During his back stage interview on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Presidential Candidate Ron Paul stated that he would not enforce any federal laws against marijuana, citing his belief that there is no authority in the Constitution to regulate anything a person puts into their own body. I’m sure you are all aware of Dr. Paul’s stance on marijuana, but it’s good to see him making the general public more and more aware of this fact, and even better to see him continue to gain favor.
The picture gallery can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/185K0/diy_launch_box/1 — I will probably go through and add captions with helpful hints in the next week or so
The videos can be found here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/i9f49s – 4 movies in a zip archive ,15.25MB, 3gp format (what my phone saves it in) — if anyone wants to post these elsewhere or convert them or whatever feel free.
The schematic I made in google sketchup to work out the dimensions (print this if you are trying this, its a huge help):
The materials used:
Red Maple Wood Block (I got mine at Lowes, about $2 for a piece which they cut to 2 1/2 length for me)
1/2″ x 6″ copper pipe hook, stainless steel coated in copper (I got mine at Lowes, and the link is a slightly bigger size, but has a good picture — just go to the pipe section at a large hardware store and you will find it) – Cost about $2
Stainless Steel Tea Ball, (Works, but mesh is slightly to large, tiny flecks get through when it is really dried and ground. Something like this, which is available here — I’m guessing about .006″ mesh, 304 stainless steel) – Cost about $2, but I had one anyway
Plexiglass cover (I went to michaels crafts framing department and had them cut a few for me — paid about Five bucks for 6)
Batteries — atleast 2000 mah, the higher the better – cost about $8
Materials total: $20, with plenty of extra material for screwups, and including batteries which is a significant portion of that total
The tools used:
Wood saw (mine wasn’t a good type, so the cut where the negative terminal is uneven and junky)
Spade drill bits (I used 1 1/16″ for the large circle above the trench, and 9/16″ for the battery slot
Regular drill bit (To drill holes to connect copper rods to trench area. Just compare it to the pipe hangers, it should be a perfectly snug fit, no vapor should be able to escape, but not crazy hard to push in. One of my standard bits was absolutely perfect, I just forget the size)
Regular drill bit (I used another size to drill the hole you inhale through, which also drilled the trench beneath the large circle. Don’t recall the size, but you can figure it out.)
Wood Chisel, 9/16″ (I used this make the trench area nicer, and to shave it down so that the screen could get pinned under the rods more easily)
Sand paper, to beautify it
Thats it — even if you have to buy all the tools you will be saving money and have the fun of a DIY project
Things I would do different:
get a better saw so the notch is better
use a better screen like previously mentioned
make the screen have a deeper trench
That’s about it.
I tried getting a video of me vaporizing tobacco in it, but it wouldn’t show on my camera phone so I didn’t post it. It worked though, and tobacco takes a higher temp than herb
I would have tried for herb vaporizing, but I’m broke as a joke and will be for some time.
Miley Cyrus’s recent confessions on camera might come as a shock to a large portion of her fan base. The “Hannah Montana” starlet was filmed during her 19th birthday party pronouncing her “green” habit. Thankfully, those cameras were being operated by techs from The Daily, who have kindly posted this video online.
“You know you’re a stoner when friends make you a Bob Marley cake,” she said. “You know you smoke way too much f—ing weed!”
Currently, as most of you all know, the Drug Enforcement Administration considers cannabis to be a Schedule I controlled substance, giving it the notorious reputation harbored by some of the most dangerous of drugs. A Colorado spokesperson confirmed that his administration will be making this request by the year’s end.
It’s unclear as to how and when the request will be made, but one thing is clear, the request is a mandate hidden deep within House Bill 1284 from 2010, which originally established the statutes for medical marijuana in Colorado. A passage describing the duties of the state licensing authority states the following, under the heading of “The state licensing authority shall,”
IN RECOGNITION OF THE POTENTIAL MEDICINAL VALUE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, MAKE A REQUEST BY JANUARY 1, 2012, TO THE FEDERAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER RESCHEDULING, FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES, MEDICAL MARIJUANA FROM A SCHEDULE I CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
And just who might the state licensing authority be? Earlier in the same document, this position is designated to “the executive director of the Department of Revenue or the deputy director of the Department of Revenue if the executive director so designates.” Barbara Brohl was appointed to this role on June 30th by Governor John Hickenlooper, and is the person who will be making this request of the DEA.
