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On Tuesday, Steve Epstein testified on behalf of marijuana legalization, decriminalization, and medical marijuana all after a huge bog hit before Massachusetts judiciary committee. During his testimony he gave a detailed view into the history of marijuana reform in MA, which is very similar to that of many other states in the US. He also provided the committee with personal stories of pro marijuana supporters, one being that of an elderly grandmother who uses medical marijuana to deal with a degenerative disease. The video is filled with knowledge so watch it and learn something folks. Tokes for Steve because I’ve testifies in front of a judiciary committee and lets just say most of them suck balls and are extrememly ignorant it wasn’t the most exciting thing ever.

No, this isn’t another 16year old pregnant hillbilly girl on Maury Povich staking her claim to her crab baby vessel. This my friends is a video that comes to us from youtube user hosserlegalize420 who created this video that features some very thought provoking and at times, a bit radical statements. Though some statements made are questionable, specifically cannabis curing cancer: yes I know that some studies have been done where tumors where destroyed by cannabinoids, but there isn’t enough research to make such a claim. Overrall most of her thoughts are what we need to be hearing more of because if no one is making it, noise cannot be heard.(minus the comment about “our black president”, it’s a little suspect) Check the video and pass it to a friend.

Finally, a pro-marijuana group other than Norml has embraced TV advertising by releasing a commercial urging California residents to consider taxing and regulating the sale of cannabis. The commericail which was sponsored & created by the Marijuana Policy Project and in the 30 second advert a crazy eyed nice middle aged lady reminds viewers that CA is deep in debt and the millions of marijuana consumers are willing to pay taxes on a substance that is less harmful than alcohol. The commercial is also already being met with opposition and some TV stations in California won’t run the advertisement. I’m definately blowing smoke all around for this commercial and its’ step in the right direction.

Don’t re-adjust your eyes people, (it’s possible, ask Gary Busey) California is right before our eyes, transforming into more of an Amsterdam-like place, where marijuana can be bought online by everyone those in the state with medical marijuana prescriptions. Artists Collective, a non-profit medical marijuana delivery service is now advertising their amazing weed products to customers via twitter. They carry all of the things any conventional medical marijuana dispensary would have (edibles, cannabis, pre-rolled blunts and joints) and they fucking deliver. Someone please explain why I don’t live in California right now???…..If I could really not have to play telephone super tag to obtain some herbal refreshment life would be a bit simpler….think pre-”pilled out” Paula Abdul simple…yes like 90’s Clinton administration simple. Ok, back to the greatness that is delivery of weed directly to your front door. I almost forgot one of the best parts though…..there’s no delivery charge! The service, which can either be contacted by telephone or through their web site, does free deliveries, but still charges for the drugs. They even have an incentive program for members of the collective, offering free grams of marijuana and samples. Since President Obama vowed to eliminate DEA raids on medical marijuana distributors, I don’t see Artists Collective having a problem with their creative venture. Good luck and keep tokin fuckers.

Now that President Obama has lifted restrictions on stem cell research, the US govt. is currently creating a master list of which embryonic stem cells qualify for taxpayer funded research.

The National Institute of health is still holding steady that it will only use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that would otherwise be thrown away.They are not considering cells that were created specifically for research, because they are hiding behind an ignorant excuse maintaining their position of having rigorous ethical standards. Federal Law still prohibits using taxpayer money to create or destroy an embryo. The huge issue that our govt. is trying to deal with is how do we work with cells that were initially created using private money solely for research?

Our new rules take effect today, but the guidelines are much different from those held in the past. From now on, newly made stem cells must come with a receipt documentation stating that the woman who donated the embryo has given full consent. Such documentation is not included with donated stem cells that have essentially been sitting and waiting for the whole time that a dip-shit named George W. was in office.

It’s really about time that our country embraces this technology. I feel like weve possily missed numerous chances to make new strides in medicine for and treatment of degenerative diseases due to our lack of funding and support from our governement. A bunch of tokes go out to President Obama for making a socially conscious and much needed decision.

