Drug Czar "Gil" Doing His Job, Lying to America!

I read this FUD* report on drugged driving and decided to expose its virtues, that of those who disclosed it and the press that would publish it.


FUD Fear Uncertainty and Doubt:
A tool to manipulate and control

Germany: Rauchen Sie Cannabis

Do you smoke cannabis? Rauchen Sie Cannabis

An Internet journey into Germany's cannabis laws and trade. I hope you enjoy this collection of cannabis articles and pictures.

India & Cannibis - क्या आप धूम्रपान भांग

क्या आप धूम्रपान भांग
Hindi for "do you smoke cannabis"

Edit: From Redditor "StoneInFocus"

Phonetically the Hindi for "do you smoke cannabis?" would be "kya aap dhumrapaan bhang?" or you could say "kya aap dhumrapaan ganja?" for those who are wondering.
Thanks AD

Fully Informed Jury Association - FIJA

The highest and most important function of the jury is not, as many think, to dispense punishment to fellow citizens guilty of breaking the law, but rather to protect fellow citizens from tyrannical prosecutions and bad laws imposed by a power-hungry government.
LINK

Decriminalized vs Legalized Cannabis

Decriminalized vs Legalized:

I have many problems with decriminalization, a few being;

New Zealand - Cannabis & Trouble

                        New Zealand Cannabis Cup winner, Te Kakariki

 Last week we had Pro-cannabis protest in New Zealand, this week we have major Raids on cannabis growers and distributors!

This years Global Marijuana March thus far has 175 cities have signed up most for May 7, 2011. Be sure to check your destination city as some are on alternates dates!


 Here is a little info from last years March in Toronto Canada.

Cambodia and Cannabis

Since I just did a blog story on Vietnam, I felt that Cambodia should be my next investigation. Well the one thing that is really unique to Cambodia, is the "Happy Pizza" a cannabis connoisseurs gourmet edible treat.



Marijuana and Travel

Cambodia

At a guest house called Victory. As it turns out the staff were very friendly and wanted to take care of all our needs. If you want beer, food, motor-bikes, visas, girls, drugs, boat tours or any thing you can think of, they can get it for you. The place is owned by a cop an he is concerned about your pleasure. Nobody comes back to a place where they did not have fun! I bought half a kilo of sixty bucks of some slightly seeded wild cannabis.

Vietnam: Cannabis Profile

Vietnam

When I was young, all the guys that were coming back from the Vietnam war, always talked about the great weed that they had smoked while stationed there. This made me wonder what cannabis use and laws are like in Vietnam today.

Albania - Cannabis, Hashish or Poverty?

I came across this picture on Google images and with a little searching, I found the article that went with it. Albania is a very interesting country, that is going through serious economic problems. Many of which are being caused by the international prohibition of cannabis, Albania's main cash crop.

LAZARAT, Albania (Reuters)

Albania has been clamping down on cannabis cultivation since Prime Minister Sali Berisha pledged early this year to "wipe it off the map".
But in the southern village of Lazarat, where plants have been uprooted by police, residents feel they are being singled out and harshly showcased
"Why didn’t you come much earlier?" an old woman wailed at the police, berating them for not acting before work had gone into growing the crop. "Four of our donkeys died fetching water for these plants. And now you come and the harvest’s all gone."

Italy ti fumo di cannabis?

I have been enjoying learning & bloging about the cannabis culture of different countries around the globe, today I will explore Italy. My first search was Google images where I found this uber cool Italian cannabis flag.

Kouříte konopí - and Cannabis in the Czech Republic

How to say Do you smoke cannabis in Czech - Kouříte konopí.

Czech pot smokers exhale with relief over new drug law

Czech pot smokers have breathed a sigh of relief after the government clarified a law on drug use, turning the country into one of Europe's safest havens for casual drug users.
Under the more transparent and liberal law in effect since January, people found in possession of up to 15 grammes (half an ounce) of marijuana or growing up to five cannabis plants no longer risk prison or a criminal record, but can only be fined if caught.

Link

Oletteko kannabista

How to say Do you smoke cannabis in Finnish: Oletteko kannabista





Well here is another internet cannabis tour,
this time we explore Finland.

¿Fuma cannabis

If the answer is yes...

