On the Web's Favourite Cannabis Podcast this week, the Dopefiend talks about the wave of decriminalization sweeping Latin America, starting with Mexico's blanket decriminalization of personal amounts of cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and LSD, with a further emphasis on treatment for addicts and repeat offenders rather than stiff custodial sentences, and Argentina's recent ruling that personal use of Cannabis is not punishable by law. Next, the Dopefiend heads straight into the VaporLounge for a chat with resident Dopefiend.co.uk entheo-pundit Max Freakout about DMT and his experience of initiating first-timers in it, how different states of mind can affect the strength of a psychedelic experience, why the Dopefiend didn't get many affects from a large dose of truffles at the Big Chill, and how Max has experienced similar lacks of psychedelic effects during ayahuasca ceremonies, one of which he's just returned from, the range of reactions people have to ayahuasca, and the actual structure of the experience and how people respond to each other during and after it, the different types of ceremonies on offer, the authentic ceremony compared to brewing your own ayahuasca at home, and the role of the shaman in the ceremony, and the types of people who make up the ayahuasca ceremony gathering. Next the pair talk about the coffeeshop scene in the Netherlands, how the border towns are having their coffeeshops shut down under pressure from France, Belgium and Germany, resulting in an increase in street dealing, how the closure of a number of Rotterdam coffeeshops for proximity to schools doesn't appear to have materialized, and whether the cannabis scene in the Netherlands will ever be stamped out by its opponents. Max Freakout then unveils a selection of strains he's collected from various coffeeshops and talks about each and the place they came from, before grinding up some Chemdog for the pair to vaporize in the VaporLounge's trusty Volcano while talking about the expansion of coffeeshops in Amsterdam and how long it'll take for the bigger enterprises to break out of the city limits, leading to a brief chat about weed-friendly bars in Ibiza and the now virtually extinct British cannabis cafés. Back after several bags of strong Chemdog, the Dopefiend manages to keep it together long enough to hand over to DopeTriber Flick who gives her review of this summer's GocStock festival, then, in the Cannabis News: a Diabetic double-amputee, evicted from her Canadian apartment for using Cannabis as medicine, dies prompting protests from fellow BC citizens, more on the coffeeshops in Dutch border towns as Maastricht gets its own private membership programme for cannabis users in a bid to deter drug tourists, Cannabis legalization campaigner Edwin Stratton has his bid to face the High Court rejected, and speaks out against the ban of three legal highs, BZP, GBL and "Spice" smoking mixtures, and a new study shows that those who binge drink suffer less brain damage if they use cannabis. Email mail@dopefiend.co.uk, send us a voicemail and drop by our Skype Virtual VaporLounge, and check out the forum.

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Playlist: Setrak Sarkissian - Ayyam Al Loulou; Mr. De' - The Wizard (12" Mix); Morgan Page - Suzuki; Tony Woods Project - Breakthrough; The Mark Craddock Trio - Libre; Neurov - Basss Monkey (Linoleum Head Mix); Justin Johnson - Slow Ride;  Cartoons - The Youth of Ontario; Blank Blue - Eyes Closed (Private Stash Version); Winstrong - Afi Survive (feat. Young Fyah) (Young Fyah care of Shaolin Music); Wahida Khalil - Mani Seheet

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Setrak Sarkissian "Ayyam Al Loulou" (mp3) from "Belly Dance Dreams" (Pe-Ko Records World) More On This Album Mr. De' "The Wizard" (mp3) from "Soul Roller Coaster EP" (Electrofunk Records) More On This Album Morgan Page "Suzuki" (mp3) from "Suzuki EP" (Nuance Recordings) More On This Album Tony Woods Project "Breakthrough" (mp3) from "Lowlands" (Basho Records) More On This Album The Mark Craddock Trio "Libre" (mp3) from "Goodbye Blue Monday" (SnailWorx) More On This Album

Neurov "Basss Monkey" (mp3) from "Bass Monkey" (Super 6 Records) More On This Album Justin Johnson "Slow Ride" (mp3) from "Unreleased - EP 1" (Barely Legal Records) More On This Album Blank Blue "Eyes Closed" (mp3) from "Echo Expansion" (Porter Records) More On This Album Winstrong "Afi Survive (feat. Young Fyah)" (mp3) from "Eye of the Storm" (KRucial Reggae) More On This Album Wahida Khalil "Mani Seheet" (mp3) from "The Golden Collection" (Jasmine Music) More On This Album