Posts By: Raylan Campbell

(375 posts)

Brief Bio:

Raylan's goal is to illuminate the dark areas of cannabis lore and show the world there is no THC crazed monster lurking under the bed, waiting to steal our children. Cannabis is powerfully effective and safe. It should be treated accordingly. Raylan lives in Seattle.

June 25, 2014
06/25/2014
Cannabis Workplace Smoking Rooms?

Cannabis Workplace Smoking Rooms?

While the once omnipresent employee smoking lounge has been all but obliterated in the American workplace, is it possible that such a place could reemerge with the...
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June 24, 2014
06/24/2014
Legalization Won’t Hurt Cartels… Much

Legalization Won’t Hurt Cartels… Much

An interesting piece was published on Cracked.com called “5 Insane Things I Learned About Drugs As An Undercover Agent.” While a good read taken as a whole,...
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June 24, 2014
06/24/2014
Meditation on Addiction, the Burning Fever of Life

Meditation on Addiction, the Burning Fever of Life

So, if addictions are like earlobes and all of us have them in some form or another, what, then, becomes the criteria for judgment when doing an...
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June 19, 2014
06/19/2014
Cannabis Creates Happy Bowels

Cannabis Creates Happy Bowels

Disclaimer: This is an article about bowel movements. I will try and choose my phrasing gingerly and employ euphemism where appropriate, but seeing as the topic of...
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June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
Recent Report Does the Impossible: Makes DEA Look Even Worse

Recent Report Does the Impossible: Makes DEA Look Even Worse

It’s not as if you needed another log to toss onto your “DEA is the Devil” bonfire, but a new report from the Drug Policy Alliance casts...
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June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

More evidence has come to light courtesy of a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting that, despite prohibitionist fear-mongering, teen marijuana...
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June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Can Cannabis Combat Pollution?

Can Cannabis Combat Pollution?

With the boom of growing commercial cannabis in Colorado and Washington (and the illegal grows that have been happening across the country forever) cannabis has caught a...
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June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Cannabis, My Son and Public Smoking

Cannabis, My Son and Public Smoking

The other day my wife and I were taking our son to the park. He is a pre-teen and has not yet stepped out of childhood and...
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June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
Cannabis TV: What Came First, More Stoners or More Stoner Media?

Cannabis TV: What Came First, More Stoners or More Stoner Media?

The Atlantic put out an interesting article posting the chicken/egg question about cannabis in the media. The gist: Cannabis is making more appearances on television than at...
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June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
Drug Testing and the Demise of National Security

Drug Testing and the Demise of National Security

Not long ago, FBI Director James Comey stated that he is “grappling with the question” of how to staff the some two-thousand cyber security analyst positions the...
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June 6, 2014
06/06/2014
Dowd and Out In Colorado: Maureen’s Bad Dream

Dowd and Out In Colorado: Maureen’s Bad Dream

Maureen Dowd of the NY Times recently traveled to Colorado on assignment and decided she would try a pot edible to see what all the fuss was...
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June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Product Review: Cannador – The Cannabis Humidor

Product Review: Cannador – The Cannabis Humidor

I was recently asked to use and review a new cannabis accessory called the Cannador. As the name implies, it is a humidor for cannabis. Made of...
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June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Great Edibles Recipes: Potffles (Medicated Waffles)

Great Edibles Recipes: Potffles (Medicated Waffles)

Though I don’t often find myself in the throes of a full on munchie attack, I have not forgotten those days entirely. One of my favorite stoner...
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June 3, 2014
06/03/2014
Acting Right: Operation Grow4Vets

Acting Right: Operation Grow4Vets

Roger Martin, founder of a Colorado organization aptly named Operation Grow4Vets believes that, “anyone who would deny treatment with marijuana to a seriously or terminally ill person...
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May 30, 2014
05/30/2014
Lunacy: The NFL Drug Policy

Lunacy: The NFL Drug Policy

Ex-NFL player and current sports columnist, Ryan Riddle, wrote a great piece on an NFL drug policy that he calls “hypocritical and harmful.” Indeed, a new lawsuit...
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May 29, 2014
05/29/2014
Texas Teenager Faces Life Sentence for Selling Pot Brownies

Texas Teenager Faces Life Sentence for Selling Pot Brownies

This headline, fresh out of Texas, recently graced news magazines: “Texas man faces possible life sentence for making and selling pot brownies.” I, probably like many of...
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May 27, 2014
05/27/2014
How to Make Cannaflour

How to Make Cannaflour

This is almost not really a recipe but rather an explanation of the method because it doesn’t rely on amounts or measurements. The essence of any flour...
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May 22, 2014
05/22/2014
So Close, Yet So Far: The Kentucky Cannabis Oil Conundrum

So Close, Yet So Far: The Kentucky Cannabis Oil Conundrum

Earlier this year, Kentucky law makers passed a bill (with incredible cooperation and speed, relatively speaking) that would allow for the first legally approved medicinal use of...
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May 21, 2014
05/21/2014
NFL Players and Cannabis: Why Risk It?

NFL Players and Cannabis: Why Risk It?

While reading some NFL stories, I found this article from Mike Freeman, who I generally enjoy reading and is a pretty well-known writer in the NFL world. With...
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May 20, 2014
05/20/2014
Revenues Up, Crime Down in Colorado Since Legalization

Revenues Up, Crime Down in Colorado Since Legalization

In the same month that the DEA continues doubling (perhaps even tripling) down on their long-held propaganda statements, we get some real, data-driven evidence out of Colorado...
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