Things to do in Denver... When Your Stoned

Welcome Back

2011-07-07T10:39:00.003-06:00

Wow I found my way back!

I walked off the path sometime last year and I actually i never thought I'd make it back!

Change while on Vacation in Potland!

2010-09-19T14:32:00.003-06:00

Bored...

2010-07-13T12:18:00.002-06:00

so my landlord has fucked me. I've lived here in this building for over 2 years now. I lived in a 2 bedroom with my roommate but i now live in a nice 1 bedroom. I already have 900 dollars tied up in my deposit from the last place but since the place was in my roommates name so they mailed the deposit to my roommates new home then made me pay another deposit. I am on a budget and when i have to come up with 700 overnight it is kind of tough. like i said before my landlord is working with me by allowing me to pay the deposit half this month and the other half next month but because of this i am still broke as i have ever been.

New Beginings...

2010-07-05T22:04:00.004-06:00

Im in! I am officially my own roommate for the first time in 15 years and for the first time in a while im also broker than Ive ever been but with a little shear luck im going to make it out of this one doing just fine.

its weird, moving out of one apartment and moving back into the apartment right next door. The first night I stumbled home a little drunker than usual and came into the building no problems but i found myself trying to unlock my new neighbors door at 3 in the morning. Beside that the apartment is great. no problems besides the 2 redneck tweekers living above me in a 1 bedroom. they have a crazy love for "Rock Band" the video game, especially the drums. Banging the drums on hardwood floors at all houses of the night. Fucking disrespectfully cock fuckers.

i love karma. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Be nice and it pays off. I help a lot of people out, not looking for anything in return but just because its the right thing to do.

Moving Day

2010-06-01T22:46:00.003-06:00

Whew that wasnt so bad. I as usual made it out to be worse then it really was. This time at least moving was just a pain in my ass. I currently have no home, I paid for the deposit but cant move into the house for another week. It freaking sucks, im at the mercy of my friends. I have loaned my couch to countless people and now its karma's time to repay me. Its weird being un-stable, and on top of all that, the state took my drivers licence away for not keeping up to date with my 400 a month child' support payment. Im trying, but its hard trying to keep head afloat.

When the apartments ready which wont be for ten days its right next door to my old house. Same building, literally right next door. I moved all my belongings into the storage shed in the basement and will have to move it all again...

Trying to save money for Aspen. Gotta ask a lawyer to sponsor somehow....

This is Your Country on Drugs

2010-05-21T17:00:00.002-06:00

I never stopped and took the time to realized that LSD was gone. It was everywhere when I was a younger. We were gobbling up hits by the handful but today a 22 year old hippie at Phish Show couldn't find the chemical.

Ryan Grim digs into this very question while wondering, Why do Americans Get High??? Ryan also guilds us though the opium dens scattered across the country in the late 1800's, Introduction of marijuana into America, The MKULTRA project, Crack, and other still legal readily available drugs that anyone can but online.

Free Marc Emery

2010-05-17T18:35:00.002-06:00

Beautiful sunny day today in Denver, not a cloud in the sky, that is til the usually mid afternoon storms that refresh Colorado every day though the months 0f May and June.

Did some reconnaissance today on the Canadian Consulate in Denver.

Marc Emery is being extradited to the United States in the next few weeks and we couldn't just stand by and not do anything about it. They win when nothing is done. Americans need to do "Get up and Stand Up"

So we located the building on the corner of 16th and Broadway, right in the center of the beast, on the edge of the concrete jungle. We went inside and asked to speak to the American liaison but was told that she was out to lunch and she would be returning in an hour. An hour came and went and we moseyed up to the 26th floor to find that now the American liaison was now going to be unavailable the rest of the afternoon and couldnt meet with us. We were Stone Walled. Dont worry we will return!

I'm Back

2010-04-21T22:00:00.002-06:00

Its been far to long but don't you worry you little heads off I'm back. Ive just been a little busy to even sit down even for a few minutes but i miss it terrible

Colorado is Full

2010-02-06T21:15:00.004-07:00

Dear Mr. Jones

We have your application for state residence but it is unfortunate that we must inform you that yours and all other applications will be denied until further notice. Colorado has accepted its last resident. 23 year old Pierre LaPlant a English major from Mexico City, moved into Grand Junction, filling the last vacant residence in the entire state.

If Pierre decides to leave. We will be happy to inform you.

Sincerely,
Rocky Lancelot
State of Colorado Resident Application Division Manager

2010-01-31T13:12:00.000-07:00

Casselmans Bar and Venue

is the newest indoor concert venue and soon to be Denver Medical Marijuana Card Holders favorite new watering hole on Sunday afternoons. Located just outside of LoDo nestled next to a sausage manufacture, a spa and a wellness center, The Casselmans venue will help fill a void in Denver that will soon need to be filled. A safe place were patients can medicate and socialize in a relaxed friendly environment inside.

DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Lab in Denver

2010-01-28T23:20:00.004-07:00

Full Spectrum Laboratories in Denver tests medical marijuana for dispensaries and patients in Colorado and on Thursday it was raided by the D.E.A. and ordered to turn over patient records, violating several H.I.P.A. laws in the process by disclosing the identities of the patients to the officers while the owners were in the state capital, giving there testimony to the Health and Human Services Committee. Recieving word though text message that the DEA were in the process of a raid.

DEA special agent Mike Turner said the administration never comments on ongoing investigations and that he couldn't confirm or deny whether there was a raid. In general, he said "agents don't investigate medical marijuana users or suppliers but that they could be probed if their name surfaced during investigations into large drug trafficking operations."

"We don't target these operations unless they come up in the normal course of our operations," he said of medical marijuana operations.

As of late the Police and DEA statewide have raided a few large grow operations but haven't gone after the regular patient and or caregiver. What is the DEA doing??? Why are they not listening. Have the DEA gone made like the S.S. of old???

Denver Westword: Medical marijuana lab raided

Kush at Casselmans Kick off party

2010-01-24T21:31:00.004-07:00

Sundays for me are usually extremely lazy, I don't move from the couch and I smoke heavily! But I am one of the lucky ones, I am able to medicate inside of my own house. For many others who cant medicate inside of there on home for one reason or another, finding a friendly safe place where they are able to go, medicate and socialize will become something of great importance and they will be looking for a place to go. That place my friends is Casselmans bar and venue in Denver.

Today was a great day. Lucky for me, I have been having more and more of those lately and as of late I really see no end in sight. Today was filled with great vibes, good medicine and this, beautiful classic 1975 Volkswagen bus!

STUPID STONER STORY

2010-01-24T09:57:00.005-07:00

A great thing happened last year. 2009 saw the explosion of medical marijuana dispensary all across the state including Denver. Several cities put moratoriums in place, outlawing all form of dispensaries with in the city limits. The reason for the moratoriums in the cities are not only driven by pure and un-adulterated ignorance but out of simple fear. Fear because like everything else in life the he public vision of a dispensary is incorrect. They have a vision that a dispensary 1880's opium type den filled to the top with marijuana, hippies sitting around "getting high" while owners, "The Mexican drug cartels" count all the 10's of thousands of dollars they've made that day.

ith the economic downfall, people are broke and hungrier than ever. Around the same time several of the new dispensaries were blooming, Denver was also seeing another trend, not like anything seen before. In the month of December, Denver saw 20 bank robberies, a number not seen since the early Wild Wild West days when gunslingers walked these same streets proud, but people aren't running around demanding that we close all the banks???

What needs to happen, is the public will open there eyes, educate themselves of cannabis, the state and the city laws and soon the public will realize that robbing a dispensary is pointless. There is little medicine on site at all times and the cash isn't in the building to long and most have alarms now and the police are close by at all time. Much like a 7-11. People stopped robbing those after they realized it wasn't worth robbing and the chance of getting caught were high. Until then we will keeping getting stories like this that come though the wire.

"Man breaks through drywall to get to medical marijuana next door"

Pride and Medicine

2010-01-15T21:47:00.017-07:00

Pride and Medicine located at 731 W 6th Ave. Just east of Sante Fe on 6th Ave in the art district.

Pride and Medicine is a sleek, cozy and clean dispensary where Denver residents can obtain there medicine in a safe and sound manner. There is no medicating on site and the staff is incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. Immediately upon entering you the warm of the friendly smiles fills the room and the amazing African pictures on the walls just add to the gallery feel.

I was there a little early and the finishing touches were still being put on but the photos that will one day cover the walls, were all taken by one of the current owners, on one of his recent trips to the oldest part of the world, Ethiopia.
This technically will be the owners first professional showing of any of his work and I for one am really excited for him!

Pride and Medicine had several strains on opening day which was rather nice to see(Ayoda, very tasty Pine Apple TrainWreck Pine Apple Kush, AK47, Super Dank Hash Plant x AK, some classic Maui and some interesting Tooth Fairy which i haven't had a chance to see or try yet and some Durbin Poison) and a wide selection of incredibly tasting edibles made fresh that morning and if you know me I am a humongous fan of the canna-cookie. Pride and Medicine is offering a free cookie to any and every patient ho comes though the door, while supplies last.

There location is easy to find and in a prime spot, sitting on 6th avenue and the neighborhood, the neighborhood is thriving.

Strain:Trainwreck

2010-01-14T22:44:00.005-07:00

Strain: Bubba Kush

2010-01-14T22:42:00.004-07:00

New Frontier

2010-01-14T21:38:00.004-07:00

Tomorrow I will be embarking on a new journey to the new frontier. A journey that will enhance every aspect about my life. I am putting my money where my mouth is so to speak. I put my 2 week notice at my day job and tomorrow I start my new career. I will be your local Bud Tender at Pride in Medicine, Denver's newest dispensary located nicely at 731 6th ave in Denver (6th and Sante Fe) Its a clean, friendly, reliable and safe place where Colorado medical marijuana patients can obtain there medicine and maybe walk away with some valuable knowledge.

I will be documenting my journey completely for everyone so stay tuned for pics and video.

This is it people. Its game time

Do something You Love and You'll Never Have to Work a Day in Your Life

2010-01-12T21:25:00.006-07:00

Today was the day. The straw that broke the camels back. It was going great early on. I found a crisp $20 bill in my jacket pocket, the buses ran surprisingly on time and the weather hasn't been this beautiful in months.

When i started my job almost 4 years ago, I loved it, but as time grew, like everything else my love for the job faded. Now lately, I have been pondering a rare opportunity that was presented to me to help open a medical marijuana dispensary. Its a dream come true. Do something you love and you'll never have to work in your life. My father told me that once and for the most part of my life, I never thought that I'd find something even close to that. I always thought that I would be a slave to "The Man" for the rest of my life. That has recently changed.

Pride and Medicine will be a new dispensary opening in Denver and I am the newest employee. I have put my two week notice at my day job ehich i have held for 4 years now. It has been to this point the bet job i have worked at, but its time for my boat to set sail...

Denver City Council

2010-01-11T15:56:00.002-07:00

Tonight the Denver City Council will have the 2nd hearing on Councilman Charlie Brown's proposed medical marijuana regulations. Public comment is welcome and there is no standing room so if you plan on speaking, and i hope you do, please arrive early!

Where: Denver City and County Building 1437 Bannock
When: Tonight 1/11/10 5:30PM
Room: 450

The Ganja Gourmet

2010-01-10T16:53:00.009-07:00

The Ganja Gourmet
Medical Marijuana Restaurant and Dispensary
303-282-WEED

1810 South Broadway, Denver, 80210
If your driving south on Broadway, turn right on Colorado ave and park right away along the side of the street. Ganja Gourmet is on the back side of the Hookah bar on Broadway.

If you enjoy eatables this is definitely a place your going to want to visit. We have been looking for a spot where we could have our bi-monthly NORML board meetings, somewhere nearby and somewhere cannabis friendly. We really havent found any solid spot, I think that is until now.

