It's been a long, hot summer-- holy hell, the tape holding up my many Tool posters is MELTING. I have recently enjoyed a very excellent "Lavender" harvest and I think my hand is going to fall off from trimming all of that. Where is the poor mans industrial manicuring machine?

I'm enjoying the 4th of july weekend, it sounds kind of like World War 3 outside right now... but hey, we've got to celebrate the independance of our nation by blowing up a small chunk of it, right? Simpsons quotes aside, I'm glad to see we are getting some news submissions, we're all about community here at Smokedot and we'd like to see what kind of stuff you can find out there.

As for new strains, I've run into a few that you might be interested in, seemingly in the spirit of the summer movie lineup, a strain called "Silver Surfer" showed up in the local dispensary. It's an indoor, organic strain, grown in soil, with 80% sativa content... a very uplifting and tasty strain. The "Blue Magic" was also quite good, another organic 80% sativa strain, grown in soil. The lemony taste was a big surprise.

I'm going to try to enjoy the rest of the weekend and not get hit by any stray fireballs, keep on smokin'.

I'm a big alternative music fan, in fact, some would say that I live in the 90's. It's true, in my opinion, rock music and the offshoots there of have gone terribly down hill into over produced, manufactured bullshit bands that should be beaten and hung and left for dead in a ditch. So, with that out of the way, I'd like to inform everyone of a new song on Beck's website. For those of you who have been reading the site, you'll know I'm a proponant of the Anonymous anti-scientology movement and I'm not a big fan of Scientologists... yes.. Beck is a member of their twisted ranks and I can only hope that his involvement in the cult is merely a joke or an afterthought, but that's wishful thinking on my part. At ANY RATE, the new song is called Chemtrails and I thought that the song was relevant to this site... since here in California, we see chemtrails all the time, a deadly fog descending on the denizens of northern California.

I'm glad that this week is over, it went by very quickly and I'm glad to see it go, I really need this three day weekend coming up, to recharch my batteries. I've been feeling a bit off kilter lately, something is wrong with my chemistry or something, my head is all out of wack. It certainly isn't due to lack of medicine, that's for sure. I'm going to drink a lot of water and increase my vitamin intake and hope for the best.

Last night I went on a brief campaign to increase Smokedot's exposure, I really think we're an interesting site and there's a lot of demand for news about Marijuana, medical Marijuana and the conflict that they create in the USA and all over the world, due to prohibition. I submitted the URL and the feed URL to many feed and aggrigator sites... building a community is tough! I'll be posting more and more content as time goes on, look for more reviews in the next couple of months.

Thanks a lot for visiting, keep on smokin'

I just received my review copy of Steve Bloom's "Pot Culture" and flipped through the first few pages and read the forward by Tommy Chong. From what I can tell, this book is going to be very popular, it includes all the slang and collective knowledge of stoners everywhere. I haven't read enough of it for a proper review, but make sure to look for that in the future.... maaaan. Did you know that the use of "man", such as "hey man, what's up?" was a way of fighting the racist use of "boy" against African Americans? I didn't...

We've been knee deep in a serious heat wave in California. With 105F+ tempatures across the board, I'm glad that I spent most of the week in an air conditioned colocation facility. I'm usually in favor of too hot than too cold, but people are dropping like flies out here, it's scary. Make sure to drink plenty of water, people. It just may save your life.

This weekend has been pretty lax for me, I haven't gone out to any bars or parties, or even left my town in the last couple of days. With any luck, once again my phone will ring and insanity will follow. Carpe Noctum!

..I may find peace within the emptiness ..

So, I woke up with a sore throat and a bad cough this morning, so I called in sick. Yes, I am playing GTA4, yes I am actually sick. I've managed to sit indoors all day on this incredible spring afternoon... it's no fun. I must say, there have been some incredible strains popping up at the pot clubs.. want to hear about the latest ones? Of course you do!

Black Berry Soda: Indoor, organic, hydro, 60% sativa, fruity floral taste

This stuff lives up to its name, the buds have such a dark purple color, you'd think it was covered in blackberry soda. It tastes really good and does the trick, if you find some of this stuff, make sure to sample some!

Sweet Tart: indoor, organic, hydro, 80% Sativa, sour candy taste

The sweet tart is very nice, once again, pleasant smell and taste and it knocks you right on your ass, try it!

OG Kush x Blueberry: Indoor, organic, soil, 70% Sativa, disel-berry taste

If you've had either strain, you'll know they're the cat's meow, so combining them was a really good idea. This medicine is tasty like blueberry and very strong like the OG Kush... works well for joints!

Jack Herer: Indoor, organic, hydro, 85% Sativa,  key lime pie taste

Check out his site if you haven't yet, this magical strain of herb is light in color, VERY tasty and quite potent. A staple of California pot clubs, give this one a toke or two, it'll really cure what ails yah.

That's it for now, I've got to run back to the club and see what kind of lollipops and etibles they have, smoking doesn't seem like an option and I still don't own a vape! Lame! I'm going to go play some more GTA4, stay up, never give in and keep smokin!

Dr. Leveque is worth watching. He knows what he is talking about. He even told me that with my Diabetic Neuropathic Gastro Paresis I would qualify for MMJ to control the waves of nausea I surf from mild to severe every hour of everyday in the western states anyway. I have it saved in my email file of his Video Part 7. I don't know how to create a link to it so you will just have to take my word for it.

