I would try marijuana if I thought it would help. The law really is an ass. Anyway, I thought this was kind of interesting.

Response to Pete's Couch

Remember those really stupid ads uploaded on youtube by the ONDCP? Remember how they didn't allow anyone to comment on their videos or post video responses? Well, I found a youTuber that found a way to respond. Sit back and enjoy!

Lou Dobbs: The War Within

Tune in for some nauseating reefer madness. Find out about the well-funded marijuana lobby that is trying to promote drug use to children. Find out how legalization advocates are undermining THE WAR ON DRUGS. After watching this video you might end up in the shower scrubbing yourself frantically with bleach while reciting passages from the Bible. It's that evil. Don't say I didn't warn you.

The Federalists "Drug War"

I found this at D'Alliance

We're the Government--and You're Not

I made the mistake of accepting a half-time contract with the school board so now I have every morning to waste on frivolous nonsense like posting on my blog. I shouldn't complain but I have to say that three hours of work every day just isn't enough for me to do. *ZzzzZZzzz* I suppose I will just have to spend my free time working on the Martensville by-election. It's too bad that reading the elections act gives me a bigger headache than smoking all the schwaggy weed in Mexico.

I found the following video via Loretta Nall, the former gubernatorial candidate in Alabama. It is a great video and it coincides with some thoughts I had last night about the state of Canada-U.S. relations.



Yesterday, as I was listening to the teacher discuss culture during a social studies class, she got on the subject of ethnocentrism. She discussed with the kids all the harms caused by the Europeans' attempts to assimilate Native people into their culture. Native children were taken away from their families and sent to residential schools. They were not allowed to speak their traditional languages or participate in their cultural ceremonies. The abuse inflicted on Aboriginal peoples' is a scar on Canadian society. This is not much different than what I was taught as a young'un about the history of relations between Aboriginal people and the Europeans they welcomed with open arms.

But then the teacher asked the class for another example of ethnocentrism. A student raised his hand and said, "What about the United States invading Iraq?". The teacher was impressed by his insight and went on to explain that the people in the United States feel that their way of life and government is the best way to live. They have invaded other governments to impose democracy on them and there have been a lot of negative consequences. "Iraq is a mess."

This takes me way back in time when I was a young, impressionable grade 8 student learning about the world. I recall learning that Canada and the United States have the World's longest undefended border. Having friendly relations with a world superpower was part of being Canadian. Because we consume and are part of the same popular culture as the States, we have a lot in common. I remember thinking that that was a great part of being Canadian. The times sure have changed. Sitting in a class with a teacher discussing the failings of the States openly and not mentioning our "friendly relationship" made me kind of sad.

I want to go back there! I don't want to live next door to the George Bush Americans, invading and blowing things up. I don't want to be "friendly neighbours" with a country that cares more about what their politicians and citizens do with their wee-wees and hoo-has than foreign policy, health care or education. I just hope that if any Americans are reading this that you will do your best to make me proud to be your neighbour again. Fight the system and make your voice heard.

Barry Cooper Video: Never Get Busted

Some excellent tips on how to avoid getting pulled over. None of this is news to me but it might help some people out so here it is.



I have another excellent youTube that I had to put here that has nothing to do with drugs but it is just plain awesome. This is a rap video called "Extian" by a young man named Greydon Square. It is amazing to see an atheist rap video and it's great to see a rap video that has nothing to do with slapping bitches and doing drugs.

Graphic Epileptic Seizure Footage

The following is footage of a tonic-clonic epileptic seizure. Watching this video was very educational and kind of disturbing. I have to admire Christine Lowe's bravery in showing this footage to the world.



Read more about the video here.

Drug Education A La South Park

This sums up drug education in the public schools quite nicely. They forgot to mention that marijuana is a highly addictive gateway drug.

Mommy's Funny Medicine

Here is another children's story about medical marijuana to add to the collection. I definitely need to buy a copy.

Never Get Busted

Barry Cooper is a former narcotics offer that is hawking a DVD that will help people avoid arrest for drug crimes. I should put this on my Christmas wish list, although it's a bit late for that now.



After getting a flood of fan mail about the non-functioning video (OK one dude notified me that the video didn't work). So I fixed the link. You can also see the trailer on his web-site located at http://www.nevergetbusted.com/

Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way

Crack and Cocaine



This is a series and there are two more parts. The above show is about crack and cocaine. Although I do know quite a bit about drugs I still have a lot to learn. I need to expand my drug knowledge horizons beyond weed, since the War on Some Drugs effects all drugs.

Opium and Heroin



Thanks to Herb for sending this in EFSDP's mailing list.

Hooked - Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way (Vol. 1)

Here is a documentary from the History channel. I watched the first bit of the show and it looks promising. I am not in a movie mood right now so let me know what you think of it.