the pothead thread
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it's so nice to find kindred spririts.... it's just past harvest season in spain and i am enjoying myself. not llike california, but tis good, tis good....
cirerita .... i'm in barcelona ... jo puc una mica de catala .... and i couldn't find cirerita in my dogeared catala-castella dictionary ....
cirerita .... i'm in barcelona ... jo puc una mica de catala .... and i couldn't find cirerita in my dogeared catala-castella dictionary ....
HenryChinaski
Founding member
I've been indulging and puffin the magic dragon as of lately. I used to not be able to because it gave me panic attacks...but I've learned to relax.
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Marijuana Top U.S. Cash Crop at $35 Billion
Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 4:41 p.m. EST
Marijuana Top U.S. Cash Crop at $35 Billion
U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.
Full story here (sorry its a conserve rag):
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/12/18/164341.shtml?s=icp
Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 4:41 p.m. EST
Marijuana Top U.S. Cash Crop at $35 Billion
U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.
Full story here (sorry its a conserve rag):
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/12/18/164341.shtml?s=icp
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
A very interesting report! If the produce keep growing then legalization is not far away. Maybe we get to smoke legally in our lifetime as they have done since 1979 in Holland...
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
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Coffee shops are everywhere in Holland. Big cities, small cities, towns.
You name it.
By the way, pot was never officially legalized in Holland. They "tolerate" it. But yes, people are used and able to be free to buy and smoke pot everywhere... I worked in a coffee shop back in 1980 or so. For most Dutch people it isn't a big issue, you smoke it or not.
I don't.
You name it.
By the way, pot was never officially legalized in Holland. They "tolerate" it. But yes, people are used and able to be free to buy and smoke pot everywhere... I worked in a coffee shop back in 1980 or so. For most Dutch people it isn't a big issue, you smoke it or not.
I don't.
Pot culture in holland is overrated.
Stupid kids don't even know what they are smoking, they're just out to get ridiculously stoned on chemicals which are not natural to the plant, cheap stuff often called "white widow".
Most Dutch people wouldn't be able to tell sativa from shiva, not tell the difference between a nice healthy smoke and messed up hydro.
Dutch government is very hypocritical about it, coffeeshops are allowed to sell, but not allowed to buy...
Ding dong dodgy-o meter going nuts.
Still amsterdam is great, my home town.
Don't live there anymore, too pretentious.
Stupid kids don't even know what they are smoking, they're just out to get ridiculously stoned on chemicals which are not natural to the plant, cheap stuff often called "white widow".
Most Dutch people wouldn't be able to tell sativa from shiva, not tell the difference between a nice healthy smoke and messed up hydro.
Dutch government is very hypocritical about it, coffeeshops are allowed to sell, but not allowed to buy...
Ding dong dodgy-o meter going nuts.
Still amsterdam is great, my home town.
Don't live there anymore, too pretentious.
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
I see. Yes I know it's not legal, "only" tolerated. I guess they can't legalize because of the international drug treaties they have signed. Still, it's a big leap forward. I've been to Amsterdam twice ( last time was in 2002, for 2 weeks). I noticed that there's no social stigma attached to smoking pot. Here in Denmark pot smokers are somewhat stigmatized. "Upright citizens" are not supposed to smoke pot although there's pot all over the country.
So my hat is off to Holland for finding a practical way to bypass the legalization issue and for not stigmatizing the smokers!...
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the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
Not true.
Smokers are stigmatized everywhere, especially in holland where people can see you going in coffeeshops.
Honestly its just an imagine.
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Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
Ok, I stand corrected. It was a couple of smoking "natives" in their thirties who told me so. We actually had a long talk about it. They kept saying there was no stigma attached whatsoever. It must have been wishful thinking on their part, then. I should have known it was too good to be true...