MetaFilter posts tagged with marijuana

Mark Kleiman talks about legalizing marijuana.

xjudson — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:52:50 -0800

On blogginheads.tv Mark talks to Glenn Loury about helping the state of Washington to legalize marijuana. Licensing, costs, restrictions, methods of sale etc. One of the best conversations on the topic I've heard.

Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests

MisantropicPainforest — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:50:46 -0800

Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates (SLNYT)

Minecraft: Can Make You Paranoid as Hell.

quin — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:00:18 -0800

Videogames Are Drugs: Dorkly presents a few comics which compare videogames to their analogous drugs.

Just a plant?

azarbayejani — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:13:53 -0800

Kyle put out a video on 4/20/2013. And 4/20/2011. And 4/20/2008. Here's a bonus Thanksgiving video. Kyle Mooney is a weird guy. Here's a playlist of his hilarious man on the street interview series. (Previously)

This Is Working

vidur — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:55:37 -0800

"Twelve years ago, Portugal eliminated criminal penalties for drug users. Since then, those caught with small amounts of marijuana, cocaine or heroin go unindicted and possession is a misdemeanor on par with illegal parking. Experts are pleased with the results." "One gram of heroin, two grams of cocaine, 25 grams of marijuana leaves or five grams of hashish: These are the drug quantities one can legally purchase and possess in Portugal, carrying them through the streets of Lisbon in a pants pocket, say, without fear of repercussion. MDMA -- the active ingredient in ecstasy -- and amphetamines -- including speed and meth -- can also be possessed in amounts up to one gram. That's roughly enough of each of these drugs to last 10 days."

As a potential role model, I advocate it.

grobstein — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:44:07 -0800

Then Christine stumbled upon a controversial homemade herbal remedy that she credits with enormously improving her dog's quality of life. She's grateful that, in his final year, Sampson weighed in at a robust 106 pounds and lived free of the wracking pain that had haunted him. Whereas before Sampson had been too weak to walk, almost overnight he became a born-again youngster. "He was a puppy again, happy and playful," Christine recalls. "He'd trot around the house with his toys in his mouth, wanting to play fetch!" Legalize medical marijuana for dogs! (Don't miss the great picture of Mason the Vizsla looking very relaxed!) As attitudes toward marijuana become more liberal in much of the US, more vets are prescribing medical marijuana as palliative care for dogs with cancer and undergoing cancer treatment. It is still illegal to prescribe medical marijuana for dogs. Dr. Doug Kramer, who lost his pal Nikita the Husky to cancer, explains his resolution to prescribe the drug:

“The decision was an easy one for me to make," he says. "I refuse to condemn my patients to a miserable existence for self preservation or concerns about what may or may not happen to me as a consequence of my actions. My freedom of speech is clearly protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. This is an issue of animal welfare, plain and simple. Remaining silent would represent a clear violation of the veterinarian’s oath I took when I was admitted into this profession."

However, dogs should only take carefully measured doses of the drug -- when they break into their owners' medicine it can be disorienting and unpleasant.

Struggle is the enemy, Weed is the remedy: Marijuana in North Korea

PeterMcDermott — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:54:53 -0800

You might be surprised by what we’re about to say: the most tight-lipped, conservative and controlling country in the world is also a weed-smoker’s paradise

What to do with $175,000 in weed found in your back yard

growabrain — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:03:15 -0800

Some evil bastard has stuffed a bag of dope into a hole behind my house and turned my life into the backdrop of a James Ellroy noir.

Pulitzer Nominations Are Open

HotPants — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:08:24 -0800

Two alligators, a pole dancer and pot at Olympia area shooting scene [via Wonkette]

The Truce on Drugs

Glibpaxman — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:50:42 -0800

What Happens Now that the War on Drugs has Failed?

Marijwhatnow?

scblackman — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:02:55 -0800

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has provided Seattle-ites with a practical guide for marijuana use in the Emerald City. In light of the recent passage of the I-502 referendum decriminalizing marijuana possession in the State of Washington (previously discussed on the blue), the SPD hired allowed its recently hired writer Jonah Spangenthal-Lee (also of the Stranger) to assemble a witty little FAQ, notable for a LOtR clip and the first mention of "Super Skunk" on a seattle.gov website.

