Chlöe Swarbrick is fronting a consultation on cannabis policy to mark the 5 year anniversary of the 2020 referendum on full legalisation;
https://action.greens.org.nz/cannabis_anniversary
This is both principled and clever.
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cdu hat ne unvereinbarkeit mit die linke weil „zu radikal” arbeitet aber mit den taliban zusammen lol
@ErikUden Neu ist das nicht. Schon die #Ampel wollte über #cpharm aus #Köln #Cannabis aus #Afghanistan besorgen. Ursprünglich sollte das Cannabis Schutzgesetz von #Lauterbach genau sowas verhindern. Dann aber wurde durch die #cdu aber der Anbau so erschwert, das man mit den #Taliban verhandeln wollte.
Siehe Artikel in der #Taz von 2021:
Cannabis-Kooperation mit deutscher Firma: Joint Venture mit den Taliban | taz.de
https://taz.de/Cannabis-Kooperation-mit-deutscher-Firma/!5815720/
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Benjamin Sonntag-King
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Using the Fediverse is like using cannabis. It's not addictive, and you'll often meet kind, creative people who use it. You can relax and enjoy good conversations while scrolling through #Fedicats or #Fedidogs, or even try out new recipes (perhaps during your munchies).
Mainstream social media, on the other hand, is more like sugar, alcohol, or tobacco: it’s designed to create dependence. The dopamine hits keep users hooked, and the outrage fuels engagement. These platforms profit from anxiety and aggression just as other industries profit from addiction. Think about the overdose of bad news and hate speech that keeps us glued to our phones.
Meanwhile, healthier, slower, community-based ways of connecting, both online and offline, are still considered odd or niche, like cannabis once was.
How do we break these taboos and help more people find a better high?
Using the Fediverse is like using cannabis. It's not addictive, and you'll often meet kind, creative people who use it. You can relax and enjoy good conversations while scrolling through #Fedicats or #Fedidogs, or even try out new recipes (perhaps during your munchies).
Mainstream social media, on the other hand, is more like sugar, alcohol, or tobacco: it’s designed to create dependence. The dopamine hits keep users hooked, and the outrage fuels engagement. These platforms profit from anxiety and aggression just as other industries profit from addiction. Think about the overdose of bad news and hate speech that keeps us glued to our phones.
Meanwhile, healthier, slower, community-based ways of connecting, both online and offline, are still considered odd or niche, like cannabis once was.
How do we break these taboos and help more people find a better high?
STOP OCCUPATION 🍉 S. Costa
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I had to learn the hard way that Cannabis is in fact and entry drug. 2 years ago with German legalization I grew my first plant and now I am really into gardening and botany and learning more about plants and ecology. I'm even a lot more attentive to just random plants growing at the side of the road
I had to learn the hard way that Cannabis is in fact and entry drug. 2 years ago with German legalization I grew my first plant and now I am really into gardening and botany and learning more about plants and ecology. I'm even a lot more attentive to just random plants growing at the side of the road
"A large federally-funded study coming out of [US]America, published in Nature, 'marijuana users have enhanced cognitive abilities' ... [they] analysed brain imaging and cognitive data, from 37929 people. The cannabis consumers consistently outperformed the non-users in the cognitive tests. They had brain network characteristics typically associated with younger brains."
#ChrisFowlie, 2025
https://95bfm.com/bcast/95bfm-drive-w-halfqueen-r%C4%81pare-august-14th-2025
#podcasts#95bFM#MarijuanaMedia#UKBioBank #cannabis #cognition #research
“Ostensibly looking for homes that were growing illegal amounts of cannabis, SMUD analysts have admitted that such ‘high’ power usage could come from houses using air conditioning or heat pumps”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/when-your-power-meter-becomes-tool-mass-surveillance
#surveillance #cleanenergy #cannabis
This episode of You're Dead To Me reminded me of the prohibition of coffee during its early history;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028sjn
I first read about coffee being religiously and legally restricted in a book I found in the public library, about the history of drug regulation. A. At the time I thought it was plausible, but I was wary of what I now know as confirmation bias. Intriguing to have it confirmed by a historian on a public broadcaster.
Just remembered what I wanted to post about coffee history. The story of coffee houses, and their struggle for social acceptance, mirrors the story of #cannabis.
We're still in the prohibition part of that story in Aotearoa. But the pace of global law reform has accelerated, and even we now have legal medical supply of flower.
At what point will a smart government create a regulated recreational supply business, adding a new tax base, and redirecting money away from militant criminal groups?
Finally, my #introduction. Moved to #Portland in 2020. Have dabbled in various creative endeavors but mostly focusing on producing #music / #multimedia now (nearly done mixing an album I recorded in #Japan in late 2023). I also write blogs and short stories and make the occasional video. 日本語が少しできます。Married to a wonderful fella. I also enjoy #hiking, #cannabis, early-to-mid 20th century #art, #mahjong, #futurism, oh, just lots of eclectic things. He/They. Traveling to #Europe in spring 2025.