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
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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)
Podcast Image by joegrowindoors: "look what i found.... still
two and a half weeks from harvest." Submit your pics here:
http://www.thegrowreport.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=13