Mile High Wellness

2010-01-10T02:31:00.012-07:00

6740 E. Hampden Ave.
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
MONDAY-SATURDAY: 10AM-8PM
SUNDAY: 10AM-5PM
720-382-8516

Mile High Wellness will always hold a special place in my heart. It was the first dispensary I visited after getting my medical marijuana recommendation. The meet some of the fine people who run the place while I was at the NORML conference in S.F.

Aurora, my birth city, is located just east of Denver, has a ban on dispensaries. They are also known for there police whom constantly harass patients still to this day. if a patient doesn't want to resort to obtaining there medicine on the street from a shady character the only option from that person to do would be to go west for 10 minuets. Denver bound. Mile High Wellness is a discreet, safe and easy to find with friendly knowledgeable staff to assist you in any way.

Hemp company "Naturally Advanced" makes initial sale

2010-01-07T17:44:00.002-07:00

Portland Business Journal
Jan 5 2010

Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said apparel maker Hanesbrands Inc. has purchased its first batch of Crailar fiber in a significant step toward commercializing the technology.

Portland-based Naturally Advanced (OTCBB: NADVF) developed Crailar technology, which is designed to turn burlap-like hemp into a fabric as soft as cotton.

In August the company announced a joint development agreement with Winson-Salem, N.C.-based Hanesbrands to study how Crailar fiber can be worked into mainstream production.

Hanes ordered about 10,000 pounds of Crailar in the first quarter of 2010. Naturally Advanced didn’t release the price of the sale.

In a news release, Naturally Advanced CEO Ken Barker, the former head of apparel at Adidas America, said the first order will supply a full-scale trial later this month with the company’s proposed manufacturing equipment supplier in Germany.

After that, the company will conduct another trial on commercial-scale spinning equipment at a Hanes facility.

Once those trials are complete, the next stage would be to conduct consumer testing.

“With positive results from these tests, we will begin finalizing commercialization plans to bring Crailar products to market,” Barker said.

Building materials going to pot

2010-01-07T17:00:00.002-07:00

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Hemp News

CANNABIS could soon be going up in buildings rather than going up in smoke.

The hemp plant is one of six identified by Department of Primary Industries (DPI) scientists in Queensland as a source of natural resin to reduce the building industry's reliance on resins produced from fossil fuels.

DPI project officer Dr Andries Potgieter said generating resins from renewable sources such as plant oils could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and result in a smaller carbon footprint.

Currently most resins and adhesives used in aerospace structures and in structural building materials are ultimately derived from crude oil.

Cannabis sativa, also known as marihuana or hemp, was very widely used in the past.

James Cook's Endeavour and ships of its era had all their sails and ropes made of hemp.

Industrial varieties, which have a negligible content of the active ingredient tetra hydra cannabinol (THC), are grown under licence in Queensland.

"The first step in the project was identifying which of the plant oil species are best suited to the Australian environment,'' Dr Potgieter said.

"Initially, we tested 13 plants for their suitability to Australian agronomic conditions and unsaturated oil content.

"We were able to narrow the selection down to eight species straight away due to the classification of some as weeds and their limited exposure to the Australian broad-acre cropping environment.

"We now have a final list of six plant species that show high potential for the extraction of oil for resin, and are currently not part of an existing oil production and refinery system.''

Research will continue into the suitability of hemp; Calendula officinalis (pot marigold), Camelina sativa (false flax); Pongamia pinnata (pongam tree); Lesquerella fendleri (desert mustard); and Crambe abyssinica (abyssinan mustard).

The joint project between DPI, the University of Southern Queensland and Loc Composites could to lead to the production of fibre composites which can be used in sustainable high technology building products used in, for example, the production of railway sleepers and small bridges, Dr Potgieter said.

The main challenge is to make it financially viable for farmers to grow crops for this purpose.

Cannabis Hope for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2009-12-22T10:21:00.001-07:00

With articles like, Marijuana Damages DNA And May Cause Cancer and another article that stated "New Test Reveals Cannabis Damages Young Brains More Than Originally Thought, Study Finds Hardly anything that the website, Science Daily says is creditable and its usually a bunch of B.S. but every once in a while they'll post a little gold...

ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2009) — Chemicals found in cannabis could prove an effective treatment for the inflammatory bowel diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease, say scientists.

Laboratory tests have shown that two compounds found in the cannabis plant -- the cannabinoids THC and cannabidiol -- interact with the body's system that controls gut function.

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which affect about one in every 250 people in Northern Europe, are caused by both genetic and environmental factors. The researchers believe that a genetic susceptibility coupled with other triggers, such as diet, stress or bacterial imbalance, leads to a defective immune response.

Dr Karen Wright, Peel Trust Lecturer in Biomedicine at Lancaster University, presented her soon-to-be published work at The British Pharmacological Society's Winter Meeting in London.

She said: "The lining of the intestines provides a barrier against the contents of the gut but in people with Crohn's Disease this barrier leaks and bacteria can escape into the intestinal tissue leading to an inappropriate immune response.

"If we could find a way to restore barrier integrity in patients we may be able to curb the inflammatory immune response that causes these chronic conditions."

Dr Wright, working with colleagues at the School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health in Derby, has shown that cells that react to cannabinoid compounds play an important role in normal gut function as well as the immune system's inflammatory response.

"The body produces its own cannabinoid molecules, called endocannabinoids, which we have shown increase the permeability of the epithelium during inflammation, implying that overproduction may be detrimental," said Dr Wright.

"However, we were able to reverse this process using plant-derived cannabinoids, which appeared to allow the epithelial cells to form tighter bonds with each other and restore the membrane barrier."

The research was carried out using cell cultures in a dish but, interestingly, when the team attempted to mimic the conditions of the gut by reducing the amount of oxygen in the cells' environment, much lower concentrations of cannabinoid were needed to produce the same effect.

Dr Wright added: "What is also encouraging is that while THC has psychoactive properties and is responsible for the 'high' people experience when using cannabis, cannabidiol, which has also proved effective in restoring membrane integrity, does not possess such properties."

Science Daily

Weekly Ramblings

2009-12-21T09:36:00.003-07:00

Its starting to look a little like Christmas outside... It really doesnt look like that around here in Denver with temps today topping off at 58 but rest assured there is a cold front moving in just before Christmas Eve. We might just get that "White Christmas" this year. I read the other day that snow has fallen only 11 times the past 110 years, That's a mere 10%. There has been snow on the ground but not falling a whopping 45% of the time...

With all that Christmas hoopla going on and everyone out of work and people are starting to get hungry. And when that happens place start getting robbed. 14 Banks were robbed in Denver over the course of last week. 14 Banks! And lucky nobody has gotten hurt so all the media shows is a little tiny clip in the back of the local section talking about a bank robber that got away, maybe a small pic Denver Post And unfortunately another trend is starting to occur in Denver. Medical Marijuana Dispensary robberies! Granted there were only 2 last week but the local media got there meaty hands on and exploded the situation and spreading fear throughout the community.

Please if you have a dispensary take the extra steps to secure your venue, patients and medicine. Once the robbers realize that robbing a dispensary is no better than robbing a 7-11, the practice will stop.

In other Marijuana news...

Marijuana cultivators surrender...

Fiji: More than 60 marijuana cultivators up in the highlands of Navosa have surrendered themselves to police and are now providing critical information and taking police to locations where drug deals are being made.

Officer-In-Charge Drugs Inspector Rajeshni Mala confirmed that this year they have uprooted more than 66,000 matured marijuana plants with a street value of more than $1 billion.

She said this is the biggest drug bust in the history of the Fiji Police Force.

According to Inspector Mala they have adopted a different approach towards the marijuana farmers and only those farmers who do not corporate and resist arrest are taken into custody.
FijiVillage.com

70-yr-old granny arrested with 40kg marijuana

Mumbai: At 70, Gangubai Kshirsagar looks like a granny who would love to divide her time between praying and her grandchildren. But Kshirsagar seems to be far more adventurous than that.

The Bandra unit of the police's anti-narcotics cell (ANC) on Saturday arrested Kshirsagar with 40kg marijuana worth Rs10 lakh. A middle-class Maharashtrian from Solapur, the police say she is one of the biggest drug suppliers in the city and has been involved in the narcotics trade for over a decade.

Kshirsagar had two sons, but one of them died. Her other son and grandchildren live in Dombivli, where they run an indoor games facility.

"She is a record-sheet drug supplier and has been arrested in the past by the ANC and the local police. In 2005, she was held with 50kg marijuana. She served one-and-a-half years in prison for it," said inspector Mrityunjay Hiremath from the ANC.

The new M3 Magazine Live

2009-12-20T10:22:00.002-07:00

Writing a introduction piece for Mile High NORML in the new M3 Magazine Live, A Social Network for the Marijuana Community! M3 Live

Cannabis Health Fair in Denver

2009-12-14T09:49:00.003-07:00

Yesterday at the Holiday Inn in Denver, over 40 Cannabusiness, 2 lawmakers and thousands of people gathered for the first ever Cannabis Holiday Health Fair brought us by the amazing and hardworking Laura Kriho of Cannabis Therapy Institute or C.T.I.

“It’s really exciting to nurture the little seeds and introduce ourselves to the community and show how professional we are and how important we are to the economy, I think we’ve done that very successfully.” Kriho told the reporter of Denver Daily News. One of the several news agency's in the city to cover the event

And even though they might not like each other personally, The two Colorado lawmakers who have been leading the push to regulate the industry — Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown and Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver — both made appearances at the fair.

Romer meet one on one with several patients and talked with attendees and defended his bill to an often-disagreeing crowd. Brown also made the rounds talking with businesses and attendees stopping at our table only only for seconds, to get an ear full of complaints regarding his city proposal's.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this an amazing event and one I hope to see every year here on out as we move into 2010 and another step closure to Freedom!

A message from Rick Simpson

2009-12-04T10:42:00.005-07:00

Last week while attending the annual cannabis cup in Amsterdam, Rick Simpson who for the past seven years, has been making oil from cannabis grown on his property and providing it freely to cancer patients, house was raided by the Canadian Police and Rick says that he refuses to return home to face prosecution

Posted on Friday the 4th of December, 2009

On November 25th, one day before I was crowned the Freedom Fighter of the Year 2009 at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, I received a word that I have been raided again by the RCMP (Mounties). I contacted Tim Hunter at the Amherst attachment and asked I was being charged. Of course, he refused to give me straight answer. All he would say was that the RCMP wanted to talk to me.

After openly growing hemp in my backyard this past summer and announcing this fact to the public on tom Young´s open line talk show in June, how could the RCMP not be aware of my activities? The truth is they knew exactly what I was doing. RCMP officers were even sending people that needed help to me. I can only surmise that the purpose of this raid was to keep me from returning to Canada.

If I return home, I will be arrested and put in jail without bail or medicine. I am not afraid of their jails but I cannot go without my medicine, the system has nothing that could help me with my conditions. So for me to return to Canada would be like committing suicide. I would be thrown in jail and denied my medicine and a short time later you would hear in the news that Rick Simpson died of natural causes. I cannot tell the people of Canada who are depending on my presence to help their medical conditions how sorry I am. But it was not me who caused this situation.

It seems the goal is to keep me from returning home and they succeeded. But to what end? All hemp magazines on this planet are now telling their readers how to heal themselves with this wonderful medicine. If governments want to live in denial, it will be short-lived. We are gaining tens of thousands of followers every day. You cannot stop the truth.

For me, going to the Cannabis Cup was a great adventure and I would like to thank Greenhouse Seeds for making this trip possible. To stand before hundreds of people and being crowned as the Freedom Fighter of the Year was a great honour. But it is an honour that comes with a price. Most people who have worn the tricorn hat have gone to jail for spreading the truth.

To have this honour bestowed on me and to join the ranks of people like Jack Herer and Eddy Lepp has given my life even more purpose.

Jack Herer believed as I do that the key to hemp´s complete legalisation is in the magnificent medicine this plant can produce. Once the public becomes aware of the fact that properly made hemp medicine can cure or control practically any medical condition, who is going to stand against the use of hemp?

