Monthly Archives: August 2014

Three men in court for the illegal possession of dagga. How do you then become l…

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Three men in court for the illegal possession of dagga. How do you then become legally in possession of dagga? Will a doctors note from my sangoma suffice?

OUDTSHOORN NUUS – Drie verdagtes het Maandag in die Oudtshoorn-landdroshof vir die onwettige besit van dagga verskyn.

Die polisie het Donderdagoggend die drie mans wat onderskeidelik 23, 35 en 38 oud is, tydens ‘n roetine-ondersoek ongeveer 10 km op die De Rust-pad buite Oudtshoorn gevang.

Volgens kapt. Louis Visser, woordvoerder van die Oudtshoorn-polisie, het hulle op 290 kg dagga beslag gelê.

Hy sê die Nissan-bakkie het verdag voorgekom en die polisie het die voertuig afgetrek en deursoek.

“Dit blyk dat die dagga vir die Kaap bestem was. Die drie mans is van Belhar en was op pad terug van die Oos-Kaap af Kaapstad toe,” het hy in ‘n verklaring gesê.

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Retweeted TransformDrugPolicy (@TransformDrugs): BBC: Security allow 'legal hig…

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Retweeted TransformDrugPolicy (@TransformDrugs):

BBC: Security allow ‘legal high’ laughing gas at festival
Festival security allow laughing gas
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Widespread consumption of laughing gas at one of the UK’s top dance festivals is exposed by a BBC investigation – as security turn a blind eye. …read more    

Dagga as a treatment for cancer? The anti cannabis lobby poo poo the idea and ar…

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Dagga as a treatment for cancer? The anti cannabis lobby poo poo the idea and are quick to point out “more studies need to be done”. That may well be true, but we cannot ignore the anecdotal evidence that we receive in our inbox every week…

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The Dagga Couple

Dagga as a treatment for cancer? The anti cannabis lobby poo poo the idea and are quick to point out “more studies need to be done”. That may well be true, but we cannot ignore the anecdotal evidence that we receive in our inbox every week………..”Hi the dagga couple, I’d like to share my quick exciting news that I received today, my mom was diagnosed for the second time with cancer but this time terminal and a whole bunch of tumors in her upper region of her body, including bones, muscles, all over really. She stopped chemo after the first round and then found research on hemp oil 2 months ago and decided to try this out. Today she went for her first test since she started using hemp oil and she only has one tumor left! It’s a miracle and the doctors are speechless! The doctors gave her a year to live, because she refused chemo and now they don’t know what to say. Hemp oil, dagga, weed how ever people want to call it, is natures ninja in fighting not only cancer but a whole lot of illnesses! I honestly hope that spreading a story like this will promote the legalization of weed for its natural benefits”.#youdecide …read more    

Yet another of hemp's abundance of applications: these awesome Hemporium-sponsor…

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Yet another of hemp’s abundance of applications: these awesome Hemporium-sponsored aprons made as a fundraiser by students at Design Academy of Fashion.

Why not use durable, beautiful, eco-friendly hemp fabric for YOUR next project?
http://www.hemporium.co.za/c19/Hemp-Fabric.aspx

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Design Academy of Fashion

The students are testing out their creative ideas for the fundraiser aprons with mock ups, which will soon be made out of Hemp canvas, sponsored by Hemporium. …read more    

Are you a cannabis activist? What is a cannabis activist? How are your debating…

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Are you a cannabis activist? What is a cannabis activist? How are your debating skills? Have you got a plan? Have you got any good ideas to get the message across?
This 2012 article from @The Cannabis Geek is still one of the best posts we can find on the subject and refer to it all the time.
Cannabis activism means more than just hanging out on a pro dagga FB page…………….

