On this week's episode of the Web's Favourite Cannabis Podcast, the Dopefiend looks at the fallout from last week's sacking of British government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt, the politicians scientists and other public figures who have lent their support to Nutt, and those that haven't, and the wide-ranging implications of what has become a major issue among the scientific community. Turning to the emails, the Dopefiend talks about the fight for interference-free medical marijuana in California, the cancer-curing properties of hemp oil, why most coffeeshop customers in the Netherlands are male, and the joys of what Dopetriber Chris calls "toke and explore, discussion of which prompts the Dopefiend to ponder why he hasn’t had a chance to indulge in it recently, as he heads into the VaporlOunge to talk about David Sedaris, Jon Ronson and This American Life, and to taste a bit of 007 while listening to some homegrown music from Dopetriber Johno Leader. Back to the emails, and the Dopefiend looks at the similarities between near-death experiences and drug experiences, Dr. Barton reviews medical textbook "Cannabis Therapeutics in HIV/AIDS", leading the Dopefiend to recommend "Dying To Get High", Gaijin Abysm asks about the possibilities of Salvia Divinorum vaporization, and Oby San expresses despair at the painful pace of progress in the fight for legalization, and how to remain informed without becoming obsessed or depressed by the constant flow of bad news. In the Cannabis News, the Netherlands' biggest ever coffeeshop goes on trial in a test case which could change the legal status of cannabis in Holland for good, British cannabis seizures double in a year, Toronto growers eschew hydroponics for outdoor guerrilla grow-ops, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition fight for the right to discuss cannabis legalization in the face of a new censorship amendment, and "we were high during Easy Rider": Peter Fonda fesses up! 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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For more details on the UK Hemp Expo, go here: http://www.thegrowreport.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=7935

You can read the paper that caused the David Nutt row in the first place here: http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1714/Estimating_drug_harms.pdf

Add your support to these petitions backing Professor Nutt and sensible drug policy in the UK: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Back-Prof-Nutt/ and http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/no-bad-drug-info

Truthmissile mentioned this 1968 letter from Mark Rudd to Grayson Kirk: http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/columbia68/documents/doc3.htm

You can check out Jon Ronson's radio shows here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/jonronsonon

And This American Life here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Check out this week's featured musician, Johno Leader, at www.myspace.com/johnoleader

Gabo mentioned this article about near-death experiences: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/16/cheating.near.death/index.html


Playlist: Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble - In C - Semi-Detached (Jack Dangers Remix); Matty G, DJ /Rupture, Lloop - Layin in Bed, Overture: Watermelon City feat. Elizabeth Alexander, Autumn Rain; Moody Eva - My Ninja; Proof of Concept - It Was A Train (Orignal Mix); Stimulus Timbre - Life's Most Wonderful Place; Johno Leader - Only A Game; Tommy T - The Response (featuring Gigi); Andy Cotton, Andy Cotton - Gunga Din; Go-Go Fightmaster - Evil Bohemian; B6 - Sweet Light; Dave James - Deathborough (Original)

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Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble "In C - Semi-Detached" (mp3) from "In C Remixed" (Innova Recordings) More On This Album Matty G, DJ /Rupture, Lloop "Layin in Bed, Overture: Watermelon City feat. Elizabeth Alexander, Autumn Rain" (mp3) from "Solar Life Raft" (the Agriculture) More On This Album Moody Eva "My Ninja" (mp3) from "Finishing School" (Sleevin Records) More On This Album Proof of Concept "It Was A Train" (mp3) from "It Was a Train EP" (Summer Rain Recordings (White)) More On This Album Stimulus Timbre "Life's Most Wonderful Place" (mp3) from "Whatever You Hear is Simplified to Life EP" (Summer Rain Recordings (White)) More On This Album

Tommy T "The Response (featuring Gigi)" (mp3) from "The Prester John Sessions" (Easy Star Records) More On This Album Andy Cotton, Andy Cotton "Gunga Din" (mp3) from "Last Stand at the Havemeyer Ranch" (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records) More On This Album Go-Go Fightmaster "Evil Bohemian" (mp3) from "Sound 1" (Edgetone Records) More On This Album B6 "Sweet Light" (mp3) from "Post Haze" (Clubstream Green) More On This Album