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Issue 2 - 2012
SNOOP DOGG THROWS IN THE TOWEL AGAIN
“DUTCH MAFIA” CONTROLS SPANISH CROPS
Is it just a coincidence, or was Snoop Dogg a bit too harsh? During a radio interview, not long before the rapper was arrested – for the umpteenth time – in early January, he had fantasized about visiting President Obama. “Even before saying ‘Hi’ to the President, I’d change the aroma in the room. And once I change that, the conversation could start. You know what I mean?” Snoop Dogg was arrested on the Texas border because a certain amount of marijuana was found on his bus. The rapper declared that the joints belonged to him. The medical marijuana prescription he exhibited didn’t help, as it’s valid only in the state of California.
This according to police in the autonomous community of Valencia. The area, which includes Alicante, is home to nearly 17,000 Dutch, and not all of them are retirees. According to the police, “wellorganized professionals” of Dutch origins are teaching the tricks of the trade in all the clubs. Since 2010, the marijuana fields
concerned. As the market’s importance grew in the surf world as well, performance-enhancing products such as coke and methamphetamines began gaining ground as preferred doping methods. Following some fatal accidents linked to heavy drugs, the Association of Surfing Professionals decided to end all this. The sport should prepare to undergo severe drug tests.
MARIJUANA AGAINST SCHIZOPHRENIA It’s plain crazy. They convince us that cannabis can trigger latent psychoses and then here comes a study that shows that, in fact, cannabis alleviates them. According to researchers, however, it all depends on which cannabinoid comes into play; THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) causes psychotic stimuli, while CBD (cannabidiol) should act as a psychotic suppressant. An article in TIME Magazine suggests that, in the future, CBD-rich cannabis could be used as an antipsychotic measure.
Outdoor 2012: Do and Don’ts of Growing Outdoors in the UK ›› 18 BOLIVIA If the Gods had a recipe book for making ganja growing country then Bolivia must have been in it. The country is blessed with enough roadless mountains, valleys and jungle to give Google Earth a breakdown, and a climate ripe enough to nurture a full range of biodiversity. Soft Secrets’ roving reporter The Professor of course only was trying to locate one particular crop. ››
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SURF’S DOWN Drugs have always belonged to the rebellious surfer subculture. It’s no coincidence that Andy Martin, in his classic Stealing the Waves, wrote: “The more marijuana, the better the surf”. But modern surf culture has since left innocence behind as far as drugs are
broken up have been bigger and bigger, and Spain has grown into one of the main weed producers at a European level, even exporting towards The Netherlands. A certain “Mac” from the Valencia grow shop Cannabislandia asserts that cannabis is grown in the region for the Dutch market, but he also states that it’s a “small affair”.
IRISH DOCTOR: LONGER BEARDS DUE TO SMOKE A new danger must be added to the countless others that cannabis threatens humanity with: marijuana causes an uncontrollable beard growth. The keen Continues on page 3