I must also mention the great work done by Steve Hagar and High Times magazine. Cannabis cures cancer right on their cover. It is so refreshing to know that the system has no control over hemp publications. What a shame are so-called free press and news media refuse to print the truth.

I must also tip my tricorn hat to the Weed World out of the UK. They were the first hemp magazine to cover my work. They even released a special edition in September 2009 featuring a number of articles that I wrote about hemp medicine and other aspects of the hemp movement. I must also acknowledge the great work done by Bayer & Romsy Hemp Cosmetics and Konoptikum hemp magazine of the Czech Republic. This publication has also done much to spread the truth about hemp in Europe.

Presently, I am staying with friends in Europe but it saddens me to be unable to be with my family and loved ones during Christmas. For the time being, it seems I will be seeking asylum in Europe. This may not be a bad thing since seminars about hemp oil are being arranged in many countries. I hate to go begging but if anyone out there has an extra few dollars they can donate to us, it would greatly ease the burden on me. Of course it costs money to live in Europe and we are expending a great deal putting on seminars and spreading the word. So any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

They say everything happens for a reason, so I will simply put my head down and continue forward. To anyone in Canada or the US requiring help, simply follow the information we provided at www.phoenixtears.ca. Almost anyone can produce this medicine without difficulty, if they follow the instructions. Again, I apologize to everyone for not returning. But as you can see, my hands are tied.

We are at the dawn of new age in medicine and a new day for mankind. Not only can hemp save the world, it can eliminate a great deal of human suffering and can even put an end to starvation. What are we waiting for? Join with me and let us put an end to this madness. It can only survive if we continue to sit on our backsides and do nothing. Stand up and be counted and let us give ourselves a chance to heal.

Best wishes,
Rick Simpson

Hemp Medicine´s Emperor´s Political Exile in Europe
– a message from Rick Simpson

Denver Post Opinion It's a marijuana minefield now

2009-11-30T10:39:00.004-07:00

A little Reefer Madness this monday morning. It appeared as a opinion piece in last weeks Denver Post!

"The state Board of Health's decision this week to hold off on defining what constitutes a medical marijuana caregiver could end up being a good thing.

The board canceled its Dec. 16 meeting, ostensibly to give officials time to consider legal advice on the issue. But we hope the delay also gives the state legislature a chance to step in.

As we've said before, lawmakers need to shape regulations that hew closely to the intent of Amendment 20, which voters passed in 2000.

We do not believe the escalation in the number of certified medical marijuana users - now more than 14,000 — and the proliferation of dispensaries is what voters had in mind when they supported the measure."

The rest of the story... Denver Post

Cannabis Consumer Tim Lincecum, named NL Cy Young winner 2nd year in a row

2009-11-20T10:10:00.002-07:00

For those of you that don't know I enjoy two things really. Smoking a nice joint and watching baseball mostly the Colorado Rockies. And I wasn't surprised to learn yesterday that the All Star Pitcher with the San Fransisco Giants Tim Lincecum won his second strait Cy Young Award in his young career, just two short weeks after being pulled over in his car, in his home state of Washington and the cops found a small amount of cannabis in the glove box.

So for the record, The Fastest Runner, the most decorated Olympic athlete, three of the past four presidents and now the best pitcher in baseball all use or have used cannabis sometime in there life! Seems to me like cannabis is a gateway drug to Success!

Colorado justice commission suggests lighter penalties for drug possession

2009-11-16T09:56:00.001-07:00

There is more and more cannabis related news breaking daily some good and bad... And also some HUGE steps in the right direction. Sunday the Denver Post reported...

"A commission of Colorado criminal justice leaders voted Friday to recommend reduced penalties for possessing marijuana and other illegal drugs.

If Colorado legislators adopt the recommendations, possessing up to 4 ounces of marijuana would become a petty offense instead of a criminal misdemeanor, and possessing 8 to 16 ounces would become a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

The Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice also favored lower-level felony charges for possessing a few grams of cocaine or methamphetamine and reducing the charge for illegally possessing various prescription drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor. It excepted possession of "date-rape" drugs, which would remain a felony." Denver Post

Now granted this is a great start. Being personally arrested over ten times in several Colorado cities it is good to see that the judges agree that is time to re-think the drug laws not only in this state but thoughout the country. It is allthoughh not good enough. We will not be happy unless any and all laws regaurding cannabis are removed.

LEAPs Jack Cole discusses support for legalization on Freedom Watch

2009-11-06T10:40:00.006-07:00

Breckenridge voters OK marijuana decriminalization

2009-11-06T10:34:00.005-07:00

BRECKENRIDGE — Breckenridge residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and paraphernalia under town law. Unofficial results show 71 percent of voters approved the initiative.

“We're done with the days people could laugh off marijuana reform,” said Sean McAllister, Breckenridge attorney and chair of reform group Sensible Breckenridge. “I believe the implicit implications are that we should have a dialogue about taxing marijuana.”

Tuesday's vote means that effective Jan. 1, people 21 and up in Breckenridge will be able to legally possess one ounce or less of the drug...

The rest of the story Summit Daily News...

Halloween Week

2009-10-26T09:41:00.007-06:00

Its a blistering cold October Colorado morning today and I spent a half hour scrapping off the inch of ice with an old cd that i found in the glove box (lord knows where the ice scrapper went)But its shaping up to be one busy week this week, the last week of October which is the best month of the year by far, only because it's my birthday month and Halloween.

On Tuesday the 27th I will be at the Matisyahu show. Matisyahu is an American Hasidic Jewish reggae musician and he is playing at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver with special guest, P Knuckle a Denver Local Fan Fav!

Thursday Oct 29th is quickly approaching and that means its time for CannaWeen. Marijuana Radios 3rd Annual Halloween Party. And this will be my first year attending and i couldn't be more excited. Actually it will be my first Halloween party that i have gone to in years, I am really not one for dressing up, I find myself being timid and un-creative when it comes to picking out a costume but this year i am determined to find a great costume and party all night long. even though i have to wake up at the butt ass crack of dawn and make it into work the next day on Friday so yea that part sucks but... Have a great week and Be Safe this Halloween!

Obama to Issue New Medical Marijuana Policy

2009-10-19T10:04:00.003-06:00

The tide is changing people. And by the looks of it 2009 is going out with a bang and 2010 is shaping up to be one hell of a good year. I think we will look back onto today and remember Oct 19 2009 as a Great Step Forward!!!

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.

Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws.

The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes.

Fourteen states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington...For More Info AP NEWS Break...

My Trip in San Francisco...

2009-09-28T18:37:00.019-06:00

When one goes to the beautiful city of San Francisco, one must always remember to stop by the one of the most historic parts of the city with a rich history of counter culture... The Haight-Ashbury District was the center of the 1960 hippie movement, located at the mouth of Golden Gate Park. Haight street stretches several blocks now lined with unique gift and head shops with several bars and pizza parlors scattered every few blocks.

It was a beautiful morning on my last day in California and I was ready to explore the great city of San Francisco, where we spent the last four days attending the 38th annual National NORML Conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel downtown listening to some of the best and brightest people talk about marijuana reform.There were Seven of us as we started out, I remember it was around 11am when we had breakfast at a tiny breakfast place called Sears Fine Dining, The restaurant had a delightful smell of maple syrup that lingered the whole time. I inhaled there famous Swedish pancake breakfast which was 18 tiny pancakes covered with a delicious strawberry jam and some whip cream. The waitress was a tall, beautiful English woman who had only been in this country less than a month, but her knowledge of the city came in very handy when we were looking for the N train to get across town and to our destination. Every since i was a young snot nosed punk, I have long wanted to go wander the streets of history. The music alone that the area alone has produced some of the best the worlds ever seen.

Every one has heard the stories of the dreaded hills in SF but unless you actual walk up them you will have no since of really how steep they are. My God. My legs burned like never before, almost crawling up a few thinking it would be easier and faster. Along the group we had 1 person, a sweet faced Bakersfield girl named Candice that been there before so she took the role guide as we steeped off the train at the Cole Station. It was starting to heat up and an afternoon nap was sounding great, but we walked four blocks up, down and back up again passing friendly faces and numerous coffee shops. I'm a coffee fiend so after the fourth coffee house we stopped and grabbed a mint and mocha coffee that was as good as it sounds then stumbled to Golden Gate Park just in time for 4:20

All Work and No Play till....

2009-09-16T10:42:00.004-06:00

Busy Busy Busy, All Work and No Play Make Scott go crazy... so im leaving next week and I am headed to SF for the NORML National Conference!!! Its going to be 3 days of intense talks on marijuana legalization with some of the best minds in the world when it comes to the subject, This is my 2nd NORML Conference and my 1st National Conference, I have a lot to learn in those 3 short days so i will be paying close attention to all the details large and small...

Fine for pot in Denver could go down to $1

2009-08-27T09:44:00.003-06:00

Thanks to 9NEWS in DENVER -

A city panel in charge of overseeing marijuana possession crimes in Denver recommended on Wednesday that the fine for possession be set at $1

If Denver's presiding judge accepts the recommendation from the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel, the fine would be the lowest in the entire nation for marijuana possession.

The panel was created by Mayor John Hickenlooper in December 2007 after voters passed an ordinance that made it so adult marijuana possession is the city's "lowest lawn enforcement priority."

In May 2008, the city attorney's office made it so those cited for the crime can mail in their fines instead of having to appear in court. At that time, the city attorney's office assigned the value of the fine at $50.

"By setting the fine at just $1, we are sending a message to Denver officials that the era of citing adults for using a less harmful drug than alcohol is over. It's simply not worth the city's time or resources," said panel member and SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert, who coordinated the successful Denver marijuana initiatives.

Lt. Ernest Martinez with the Denver Police Department is also part of the panel and voted against lowering the fine.

"There's no indication that there's a problem with the fine schedule," Martinez said. "The panel is going outside the bounds of the language of the ordinance."

Martinez thinks there should be more dialogue about the changes.

9NEWS

MIle High Norml

2009-08-04T22:34:00.005-06:00

Damn I haven't written in a long time! I had to tell my self sorry many times. Its not my fault really. Well some of it is but...

No really helping to start Mile High NORML has really taken up all of my free time between that and my daughter all i have left is work hours. But there all i do is work so that' s not fun! We have had great response and support from the community after the stat. Right away we were baptized by fire so to speak. After only a month of being recognized we were asked to do our first booth at the popular Blazed n Confused Tour as it rolled though Denver and stopped off at Red Rocks for one great night!

We have been meeting at the end of every month on the West Steps of the Colorado Capital Protesting the Legalization on Marijuana do if u are ever in the area please feel free and come on by!

RIP Michael Jackson

2009-06-25T17:39:00.001-06:00

Big Brother is Always Watching

2009-06-23T11:10:00.010-06:00

Last week while reading though the best free newspaper in Denver I came across a article that i found interesting and thought it was worth sharing to you all.

During the DNC Denver was awarded a large grant of $1 million dollars in which they used for surveillance camera which they stationed around the downtown area. The name for the project was fittingly called HALO. It stands for High Activity Location Observation. Today there over 60 cameras around town that the police monitor during the day and it is left unattended at night. And now the LT. in charge is ready to move its HALO operation into Denver surrounding neighborhoods. Placing them on street signs hoping there very presence will cut back on the crime. "its like putting a cop on every corner of the city.Its a very effective tool that we have been given the opportunity to use." The LT was quoted in saying. But does the cameras really protect us or are they really just another attempt at the police invading our privacy???

Westword Article

Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Legislation

2009-06-22T18:21:00.002-06:00

A Representative from Massachusetts has introduced two bills in 2 weeks that if passed would change the Marijuana movement. It needs a whole shit load more attention then the press and his fellow colleagues are given it.

The first is for the medical users. I'm not clear on the wording but it says something like the Feds aren't allowed to harass citizens for possessing/consuming/growing if they are obeying the State laws in which most are.

