Who Needs Pot? Human Brains Make Marijuana-like Opiate Protien

Who needs pot? Not you, anymore, if research by a team of US and Brazilian scientists turns out to be on track.  The multinational team of researchers has determined that human brains can make their own marijuana like opiate protein that mimics the effects of the THC in...

Switzerland Legalizes Heroin, But Still Outlaws 'Mary Jane'

In the country of Switzerland, it has been agreed that heroin will be legalized.  Instead of legalized marijuana, there will be legalized heroin.  On an ironic note and tone, marijuana is still outlawed in Switzerland.This could possibly spark much outcry amongst...

Aftershocks demolish large number of China homes

Even after two weeks of massive earthquake, China is still reeling under the impact of earthquake and now state media has reported that  two further aftershocks have destroyed more than 420,000...

Dutch Cops Banned from Smoking Weed

It's worth keeping in mind that marijuana is decriminalized (and not prosecuted) in the Netherlands: the equivalent would be banning NYPD officers from an off-duty beer. Fuhgeddaboudit." Police in Amsterdam are...

Marijuana 4 Sale

Recently I wrote a story about how I was surprised to find out that people were selling sex on Craigslis.org.  I was completely shocked to see people openly selling there “services” there and they seemed...

French Cops Not 420-Friendly

"Police in France said they had thwarted an attempt by a group of marijuana smokers to roll the world's longest joint by seizing a work-in-progress measuring 80 centimetres (32 inches) in length. "At some point, these young people had wanted to craft a joint of 1.12 metres to...

Love Da Herb People: 4/20 is happening everywhere!

Happy 4/20 everybody.  Someone was bound to say it.  And if you don't know about 4/20 you better ask somebody.  There will be rally's going on all over so if anyone has photographs or runs across...

Oral Cannabis Induces Psychosis at Low Levels (Reuters)

Reuters - Even in clinical situations where cannabis is administered orally at low doses, psychotic reactions can occur, Swiss researchers report the current issue of BMC Psychiatry.

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