How To Spark A Cannabis Revolution
TheCannabisGeek.com
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results” We stand amidst great shifts in public opinion and support when it comes to legalising the sale and possession of cannabis, yet we face an impasse […] …read more    

Two Irishmen looking through a mail order catalogue. Paddy says "Look at these g…

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Two Irishmen looking through a mail order catalogue.
Paddy says “Look at these gorgeous women! The prices are reasonable too.”
Mick agrees “I’m ordering one right now”
Three weeks later Paddy says to Mick “Has your woman turned up yet?”
“No” said Mick “but it shouldn’t be long now though. Her clothes arrived yesterday!” …read more    

Uruguay is forging ahead with it's unique legalisation plans. Although sale in p…

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Uruguay is forging ahead with it’s unique legalisation plans. Although sale in pharmacies (for US$1/gram) has been postponed until next year, it is now legal for Uruguayans to grow dagga in their own homes as long as they are registered with the State.
Such a move will undoubtedly reduce the black market, relieve people of the stress of street scoring and the cops can get on with more pressing problems. Win Win.
And South Africa? Hmmmmmm………

Uruguayans can now sign up to grow pot at home
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People in Uruguay who want to grow their own marijuana at home are now able to register to do so as the government launches the latest phase in its first-of-its-kind legalisation programme. …read more    

Our detractors call it amotivational syndrome – we call it couch lock. The perce…

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Our detractors call it amotivational syndrome – we call it couch lock. The perception that stoners are ambition-less, lazy losers. We strongly disagree. The DC use dagga every day – imagine trying to change the SA cannabis laws while parking off on the couch.
Dagga can do a excellent job of making lazy people lazier and those people are the stereotypes that put us all in a negative light with the anti cannabis lobby.
Do YOU get motivated on weed?
PS., Don’t get us wrong….We LOVE the couch, but there’s a time and a place for everything.

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Check / like.. Rick Simpson There is a cure for Cancer, but it is not FDA app…

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Check / like..
ALS Ice bucket challenge – Phoenix tears

Thanks to Bill Scott I had to (or felt obligated to) participate in the ALS ice bucket challenge so i did it my own way. I am really not big on huge marketing to “raise awareness” and money for cures that don’t seem to be happening. Like when everything turns pink for breast cancer awareness. It is a great idea, but it’s almost like a scam. The ice bucket challenge has raised 15 million dollars so far, it’s definetly working, but for who? So i put a twist into these videos and added some information on what i believe is a cure all. I wonder how many people get pissed off lol. I nominated nobody. Run from the cureAt the time this video was made they had raises $15 million. It is now over $60 million (8/24/14) http://phoenixtears.ca/ Rick Simpsonhttp://www.betterthansafe.com/ visit our website and read our article on the cure.http://www.betterthansafe.com/the-cure-for-cancer-and-why-the-government-is-keeping-it-from-you/And if you do still want to donate to ALS here is their linkhttp://www.alsa.org/donate/but here is your proof that cannabis does somethinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4RbP1t4iB4https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8tqpA5Xor8w …read more    

Say no to domestic violence and rather share a spliff.

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Say no to domestic violence and rather share a spliff.

Married couples who smoke cannabis together are less likely to engage in domestic violence
www.independent.co.uk
Married couples who frequently smoke cannabis together are less likely to engage in domestic violence than those who consume the drug less regularly, a new study has found. …read more    

Scientists prove nobody cares that cannabis cures cancer

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Scientists prove nobody cares that cannabis cures cancer

Scientists prove nobody cares that cannabis cures cancer | Mooseclean’s
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After hundreds of independent studies, scientists at the University of Toronto have finally concluded that nobody cares that cannabis cures cancer. The research, led by biologist Dr. Gianni Lucifero, showed that most people, when confronted with scientific evidence in the form of peer-reviewed resea… …read more    

We were interviewed by News24 earlier this week about Cannabis legalisation in S…

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We were interviewed by News24 earlier this week about Cannabis legalisation in South Africa. Watch the interview here:
News24 Interviews BTL About Dagga Legalisation
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News24 Live’s Jerusha Sukhdeo-Raath hosted Below The Lion for a brief discussion about medicinal and recreational cannabis legalisation in South Africa. …read more    

We all know how hardy the dagga bush can be – but one thing's for sure, you'll g…

