tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65367289675766784202024-03-19T06:50:36.301-04:00United States of AnthonyThe United States of Anthony is a blog of my own wisdom<br> - thoughts, theories, concepts, and ideas - <br>on whatever I feel like talking about on any given day.<br><br>Current Obsession: Living Safely From PolicePresident Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-23147592337182213972012-06-28T20:14:00.002-04:002012-06-28T20:21:14.074-04:00Anthony Taurus has sorta moved....Yes folks, it was time to step the game up. I always had the domain but always used a redirect to <a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/">http://usanthony.blogspot.com/</a>. Now, I'm hosting the site directly because I want to do more than blog, naturally.<br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/anthonytaurus">http://twitter.com/anthonytaurus </a>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-59321794394464854912009-10-09T17:00:00.003-04:002012-06-28T20:41:31.207-04:00Marijuana Growers Were Newbies Once Too<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/marijuana-growers-were-newbies-once-too/">New Location </a></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Usually when we hear about these marijuana grow operations,. we hear about, or see video, of the good ones. </span>With indoor grow ops, we see these complicated setups - tubing, meters, lighting, buckets or tables. With outdoor ops we see these huge trees, some standing upwards of 9 feet tall or 9 feet in diameter.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">When I first started growing, I got excited and inspired by these setups, especially indoor grow ops.</span> It gave me encouragement but I still didn't have all the know how. I had the access to information but nothing will ever replace the knowledge you gain from experience. You don't gain experience from growing perfect marijuana every time. You learn more by making mistakes and grower error.<br />
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I want to show people - that are interested in growing marijuana and even those that may have lost faith in their ability - that we all make mistakes because we were all new at this job at some point. Even the professionals, some with 5 to 30+ years of experience still make mistakes.<br />
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Here are some great errors admitted by marijuana growers [<span style="color: #000099;">I'll let you know why, if it's not obvious</span>]:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"I remember my brother's first attempt at hydro. It was a damned mess. He was hot gluing everything instead of using grommets and tubing. Eventually, it ended up with him flooding the damn bedroom and you could see wet spots in the ceiling of the garage above the room lol."</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"My big error was using tape on a water pump that was too damn strong for one dripper ring. I walked into the room and just heard that empty water pump sound. I ran to the closet to see an empty bucket. Luckily it was only about 2 gallons of water total. I unplugged everything just in case and used a lot of towels."</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"First several times I tried to grow with 100W incandescent bulbs. Other'n that, I got nothin'."</span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">Incandescent bulbs, or regular light bulbs, do not have the right spectrum of light that will promote plant growth</span>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"I've heard of people that are convinced their herb tastes like grapes not because of the strain but because they pour in a gallon of grape Koolaid the last week of flower." </span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">Usually people who don't know much about marijuana either make up or believe made-up stories of how marijuana gets its scent or flavor. Different marijuana strains have their own natural scents and flavors. Sometimes some scents match those already in nature, some desirable, some not. For example, who wants their marijuana to smell and taste like a </span><a href="http://www.seeds-marijuana.com/skunk.html">skunk</a><span style="color: #000099;">?</span>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"When I first went indoor, I couldn't fer the life of me get em to flower. Mel Frank and High Times helped me feel like an idiot. 12/12 huh...who knew???" </span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">12/12 refers to the light cycle of 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark to mimic the changing season. 12/12 signals the plant to start flowering or growing buds. Marijuana won't show buds indoors unless you signal it to do so.</span>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"I remember my first 'real' indoor grow (8 x 4' flouros mixed cool/warm) back in 93 or 94. "<span style="font-weight: bold;">You can tell if you have a female by the sets of two white hairy pistils that originate at the base of a branch in a calyx" "preflowers can be seen much sooner, and you might need a magnifying glass"</span>...was what the text read. Little did I know you couldn't see them when the plant was two or three sets of leaves tall! LOL. My god, I was right in there with my face looking for the 'preflowers' trying to figure out if I had boys or girls! After a few weeks of wondering, I saw my first sets of preflowers and I was hooked! Thanks, now I have to go back to my corner..." </span>[<a href="http://www.onlinepot.org/grow/sexingclones.htm">Preflowers</a>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"I got a couple good stories about a buddy of mine out here. I gave up on trying to help him because he just doesn't like to listen. 1# He use to stab the dirt through out his whole grow to aerate the soil. I told him don't do that you are killing the roots. Still didn't listen, **** knew best!!!! 2# He use to cut off all the leaves in about the 5th week of flower. Said lets more light reach the bud. Said this way he would get bigger buds, Because the buds need more light than the leaves. Don't want big leaves just big buds. I love this guy but his head is thicker than the walls out here." </span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">First problem is obvious, I think. The second problem is that the buds do not support themselves. The fan leaves are the light gatherers and process the light, air, and nutrients for the buds, THC, seeds, etc. In other words, YOU NEED FAN LEAVES</span>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"...sold a newb a 10" can fan that he wanted to use to exhaust a 10'x10' bedroom.. Told him it was overkill for the room and he needed </span><i style="font-style: italic;">at least</i><span style="font-style: italic;"> double the surface area of the fan for intake.... A big f'n hole lol. he didn't think so, thought the small gaps around the door was fine. Couple days after runnin the fan it sucked the bedroom window right off the frame into the room onto his plants hahahahaaa.. best lessons learned are the hard way I guess." </span><br />
