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Minimalist Tribute to American Folk Singer Pete Seeger
Our minimalist tribute to American folk singer Pete Seeger, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Artist Michael Ian Weinfeld...
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Book Review Essay: The Drug War Past, Present, and Future
The three books under consideration here address different facets of our drug policy; one tells us how we got here, one explains (at least in part) why we're stuck here, and one offers up suggestions on where we go from here. With apologies to Dickens, it's as if we're seeing the ghosts of drug war past, present, and future.
Why Medical Marijuana in Colorado Is $25 an Eighth
Walter Hickey tells the whole story about how Colorado medical marijuana patients can pay $25 for an eighth of an ounce of top-quality cannabis.
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Legal Marijuana Should Cost $4.44 A Pound
A great article on Beyond Chronic describes the fair market price of legal marijuana before the dawn of prohibition; up to $0.33 per pound in 1927.
Here's to You, Mr. Yamuachi
A god has died. Hiroshi Yamuachi, the godfather of the console, the father of the modern gaming industry, passed away yesterday and we're playing the...
Saluting a Great Mind: Abraham Lincoln
I recently took a trip to see President Abraham Lincoln's home and presidential library in Springfield, Illinois. "It has been my experience that folks...
Chronicle Book Review: Smuggler Nation
Wow. With Smuggler Nation, Brown University political science professor Peter Andreas has hit the ball out of the park -- or over the border.
Great Artwork While High: M.C. Escher
M.C. Escher's images bent reality in so many different ways they became known as great artwork to look at while you were high, back in the Sixties.
Animal: Why You’ll Never See “Marijuana” on Our Site
ANIMAL has a policy to not use “marijuana.” Cannabis? Sure. Weed? Definitely. Marijuana, though? Almost never. NPR has a good article explaining why.
Great Artwork While High: Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was one of a kind. He was not only "an artist", but a unique individual of the highest order...a world-class eccentric and surrealist.
Great Movies While High: Dazed and Confused
You knew Weedist was gonna pay homage to this film; I am just glad I am the lucky one that got to do it. Dazed and Confused fuckin’ rocks man.
Cavemen Painted on LSD, According to New Research
Cavemen would deliberately seek out and eat hallucinogenic plants before engaging spiritual rituals, and would then paint all the trippy shit they saw.
Chronicle Book Review: Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Michelle Alexander notes, she used Race to Incarcerate as an organizing tool, sending copies to people who could benefit from its policy analysis.
Taking the Human-Cannabis Relationship Seriously in Health Science & Public Policy
An expedient smokescreen clearing approach is a historical and comparative ecological one that focuses on the human-cannabis relationship.
Shiva, the God of Sativa?
In Hinduism, Cannabis usage is commonly related to worshiping Shiva, so much so that he is often referred to as the god of marijuana....
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States That Legalize Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana: Brief History of Medical Marijuana
Emperor Shen Neng of China prescribed tea brewed from marijuana leaves as a remedy for muscle injuries, rheumatism, gout, malaria, and memory loss.
Unlikely Connections - Major Bong, Flying Ace
This post is not really cannabis related, per se. I just think the odd stoner connection is pretty cool. It was April of 1944 and Major Bong...
Sacred Cannabis Usage Throughout History
Despite its bad rep as a munchies inducing, motivation stealing recreational drug, cannabis is considered by many a sacred plant. Cannabis usage has played...