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We all know how hardy the dagga bush can be – but one thing’s for sure, you’ll get nowhere without water. It’s an issue. A 3m Sativa guzzles water and a climate with winter rainfall makes for a dry summer of constant irrigation.
This article caught our eye. There is a drought in Northern California right now and the famed growing areas are struggling to keep their harvests from perishing…..
#foodforthought

Can Cannabis Solve the Omnivore’s Dilemma During Drought?
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While production has swelled, both in plant count and size, the sheer magnitude of the cannabis harvest appears poised to worsen what was already a potentially existential threat: California’s record-breaking drought. …read more    

Dear Mr Acton We have received your correspondence. Please note that the deregi…

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Dear Mr Acton

We have received your correspondence. Please note that the deregistration of the Dagga Party refers to the local registration in the Western Cape of the Old Dagga Party. The deregistration in no way affects your current registration of the Iqela Lentsango Party with abbreviation Dagga Party, registered in March 2014. You will only be required to renew your current registration for Iqela Lentsango Party before the end of January 2015.

I trust the above is in order. Kind regards,

Kgopedi Willy Molefe
Electoral Commission of SA: Electoral Matters
Tel: (012) 622 5200
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Our endocannabinoid systems reacts extremely well to the various cannabinoids in…

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Our endocannabinoid systems reacts extremely well to the various cannabinoids in the cannabis plant. Endocannabinoids are cannabinoids generated by our bodies. One such endocannabinoid is ANANDAMIDE – from the Sanskrit for ‘bliss’………

Endo-Cannabinoid Profile: A Crash Course in Anandamide
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In this issue of Endocannabinoid Profiles, the properties of anandamide are broken down and the therapeutic benefits are explored. Get to know this endocannabinoid and discover what studies are currently being done to determine its wide variety of medicinal benefits. …read more    

One Seattle Cop Wrote 80 Percent of Pot Citations.

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One Seattle Cop Wrote 80 Percent of Pot Citations.

One Seattle Cop Wrote 80 Percent of Pot Citations
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A veteran cop with the Seattle Police Department was forced to take a desk job earlier this week, after an internal review found the officer responsible for writing nearly 80 percent of the city’s citations for public marijuana consumption. …read more    

McGuyver'd it. Try to have a non toxic mind set when it comes to making bongs an…

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McGuyver’d it. Try to have a non toxic mind set when it comes to making bongs and doing bong repairs. “Presstick” is out.

Superglue was applied at the knot end to make sure it doesnt go anywhere if accidently lit it on fire.

If you aren’t into Mcguyvering yo7 could always by a new grommet and smoking stem set from Puff.co.za or a whole new bong.

Apparently bongs are for stoner as shoes are for men, you have a couple of pair some just gathering dust in the closet. Lol

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23 US states where medical dagga has been legalised, deaths from opioid overdose…

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23 US states where medical dagga has been legalised, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by almost 25%, according to a new analysis and th researchers proclaim to not know exactly why it is the case. Obviously.

Dagga lowers deaths due to painkillers
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Researchers aren’t sure why, but in the 23 US states where medical marijuana has been legalised, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by almost 25%. …read more    

Bong hits 4 Jesus {2007} • High Court considers students' First Amendment right…

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Bong hits 4 Jesus {2007}

• High Court considers students’ First Amendment rights
• Case involves student’s “Bong hits 4 Jesus” banner at event
• School argues principal had right to punish student for drug message
• Student, now 24, said he was not promoting drugs

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” banner case — a split decision that limits students’ free speech rights.

Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewalk outside his Juneau, Alaska, high school in 2002.

Principal Deborah Morse confiscated it and suspended Frederick. He sued, taking his case all the way to the nation’s highest court.

The justices ruled that Frederick’s free speech rights were not violated by his suspension over what the majority’s written opinion called a “sophomoric” banner. (Watch the banner unfurl and launch a legal battle Video)

“It was reasonable for (the principal) to conclude that the banner promoted illegal drug use– and that failing to act would send a powerful message to the students in her charge,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court’s 6-3 majority. Breyer noted separately he would give Morse qualified immunity from the lawsuit, but did not sign onto the majority’s broader free speech limits on students. (Opinionexternal link)

Roberts added that while the court has limited student free speech rights in the past, young people do not give up all their First Amendment rights when they enter a school.

