The John Doe Radio Show

John Doe Radio Volume 4 Show 8 [52:19m]:  Play in Popup

We fill you in on what is in store for The 2009 Marijuana Movement, AND here’s the White House phone number so you can call President Obama and tell him to STOP RAIDING MEDICAL FACILITIES!
(202) 456-1111 Really, it works. So be ready.

We talk with Marijuana Policy Project Communications Director, Bruce Mirken, about what he thinks will happen this year in reform under a new administration. He also fills you in on how you can hang out at the Playboy Mansion with celebs and pot reformers. Bud ‘N’ Bunnies. Nothin’ better if you ask me…

We also discuss the O.N.D.C.P. and their new ad campaign that calls you WORTHLESS, and another ad that seems like its just telling of normal adolescence, not pot that would cause problems like some kid to get straight ‘D’s, or be jealous and blow up a girlfriends phone. Really, a new ad calls you worthless and lazy stoners. We now have a government who is willing to slap you in the face and call you names. What are we going to do about it?

Of Course NORML News and The Stash are included!

Featuring Music From

Vote Here for The 2009 Marijuana Music Awards

Echo Movement – Ganja Master
FreeWorld – Smoke The Prophets
Marko – Ganjafarmer
Don De Mon – What a Thing

And In The Stash

Monstaro – Rude Boy

It’s John Doe Radio
Volume 4
‘Worthless they say…’

When I read this information today I almost burst a vein in my forehead.  The DEA, and I assume with the encouragement of the Bush Admin formally rejected the University of Massachusetts request to cultivate and study research grade marijuana.  Its also worth noting marijuana is the only Schedule 1substance the government does not grant private research permission to.  The NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) is the only entity that can grant legal use for research of a controlled substance.  And, if you want to study Heroin, LSD, Cocaine, Ecstasy, etc. or any other controlled substance, it will be regularly available for that research through the NIDA.  With the DEA Deputy Administrator saying “NO” to pot research, it leaves behind years of hearings, and input from many entities including the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), and a DEA Administrative Law Judge issuing an 88 page non-binding report saying it would be “in the publics best interest..” to study marijuana further.

An extremely frustrating decision to say the least.  And in my mind the simple fact that other drugs are available, and marijuana is the only rejected substance to be studied, I would say is CRIMINAL.  More so than any pot offense that can be thrown at you.  These people who just don’t get it are hurting thousands, if not millions of possible medical marijuana users and preventing people from being treated with knowledge of and the creation of a potentially better quality drug.

I really don’t understand how decisions like this are made sometimes, especially when the number one question people are asking our President-elect in these fiscally down trodden times is “When are you gonna legalize marijuana and make some money off of it?”

The rest of the press release is below, and you can find out more and what this means for the near future of pot research on the next John Doe Radio Show.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:  (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bush administration struck a parting shot to legitimate science today as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) refused to end the unique government monopoly over the supply of marijuana available for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved research. DEA’s final ruling rejected the formal recommendation of DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Mary Ellen Bittner, issued nearly two years ago following extensive legal hearings.

“With one foot out the door, the Bush administration has once again found time to undermine scientific freedom,” said Allen Hopper, litigation director of the American Civil Liberties Union Drug Law Reform Project. “In stubbornly retaining the unique government monopoly over the supply of research marijuana over the objections of DEA’s own administrative law judge, the Bush administration has effectively blocked the proper regulatory channels that would allow the drug to become a wholly legitimate prescription medication.”

The DEA ruling constitutes a formal rejection of University of Massachusetts at Amherst Professor Lyle Craker’s petition, filed initially June 24, 2001, to cultivate research-grade marijuana for use by scientists in FDA-approved studies aimed at developing the drug as a legal, prescription medication… (READ MORE)

~JDR

John Doe Radio Volume 4 Show 7 [52:09m]: Play in Popup |

This week on JDR Volume 4!

The shows favorite tracks from Unsigned and Independent artists. Those who have made it happen all by themselves. Talent and pure uncensored passion is what The Stash is all about. We put all The Stash tunes from Volume Three right here in one fatty show. Food for the Mp3 player and entertainment for the doobage session. Enjoy.

We also discuss whats coming up on TV with marijuana related programming. Quite a few programs on mainstream sources, including a look at the Rachel Hoffman case on ‘NBC’s Dateline’. A very important case to point to as a tragedy of the War on Drugs and how insane it is. Hit the link in her name to find out more and learn about why you should ALWAYS seek legal advice when arrested.

Of Course NORML News is included!

Featuring Music from

Stephen Marley – Mind Control
Clement Irie – Hurt My Feelings
The Skacas- Running Cold
Seminole County – Memories
Paulson – Window Frames
Provoked – Unsecured & The Sensi
Comatose In2 Addiction – One Hit Wonder
Kottonmouth Kings – Wheres the Weed At
Tab - MaryJane


And In ‘The Stash of The Stash‘

Goose - I Know

Going through a search of anti-drug commercials on good ‘ol You Tube, I found this lovely gem from New Zealand.  Its interesting to say the least, and if ONDCP ads were this graphic and intense they might actually be taken seriously.

I about fell out of my chair when I saw it, and it created a reaction unlike any of the ads we have here in the US.

Talk to you soon.

Good times.

(Warning: Graphic)

Looks like the dude gets a pretty big kick.

~JDR