ReeferSmoke – A Marijuana Blog

The Freak Brothers are a threesome of hippies (hippies were commonly known as "freaks" in 1970s U.S. slang) from San Francisco: Phineas Freakears, Freewheelin’ Franklin, and Fat Freddy. The trio are anti-heroes, taking large quantities of drugs and consistently defying authority. They are lazy (several storylines revolve around the "horror" of one of the brothers having to find work) and unreliable — particularly in the case of Fat Freddy.

Click for large: Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

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It started life as the emblem of an anti-nuclear movement then became an international sign for peace, easily the most widely used protest symbol in the world. Reefer use influenced the peace movement, while marijuana influenced the minds of the youth, who would rather think about love and flower power, then write, sing and discuss, how love and grass work for peace.

Singers and the songwriters of the sixtys and seventys brought us the rock-n-roll revolution, to drive home the notion that smoking grass made you cool, peaceful and want to love, live, and let love, or party.

Peace, love, and marijuana, is the cannabis culture’s ultimate menage a trois.

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Imagine researching the Cannabis Culture and not mentioning Jamaica? The third most anglo country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. In many ways the core ideals for the love of cannabis emanates from the Dreadlock Rasta beliefs bestowed upon us by Reggae legends and pop culture icons. The cool dudes with the great Ganja, ‘Yeah Mon!‘  Click here for Large: Coat of Arms of Jamaica

It’s indigenous Arawaken-speaking Taino inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Formerly Spanish colony of Santiago, it later became the British Indies Crown colony of Jamaica.

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Tribute to Cedella Booker Marley

She was a grand woman, that I had the great fun to have met, on her birthday in Miami some years ago. Surrounded by her wonderful family, as they sang happy birthday to her whilst she ate cake, sitting blissfully at her white baby grand piano.

Above the living room, high up on the mezzanine wall, I remember seeing a magnificent wood carving of Bob’s face, looking down at this incredible talented and loving family, singing to his mother. She was cool.

Click here to visit: Tribute to Cedella Booker Marley

A friend with weed is a friend indeed. If you’ve got a friend that likes to play poker, we’ve got the cash to score the weed. So here’s the deal; for every depositing friend you reefer we’ll deposit $25 directly to your player wallet. PLUS, you’ll get a coupon for a $2,500 Freeroll, a chance to win enough cash to buy weed for a year (depends how much you smoke) .

So sign up and start reefering your friends today!

I was walking down a street in Amsterdam on my way to Barney’s Cafe, one of my favorite coffee shops and I saw a sign hanging over the street, saying "TH Seeds", which was the same brand I’d been introduced to the night before, during the launch party for Reefer Poker at the Bulldog Palace, so I stepped in to one of the coolest shops in all of Amsterdam.

My luck was running hot and the founder of TH Seeds was downstairs in his office working around a vaporizer with his collegues. I got to hang with the King of Cool in the Dam.

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IF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough. Scientists would praise its potential for treating everything from pain to cancer, and marvel at its rich pharmacopoeia—many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body.

Proponents for the legal use of medical marijuana argue that marijuana has "accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S.," and that it would easily meet the FDA criteria over "whether a new product’s benefits to users will outweigh its risks." Marijuana, they claim, is a safe and effective treatment for dozens of conditions, such as cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, migraines, glaucoma, and epilepsy. Proponents say that thousands of yearly deaths from legal prescription drugs could be prevented if marijuana were legal.

Congratulations to "BLAZINGFELTS" for winning the first annual Reefer Poker 420 Cup by outplaying all other qualifiers. For this achievement he (or she) wins a Caribbean Cruise for two, the 420 Cup Trophy and $1,000 dollars in cash to spend however they please.

Our entire staff would like to thank BLAZINGFELTS, and all the other players that competed in The 420 Cup, for playing at ReeferPoker.com.

Today is the most important day in the calendar year for marijuana activists all over the world, no-where more celebrated than our hometown of Vancouver, Canada, where last year over 7,500 good citizens came out to partake in the party. The weather forecast for Vancouver suggests that today will set another record turn-out. You can see some really good videos on YouTube of last years event see: Vancouver 420

The 4:20 legend would never have reached the global significance that it has, or become such an important symbol of the Cannabis Culture, if it were not for High Times Magazine, so we’d like to dedicate this message to the famous magazine, it’s editors, publisher and all the great people on their staff. High Times we salute you!

NOTE: we had tip that High Times Magazine was going to launch a brand new website today, it’s true and it doesn’t disappoint – check it out: www.420.com or www.hightimes.com