Then we need you to join us at CLAS we are looking for people from around the Globe that want to see the end to cannabis prohibition!
CLAS LINK

Clas is a grass roots online cannabis legalization site, that started this week!

note* if you would like to translate this send pm @reddit and I will add it to this blog page.
Thanks
AD

Har (du) røget hash

Har du røg hash - or "do you smoke cannabis"?

Edit: Thanks to "thecipher" (@Reddit) I now know the phrase actually means:
Have (you) smoked = Har (du) røget.
Thanks! :)
A Big thanks to all of you @reddit that replied to my mistake!





Now you might ask why an Alaskan would say something like that?
Well there is some Dane in my family tree. So I thought it might be interesting to see how the language looked. And I really wanted to see what the response would be to posting Har (du) røget hash - or "have you smoked cannabis" at Reddit. :)

Hash banker stashed millions in secret depot

A young man, who acted as a banker for cannabis dealers and their customers, is being charged with hiding millions of kroner in a secret depot in Denmark. According to Copenhagen police, over the past year, up to DKK 50 million (USD 9.4 million) was stashed in a hotel room in the city.

LINK




Photo: preamp

Jan 2010
Denmark is looking at borrowing a page from the Netherlands' approach to cannabis, as the Copenhagen City Council examines a plan to set up state-licensed marijuana stores to remove the trade from the control of gangs.

LINK





For some reason I have always interested in cannabis consumption outside the United States. Greenland has always interested me, here is the little information I've found on cannabis use in Greenland.

GREENLAND Here is an article John Yates translated from the Finnish newspaper, Hufvudstadsbladet.
Cannabis trade out of control.
It is impossible to fight the massive cannabis trade in Greenland as it involves the whole of society according to Hans Haahr, chief of Greenland's Drug Squad, in a statement to Radio Greenland.
The Drug Squad estimates that the trade in cannabis is worth 75 million US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly 10 per cent of the annual gross national product, including the economic assistance from Denmark. This makes the cannabis trade Greenland's third largest industry measured in annual turnover.

LINK








This is a very obscure uncyclopedia entry;

Eric The Red orEirik Raude in Norwegian (950 - 1000)
he took his ships, and headed for a unknown country. Finally he reached the yet called "Greenland". He called it Greenland because of the giantic cannabis fields he planted when he arrived. Because of Eric, Greenland became the richest country in the world.

LINK

Have you ever wondered if Icelanders smoke Budz?


Reykjavik

Icelanders consume between 1,5-2 metric tons of hashish and marijuana every year that's about 6-7 grams a person per year.

Almost 30% of the country has at one time or another tested (tried) cannabis. Although it's hard to confirm this number since even the most hardened smokers deny smoking marijuana in polls and wont sign the demand for legislation form, afraid of the list falling into police hands and being used to persecute smokers.
LINK

Depression vs. cannabis… again.

IcelandicTalks.net

In the great depression that preceeded the second world war one of the main issues in USA was the war against drugs. Especially the war against cannabis. It was finally banned. A ban that has been citizised “bluntly” every since.

LINK



It would seem that cannabis prohibition is a worldwide problem!
If your interested in the end of cannabis prohibition...

Please consider joining CLAS


New 2 Europe maps GIMP-ed, one with countries named and the other cannabis laws...
LINK

Calling all Alaskans & (Alask-Ents), To CLAS

Calling all Alaskans & (Alask-Ents),
To CLAS

We have our own forum @ CLAS now we need some Alaskans (Alask - Ents) to head

over to Weedit.Org and sign up. Be sure once your signed up to find the

Alaskan Groups forum and say hello. Right now we are in the grass roots of forming

a Cannabis Leagalization in All States or CLAS. If you have ever felt it was time for

a change, then help make the change!

Anyone from any State or country should really sign up to make a difference!

My simple thought on Budz...

My simple thought on Budz...


If this were a perfect world, where cannabis was never prohibited.

.

I would rather have that, which was grown outdoors,
by a master gardener with love.

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Rather than a hurried indoor product, grown by a financially motivated entrepreneur.

.


That said,

"I feel there will always be a market,
for Budz from the "Gurus" of indoor growing".



.


Time to end Prohibition....

Cannabis, Money & Trouble

Cannabis, Money & Trouble

The only trouble between cannabis and money, stems from a single problem that cannabis is illegal. Since cannabis is illegal, all cannabis prices including Medical Marijuana are dangerously inflated by its extremely over priced Black Market value.





