Quick Hits (News)Foods containing hemp face impending DEA banBy: Frank Green (Union-Tribune, [image by AP]) The use of hemp in corn chips, frozen waffles and other foodstuffs will be nipped in the bud next month under a new ruling by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Click here for the full story. U.S. Customs Seizes Nearly 10 Tons of Pot at Mexican BorderBy: Associated Press U.S. Customs Service officers seized nearly 10 tons of marijuana from a tractor-trailer truck carrying computer circuits across the U.S.-Mexican border, officials said. Click here for the full story. 18 Year old Sentenced to 26 YearsBy: Carla Crowder (News staff writer) Webster Alexander lives in a brown trailer on the outskirts of this Lawrence County town. The trailer, alongside a gravel road across from a seemingly boundless cow pasture, is home to Alexander's young cousins, a niece and nephew, his sister, his parents, a dachshund and a cage of fluttering cockatiels. Click here for the full story. Prison Smuggling a ProblemBy: Associated Press Using everything from a baby's diaper to burritos, smugglers regularly get illegal drugs to federal prisoners, even at the highest-security institutions, Justice Department investigators recently stated. Click here for the full story. |
Growin' Our Own (Feature stories)The Supply Side of Things (Final part)By: Elmore Stone To read part 1 click here. To read part 2 click here. The expendables. If the global suppliers and their immediate underlings, the intermediaries, are untouchable by governments and the law, it stands to reason that there are people who are touchable or arrestable, take your pick. Click here for the full story. How Much is an Eighth of Marijuana, A Kilo, and Other Marijuana Measurements? How Much Weight is Lost From Drying Marijuana?By: Panama Red This article covers our readers' questions about various terms for measurements of marijuana, like what's an 8th of marijuana, what's a nickel or dime bag, and explains all these terms. First, weed has been measured in metric system terms as that's how it's always been weighed in the origin country of Mexico. Here in the USA, it's been measured by bulk (bags) and in ounces and pounds. Let's take a run through the easy metric system and terminology. Click here for the full story. How to Grow MarijuanaBy: Mr. Greenfingers This educational article overlaps our previous one on how to grow kind bud. This covers more specific growing information. We cover growing from seeds and growing from clones. We cover special fertilizers, soils, problems, photosensitive characteristics of cannabis, genetics, cropping, development from the vegetative metabolic stage to the dynamic changes in the budding stage. Read about lighting, harvest, drying, and testing. Note this is only an educational article and we urge you to check the laws in your location to determine if this is legal for you. Click here for the full story. Flat-hatting Through the CanyonsBy: Wizard Hi! People who know me call me Wizard and with good reason. I am the president, the CEO, the chief cook and bottle washer and one-and-only pilot of North American Smugglers' Airline -- nasa for short. I have been flying for a total of 31 years, the last 11 of which have included flying contraband cargo from Canada into the United States. I've smuggled just about everything into the U.S. Animals can not exceed 400 pounds and must be in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved containers - thank you very much. I've also got just under 6,000 hours of actual stick time. Click here for the full story. |
Pipeline (Other stuff)Jeff and Tracy Promote Worldwide Coming Out PartiesBy: Tracy Johnson (jeffandtracy@jeffandtracy.com) Jeff and Tracy, the Oregon couple who came out of the pot closet with full page newspaper ads in Portland, San Francisco and Seattle proclaiming "We're Jeff and Tracy. We're Your Good Neighbors. We Smoke Pot." are at it again. This time they intend to outdo themselves by promoting worldwide Coming Out of the Pot Closet parties. Click here for the full story. Who is Minding the E-StoreBy: Associated Press Federal agents routinely seize property allegedly used in the commission of a crime, anything from a drug dealer's car or speedboat to a hacker's computer. Click here for the full story. Why Drugs Won't go AwayBy: Fred Reed Because they're too important. Manzanillo, Mexico - Listening to the radio here the other day, I encountered a journalist who has spent the last couple of years investigating the drug racket hereabouts. He made interesting points. Click here for the full story. The U.S. Military Thinks it Needs SpeedBy: Elliot Borin (Wired) Recalling the American airborne invasion of Normandy during World War II in his 1962 book Night Drop, Army colonel and combat historian S.L.A. Marshall wrote: "The United States Army is indifferent toward common-sense rules by which the energy of men may be conserved in combat." Click here for the full story. |
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