Drugs

The Stoner Channel: The Rise of Taxing Questions, the End of Possession Prosecutions, and a New Tokyo Undo

The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam Can you believe this was up for an Oscar in 1970? Cocaine is a hell of a drug. [Cartoon Brew] The Taxman Cometh While many celebrate the legalization of cannabis in WACO (Washington and Colorado, collectively), the movement still faces significant hurdles—like the IRS and Section 280E of the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 9

The Stoner Channel: Sonic Booms, Gansta Lunchables, and Why I’m Moving Back to Colorado

Weed Is Now Totally Legal in Two States, Still Sorta Legal in 17 Others Both Washington’s Initiative 502 and Colorado’s Amendment 64 passed muster during last night’s election garnering 56 and 53 percent of the vote, respectively. Detroit’s Proposal M passed with a whopping 63 percent approval and Massachusetts legalized MMJ by a 2-to-1 margin!…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 8

The Stoner Channel: Monty Python’s Galaxy Song Redux, “Extreme” Mountain Unicycling, and Where Not to Hide a Kilo of Coke

Eric Idle and Brian Cox Sing the Galaxy Song For as much as we like to tell ourselves otherwise, the human race is little more than a tiny smear on the windshield of the Universe. Don’t believe me? Listen to this. [The Register] You’ll Never Guess Where This Guy Tried to Hide 2.5 Pounds of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 7

The Stoner Channel: Jon Stewart on Marijuana, Chicago in 30,000 Pictures, and Why Trees Suck So Hard

Cuckoo – Alexander Pettersson Mmmmmmm, eggs n’ bacon Trees Are Freaking Awesome or “Trees Generate 10 Atmospheres of Vacuum Just to Get a Drink” [It’s OK to be Smart] Not that Washington or Colorado are likely to need the support, it’s nice to see big name celebrities backing the legalization movement. [Marijuana Majority] Chicago in…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 6

More evidence that marijuana could slow brain aging

Researchers can’t seem to make up their minds about the long-term cognitive effects of marijuana. Some studies have shown that it reduces brain power and impairs working memory, while other studies are indicating that it can suppress brain inflammation and confer other neuroprotective properties. And now, perhaps quite surprisingly, a new study is suggesting that…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 30

The Stoner Channel: Buffalo Party Fouls, Thome Yorke on Rain, and an Albert King—Stevie Ray Vaughan Double Session

Watch Planes Bounce Like Cheap Sci-Fi Props in This Heathrow Time-Lapse If you’re sitting there, watching this video, and making the MRRREEEEOOOWWW jet fighter noise as each one passes, you aren’t the only one. [Boing Boing] Buffulo Police Scare Up Some Drugs During Halloween Party Raid Now this is my kind of party. Last Thursday,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 30

The Stoner Channel: Defusing Stash Jars, Fluting Cosplayers, and Feeding Lorises

Anti-Pot Propaganda from the Golden Age of Disco I almost wish weed made me freak out as hard as this film suggests it does—always being giggly, sleepy, and hungry is no way to go through life. Oh wait, yes it is. A Cosplayer Ocarina-ing the Legend of Zelda Theme—Because Why the Fuck Not Seriously people,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 27

Testicular Annihilations, Japanther Animations, and Other Things to Make Em’ Say Uuh

She’s The One – Japanther While this isn’t the official music video—it was actually crafted by 50 teenage animation students at the California State Summer School for the Arts over the course of three days—it should be. [Boing Boing] Hadley TK-421 This brilliant black comedy from writer-director Jonathan Reid-Edwards is set in 1960’s London (just…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 26

The Stoner Channel: The One with Pot Points, Dolphin-Controlled Orbital Bases, and Mr. Cat

Evil Dead Is Coming Bruce Campbell wasn’t kidding. Can. Not. Wait. https://gizmodo.com/bruce-campbell-tells-us-why-the-evil-dead-remake-wont-m-5953150 The Pot ‘Point’ John Fugelsang hosts comedian Cornell Reid, 420 Times Editor Dave Brian, and Sam Humeid , owner of Perennial Holistic Wellness Center, sit down for a calm, rational discussion of the issues facing cannabis legalization today. See Internet, this is what…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 25

The Placebo Effect May Be Genetic

The placebo effect seems to make little sense: get ill, take a dummy pill, and you’ll recover in much the same way as someone taking real drugs. While there have been many theories bandied about over the years to explain how it works, new evidence suggests that it may be genetic. https://gizmodo.com/we-could-have-evolved-the-placebo-effect-to-save-energy-5940942 A team of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 24

The Stoner Channel: Arcane Dangers, Antique Synthesizers, and Albert Kings

Arcane – Bastien Belvaux This is going to blow your mind. Arcane was created by Bastien Belvaux as his Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation graduation project and needs to be turned into a feature length, like, now. Herbie Hancock Blows School Kids’ Minds with the Awesome Power of Synthesized Music Legendary jazz keyboardist Herbie…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 24

The Stoner Channel: Makin’ Crack, Blowin’ Trillions, and Thinkin’ of You

Everything You Need to Know about the Failed War on Drugs Wait, we’re spending how much? $1.5 TRILLION, including prison bills and miscellaneous state level costs, according to Matt Groff. He assembled this damning statistic from publicly available information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the International Centre for Science in…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 23

You’d never guess that Napoleon Dynamite himself was behind this creepy stop-motion movie

This is Drained, a wordless, 10-minute film with a simple synopsis — “the story of how a man’s addictions can destroy the woman he loves” — but intensely unnerving stop-motion animation using household items. How unsettling do the effects get? There’s a suit of 1,000 sentient condoms, hypodermic needle hands, and a man made of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 22

The Stoner Channel: Meat Planets, Cheese Monsters, and Muhammad Ali: Mars Boxer

Muhammad Ali Wanted to Whup Some Ass on Mars Muhammad Ali is regarded as both one of the most dominant heavyweight fighters of all time and as one of the most prolific and gracious envoys boxing—or really any sport—has ever seen. For example, in 1966, 17-year-old reporter Michael Aisner approached the champ for a interview…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 20

Could you actually have an LSD flashback decades after taking the drug?

