"...without any recorded deaths attributed to its use."

Ok, I'm a big proponent of reforming pot laws, but that can't possibly be true, can it?

You can't fatally OD on pot.

There was some speculation that former caddy Carl Lipbaum died of a marijuana overdose during summer school, but it turned out that it was a severe anxiety attack.

Yeah, but "attributed to its use." If I drink 10 vodkas at a bar and then drive my car off the road, hit a tree, and die, I think it would be safe to say that my death would be attributed to alcohol, no?

Doubt that's the problem but something is not right. His minders are working overtime to keep him from blathering to the media. I'll bet they wish they could put a piece of duct tape over his mouth.

http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2009/05/08/oh-the-drama-read-amy-ruizs-text-messages/

You can't OD on pot but indiscriminate eating of junk food that occurs after pot consumption is very unhealthy and might just kill you. The number of deaths attributable to booze and cigarettes vastly dwarfs any hazard associated with pot smoking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6pBw0bgmgA
Of course you've gotta remember where you put the damn keys before you can engage in the most deadly activity of all. Let's make driving illegal.

Everybody must get stoned.

Is that really his signature? It looks like "Nth".

I gave up weed decades ago after experimenting with a boxcar full. I did play in a band recently with one of the medical marijuana movement leaders here in town.
We played the Seattle Hempfest main stage for several years and I went up there thinking I'd make a few jokes about the Twinkie concession, etc..

However, after hearing the horrendous medical stories I got it about medical marijuana. It is one of the great medical treatments around with numerous applications. It's the best appetite help - if you have a loved one wasting away in chemo you'll want this. If they can't eat they'll fade out and this allows them to eat.

But the truly harsh stories involved chronic pain - no pun intended.
People with horrendous diseases who are in constant pain that doesn't get better. Medical marijuana allows them to handle the pain without being destroyed by serious narcotics.

The only reason medical marijuana is not allowed is because it is a financial problem for the the pharmaceutical industry. So people are suffering and dying in the name of profits.

If you have a drop of mercy in your body you should be advocating that medical marijuana be legalized.

We're all going to face our own health problems - why would you want to suffer more than need be?

Medical marijuana is already legal on the West Coast (WA, OR, CA) plus 10 other states.

The Justice Department (A.G. Holder) has stated he will not prosecute medical marijuana production, distribution, or consumption.

So it appears that medical marijuana has already achieved de facto legalization unless you live in one of the 37 states where you have to visit the local junior college or 7/11 to find a dealer.

Is that really his signature?

A signature like that shows he truly cares about what he's signing. (Hell, he might not even know he signed that thing until he sees it here!)

Oops, I forgot to add an idea that popped into my head earlier that I have not run across in my readings about the Mayor's most recent public rear-ender:

It's been reported that, as soon as Adams confirmed no one was too badly hurt after the accident, he climbed back in his truck and got on his cell phone. Is it possible he was calling back the person he was talking to when he crashed?

One thing's for sure.
He can always lie about signing it.

And with his usual how-dare-you-question-me tone and confidence he'll easily convinve himself that he's telling the truth.

Any more pandering to the only people who might vote against a recall (because they're too stoned to keep up with the news), and Sam might as well paint himself black and white and start chewing on bamboo. Considering exactly how worthless such a proclamation is, Sam's apparently figured that he has nothing left to lose with the rest of the city, so now he's sucking up to the hipsters.

(Back when Dallas still had its late mayor Annette Strauss, we were regularly embarrassed by her multiple royal decrees: the one that became international news was when she heard from Donald Wildmon about a Mighty Mouse cartoon where allegedly Mighty Mouse was snorting cocaine. She immediately decreed that the Dallas City Council was going to issue a proclamation stating that it disapproved of this cartoon, but decided to send it to Walt Disney Studios, the creators of Mickey Mouse. When Annette died of a brain tumor in 2002, the nearly universal comment in Texas politics was "How could you tell? Isn't that like Phil Gramm dying of a botched hysterectomy?")

Oh, and the official comment from Sam's supporters: "Uhhh...like, this is so cool. Huh huh huh huh."

Since those who go the Alice B. Toklas brownies route are an insignificant minority, how can it ever be good for the vast majority of users to suck hot tarry smoke from burning leaves of any kind into their lungs?

how can it ever be good for the vast majority of users to suck hot tarry smoke from burning leaves of any kind into their lungs?

If you spend any amount of time in NW Portland (in the general vicinity of the Esco plant), you'll have a chance to find out.

If you spend any amount of time in NW Portland (in the general vicinity of the Esco plant), you'll have a chance to find out.

Sharon, is that you?