No, it’s not that dude–even though he’s a winner because he has the balls to wear a fanny pack and a speedo. Nevertheless, when we began this contest we honestly had no idea how the response would be. Thankfully, Joe Rogan’s fans share his passion for fanny packs as the moment the contest went live my inbox was under constant assault by people looking to snag a sweet fanny pack. The vagueness of our guidelines for the contest also led to a wide mix of Best 10 lists, and while many were good we had to pick one since there is only one fanny pack. The question we then had to deal with was whether or not to judge the list on practicality, on humor, on creativity, and the like. In the end, practicality won out. After all, we are dealing in fanny packs here and any other focus on judging besides practicality would be blasphemous to the ole Buffalo pouch. So, without any further gibber jabber, we give you the winner of the Joe Rogan Fanny Pack Initiative and Contest. Continue Reading
There’s more to the notion of good vibes and psychedelics than we, as a society, have been led to believe. A few years ago, John Hopkins University set out to find what exactly psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, did for people. The findings shocked the leader of the study, Roland Griffiths. Continue Reading
When Gil Kerlikowske was tapped to be the country’s drug czar there was plenty of hope among potheads everywhere. After all, he was the police chief of Seattle, a pot friendly city that hosts an annual festival, Hemp Fest, which pretty much consists of people just walking around and openly smoking pot. Rather than order his officers to rain down baton blows on stoned citizens Kerlikowske simply let the people have their fun. But now it appears he’s taken on a more czar-like position on the matter saying, “Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit.” Continue Reading
Humanity loves beer and wine. It isn’t surprising either. Not only does it help take the edge off a long, hard day, but it is a social lubricant that helps pull people out of their self-conscious shell. And sure, the two can sometimes cause some serious problems, but without beer and wine modern life would be quite different. Continue Reading
Drugs, recliners, and intercourse with the opposite sex. Three things prisoners shouldn’t have easy access to, but down in Montague County, Texas they do their jailin’ differently. In what is being called the Inmates-Gone-Wild scandal, the former sheriff, Bill Keating, and 16 others have been indicted on 106 counts of having some serious fun. The sheriff was sexing up the female prisoners while the female guards took care of the male inmates. In Montague, going to the hole took on an entirely new meaning. Drugs and cell phones were also a part of the day-to-day routine–a major difference from the more uptight jails that typically frown upon such behavior so much that they are willing to investigate the anal cavities of inmates any time they suspect something might be in there.
Best of all, multiple surveillance cameras were disabled and various locks were either broken or left unlocked–and nobody left! They easily could have, but they stayed. And who could blame them? No job, no financial worries, just a lot of relaxation, sex, and altered states. Maybe Sheriff Keating was on to something. If jail is made enjoyable, then all the leisure-loving, sex-and-drug crazed degenerates will flock to jails and prisons nationwide, and then we’ll finally be able to get things done once and for all. After all, with the CEOs in prison humping and snorting away, we won’t have to worry about the fuckers raping the economy for shits and giggles.
Maybe you’ve been up late and happened to catch a lovely pharmaceutical ad for the drug Abilify. You haven’t? Well, by all means check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxbK1p_mfE
Abilify is an anti-depressant add-on for those people who are so depressed that regular anti-depressants don’t quite cut it. The side effects of Abilify–all of which appear to be common and potentially fatal–illustrate one very unfortunate truth about our country’s attitude towards drugs: we really are absolutely clueless, misinformed, and horribly confused. We say things like, “drugs and alcohol,” when alcohol is a drug. We spent years embracing the concept that cigarettes were nicotine-laced symbols of class and coolness. We’ve allowed the prescription of Ritalin and concentrated opiates to our nation’s youth. Meanwhile, we’ve imprisoned, victimized, and inconvenienced millions of other Americans for smoking a drug, whose active ingredient never killed or severely harmed a person until it was extracted, concentrated, and pressed into a pill called Marinol, which the FDA gave a seal of approval to.
Nevertheless, after watching the Abilify ad, it becomes clear that pharmaceutical companies have reached a new low.To all the wretchedly depressed people, a subtle Kervorkian offer of assisted suicide, packed tightly into a tiny and easy-to-swallow pill, is made to them.All they need to do is talk to their doctor and if Doc feels Abilify will help, a piece of paper is signed and off the patient goes to finally put themselves out of their misery.They will be remembered in a much better light than if they had decided to kill themselves through conscious effort.What Abilify provides is a subconsciously deliberate way to cop out and drop out.
