Daily Archives: July 1, 2009

The right to grow your own

Worth noting: NORML makes a point about the upcoming legalization debate that should be obvious, but about which reformers will need to be vigilant. Allowing for the legal, personal cultivation of cannabis provides consumers with the option to grow their … Continue reading

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Marijuana and Mental Illness? Not so fast.

Junk science exposed again. It doesn’t matter how good the scientific research is… it is still junk science if it results in implied conclusions, particularly when they are publicized based on political opportunism rather than waiting to follow through to … Continue reading

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Asking the right questions

Can you imagine such a thing? Via Tom Angell… The Rhode Island Senate unanimously passed a bill to create a nine-member study commission to ask these and other questions: “Whether and to what extent Rhode Island youth have access to … Continue reading

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Massive military seizure in Afghanistan of 1.3 tons of ‘super-poppy’ seeds turns out to be delicious with rice

It was just the sort of good news the British military in Helmand needed. Soldiers engaged in Operation Panther’s Claw, the huge assault against insurgent strongholds last week, had discovered a record-breaking haul of more than 1.3 tonnes of poppy … Continue reading

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