--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" <martyboi@...> wrote: > > Dude, nobody in "Cali" smokes doobies anymore...everyone is > vaporizing. That is to say, they "vape." > > Just in case anyone doesn't know... A vaporizer heats the > "contents" to a specific temperature that allows you to > determine (by temperature) which aspects of the contents > you would like to imbibe. FYI, the heater on a vaporizer > is more than hot enough to ignite feathers. > > No smoke is emitted- after all smokers are considered "evil" > here and are properly sneered at with long condescending faces. > There are three stores within walking distance of my home in > San Jose that sell the devices and/or the "medicine." One > location has a "medicine sharing room" to help the > "underprivileged". > > There is a lounge downtown where you are allowed to bring your > own medicine. It is basically like a very well appointed bar > filled with young, extremely beautiful ladies whose job it is > to up-sell you overly-priced "munchies" after the "medicine" > kicks in.
This is something to be treasured, and appreciated, even if you don't imbibe. Me, I haven't really indulged in the devil weed since my first visits to Amsterdam years ago, but the main reason is that the Dutch, bowing to pressure from within and outside the country, have destroyed the concept of "pleasant places to smoke a little weed and have fun conversations with intelligent people." Most coffeehouses in the Netherlands these days are little more than a walk-up counter at which to buy a gram or so and take it back to your home and smoke it there. The few shops that still allow smoking it on the premises are full of -- sorry, but it's true -- dumbass dumbasses who wouldn't recognize a good conversation if it snuck up and bit them *on* their dumb asses. Where's the fun in that? Lately the Dutch have gotten even more uptight in their desire to make the legal marijuana thing seem to be not as present as it really is. They have in recent months tried to pass legislation is some towns that prevents foreigners from going into coffeehouses (requiring the vendors to look at people's passports). The latest is even more insane, and a huge uproar and backlash is being felt against the neo- conservatives who passed the legislation. They ruled that "strong marijuana" (over 15% THC) should be classed as a "hard drug," like heroin or cocaine, and thus should not be allowed to be sold any more. The people who did this did not even notice that the government-approved "medical marijuana" is over that THC count, and that they had just disenfranchised thousands of people who really DO use it to help them get over the nausea associated with their chemotherapy, and treat other illnesses. One hopes that this is just a passing conservative fad here. After decades of having one of the most progressive drug policies on the planet, even though it doesn't affect me personally I'd hate to see it all flushed down the toilet because of a few uptight wannabee Inquisitors. > One dispensary is appropriately located next to my favorite > Starbucks. Other than seeing one elderly person in a walker, > most of the clients appear to be in their early to mid > twenties....I didn't know our youth were so ill. > > Here's a link to a video of the lounge: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgoewwiaWqo > > P.S. The city just voted to reduce the number of dispensaries > to 10. The Fed are also coming up with creative ways to hassle > the landlords and are issuing threats of jail time..to the > building owners..not the dispensary operators..... > > > > -- > > Closer to home, if a doobie lights up you need to blow it out or you risk > > ejecting the contents by shaking it and igniting the feathers in the > > chick's hair next to you. Turns out that burning off one side of a chick > > wearing the hemp vest's hair is a deal killer for hooking up that night > > even if you point out that now she is so hideous that she is lucky that you > > are even hitting on her. Chicks are so inscrutable. > > >
