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  • (Score: 2) by tynin on Friday October 10 2014, @12:49PM

    by tynin (2013) on Friday October 10 2014, @12:49PM (#104432) Journal

    Give your local black market a chance! Hopefully this modern version of prohibition is on its way out, but in the meantime, if you are driving across state lines to get your medicine you are just adding to the jail sentence should you ever get caught.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 10 2014, @10:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 10 2014, @10:03PM (#104633)

      your local black market

      Yup. Use the multiplier effect to maximum advantage.
      Be prepared to pay the consequences, however.

      This plant is also one of the easiest things ever to grow.
      Solarium [wikipedia.org]
      (If the USA would pull the stick out of its butt, the cost to produce wood pulp and wearable fiber would fall dramatically.)

      Hopefully[1] this modern version of prohibition is on its way out

      Work to get it on the ballot locally. See "November election", below.
      The reason alcohol prohibition fell apart was that local gov'ts and local cops refused to be proxies for the Feds.
      Kansas City became a Mecca for Jazz as a result.

      [1] If you can substitute "I hope" or "We hope" and the thought still says what you intended, "hopefully" is not the correct word.
      Correct use of "hopefully": She waited by the phone hopefully.

      one place: Colorado

      Washington state; City of Los Angeles; City of Oakland.
      After the November election, you may be able to add Oregon, Alaska, The District of Columbia, and Florida. [leafly.com]

      -- gewg_

      • (Score: 2) by velex on Sunday October 12 2014, @01:37AM

        by velex (2068) on Sunday October 12 2014, @01:37AM (#104932) Journal

        Hi gewg_,

        I'm a fan, and I'm honored you posted to my journal.

        I've considered a political approach. Some folks where I live are ready to start a new Libertarian Party affiliate here. They got the paperwork and regular meetings at least.

        My predictions for November: Alaska, yes; Florida, yes (granted, it's a medical initiative only); Oregon, no; DC, who the hell knows.

        I'm afraid I have a catch-22 situation. I won't be able to persuade anybody that I'm not on a conqueror's misson from Transsexual, Transylvania to turn everybody's children into transgendered homosexuals without the benefits of weed. As much as I'd like to contribute to the budding Libertarian Party affiliate here and put forth a ballot proposal and gain the signatures necessary, I doubt it'll be possible for a short fag like me who's too busy suffering from depression, anxiety attacks, and alcohol addiction. Especially the alcohol problem.

        I would love to contribute locally as GP suggested. Where do I buy? Who do I call? The result set contains no rows.

        I have no references. No serious contacts. I wanted to contribute to open source projects, especially in the realm of any problems I find while pursuing E19. My mental health and general health is just deteriorating too quickly. I'm hoping if I'm successful in this mission, I will be able to contribute to the Libertarian Party and open source.

        It's up to the gods, I suppose.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:25PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:25PM (#105202)

          I'm a fan

          "Student" or "compatriot" would have pleased me even more.

          I won't be able to persuade anybody

          I'm not that impressive in the meatspace realm.
          Working behind the scenes (text-based|graphical|video production|managing the mailing list|etc) may be where you wield your power most effectively.
          Getting organized and getting all the tasks done is what counts.

          Where do I buy? Who do I call?

          I'm finding it difficult to accept there isn't a chapter of The 4:20 Club near you.
          No stoners anywhere around there? I doubt that.

          -- gewg_

          • (Score: 2) by velex on Thursday October 16 2014, @04:05AM

            by velex (2068) on Thursday October 16 2014, @04:05AM (#106530) Journal

            Hi gweg__,

            I am but your student. I don't know how to contact the stoners in Ann Arbor. I don't even have the connecions that the Social Security freeloaders have!

            I am hoping that the gods will watch over my trip to Colorado.

            I wish that you could help me.

            Thanks,

            Gwyneth Lovelace

  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Friday October 10 2014, @02:19PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Friday October 10 2014, @02:19PM (#104467) Journal
    *First thought, can you move? Probably not or you would have done it I expect.
    *Second thought, Is there something else? Probably not unless it is being suppressed like a cancer cure.
    *Third thought, amputation will do no good if done by you. Get a professional who won't pass out from your pain half way through. It will hurt a LOT. I don't like pain, I assume you don't either, it will be more painful than you expect.
    *Another thought, I really feel for you. There are too many drugged up hippies* that make it really hard for judicious proper use to ever happen.
    *Last thought, Is this for real? The narration makes for a bumpy ride that makes this feel like a joke. I'll just assume you are accurately representing, which would interfere with writing a nice smooth story.