The second is for recreational users. "The Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults" I love the name of it even! It would remove the federal laws but not superseding State laws. It will also allow citizens over the age of 21 to possess up 100g or 3 1/2 ounces. Just under a 'quarter pound'

Ahh Monday's

2009-06-22T08:48:00.001-06:00

This states my attitude today!

Hello Summer

2009-06-21T17:19:00.002-06:00

Fathers Day / First day of Summer! Let the good times roll

Insiders Report

2009-06-17T08:43:00.003-06:00

There has been a lot of goings on around here as of late. First off I lost someone very close to me this week. A good dear friend. My Car. She was old (87) but still new (under 100k miles) She lost her battle on Saturday night and after several days of emergency repair work I threw in the towel and called it at 8:30 yesterday morning. So needless to say that i have been taken the nations #1 transit system in North America the RTD or the Rough Tough and Dangerous. I'm used to riding the bus to and from work, I did so for a year and a half everyday rain, snow or shine. I don't hate to per say but there are some aspects that i enjoy and some that I cant stand, but enough of that.

There have been some big headlines nation wide this past week or so pertaining to the Marijuana Movement here in the U.S.

This week the AP wrote a compelling article about How Momentum is building for the movement seemingly trying to urge the government in the direction of, at lease some dialog on the since Taboo subject. AP NEWS

Yesterday in Rhode Island the Lawmakers in the General Assembly voted to overturn a veto by the Rep. Gov. allowing stores to dist. marijuana to paitents locally. Rhode Island

Local News
In my own backyard this week a few interesting things are taking place.
For the first time a group called Sensible Breckenridge in the city of Breckenridge are trying to gather enough signatures to have a measure put on the ballot to remove any and all criminal penalties for Adults who use and or possess Marijuana up to and under 1 ounce Breckenridge Ballots

Smile its Thursday!

2009-06-11T11:28:00.010-06:00

5 THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE!

1. My daughter is always number 1

2. Women in Sun Dresses!

3. Freshly Packed Bowl in the Morning/Afternoon and or After Dinner!

4. Anything by Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

5. Last but not least my Mother!

This is my mother and my nephew.. He will one day play in the NFL!

WA. Student attracts the worlds attention!

2009-06-09T18:10:00.006-06:00

The world got another martyr last week in the form of a 17 year old honor student from Peninsula High School in Washington. Simply put Ian wanted to prove a point with his speech, something he felt that the other students were not doing with there own speeches. His point, that marijuana is not a harmful drug and should be legalized. Way to go man!

Read Ian Barry speech below
Legalize Marijuana

Can I see a show of hands how many people here have ever smoked Cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana? I see none of you raised your hand. Well obviously no one would want to admit to a criminal activity in front of their teacher. But why is it that smoking pot is so taboo in our society? After all numerous famous intellectuals support marijuana. Al Gore is considered by many to be the leading figure in climate change awareness and environmental preservation. But few people know that Al Gore also supports the legalization of marijuana. The famed German philosopher Freidrich Nietzche once said, “If one seeks relief from unbearable pressure one is to eat hashish”. The founding father of our nation George Washington, said, “Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!” Marijuana is one of the safest medicinal substances on the planet and is supported by many acclaimed celebrity role models. Famous Hollywood actor Johnny Depp says, “I’m not a big pothead or anything like that… but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol”. Other well known supporters of marijuana include Snoop Dogg, all of the Marley family, Niel Young, Willie Nelson, Michael Phelps, Chris Farley, Al Gore, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Nietzche, Barack Obama, John Adams, James Madison, JFK, and of course myself. A total of 11 United States presidents either grew, smoked, or supported the legalization of Marijuana. With the support of some of the greatest thinkers and world leaders of all time it’s a wonder that marijuana is still illegal. “Government ties is really why the government lies” – Immortal Technique. Common Misconceptions about marijuana are set about by high end government officials who think only of themselves and own their prosperity. For instance few people know the history of weed and the means by which it was criminalized.

Most of you have probably seen “Reefer Madness”, the ridiculous propaganda film set about by the U.S. government to discourage the use of marijuana. The movie debuted in 1936 making arbitrary claims, calling Cannabis “The devils weed”, and stating that weed is more dangerous that cocaine or opium. This was the outlook of the government at the turn of the century, but in fact pot was smoked as early as 2700 BC, in China. In 500 AD marijuana spread to Europe and Africa where it was cultivated and smoked for its medicinal qualities. By 1545 marijuana had been introduced to the New World where it was grown as a cash crop alongside tobacco and cotton. Sold in bars throughout the Americas pot was seen as tobaccos little brother. It is reported that several of our founding fathers including Benjamin Franklin and George Washington smoked ganja out of water hookahs with Turkish emissaries shortly after the revolutionary war. After this experience both Franklin and Washington began to grow weed for themselves. At the turn of the 20th century marijuana began to gain popularity and by the 1920’s was the drug of choice for America’s youth. Historians say this popularity is what led to its prohibition. But history itself tells a different story. Whenever something be-it and idea, substance, or social behavior, becomes popular, American companies brand and market it for all it’s worth. Take for example punk rock which originally was a counterculture but through marketing was assimilated into mainstream society. So why is it that the same fate was not suffered by marijuana, why was it made illegal?

In 1937 the first official action was taken against weed, the Marihuana Tax Act. The act itself did not criminalize the possession of cannabis but levied a tax on anyone dealing the substance. This didn’t just mean the buds anything with hemp or hemp oil in it was essentially taxed out of business. A legitimate dealer was required to have a tax stamp but no stamps were ever printed. These over elaborate regulations prevented marijuana from being a profitable source of income. In reference to the International Opium Convention of 1928 Cannabis sativa was considered a drug and all state governments had some kind of laws against its consumption. Today it is generally accepted that these hearings included incorrect, excessive, and unfounded arguments. The Marijuana Tax Act was introduced to the U.S. congress by “Drug Czar” Harry Anslinger, a man who had no sense of morals and may have had NPD (narcissistic personality disorder), not to mention his pig faced features. Anslinger is where the conspiracy starts. 1937, the year the tax act was passed, was coincidentally the same year that the Decorticater Machine was invented, with this new technology the hemp industry would have been able to take over competing industries virtually overnight. “Popular Mechanics” predicted that hemp would be America’s first billion dollar crop. William Hearst, a corporate business owner, possessed enormous acreage of forest. His land and paper making company would have lost tremendous value and eventually gone bankrupt had the tax act not been passed. Hearst reportedly had strong influence in Congress and his interest in preventing hemp production is easily explained. DuPont, a chemical company that was involved in other industries, also had a hand in the conspiracy. At the time of the Marihuana Tax Act DuPont was patenting a new acid process for producing wood pulp based paper. With the boom of the hemp industry this invention would have been useless. DuPont was also in the railroad car industry. According to their own records wood pulp products accounted for 80% of all DuPont’s railroad car loadings for the 50 years prior to 1937. 80% of all their profits would have been lost with a hemp takeover. Two years earlier, in 1935, DuPont developed nylon, a substitute for hemp rope. Nylon was equal in strength and quality but with the Decorticater Machine would not have been cost effective when sold alongside hemp. Even with hemp eliminated nylon was not extremely profitable.

The year after the tax was passed DuPont came out with rayon, a very cost effective fiber that would not have been able to compete with the strength and durability of hemp. Harry Anslinger, the man who proposed the Marihuana Tax Act, was also a CEO of DuPont, and would have stood to loose millions had marijuana not been driven out of business. Anslinger, who was married to Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon’s niece, was appointed to lead the FBN (Federal Bureau of Narcotics). It’s widely believed that his relationship with Mellon is what earned him the promotion. Harry Anslinger’s first action as commissioner was to pass the Marijuana Tax Act. Reasoning behind Anslinger, Hearst, and DuPont was for no moral or medical issues. They fought to criminalize marijuana to save their business and to save money. It’s simply another example of capitalist pigs taking advantage of their power and manipulating the law for personal gain. Marijuana continued to be present in society throughout the 40’s and 50’s. During this time it came to be associated with the rise of rock n’ roll. The hippi movement of the 1960’s and 70’s was largely involved in experimental drug use. Artists such as The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix experimented with drugs like acid and heroin. Their fans followed suit but Mary Jane remained America’s drug of choice. The increased support of the environmentalist movement also supported the use of weed. Hemp can be made into paper that is equivalent to paper made from trees, without destroying the rainforests. After all the first, third and final drafts of the Declaration of Independence were all written on hemp paper. At anti-Vietnam protests many people could be seen smoking pot. This fueled the idea that marijuana should be legal, and in the late 60’s the first serious calls for legalization were made.

In 1975 weed supporters around the United States celebrated a victory as Alaska decriminalized the use and possession of small amounts of Cannabis. Until, in 1990, residents voted to recriminalize the substance. During those 15 years Alaska prospered and its economy was the highest it had been in years. Calling it a “dangerous experiment” the DEA’s stated reason for the recriminalization was that “teenagers used marijuana at twice the national average”. I think it’s pretty obvious that when a substance is legalized it will be used more than when it was illegal. Had we kept the same policy throughout history alcohol should have been recriminalized shortly after the repealing of the 18th amendment due to an increase in alcohol consumption. Several other countries have attempted various forms of legalizing drugs, in the Netherlands marijuana is illegal but under certain restrictions its consumption is allowed. The coffee shops of Amsterdam are renowned worldwide as a pot-smokers Mecca. Coffee shops are allowed to sell under 5 grams of marijuana as long as it is smoked on the premises. One of the opposition’s most acclaimed arguments is that legalizing marijuana will lead to an increase in crime rates. The only way to prove this theory is through real life experience. The only domestic experience we have with legalized pot was in Alaska in the 70’s and 80’s. Government analysis showed that there was no change in the crime rate for these years. All other claims about the marijuana-crime correlation are mere speculation. The fact is that Amsterdam has a lower crime rate than any major U.S. city. One could argue that the Alaskan experiment actually benefited the crime rate. As a whole, the national crime rate went up from 1975 to 1990, while Alaska’s remained the same.

Other Cannabis antagonists look to Switzerland’s Needle Park experiment to justify marijuana’s legal status. People in Needle Park were allowed to openly purchase and use drugs without police intervention. The idea was to give addicts a “clean and safe” environment to inject heroin. To compare this with legalizing marijuana is absolutely absurd. First, in terms of classification marijuana and heroin are completely different. Heroin is a level five highly addictive drug that causes long term brain damage as well as damage to the central nervous system. A heroin addict will experience collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining, abscesses, and liver disease. Not to mention second hand use of needles often leads to full blown accounts of AIDS. Marijuana on the other hand has its own category and no proven health detriments. The results of Needle Park cannot be compared to those of legalizing marijuana. Your parents have probably told you that smoking pot causes lung cancer and brain damage. Unfortunately they were probably teenagers in the 70’s and smoked pot themselves so their very objection to weed is extremely hypocritical. The U.S. government provides facts and statistics that seem to demonstrate the pernicious nature of marijuana. Let’s take a look at the so called facts that the DEA claims are results of the habitual smoking of Cannabis sativa. First, and I quote, “Marijuana is an addictive drug”. That my friends is an outright lie. All clinical studies including those conducted by the government have concluded that marijuana contains no addictive properties. A person can become chemically dependent on the drug but that is radically different than an addiction. Another study regulated by the government studied 182 “random” fatal truck accidents. It just so happened that in these “random” accidents marijuana was present in as many of the drivers as alcohol. The National Transportation Safety Board then determined that marijuana is just as dangerous as alcohol while driving. The reasoning behind this argument has more than several flaws. First of all marijuana can stay in a persons system for more than 2 weeks, there is no way to tell that the drivers were high at the time of their accidents. Now I’m not an expert but I know that 182 is not a large enough number to be considered reliable research. To study 182 of 5 ¼ million accidents, .0034%, and make apocryphal claims based on that research shows ineptitude beyond that of any man disposed to devout his life to a hierarchy of pious infidels who understand nothing of the nature and complexity of life.