Due to the escalation persecution of California medical marijuana dispensaries by the Obama administration, several retired police offers and judges will hold a press conference in Santa Ana today to announce and garner support for a statewide ballot initiative to regulate marijuana in the same fashion as wine. These retired law enforcement officials propose that passing this voter initiative will give California a platform to opt out of the Controlled Substances Act entirely.
“For the federal government to interfere with state and local implementation of California’s medical marijuana law is tantamount to a government bailout for criminal gangs and violent drug cartels. For some reason the federal government wants to force legal medical marijuana patients toward a dangerous criminal market and away from an above-ground industry that pays over $100 million per year in state taxes and provides jobs for thousands of our citizens. California voters can tell the feds to back off and let Californians implement our own laws by voting to regulate marijuana like wine next November.” said James Gray, former superior court judge from Orange County.
The press conference will be taking place at the Plaza of the Flags, which is behind the Santa Ana Courthouse (Located at: 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701), it is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM.
Colorado’s largest labor union announced yesterday that hundreds of workers from the medical marijuana industry are to be bolstering its ranks. The Centennial State’s chapter of the UFCW boasts 25,000 members, and the total of jobs in the MMJ industry is near 8,000.
Steve Ackerman of the Organic Alternatives dispensary in Fort Collins and Kim Cordova of United Food and Commercial Workers both shared their approval at the tryst of the two entities. “We are the retail food, pharmacy, agriculture, food processing, and healthcare Union in Colorado and around the nation,” Cordova said in the announcement.
Also announced was a press conference at which the UFCW will elaborate more on the medical marijuana workers joining the union and the conditions surrounding the ordeal.
Governor Gary Johnson recently subjected himself to an “IAMA” on popular crowd-sourced news and microcommunity website, Reddit. IAMA stands for “I Am A” and is a microcommunity (subreddit) that features people with real life experiences in a gamut of categories (celebrities, business professionals, Stephen Colbert, and victims of crime are just the tip of the iceberg, here) willing to share these experiences in open dialogue with Redditors.
So, while doing my daily perusing of /r/trees I happened upon this post by a thoughtful entwife and had a completely “DAWWWWWWWWW” moment. As a redditor, I am absolutely fascinated by all things reddit alien, and as a stoner this piece represented the apex and culmination of my tastes and hobbies. I said to myself, “MUST HAVE!
And guess what? I CAN HAS! Obviously, this (these) were made by a redditor, and his name is hooly. He sells these reddit alien pipes on etsy.
City council members of Pullman, Washington shall gather Tuesday, 08/22/2011, to discuss the topic of medical marijuana and the possibility of regulating newly approved “community gardens” that have been sprouting up all across the Evergreen State. In a recent (July 22) law change, patients in groups of up to 10 are allowed to join together and cultivate “community gardens” for the benefit of supplying themselves with medical marijuana.
Each garden would be limited to a maximum of 45 marijuana plants. The law also authorizes cities and counties to adopt zoning regulations, business licensing requirements, taxes and health and safety regulations related to these dispensaries.
One week ago yesterday the Washington D.C. Department of Health issued a series of strict guidelines and strictures that govern the application process and even acts as an initial screening process.
Potential applicants must consider a detailed security plan and outline the entire cultivation, harvesting and storage processes; then they must submit these along with a $5,000 application fee, $2,500 of which is non-refundable. Applications received are run through a vigorous and meticulous screening process.
Last month, the health department rejected 31 letters of intent to apply for one of 10 cultivation licenses or five dispensary licenses because of errors as simple as forgetting to put down an email address. [...] Applicants also must heed the finer points of the process, such as making 10 printed copies and one electronic PDF of all application materials. [...] No one can “amend, add to, correct, revise, or supplement” an application after it is submitted, so the health department advises applicants to take heed of revised rules in the regulations posted Friday.
