DHS Hate me

There’s been much said about how Cannabis is Horrible, and it will kill you, or drive you insane. That, simply put, is bullshit.

Not a single person has died from using Cannabis, but it’s prohibition has killed hundreds. If the Government would wizen up, and learn from earlier attempts to legislate Morality, They would see that the world would be entirely better off if they stopped.

Throw the gates open, legalize everything. I’m not going to say no one would get hurt. A few, perhaps even Many, current addicts to drugs that can kill you, such as Cocaine or Heroine, would go hog-wild. But then again… removed from the stigma (and mystique) of being Illegal, many illegal drug users would simply set down their habits, and those that could not, would find much easier paths into rehabilitation. With the threat of jail time removed, How many addicts would step forward for help that much easier? Certainly more than would sink ever deeper into their now-legal addiction.

On top of that, there is the Economic angle. When something is legal, shipments can be made in bulk, openly, with far less overhead than clandestine shipments in the bellies of individual mules. this alone drops the end price considerably. When you factor in that now users can openly grow or make their own, you get a further price drop. When a pound of Cocaine costs no more than a pound of Sugar, the drug dealer on the street’s going to have a hard time making enough money to live on. He’ll be asking if you want fries with that in no time.

In what I believe will become the norm from now on, It’s time for our How-to. Today: a Vaporizer.

Supposedly invented by Nikola Tesla (which makes him just that much more my Hero) The Vaporizer is designed to release the aromatic compounds from various herbs, such as Tobacco and Cannabis, and can also be used in aromatherapy. An Alternative to smoking, vaporizing releases the target chemicals (THC, Nicotine, etc.) at a much lower temperature than burning, resulting in almost no extra toxic chemicals being released. As most Vaporizers have tubes which direct the released chemicals to the inhaler, Second-hand smoke is also removed from the equation.

To make a Vaporizer, You will need several things:

• A light bulb. 40-60 watts is best.
• A light socket and Power cord. You could dismantle a lamp, But I got mine from the hardware store.
• (optional) A Dimmer switch, to control the heat from the bulb.
• A large, Glass bottle. Large wine bottles or Champagne bottles work best here.
• A lamp-shade holder. The ones which actually go onto the bulb are best. You might get this from the same lamp as the socket.
• A board. the board should be thinner than the bottle’s base, but wide enough to mount the light socket on.
• Some aluminum Foil. Hopefully you didn’t use this all up yesterday making a backpack or something. A small scrap is all you need.

Step 1. Using a Glass cutter, cut the bottom of the bottle off, as near to the base as possible. They make glass cutters for just this purpose, to make drinking glasses out of beer bottles and such. We’re only changing the end that is discarded. Set the bottle aside. It’s complete, until we’re ready to use it.

Step 2. Using Wire cutters, modify the shade holder so that all that is left is the ring in the middle, and the part that connects it to the lamp or bulb. Wrap the aluminum foil around the ring so that you have a little bowl. Set that aside for now.

Step 3. Mount the light socket onto the board. If you want to get fancy, you can drill a hole through it for the cord. Screw in the light bulb and test that it works. Once that’s working, attach the lamp-shade holder.

You’re pretty much done! To use, sprinkle a little material into the aluminum foil bowl, place the bottle over top, and turn on the bulb. The heat of the bulb creates a nice little up-draft in the chimney you’ve just created, and the target chemicals start coming out in a fine mist… You probably want to collect this somehow, unless you want to fill the entire room, such as with an aromatherapy application. Any plastic bag will do, but the ones that come on Newspapers are the perfect shape. Just hold the mouth over the mouth of the bottle, and wait for it to fill up some.

What I’ve given you is just a beginning… I’m sure you can think of something better.

PS: You will note I do not use the term “Marijuana” at all during this article. That is for good reason. that term was created by Harry J. Anslinger in the 1930’s as a scare-tactic. The Mexican sounding word was used to frighten John Q. Public into helping to outlaw a plant which not only grew everywhere (there’s a reason it’s called weed), but up until then, had been a vital part of the nation’s economy. This page contains all the information you really need, but I encourage you to do your own research.

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