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In a turn of events I never imagined or even dreamed of, Tommy Chong came to Vancouver yesterday to do a book signing for his new book, The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint. I bought this book probably about a month ago when I was in Halifax, and finished it over the course of [...]

TheStar.com - Pot-smoking prof lights up a room

“For years, University of Toronto Professor Doug Hutchinson smoked pot in his office.

Sometimes he’d hide behind garbage dumpsters or even climb trees to use the drug, which he said he needs to alleviate the pain from an undisclosed medical condition.”

Why can’t all academics and professionals be open and [...]

OAKLAND / Pot candy operation brings 5 guilty pleas
Kenneth Affolter, 39, of Lafayette admitted that under the product name Beyond Bomb, he made a range of pot-laced treats with names like Buddahfingers, Munchy Way, Rasta Reece’s and Puff-a-Mint Pattie, authorities said.
This is a prime example of people getting their names in the paper on their [...]

Newsvine - Jean-Michel Cousteau: Irwin’s Tactics ‘Misleading’
“You don’t touch nature, you just look at it. And that’s why I’m still alive. I’ve been diving over 61 years — a lot many more years that he’s been alive — and I don’t mess with nature.”
There you have it, right there. This guy hit the nail on [...]

Racially divided “Survivor” slips from past debuts - Yahoo! News
But it also was the least-watched “Survivor” season opener — and the lowest-rated in terms of advertisers’ favorite audience, viewers aged 18 to 49 — since the very first installment in the summer of 2000 (15.5 million).
Everyone’s been saying CBS divided the races in Survivor to [...]

thedesertsun.com | San Diego not high on medicinal pot

“‘We’re trying to get the court to tell the state they’ve gone too far in telling the counties to do something that facilitates the ability of a person to break federal law,’ said John Sansone, San Diego’s county counsel.”

The democratic rights of California as a state, and [...]

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Cambodian troops Quarantine Quan’su

“After death, this parasite is able to restart the heart of its victim for up to two hours after the initial demise of the person where the individual behaves in extremely violent ways from what is believed to be a combination of brain damage and a [...]

Marijuana - National Drug Threat Assessment 2006
Asian criminal groups3 are expanding their position relative to wholesale distribution of Canada-produced, high potency marijuana in every region of the country. In fact, increasing distribution of high potency marijuana by Asian criminal groups as well as expansion of domestic high potency marijuana production appears to be significantly [...]

Newsvine - Paris Hilton Arrested, Charged With DUI

“Paris Hilton was arrested early Thursday for investigation of driving under the influence after she was spotted in Hollywood ‘driving erratically,’ police said. Hilton was arrested shortly before 12:30 a.m., said police officer I. Isabella.”

Hey, maybe she’ll be put in the same rehab as Mel Gibson and Robin [...]

cbs5.com - Up To 20 Sickened In Berkeley Marijuana Incident

Firefighters were responding to a ‘multi-casualty incident’ Wednesday after 14 to 20 young people reported experiencing severe medical symptoms after smoking what they believed was marijuana, Alameda County Fire Department Battalion Chief Dan O’Hara said.

It is unknown whether the marijuana was tainted, if it was some [...]