Educated Stoner By Sharon Letts Take Five Leaves and Pray The summer of 2012 a mammogram found a spider-web-like mass in my right breast. Research showed it to be “Lobular Carcinoma,” a mass, not a tumor. In the weeks leading to the first follow-up mammogram and subsequent ultra-sound, I began ingesting raw leaves. By the time the first biopsy was done the spider web … [Read more...] about Educated Stoner: Take Five Leaves and Pray
Archives for October 2015
Ditched Weeds: A Brief Discussion of Hemp
Ditched Weeds: A Brief Discussion of Hemp Hemp is illegal. Hemp isn’t really weed, but it is illegal. Before you go tackling that 17-year-old Phish fan for their hemp necklace, read on. In the US, cannabis was recognized and regulated as a psychoactive substance as early as the 1860s, but the Marihuana Tax of 1937 is the well-accepted point of the plant’s inauguration into … [Read more...] about Ditched Weeds: A Brief Discussion of Hemp
My Bust: The Humboldt Underground
Counting tips after a show, I think back – gone days – I remember counting stacks of cash in a half- zany-daze. Cleaning grease from my hand, real hard working for the man - I remember peeling resin from fresh harvest hands. What’s it all become; I miss that thousand-watt sun. It’s tough to look back and remember the fun, but what’s it all matter; I can tell no one… I wake … [Read more...] about My Bust: The Humboldt Underground
The Oasis: Austin Leads Texas
After talking to several people in the state of Texas, I’ve found that there is some confusion when it comes to CBD oil, hemp products, and cannabis products. Many of the people I spoke with say that CBD oil is already available and that anyone can access it in Texas. To a degree, they are correct. Cannabidiol, CBD is non-psychoactive, so providing access to those who can … [Read more...] about The Oasis: Austin Leads Texas
The Texas Marijuana Policy Project
The Marijuana Policy Project: Changing Texas Cannabis Laws The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has set up base camp in Austin, Texas. It’s no surprise that Austin was the top choice for this amazing group’s operations in Texas. Austin is like a state within a state according to those who live there. Statewide, possession of less than 2 oz is a misdemeanor punishable by up to … [Read more...] about The Texas Marijuana Policy Project