Cannabis Chronicles

Although the article is about 6 years old, the following piece that was originally featured in Reason Magazine, it gives our readers a little more background on NIDA - the National Institute on Drug Abuse from the US . . .
Hungry for the Next Fix
Behind the relentless, misguided search for a medical cure for addiction.
Stanton [...]

We’d prefer not to be perceived as “attacking” our new science “friend”, or his “study” using 12 individuals to try and prove the so called “addictive” effects of Cannabis. He personally seems well intentioned enough, even if we do consider him hopelessly naive when it comes to the harsh reality of being used as [...]

If a certain researcher out there wonders why we are rather aggressive in our distrust of scientific attempts to prove that pot smoking is addictive, here’s an example of what’s passed for previous attempts at “science” by the National Institute on Drug Abuse . . .
Reefer monkey madness
Researchers persuade simians to get themselves stoned — [...]

In working to give our readers the most balanced view of the current “debate” on cannabis and addiction, we thought we’d add another brief “reference” - an entry from a blogspot blog called Addiction Inbox : The Science of Substance Abuse - by Dirk Hanson, self described as “Articles and health studies about addiction and [...]

Our lives have been rather filled and busy of late, so we’ve not done as much original writing for the Cannabis Chronicles as we may have wished or hoped originally. Fortunately, there’s still time for reading, which requires less effort than writing, and which also can be done while soaking in a hot bathtub [...]

Would you believe that the author of a critically flawed study on Cannabis “addiction” came to the Cannabis Chronicles to comment on our criticism?
Here’s the full exchange - culled from the comments section and brought right out to the main pages of our humble blog, lest they be missed by our readers.
Here’s the exchange . [...]

The standards of “medical research” in the modern age may very well have sunk to a new low, thanks to the drug war.
Looking at the methodology of the following study, we noticed it is based on the “self-reporting” of a group of only 12 individuals.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine
Released: Thu 24-Jan-2008, 12:20 ET
Marijuana Withdrawal as [...]

Plan Colombia
Noam Chomsky
Excerpted from Rogue States, 2000
In 1999, Colombia became the leading recipient of US military and police assistance, replacing Turkey (Israel and Egypt are in a separate category). Colombia receives more US military aid than the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean combined. The total for 1999 reached about $300 million, along with [...]

Sep 10, 2001 - The stunning wife of Brad Pitt confessed to enjoying marijuana joints sporadically, but is keen to point out she is not an addict. She says, “I enjoy it once in a while. There is nothing wrong with that. Everything in moderation. I wouldn’t call myself a pot-head. It’s not cocaine or [...]

As we weave our way through Cannabis History, it’s important to touch on 1967, and what was commonly referred to as the “Summer of Love”.  That was 40 years ago now, and to younger generations it may seem like ancient history.  But, to some of us, at the very least those times forever altered our [...]

A good percentage of the Cannabis Community has heard of Harry Anslinger, the individual most responsible for plant prohibition as we know it today. A good number less have likely heard of James Clyde Munch, but he deserves much of the same blame that’s often laid on Anslinger’s plate.
Here’s a bit from the April [...]

Here’s another piece criticizing the move here in Canada towards an American style drug war, this time from Nelson Daily News. That paper doesn’t have an active website, but the article was reproduced online by the Media Awareness Project . . .
IT’S A MOVE TOWARD THE AMERICAN DRUG WAR STYLE
Proposed Legislation: Federal Legislation [...]

In a story originally reported by the Willits News, it’s told that Mexican and South American drug cartels are active and present, even in the heart of California’s so called “Emerald Triangle”, a trend that’s another symptom of the ultimate failure of U.S. drug war policies.
Here’s the original piece . . .
The changing [...]

Here’s a recent piece from the Globe and Mail which profiles pot personality Marc Emery . . .
Prince of pot or dope of Vansterdam?
SARAH HAMPSON
From Monday’s Globe and Mail - October 22, 2007
‘It’s not love of the spotlight,” snaps Marc Emery. “It’s because I’m competent in the spotlight.”The Prince of Pot is dressed in [...]