Topic: DRUGS - on August 15, 2007 at 12:04:00 PM CEST
Dr. Timothy Leary’s Footprint
There are few individuals who have had the impact on all of humanity that Dr. Timothy Leary exerted. Certainly there are a number of people who have altered our understanding of the material world, who have sparked civil movements, or technological innovations that have rerouted or offset tragedy and the cycles of history. But Leary pulled people into contemplation of their own experience, and redefined what Western Culture thought of as ‘religion’ entirely. He showed that perspective altered experience, and this was a message too volatile for the institutions and the administrations of the sixties and seventies to digest.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 12, 2007 at 2:05:00 PM CEST
Nearly six tons of Hashis recovered in Spain today
Two large hauls of Hashish in Spain today with more than 3 tons recovered by the authorities in Huelva and two and a half tons in Almeria.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 4, 2007 at 5:46:00 PM CEST
LSD, hypnosis and the Catholic Church
I found this interesting snippet, among many interesting snippets, on p194 of David Healy's book The Creation of Psychopharmacology (ISBN 0674015991), a history of the science and medicine of psychiatric drug development.
It discusses the similarities between the reaction of the authorities to LSD in the 1960s and the reaction to hypnotism in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 4, 2007 at 5:42:00 PM CEST
L.A. minister accused of selling marijuana through church convicted of possession
The Rev. Craig X Rubin, 41, faces up to four years, eight months in prison for possessing marijuana for sale, said Jane Robison, a district attorney's spokeswoman.
Rubin and some 400 members of Temple 420 say that marijuana is a religious sacrament. They burn and smoke pot during services.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 4, 2007 at 5:36:00 PM CEST
Orange Sunshine
Ten minute Trailer for the upcoming documentary on the Brotherhood of Eternal Love.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 2, 2007 at 1:59:00 PM CEST
Drug treatment isn't a silver bullet
OK, so you're rich and famous and have a drug problem. You relapse and get arrested. What do you do?
It seems the latest trend in countering your likely conviction is not hiring a "dream team" of legal defenders but immediately enrolling in a rehab drug program.
Lindsay Lohan, the troubled Hollywood starlet, joins a host of other high-profile celebrities, including Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and the son of the former vice president, Al Gore III, who have adopted this novel strategy.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 31, 2007 at 9:54:00 AM CEST
Herbal Bath in 22 pounds of Marijuana
In South Africa I accidentally purchased 22 pounds of the Chronic for 100 US Dollars. I thought it was going to be 2 ounces. I was leaving 6 days later so I smoked joints the size of beer cans then I bathed in it before I had to leave it all behind.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 31, 2007 at 9:44:00 AM CEST
Cannabis joints damage lungs more than tobacco - study
A single cannabis joint may cause as much damage to the lungs as five chain-smoked cigarettes, research has found. Medical examinations of cannabis and cigarette smokers found the drug increased specific lung problems, including obstructed airways and hyperinflation, a condition where too much air remains in the lungs when a person exhales.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 27, 2007 at 10:17:00 AM CEST
Can't Bust This
During his eight-year stint as a cop inTexas—two of them as head of narcotics for the Gladewater Police Department—Barry Cooper made over 800 drug-related arrests, impounded more than 50 vehicles, and seized at least $500,000 in cash and assets. He worked with everyone from the DEA to the FBI to border patrol, earning a reputation as the "best narcotics officer in the state, and perhaps the country," according to a former colleague. So what did Cooper, now married with four kids, learn from his experience?
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 27, 2007 at 10:15:00 AM CEST
The Hash Marihuana - Hemp Museum
Since the opening in 1985 of the Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum in Amsterdam, almost a million interested people have visited this permanent exhibition. Each year, some 75,000 people from all parts of the world come to this exceptional cultural and knowledge centre at 148 Oudezijds Achterburgwal, in the heart of the Red-Light District. The museum is completely dedicated to the cannabis plant and its many uses. The Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum is unique in the world, and is much like a voyage of discovery that fits perfectly into a tourist visit to Amsterdam.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 27, 2007 at 10:13:00 AM CEST
LESSONS LEARNED FROM AL GORE III
AL Gore III's mug shot appeared in newspapers across the country Thursday thanks to his arrest Wednesday for possession of marijuana and prescription pills.
An Orange County sheriff's deputy pulled over Al Gore III for driving his Toyota Prius at 100 miles per hour. The officer said the car smelled of marijuana. A search found marijuana and prescription pills Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and Adderall.
Here are five observations following Gore's arrest.
Don't speed if you're holding weed.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 27, 2007 at 10:11:00 AM CEST
Cannabis use linked to 40% rise in risk of schizophrenia
Smoking cannabis increases the risk of schizophrenia by at least 40% according to research which indicates that there are at least 800 people suffering serious psychosis in the UK after smoking the drug.
Mental health groups called on the government last night to issue fresh health warnings and launch an education campaign to advise teenagers that even light consumption of the drug could trigger long-term mental health problems. The findings came after a rush of ministers declared their cannabis-smoking pasts and an order from the prime minister for officials to consider whether the drug should be reclassified amid fears about its more potent "skunk" form. Last night the Home Office said the research would be considered in that review.
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