Other major concerns of consuming marijuana are lung and brain damage, as well as memory loss. According to the UCLA School of Medicine “marijuana does not impair long term memory”. Weed can cause short term memory loss but only while under the influence, the same can be said for alcohol and many over the counter sleeping medications. Brain damage that does occur is not because of any chemical property in ganja, but because the brain is deprived of oxygen for so long that brain cells are killed. For any self acclaimed pot smoker that’s an easy fix, just don’t hold your hits in for so long. One of the studies that is referred to the most was performed on monkeys in which they suffered severe brain damage. It was only until recently in careful review of the study that we discovered that the monkeys were breathing pure THC for over a minute, that lack of oxygen is what killed the brain cells, not the marijuana. The other substantial health concern is over lung function. Also according to the UCLA School of Medicine “neither the continuing nor intermittent marijuana smokers exhibited any significantly different rates of lung function as compared to those individuals who never smoked marijuana”. The study was conducted on 243 pot smokers over an 8 year period. Another of the governments’ critical expostulations against legalizing marijuana is that pharmaceutical companies have developed a synthetic THC pill called Marinol. But Marinol is substantially different than marijuana. First, it’s not real THC; there is not one part of the Cannabis sativa plant in Marinol. It’s a bunch of chemicals that some scientist mixes up in a lab. Second Marinol is only available through prescription, so it’s incontrovertibly not the same as legalizing marijuana. Not only is it very hard to obtain a prescription, the requirements exclude nearly everyone. You must either be a cancer patient who underwent chemotherapy or be an AIDS patient who has appetite loss. Both diseases have no cure and are generally fatal. So the government won’t let you take Marinol unless you have a virtual death sentence. If I have a malignant disease I’m not going to take the time to get a government prescription, I’m going to smoke the real thing. So please don’t feed me spurious claims that legal marijuana already exists.

Now that I have addressed the supposed health detriments let’s take a look at the medical benefits of Cannabis. As mentioned above marijuana has been infallibly proven to relieve the vomiting and nausea that come with chemotherapy. Many cancer patients have said that marijuana was the best treatment for their symptoms. I interviewed a cancer patient who has miraculously over come the disease, for privacy reasons I won’t reveal their name but when asked about the effects of marijuana the interviewee said, “I would not have lived if I didn’t smoke lots of marijuana”. Isn’t it interesting that cancer, one of the world’s deadliest, incurable diseases, is treated with marijuana, an illegal drug? Marijuana is also used for treating multiple sclerosis and several mood disorders. After smoking small amounts of marijuana patients are said to be relaxed and stress free. Unlike alcohol which is a depressant, Cannabis can be used to treat low level depression. Most depression is caused by stress; smoking pot relieves stress and thus relieves depression. Glaucoma is yet another disease that smoking weed will treat. Glaucoma is an optical disease that leads to permanent damage of the optic nerve endings and resultant visual fields, which can ultimately progress to blindness. Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the world and doctors predict that this number will increase as longevity also increases. Symptoms of glaucoma include intraocular pressure, patches of vision loss, headaches, and pain behind the eyeball. Despite making the eyes red marijuana actually lowers intraocular pressure and can prevent as well as cure Glaucoma all together. As you can see marijuana has copious medical uses and little to no medical handicaps. For it to illegal while tobacco and alcohol are legal is absolute madness.

Like any substance marijuana can be abused, but it is impossible to overdose on. The most common problem associated with marijuana abuse is lethargic behavior, but does not cause serious health or social concerns. Overuse of alcohol will result in an inability to walk, stand, or even death, whereas overuse of weed will simply put a person to sleep. 40% of all fatal car accidents are caused by alcohol while no car accidents ever have been directly caused by marijuana. Alcohol induces violent behavior and is often attributed to wife beating and other violent behaviors. Someone under the influence of alcohol will experience fits if rage which has often led to their own demise or the death of others, while someone who got high from marijuana will stroll around pleasantly with a smile on their face in search of the nearest McDonald’s. It is as the iconoclast Bob Marley once said, “Herb is the healing of the nation, alcohol is the destruction”. Cigarettes are another legal substance that are far more dangerous than some good sensimilla. Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of lung cancer in America. Tobacco cigarettes are filled with harmful chemicals such as nicotine, rat poison, formaldehyde, ammonia, and arsenic. Both cigarettes and alcohol are immensely addictive phenomenon’s that lead to very serious health problems, predominantly cancer, and ultimately death. Marijuana is considered by many to be a dangerous substance but in reality many of our legal drugs are far more portentous.

Annual American Deaths Caused by Drugs
Tobacco…………….. 400,000
Alcohol……………… 100,000
All legal drugs……… 20,000
All illegal drugs…….. 15,000
Caffeine…………….. 2,000
Aspirin……………… 500
Marijuana…………… 0

In all of recorded history going back as far as 2700 BC there has never been one single human death attributed to a health problem caused by marijuana.

Not only is marijuana a safe drug with medical benefits but it could rapidly stimulate our failing economy. At its current rate of production legal marijuana generates 35.8 billion dollars per year. Profits from marijuana exceed that of corn and wheat combined. And that’s just the legal margins. Revenue from illegal domestic marijuana is speculated at around 60 billion dollars a year. That’s a total of 95.8 billion dollars each year excluding imports. Marijuana is considered by profuse amounts of economists to already be our nation’s number one cash crop. It’s already the number 1 cash crop in 12 states including California, Alaska, and Hawaii. In Washington weed is second only to apples. In 30 other states ganja is among the top three on the list of cash crops. As Thomas Jefferson said, “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country”. George Washington himself predicted that hemp would be our most valuable product. Economists estimate that if marijuana were legalized annual tax returns would be 6.2 billion dollars. That’s over 6 billion dollars in the hands of the federal government rather than in the hands of so called drug criminals. This money could be spent on combating the flow of hard, more serpentine drugs onto our streets.

If the fact that legalizing marijuana will engender enormous sums of money isn’t enough for some skeptics let’s take a look at the money that it will save. Approximately 7.7 billion dollars is spent annually on law enforcement to traverse marijuana consumption. Legalizing marijuana would eliminate 100% of these costs. Another taxpayer expense that would be emphatically reduced is prison disbursements. New FBI statistics show that one marijuana smoker is arrested every 45 seconds, by the end of my speech more than 20 people will have been incarcerated on marijuana related offenses. Since 1990 5.9 million innocent Americans have been arrested on Cannabis charges, a number greater than the population of Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming combined. 88% of all people in jail, a staggering 2 million, are there due to marijuana offenses. In the case that marijuana is legalized that number will be reduced to 440,000 people, a prodigious decline. The deprivation of operating prisons would also deteriorate dramatically. The cost of operating prisons comes directly out of taxpayers pockets. Currently a 40 billion dollar per year expenditure would be cut back to 8.8 billion dollars, still a gargantuan amount but much, much less than what it was. With this amount of savings and profits I find it amazing that our capitalist society hasn’t already demanded the legalization of pot.

Simply selling the buds is not the only way to make money off the Cannabis sativa plant. Hemp fibers from the stalks have countless other uses. An entire hemp based industry will be created. Oil extracted from the seeds was used to lubricate gears and mechanisms in many of the original cars including Henry Ford’s Model T. Hemp fiber, renown for its strength, has long been used to test the durability of other fibers. When George Bush Sr. was forced to eject from his F-50 over Vietnam, the parachute that saved his life was made from 100% hemp fiber. Hemp can be made into rope, clothing, and paper. More important than the products made will be the jobs procreated by this industry. The current unemployment rate is 8.9% as of April 2009. 8.9% sounds like a small number out of 100 but 8.9% translates to over 13.7 million people without a job. I talked about tax deficits earlier but how about the decrease in taxes if all 13.7million people got off welfare and started working in the pot industry. Though legalizing marijuana won’t create all 13.7 million jobs necessary it will create some. That’s a step in the right direction to resurrect our falling economy.

A common misconception is that smoking sensimilla makes a person this lazy, unexcited, useless, crippling abrasion to society. That’s not true at all. Like most Americans, people who smoke pot pay taxes, love and support their families, and work hard to make a better life for their children. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed, and treated like criminals solely because they choose to relax in a way that is safer than tobacco or alcohol. State agencies frequently step in and declare children of marijuana smokers to be “in danger”, and many children are placed into foster homes as a result. This causes enormous pain, suffering, and financial hardship for millions of honest American families. It also engenders distrust and disrespect for the law and criminal justice system overall. If the children of marijuana smokers are in danger than the children of cigarette smokers and alcoholics are in a situation far more perilous. Responsible pot smokers present no threat or danger to America and there is no reason to treat them as criminals.

Many people also believe that marijuana is a gateway drug and will lead to other more dangerous drugs. It’s true that most people who do hard drugs didn’t immediately start out snorting cocaine or shooting heroin, but smoking pot every now and then doesn’t condemn you to be some cracked out heroin feign. As it stands right now only a small portion of sensi smokers go on to harder drugs and I’m sure that number will go down if marijuana is legalized. If kids could run down to the gas station and pick up some weed their interest in other drugs would be diminished. The only way that pot could be considered a gateway drug is if it is sold alongside hard drugs. True some pot dealers sell harder stuff but legalizing marijuana completely negates that arguement. If marijuana were legal there would be no need for side street dealers who might have hard drugs on them, it could be sold in any convenience store across the country. I know for a fact that teenagers would much rather get high legally than break the law to do so. The problem is legal highs aren’t readily available, the closest you can get is with cigarettes which not only taste disgusting but are extremely deleterious to your health and the health of others. Implying that smoking weed always leads to harder drugs is like saying that anyone who has ever stolen something will go on to armed piracy of oil tankers. The Somalians that hijacked those tankers probably did steal in their youth but that doesn’t mean everyone who steals will end up like them. Marijuana as a gateway drug is a false implication and cannot be used in a serious discussion about legalizing marijuana. Many people also insinuate that marijuana leads people to a life of crime. The only way to test this theory is to study the results when pot is legal. Amsterdam, where marijuana is legal, has a lower crime rate than any major U.S. city. I think that soundly disproves that theory and clearly shows that smoking marijuana is not a gateway to anything illegal.

I have provided you with information, facts and statistical evidence that all point towards the legalization of marijuana. But the truth is it doesn’t matter what I say until you, the people, stand up and besiege the government to re-address the litigation of marijuana. But I’m sure there are many of you thinking, “Well that’s a great speech in all but I don’t smoke pot so why should I care if it’s legal or not?” So I have come up with several reasons why everyone should support the legalizing of marijuana. If you’re politically left wing stick it to the corporal business owners who made it illegal in the first place. If your right wing, marijuana is our number 1 cash crop, legalized we can make even more money than we are now. If your Christian or adhere to the Bible, Genesis 1:29 “And God said, behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth”, according to the Bible it’s your god given right to grow and consume any plant on this earth, including marijuana. If you’re an environmentalist or at least care about the fate of our planet, you can save the 4 billion trees that are cut down every year to make paper. I assure you hemp paper is a fine substitute. Everyone should support legalizing marijuana and everyone here now understands why. The biggest problem is that people are more inclined to suffer the sufferable that to rectify changes in their lives. But with growing support the Cannabis sativa predicament will soon be rectified and the world as a whole will be a better place, in the words of Bob Marley, “Legalize it, don’t criticize it”.

NORML 2009 Aspen Legal Seminar

2009-06-07T11:01:00.004-06:00

Aspen Colorado is located 200 miles west of Denver and the long drive allows you (if your no the one stuck driving) time to fully soak in Gods natural beauty as you climb to over 8000 feet. I have lived in Colorado over 30 years and it is sad to say that i haven't really explored this great state and now that i have been to Aspen I will return.