    My extreme and not yet stated personal opinions aside, tread very carefully and thoughtfully. Brainstorm about this with awesome/respectable people. There is likely another issue here, one you are not sharing or one you don't know, that really needs resolution. I can understand why you might not want to share with the internet but you should look for it and gain resolution there first.

    Wish I could be there to help but I am just a random internet person.

    *Hippies who just want to get stoned and are more than willing to call for medical use as a gateway to getting stoned more, it doesn't help legit causes. I have never met in person someone who would legitimately have a call for such treatment, not saying they don't exist, they are just extremely rare.
    • (Score: 2) by velex on Sunday October 12 2014, @01:20AM

      by velex (2068) on Sunday October 12 2014, @01:20AM (#104926) Journal

      Well, I've tried fasting, vitamins, SSRIs, St. John's wort, colloidal silver, reishi mushroom, and I'm sure other things I'm forgetting. Currently I'm sustaining myself on an unholy combination of alcohol, nicotine, and sleeping pills.

      I hope the amputation to go quickly, perhaps with some tin snips. Yes, it will be painful, but I can't imagine it'll be more painful than the pain circumcision left me with. Am I trolling? Sure, could be. I'm just another random person on the internet too, say true. But 1/500 of us guys gotta take one for the team so that cervical cancer will be cured!

      Actually, I hate medical cannabis laws. I've thought about getting AIDS already so that I might qualify for medical cannabis, as mild PTSD, anxiety attacks, depression, and emotional problems that cannabis would obviously at least help with don't qualify. Getting AIDS might be a way, but it takes iirc 7 years for HIV to turn into AIDS, and even then, despite being a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania, I really have no clue where I might get this disease that I'm supposed to have because of my sexual orientation and gender situation.

      I wish my brain would just produce serotonin at normal levels. But hell! How do I know that's the problem?! There are no blood tests for it. At best, this serotonin things strikes me as superstition. I wish my brain would magically decide to be male and happy overnight. I think it would have happened by now if that were possible.

      I figure this is a little better than buying a gun and splattering blood on my carpet without at least trying.

      Why was I threatened with FBI prosecution for founding a computer club? Why did the sexists at my school need a computer club to be founded by a girl? (I don't think they actually did involve the FBI, but just wanted to talk big.) Why didn't they listen when I said I wanted to be a girl?

      Why am I included in the blame for sexual harassment and date rape here and on the green site? How the HELL can I control the actions of others?

      I am going soon. It's up to the gods whether I survive, I guess. I am not going to be forced to have painful erection after painful erection in a prison cell. Sure, maybe Chelsea gets her free government sex change, but I'm nobody. I would rather die.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:33PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:33PM (#105208)

        Forget reishi mushrooms, try magic mushrooms.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:41PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:41PM (#105219)

        St. John's wort

        Debunked years ago.

        colloidal silver

        Expensive snake oil. Only "useful" if you think you aren't blue enough.

        tin snips

        It appears you have never spoken to a pro.
        A surgeon would tell you that he uses what you have to construct what you would rather have.
        The tissues get relocated, not just chopped off.
        (Early in gestation, we -all- appear to be female; surely you've heard of undescended testicles.)

        Just lopping off the sensitive bits which contribute to pleasure is what they do in backward, ignorant, primitive settings. [wikipedia.org]
        It's barbaric.
        (The number of nerve endings that are lost in male circumcision make that practice an obscenity as well.)

        These stupid traditions remind me of upperclassmen who abuse plebes because that was the treatment they received or doctors who make interns work for days without proper sleep because they had to endure that sort of neolithic "training".

        -- gewg_

  • (Score: 1) by wantkitteh on Monday October 13 2014, @04:00PM

    by wantkitteh (3362) on Monday October 13 2014, @04:00PM (#105601) Homepage Journal

    It does continually amaze me that governments all over the world continue to prioritize Marijuana prohibition despite all the social and economic damage the policy has been shown to cause.

    Some practical help to disguise your route and purpose from nosy bears:

    1) Add two extra waypoints to your route 1 days drive either side of your pickup point - the more plausible the pair hold together, the better. That makes your pickup easy to pass off as over-night rest stop.

    2) When you do your pickup, change your hire car.

    3) Canning is the best way to hide the smell.