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22 Jul 2004 @ 00:54, by Robert Oveson

July 21st, Patience Seed day, I woke up listening to John Walters, the U.S. Drug Control Policy Director, talking about how Vancouver had this big drug problem, that we didn't have the resources to deal with it, and it was time for some American style justice. He didn't like that BC bud was an $8 billion dollar a year industry and that 90% of it landed up in the States. Said the stuff was so powerfull that it should be classified as a new type of drug. The strong implication was that Canada should do something about this.

So the next day, Manifestation Serpent day, we did do something. Prime Minister Paul Martin announced that as soon as parliament started up again he was going to table the bill to decriminilize marijuana. Somehow I have a feeling that wasn't what old John had in mind. hehehehe

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22 Jul 2004 @ 09:18 by spiritseek : great news
but link didn't work for me twice now.
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22 Jul 2004 @ 10:23 by ov : Canada & Marijuana
Thanks Marie. I fixed that link, I usually always check my links before publishing but I obviously forgot this time. No, I wasn't under the influence, in fact I've quit because I don't know how to have just a little bit, in the same way that alcoholics can't be just social drinkers.  


22 Jul 2004 @ 11:06 by spiritseek : recognizing the problem
leads to recovery. I understand this because I'm a non-drinking alcholic.  


22 Jul 2004 @ 11:18 by ov : Canada & Marijuna
From some things I've heard recently on the radio it sounds like one percent of the population are chronics, smoke the stuff every day. I would think that not all of those are potheads, if that be the equivalent to an alcoholic, since they could be merely going through a phase, or taking it for health reasons.

Marie did you find that you had to cut ties with all your addiction buddies once you quit?  



22 Jul 2004 @ 11:37 by spiritseek : yes
I did because the temptation in the beginning is too strong of a pull when your around it and your friends you did it with.  


22 Jul 2004 @ 11:43 by ov : Canada & Marijuana
Yeah the temptation and then I land up getting pissed off at myself because I'm weak and all that. I found the anger started to switch to my friend when I stopped being tempted but I was still upset that they could afford to sit in my house and smoke drugs but they didn't have the money to pay me back the money that I had loaned them.  


22 Jul 2004 @ 12:25 by spiritseek : all to often
our choice of drug use causes us to forget other obligations.  


22 Jul 2004 @ 12:49 by ov : Forget or Ignore
Are chat rooms an addiction that function as a drug?  


23 Jul 2004 @ 19:30 by spiritseek : Depends
how you use anything,if you use it to an extreme of neglecting things or forgetting things or your obligations,over-use,mood swings,and strong sexual appetite and uncontrolable urges, etc. then anything can be an addiction.  


16 Oct 2004 @ 01:45 by ov : Berton's a toker
Pierre Berton's celebrity toking tips

TORONTO - As Rick Mercer's Monday Report returns to CBC-TV next week, audiences of the weekly satire show will be treated to an interesting demonstration: author, journalist and broadcaster Pierre Berton's tips on rolling a joint.

The segment is one of the show's "Celebrity Tip" features, which last season saw actress and activist Shirley Douglas showing the best way to jump-start a car during the winter and Rush's Geddy Lee giving a toboggan lesson.

Berton, 84, advises on "a good rolling surface" and rolling a joint "firm, but not too firm."

He told the Toronto Star that he has been a recreational marijuana user since the 1960s.

"I enjoy the odd joint but I never go overboard," he said. "I smoke about once a month to help me relax."

Berton also said he thinks the current marijuana laws are dysfunctional and outdated.

"If people who are of age want to have a smoke, let them have a smoke, I say."  



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