I have never been to a National NORML conference or event of any sort and I guess i could say that it wasn't at all what I had expected. So many cool people, so much valuable information being thrust upon you and then there was the Ganja! OH MY GOD the Ganja! Blueberry, Sour Diesel, Strawberry Cough, Ice Cream and even some Love Potion Number 9 are only a few i can remember. Everybody was always trying to one up each others strain. Keeping up with the Jones. It was great. I wish that i had a camera with me but i didn't but no sweat there were plenty present and as soon as i find some i will put them on.

Here are a few things that I found interesting and maybe so will you.

High Hopes and Modest Expectations: Drug Law Reform under
President Obama and a Democratic Congress
by Jeralyn E. Merritt, Esq, Denver, CO

A Few Goals:

* Hold President Obama to his promise to end DEA raids on medical marijuana
patients

* Facilitate medical marijuana research

* Introduce legislation removing criminal penalties for minor marijuana offenses

* End Crack-Powder Disparities

* End Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Offenses, particularly those
based on quantity

* No new anti-gang legislation

* Stop over- funding the war on drugs

Federal Marijuana Legislation Bills that Died Last Year

* H.R. 5842: Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-5842

The bill would have ended marijuana's classification as a Schedule I drug and
allowed doctors to prescribe it for medical use. Additionally, this bill would have protected medical marijuana patients who use marijuana legally under state law
from arrest and jail. H.R. 5842 was introduced on April 17, 2008 by Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.)and co-sponsored by Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas)along with 22 other representatives.

On April 17, 2008, it was referred to the
House Subcommittee on Health, where it died.

Transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. Provides that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act or the Federal Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict, in a state in which marijuana may, under state law, be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use:(1) a physician from prescribing or recommending marijuana for medical use;(2) an individual from obtaining, possessing, transporting, manufacturing, or using marijuana in accordance with such a prescription or recommendation;(3) an individual authorized under state law to do so from obtaining, possessing, transporting, or manufacturing marijuana on an authorized patent's behalf;(4) a pharmacy or other entity authorized to do so from obtaining, possessing, or distributing marijuana to such patients; or (5) an entity established by such a state or local government thereof to do so from producing, possessing, or distributing marijuana for such a prescription or recommendation.

Denver's own Sec. 38-175. Possession or consumption of marijuana.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) to possess one (1) ounce or less of marijuana. If such person is under the age of eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the offense, no jail sentence shall be imposed and any fine imposed may be supplanted by treatment as required by the court.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to openly and publicly display or consume one (1) ounce or less of marijuana. If such person is under the age of eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the offense, no jail sentence shall be imposed and the fine may be supplanted by treatment as required by the court.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "marijuana" or "marijuana" shall mean and include all parts of the plant CANNABIS SATIVA L., whether growing or not, (AND HERE IS THE LOOP HOLE. The state only says that the Sativa plant is illieagil but the Indica Plant is not! The lawyers are working this angle but not really having any luck it sounds like.) The seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or its resins. It does not include fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination, if these items exist apart from any other item defined as "marijuana" in this section. "Marijuana" does not mean or include marijuana concentrate as defined in this section.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "marijuana concentrate" shall mean hashish, tetrahydrocannabinol, or any alkaloid, salt, derivative, preparation, compound, or mixture, whether natural or synthesized, of tetrahydrocannabinol.
(Ord. No. 645-97, § 1, 9-29-97; Ord. No. 618-05, § 2, 8-9-05, elec. 11-1-05)

Weekend Round-Up

2009-05-31T23:03:00.005-06:00

Well I blinked and May is over. I attend a listening party for the new Placebo album Battle For the Sun but failed to hear any of it. They either didn't play it at all or just played 5 minutes of it because we got there shortly after the doors opened. Oh well for what its worth it sounds great. Lollapaloozaline up was released recently and it looks fucking amazing with rumors of more to come. Like maybe a Beatles reunion with Paul and Ringo hooking back up for a few songs. I have never been to Chicago and would love to go. Tickets are cheap and its not to far away for me.

If your wondering what happened in the world of marijuana over the weekend then you have come to the right spot.

Next week Cannabis lovers in California can hang out in the Playboy Mansion for Marijuana Policy Project or MPP's 4th Annual Party at the Playboy Mansion June 4, 2009.

Cool Pics

Just two hours to the south of me Thomas Sexton, 55 is awaiting charges for a 2007 raid on his property where over 130 plants were confiscated because on Friday A Pueblo judge denied the request to throw out charges against him based on how the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office searched his property. Good Luck Thomas We will be praying for your victory in your fight.

Last week, Maine's Senate passed LD 1159 on a vote of 25-10. The bill would allow for farming of Industrial Hemp. Amazing! While Oregon is also on the verge of passing industrial hemp legislation.

FREE MARC EMERY!!!!

And finally more sad news out of Montana. David Tunes 49was shot and killed last month defending his home from burglars. On Friday police released that Tunes was a medical marijuana cultivator and user and that was the motive for the robbery.

Marijuana and Heroin and Cocaine are Very Similar

2009-05-28T17:35:00.004-06:00

You be the judge!

I do agree with one thing they said...

He is going to get alot of emails and phone calls about this...
Email Bill O'Reilly's dumb ass here

Daily cannabis news feed

2009-05-28T11:21:00.007-06:00

Hi. Great news today! Just minutes ago Illinois Senate approved Medical Marijuana in a close vote of 30-28 the bill will now go to the house which approved a measure just last year.
click here

Last week Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a bill that would have allowed medical use of marijuana for terminally ill patients. He cited law enforcement concerns about expanded drug use.And now proponents want it to go to a vote...
click here

Marijuana odor leads to drug arrests...Detectives from the Governors Task Force have concluded an investigation involving Eliezer Ongay and Rene Quiles.This case originated on May 19th when unit members were at an unspecified location in Newark. Detectives observed the strong odor of marijuana coming from this location and subsequently made entry.
click here

INTERNATIONAL WEED FEED

British police stumble upon 500 marijuana plants growing after domestic disturbance...
click here

Woman tried to smuggle cannabis into New Zealand Prison...
click here

17 year old arrested after 300 marijuana plants found inside of home...
click here

$3m worth of cannabis seized in Australia
click here

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-26T10:44:00.008-06:00

Hello there. Well its Tuesday morning, the day after Memorial Day and i am back at work but it feels like a Monday. Oh well what ever day it is here we go with a recap of the weekend and a few other things.

As of late, I have become a huge race fan and no I am not a fan of NASCAR but of the F1 and the IRL racing leagues respectively and On Sunday morning or Saturday morning this side of the International date line English driver Jensen Button won his fifth race making it five out of six wins for Brawn Mercedes team in Monaco. I am not sure how he is doing it. I have only been able to find the replays of the race, never the whole race so I only see what "They" want me to see.

"There is nothing better the Indy 500, Maybe a piece of pussy but besides that" one of the best quotes in a awesome movie "Platoon" Helio Castroneves became only the sixth racer in history to three peat at the brickyard with superstar hottie Danica Patrick actually finishing the race and coming in a close third. P.S if you are a driver watch out for the first turn on the first lap it could be a doosy.

With a heart breaking lose on Saturday the Denver Nuggets redeemed themselves with a blowout win on Monday against the Los Angeles Losers. Sorry about that Miss-type there. The Los Angles Lakers, is that better.

And last but not least I am still waiting patiently to hear back from NORML regarding starting a local chapter in Denver. When they say 4-6 weeks they are serious about that. So i will just have to wait longer.

Well that about raps up this posting. Make it a Great Week!

Been a long time

2009-05-20T18:13:00.003-06:00

Hello world. Hows going. For me personally, I have been feeling a little down lately and it just so happens that i haven't written one single word beside meaningless stuff for my day job in a few weeks now. The weekend came and past and nothing came out not one word. I didn't even see the sunlight. I was stuck. What was it that consumed me. I'll tell you, i was playing, VIDEO GAMES. Well actually I was just playing one game,

Empire: Total War

Its my vote for PC game of the year. FYI I don't have a vote. I wish i had a vote somewhere but i don't but if i did this game would differently get my vote! Lets see what else has been going on.

I'm still waiting for a response back from NORML on starting a local chapter here in Denver. They say 4-6 weeks and it has been only three so i just need to take a step back and be a little more patient. I have heard from "My Sources" that it takes a long time because of the lack of actual paid employees throughout the Organization. I just wanted to have the chapter before before I attend the NORML Aspen Legal Conference which is just two short weeks away.

See I feel better already. So last but not least something else before i go try my hands in frying my own chicken. I'm Excited.

Just eight short blocks from the capital of Colorado. I Love my neighborhood! The architecture in the neighborhood is something you can spend hours walking around and admiring. I have lived in my apartment now going on eight months and i have only meet the people across the hall, that is until recently. With spring time apron us people have been to wonder outside and into the apartment common area. I have since meet the guy who plays his music at a ear blowing level "Cosomo" while i was having a drink with Cosmo, Kate and Ali came outside to grill what Kate called "there dinner for the week." They were afraid to light the grill. "It could blow" they said in a very convincing tone.

Thanks, I needed that. Until next time.

ex-Drug Czar John Walters is still full of S**T

2009-05-07T17:29:00.002-06:00

The ex-Drug Czar John Walters talks out the side of his neck on national t.v. the other night on AC360. He throws out facts that he can't support. Walters even says that if we legalized marijuana that violence would increase. We are not legalizing PCP here OK John. We are still talking about marijuana.

Good Job Maine voters...

On May 1, Gov. John Baldacci signed LD 250 into law. Under the new law, possession of over 1.25 ounces but less than two and one-half ounces of marijuana will also be defined as a civil offense, punishable by a fine of $700 to $1,000 dollars. (Civil fines for the possession of less than 1.25 ounces of marijuana will remain the same.) The measure also removes the inference that possession of quantities of marijuana above 1.25 ounces but less than 2.5 ounces are presumed to be for sale.

Dear President Obama NORML ads

2009-05-06T18:32:00.001-06:00

Senator Wants Legalization “On the Table”

2009-05-05T20:19:00.002-06:00

A small step in the right direction!

Weekend Review

2009-05-04T11:08:00.006-06:00

Hello There its Monday and time to get back to work but before i do I wanted to rundown the weekends events at the Colorado State Capital. It was small gathering of intelligent people from across the state who are all concerned about the same thing. Legalizing or Decriminalizing of Marijuana!!! Global Marijuana March..As the 4 o'clock hour rolled around the festivities were getting ready to start with several key note speakers.

Amongst the crowed was Celebrity Stoner Comedian Doug Benson Super High Me who was preforming over the weekend at the Comedy Works Downtown. He said that he found the flier online and just came down to show his support for the cause. Go Doug!!!

Regarding or Norml application we have gathered our original five members, filled out the necessary documentation and have mailed it off to the NORML in D.C. now all we have to do is wait 4-6 weeks AHHHHH its going to feel like forever. I just have to remember that patients is a virtue!

Pro-Marijuana TV Ad Launched

2009-04-27T21:39:00.001-06:00

First-Ever Nationwide Pro-Marijuana TV Ad Campaign Is Launched in Conjunction with '4/20'

by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

Boulder, Colorado: I have every reason to believe that '4/20' in 2009 will be the biggest and most momentous one to date as NORML launches 7,770 nationwide TV ads that advocate for cannabis law reform; NORML expects record numbers of supporters to join the organization for the celebratory one-day price of $4.20 because, I believe, there is a palpable zeitgeist in America right now favoring reform; the Obama administration appears amenable to some cannabis law reforms in ways that no prior president since Jimmy Carter has embraced; and lastly, with NORML's nearly 600,000 'friends' on Facebook and nearly 67,000 MySpace, more Americans than ever before who are keen on cannabis can create a viral effect that benefits reform.

Here in Boulder between 10,000-15,000 students and activists are expected to celebrate in what has become the biggest 4/20 event in the world.

Heck, the New York Times has already posted a profile of 4/20 for today's paper, where they came yesterday for interview and photos to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Marijuana Forum. This portends well to what will be an insane day in the media for pro-reform groups like NORML (I've already got 35 interviews scheduled...) as I was also asked to pen an essay for National Public Radio's All Things Considered that I assume will be published today.

