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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 06:46 AM
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Marijuana, gateway drug to Jesus, Mark Morford

Does pot lead to total enlightenment? Rehab? Scientology? Let's find out!
By Mark Morford

Behold! I believe I have found it, a flawless specimen, a place where it all collides and coheres and comes together in a madcap, slapdash, whirlwind hellstorm of entirely bogus hype and spin and half-truths, intermixed with hope and despair and Jesus and not just a little methadone, all of it so wonderful and confusing it makes you want to shut it all down, run a hot bath, light up a joint and chill the hell out.

It's all here. I even took a screenshot of it, just to show you. Two, actually. I'll link to them in a moment, because I really, really want you to see The Whole Truth, in all Its Profound Glory. Ready?

The first comes in the form a big study from the University of Pittsburg, 12 years in the making, that valiantly attempts to answer, with some reasonable authority, the question that's already been answered pretty definitively by 500 million pot smokers throughout world history and also by every ounce of common sense in every commonsensical human alive today, but who cares about that now?

Here's the big question: ...

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(Full URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/08/12/notes081209.DTL&nl=fix)
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 06:51 AM
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1. Morford rocks. I love his column.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 06:57 AM
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2. Yes he does cut through all the bullshit
Like with a very sharp well honed knife would a very fine succulent and tender ribeye steak.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 06:58 AM
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3. Recommended.
:kick:
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:01 AM
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4. The Father, The Son, and The Holy Smoke

















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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:11 AM
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6. ROFL
Your photos made me laugh out loud. Thanks. :D
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:07 AM
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5. Best line

"(By the way, I find I absolutely adore the unicorns 'n' bunnies utopia implied in the phrase "a drug-free world." Sort of like saying "a dust-free desert," or "a salt-free ocean" or "an adultery-free Republican party." It's like they let an oversheltered child come up with their name. "Partnership for No More Icky Things Like, Ever").

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/08/12/notes081209.DTL&nl=fix#ixzz0NyBacQMh
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 08:22 AM
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7. K&R
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:19 PM
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8. Bump
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slampoet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:29 PM
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9. Every Religion has an Altered Mind State associated with it.
Edited on Wed Aug-12-09 07:29 PM by slampoet
Christianity - Alcohol, fasting, pain
Greek mythos - alcohol, opium, entheogen
Islam - fasting, cannabis
Norse - alcohol, overeating
Buddhism - meditation, fasting
Hinduism - soma, cannabis
Judaism - Wine, fasting


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robdogbucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 08:45 PM
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10. Not to be outdone....
Look at the ad right at the bottom of this thread.

Irony of ironies

Just say no to hypocrisy.


Jus my dos centavos

robdogbucky
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