[<a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-negative-pressure.htm">Negative Pressure</a>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"When I first got my 1k set up going...I was trying to cut corners an had a vast supply of boxes that were 10 inches deep an were 7x7inches around...they were cardboard so I lined with 2 thats right 2 plastic grocery store bags....was my first encounter with black mold....lol" </span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">Cardboard and moisture is a breeding ground for black mold which can cause/aggravate asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia</span>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"I was told by a friend, that shwagg seeds grow shwagg plants, dense, compressed brown nugs......according to him....he saw a shwagg plant lol." </span><br />
[<a href="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/25213102807a.jpg">example of what can be done with schwag seeds</a>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"I once thought that a 2k room didn't need any cooling in the summer, with temps hitting the mid 40s Celsius. Had a nice bubba S1 clone that produced great looking buds with no smell and practically no high, musta cooked all the volatiles and cannabinoids right out of them...lol" </span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">2k refers to 2 kilowatts of light which gets pretty hot. This could have been worse than what occurred. Please make sure to use proper ventilation in any grow room.</span>]<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Heres one I heard few years ago....some dude was going out of town for a week an asked a buddy to feed an water his girls...second day into it the friend mistakes ph-up for being a nute an gave em all a healthy dose of ph-up...couple days later entire dead crop..lol" </span><br />
[<span style="color: #000099;">"pH up" is used to balance the pH (acidity/alkalinity) of hydroponic solution. Proper pH is important to aid in the plants uptake/absorption of nutrients. Too high or low will cause "nutrient lockout".</span>]</blockquote>
<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Don't think you can't do it because you don't have a green thumb. </span>Don't get discouraged because your first, second, or even third attempt failed. It's the mistakes that teach you the most important lessons. So, don't be afraid to admit your humanity by asking questions or getting information if you need help. Tens of thousands of growers around the world go in and out of marijuana growing forums just so they can help others. And, it's all free of charge. Dust yourself off and get dirty again.</div>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-27458296278982280652009-08-18T16:10:00.003-04:002012-06-28T20:42:14.354-04:00Converting BongSpirit to BongMarijuana<h2>
<a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/converting-bongspirit-to-bongmarijuana/">New Location </a></h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXVKfAg5rXt4Nqbv7dncnkrR9NUCwZciL2mpZinVaoJDNYHmm8NnXX81WuioTBr_7D1RAxneHB1KIaICWdnij3qx4TVPY4A0c4mqHUIrruKE4chgjUlshbfXo2vH1MJsSjq-JcCbOKZHr/s1600-h/bong_vodka_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371391872117925170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXVKfAg5rXt4Nqbv7dncnkrR9NUCwZciL2mpZinVaoJDNYHmm8NnXX81WuioTBr_7D1RAxneHB1KIaICWdnij3qx4TVPY4A0c4mqHUIrruKE4chgjUlshbfXo2vH1MJsSjq-JcCbOKZHr/s400/bong_vodka_1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Quest</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">About a year ago, I came across a link for <a href="http://www.bongspirit.com/">Bong Spirit</a>.</span> It's a vodka from Holland, "distilled 6 times". Be it far from me to act as a liquor expert, I couldn't say if the vodka was that good as I don't drink more than once a month if at all and it's only amaretto on the rocks - not too classy yet not too cheap. I enjoy one vice and I am sticking to it.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Marijuana.. duuh</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyway, when I saw the site, I simply had to get a bottle. </span>It's mass produced liquor so I already knew it would be cheap. But, the most attractive thing about Bong Spirit are the designs. I appreciate the artwork. Unfortunately, I was having trouble finding it - in New York City of all places. The website lists the distributors but when I called the two closest, I got no answer. The others were too far away for me.<br />
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That's what always sucks about calling some businesses; you never get an answer. I think, as a marketing person myself, you've got to be available when customers call even if it only comes out to a few dollars.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fortunately, one day as I was coming from dinner at Vento on 14th street and 9th ave (great restaurant) on my way to the train station on 7th, I came across a liquor store with a Bong Spirit bottle in the window on 8th Ave.</span> Even if that's the last bottle, I was going to buy it. I didn't want to waste a second looking for the bottle. I headed straight for the counter and asked the clerk, "Where's your Bong Spirit?" It came out to about $31, tax included.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">I got the Capacitor design.</span> It's not in the pic above but you can see it on the main website (3 bottle from the left, orange in color. You can see it in the pics below (all the way at the bottom).<br />