I dare say we as a country are finally 'getting it' regarding the clear and obvious need to reform our misguided cannabis laws.

2009-04-27T14:16:00.010-06:00

Its been almost a week since I've been back home in Colorado from my Coachella vacation and I think that is just long enough for my brain to re-gather himself after the great mushrooms that a friend found in Northern California brought back and we all ingested and they were spectacular on all levels. I was a bit scared at first since the last time I took them it was ten years ago and i had a bad episode and they killed my belly but this time around it was nothing of the sort. here are a few pictures from my journey.

On a new note... I have been giving it a lot of thought and I think that I am going to stop my bitching because it doesn't do any good and I am going to start getting orgainized. I have found the answer NORML is a non-profit company with the goals of educating the public about marajuana and its policies and they are looking to start a chapter in Denver and what someone to help run it. My good friend Kandice who lives in California runs the OCNORML Chapter in her city and with her help and guidance I think that we here in Denver could have a strong chapter. Denver needs it. Hell I need it.

Back in Denver

2009-04-23T10:08:00.002-06:00

Yea! I made it back home from COACHELLA in one piece. Reviews and Pics to follow shortly but first at my day job I cant seem to find my desk so I must first take on that task.

Coachella 09

2009-04-13T18:10:00.005-06:00

Yeah Yeah Yeah! With only three days left I have spent the past few days trying to decide which of the over 60 bands I want to see. I have broken them down into three easy categories starting with A. I fucking cant wait any longer, B. I want to see and C. I really don't care about seeing those groups at all, as far as I am concerned they are just wasting the money and space that other well deserving bands could be using. With my specialized grouping categories I think that I have planned out at least my time.

Friday Day 1 A List

Craze and Klever
Felix da Housecat
Patton and Rahzel
Paul McCartney
Crystal Castles
Silversun Pickups
Crystal Method
Black Keys
Bug FT Warrior Queen
The Presets
Ting Tings

Saturday Day 2 A List
Day 2 appears to be the best day for shows with 14 must see acts that day!

Atmosphere
Band of Horses
Glass Candy
Glasvegas
Henry Rollins
M.I.A
MSTRKRFT
Para One
Surkin
Bloody Beatroots
Chemical Bros
Killers - Human
Thievery Corperation
T.V on the Radio

And finally Day 3 A List

Etienne De Crecy
Christopher Lawernce
Groove Armada
Lupe Fiasco
Peter Bjorn
Roni Size
The Cure
Gaslight Anthem
Kills
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- The name itself speaks for the weekend!

Gotcha !

2009-04-10T18:04:00.004-06:00

Thanks for coming by!

Today is the day that we give thanks. Thanks to Jesus for giving his life for all of us sinners. 15 years ago i would have been at the 12 stations at Mother Mary Cabrini shrine up in the mountains. It is a beautiful shrine atop 1200 steps overlooking the church below. A hundred steps for ever station of Jesus death march. My father would take us there and climb the steps reading all the passages along the way. My sisters and I considered it our own death march if you will. We hated it. but now i would give anything to have it back. Fast forward 15 years later and I'm at work wishing i wasn't, My father has since passed on and my sisters are busy as ever. I miss the good ol days i tell ya. OK enough bout that...

We made though another week. They are just flying by are they not. It looks like that i am again the last minute friend. A friend has tickets to the Presets and no one will go with. And of course I said I would.Not really much going on and i kinda like the Presets so its a win win.

Coachella is just 7 days away baby. A week from tonight I will lost in Palm Springs Desert. I think I am prepared. I got a new hat. almost everything is packed and ready to go and i don't even leave for four days. Wednesday after noon at 5 the plane takes off. A whole week I'll be gone but don't worry i plan on documenting everything is see hear and smell.

It is opening day at Coors Field for our Colorado Rockies and it is a beautiful day for it. Its in the upper 50's on a partly cloudy day but like i said i am stuck at work while my roommate some how managed to get tickets. They look good this year minus slugger Matt Holiday who was a part of a blockbuster trade in the off season and then there is the starting pitcher, Jeff Francis who will miss the year due to injury. Here is the letter I sent last week via the USPS

Dear Baseball Gods,

I don't want to go to the World Series I would just like the Rockies to break even. If somehow you could let them win at least eighty maybe eighty five games that would be great.

Thank you
Patient in Denver

Please enjoy a little music before you go.

I get by with a little help from my friends

2009-04-08T17:59:00.006-06:00

Every since the early 20' s Bro-romances have been around. What would you say are some of "The best Buddy films" ever? As a writer i would like to think that the reason the films are so good, is that they are all well written characters and stories to match. Somebody somewhere has taken the time and "Fleshed" out there buddies.

I have created this list because I looked around online for other similar list I found Three. That's right I found three (by the way i underestimate sometimes.) And the ones i did find were lacking. Lets get the show on the road and in no speacial order the 25 best buddy movies are...

*Laurel and Hardy the originators
* All of Abbot and Costello movie’s

* Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid – Newman and

* Bert and Ernie - Yes Bert and Ernie

* Odd Couple - Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

* Black Sheep and Tommy Boy - Farley and Spade.

* Thelma and Louise - probably one of the best movies in general.

* Turner and Hooch – Hanks and the Dog

* Any and all Pryor and Wilder Movie

* Lethal Weapon 1 - Gibson and Glover

* Tango and Cash – Russell and Stallone

Honorable Mention

* Clerks - O'Halloran and Anderson

* Money Train – Snipes and Haralson

* Harold and Kumar - Penn and Cho

* Rush Hour - Chan and Tucker

* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Depp and Del Toro

* Bad Boys – Smith and Marin

* The Big Lebowski - Bridges and Goodman

* Pineapple Express - Rogan and Goldberg

last but not least...

* The Blues Brothers -Aykroyd and Belushi

I know that I missed a few but this is a good place to start.

Weekend update 04/05/09

2009-04-05T12:31:00.003-06:00

Well the "HUGE"spring storm has come and gone and instead of 10-16 inches of snow we got maybe 2. Way to go meteorologist! the only job where you can be wrong time after time and still have a job the next day. And like this time when your wrong people will thank you. Oh what a job.
Im writing again. I've had the story in my head for some time now and i think pure laziness as kept me from putting it on paper.

I've been re-reading a lot of stuff online regarding story structure. Its all about the beginning, the middle and the end along with the two plot twist on at the end of act I and the other at the end of act II as shown in this chart off of Michael Hauge's Screenplay Structure. Five key points in a script

It is visually the best thing that i have found that explains the six stages of one's story.

I have found a new addiction in Twitter. i don't know why, but i cant stop.And since the news/goverment had us scared with the "HUGE" spring storm that was going to cripple the city I had planned on staying inside all weekend long. I had planed on picking up my daughter on Sunday but she told me that she would rather spend time with her mother who because of work she doesnt get to see her but for a few minutes in the morning. which was fine with me being that we were to be snowed in anyway. Next weekend we have a Easter egg hunt to go to on Saturday morning and in the afternoon were going to see Monsters and Aliens. WHOOOO. I report back on that when the time comes. Till then have some mucsic.

Good Bye Cutler

2009-04-02T17:12:00.003-06:00

The saga is finally over and Denver has lost. The Denver Broncos today traded Jay Cutler, who was and still is the second coming of the man himself John Elway after a month long saga. Cutler is the real deal, a truly dominant player but he also is the city's biggest cry baby who ever played professionally in this great state. Depending on the side that you listen to you will learn a few different things.

From the Broncos we could learn that the NFL is a business and teams will do what ever it takes to make it themselves the best franchise overall. And that means firing the Coach/ General Manager and threaten to trade the star player in order to "shake"things up a bit.

From Cutler we learn that even though the player make millions of millions of dollars they are still human and young and if you cut them and if you have ever talked to him or someone like him you probably will want to they will bleed and then whine like the little bitch that he is!!!

Unarmed student shot in Michigan

2009-04-01T09:51:00.002-06:00

Review: Tooey's off colfax

2009-03-31T11:22:00.009-06:00

A few weeks ago, i was having a few drinks at one of my new favorite club nights in Denver (Lipgloss at La Ruhmba, we will talk about that place later) and I was outside trying to stay warm as I finished my cigarette when I was approached by a short and attractive woman named Alissa who was in need of a light for her cigarette. She said that she was a former PBR rep and that she just opened her first bar. She was so excited about the place. She gave me her business card and she wrote on the back of it, good for two free drinks. I turned the card over to revel the name...

Tooey's off Colfax
1521 Marion st
303-586-5075
Tooey's off Colfax
Winner of the Westword 2009 Best New Bar in Town. Crongrats!

Alissa and her husband bought the old Baca Room and with a quick remodel the place was open fro business. There was no cover and it's only a few short blocks from my house so last Friday night a friend and I took a walk down to Tooey's off Colfax.

It was shortly after ten and we were having a little trouble at first finding the place( they need a bigger sign, maybe one that lights up) we arrived. Its located right behind Kinga Lounge and The Irish Snug on Colfax if and when you go and cant find the place.

If it wasn't for the bar in the middle of the place it would look more like a art studio with several excellent pieces of local artwork on the walls.

I wasn't expecting to find the gem that I found.

The crowd was a mixture of people all young and friendly and the drinks were cheap. Not only because I had my little free drink card which gave me two free drinks. I didint even end up useing it because it made me fell like a cheapskate. They had a local hip hop band consisting of three friends and they were freakish good, providing good sound for the night. As it got later the tiny place began to fill and shortly become standing room only and no one seemed to mind

After all is said and done the staff at Tooey's is a super cool chill bar with incredibly friendly staff so please stop by after work or on Saturday and have a drink or two.

CNN Quick Vote

2009-03-27T07:39:00.002-06:00

Reading CNN this morning they had a poll that made me think hey I should do the same poll. Well here it is...

RIP POPS 3/26/07

2009-03-26T12:39:00.002-06:00

Oh how the time flies. Its been 2 short years since the passing of a good Man.
He was a friend
He was a brother
He was a son
He was my Father

Cool T-shirt Logo's

2009-03-24T12:55:00.008-06:00

Indie101.5 Denver

2009-03-24T10:57:00.005-06:00

I am in Love with a relatively new radio station in Denver.Its the shit. Indie 101.5 fm. It's excitedly what Denver has been in need for the past i don't lets say 10 years or so. Click here to have a listen Indie101.5

Also only 3 short weeks left!!!!
till I leave for the California desert!!!!
Yea Coachella!!!!

More Cool "Quotes"

2009-03-20T09:28:00.003-06:00

Being Drunk is a good disguise. I drink so i can talk to assholes this includes myself...

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds...Fight the system that tells you to just live and die...A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself...Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws...ON LIFE Smile. It's easier than explaining why you're sad...Sometimes what you want the most -- you're better off without...I never knew what I had until the first day it wasn't there...By the time you realize what you're losing, I'll be lost...We're all the same and love is blind, the sun is gone before it shines.

ON HERB-When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself...The more people smoke herb, The harded Babylon will fall... Drugs are a bet with your mind...

And I'm blasting my music, so I won't hear my thoughts...

ON LOVE- Close my eyes just to look at you. One's first love is always perfect untill one meets his second true love... Luck is what you have left after you give 100 percent... Our patience will achive more than our force...
Eyes of a fallen angel eyes of a tragedy.. Here I am expecting to much from the wounded... Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

ON WRITING-Not all storys have car chases or explosions thats why there nudity and espionage...Words once they are printed have a life of there own...Its better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self...I am a gally slave to the pen and ink...

in closing I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

Spring Time

2009-03-20T07:38:00.003-06:00

Yea today is the first day of spring officially and i should be a beautiful day well over 70 degrees.

Way to go Pres Obama keep up the good work... in bowling that is... He landed in a little hot water for saying that he was in the Special Olympics although very funny it was out of line for him to say.

