OTHER DRUGS

The High Shamans of Soma

karlis — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

One sunny day in Lakeport, California I took an enjoyable smoke break along the sparkling shores of Clearlake. I was currently on my way to meet the authors of a book that can only be referred to as a mycological masterpiece. As I savored the last few puffs of a very strong joint of some local outdoor bud, I glanced down at my watch and realized that I had better get going. I did not want to be late to this meeting.

The Ibogaine Alternative

karlis — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800

The Ibogaine plantImagine a drug that could eliminate a scourge that impacts the lives of more than three million Americans and more than a million western Europeans ? drug addiction ? with one pill.

Drug war in Afghanistan

karlis — Thu, 26 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700

AfghanistanWill we ever suck from the hose of an Afghani desert opium hookah?

Will we again see the gooey-black sheen of traditional Afghani hashish, available as it used to be, in Dutch cannabis coffeeshops?

Vancouver hosts Entheogenesis 2

karlis — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Vancouver's second annual Entheogenesis conference (May 21 to 23, 2005) brings together the world's foremost minds in the fields of euphoric substances and religious practice, and will tackle such subjects as ayahuasca and the internet, witches and crack moms, Islam and psychedelics, plant goddesses and myth, Shakespeare and cryptic cannabis composition, phantasticants and fascism, and much more.

Pot belly

karlis — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Pot almost always leads to the munchies, but sometimes it's the other way around. For example, an Ohio businessman delivered pot with pizza from his downtown shop until he was arrested in June. Also, this year's largest bust in El Paso, Texas, came when customs agents pulled over an 18-wheeler attempting to cross the border with 3,500 pounds of marijuana hidden in lettuce and strawberries.

Slaughter of the innocents

karlis — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Brazilian child-killers
On April 17, 2003, four unarmed male teens begged for their lives after being caught in a drug sting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police shot them all in the back of the head, execution style. At their funerals, unrepentant officers harassed and intimidated the family members of their victims, hoping to scare them from pressing charges.

Entheogenesis conference

karlis — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

World-renowned experts in law, medicine, Buddhism, art, psionics and ancient cultures congregated in January 2004 for the first Entheogenesis conference at Vancouver's BC Marijuana Party Bookstore.

Castaneda's Enigma

karlis — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Carlos Castenada: enigmatic sorcererThe film "Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer" opened yesterday in Toronto, New York and Milwaukee. Today it opens in San Francisco and Chicago.

What a Rush!

karlis — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has been revealed a long-time illicit user of powerful prescription drugs.
Limbaugh's daily talk show is syndicated on about 600 stations, and has about 20 million regular listeners. He is estimated to earn $200 million each year.

New law bans drug reform rallies

karlis — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700

A new law has been passed in America which is being used to stifle freedom of speech and shut down events which promote changes to the nation's drug laws.

The fight to reform UN drug laws

karlis — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700

For over 30 years, UN anti-drug conventions ? signed by Canada, the US, Holland and every other western nation ? have been our rulers' favorite excuse for not reforming drug laws, even under extreme public pressure. The three most powerful of these agreements were signed at the UN in 1961, 1971 and 1998.

Holland allows only fresh shrooms

karlis — Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Some examples of Psilocybe SemilanceataIn November 2002, the Dutch Supreme Court upheld convictions in two cases of manufacturing and selling dried psychoactive mushrooms.

Thailand's anti-drug death squads

karlis — Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Thai police officer: ready to kill all druggies.On April 30, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra claimed victory in his three month "all-out campaign against drug trafficking." The campaign included over 17,000 arrests and the deaths of 2,274 people, most killed in "extrajudicial executions."

Spore sales shut-down

karlis — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Psilocybe Semilanceata.About one week before the major bong shop crack-down swept across the US in late February (CC#43, Bong shops under attack!), a smaller raid hit Psylocybe Fanaticus, one of America's oldest and best-known sellers of mail-ord

Herbs that go with the Herb

karlis — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Just one of nature`s many healing herbs.We all know that there is one herb - marijuana - that does it all.
Cannabis can become fuel, fiber, paper, oil, food, cosmetics, medicine, building material, cloth, recreational drug, and sacrament. It is nature's kindest and most useful herb.

H.R. Pufnstuf

karlis — Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Readers who were watching kids' TV during the early 1970's will remember a psychedelically strange show called H.R. Pufnstuf. Like many good things from that era, H.R. Pufnstuf was full of nods to the prevailing stoner counter-culture, and included many sly pot and drug references which most of us likely missed as children.

Jailed generals

karlis — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Two Mexican generals were found guilty in November of protecting drug smugglers and using military airplanes to transport shipments of cocaine and marijuana. They were accused of working for drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who died in 1997 after undergoing plastic surgery.
The pair were tried by a military court and sentenced to 15 and 16 years in prison. They were stripped of their rank and had cars and other goods confiscated.

Drug war pilot

karlis — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Spraying herbicides: death from the air for plants, animals and humans.During a recent visit to Jamaica, I was standing on a hurricane-depleted beach in Negril when a middle-aged American man, who was holding a beer and smoking a cigarette, began a conv

Dirty cops

karlis — Tue, 04 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800

A Memphis police officer was convicted in September of multiple criminal counts relating to the theft of more than $135,000 in drug forfeiture money.?Officer Alandas McGraw was the forfeiture and settlement officer of the Police Department's vice and narcotics unit, and used his position to cut fraudulent settlement checks that were later split among himself and two others.

DEA Chief will help run new spy agency

karlis — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

America moved one giant step closer to becoming a complete police state this week when Congress approved $33 billion funding to authorize a new Cabinet level department called Homeland Security.

Database of doom

karlis — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

US/Canada narks
A series of agreements between the US and Canada, purportedly to stop terrorism, has created cross-border teams with sights on destroying the Canadian cannabis trade.

Latin America rejecting US drug war

karlis — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Peasant women pick coca leaves during the harvest in the Bolivian mountains near Chulumani.The multi-billion dollar US drug war in Latin America is foundering on the shoals of resurgent democracy and indigenous leaders in Peru, Bolivia, C

Another Berlin Wall

karlis — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

I've been contacted by an increasing number of people who asked me to investigate conditions at the US-Canadian border.
Many of my correspondents told me they had been turned away and/or harassed at land and air ports of entry going in either direction. These actions have ruined vacations, business trips, family reunions, weddings, and other important activities, and have cost people much money and heartache.

Media covers Jesus pot connection

karlis — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Chris Bennett with his lovely wife Renee BojeVancouver author and Pot-TV station manager Chris Bennett has received international media coverage for his research into the connections between Jesus and marijuana.

Hemp Vodka in the UK

karlis — Thu, 26 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800

A new alcoholic beverage that contains hemp seeds and vodka has gone on sale in the UK. Cannabis Vodka, produced by a company in the Czech Republic, is now available at a few locations in England, and over the Internet.