The fact that Abilify was approved by the FDA is baffling.Here are just a few of the side effects of Abilify, which are actually posted on the drug’s website—how bold! Continue Reading
I know what you’re thinking–I’m thinking it as well. “What the? But how? No fucking way!” Thanks to the internet, I have managed to find what can only be regarded as a mind blowing proposition: salvia as medicine. If you never smoked salvia then check out my essay, The Salvia Chronicles, but if you have experienced salvia, then you are just as baffled as I am right now.
SalviaSociety.org is a website that deals with everything salvia, and that includes the potential health benefits of using salvia. According to their site, salvia has the potential to treat the following problems: Continue Reading
This is what happens when you take your 7 year old to get an extra tooth removed and drug him up with pain killers. Poor kid asks his farther “if this is real life.” At around :59 seconds he starts to resemble one of those teenagers on YouTube tripping out on salvia. Enjoy!
Craigslist is the internet’s paradise island of opportunity. From renting out bathrooms to recruiting bank robber accomplices, the simple yet popular classified website has brought together employers and job hunters, landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, cheating husbands and prostitutes, even drug dealers and web savvy drug users. That’s right; drugs 2.0!
Special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan and a team of prosecutors are leading the online drug war in an effort to influence Craigslist to curb ads featured on their site selling illegal drugs. Brennan has recently written a letter to the online trade post concerning the growing issue. However, Brennan’s undercover agents have already arrested dozens of dealers selling cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs.
So who are the dealers? How about anyone from a Citigroup banker to an Ivy Leaguer to an ex-convict? If this sounds sketchy to you that’s because it is. Although, you can argue that it’s similar to using that NYC weed delivery service your co-worker referred to you.
Sound tempting? Are you brave enough to tap into the web surfing, ad posting, drug pushing exchange?
Here’s a guide to scoring your first bag of blow via Craigslist: Continue Reading
The Florida school board suspended a 7th grade teacher for inappropriate comments his students about violating the dress code. So what exactly did he say? He was quoted saying, “Girls, if you wear short skirts and I can see your panties, I am going to tell you what color they are.”
How can grown adults, that are educators think this is an okay thing to say?! The teach also is accused of telling male students that wearing pants too low means in prison terms that “you are open for business,” referring to male prison prostitution. LOL O.M.G. Continue Reading
The war on drugs is non-existent and with the latest results from a World Health Organization survey of 17 countries, the United States drug policies have clearly failed. According to the recent survey, the United States ranks the highest in marijuana and cocaine use
42.4 percent of the US citizens surveyed admitted to having used marijuana. New Zealand trailed close behind with 41.9 percent. However, the United States leads the world in cocaine use by a large margin.
What is most interesting are the results from the Netherlands where adults are allowed to possess and purchase small amounts of marijuana from regulated businesses. While many U.S. officials accuse the Dutch drug policy of fueling drug abuse, only 19.8 percent have used marijuana. Looks like the land of the free has got it all backwards. The question now is whether the U.S. can flip the drug culture from drug abuse to recreational drug use; sounds like a “change we can believe in” to me.
Humanity loves beer and wine. It isn’t surprising either. Not only does it help take the edge off a long, hard day, but it is a social lubricant that helps pull people out of their self-conscious shell. And sure, the two can sometimes cause some serious problems, but without beer and wine modern life would be quite different. 
Drugs, recliners, and intercourse with the opposite sex. Three things prisoners shouldn’t have easy access to, but down in Montague County, Texas they do their jailin’ differently. In what is being called the Inmates-Gone-Wild scandal, the former sheriff, Bill Keating, and 16 others have been indicted on 106 counts of having some serious fun. The sheriff was sexing up the female prisoners while the female guards took care of the male inmates. In Montague, going to the hole took on an entirely new meaning. Drugs and cell phones were also a part of the day-to-day routine–a major difference from the more uptight jails that typically frown upon such behavior so much that they are willing to investigate the anal cavities of inmates any time they suspect something might be in there.