And on a sad note Omid Mir Sayafi, reported to be in his 20s was found dead in his jail cell shortly after being placed in that cell for BLOGGING against his country leader. FOR HIM DON'T STOP PLEASE.....

Maria Sergeyeva Offical Bad Ass

2009-03-19T09:30:00.004-06:00

This Pin-up politician says she hates the West... but loves Thatcher... All eyes are on this beauty to take over Russia, with the hopes of returning the country to her old ways... Will it work...

Silent all these years...

2009-03-19T07:45:00.003-06:00

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." and it reminded me of something somebody i once knew said to me. She said "You only make matters worse by being quiet about whats really wrong in this world" and I thought the person was a certified loony for a while but damn if you wouldn't know looking back now I think she was dead on. I hate that. If I could find that "person" I would tell them the words that there ears long to hear. And after I told "her" and she knows who "she" is, I would tell her that she was right. Then I would stick out my tongue like a three year old spit vigorously and run far far away not looking back.

"What have you been silent about all these years."

Somebody got a case of the Mondays

2009-03-16T10:21:00.007-06:00

Its the worst feeling in the world I think. That moment when you feel it yes something is definitely wrong. You know that it's waiting just around the corner and its picking up steam. Then upon waking up the next morning it hits you. Your body aches, you cant stop couching, your burning up one minute and the next your freezing. Im talking about the Rhino Virus otherwise known as the common cold.
I started feeling like shit on Saturday morning and i should have stayed in bed but no i had to go out. I went to the St Patrick's Day Parade downtown and drank till i didn't feel sick anymore hell i drank till i didn't fell shit anymore. Oh well what are you going to do, hind sight is 20/20 they say. So I took the day off from work and I am getting a chance to kick back in the Lazy Boy and watch some movies but not before i did a little surfin. And this is what i found today. Denver can add a new professional sports team The Denver Dream to there all ready long list of local teams.

The Lingerie Football League comes to Denver

“It’s a beautiful thing, women taking each others heads off,” chairman and owner of the Lingerie Football League Mitchell Mortaza tells us. “You really can’t beat it.” I agree.To find out more about the LFL click here Lingeriebowl.com

HTML CODES

2009-03-12T10:20:00.003-06:00

Thank God that I learned something new today and didn't just waste away. HTML not all of it but differently some very useful info. My first lesson was in Hyperlinks and how to post them using a simple HTML code.

Try this Click here for Screenwriter John August blog

or

Click here for another cool screenwriting blog

or

Click here for the latest local news

Cool huh. The internet is full of useful knowledge.

Female Condoms

2009-03-12T08:48:00.004-06:00

For years it has been the male responsibility to remember the condoms. But with HIV and teenage pregnancy running at a madly high rate its about time we do something about it or at least the time for the women to anti up and kick in. Stop putting themselves in danger and Start protecting themselves. Find out more info on female condoms click HERE

OC NORML

2009-03-11T22:23:00.004-06:00

If you are in the OC area next month please feel free to attend this fun gathering.

The Orange County Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws invites you to join us to celebrate!
OC NORML 420 Fundraiser Party
Saturday, April 18th from 4:20 until midnight
1-877-OC NORML
Live Music from Inited Dread (Reggae)
To register please email: KandiceOCNORML@aol.com

Down goes the team to beat in the WBC. Dominican Republic

2009-03-11T08:00:00.002-06:00

But great job to Rockies Pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez !

Va. Police ready for Phish

2009-03-10T07:51:00.006-06:00

In a reunion like no other Phish returned to the stage after a 5 year drought and the Hampton Va. Police Dept was ready for all those Phish heads making over 194 arrests in three days. They also confiscated about $1.2 million in drugs and another $68,000 in cash.

And it was just released that the Murder rate fell 25% in Hampton Va in 2008. Maybe the police have nothing else better to do than to harass concert goers.

Coachella Widget

2009-03-09T09:53:00.001-06:00

Coachella

2009-03-09T09:45:00.003-06:00

I have always wanted to go but something was always holding me back but this year is different. Saturday we bought our tickets. A mere $370.00, a price well worth the admission to over 60 of the best shows of the year while we all melt in the Cali sun. Yea Coachella!!!
Coachella.com

Funniest Movie Ever Poll

2009-03-03T22:51:00.010-07:00

"Swagger Like Us" Grammy performance

2009-03-02T07:55:00.001-07:00

Bird's Eye View

2009-02-25T10:06:00.008-07:00

I stumbled onto this website today. Beautiful Aerial Pictures of Colorado

Coloradoaerial.com

Colorado Aerial Blog

W.T.F. is going on at the Colorado Mental Health Facility Institute in Pueblo

2009-02-25T07:59:00.003-07:00

With no fence or even locked doors another Killer just walked away from the institution. This is not the first time that someone has just walked away. Dont you think its time for a fence.

Escapes from the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo

The Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo has had several notable escapes over the years, frequently as easy for the inmate as simply walking away.

July, 6, 1996 — Stephen Eugene Armstrong was in a medium-security ward when he opened an unlocked door at the gym and walked off hospital grounds. Four years later, he bashed his brother and sister-in- law in the head with a 2-pound sledgehammer, nearly killing both of them.

Dec. 2, 1998 — William Mathews fled the hospital for the fifth time and kidnapped and strangled Wanda Pitts, 18, in Shenandoah, Texas.

Sept. 4, 2004 — Edward Benge, who used gasoline to burn down a Colorado Springs bar and kill a man in March 1990, escaped for the second time. He was caught months later.

March 31, 2007 — Tyrone Jones, committed after inventing a story that a genie commanded him to stab a fellow inmate, escaped for the second time in two years. He was later caught. Jones has been written up more than 20 times for allegedly physically or sexually assaulting patients and selling drugs.

Jan. 28, 2008 — On his sixth escape, Keith Simpson committed at least seven felony offenses over a 3 1/2-week span, including kidnapping, car theft, burglary, assault and attempted murder. In a jail interview in March, he admitted stabbing an elderly woman in the abdomen at a Starbucks on Colorado Boulevard, breaking a steak knife on a disabled veteran's head as he intended to kill him, and breaking into a home planning to hurt or kill the occupants.

Sate considering legalizing marijuana to ease financial woes!

2009-02-25T07:38:00.001-07:00

Happy Mardi Gras!

2009-02-24T07:55:00.004-07:00

Film review: Milk

2009-02-24T07:48:00.005-07:00

Sean Penn is a Acting God!!!!

I've just sat though quite possible the gayest and also the best Biopic Hollywood has ever churned out. Harvey Milk felt like he needed to make a change. And that's just what he did. Tired of everyone assaulting him for being Gay, tired of being abused verbally he threw his hat into the political arena and lost three times in a row. He didn't give up and fought back finally with the help of a different manager and a fresh new look for him he won the 5th district Supervisor position only later to be gunned downed while in office along with the Mayor of San Fransisco

Money

2009-02-20T18:20:00.006-07:00

Trying to figure out the economy is like trying to figure out astronomy. It might take a while but right now you can do your part in saving the economy, go forth and spend!!! That right go buy yourself something nice or go have that pizza and beer down the street instead of your couch.

I can hear everyone now."Its hard these days" i know but if u got just a little extra spare change in your pocket, get it out of there and go spend it on....

Joaquin Phoenix Leaked Rap Video!!

2009-02-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

W.T.F.

George Obama arrested on a marijuana charge

2009-02-15T21:11:00.002-07:00

Senior Kenyan police official told the Associated Press that they arrested President Obama's half-brother, George Obama for possession of marijuana on Valentines Day. One joint was discovered on ol' George, who was in police custody at the time on a related incident.

President Obama and George share the same father but they hardly know one another. They have meet twice. Once when Barack was 5 and again in 2002 when then Senator Obama toured Kenya.

In other news a funny here's a good commercial.

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Obama in Denver to sign Stimulus' Plan

2009-02-15T09:18:00.002-07:00

In a unusual and unprecedented event on Tuesday February 17, President Obama will sign his $787.2 Billion dollar Stimulus' Plan at the Denver's Museum of Nature and Science in City Park.

The event scheduled to start around noon is by invite only and I am not on of the lucky ones to get a invite.

CNN reported that a senior administration official cited a desire to get "away from the politics of Washington."

Another unnamed senior official described Denver as "a place that will see the benefits of the bill in hiring workers."

"This is like a dream," said George Sparks, director of the museum. He said he doesn't believe a sitting president has ever visited the institution.

"The White House advance team just called us Thursday and asked if they could come here," said Sparks, adding that members of the Secret Service made a first visit Thursday afternoon and returned Friday.

M.I.A has baby boy

2009-02-14T23:13:00.004-07:00

Congratulations to the beautiful Oscar and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam better known as M.I.A. She gave birth on Wednesday to a bouncing baby boy, read more today @ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=2225872

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH

2009-02-13T08:18:00.002-07:00

Lilly appeared in the Denver Post today from a local reader....I'm a sucker for small animals, most of them are cute till the get older...

Film Review: Coraline

2009-02-12T09:25:00.003-07:00

Three words describe this classic adaptation of Neil Gaiman's best-selling children's book. Dark, Twisted and Awesome. I read somewhere how a filmmaker who is making film aimed at kids shouldn't be afraid to be scary. Contrary to popular belief kids will not break they aren't made of glass and Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas)does just that. The graphics are some of the best that i have ever seen and I didn't even see it in 3D. I found out later that it is only playing in 3D at certain theaters. I'm glad that my daughter didn't back out and still wanted to see it.

Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) has just moved into a new house with her parents. Her parents are both poor under paid writers for a popular gardening magazine and are also trying to write there own gardening book. The only problem, they are so busy writing they don't have time to garden or even have time for Coraline for that matter always brushing her aside to work. Her only friends are a neighborhood boy and a stray black cat. The boys grandmother owns the house that Coraline and her family live in but his grandmother will not allow him to step foot inside the house. She is afraid of something inside of it.

Like a twisted version of Alice in Wonderland Coraline finds a small Red door that is locked and that raises her curiosity even more. Doing what kids do best, she bugs her mother long enough she stops what she is doing finds an old skeleton key and tries the door. It opens to revel a solid red brick wall and all hopes of anything exciting happening in the old house have drizzled away that is until late one night Coraline has a vistor in the form of cute little Grey mice. She chases them though her room and down the stairs and she even watches them as they squeeze underneath the little Red door. she opens the door but this time there is no brick wall but a long tunnel with no end in sight. Her eyes light up as this is where the fun begins.

Film Review: Choke

2009-02-11T23:12:00.004-07:00

Victor Mancini is a med school drop out making minimum wage as "historical interpreter" some where in New England. He has no real friends except for a one Denny(Brad Henke)who works with him. Denny also attends a 12 step program for sex addicts with Victor who is a sex addict in denial. He saves every penny and lives frugally but that's not enough to pay the $3,000 a month price tag for the care of his dear mother in a top clinic. So works part time for himself you could say. He cons rich people by choking at dinner and having them save his life. Its a rewarding experience for both parties. The hero feels needed there for sending monthly checks reliving the day every time they send a card filled with money and Vic earns enough to pay for his mother who buy the way taught him the con in the first place.

The movie is very sexual in nature and I found myself getting a little worked up watching some of the scenes at times but its not to bad falling a few steps of even a good soft porn. Meanwhile long time actor and first time director Clark Gregg does a fine job adapting Chuck Palahniuk novel which I havnt read yet but it is on my list at the libray along with a few others. I hear Palahniuk is a good read.

The Fray

2009-02-11T20:57:00.004-07:00

So much for the Sophomore Jink... Local Band The Fray sold 179,000 units last week and ended up in the number 1 slot on the Billboard 200 with the debut of there second and self-titled album.

Inglourious Basterds trailer

2009-02-11T20:49:00.003-07:00

Brad Pitt stars in director Quentin Tarantino's highly anticipated Nazi thriller, "Inglourious Basterds." Watch!

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