The fight for the right to use hemp and laugh at one's rulers has been happening constantly for centuries. The desire for a central authority to control and regulate the natural interconnectedness of living creatures stems from the fact that life is naturally awesome. According to the Book of Genesis in the King James Bible - the Judeo-Christian story of the creation of the universe - in the beginning, "the Earth brought forth grass and herb-yielding seed after its kind and the tree-yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself after his kind: and God saw that it was good." [continues 732 words]
Two months ago, the DEA ruled a 12-month emergency ban on synthetic cannabis chemicals being sold legally in convenience stores nationwide under the moniker, "Spice." The emergence of Spice is a direct result of cannabis prohibition; nobody would buy fake weed if they could buy the real thing. Now that Spice has also been banned, another legal drug is popping up to fulfill the demand of drug consumers who are deprived of their natural birthright to the perfectly safe pleasure-chemicals provided by marijuana. [continues 756 words]
Every person has a drug of choice. Someone yesterday argued to me the point that "being drug-free is free," which is good advice to heed if one's demand for pleasure chemicals exceeds his supply of cash. Otherwise, the risk involved with consuming a drug is only a matter of balance. When addiction is understood as a pattern of behavior, and the risks inherent in acquiring pleasure-molecules are placed on a spectrum of relativity, no man or woman is pure or guiltless. If many other people are negatively influenced by my pattern of behavior, then I am abusing my free will as a conscious human being. If my pattern of behavior tends to positively influence other people, then my action is just and needs no correction or remediation. That a drug is legal is no seal of safety. [continues 668 words]
President Barack Obama recently held a YouTube conference in which American citizens could ask questions about the topics they feel are important to the country. Of the top 100 questions, a whopping 99 were either in reference to the failed war on drugs or the legalization of marijuana. Despite the overwhelming emphasis that Americans placed on the destructive consequences of the war on drugs, our president took time out of his busy day to tell us what he's getting his wife for Valentine's Day and who he thinks will win the Super Bowl. [continues 701 words]
Today's column is the last that I write as a student here at the University of Casual Sex & Beer, so I will babble in the form of a Life Thesis. In brief, I will articulate and defend what I call 'The Unalienable Human Right to Direct Access to the Natural Environment.' By virtue of the Law of Reality [that man will do what he can to survive], the Fact of Reality [the right to survive is not granted by state authority on any level], the Fact of History [drug plant species were domesticated by the human species before food crops], the Turn of Time [laws and rules reflect humanity's values at a specific point in time], and the River of Fate [in order to fulfill his potential man must have all freedoms, including liberty to destroy himself in the course of exploratory innovation]. I believe that all great poets, saints, philosophers, doctors, innovators and happy human beings have at one point or other shared some variant of this philosophy. [continues 1012 words]
Opposition to Marajuana Use Proves Unfounded on Economic and Social Grounds Marijuana should never have been illegal. There are many within the toking community who choose to devalue the significance of Prop 19 because marijuana is already accessible to people with a medical recommendation, but I believe these people fail to perceive the larger potential of the cannabis organism. The cannabis plant has more value to humanity than simply making us feel good. Hemp, the male counterpart to the female marijuana flower, is the key to America's industrial prosperity for life in the 21st century. [continues 750 words]
ATTENTION: If you have changed houses since your last time voting, you must re-register today, or else it might be your fault if weed doesn't become legal in two weeks. It's a piece of cake: Google "California election" and use the top Web site to fill out your name, then print it and mail it. If you bring it to the Daily Nexus office before 4:20 p.m., I'll even give you a stamp and mail it for you. [continues 661 words]
Last Thursday, Governor Schwarzenegger decriminalized marijuana. Somewhere in the chronic haze of my mind, I might have expected this to happen: The Terminator saves the kid from robots trying to take away his civil liberties -- or something like that. He was sent with a mission from the future, you know. After Google Earth becomes SkyNet and takes over operational command of the United States military, people are definitely going to want to smoke weed. Now they can without fear of arrest. Thanks, Arnold! I can say I've never been more proud of you in your term as Governor of California. Now on to the other $25 billion in the state budget shortfall... [continues 657 words]