However, I live in the state of Iowa where pigs (not cops, but real pigs) rule, there are 6 pigs to every human in Iowa. No wonder Sen Tom Harkin (D-IA) say's, "If you smoke marijuana you will find yourself huddle'd in a corner willing to sell your children for just one more puff of marijuana."  He is so pig headed he lumps marijuana in the same feircly addictive catagory as heroin, cocaine and meth. Some states only allow MMJ use for the nausea caused from chemo. While this is a very valid use for MMJ, my disorder causes nausea and vomiting just as bad if not worse than chemo related nausea. Plus their's goes away when treatment is stopped my goes away when I die.

It's a life long disease where my digestive muscles in my stomach are paralyized limiting me to soft easily digestable foods like, bread, yougurt, chicken soup and my favorite ice cream. I have lost over 100 lbs and counting in the last year. Does anyone else know of the extremely theraputic and safe effects of marijuana use in controlling chronic nausea? Other then Marinol there is no other long term drug safe for the control of chronic nausea. The most prescribed is Regalen/Metroclopramide and it causes irreverseable Parkinson like shakes and tremors, and this is Legal?!?! Make sure those of us in the USA use your vote to put the right people in office and remove ignorant and prejudiced people like Sen Tom Harkin (D-IA.) Peace...

Well guys if you know anything about me then you must know that I have been battling an addiction with opiates for well over two years now. I used to believe that roxicet was my girl, and that she could get me through anything. After finding an amazing girl that really can get me through anything I realized that I had to give up the opiates. They were draining my wallet, and complicating my relationship with my soul mate.

One night after two days of not being able to score my cousin handed me a suboxone and told me that it would help me get through the withdrawals. I always reference any pill with Google before I take it. If you read through the forums you will see a few posts where Jack told me that I should find a doctor and get on suboxone permanently. Well two days later I was in the doctors office explaining my addiction to him while being completely honest. I told him that I had taken a suboxone the day before and that it help with my cravings. He gave me a two week prescription to suboxone and told me to look up NA meetings in my area and start attending them.

Here I am eleven days after I stopped taking opiates and I am completely stable on my suboxone and I feel like I'm on top of the world. I've attended two NA meetings with a friend of mine from work, and I honestly don't want to go back to where I was. You never realize how draining having an addiction is. Not only do you spend all of your money on drugs, but you also spend all of your time, and energy looking for them. My bank account looks a lot better than it did almost two weeks ago, and I have never gotten so much done at work and around the house.

If you are battling an addiction I can not tell you that you need to quit. You have to be at your low, and absolutely want nothing more than to make your life better. While I'm still an infant in a sober world, I would be more than happy to help anyone out of that hole called addiction. Here is to many more days, months, and years of being sober.

My internet ceased to be a couple of weeks ago due to the stupidity of fellow house mates. Having recently reobtained said internet this weekend, one of the first actions set in motion was to download "Super High Me". What luck that on the morning of 4.20, said download was completed. Score!

So I take the few remaining crumbs that I was saving for a good night bong hit and promptly load the bowl before watching. Hey, it's 4/20 and I'm watching a movie called Super High Me. What else was I going to do?

First let me start by saying that this movie is funny. Is it 'must see' funny? No, I wouldn't say that. But if you're into your stoner humor, and I'm going out on a limb here by assuming the readers of this site are, then this movie will go a long way in making you laugh.

Unlike Super Size Me, the movie was shot over the course of two months. Doug Benson. the movie's guinea pig, was asked to initaly abstain from both weed and alcohol for 30 days before conducting the 30 days uber-smoking-fest. SAT tests, a full physical and even a test measuing psychic ability is applied during both months in order to measure the difference caused by smoking weed. As well as journaling Benson's physiological and mental changes, the film focuses otherwise on cannabis culture, specifically Californian cannabis culture. I mentioned in one of my front page news posts that I didn't know as much about the situation in the US regarding pot and its legal status. Id like to say that because of this movie I know a lot more.

Retrospectively, I'd say the film deals more with people's rights to smoke, State vs Federal law and the dispensaries more than Dough Benson himself. Twice in the movie you see shops being raided and the questionable legality surrounding the DEA's right as well as a "Rouge Cop" going around trying to single handedly shut down shops. Some of the stats in the film are fascinating but I have yet to follow up on any of them so can only take them at face value,

What I liked about the movie was that it wasn't purely an imitation Super Size Me which, if I'm honest, was more or less what I was expecting. Many of the movie's segments was comedian Doug Benson doing stand-up based on what was going on during the two months and was very welcome. I have to admit, he's much funnier when he's blazed out of his skull! One thing I wil give away is that Sarah Silverman smokes up in the back of a club with Benson ;)

Now, let's get one thing straight. The "experiment" might have been designed by someone with a Dr. title but this is not scientific, or rather not scientific enough that one can draw hard conclusions. In fact, near the beginning of the movie there is a disclaimer stating something along the lines of "Everyone reacts to pot differently. This film is a documentation of one person's reaction". That being said, some of the results surprised me. In particular the SAT results, but I won't give too much away! 

All in all a very entertaining. if not slightly shallow. look at cannabis culture and the exploits of one courageous stoner. Does it have it's faults? Sure. Did it live up to what I was expecting? Absolutely and a lot more. As mentioned earlier, I was expecting something along the lines a Green Super Size Me. Instead, what I got was a film that both educated and entertained me which is rare these days. The amount of research done is evident but the interview with the various big wigs in cannabis culture is where this movie really shines. It even has a senator giving an on camera interview! Another thing, however... The Prine of Pot. Marc Emery, seems like a bit of a douche. Now I get the feeling that their choice of how they edited his interview probably had something to do with that. You'll see what I mean if you watch the film.

A cedrtain blend of seriousness and comedy seems to be the earmark of popular docus these days and in that regard, Super High Me suceeded. Overall I strongly recommend this to anyone interested in the effects of pot but more so the legal status and history of medical marijuana in the U.S., California in specific.