Roberts was supported by Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, and Samuel Alito. Breyer noted separately he would give Morse qualified immunity from the lawsuit, but did not sign onto the majority’s broader free speech limits on students.

In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said, “This case began with a silly nonsensical banner, (and) ends with the court inventing out of whole cloth a special First Amendment rule permitting the censorship of any student speech that mentions drugs, so long as someone could perceive that speech to contain a latent pro-drug message.”

He was backed by Justices David Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

At issue was the discretion schools should be allowed to limit messages that appear to advocate illegal drug use. “Bong,” as noted in the appeal filed with the justices, “is a slang term for drug paraphernalia.”

The incident occurred in January 2002 just outside school grounds when the Olympic torch relay was moving through the Alaska capital on its way to the Salt Lake City, Utah, Winter Games.

Though he was standing on a public sidewalk, the school argued Frederick was part of a school-sanctioned event, because students were let out of classes and accompanied by their teachers.

Morse ordered the senior to take down the sign, but he refused. That led to a 10-day suspension for violating a school policy on promoting illegal drug use.

Frederick filed suit, saying his First Amendment rights were infringed. A federal appeals court in San Francisco agreed, concluding the school could not show Frederick had disrupted the school’s educational mission by showing a banner off campus.

Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr argued for the principal that a school “must be able to fashion its educational mission” without undue hindsight from the courts.

Morse, who attended arguments in March, told CNN at the time: “I was empowered to enforce the school board’s written policies at that time aimed at keeping illegal substances out of the school environment.”

As for Frederick, he is halfway across the globe, teaching English to students in China.

Now 24, he told reporters in March that he displayed the banner in a deliberate attempt to provoke a response from principal Morse, by whom he had been disciplined previously. But Frederick claimed his message of free speech is very important to him, even if the wording of the infamous banner itself was not.

“I find it absurdly funny,” he said. “I was not promoting drugs. … I assumed most people would take it as a joke.”

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Are you traveling the world and want to know where your nearest doob friendly ba…

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Are you traveling the world and want to know where your nearest doob friendly bar or restaurant is? Look no further. Budpubs has a worldwide locator.
Don’t worry – we’re working on a South African entry!……..
#justimagine

BudPubs – Smoking Weed Socially
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Directory for smoking weed socially and responsibly. Rate and review weed clubs, coffee shops, vape bars, marijuana events and more world wide. …read more    

It's July 1938 and reefer madness is alive and well. Marijuana is an evil drug t…

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It’s July 1938 and reefer madness is alive and well. Marijuana is an evil drug that proliferates among (black) swing and jazz band musicians.
“It never helped a good musician, and it never, never made a good instrumentalist out of a poor one”.
How many Radio 702 solid gold Sunday tunes were written and performed after a blunt or two? Most of the world’s most popular chunes wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for ganja…..
What are your thoughts all you band members and musicians out there?

“EXPOSING THE MARIJUANA DRUG EVIL IN SWING BANDS!” By Jack Hanley Astounding facts about the…
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YOU’VE read about marijuana, of course. Newspapers recently have been, full of stories about reefer-crazed young men and women jumping from windows, killing policemen, robbing, assaulting and running amuck, while under the influence of the weed. And many stories about marijuana say that among those… …read more    

More and more Americans are choosing medical cannabis over addictive opiate base…

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More and more Americans are choosing medical cannabis over addictive opiate based pain medication. In States where MMJ is legal, painkiller overdoses appear to be dropping……..

Medical marijuana laws may reduce painkiller overdoses
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States that have legalized marijuana for managing chronic pain may be helping stop an epidemic: prescription painkiller overdoses. …read more    

It's always irritating to listen to our incumbent Government spin their way out…

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It’s always irritating to listen to our incumbent Government spin their way out of tight and embarrassing situations. They are doing it again….apparently Zol is Dagga but isn’t when it’s smoked by the President…….#yeahright

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