Africa

The Ibogaine Alternative

karlis — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800

The Ibogaine plantImagine a drug that could eliminate a scourge that impacts the lives of more than three million Americans and more than a million western Europeans ? drug addiction ? with one pill.

Summer travel ganja guide

karlis — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

European Dreaming
The unified Europe is good for pot travelers because the Union has eliminated passport controls and formal airport border crossings between most countries. Many cannatourists begin their European vacations in Holland, procure cannabis, and then travel to other European destinations.

Ganja In Ghana

karlis — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Josiah smells his sweet skunky ganja.I am an American who has had the fortune of traveling to Accra, Ghana with my wife.

Marching for freedom

karlis — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Leaf lovers in LondonThe sixth annual Million Marijuana March was a great success. On May 1, 2004, activists around the globe held marches, rallies, parties, concerts, and festivals raging against prohibition and calling for legalization.

Varieties for the equator

karlis — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800

What are the best strains for growing in a region of the world where the photoperiod is 12/12 ? Can you use a strain outdoors that is mostly Sativa but is 25% Indica? What percentage Sativa is needed to grow and flower in a 12/12 photoperiod near the equator?
Peter D,
Sri Lanka

Hemp for housing

karlis — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800

A South African activist is pushing the idea of hemp-based homes to help solve the country's housing shortage. Andre du Plessis, an IT specialist based in Cape Town, said he has researched the topic for three years, and that the houses would be built of a form of concrete made by mixing hemp hurds with lime and sand.

Sufi tokers and the green saint

karlis — Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700

Cannabis has a tradition of use in the Near East that stretches back farther than recorded history, and it has served the Arab people as an initiator and healing medicine for at least six millennia.

Rastafarian wins religious defense before Guam Supreme Court

karlis — Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700

The Guam Supreme Court has dismissed criminal charges against a man who claimed that he is a Rastafarian and was importing the marijuana for religious use. The decision was based on the Guam court's interpretation of Guam's Free Exercise clause, rather than the Free Exercise Clause of the federal Constitution.

African hempsters

karlis — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0700

Malawi's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Joe Manduwa, has been promoting hemp as an alternative to his nation's failing tobacco market.
Manduwa is a member of the ruling United Democratic Front, and has been backed by opposition MP Heatherwick Ntaba. However, police have been opposing the idea, claiming it would be too difficult to control.

Iran's drug war

karlis — Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:00:00 -0700

An Iranian anti-drug official announced that 60% of Iran's prisoners are incarcerated for drug offences. This makes for a total of over 100,000 drug prisoners, out of Iran's population of 60 million.

Emma vs Goliath

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Covered women in Afghanistan: they can`t have jobs, the only `work` allowed them is begging Emma Bonino, EU Human Rights Commissioner, takes on the United Nations and the women-hating Talibans

Khat Running Out of Lives

karlis — Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0800

Smoke Signals (cc#8) - Khat Running Out of Lives

From the editor - CC 07

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

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Canada's drug policy review

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

Look who's growing now

karlis — Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0800

Ten Weeks in South Africa

karlis — Thu, 15 Dec 1994 00:00:00 -0800

South Africa first banned cannabis in 1911. Along with Egypt, it led the fight in the League of Nations to have it prohibited world-wide. South Africa's system of racial separation (apartheid) gained it general condemnation and sanctions. In April of this year South Africa held its first multi-racial elections, hopefully ushering in an era of peaceful change and further evolution. -Ed

During this past summer I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to spend ten weeks in South Africa.