I recently read that many dispensaries adjusted their pricing up to the Black Market Price to stop "flipping" the selling of Medical Marijuana for street price Black Market Price. So we see that Medical Marijuana Prices can and has been adjusted by the Black Market, which has Marijuana Prices in the thousands of dollars a Pound.





Now lets look at a few items that are legal and sold in the free market. I really love a great cup of coffee and it is a dried herb so I did a Google search for gourmet coffee by the Pound.




Gourmet coffee Google Shopping: high to low - the most expensive 3 are:


Jamaica Blue Mountain: Mavis Bank Estate Coffee 1 lb Whole Bean $49.99
Kona Coffee 100% Pure Coffee, 1 lb. $49.67
All Day Gourmet Coffee - Hawaiian Kona Fancy $37.95


Now we have seen a pound of Marijuana cost are about 50 times more expensive than a pound of gourmet coffee. Since most Marijuana ends up being sold in small quantities like quarter and eighth ounces, this puts the price of Marijuana even higher.

Lets take a look at the price of a pound of gourmet tea, which is another common dried herb.





Once again the 3 most expensive on Google Shopping:

Organic Sencha Ise Green Tea - 1lb $85.99
Mighty Leaf Matcha Loose Tea, 1 lb. Bag $84.99
Tavalon | Black Tea | Keemun, 1 pound bulk bag $80.50

I am sure there are more expensive Gourmet Coffees and Teas. I based my Marijuana Bud price @ $2,500 a lb, though I know it can be quite a bit more expensive.



I did find one dried herb in the same price range as marijuana. There is one slight difference, a single Marijuana plant can weigh 10 pounds.



Saffron flower




Saffron

The Herb;
Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, has sold in recent years for as much as $2,700 per pound! The price tag is so high because it must be harvested by hand and it takes more than 75,000 threads, or filaments, of the crocus flower to equal one pound of the spice!
LINK





There it is, the reason Marijuana is dangerous. Prohibition makes it so Damn Expensive. Thanks to greed and its outrageous cash price, Marijuana is now the cause of everyday violence .
End prohibition and make Marijuana SAFE!



Free cannabis,
End Prohibition!

Alaskan Activism Joins CLAS

Breaking News
I am proud to announce that Alaskan Activism is now a member of Campaign for Legalization in All 50 States, or simply CLAS.

I will be following with updates as they happen!

http://www.weedit.org/


(update)
CLAS @ weedit.org



*update*


If you're interested in leading or helping out. To get started please register an account on the new non-profit web site Weedit.Org. Send me a message after you register including info like what state you wish to represent.

On a side note: Were humbly seeking out those who have super skills with web development particularly concerning Drupal, a LAMP set-up, PHP, web design, and / or some other special skill set that could be of great use with the non-profit. No commitment necessary! We're in need of people who can help donate server space / bandwidth as well. Seriously would be grateful for this. Send me a message.

Thanks for your help!

• cinsere
  

http://www.weedit.org/

*Update*

Adding International groups also!

If Marijuana was legal: Outdoor Cannabis Pictorial

Purple Haze & corn on the cob :)
LINK


If Marijuana was legal:
Outdoor Cannabis Pictorial


Hemp & Health



A lone 10 ft plant in Afganistan


A free cannabis plant




Purple Sativa


A Thai Sativa strain


A tranquil herb patch


High up in the Hills



California Hindu Kush (Greenhouse)




Inspecting the crop


A sea of lovely Budz...


Cannabis creativity is most certainly shown here...
1600 X 1200 LINK


Almost Harvest Time


Big Bush



Hindu Kush


Purp's



I have spent my last three generations hiding in basements & closets...

I want to be free, oh how I yearn for open skies...

I long to feel the hot summer winds...

I desire the sensation of sunlight warming me...

I want to feel the cool spring rains...

I need to the stars and the moon...

I dream of warm rich soils to give me strengths...

in the fall my efforts go to my fine flowers...

the first frost makes me shiver and tense...

I am now ripe, fragrant, sticky and dense...

I am that little pot seed, you stuck in the ground last spring...

I am now dry, an will gladly give you a tranquil high...

I will ease the pain of body and soul...

I am a gift to man to help relieve the sufferings of all...

I will bring joy to all who partake of me...

I have been known by many names...

Though I prefer to called by my old name Kaneh bosm

The simple elegance of legal cannabis growing in a garden, is a dream I've had for many years.