Category: Legacy

Pot Mumblings

Americans Reject Bush Drug War Doctrine

• Massachusetts is the thirteenth state to approve marijuana decriminalization after Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Oregon.
• Michigan approves a medical marijuana initiative much like California’s marijuana policy. And, Wisconsin may be next.
• Arkansas voters in Fayetteville have voted to tell police to deprioritize marijuana which is an effort to tell police that they’re wasting too much time on petty arrests. The people are not happy with their performance. We can only hope they pay attention to their employers, the people
• In California, they defeated a measure which would put arbitrary limits on the amount of marijuana needed by patients. People still don’t understand enough about marijuana to start throwing limits on it. Some folks can literally go through an ounce a day which is a lot even for a burner like me.

The thing that bugs me about these state-level changes is that they do not fully address the manufacturing and trafficking, or in less criminal terms – growing and distribution, of marijuana. They only cover the possession of small amounts. We need a more comprehensive policy at the federal level along with proper regulation of the potential industry. They’re steps in the right direction. However, it’s all still a crime which creates more criminals and, sadly, incentive to deal with unregulated criminal elements.

The good thing is that Barack Obama is going to be the new president. This is not some tight wad prick. He’s a former marijuana user, at least. He knows marijuana isn’t dangerous and he knows it’s not addictive. He’s a very common sense kind of individual. I have a feeling he’ll replace the drug czar immediately with someone who’s going to completely revamp drug policy in favor of a legalized and regulated industry.

Cannabis Q&A

How has the bad economy affected your consumption? Have the prices gone up?
The economy has definitely lowered my consumption and caused me to cut down a bit. The smart move right now is to put your money in the bank account and try not to spend too much. Prices have gone up but in a backward sort of way. Instead of actual prices going up, quantity has gone down. So, we’re paying the same price for a lot less. When a full eighth, 3.5 grams, used to be $50, we’re now getting less than 2.5 grams for the same $50. You know what it is when you walk around with a digital scale.

But, as I always say, the future of marijuana is in personal growing (if it isn’t legalized). Plants can be kept small. You don’t always need a lot of space. People are growing in small boxes [source] and PC cases [source].

Green Tip of the Week

Moisturize Your Smoke
While this is a tip that everyone should know about, many people still don’t. Sometimes we get marijuana that’s dry. Dry marijuana will do the trick, just more harshly as the dry smoke dries out your mouth and throat. Marijuana that has a little moisture in it, will be a little bit better on the throat. To put moisture back into your marijuana, place something moist in the same container with whatever marijuana you’re about to smoke. That “something” could be a piece of fresh lettuce, small slice of orange peel, or wet a small piece of tissue and leave it locked in the container. The moisture from the tissue will begin to humidify the container and the marijuana will soak up whatever it can get. Give yourself about two hours for this process to take place. In the end, you want your bud to be spongy feeling. When your squish it, it won’t turn to dust but instead show some elasticity. Also, the stickier the better.
Warning: Be careful not to put too much moisture in the container for a long period of time. Mold will form on the bud. Smoking mold will kill you. The best way to prevent mold is to keep your marijuana in a cool dry place. The refrigerator works very well.

Marijuana Media: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition [site]

Pot Mumblings

Will Fayetteville Become The Next City To ‘Deprioritize’ Pot?
This seems to be the trend in many cities where the people have finally figured out that the prohibition of marijuana is worse than the marijuana itself especially since marijuana is nontoxic. The problem with deprioritizing marijuana is that it doesn’t address marijuana legislation. All they’re doing is asking the police to be more efficient when it comes to crime.

The problem is that police officers like to get into the kind of ignorance that prohibition causes. Police officers like to fight; they do it for the rush. So, stopping some poor sap for jaywalking (an already police-initiated deprioritized crime) isn’t as much of a treat to their ego. However, giving a guy a hard time over some weed is really something they like to do. This is how they have fun and take breaks – harass marijuana users and use the time to prepare paperwork as a lunch break.

Is cannabis being doped with Viagra?
This is truly an issue of legalization and regulation. During the days before meatpacking plants were regulated, people would find all amounts of other stuff in their canned meat like rats and rat feces. This is the same problem with marijuana today. Since it’s not regulated like a meat market, people don’t care what they lace marijuana with. Back in the day, marijuana may have been laced with cocaine or even heroin. Lately, it’s been laced with sand or metal shavings to increase weight so it would sell for more.

Now, we have reports of people lacing marijuana with viagra in hopes of getting the aphrodisiac effect of marijuana. However, for some people, it’s more profitable to sell something dirty. Legalization and regulation would require that marijuana not be laced with anything. Or better yet, freedom to grow your own would be better in the long run.

