Posts tagged: marijuana

Assisi Jagger is a chip off her grandfather’s block as she struts her stuff on the dancefloor

With her genes, it’s clear to see where this young lady gets her dancing feet from. Assisi Jagger made her grandfather Mick proud last night as she danced the night away with a friend, showing off moves that she has obviously inherited from her famous relative. The 17-year-old looked like she was having a whale of a time as she grabbed her friend’s hand and got lost in the music. Assisi was at the after party for the gala screening o ... Jump to full article >>

The most dangerous drug isn’t meow meow. It isn’t even alcohol . . .

I’m a lightweight; always have been. I didn’t get properly drunk until I was 25, on a night out which culminated in a spectacular public vomiting in a Chinese restaurant. Ever wondered what the clatter of 60 pairs of chopsticks being simultaneously dropped in disgust might sound like? Don’t ask me. I can’t remember. I was too busy bitterly coughing what remained of my guts all over the carpet. Not a big drinker, then. Lik ... Jump to full article >>

Robbie Williams: marijuana is lovely drug

The singer, 36, who had a long battle with drink, drugs and depression, told the Radio Times that it was ”a shame” that the drug ”doesn’t mix well with me”. Referring to the tendency to binge-eat after smoking marijuana, Williams, whose song Morning Sun is this year’s official charity track for Sport Relief, said: ”Did you see me last year? Have a look at last year. Yep. Year of the Munchie 2009. ” ... Jump to full article >>

Jury deliberating in police brutality case

A prosecutor said Thursday that New York jurors should focus on the abuse suffered by an alleged victim of police brutality. The New York Times said ahead of jury deliberations in a New York criminal case, prosecutor Charles Guria attempted to show how easily a police officer could have sodomized Michael Mineo in a 2008 incident at a New York subway station. “It doesn’t take very long,” Guria said while repeatedly gesturing wit ... Jump to full article >>

Some want legal pot to protect kids

Pollsters in California say some suburban women support legalizing marijuana because they believe their adult children will be safer. Backers of the Tax and Regulate Initiative plan to submit their petitions to the secretary of state this month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. They say they have more than 630,000 signatures, far more than the number needed to get the initiative on the ballot. The measure would allow local governments to ta ... Jump to full article >>

Medical, or small business?

Michael Dresden holds high expectations for Washington’s marijuana trade. Dresden’s vision is to use local, sustainable and highly taxed micro-crops of marijuana to eliminate the state’s deficit and fight international terrorism. Despite Dresden’s lofty goals, many may view the twenty-something Vancouver resident as a simple drug dealer with delusions of grandeur. Dresden, whose name and date of birth varied on each of the six Washingto ... Jump to full article >>

5 Tobacco Stocks that Should Thrive Despite Legislation

Tobacco companies jointly filed a lawsuit in Kentucky against the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration, claiming a law signed by President Obama in June of this year imposes “unprecedented restrictions” on First Amendments Rights. For instance, the law prohibits tobacco companies from jointly marketing their cigarettes with non-tobacco products. Also, they can’t market or describe any products as less harmful than others ... Jump to full article >>

What are they smoking?! When scenes call for pot or cocaine, Hollywood turns to stash of faux drugs

Ever wonder what movie actors are really smoking and snorting when they do a line of coke or lift a joint to their lips? Turns out that many cocaine look-alikes are ingredients you might use in a cake, like powdered sugar, powdered milk and baking soda, while herbal tobacco fills in for genuine cannabis. Though the fakes are legal and don’t provide a high, sometimes they can make the actors feel a little buzzed. On Showtime’s “Wee ... Jump to full article >>