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The Zen-Effect of Marijuana
„When walking, walk. When eating, eat.“ Zen proverb One of the most predominant effects of marijuana is a hyper focusing of attention during the high. Often, this hyper focusing is experienced together…
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5. December 2020
Essays
For Lester Grinspoon. Your Light is Here to Stay
My dear friend Lester Grinspoon peacefully passed away in the presence of his wife Betsy on June 25th, one day after his 92nd birthday. I was about to call him that…
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30. June 2020
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Henri Michaux and The Flying Carpet: Cannabis Explorations of an Unique Mind
„Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.“ Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) He was admired by many of his contemporaries both for his poetry and writing as well…
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5. September 2016
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My Cannabis Odyssey: To Vaporize or Not To Vaporize Dr. Grinspoon
A few years ago, my friend Lester Grinspoon asked me in one of our many Skype conversations about the cannabis high if I ever had the chance to try the cannabis strain…
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7. April 2016
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Marijuana, Escapism, and Mind Traveling
„Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.“ Thomas Wolfe We all need to escape from our daily routines once…
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24. March 2016
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Marijuana, Empathy, and Severe Cases of Autism
“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” John Steinbeck, writer, 1902-1968 “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eye for…
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3. March 2016
Essays
Quote: A Marijuana High Can Enhance Core Human Mental Abilities
“A cannabis high can enhance core human mental abilities. It can help you to focus, to remember, to see new patterns, to imagine, to be creative, to introspect, to empathically understand others,…
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16. February 2016
Quotes
Just Another Altered State of Consciousness
“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Altered States of Consciousness and Western Culture There is the marijuana…
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3. February 2016
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What a High Can Do For Sex
“If one wanted to depict the whole thing graphically, every episode, with its climax, would require a three-dimensional, or, rather, no model: every experience is unrepeatable. What makes lovemaking and reading resemble…
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21. December 2015
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“War on Drugs” – Quote
“There has never been a ‘war on drugs’! In our history we can only see an ongoing conflict amongst various drug users – and producers. In ancient Mexico the use of alcohol…
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3. December 2015
Quotes
Legalization Quote
“The legalization of marijuana is not a dangerous experiment – the prohibition is the experiment, and it has failed dramatically, with millions of victims all around the world.” Sebastian Marincolo
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18. November 2015
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Insight Quote
“The movie Koyaanisqatsi shows non-commented time-lapse footage and focuses our attention on the very rhythm of our civilized modern life and nature. A marijuana high can do something for a user similar…
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13. November 2015
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GUINEA – A Guerrilla-Neurophilosophical Approach to High Science
What is it like to be high? What is the positive potential of this altered state of consciousness for medical and inspirational uses? How exactly does marijuana enhance cognitive functions like our…
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27. August 2015
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Carl Sagan, Cannabis, and The Right Brain Hemisphere
„What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.“ Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994), neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, known for his revolutionary studies of split brain patients In…
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2. July 2015
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Marijuana and the Enhancement of Episodic Memory
„A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss.“ Gustave Flaubert, French writer (1821-1880) Our memory is simply amazing. We can store information about thousands of situations…
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25. June 2015
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Marijuana, Dopes, and Cognitive Enhancements
When genius mathematician and originator of cybernetics Norbert Wiener moved with his family from Cambridge to Newton, his wife organized the move and let Wiener concentrate on his work as a professor…
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12. June 2015
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Marijuana and The Power of Imagination
„Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.“ Albert Einstein The Underestimated Value of Imagination When we think about our capacity for imagination, we often think…
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22. May 2015
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Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story
“O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…
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11. May 2015
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Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception
“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…
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22. April 2015
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Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’
“To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…
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7. April 2015
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Vipers, Muggles, and The Evolution of Jazz
“I’m the king of everything Got to get high before I sing Sky is high, everybody’s high If you’re a viper…” ‘Viper’s Drag’ (1934), by Fats Waller Without doubt the history…
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24. March 2015
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Nightmare Prohibition. Why the Prohibition Against Marijuana Has to End
Watanuga Lahele is radiating. His glassy eyes peep out under a large, conical straw hat, his movements slightly erratic. He has been chewing on a dark-greenish kalangi root and the drug tetralin…
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23. March 2015
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Cannabis Insights: Myth or Reality?
Countless users of cannabis have claimed that it can act as a catalyst to obtain real insights. Are these reports just exaggerations of users justifying their smoking habit? Or is it true…
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22. March 2015
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Marijuana, Introspection, and Personal Growth
“Once again the powers of the herb open up the mind. Seek deep inside. Tell me what you find.“ Cypress Hill, Temples of Boom III As we mature, we have experiences and…
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22. March 2015
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Cannabis, Mind Enhancements, and Culture
“(…) for the actual experience of the smoked herb has been completely clouded by a fog of dirty language by the diminishing crowd of fakers who have not had the experience and…
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20. March 2015
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Vaporizer Highs
What characterizes a vaporizer high? How much of a difference is there between a vaporizer high and the high from a joint or bong? How different are various vaporizers on the market…
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24. February 2015
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Consciousness, Altered States & AI