Cannabis is the world’s favourite drug, but also one of the least understood. Can cannabis cause schizophrenia? Is it addictive? Can it lead you on to harder drugs? Or is it simply a herb, an undervalued medicine? Addiction specialist Dr John Marsden discovers that modern science is finally beginning to find answers to these questions. John traces the cannabis plants’ birthplace in Kazakhstan; finds the origins of our sensitivity to cannabis in the simple sea [...]

Instead of serious breaking news stories and documentaries it’s time for something different. Today we have a film about the lives of two very famous people: Cheech and Chong. Some of you might have no idea who these guys are, but the middle aged among us do. Especially the hippies, the pot smoking ones, the weirdos. The Cheech and Chong films are well known as ” the best stoner movies”  ever made. One of these [...]

I could try and write a whole story about this but it simply comes down to a series of photos taken in forest that are truly stunning. This is what great photographers do – capture the moment so well everything around it is just trippy. The Bizarre and The Cool:

Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former Stoner of the Year Doug Benson documents his experience avoiding pot for 30 days and then consuming massive amounts of the drug for 30 days. More than just an amusing story of one man’s quest to get superhigh, this documentary also examines the hotly contested debate over medical marijuana use. The Bizarre and The Cool:

Recent research has analysed the link between the harmful effects of drugs relative to their current classification by law with some startling conclusions. Perhaps most startling of all is that alcohol, solvents and tobacco (all unclassified drugs) are rated more dangerous than ecstasy, 4-MTA and LSD (all class A drugs). If the current ABC system is retained, alcohol would be rated a class A drug and tobacco class B. The scientists involved, including members of [...]