June 19th was the 144 year anniversary if the abolishment of slavery. And just 5 days ago the US senate has decided to make a formal apology. In what was a unanimous vote in the senate, it will surely pass in the house  and after that Democrat Tom Harkins says there will be a “formal celebration” sometime next month.

While I commend the Us government for taking a step in the right direction, i’m not sure its the correct first step. Slavery in America’s past has contributed to many african american’s warped self-image,cruel sterotypes, and has presented numerous other obstacles for the average african american citizen. Slavery has also I believe given african americans a dose of reality and hopefully many people can realize that racism is still very alive in the US with events like this still taking place its a surprise an apology has even been given. I really think that to begin to heal the wounds of those affected they must seek therapy and work through their left over pain and an apology just wont do it.

Ok so over the last couple of years we have been lied to blessed with these anti-weed “Above the Influence” commercials where they usually state how if you smoke pot you will do stupid, reckless, and deadly things. When I watch a commercial I usually just smirk and change the channel but this latest commercial I saw made me fall on the floor with laughter. The commercial ablove titled “Shoulders” explains that if you smoke weed you’re close to the devil, stupid, a hillbilly, and will make your parents cry. They also say smoking weed will ruin your future, not get you into a good school, and you won’t have any friends. Oh I forgot Michael Phelps,Seth Rogen, Lil Wayne, Barack Obama, Barbra Streisand, & Willie Nelson never smoked weed…… wait they did and “inhaled” and turned out to be great leaders in their respective fields one being our nation’s leader. Herb enthusiasts have been used to this kind of propaganda for years but this one combines a little from every other commercial before it. What the creators of this commercial don’t know is that people now are smarter than the people of the past and we have access to the internet where we can seek and find the truth. Thanks for the humor Above the Influence members but we’re onto your agenda. Have a toke and learn something useful.

All this week on Anderson Cooper 360 he’ll be covering many aspects of marijuana, both medicinal and recreational, in a series of special segments titled “America’s High: The Case for and Against Pot.” In one of the segments Anderson will interview different people involved in the the medical marijuana world such as the owner of “The Farmacy”, which is one of the most well known dispensaries in Southern California, offering medicinal marijuana and and edibles for patients. In part of Mondays’ segment for the series, Anderson spoke with recording artist Melissa Etheridge about her battle with cancer and how medicinal marijuana helped her get through the debilitating side effects of her chemo, without having to resort to chemical laden pain prescriptions that are highly addictive and themselves carry a great deal of side effects.

I’m pretty fuckin pumped that people are finally beginning to give our cause some mainstream attention because every bit of awareness and truth that we can spread counts. Though im not in the slightest a fan of Ellen Degeneres Melissa Etheridge’s music I can completely respect her courage and effort that it takes to be a public and vocal supporter of marijuana. I’d like to send a big toke and exhale to Etheridge and her baby mama…yaw yaw

Still in it’s very early stages, Pres. Obama has announced that he’s creating an ocean protection plan that will comprehensively provide national policy for protecting our priceless seas, coastal , areas and our great lakes.

Its about time that someone besides Al Gore cares about our earth cause he has a bit too many chins for me, it was beginning to get hard to look at him…and they’re all cascading chins…none are right on top of the next one….ok ok  i’ll stop talking about Al Gore, I like the things he does and has done for our country, but he still looks funny…

With all the things currently on his plate I think its refreshing to know that Obama is up for the challenge of helping our ever deteriorating environment. He has issued a presidential memorandum calling for the formation of a strategy to protect the ocean and the creation of a task force that will be given 90 days to propose policy that will inevitably maintain our oceanic ecosystems  and a structural framework for coordinated implementation of the system. I don’t know how to swim myself persea, well i can do a doggy paddle that could probably rival that of michael phelps’ , but only because its the only thing I know how to do when in a body of water apart from urinate..j/k i dont piss in public bodies of water, only close friends pools. glad hes saving the oceans and great lakes though…now for our econonmy and every rising defecit???