Yes, there are some strains of marijuana that have some aphrodisiac qualities like Mikado, La Nina, Cinderella 99 (really good), Love Potion, and so on.

Cannabis Q&A

What’s the longest you’ve been without marijuana?
Officially, five months. I’d stopped smoking marijuana about mid-May. I had just come down from some bad food poisoning. So, I didn’t smoke anything for two weeks. When I tried to smoke again, it just wasn’t the same for me. So, I lost the urge and just didn’t smoke again. I wouldn’t say I quit but then again, I can’t really say I took a break either. I just didn’t have that urge. That is until November 1, 2008. I was just happy for two reasons. Two of my friends were having some troubles of their own. So I hadn’t seen them in months – one since February and the other since June. That’s a long time to not see your close friends. Then I found out my friend from Cali was in town. I was just happy to see these people come back in my life. I felt it was time to bring Mary Jane back in my life. I was going to do so eventually. It was just a matter of time.
(Check back Wednesday for more on this)

Green Tip of the Week

Best places to find smoking paraphernalia
The first spot you want to look is the store. You can always find some papers or cheap cigars at the corner store. It may be crude but it’s short notice and easy to find.

Sometimes, you want something more than paper. Well, anything that can be used to smoked tobacco can be used to smoke marijuana. So, you want to look at tobacco/cigar shops. Although, all “head” shops, or pothead shops, are tobacco shops, not all tobacco shops are head shops.

Finally, we have flea markets. If you should ever be lucky enough to come across a flea market, check it out thoroughly. Some flea markets have incredible stuff – glass bongs, small pipes, incense, papers, grinders and so on. The great thing about flea markets is that they’re cheap.

Marijuana Media: Urban Grower

Pot Mumblings

Marijuana: the smaller they are in fives
In Fiji, the dealers are shorting the nick bags big time. Folks can’t even roll decent joints or pack a decent bowl for their bongs anymore. But, the question is, why? It seems high oil prices did what police eradication efforts could not do; that is, make it difficult for dealers to operate. The cost of transporting marijuana has become too high so folks can’t even get their bud to market as easily. Instead of raising the price directly, they shorted the product. It’s kind of like how they’ve been doing Snickers bars for the last two decades. Hopefully, they won’t raise the price on Fiji weed AND short the bags. What a travesty!

Argument over cannabis cigarette led man to break leg
I don’t think the British need any more reasons for folks to not like them. But, they’ve got one more asshole to put up with. Christopher Lawson forgot many of the unspoken rules to enjoying marijuana. First, he forgot the tenet of sharing. Then, he forgot to mellow out. This clown slugged his friend and then stomped on his leg until he broke it all because he didn’t want to share his weed. If you don’t want to share your marijuana, go smoke by yourself. And, there’s absolutely ZERO reason to get violent about it. Sheesh. I am going to write a Marijuana Bill of Rights or an Etiquette guide. I see that one is sorely needed, at least for those in Britain.

Cannabis Q&A

How many weed smokers are there here?
I believe about 5%, or around 15 million people, of this nation admits to smoking marijuana. I think that’s a conservative number. If it were legalized tomorrow, I’d imagine that number would skyrocket to 15% and that would still be a conservative estimate. I would easily go as high as 25-30% of the United States smokes marijuana regularly with 70-80% of this nation trying it at least once. In considering that marijuana is so widely and easily available – from the commercial growers trafficking tons to many small personal grows – I couldn’t imagine that number being smaller.

Green Tip of the Week

Get your food before you burn
Everyone knows marijuana makes you hungry. A lot of people get into trouble because they go out while they’re still high. This exposes you to so many problems. What if you go to the corner store or the McDonalds or the nearest 7-11 and the police show up? They need to eat just as much as you do. Why take that risk? Or, even worse, some person wants to play concerned citizen or dumb ass samaritan and take interest in your well-being by calling the police on you when they see you.

This is an example what I do. I’ll go out for a hero sandwich or hoagie (Tuna or Ham & Cheese). I’ll buy some juice (big drinks, need lots of liquid). Then, I will pick up some chips (Salt & Vinegar) and candy (Skittles, Whoppers, or Blowpops) and maybe some pastries (Zebra Cakes, pecan swirls, or fruit pies). That covers all the major marijuana food groups – sandwich, drink, sugar, salt, and more sugar. When I get back home, I can either start smoking right away or I eat half the sandwich and drink a little juice and then smoke. When I am done smoking, I’ll have plenty of munchies left so that I don’t have to go outside at all.

Marijuana Media: Raslyle