Last January Katryna and i were in Amsterdam. This was not my first time like it was for Katryna, but there was a first for me. i BROKE my drug virginity and smoked pot everyday for the four days we were there. They have these cool 'coffee' shops where you can legally purchase pot, sit and smoke, while having a cup of coffee. They are like the McDonalds of pot smoking places. People stop in on their way to work for a coffee and a quick smoke. There is a menu board on the wall with all the different grades of weed and hash. We found the BEST coffee shop in Amsterdam. The cool decor and close proximity to our hotel made Abraxas THE place to relax and warm up from the bitter cold and very wet winter we were experiencing in Amsterdam. i found smoking it in a water pipe/bong to be the best way to get the desired effect. i felt great, did not have all the bad effects of drinking alcohol, slept well, and woke with no hangover. i think small amounts of pot should be legal. i'd even be open to our own 'coffee' shops here in the states. Not sure if it will ever happen, but i can HOPE!
"A historian reader writes:
This is from Oxford, Bodleian MS Ashmole 1462, a 12th-century English collection of various medical and herbal texts. Note that next to the illustration of cannabis it includes both its name in Latin (Nomen istius herbe...) but then also, in English, "wilde hemp."
So, it's funny that i came across a post at Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish that talks about Medical Marijuana being legal long ago in the olden days. As a person with Chronic Lyme Disease, which in turn causes chronic pain, i would benefit from the legalization of marjuana. When we move back to California, i am going to look into it since medical marijuana is legal there.
Sullivan says,
"Decriminalizing cannabis would not be a radical departure from the norm of human history. It would be a return to it."
