Archive for the 'marijuana' Category

Another Reason to Decriminalize Marijuana

Posted by Brendan on March 20th, 2009 filed in crime, drug war, economy, marijuana, medical marijuana

Anyone else keeping up with the “Tainted Justice” series in the Daily News? It’s an ongoing investigation looking into a corrupt cop, his informer, and the havoc that has been wreaked as a result of their collusion. The city has to revisit “scores of drug cases”, and is probably exposed to quite a few [...]

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Loretta Sanchez: Maybe It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana

Posted by Brendan on March 13th, 2009 filed in drug war, economy, marijuana, medical marijuana, politics

gee, ya think?

more at daily Kos on how the drug war has failed, how mexico’s drug war is spilling over into our borders, and much more.
If we legalized marijuana, we would create an entirely new revenue stream, take pressure off our police and free them to go after real criminals like rapists and murderers, and [...]

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Good News Flower Hour!!

Posted by Brendan on March 7th, 2009 filed in animation, comedy, internets and toobz, marijuana, media, snark, youtube

In which a totally baked daisy reviews the news…

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Nebraska Cat Bong

Posted by Brendan on March 3rd, 2009 filed in hmmmm...., just desserts, just gross, marijuana, nincompoopery, pure evil

Back in my stoner days (whaddya mean “back”, skwire, you ain’t kidding anyone!), my buddy Paul and i would sneak behind my parents’ garage to get high, inevitably followed by the family dog Bo, who enjoyed getting a faceful of exhaled dank. No lie: you could see the dog’s eyes light up when Paul dropped [...]

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Phawker: Marijuana Legalization Actually More Popular than the GOP

Pot is more popular than Republicans:
The first poll, conducted last week by Rasmussen Reports, has 40 percent of Americans in support of legalizing the drug and 46 percent opposed. The second, conducted in January by CBS News, has 41 percent in favor of legalization and 52 percent against. And a third poll, conducted by Zogby [...]

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COMMON SENSE FOR PHILLY: DECRIMINALIZE POT, IMPLEMENT CIVIL FINES NOW!

Posted by Brendan on February 19th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, crime, depression, drug war, economy, marijuana, politics

Daniel U-A:
For example, I think it is unfair, inhumane and bizarrely stupid that we have about 1,000 people in jail (at a cost of more than 30k per year per prisoner) who are accused of non-violent offenses, who are deemed not to be safety risks, but who cannot afford the nominal bail that is set [...]

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Another Way To Save Money: REFORM THE DRUG LAWS

Posted by Brendan on February 10th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, calling bullshit, civil rights, drug war, economy, marijuana, politics

Did anybody see yesterday’s news about the drug informer who lied to the cops for years:
For seven years, Martinez has worked as one of the city’s most productive police informants, bringing down more than 200 drug and gun dealers.
But Martinez now says that some of the police jobs were tainted, rooted in lies and motivated [...]

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The Dude Abides.

Posted by Brendan on December 22nd, 2008 filed in BAH, family, life, marijuana, parenting

Monday Sam Day is now inoperative, and it is a tribute to my legendary good nature, infinite patience, and probably that fucking Boy Scout oath that got hammered into my head that I have not thrown any large objects around the room.
Passport laws for children are confusing and contradictory. Generally speaking, a minor child accompanied [...]

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Totally Stoned

Posted by Brendan on September 17th, 2008 filed in abortion, babies, elections, marijuana, politics

When I first saw a photo of Levi Johnston, the boy misfortunate enough to knock up Sarah Palin’s daughter, who says of himself,
“But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s- – – and just f – – -in’ chillin’ [...]

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