Posts By: Raylan Campbell

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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.

September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Sassy Chorizo Vegetable Soup

Great Edibles Recipes: Sassy Chorizo Vegetable Soup

Summer has dwindled into fall and the temperatures are dropping. Sassy Chorizo Vegetable Soup is one of my favorite culinary creations that will keep you warm in these...
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September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
49ers Aldon Smith Arrested for DUI, Possession

49ers Aldon Smith Arrested for DUI, Possession

Aldon Smith, the one-man sack factory linebacker from the San Francisco 49ers was arrested last Friday (Sept 20th) morning on suspicion of a DUI. Smith crashed his car...
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September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
Marijuana Possession Arrests Outpace Violent Crime Arrests

Marijuana Possession Arrests Outpace Violent Crime Arrests

The good folks over at Think Progress recently put out a very revealing article. In 2012 drug offenses accounted for the majority of total arrests. 82% of...
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September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
First NFL Season Sans Prohibition

First NFL Season Sans Prohibition

After what seemed an interminably long offseason (at least to football fans), the NFL is finally back into action. This marks the first year that cannabis is legal in...
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September 5, 2013
09/05/2013
More Failings of the Government’s Drug Policies

More Failings of the Government’s Drug Policies

Last week brought us two more prime examples of where our national drug policies are failing. 1. A recent UC San Francisco study found that cocaine can rewire...
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September 4, 2013
09/04/2013
Fibromyalgia and Cannabis: Helping My Mother See Green

Fibromyalgia and Cannabis: Helping My Mother See Green

I recently had dinner with my mother, who is in her late 60’s, and has long suffered from fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by...
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August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
Unexpected Consequences of Repealing Prohibition: Unemployed Wildlife

Unexpected Consequences of Repealing Prohibition: Unemployed Wildlife

Drug dealers in Argentina have been training pigeons to deliver marijuana. Aside from generating a stoner’s dream headline, has anyone thought of what repealing prohibition might do to the...
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August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Air Force Bans Chobani Greek Yogurt Flavor, Over Hemp Seeds

Air Force Bans Chobani Greek Yogurt Flavor, Over Hemp Seeds

In 1999, with alarming prescience and an alacrity usually reserved for Delphic oracles, the U.S Air Force added hemp seed and oil products to their “forbidden list.”...
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August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
The Rationale for Self-Medicating, Cannabis and Big Pharma

The Rationale for Self-Medicating, Cannabis and Big Pharma

I believe each individual should explore the rationale for self-medicating. I’m not suggesting to anyone that they fully ignore conventional wisdom, medical evidence or your doctor’s advice,...
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August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Cereal Milkshake

Great Edibles Recipes: Cereal Milkshake

When I was a chef at a French bistro, we served this locally made, small batch vanilla ice cream. I don’t normally enjoy straight vanilla. I mean, I...
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August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
How to Make Cannamilk

How to Make Cannamilk

Got Cannamilk? It occurred to me while writing another recipe (that called for cannamilk) for our Great Recipes While High series that we don’t have a recipe...
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August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
My Favorite Strains: Blue Dream

My Favorite Strains: Blue Dream

A Strain-ge Experience: My Blue Dream Blue Dream is one of my absolute favorite and consistently satisfying strains of marijuana. Just Google “Blue Dream” and you’ll find...
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August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Product Review for the Stoner Spy: The Buckle Puffer

Product Review for the Stoner Spy: The Buckle Puffer

“The name is Bong, James Bong.” If there ever was a weed superspy or crime fighter in our midst, I’m almost certain they would have a Buckle...
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August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
Reflections on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Documentary: WEED

Reflections on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Documentary: WEED

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, created a documentary, simply titled WEED, based on a year’s research. The show focused on medical cannabis and aired last night. Overall, I was...
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August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
Cannabis Cure: The Charlotte Figi Saga

Cannabis Cure: The Charlotte Figi Saga

CNN recently “broke” a story that actually hit the scene back in June. The story is that of young Charlotte Figi, a 6-year old from Colorado who...
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August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
Saluting a Great Mind: Abraham Lincoln

Saluting a Great Mind: Abraham Lincoln

I recently took a trip to see President Abraham Lincoln’s home and presidential library in Springfield, Illinois. Since I learned as a child that he said, “It...
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August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Cannabis 101: Choosing Rolling Paper

Cannabis 101: Choosing Rolling Paper

This is a quick and dirty 101 on choosing rolling paper. Full disclosure: I enjoy smoking joints (who doesn’t love that great taste), but I don’t smoke...
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August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story

Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story

This story is absolutely heartbreaking but I think it is story that needs to be told. No commentary is necessary to highlight the (forgive my neologism) “f#@ked-upness”...
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
Great TV While High: Dexter

Great TV While High: Dexter

This iteration of great stoned television is all about Dexter. When Dexter (based on 2004’s Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay) first premiered in 2006 on Showtime...
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July 31, 2013
07/31/2013
Great Stoner Workout: Kettlebell

Great Stoner Workout: Kettlebell

Sort of in line with my yoga routines, I am always interested in new ways of compressing time by getting more bang for your effort. A couple...
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