Ever hear someone tell a tale about an elderly man who used LSD in his youth going on a fish trip, only to randomly have an LSD-linked flashback and die via drowning? Scary, eh? I remember this urban legend particularly well, thanks to an unusually creepy elementary school assembly about drug awareness. Stories of flashbacks…

io9 Keith Veronese Oct 19

The Stoner Channel: Office Drones Work for a Higher Calling, Incepting in Real-Time, and Don’t Answer the Door

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pistoia Italia 1988 Yup, He’s still got it too. Collate – Sarah Beeby I challenge you to make heads or tails of this promo piece for piece the Frame at Frieze Art Fair created by London-based artist Sarah Beeby. [Cartoon Brew] Inception in Real-Time Well that certainly clears things up. Videographer…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 19

Why Some Pills Are Little White Discs and Others Are Big Red Torpedoes

Pills, they’re the answer to every one of life’s little problems, or so the pharmaceutical companies would like us to think. They come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours, but have you ever thought about why? Why are some boring white and round, while others are bright pink and look like a torpedo?…

Health Sam Gibbs Oct 17

The Stoner Channel: Constitutional Showdowns, Steel Tears, and Breathless Sides of Beef

Ray Charles – Live at Montreux Yup, he’s still got it. Absolutely No Words This supercut of wrestlers snorting, snrling and, sighing will leave you breathless with laughter and a hankering for anabolic steroids. Seriously, those guys are unnaturally huge. [Buzzfeed] Tears of Steel Here’s 12 minutes of stunning Sci-fi from the Blender Foundation. It’s…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 17

The Stoner Channel: Super-Strong Strains, Quantum Explanations, and Slo-Mo Sledge-o-Matics

Rockabilly Sessions – Carl Perkins and Friends Surprisingly, country music wasn’t always just prefab Pop tunes with a side of slide guitar. There used to be a time when the Godfather of Rockabilly could host an all-star lineup with the likes of George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Rosanne Cash. Gallagher SMASH! Is it…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 16

NASA Is Working on a Nasal Spray to Keep Astronauts From Throwing Up in Space

Red Bull may be sending dudes to jump from the stratosphere, but NASA’s still out there doing stuff too. It’s not quite as flashy as livestreamed sky-diving, by NASA is currently working on a fast-acting, anti-nausea nasal spray. Talk about technology we could all benefit from. It turns out that over half of astronauts develop…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer Oct 14

The Stoner Channel: The Rise of Taxing Questions, the End of Possession Prosecutions, and a New Tokyo Undo

The Stoner Channel: Sonic Booms, Gansta Lunchables, and Why I’m Moving Back to Colorado

The Stoner Channel: Monty Python’s Galaxy Song Redux, “Extreme” Mountain Unicycling, and Where Not to Hide a Kilo of Coke

The Stoner Channel: Jon Stewart on Marijuana, Chicago in 30,000 Pictures, and Why Trees Suck So Hard

More evidence that marijuana could slow brain aging

The Stoner Channel: Buffalo Party Fouls, Thome Yorke on Rain, and an Albert King—Stevie Ray Vaughan Double Session

The Stoner Channel: Defusing Stash Jars, Fluting Cosplayers, and Feeding Lorises

Testicular Annihilations, Japanther Animations, and Other Things to Make Em’ Say Uuh

The Stoner Channel: The One with Pot Points, Dolphin-Controlled Orbital Bases, and Mr. Cat

The Placebo Effect May Be Genetic

The Stoner Channel: Arcane Dangers, Antique Synthesizers, and Albert Kings

The Stoner Channel: Makin’ Crack, Blowin’ Trillions, and Thinkin’ of You

You’d never guess that Napoleon Dynamite himself was behind this creepy stop-motion movie

The Stoner Channel: Meat Planets, Cheese Monsters, and Muhammad Ali: Mars Boxer

Could you actually have an LSD flashback decades after taking the drug?

The Stoner Channel: Office Drones Work for a Higher Calling, Incepting in Real-Time, and Don’t Answer the Door

Why Some Pills Are Little White Discs and Others Are Big Red Torpedoes

The Stoner Channel: Constitutional Showdowns, Steel Tears, and Breathless Sides of Beef

The Stoner Channel: Super-Strong Strains, Quantum Explanations, and Slo-Mo Sledge-o-Matics

NASA Is Working on a Nasal Spray to Keep Astronauts From Throwing Up in Space

Southwest Is About to Limit Power Banks on Flights

Damn, the ‘Power Rangers’ Reboot Could’ve Had Four Movies

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This Loud-Ass Party Speaker Almost Got Me High AF

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