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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

needs moar candy

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

the Zappa estate just released more music from the Roxy and Elsewhere shows, called Roxy By Proxy. It's well worth picking up if you haven't already done so

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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

or the Tower of Power follow up album

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It's fuck all y'all* season's avatar

What is the different types of hasch out there? We all know that it's called the bionic, the bomb, the puff, the blow, the black, the herb, the sensie, the cronic, the sweet Mary Jane, the shit, Ganja, split, reefa, the bad, the buddha, the home grown, the ill, the maui-maui, the method, pot, lethal turbo, tie, shake, skunk, stress, whacky, weed, glaze, the boot, dimebag, Scooby Doo, bob, bogey, back yard boogie. But what is the other terms for it? Sacha Baron Cohen As character Ali G, interviewing D.E.A. officer, Da Ali G Show

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bobbert's avatar

This actually reminded me of the story where Nancy Reagan was ahead of Ronnie in the catered buffet line, and after she selected the roast beef, the server asked "And for your vegetable?".

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Lefty Mark's avatar

Damn, all these weeds are taking over my vegetable patch! Damn...

Hot damn!

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Lefty Mark's avatar

I bet you wonder how I knew...

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Lefty Mark's avatar

<blockquote>The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, the strictest possible classification in the agency’s system. The classification means <b>the DEA perceives marijuana as more dangerous than Schedule 2 drugs like cocaine and meth,</b> and therefore enforces stricter regulations on marijuana than Schedule 2, 3, 4, and 5 drugs.</blockquote> I think that this was the punchline for the whole section that Editrix quoted. The previous two paragraphs of D.A.R.E. text were the setup for it. They were intentionally cast in namby-pamby "gather 'round, children" style to drive home the hopeless derp revealed in the last paragraph.

The DEA places pot in the same category as heroin and oxycontin, in other words as a substance that is guaranteed to produce dependence if it is used. But given the fact that the most highly addictive drug by at least an order of magnitude on the market today (far more addictive and harder to quit than even opioids) is nicotine, a drug whose harmful effects on health not just for the user but also for those in the vicinity are very well documented, and which is also a drug that is primarily marketed to minors, it seems that the agency has been focusing all these years on the wrong weed.

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Lefty Mark's avatar

I have never lost a single friend, or have even seen one harmed in any way, through their use of marijuana. I have lost several friends and relatives due to cigarette smoking, including my mother. I am as militantly anti-tobacco as any person can get. Nicotine continues to be one of the most heinous drugs of all time. And it is the dangerous drug that most directly marketed to children.

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Msgr MΩment classic ☑️'s avatar

<i>(A “boycott” is a thing that is against the “law” when gay people do it, but is not against the “law,” as set forth in “the Constitution,” when non-gay people do it to your Wonket.)</i>

"Boycott": from the English words "boy" and "cot", meaning that nobody but Chris Hansen wants anything to do with you.

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Fitzgerald Chesterfield's avatar

Ezra Klein shoulda just linked the the Editrix's <a href="http:\/\/happynicetimepeople.com\/literally-almost-died-marijuana-joking\/" target="_blank">near OD piece on Happy.</a>

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Ikimizi's avatar

Maybe Ezra should have gotten high before writing that, so that it didn't sound like it was copy-pasted from Wikipedia.

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Shypixel's avatar

<em>What is marijuana for $200</em>

For me, that's about an ounce of top grade specialty strain.

There are benefits to living in a state with a depressed economy...

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Chris Grrr's avatar

Vuck no.

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

And the vegetable will respond to you.

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SullivanSt's avatar

<blockquote>(a “wunderkind” is from the German for “wonder” and “kind,” and means “a wonderfully kind person”)</blockquote>

<a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=FL4HSiGvk68" target="_blank">Tenacious D</a> libel!

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