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It took me a week to drink that vodka! Hey, even I know, you're not supposed to waste liquor. And then the delicate process of conversion began.</blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Educating Myself</span></span><br />
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There are some YouTube videos about the conversion but most only talk about it. One guy actually did it but he didn't do the most important part which is getting the hole in the glass for the bowl. He took it to some glass company.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</span> (just kidding)<br />
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Then he proceeded to explain how to drill the plastic cap as though people need help with that. As many people pointed out in the comments.. JUST REMOVE THE CAP.. duh (not kidding).</blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Conversion Process</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">I got a drill bit that was made for drilling holes in glass. </span>Then, I drilled the damn hole myself. I didn't have anything to secure the bottle so I took the chance of securing it between my feet at an angle and on carpet. The reason I did that was to minimize the chance of breaking using my softer feet and rug as a vibration dampener. Normally, one would use rubber clamps to hold the glass in place. But, I'm a pothead and we're fucking DIY geniuses.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Warning</span><br />
If you're working with glass, be sure to wear a mask and be in a ventilated area. You do not want to breathe in glass dust. With that, I applaud the guy on YouTube for taking his project to a professional. It's always better to be safe, than sorry. Don't worry, I wore a mask and real, straight-from-Home Depot eye protection.</blockquote>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Unfortunately, as I got through the glass, I saw that it was chipping the hole on the inside. </span>So, I had to bring out the Dremel which is like a smaller handheld hobby drill. I had parts for the Dremel I could use to etch glass but not drill a hole, not yet. Fortunately, the hole was already drilled for the most part. Now I just had to widen it and keep the edges smooth. It took some time but I literally etched that hole wide enough for another Dremel drill bit that would finish the job for me. I also smoothed the edges at the top and inside so that there wouldn't be any sharp edges. I could run my fingertips over the hole and not worry about getting cut.<br />
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<span style="color: #009900; font-weight: bold;">I had a perfectly working bong.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trials and Tribulations</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Unfortunately, again, the one bowl I had fell off the table and cracked when it hit a hard surface. </span>I know I should always have more just in case but I was never big on bongs. I'll go get more whenever I get back to West 3rd St/6th Ave (between the Subway sandwich spot and the kinky video store sits my favorite tobacco/head shop).<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyway, here are some pics:</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">As you can see, I am currently using it as a pipe until I get a new bowl.</span> I used black electrical tape to sort of seal the edges and keep it secure by taping over the hole and cutting slits in the center. I also used a razor blade to trim the excess tape off the sides so it looks a little cleaner. It works well and protects the glass until I get the proper fittings and such. It's not 100% completed or finalized but it's a working model for now. I will do this again but I want the proper tools so I can do this quickly.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">$31, a little hard work, a small liver sacrifice to the marijuana gods, the right tools and a steady hand is all it took.</span><br />
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And, yes, it smokes smooth - oh so smoooooth - with the glass bowl, before it broke, and even as a pipe. It's great!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cleaning Tip</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">That glass dust will get inside the bottle.</span> I found it difficult getting the dust out. A little bit of water and soap did NOT do the trick. I used epsom salt (a lot) with cold water (don't want it dissolving) as a sort of abrasive. Everyone should have epsom salt in their home. It has too many beneficial uses for folks to not have it. If not, any Rite Aid, CVS, Pathmark, drug store, or even a discount shop should/would have it. </blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I finished this post just in time to spark up a bowl. Happy 420 folks!</span></span></div>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-32608638953032517882009-05-19T20:00:00.002-04:002012-06-28T20:43:10.614-04:00The Myth of Marijuana Potency<h2>
<a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/the-myth-of-marijuana-potency/">New Location </a></h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS_6Z2SHVx5dnChjt86doYC4fNhqW9z4W7PKx7Fj8X4br6KOrObP95TEAzkuC65LC7QCF5BEHKE3gMTZoj0l34npIY7MwV3PaQJ049JkG90-E9wjLKNIPMMjSOMjwHfzDMuSuZhxTCJCm/s1600-h/johnwalters.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337688559677024930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS_6Z2SHVx5dnChjt86doYC4fNhqW9z4W7PKx7Fj8X4br6KOrObP95TEAzkuC65LC7QCF5BEHKE3gMTZoj0l34npIY7MwV3PaQJ049JkG90-E9wjLKNIPMMjSOMjwHfzDMuSuZhxTCJCm/s400/johnwalters.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 322px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Intro</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">I've been keeping up with marijuana news more and more and something has gotten to me.</span> It seems that the government has decided to rehash another long dead lie about marijuana in an effort to scare people into their way of thinking. The big lie is that marijuana is now more potent than it was 40-50 years ago. This is an old lie, debunked time and time again. The people that fall for it, the citizen drug warrior whose too stupid to know any better, makes it worse by extrapolating various absurdities from government-sanctioned drug <span style="font-weight: bold;">DEA</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">lers</span>.<br />
