The U.S. may lag other countries in measures such as education and health, but we’re out in front on cocaine and marijuana use. Cocaine and marijuana have been tried by more Americans than residents of 16 other countries surveyed, according to a paper published in PLoS Medicine.
Researchers found that 42.4% of Americans have tried marijuana and 16.2% have tried cocaine.
That's just how we roll here in the USA, I guess. Weirdly, in Holland, where you can just walk into a shop and buy a gram or two, only 19.8% of the people have tried pot, a distant third behind New Zealand's 41.9%. Bloomberg has a good writeup, and a table with the complete findings is online here. GO USA! ;)
What possible advancements in the treatment of cancer may have been achieved over the past 34 years had U.S. government officials chosen to advance – rather than suppress – clinical research into the anti-cancer effects of cannabis?
Excellent article at LewRockWell.com discussing what they knew, when they knew it, and how we accidentally learned about it.
We as the freedom loving Lakotah People are the predecessor sovereign of Dakota Territory as evidenced by the Treaties with the United States Government, including, but not limited to, the Treaty of 1851 and the Treaty of 1868 at Fort Laramie.
California's medical marijuana patients are one step closer to being protected against work place discrimination after a bill made its way through the state Assembly this week. Assembly Bill 2279, authored by Assemblyman Mark Leno and co-authored by Eureka's Assemblywoman Patty Berg, would make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee because of their status as a medical marijuana patient or caregiver or for failing a drug test. ”Voters have said that marijuana has legitimate medical uses, and this bill says workers shouldn't be punished for having medical needs,” Berg said in a statement. That doesn't, however, mean medical marijuana patients are free to light up on the job. The bill makes clear that employers would retain the right to fire or discipline employees for being impaired at work because of the use of medical marijuana. The bill is a direct response to a recent California Supreme Court ruling, which it aims to overturn. The Supreme Court voted in January to uphold a Sacramento telecommunications company's firing of Gary Ross, who flunked a company-ordered drug test, but had a medical marijuana card authorizing him to legally use marijuana to treat a back injury he suffered while serving in the Air Force.
I was able to capture a short clip on my cell phone yesterday of the aftermath in Windsor. Please forgive my "french." Sorry for the crummy footage too...
I had to pull over while I was traveling towards Greeley on 257 just as the tornado hit Eastern Windsor. I realized I had to pull over when I saw debris flying everywhere. I literally did stop in the middle of the road for a second because I felt my car wanting to veer off into oncoming traffic and because the visibility at one point was beyond poor, I mean I couldn't even see the hood of my car. I drove about fifty feet when I saw another car pulled over and I parked behind him (but he left and I stood there in my car during the tornado.) It took me a moment to realize I was in a tornado, and I tried to use my cell phone to call my dad. I couldn't connect so I tried my irc client on my cell phone, and I told a few friends that "I might die today because I was in the middle of a tornado." At that point, I lost my connection. I tried again to call my dad, and got through at 12:09 p.m. to tell him that I was in a tornado.
Here's a log I have on my conversation on IRC:
[2008-05-22 11:58:54] *** skycell (
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) joined [2008-05-22 11:58:54] <@Captain> coudlnt get it
[2008-05-22 11:58:57] <@Captain> i said get the fuck out
[2008-05-22 11:58:58] <@Captain> we'll try agian tmorrow
[2008-05-22 11:59:10] <~stormbringer> hi skycell!1!1!
[2008-05-22 12:00:24] i think i am going to die...looks like im stuck in waht turn into a tornado
[2008-05-22 12:01:16] <@james> ?
[2008-05-22 12:01:28] <@james> u serious sky?
[2008-05-22 12:01:56] <@james> skycell the biggest thing to worry about in a tornado is debris its important to get low
[2008-05-22 12:01:57] <@Captain> hmm
[2008-05-22 12:01:58] <@Captain> dont die
[2008-05-22 12:02:03] <@Captain> GET LOW GET LOW
[2008-05-22 12:02:04] <@Captain> to the windows
[2008-05-22 12:02:05] <@Captain> to the walls
[2008-05-22 12:02:09] <@Captain> till the sweat drops down your balls
[2008-05-22 12:02:12] <@james> i wanted to say that too but i resisted
[2008-05-22 12:02:15] <@james> because shes about to die
[2008-05-22 12:02:20] <@skycell> yes
[2008-05-22 12:02:43] <@james> is it really a tornado? where are you at?
[2008-05-22 12:02:54] * @Captain turns on his doppler radar
[2008-05-22 12:03:01] <@Captain> its the capdoppler 9006
[2008-05-22 12:03:47] <@skycell> holy shit[2008-05-22 12:04:38] <@skycell> dude i was right in the middle of a tornado
[2008-05-22 12:04:39] <@skycell> shit flying everywhere an uprooted tree at the cementary
[2008-05-22 12:05:16] <@james> how close were u to it
[2008-05-22 12:06:05] *** skycell quit (Connection reset by peer)