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Guidelines for an afternoon ritual
Vanity Fair has a pleasant piece by Micah Nathan: A Nice Bowl of Weed When I think about my experiences with cannabis, I find no fewer than 10 outstanding rules for enjoying the perfect bowl of weed. Orwell had 11 … Continue reading
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Science by Press Release
Remember the NHTSA study from last week that showed no significant increase in crash risk from using marijuana? It didn’t fit their narrative, so, while they had to release it, they did it on a Friday afternoon (in government terms, … Continue reading
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A Valentine’s Day poem
Stolen from Twitter… Roses are crispy, Violets play hockey. I’m thinking those mushrooms Were not shiitake. — Adam Isacson
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Open thread
OK, so I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to refine various aspects of the site to adapt to changes in WordPress and the Atuahalpa Theme. In order to adapt to interests of readers, I’ve added a few new … Continue reading
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Barriers to marijuana research acknowledged
Tom Angell is unstoppable in his dogged determination to ask pointed questions of the powerful. Over at Marijuana.com, he discusses the Facebook chat conducted by NIDA’s Nora Volkow, where he got her to admit that there are barriers to research … Continue reading
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Death penalty
Richard Branson: Abolishing the death penalty One area of particular concern to death penalty opponents like me is the so-called war on drugs. At least 32 countries still prescribe the death penalty for various drug offences. […] One of these … Continue reading
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Ashley Halsey III again exemplifies bad journalism
Back in 2009, Ashley Halsey III, a factually lazy reporter at the Washington Post, was completely taken by the drug czar’s report about the voluntarily testing of drivers and made statements in his article like “11 percent of motorists are … Continue reading
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What a great ad for… weed
New Jersey prohibitionists clearly don’t have a clue about advertising. Story at Weedist.
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Bad science reporting again
Here’s a great way of looking at how facts get distorted by government and the media. Remember, on Friday afternoon (putting it out with the trash), NHTSA released their report showing no evidence that marijuana use is statistically significant in … Continue reading
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