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  • Illinois could be next state to legalize medical marijuana

    02/25/2006 2:08:33 PM PST · by Know your rights · 57 replies · 619+ views
    Daily Egyptian (IL) ^ | February 23, 2006 | Jordan Wilson
    To Bruce Mirken, denying people in need of marijuana is absurd -if they need it for medical reasons, he believes they should have it. Mirken, the director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, may see this vision become a reality if the Illinois medical marijuana bill is passed through the General Assembly. The bill, which was passed by the Senate's Health and Human Services Committee by a 6-4 vote last week, would legalize the use of medical marijuana. "It's simply crazy that we threaten patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis or AIDS with arrest or jail for something that may...
  • Looking for article on that weird drug made from african root that recovers adicts in 24 hours

    05/08/2005 9:42:04 PM PDT · by Walkingfeather · 31 replies · 1,072+ views
    5/8/05 | walkingfeather
    I remember reading several months ago about some drug they developed from a tree or plant in africa. When people take it they go through this introspective journey and meet with some sort of spiritual being that sets them straight...? No I dont buy it but a "friend" wanted to read it. Thanks
  • Cream reunion Royal Albert Hall, London

    05/03/2005 7:34:34 AM PDT · by Valin · 147 replies · 4,075+ views
    The Guardian ^ | 5/3/05 | Alexis Petridis
    The first live show for 36 years by Eric Clapton's blues/rock "power trio" may have attracted the attentions of the media, but it has had difficulty snaring anyone under 40; young people are conspicuous by their absence from the bars and foyers of the Royal Albert Hall. The atmosphere is less like a rock concert than a corporate hospitality tent at Wimbledon. Paunchy men in sports jackets clink ice in gin and tonics, and mumsy ladies fan themselves with pricey souvenir programmes. Presumably some of them were here the last time Cream played the Royal Albert Hall, squinting at the...