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One of the great liars is the former drug czar, John P. Walters. Here he is lying about marijuana's potency via <a href="http://thefreshscent.com/2009/05/19/cnn-rehashes-the-thc-potency-debate/">TheFreshScent</a>.</blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Great Marijuana Lie</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">One of the greatest lies, and my personal favorite, happens to be that marijuana growers are somehow genetically engineering some kind of super weed to explain why it's more potent.</span> First of all, genetic engineering as a science is still very much in its infancy. To apply it to marijuana cultivation would be very costly and I doubt your local grower has that kind of money and the Mexican drug cartels are far from interested in delivering more potent marijuana. If they cared at all, Mexican cultivated marijuana wouldn't be some of the weakest marijuana available after hemp.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Do you really think "El Diablo" wants to drop his fortune trying to genetically modify marijuana when he could easily use it to buy another yacht, hotel, bank, federali, or military person?</span> If you're one of these citizen drug warriors, you're probably stupid enough to believe that one. I wouldn't be surprised.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">The reason people come up with these outrageous lies is because:</span><br />
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<li>the naive don't know who to get the truth from and </li>
<li>they have to figure out some way to justify the lies. </li>
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Well, that's what I am here for.. to tell the truth about marijuana potency. Marijuana is NOT any more potent today than it was back in the 1960's. Allow me to repeat that...<br />
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<span style="color: #009900; font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MARIJUANA IS NOT ANY MORE POTENT TODAY </span></span> <span style="color: #009900; font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THAN IT WAS BACK IN THE 1960's.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Fish Analogy: Explaining different potencies</span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">People have to first understand that there are different kinds of marijuana out there. </span>It's like the different types of fish. Fish have developed these traits over the last few million years long before genetic testing was so much as a glimmer in anyone's eye due to their environment. Just as environment can produce all kinds of cool, weird, beautiful, big, and small fish species, the earth's differing environments have produced different kinds of marijuana plants from small to tall to bushy to lanky with <a href="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/52sourbubble7wk11-med.JPG">light green</a> to <a href="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/74G13BxN2-58DaysFlo-med.JPG">purple</a> colors. The potency ranges from less than 0.5% (hemp) to upwards of 20% (skunk). It's simply been this way for thousands of years. No one has done anything different to marijuana other than search and grow the best kinds.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">As a grower, of course, I am going to look for strains that have the highest potency.</span> It's no different than a home owner choosing which type of flowers, shrubs, and small trees he or she wants in their backyard. You want the best, so you look for the best. If you can have the most beautiful garden with a large variety of plants, what would you do?</blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Lacing the Truth</span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Although the government is blatantly lying about the potency of marijuana at every turn, there are some nefarious types out there.</span> They do modify marijuana after it's already grown and harvested. These people will spray marijuana with chemicals that are harmful, if not fatal.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">However, this can be compared to the lack of regulation that existed in the meat packing industry.</span> Unregulated, you'd find all kinds of substances in your canned food from metal shavings to rats. It took the creation of the Food & Drug Administration to clean up the meat packing industry.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">So, what are we to expect when it comes to a wholly unregulated marijuana industry?</span> In the UK, people are spraying marijuana with some kind of silica to increase weight. In the US, almost everything is used to lace marijuana from roach spray to formeldahyde. If we want to protect ourselves, we're going to have regulate the marijuana industry to eliminate violent drug cartels as well as limit the danger that is inherent to a black market system.</blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last Word</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Unfortunately, the US government continues to leave the marijuana industry unregulated and dangerous.</span> This is why I advocate <a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/2009/05/anthonys-marijuana-growing-advice.html">growing your own marijuana</a>. You can control the quality as well as keep money out of the hands of violent drug cartels. Unfortunately, growing your own marijuana, no matter how much it actually helps save lives, is a crime where men like Eddy Lepp and Charlie Lynch go to jail for providing good, clean, quality-controlled marijuana to various patients.<br />
