Here’s wishing BH admin PURPLE KNICKERS a very happy birthday. May the years harvest yield yee some good green this coming year and may all your high thoughts turn into reality – even the one about the big purple dinasour that falls in love with a chicken in Paris… All the best and thanks for being part of blogginghigh.com – Cheers!

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It’s been a while since we posted to the ‘High Chicks’ section of this website and a pic of a smokin looking girl has been well overdue!… Enjoy.. We will try to get some more chicks toking the good stuff up soon.

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Yep that’s right folks. California is once again leading the way when it comes to trailblazing politics in the United States. They were the first state to vote on gay marriage an it was left up to the voters to decide the fate of that an now a California voter initiative that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana has qualified for the November ballot, state election officials said on Wednesday. Passage of the measure, by no means certain, would make California the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana. Backers believe the state could be at the vanguard of a national movement toward decriminalizing the drug.

“Banning marijuana outright has been a disaster, fueling a massive, increasingly brutal underground economy, wasting billions in scarce law enforcement resources and making criminals out of countless law-abiding citizens,” said Stephen Gutwillig, California director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Apparently the state government requires 433,971 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot but the initiative collected 694,248 signatures. WOW!!!! This initiaive really hit home with the voters.

Legalizing marijuana appears to have broad support in the state, with some 56 percent of Californians surveyed in an April, 2009 Field Poll saying they favored making it legal for social use and taxing the sales proceeds.

NOW THE CONS:

Critics also say the social costs of a free-smoking state far outweigh the money it would bring in. They say that the already enormous societal damage from alcohol and tobacco use would only increase if people were allowed to legally sell and smoke pot. So in effect what they are saying is its okay for society to be damaged by alcohol an tobacco cause its socially acceptable but its not ok for marijuana cause of the stigma attached to it. Talk about Hypocrisy.

Under the initiative, simple possession of an ounce (28.5 grams) or less of marijuana, currently a misdemeanor offense punishable by a $100 fine, would be legal for anyone at least 21. It also would be lawful to grow limited amounts in one’s own home for personal use. Yeee!

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A pioneering — but much delayed — cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis is now on track to win regulatory approval in Britain and Spain in the second quarter of 2010, its maker said on Thursday. GW Pharmaceuticals said regulators in both countries had concluded there were no major quality, safety or efficacy issues remaining to be resolved. Talks are now focused on points of clarification related to the patient information leaflet.

Clinical trials have shown GW’s drug Sativex reduces spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients who do not respond adequately to existing therapies. It became the world’s first cannabis medicine to win regulatory approval when it was approved in Canada in 2005. GW had originally hoped to win approval in 2003 for its drug — which is extracted from marijuana plants grown at secret locations in the English countryside — but the medicine has been hit by a string of regulatory delays in Europe.

Further clinical trials need to be completed before the medicine is ready for submission for approval in the United States, where GW’s partner is Otsuka of Japan.

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The Russian Town of Voronezh in Southwestern Russia found a novel way to battle alcohol & tobacco use by its residents. They are in turn promoting marijuana as a substitute to its residents. Walls of the lifts in some apartment blocks in Voronezh have been covered with leaflets suggesting that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. The leaflets cited the Dutch Health Ministry, United Nations, European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS and other organizations, reports Komsomolskaya Pravda daily.

“Against the information of harm that causes tobacco and alcohol, marijuana looks like innocent amusement – no physical addiction, minimal psychological addiction, liver and stomach are not affected at all,” says local resident Galina, whose son recently asked her about marijuana after having read the ad, the paper reports. Amen!!!

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So everyone thinks that British Columbia on the west coast is drug capital of Canada cause of the amount of marijuana they produce each year but that my fellow readers is the greatest misconception. It is in fact British Columbia’s neighbor Alberta that is the drug capital of the world. Alberta has been in the news lately due to the violence that’s been escalating slowly in the province that’s directly related to drug trade.

Drug trafficking is dangerous anywhere but in Alberta, Canada’s most prosperous province, it has become increasingly more perilous. In Alberta, the drug business is worth over $5 billion annually and is controlled by well-established gangs such as Hells Angels, native gangs and Asian triads. $5 billion!!!!!!!! That’s the annual GDP of some countries alone. Apparently the Somalis, made famous by the pirates an the singer k’naan are entering the lucrative drug trade an which has triggered a fierce turf war that’s resulted in 29 Somalis being shot to death execution style in Alberta.