Passing a joint resolution

twoleftfeet — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:09:19 -0800

Voters have made marijuana legal in Colorado and Washington. But what does this mean? Teasing out the subtleties of Washington State's Initiative 502 and Colorado's Amendment 64 will take some time. Here are some clues...

Marijuana has been immediately decriminalized in Seattle.

The Governor of Colorado is dissuading people from the hasty consumption of Cheetos.

The Federal Government, in the form of the Department of Justice, has no additional comment

The Governor of Washington State is not taking calls from the Department of Justice.

The legislation has troubled bankers, and further legalization could damage the profits of drug cartels by 30%

Menace(s) to Society

zarq — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:27:26 -0800

During the Golden Age of Hollywood and until 1967, mainstream movie studios were banned by the Production Code from depicting taboo topics like drug addiction, explicit murder and venereal disease, or even showing explicit nudity. But in the 1930's and 1940's, films marketed as "educational" could and did fly under the radar, and three of the best known 'educational' propaganda exploitation films are: Sex Madness (1935), Reefer Madness (1936) and The Cocaine Fiends (1938). Each is a morality tale: Sex Madness warns teens of the dangers of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. Among the forms of "madness" it warns against: wild parties, lesbianism, and premarital sex. Directed by Dwain Esper, whose other exploitation movies include: Narcotic (1933), Maniac (1934), Marihuana: The Devil's Weed! (alt link) (1936) and How to Undress in Front of your Husband (1938). (Some of these may be NSFW.) Reefer Madness dramatizes the dangers of marijuana use, depicting it leading to car accidents, manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, etc. (Wikipedia) Directed by Louis J. Gasnier, who also directed non-exploitation films such as The Perils of Pauline (1914), The Gold Racket (1937), The Sunset Murder Case (1938) and Stolen Paradise (1940). The Cocaine Fiends has the grandest headache medicine in the world, which will also destroy your life and soul. Like most of the exploitation movies of that era The Cocaine Fiends sheds interesting light on the anxieties engendered by the modern world. Modern life is seen as threatening and dangerous. And like most such films it faces the fascinating contradiction of condemning the very things on which it relies for its chance of commercial success, which for such movies depended entirely on the thrill of the forbidden and the illicit.
* Reviews of all three movies, Joe Bob Briggs-style. * NPR: Remembering Hollywood's Hays Code, 40 years on: A year after Some Like It Hot was released, the head of the MPA began suggesting that some sort of classification system might work better than a censorship system that no one was paying attention to. In 1968, his organization finally shifted from restricting filmmakers to alerting audiences, using the film-ratings system we know today.

A Confederacy of Doobies

daksya — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:16:05 -0800

A Voter’s Guide to Legalizing Marijuana ..at the state level

The Gateway Drug to Twinkie Addiction.

Devils Rancher — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:38:30 -0800

Question 3 is a Massachusetts ballot initiative concerning the legalization of marijuana for medical use. There are some organizations opposed to the initiative, who failed to register certain domain names. The Massachusetts voter's guide accidentally directed voters to one of the unclaimed domains, now the satirical VoteNoOnQuestion3.org

"But what will I wear in jail?"

zarq — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:28:50 -0800

The Gangster Princess of Beverly Hills. (Single page version) "Lee would go on to tell federal authorities a lot of things about herself: that she was a famous Korean pop star as well as the heiress to the Samsung electronics fortune; she was so emphatic on this last point that on police paperwork agents listed ‘heiress’ as her occupation. Back at home in L.A., Lee called herself the ‘Korean Paris Hilton’ and played the part of the spoiled socialite, with two Bentleys, a purse-size lap dog and, especially, her commanding, petulant personality that kept her posse of sycophants in check. It was as though Lisette Lee had studied some Beverly Hills heiress’s handbook: how to dress, how to behave, how to run hot and cold to keep people in her thrall – in short, how to be a modern celebrity. But all of that would begin to unravel – amid the crowd and confusion on the Columbus tarmac that June 2010 evening – once a drug-sniffing German shepherd padded over to the van and sat down, signaling a hit."
Lisette Lee was arrested by federal authorities in June 2010 after she and her associates tried to bring 500+ pounds of marijuana on a private jet from California to Ohio -- their fourteenth trafficking trip. The US Drug Enforcement Administration would ultimately estimate that in just eight months Lee's ring moved 7,000 pounds of weed and made $3 million in profits. Her response to the article, with the author's rebuttal.

"Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men."

mrgrimm — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:04:36 -0800

It's Not Just NYC: Across America, Only Black and Brown People Get Arrested for Pot - "New York City (previously), the pot-bust capital of the Western world, is notorious for the racial skewing (previously) of its marijuana arrests. Over the last 15 years, more than 85 percent of the half-million-plus people charged with misdemeanor possession there have been black or Latino. But the racial ratios of reefer roundups are equally extreme—if not worse—in scores of other U.S. cities." Same (trailer) as it (PDF) ever was? (video)

A Child's Garden of Grass

not_on_display — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:51:41 -0800

Jack S. Margolis's A Child's Garden of Grass (A Pre-Legalization Comedy). This is the 1971 audio companion to the book of the same name. It's a cult-classic sketch-comedy album which reads like the user's manual to marijuana, and features members of the Firesign Theatre.

Eating the High Life

Chipmazing — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:35:06 -0800

"Legalizing pot would, in addition to engendering medical miracles and rendering moot a large sector of illegal-drug-related crimes, allow quantum leaps in the world of cooking. Maybe if we all pray really hard to Jah, pot will one day infiltrate snooty haute cuisine and local artisanal eateries alike, all over America." GQ reports on some incredible edibles. If you enjoyed Jesse Pearson's foray into the intersection of gourmands and potheads, and fancy finding yourself at similar juncture, GQ has graciously provided four pages of recipes as well.

Free My Babies

mrgrimm — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:47:04 -0800

Is breastfeeding while using marijuana child abuse? The (warning: graphic) audio recording of Daisy Bram's pleas to police taking her (15-month- and 4-week-old) children away from her likely affected Butte County, California (Chico) voters' decision to soundly reject Measure A, a proposed new law to restrict marijuana cultivation. Today, Bram faces charges of felony child abuse and misdemeanor child endangerment for breastfeeding while using cannabis.

"Hey, dude, light the bowl!"

T.D. Strange — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:27:52 -0800

"Barry also had a knack for interceptions. When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted "Intercepted!," and took an extra hit. No one seemed to mind." A User's Guide To Smoking Pot With Barack Obama. I can't nullify congressional law. I can't ask the Justice Department to say, "Ignore completely a federal law that's on the books." What I can say is, "Use your prosecutorial discretion and properly prioritize your resources to go after things that are really doing folks damage."

Rejoice Dear Hearts

timsteil — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:21:24 -0800

Dave Gardner scored his first Top 20 hit in 1957 with White Silver Sands, and while a fine singer (and drummer), it was the stories he told between songs that transformed him into "Brother" Dave Gardner.

Four Twenty plus Three

wcfields — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:12:16 -0800

You ever get so high and dream there was a marijuana review site in the style of Yelp? Dream no more, because there's Leafly. Find the strain that best suits you (no surprise that they all seem to be highly rated for treating stress, but only six are good for PMS) or a nearby dispensary. Read reviews of new strains like Woody Kush, rumored to be specifically created for Woody Harrelson or the insightful reviews of Herojuana: 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT BUD, Dankest weed I've ever smoked, and Found a little container of a gram of this great shit under the seat in my car on a shitty day. Like any Web 2.0 worth it's weight in ~~salt~~ kief they have an API, login via Facebook & Twitter, and an iPhone & Android App.

Even damp it looked sticky.

theodolite — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:27:58 -0800

In the spring of 1977, a Lockheed Lodestar crashed into a lake in Yosemite National Park carrying six tons of Mexican marijuana. The US government recovered most of it. Camp Four got the rest. A true stoner fable by Kief Hillsbery. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Everything is better with a bag of weed

dejah420 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:59:34 -0800

Let's go smoke some pot! Started by a group of high school stoners looking for a pot field in the 70's, the 420 meme has propagated to cover the globe. 420 Tours, 420 communities, Senate Bill 420 which legalized medical marijuana in California, 420 is everywhere. Sure, there's plenty of 420 buzzkills; the 1775 Siege of Boston, the 1914 Ludlow Massacre, the day Americans learned about 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, and of course Hitler's birthday. But don't let it get you down man, everything is better with a bag of weed.