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8 decades later and the best this government can do is continue lying about marijuana instead of controlling it.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Good job, America. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">One More Thing</span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">While the government is claiming that marijuana is reaching some kind of dangerous potency, pharmaceutical companies have created a synthetic (fake) 100% THC pill called marinol. </span>And, it can't get any more potent than 100% pure. As long as marijuana remains illegal, drugs like marinol can be created so that pharmaceutical companies can make as much money from prohibition as possible.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">If marijuana doesn't have any medical value then why would a pharmaceutical company develop synthetic marijuana in pill form?</span> The sad and pitiful part is that it doesn't even work because it's too strong. Patients on marinol report of incapacitation for days at a time and terrible hallucinations. On top of that, marinol does not contain any of the helpful substances like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabidiol">Cannabinoids (CBDs)</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinol">Cannabinols (CBNs)</a> which specifically help relieve nausea, alleviate pain, and relax you. Natural THC degrades into those CBDs and CBNs. How is unnatural, synthetic THC in pill form going to degrade into CBDs and CBNs? It won't which is why it does not, will not, and can not work.<br />
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But, thanks to the US government, terminally ill patients who can actually use natural marijuana can't get their hands on it. Their only option is a pill that doesn't even work.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Once again, good job, America.</span></blockquote>
</div>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-62271038706247897672009-01-07T08:10:00.002-05:002012-07-06T03:10:11.200-04:00Growing Marijuana: Managing Small Plants<div style="text-align: justify;"><h2> </h2><br />
<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Quick Note</span><br />
If you're looking for more on growing marijuana, start here: <a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/anthonys-marijuana-growing-advice/">Anthony's Marijuana Growing Advice</a>. If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Make sure to send me pictures of your plants so I can see what condition they're in. Make sure to inform me on the strain, lighting, soil/hydro, location, and any other information you may have so that I can help. Your best bet is to join a marijuana growing forum where hundreds of growers can help you with your questions.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/638P8102223.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/638P8102223.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 211px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/638P4240005.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/638P4240005.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 174px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well folks I got a question in regards to my initial <a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/2008/08/marijuana-mondays.html">Marijuana Mondays</a> post back in August. The commenter saw images of marijuana plants grown small scale. The first image on the left in a one-quart hydroponic grow while the image on the right is a one-ounce soil grow.<br />
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</div><h2><a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/growing-marijuana-managing-small-plants/"><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Read More @ New Location </span></a></h2>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-80946423439073739602008-12-03T08:00:00.002-05:002012-06-28T21:05:12.879-04:00National Geographic Explorer: Heroin vs Meth vs Marijuana<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/national-geographic-explorer-heroin-vs-meth-vs-marijuana/"><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">New Location </span></a></h2>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Intro</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Last night, I watched three back to back Explorer episodes on National Geographic.</span> Heroin Crisis looked at heroin around the world, the second episode was The World's Most Dangerous Drug (methamphetamine), and the final episode was titled Marijuana Nation. </blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Heroin Crisis</span></span><br />
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<a href="" ohref="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6Xuvjg5jjPxLEJuU0-qZkdhOA_Aa9Z8pAn43hvmdd_C8C2L-owVElPkRoBHBbaO7_sCayntp0mP6vXtfK9W8oEoKYPxB87q6hCO3dDd3mKeuOLGFZ0Hz1gVO3gdBMad7rBp42K08lntz/s1600-h/heroin.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275468605780624770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6Xuvjg5jjPxLEJuU0-qZkdhOA_Aa9Z8pAn43hvmdd_C8C2L-owVElPkRoBHBbaO7_sCayntp0mP6vXtfK9W8oEoKYPxB87q6hCO3dDd3mKeuOLGFZ0Hz1gVO3gdBMad7rBp42K08lntz/s400/heroin.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 151px; margin: 0pt 10px 0px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>I knew a lot about heroin already. <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">One thing that stood out to me was when the program got into the manufacturing side of heroin.</span> Afghanistan was producing 30% more heroin than the actual demand. While I didn't know that, I did know that Afghanistan was indeed responsible for producing 90% of the world's heroin. In fact, I wrote about: <a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/2008/10/wakeup-back-to-reagans-drug-war.html">Wakeup: Back to Reagan's Drug War</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">You see the Taliban had crushed the drug trade in Afghanistan in 2001.</span> They tortured and murdered farmers to get their point across (much worse than the DEA's torturing and murdering of American citizens over marijuana). Then, the first coming of the idiot-Christ, President mis-Elect Bush, came around, guns-a-blazing, to shut down the Taliban. That's when poppy production went BACK into overdrive.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Question:</span> Why did we decide to go into Afghanistan? Al Qaeda? Osama Bin Laden? Does it even matter?</blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">World's Most Dangerous Drug</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Methamphetamine (crystal meth or meth) scares me!