Sirened

Another month has come and gone, and slowly we’re all getting older and crustier. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights from June.
Prescription drugs kill more people than illegal drugs. We also learned that nobody in the state of Florida died from marijuana in 2007.
The fact that nobody died from marijuana in Florida led me to wonder, is it even humanely possible to die from an overdose of weed?
June saw Europe go nuts with Euro Cup fever. So I decided to list 10 things that annoy me about soccer.
John McCain might be old and decrepit now, but …read more

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Effective July 1st, the Netherlands will be joining several other EU countries in banning smoking inside all restaurants, bars and clubs. But of course, since it’s the Netherlands there is a wonderful kicker, the ban is only on tobacco!
For awhile, many people were concerned that the smoking ban would bring an end to the Netherlands famous “coffee shops.” And if this were the case, come July 1st, some 200 businesses in Amsterdam alone would be no longer.
The future of coffee shops in the Netherlands is still an uncertain one, but for the time being they will be safe. Patrons will …read more

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This thought occurred to me a few days ago when I was writing that prescription drugs kill more people than illegal drugs. Marijuana of course, has never been known as a killer, unless you count the old government propaganda film Reefer Madness. But I wondered if it was even humanely possible to die from a marijuana overdose.
The thought came to mind when I read that zero people had died from marijuana in the state of Florida in 2007. None, in a state of 18 million people, half of which are retarded.
Living here in Amsterdam, where marijuana can be purchased at …read more

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