Smoke Signals The Book http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com Author Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:36:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 On Juicing Raw Cannabis http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2013/04/19/on-juicing-raw-cannabis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-juicing-raw-cannabis http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2013/04/19/on-juicing-raw-cannabis/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:24:58 +0000 Martin http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/?p=2416

Is Juicing Raw Cannabis the Miracle Health Cure That Some of Its Proponents Believe It to Be?

Fact-checking one of the newest trends in administering cannabis for therapeutic use.
by Martin A Lee
]]> http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2013/04/19/on-juicing-raw-cannabis/feed/ 0 The Nose Knows http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2013/04/19/2402/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2402 http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2013/04/19/2402/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:15:55 +0000 Martin http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/?p=2402 The Same Compounds Behind Marijuana’s Distinctive Stinky Smells Give Clues About the Kinds of High You’ll Experience
The secrets behind marijuana’s bouquet are in the “terpenes.”
by Martin A Lee

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]]> http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2013/04/19/2402/feed/ 0 Marijuana Legalization is Not Enough! http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2012/12/15/marijuana-legalization-is-not-enough/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marijuana-legalization-is-not-enough http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2012/12/15/marijuana-legalization-is-not-enough/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:52:37 +0000 Martin http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/?p=2262 Envisioning a Post-Prohibition World

safe_imageMartin A. Lee writes in the Huffington Post:

“Pot smokers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your pipe dreams . . . The future of cannabis is up for grabs, but drug policy reformers have major strategic differences about how to proceed.”

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Martin A Lee writes in the Daily Beast: Residents of Colorado and Washington made history on Election Day 2012 by voting to legalize the adult use of marijuana. For a country punch-drunk on decades of anti-marijuana hysteria, it felt like a momentary jolt of sobriety. It might even go down as a long-term game-changer.

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]]> http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2012/11/15/memo-to-the-us-drug-war-establishment-you-lost-get-over-it/feed/ 0 Liberating Hemp from the Tyranny of Pot Prohibition http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2012/10/22/liberating-hemp-from-the-tyranny-of-pot-prohibition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liberating-hemp-from-the-tyranny-of-pot-prohibition http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/2012/10/22/liberating-hemp-from-the-tyranny-of-pot-prohibition/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:48:50 +0000 Martin http://www.smokesignalsthebook.com/?p=2101 Candy Crowley Should Have Asked Obama and Romney About Hemp

The second presidential debate was held in Hempstead, a town where farmers once cultivated the durable, versatile crop that is illegal to grow today.

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From the Huffington Post: Smoke Signals slideshow on 13 Key Moments in Marijuana History

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by Martin A. Lee in The Daily Beast.

Mounting evidence shows ‘cannabinoids’ in marijuana slow cancer growth, inhibit formation of new blood cells that feed a tumor, and help manage pain, fatigue, nausea, and other side effects.

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The Straight Dope: By Melinda Misuraca

Tired of the euphoria, anxiety and crash from being stoned?Nonpsychoactive cannabidiol supplies health benefits without the typical effects of   THC.

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Martin A. Lee, author of the new book Smoke Signals, explains why the Justice Department unleashed the dogs of the drug war against California’s medical marijuana industry

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Martin A. Lee reviews  Fug You, Ed Sanders’s memoir of the 1960s.

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