</span> Simply put, it's a frightening drug. I'd heard a lot about it. But, being that my one and only interest is and will always be marijuana, it didn't make sense for me to gather more information about this drug. But this Explorer program gave me that view of meth that set me straight about it once and for all. One thing that stood out to me more and more were the before and after images of meth users. Strong healthy people now looking thin, emaciated, and gaunt within a matter of a few months to two years. Not even cocaine or heroin is that bad on the body. Don't get me wrong. I grew up in the Bronx, New York City. I've seen first hand the destruction cocaine and heroin can do to a community. But, meth is a beast unto itself.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyway here's a Youtube video of meth users, before and after.</span> As much as I hate to use these people because they demonize a harmless plant along with other man-made chemicals, even a broken clock is right twice a day.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marijuana Nation</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMEQ3urJ0R4VB9BnFa_eKaHPYjB_DkT2wiYxH3gh7XYTWEJIvLzgjQix1axk1p6STzHuO0mSDEm0tuKfshqNvxq9W7V8JwcEdKt-V6l38df8vrpwGQmGE_yh5r-UpRJ1dTKN5AB2pajdC/s1600-h/1166516717_chong_toke.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275476540456126722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMEQ3urJ0R4VB9BnFa_eKaHPYjB_DkT2wiYxH3gh7XYTWEJIvLzgjQix1axk1p6STzHuO0mSDEm0tuKfshqNvxq9W7V8JwcEdKt-V6l38df8vrpwGQmGE_yh5r-UpRJ1dTKN5AB2pajdC/s400/1166516717_chong_toke.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 115px; margin: 0pt 10px 0px 0pt; width: 190px;" /></a><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Finally, we get to Marijuana Nation and I am happy, yet pensive due to the twisting and spinning of information by police and DEA agents. </span>I have a problem stomaching the ignorant and arrogant ranting of bold-faced habitual liars.<br />
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Let's think about it critically for a minute.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Who do you believe, or side with, in the War on Marijuana? </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3FQqYO2-_assh_sv-l3juh5UPaWPFEHxzUOej_QOd5pctenTwZooLHBI9fvEwNRTH9yzN-3RfwHmPfW7FnguTMGKiEiHr3INTKpoPUL1XDJ0DYO1l4YQN1BNq963GuQ2YmegEj5AwEuI/s1600-h/1210008760_CameronDiaz_smokes4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275476536386266194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3FQqYO2-_assh_sv-l3juh5UPaWPFEHxzUOej_QOd5pctenTwZooLHBI9fvEwNRTH9yzN-3RfwHmPfW7FnguTMGKiEiHr3INTKpoPUL1XDJ0DYO1l4YQN1BNq963GuQ2YmegEj5AwEuI/s400/1210008760_CameronDiaz_smokes4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 189px; margin: 0pt 10px 0px 0pt; width: 190px;" /></a>Would you side with marijuana growers and traffickers over the DEA and police when it comes to legalizing marijuana? I'd side with the criminals because it's a question of who will lose if marijuana is legal.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">First and foremost, criminals - growers and dealers. </span>They lose because if marijuana is legalized, prices drop. That's not good for a would-be former criminal's pocket. If you're in the business of selling marijuana, you'd want to keep the prices high so that you can profit as much as possible. However, that will be difficult to do when you can buy a pound of decent marijuana in Zimbabwe for $20. You see where I am going on the criminal side of things. Yet, it's the criminals, like Marc Emery, that want it legalized. People don't sacrifice themselves unless it's important to them, morally important.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4iwoJaXIqscig6wlFB222Ij3iDctAxAFEoF0zetRj4kmglfQeAtIS1PKcSMNu_AUeumoorWRdtrGkILcA3VDEp_7yKvmf5-IYyg8hz7WXuHRA6GAGmM_9Dk5vmZwQYCK4CbpmGJyjB6U/s1600-h/1200431566_Snoop_blunt.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275476536165730850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4iwoJaXIqscig6wlFB222Ij3iDctAxAFEoF0zetRj4kmglfQeAtIS1PKcSMNu_AUeumoorWRdtrGkILcA3VDEp_7yKvmf5-IYyg8hz7WXuHRA6GAGmM_9Dk5vmZwQYCK4CbpmGJyjB6U/s400/1200431566_Snoop_blunt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 150px;" /></a><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Secondly, the police and DEA. </span>As I watched this program, comparing it to the other two, I realized there was an incredible bump in the amount of money and resources used for marijuana eradication. But, they lose if marijuana is legal because marijuana accounts for a high percentage of their work. If marijuana is made legal, it would be difficult for the DEA to account for the expenditures they currently use $70 billion annually. In other words, they'd be losing jobs.It's in their best interest to keep the pressure high on marijuana demonization in an effort to paint themselves as saviors and worth the cost. On top of that, if they're not concentrating on petty marijuana crime, they'd have to actually do real police work like solving murders or catching rapists.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Who wins?</span> Scientists and Researchers. Doctors and medicinal users. Casual Users. US citizens in general who don't like the criminal element (the DEA) nor the wayward and errant dealers on the corner. And yes, even police. Remember Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Untouchables? Alcohol Prohibition in the 1920's? There's a lesson the authorities of the United States should study extremely carefully because they're already repeating the past. If that's the case, we know the inevitable result.<br />
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Anyway, Marijuana Nation was good even if it rehashed a lot of the old stuff (old to me, at least) - Marc Emery (BC3 and Cannabis Culture), indoor and outdoor grow operations, and of course the obligatory save-my-DEA-job lies. </blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Last Puff</span><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">It's a wonder why people continue to lump marijuana in with heroin or methamphetamine.</span> The substances are so drastically different on so many levels. It's like comparing water to nuclear runoff - one's safe and naturally occurring and the other is fatal and man-made. If you "enjoy" a cup of nuclear runoff, you're going to need lots of help. And, the people of this world, all nations, fail at the job of helping one another. We can't continue to murder, torture, and imprison our way out of our problems. It's the very reason they keep coming back. These people - friends, family, and others - need help in the form of common sense policy through education (which has worked for decreasing tobacco use). We can also put some of that DEA largesse into healthcare and addiction treatment. And, at $70 billion a year, we could probably provide free healthcare for all Americans as well. </blockquote>
