| Jeremy Usher. |
After returning from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq ten years ago, Navy veteran Jeremy Usher experienced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. He subsequently tried treating his condition with alcohol, resulting in multiple DUIs and a probationary sentence. But switching to medical marijuana to address his ailment could lead to jail.
Denver Westword has the rest of the story here.
Here’s another government study sure to get some traction in the coming weeks: Scientists with the National Institute of Health say they have found that marijuana can stay in your system for up to a month! (gasp!) But despite the study only testing latent THC levels and never putting the participants behind the wheel of even a simulator, researchers insist that it shows how stoned drivers are a dangerous threat.
Seriously. And people get paid to come up with this bullshit with your tax dollars.
We cast no aspersions on Nebraska — but a recent report about a so-called “drug pipeline” from Colorado to the home of the Cornhuskers stands as an example of vastly different standards and anti-pot hysteria between the two states. Westword has the entire story.
| Harlem Baked. |
This whole Harlem Shake thing has gotten way out of hand. I’ve personally been invited to take part in two of these this week (I’ve declined). But like a five-year-old asking his dad “why” repeatedly, it’s so horribly obnoxious that it transcends annoyance and becomes hypnotically hysterical if only from a purely sociological perspective.
But just so you don’t need to do any further searching on your own, below are our top ten ganja-related Harlem Shake remix vids on YouTube. Con los cannabistas!
| TokeoftheTown.com |
| Artist rendition of weed cannon. |
It’s almost something out of an old Wile E. Coyote cartoon. But unlike Acme cannons this one worked, and it was launching cannabis instead of a cartoon carnivore. The Mexicali Public Safety Department Tuesday say they confiscated a pneumatic gun used to shoot bales of herb and other drugs into the United States.
And they’ve been doing it for some time.
In response to a key medical marijuana advocate’s home being raided earlier this week, Florida State Sen. Jeff Clemens Wednesday introduced a bill that would allow for medical marijuana in the Sunshine State.
| tokeofthetown.com |
According to the Drug Policy Alliance, a majority of New Mexicans think marijuana should be regulated and taxed, while 57 percent say penalties and a jail time should be reduced for possession of small amounts.
| Flikr.com |
Those of you skiers and boarders who like lighting up on the chairlift might want to first check who is on the chair behind you. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s national public radio and television, Royal Canadian Mounted Police are patrolling the slopes of places like Whistler, Lake Louise and Nakiska looking specifically for people getting Rocky Mountain high on the hill.
| Mark Starkovich. |
Here’s a real gem of a stoner story from our sister paper, the Minneapolis City Pages. Apparently Mark Starkovich of Duluth, Minn. is new to smoking ganja. Last April Starkovich managed to burn down part of an abandoned apartment building while trying to light a bowl of weed. While he at first denied the crime, police say he eventually copped to lighting some papers on fire in order to smoke pot out of the pipe. Don’t worry, the logic escapes us too.
For more, head over to the original post over at CityPages.com.
