Pot Talk. Sex Talk. Readers Respond. I loved your advice to PROP. I am a 25-year-old woman with a healthy sex life, thanks to pot. I have a hard time relaxing and being comfortable with my naked body (although I'm attractive), but smoking weed alleviates my anxiety so I can get down. I don't smoke every time I have sex, but it's usually better when I do (for example, I come every time when I smoke, and usually do not come when I don't). If someone thinks this could cause me harm, I'd like him or her to consider the harm that living life without sexual gratification can do. [continues 1447 words]
Why I Took Illegal Drugs And A Gun Down to City Hall On A Lovely Summer Day Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed a host of new regulations for clubs in Seattle. The proposed ordinance would establish the nightclub advisory board--or NAB--and institute regulations that are as onerous as they are impractical. According to stunned club owners, the mayor's proposals would lead to the closure of every nightclub in Seattle ["Unhappy Customers," Erica C. Barnett, Aug 24]. One provision in Nickels's draft ordinance really caught my eye. In the Nightclub Operating Standards section, listed under Security Standards, you can find this gem: "Nightclubs shall prevent patrons from entering a nightclub premises with any illegal drugs." [continues 1356 words]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Owes "Drug-Dealing Dad" A Retraction--and An Apology On Tuesday, May 7, 17-year-old Trevor Palmer called 911 and turned in his father, Aaron Palmer, for growing marijuana in his Covington home. That night, King County deputies arrested Trevor's father and, according to the charges filed against Palmer, King County Deputy Kasprzyk and his drug-sniffing dog "Thunder" found 14 pot plants growing in Palmer's house. On Wednesday, May 8, King County Sheriff's Media Relations Officer Sgt. Greg Dymerski issued a press release praising Trevor. Sergeant Dymerski's press release had its intended effect: The mainstream media had a field day ["Dope," Dan Savage, May 16]. "Teen blows whistle on father's drug dealing," read the May 9 Seattle Post-Intelligencer headline. "A teen weary of his father's drug dealing out of their Covington house called [the police], who arrested the man late Tuesday," wrote P-I reporter Hector Castro. "Once deputies searched [the house], police found between 30 and 40 marijuana plants." [continues 612 words]
After a teenager in Covington, Washington, turned his father in for growing marijuana, local TV news reporters and daily newspapers fell all over themselves calling him a hero. Was I the only pot-smoking parent who was horrified? KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Karen O'Leary does sanctimonious piety better than anyone else in local television news--and that's saying something. As a group, TV news reporters excel at sanctimonious piety, especially when a story involves drugs. Last week O'Leary, a.k.a. Our Lady of the Pursed Lips, reported on "a drug bust turned into a family affair." Aaron Palmer of Covington, Washington, was turned in to the police by his 17-year-old son for growing pot in his garage. [continues 4186 words]