<br /></div>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-21019284231911791702008-11-24T08:00:00.001-05:002012-06-28T21:06:01.980-04:00Marijuana Monday Ep 14.1: Best marijuana I've ever had!<h2>
<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://anthonytaurus.com/marijuana-monday-ep-14-1-best-marijuana-ive-ever-had/">New Location</a> </span></h2>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/2008/08/marijuana-mondays.html">Marijuana Mondays</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbc4hU-qpsOOFyt-SUuaRQ_nkaMLrtnZ26J0XJ4hOnwAWrPRtV0BVAYsZpR8h09Tvokyy6CXojxJUT4GxtQ6eUGzDOa-f35gadLSubSzf10gHCTcfY5cRa-RJTvmglzr6N75IFIMifklM/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240731802245598354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbc4hU-qpsOOFyt-SUuaRQ_nkaMLrtnZ26J0XJ4hOnwAWrPRtV0BVAYsZpR8h09Tvokyy6CXojxJUT4GxtQ6eUGzDOa-f35gadLSubSzf10gHCTcfY5cRa-RJTvmglzr6N75IFIMifklM/" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 100px; margin: 0pt 10px 0px 0pt; width: 100px;" /></a>The big thing in marijuana is medical. Now, I won't act as if I am some debilitated, terminally ill individual that uses marijuana medicinally to relieve insurmountable pain. However, I am an insomniac which affects everything else in my life. Sometimes, I could stay up 36 hours before I finally crash and the most I've slept is about 6 hours which is an oddity for me. However, while smoking marijuana I get regulated to a degree. Depending on how I use, I can get varying and helpful effects. Overall, I enjoy the high. So, I want to tell two short stories about the best marijuana I've ever had.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #006600;">Check the last episode:</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/2008/11/marijuana-monday-ep-13-education.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Marijuana Monday Ep 13: Education is Legalization</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #000099; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://usanthony.blogspot.com/2008/11/marijuana-monday-ep-12-oh-happy-days.html"><br /></a></span></span><a href="http://www.dutch-passion.nl/productimages/hempstar.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.dutch-passion.nl/productimages/hempstar.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 250px; margin: 0pt 0pt 0px 10px; width: 168px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Brainstorm (aka Hempstar)</span></span><br />
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A few years ago, I purchased this marijuana called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> from my connect (dealer). It was in the first few days of me getting top quality bud and not that crap on the street - the discovery phase, so to speak. The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> was funky, stink in a good way. It was packed with little "diamonds" or trichomes which is where the THC is manufactured in the plant. Basically, in looks and smell, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> was just very good.<br />
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I got home with this new marijuana and rolled a good sized blunt, chocolate philly (which is easier to roll that most people think). As I began to smoke, I got upset. I was watching tv and I felt nothing. <span style="font-style: italic;">Ok I am never getting this marijuana again. I wanted something to drink.</span> As I got up to go to the kitchen, I wobbled a bit and fell right back down. <span style="font-style: italic;">Whoaaaaaaa!</span> I looked at the television, it began to rotate ever so slightly. WHOAAAAAA! Eventually, I made it to the kitchen on those wobbly legs and got some cold water.<br />
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When I made it back, I laid down and woke up. No. I didn't go to sleep. At least, I don't remember going to sleep. All I remember was waking up about three hours later. And, I was HUNGRY. My appetite was monstrous to say the least, super munchies. After I fed the munchies, I looked up <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> online. I found out it's bred by Dutch Passion and found out they changed the name from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brainstorm</span>. The site says that the line was updated. That's a lot to explain so I won't.<br />
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The next day, I found out my boy Will was coming from NJ. I don't miss those occassions to hang out with friends, I don't get to see often. And, I had to share the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span>. It's only natural. I rolled a Honey Dutch which I only smoked a third and would smoke the rest with my boy. And, I threw in a little bit of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> on the side for when he got home. The plan: Will would come over, smoke a little, head to the movies, then to my friend Fred's spot. After Will smoked that first few puffs, it was the same story. He didn't feel anything but when he went to the bathroom, he wobbled slightly.<br />
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I don't remember what we watched at the movies but after about 45 minutes into it, I smelled the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span>. Mind you, Will had the marijuana including a half-blunt on his inside pocket. On top of that, he was layered because it was cold. I asked Will if he could smell it. At first he said no but confirmed it 15 minutes later. Then, this loudmouth hoodrat about 5 seats away screeches, "I SMELL MARIJUANA." I had to laugh. The guy the girl was with was trying to quiet her down. Will apologized for the marijuana being so strong.<br />
