Is Taking Psychedelics an Act of Sedition? In revealing that the emperor wears no clothes, that things fall
apart, psychedelics decrypt the death bound into things and offer
us a chance to capture -- or recover -- the rapture of union, to
snap out of the trance that sustains the illusion of our
separateness. posted by Cyndy | link |    | |

April 22-28 Turn of Your TV week. Does this mean I should actually turn mine on just to see what I've missed the other 51 weeks of the year? Doubt it. posted by Cyndy | link |    | |

Smoking out pot's medical potential THC is available in a pill, but it doesn't seem to work as well. Dr. Mark Wallace, a pain
specialist at UC San Diego who plans to study the painkilling effects of smoked marijuana
in healthy adults, said inhaled cannabis goes right to the bloodstream, almost as directly as
an injection.
posted by Cyndy | link |    | |

Medical Marijuana Ban Overturned in D.C. A federal law that prohibited District of Columbia residents from
proposing, running or voting on a ballot initiative to legalize
medical cannabis, has been overturned as an unconstitutional
restriction on political speech. posted by Cyndy | link |    | |

Where Postmodern Art and Schizophrenia Intersect Can the so-called normal mind hope to
penetrate the symbolism and arcane graphic modes of
brains whose very structure, it now appears, is
anomalous? Even this: does the genetically unusual mind
preserve information about the evolution of thought long
lost to the mainstream? posted by Cyndy | link |    | |

Hoyle, who opened her store 10 years ago "out of frustration with the nasty Soho sex shops", has
seen sex play become more mainstream over the decade. Sleazy sex shops get posh makeover posted by Cyndy | link |    | |

Protest Music Antiwar
music has become a time-honored
balance to "bomb 'em all and let God
sort 'em out" fervor. So why, since
Sept. 11, have we heard so little new
music protesting Bush Junior's war
on evil? posted by Cyndy | link |    | |