Short takes - sense and nonsense

The prohibition profiteers will be jumping on this one. The National Institute on Drug Abuse in Baltimore, Maryland found that people who smoked cannabis had higher blood flow through their brains than non-users. They found long lasting adverse effects in heavy smokers, which they define as people who smoke up to 50 joints every day with an average of 131 joints a week.

Give me a break. Who the hell smokes like that? Your average responsible consumer doesn't smoke that much in a year. I might also mention the obvious - NIDA depends on keeping marijuana illegal to make their money.

New Mexico legislators see the sense in medical marijuana and propose a bill to allow its use for patients with debilitating illnesses.

A lesson to be learned from the Dutch experiment with pharmaceutical cannabis. Don't make it more expensive than the cafes or no one will buy it.

And yet another law enforcement officer seduced by the profit in black market marijuana.