Police there say that it’s just the tip of the iceberg as more an more people enter the drug trade with it’s lure of easy money. According to some estimates, a drug dealer peddling ecstacy pills can rake in almost $10,000 on a good night but the perils are also high as more an more dealers are finding themselves fending for their lifes an just struggling to stay alive on a nightly basis.

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When we smoke the ‘green green grass of home’ we usually tend to talk about random things that we would otherwise never have got into conversation about. For example… The other night after splitting a ‘fliff’ with my homies we got into a conversation about DUCKS. Yes; you read that right… DUCKS. Then someone asked, “Do ducks have balls?” After couple of seconds of silence (which felt like hours when your stoned); not one person among the 5 of us could actually answer that question. (NO we are not stupid). This prompted me to do some foogling online and try to find the answer. What I did find was rather crazy and amazing at the same time.

YES – Ducks do have balls! But a male duck is called a DRAKE. So technically, a DRAKE has balls. A female is simply called a DUCK. Baby ducks or baby drakes are refered to as ducklings (we all know that)

Drake Balls are actually a delicacy in some cultures. Below is a reciepe I found online incase some of you have the BALLS (haha pun intended) to try it. Drake balls are often refered to as Fries in the cusine world – Duck Fries…

Duck Fries with bacon and peas
serves 4
1 lb duck fries
4 strips sliced bacon
1/2 cup fresh shelled peas
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup chicken stock
fresh sorrel

Rinse the duck fries and remove the excess membranes, set on a towel and pat dry. Season with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Put the bacon in a cold saute pan and bring it to medium heat to render out some fat. Remove the bacon once it has some color and turn the heat up. Add the duck fries and saute until golden brown on both sides, add
the bacon then the butter and fresh peas. Deglaze the pan with a splash of lemon juice, then add chicken stock and let reduce until the sauce emulsifies. Season with salt and pepper, and serve on four warm plates. Finish with a large chiffonade of fresh sorrel, then serve.

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Well they both got kicked out of the Champions League in the past one week failing to make it past the round of 16. Granted there were 6 other teams besides these two most notably AC Milan who were sent home packing but the fact that Chelsea an Real Madrid have spent millions of dollars to develop the squad with the sole purpose of winning trophies is comical. Real Madrid spent $340 million to assemble a squad that included superstars but yet failed to progress. For Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Kaka’ there will not be any further Champions League soccer this year. As per Chelsea, their wage packet is ginormous to say the least having gone thru a galacticos transformation of themselves couple of years ago under the “Special One” Jose Mourinho. Now all what remains of Chelsea is squad full of pensioners milking the pockets of the owner. Their most promising upcoming youth from Chelsea academy consists of Daniel Sturridge & Mancienne. ahahahhahahahaa …. whereas on the other hand Arsenal & Manchester United have a conveyor belt of talent jus comin thru.

Speaking of whom, the teams that made it thru to the quaterfinals are from England: MAnchester United & Arsenal; from France: Lyon, Bordeaux; from Spain: Barcelona; from Italy: Inter Milan; from Russia: CSKA Moscow; from Germany: Bayern Munich. The draw takes place tomorrow for teh Quarterfinals.

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Now for those of you who don’t know what an IDITAROD race is: it basically is a world’s foremost sled race with teams of typically 16 dogs cover 1,161 miles (1,868 km) in eight to fifteen days. Teams frequently race through blizzards causing whiteout conditions, sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds which can cause the wind chill to reach −100 °F (−73.3 °C).

At the beginning of this years race, many riders complained that Lance Mackey was going to get an unfair advantage in the Iditarod due to his marijuana use. Mackey put down his marijuana, rode his team of dogs through the grueling 1,100 mile Iditarod course, and finished with the second best time in history. Lance Mackey has won four straight Iditarods. Something that no one else can claim. And he has done so while under the influence of the friendly green herb, marijuana. Mackey admits that he has used marijuana in the past, and has a medical prescription for his drugs, that he was given after surviving throat cancer.

But marijuana doesn’t seem to be the secret ingredient in Mackey’s winning formula. Mackey finished the race in 8 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes, a time that is only second to Martin Buser’s finish in 2002. Marijuana has been banned from competitive use in the Iditarod for the past 28 years. This year, however, was the first year that the drug ban was going to be enforced.

This goes out to all people who smoke the good herbs an then find themselves jus lazing around not makin the most of life … take a cue from Lance Mackey who put down his spliff an won the damn thing in near record time….am pretty sure if he can do it so can you … don’t let marijuana be teh scapegoat of your inefficiencies …

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