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We get to Fred's spot and they smoke the rest of the blunt. I didn't want anymore. I know my limitations. We did get the munchies later on. Just when we were about to go to the store, Fred throws me his keys. Why? He says, "This shit got me couchlocked!" He really didn't want to get up to open the door when we got back. Will turned quiet as his high settled in. He couldn't really go to sleep but I could tell he was going down. He ended up going back home a little early.<br />
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Hopefully, the US will legalize marijuana for all and I can get some seeds and grow these out.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Stay tuned for next Monday.</span><br />
There's another story about another strain that's the best ever for me. It's called Hush (pronounced hoosh). I'll discuss the difference between <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hempstar</span> and Hush and tell you why I don't think that many people know about Hush. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hint:</span> This strain is too new for the streets.</blockquote>
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</div>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536728967576678420.post-11963210331867207422008-10-18T06:00:00.004-04:002012-06-28T21:08:39.512-04:00Wakeup: Back to Reagan's Drug War<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"> </span>In this war on drugs, there is one question that every poor Black and Hispanic person in the inner city - the dealers, the users, and the innocent bystanders - wants answered, <span style="color: #000099; font-style: italic;">"How do these substances get into our neighborhood?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">This question comes about because there is a disconnect in the flow of drugs.</span> For example, if you wanted to track how a car got into your neighborhood, you can track it from the manufacturer through the distribution system - trucks, trains, planes, and car salesmen - into the hands of the owner. However, when it comes to drugs we don't know the distribution system. The one question that always comes up is, "<span style="color: #000099; font-style: italic;">if the US government wants to stop the flow of drugs, why don't they go after the manufacturers instead of the low-level dealers?"</span><br />
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I know it all sounds like a conspiracy theory - <span style="color: #000099; font-style: italic;">"Oh, the big dangerous government is out to get us!"</span> Sure, it sounds crazy. Unfortunately, it's so crazy that it's true. Listen to former DEA agent Celerino Castillo tell you about his experiences in Central and South America. It's a two part video, about an hour long total.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Folks, it's important to understand that this is NOT coming from the mouth of some paranoid crackhead. This is from the mouth of a man who was IN it all. Here are the video interview of former DEA agent Celerino Castillo:</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCF23n5z3xLtMCtCXzxIKB4QyllI8ZUv5qltTb5OzDp89f4SKCz3Qfza56sFOnCOPZjA0VUu6-KTHzzu64eUbymxNqtobU3ejfG3LkvAdRxQF-YSnBVHEX7L1WJ8PjAaHFiiTYbA9-cqX/s1600-h/1010_poppy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258400497692070994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCF23n5z3xLtMCtCXzxIKB4QyllI8ZUv5qltTb5OzDp89f4SKCz3Qfza56sFOnCOPZjA0VUu6-KTHzzu64eUbymxNqtobU3ejfG3LkvAdRxQF-YSnBVHEX7L1WJ8PjAaHFiiTYbA9-cqX/s400/1010_poppy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 127px; margin: 0pt 0px 0px 10px; width: 109px;" /></a><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">The one thing that stood out to me before the end of the second video is that Mr. Castillo confirmed the fears that I had about heroin production in Afghanistan.</span> I watched news reports that the US military wouldn't destroy poppy fields as they showed clips of US soldiers walking through. The one thing I knew about the Taliban in Afghanistan, they are staunch Muslims. They fought drug dealers in Afghanistan and punished them harshly with death. All of a sudden, the US comes starts the War on Terror and Afghanistan is now producing 90% of the world's heroin.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWQat-r_gNz2MM92rBoNK2YCy6038dOHSV9V6x7ePM187wj9T7Bb6UHBBwfWh237eCXQEwkFYhqJfas_HCJZGtVXadVYRhWTcyKVlwVizXvh77MXVcN1gB0D8VzWo380J9ZxMjfXWrCth/s1600-h/heroin-addict.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258400486691923458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWQat-r_gNz2MM92rBoNK2YCy6038dOHSV9V6x7ePM187wj9T7Bb6UHBBwfWh237eCXQEwkFYhqJfas_HCJZGtVXadVYRhWTcyKVlwVizXvh77MXVcN1gB0D8VzWo380J9ZxMjfXWrCth/s400/heroin-addict.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 124px; margin: 0pt 10px 0px 0px; width: 113px;" /></a>Folks, this is <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> Usher and Tameka getting a divorce. This is <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> some celebrity sex tape. This is <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> the latest Hip Hop beef. This is the Reagan era revisited. This is the crack/cocaine/heroin epidemic. This is high levels of unemployment and depressed individuals looking for an escape. <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">This is blood-stained sidewalks and kids dying over cheap gold chains and nice sneakers.</span> This is what I remember from the 80s under two terms of Ronald Reagan and one term of George HW Bush. We're going back to these times thanks to two terms of George W. Bush.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">The only thing that's truly going to save our communities is the will to resist.</span> We've got to be reminded of the harm done to us by this fake war on drugs. We have to be stronger than our parents were during the 80s. We have to make sure to NOT succumb to the ease of drug money and NOT look for escape in substances. This shit is coming to our doorsteps. The best thing we can do is be prepared.</div>President Anthony Taurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032022312011028904noreply@blogger.com7