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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition is an organization of ex-cops who have come out against the drug war. These former enforcers of the drug war have witnessed first hand the destruction it has caused, and they are fighting back against it.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, known as LEAP for short, is an organization that was founded in 2002 and is changing the face of the pro-legalization movement. Up until this point the biggest supporters of legalization have been groups such as NORML. Despite their hard work and numerous successes, NORML is still seen as a bunch of spacey stoners. LEAP was modeled on the successful Vietnam Vets Against the War. While many in the anti-war movement of the 60’s were typecast as potheads, this wasn’t possible with the people who had fought in the war first hand. The drug warriors cannot make the accusation that these former drug enforcers simply want to get high. Continue reading →

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Mar 12

Drugs and Music Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Drugs and music have gone hand in hand since the jazz of the 1920′s, but a recent study looks to see what genre contains the most drug references today.

Drugs and music have been psychologically linked since the beginning of time. In the American experience the the roots of this connection go back to the jazz clubs of the 1920′s. One of the reasons given for criminalizing marijuana was to protect white women form the influences of jazz. Comically, today jazz is considered to be a more high brow genre than rock or rap. The three big genres of music today are rock, rap and country. Of these three genres, which one do you think has the most drug influences? The truth is it’s impossible to tell. The Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine may give some indication, however, as they recently calculated the number of drug references per hour in modern music for each genre. Continue reading →

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21
Dec 11

Top Three Reasons to End Marijuana Prohibition

The reasons for ending the drug war are countless. Anyone who bothers to do independent research concludes there are better alternatives. There are a few arguments that by themselves should be cause for repeal.

In the world we are living in today, more and more Americans support ending the drug war. The latest polls put nationwide support for complete legalization of marijuana at just under 50%. With the incredible spread of information over the past twenty years, everyone is beginning to see why the drug war should end. The reasons for this are as varied as the culture of America. There are three in particular that stand on their own as reasons to end the drug war if for no other reason. The first is the shear scale and harshness of the War on Drugs. Second is that criminal penalties have been proven to not reduce usage. Finally, open disregard for marijuana law breeds lack of respect for all law. Continue reading →

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Oct 11

The Real Rastafarian

Most Americans only know Rastafarianism as Bob Marley, weed, and Jamaica. We delve deeper into what Rastafarianism’s true beliefs are.

America’s stoners love rastafarianism, but have no real idea what it is about. Most of our knowledge is limited to Bob Marley lyrics and calling weed ganja. Originally, Rastafarianism began in Jamaica during the 1930′s as a Christian Black pan-African movement. During the 1930′s King Haile Selassie was the last black monarch in Africa. Having defeated the Italian invasion in 1896, the Italians were threatening Ethiopia again in the 1930′s. The Rastafarian movement was born out of this threat to the last shred of African sovereignty. Rastas motivated all blacks as children of Africa to show loyalty to King Selassie. Continue reading →

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Jun 11

Marijuana Smoking Accessories

The prevalence of Marijuana usage seems to have withered the challenge of stringent laws and centuries of restriction. People still consume the drug irrespective of its consequences on health. More recently some states have allowed the consumption on marijuana on health grounds. There are many ways to take marijuana. You can smoke cannabis cigarettes, pipes and bongs and also make marijuana cakes and cookies. Eating cannabis is considered to be healthier. However the most popular means of taking marijuana is smoking. Smoking marijuana gives a greater high ,so people prefer to smoke marijuana. There are many marijuana smoking accessories available in the market. The most popular are bongs and pipes.

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Jun 11

Cheap Marijuana Pipes

The consumption of marijuana for medical use is permitted in certain jurisdictions and cheap marijuana pipes are often sought by people who consume this substance. Cannabis can be taken in various ways. There are three main ways of taking cannabis – smoking cannabis cigarettes, smoking cannabis through pipes and bongs and eating cannabis. Many types of cannabis cookies, cakes hash butter and many bother such recipes where you can put cannabis.

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24
May 11

Marijuana Clothing

More popularly known as Hemp, this soft and durable fibre is cultivated from Cannabis plant for commercial use and in modern times, this particular fibre is also used for industrial purposes that includes paper, Eco-friendly plastic and also in health food and medical purposes too. Marijuana clothing is quite a commercial success and while a lot has been written and mentioned about marijuana consumption and cultivation, what many of us might not be aware of is the fact that marijuana is also utilized for producing fibre that can be used for making cloth.

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