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The following articles provide the foundation for my “cannabis truth series”. These reports are the sources and references I used when putting it together.

A few people emailed asking if I could pull this list together – I can and I have. I hope you all find it useful. Please feel free to refer people to this page, or my “truth series”, especially when you spot misreporting or misinformation on the subject in the press. You’re going to be seeing lots of that in the near future, so please don’t hesitate in pointing out the truth to those who publish unsubstantiated lies!

Government drugs policy does not work, says report
by Alexandra Topping
Friday March 9, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,2029756,00.html

Taking the harm out of drugs
by India Knight
March 11, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article1496833.ece

Cannabis use down since legal change
by Alan Travis, home affairs editor
Friday October 26 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/oct/26/drugsandalcohol.homeaffairs

Fewer young people using cannabis but more are turning to cocaine
by Richard Ford, Home Correspondent
October 26, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2738569.ece

Cannabis use is ‘falling fast’ among young adults
By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
26 October 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article3098871.ece

Drugs strategy debate ‘is a sham’
by Jamie Doward, home affairs editor
Sunday October 21, 2007
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2195985,00.html

Think Again: Drugs
By Ethan Nadelmann
September/October 2007
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3932&page=0

Legalise all drugs: chief constable demands end to ‘immoral laws’
By Jonathan Brown and David Langton
15 October 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3061121.ece

Former prisons inspector backs call to legalise drugs
By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
16 October 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3063804.ece

Skunk strength has doubled, studies suggest
by Alan Travis, home affairs editor
Monday September 17, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,2170798,00.html

Warning issued over cannabis adulterated with glass beads
by James Randerson, science correspondent
Friday January 12, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,1988627,00.html

I smoked cannabis. I went mad. But life’s not that simple
by Rufus May
29 July 2007
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2814693.ece

Experts dismiss case for cannabis reclassification
by David Batty and agencies
Friday July 27, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,2136450,00.html

Debunked: politicians’ excuse that cannabis has become stronger
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
21 July 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2788634.ece

Reefer Madness Revisited
by Francis Sedgemore
11 June 2007
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/francis_sedgemore/2007/06/reefer_madness_revisited.html

Cherry picking data to prove a point about cannabis
by Ben Goldacre
Saturday March 24, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2041711,00.html

Hi there. I just wanted to apologise for the technical problems my site had yesterday. I still don’t know what was going on, but things seem sorted now. My layout went a bit crazy, but it all seems back to normal now. Special apologies if your RSS reader went a little funny too.

Normal service has now resumed!

- the northlondonhippy

My keener-eyed readers might have already noticed that I’ve added a couple of more affiliate links to my page today. I’m expanding my empire with a little bit more advertising.

I’d like to welcome the Body Jewellery Shop and Firebox.com to the growing northlondonhippy family. I think they sit along side my friends at EDIT rather nicely.

I have to admit that I don’t actually have any body piercings, but if I did, I’m sure I would purchase all my adornments from the Body Jewellery Shop. They’re run by the same people as EDIT, so you can expect the same high level of customer service and wide range of choice.

Firebox.com has the distinction of being the very first website this hippy ever purchased anything from online. It was a little keychain-torch with a blue LED and I still have it today. Since then I’ve bought all sorts of gadgets and toys from them and can recommend them very highly.

I won’t put just any shit on my page! I’m choosing my partners very carefully so as to bring you only the best selection of online retailers. If I wouldn’t use them myself, I wouldn’t ask you to shop with them either!

So please feel free to investigate all of my affiliate links, they are some of the finest web retailers you are likely to ever visit!

I spent a good chunk of yesterday off my face on some Funk Pills. It was a Wednesday, which is just as good as any other day to partake in some legal highs.

I decided to try Funk’s Twisted (Psychedelic Funk) which are supposed to be the trippy ones from their line of party pills.

I took the first capsule around 3pm on an empty stomach, then sat back until the effects began. At around 4pm, just as I was starting to come up from the first one, I took a second.

The high was to be expected from something BZP based – I started feeling up and happy and somewhat euphoric. What I didn’t get was any overwhelming psychedelic effects, just a slight sharpening of my vision.

I think that is my biggest gripe about some of these legal highs, they never deliver the trippy punch that I am seeking. As much as everyone wants them to be shroom replacements, they’re clearly not. I wish they were!

Shrooms were so much better than everything else you could buy legally, they were the best trippy drug I ever enjoyed. I wish they could come back!

The current incarnation of legal highs are good, I’m not knocking them as I do enjoy the high they produce, but they are different from other illegal highs. While comparisons can be made between piperazines and MDMA, they are very distinctive drugs.

At about 6pm yesterday, I took a third pill, which to be honest was a bit more than I needed. It was the usual story, I hadn’t come up enough from the first two, though by 6:15pm, I finally did but I was concerned I might have overdone it. I did, but only as a personal preference.

The third pill I took was a “Big Grin” also from Funk Pills, which has a different blend to the Twisted pills and consequently different effects. The combination was very pleasant; I was quite deeply monged!

I certainly prefer the “Big Grin” to the Twisted pills as the high is much more mind-numbing. Trust me, that’s a good thing.

I peaked around 9 or 10pm and by midnight I was still buzzing. To aid in the comedown, I drank a Dutch hot cocoa (made with a dash of butter and some ground hash) and took a Valerian. By 2am, I was sound asleep.

Today, I feel somewhat lethargic and hungover, which I don’t normally experience, but I’m attributing it to the increased dose and most likely I didn’t drink enough water; though it seemed like I did at the time. I’m sure I’ll be back to normal by tomorrow, but this should explain the somewhat subdued tone this entry has taken.

I need a few spliffs and another good night’s sleep and I’ll be right as rain.

Here’s a quick blast from me before I head off for yet another fun-filled night at work.

The Independent newspaper here in the UK published an interesting article about the current popularity in legal highs. Well duh!

As an early adopter and experimenter with the substances they mention, following the ban on shrooms last summer, I’ve been on the cutting edge of this stuff for ages!

But do they come to ask me for a comment on the world of legal highs?

Do they fuck!

I guess I’m just too expensive for them! This hippy don’t come cheap!

It doesn’t matter, I’m still happy to bring you a link to their article. The main point that mattered to me is that the government has said they see no reason to review the status of any substance currently available. That’s cool.

They also mention my friends at EDIT, who really are at the cutting edge of the market. They were big shroom-sellers up until the ban and they were quick to realise that a market continued for legal, recreational substances and have brought many great products to the UK market.

After this little run of nights, I’ve got some well-deserved time off. Besides wrapping up work on one of my non-hippy related projects, I’m going to be checking out some more new products to review for you. I’m really looking forward to getting off my face all in the interests of improving your life!

What other north London based-hippy has done that for you lately?

And that title ain’t no lie, fuckers!

I’m high as a kite; I’m as high as the sky. I’m so high, so high, SO high!

I’ve been test-driving “The Big Grin” from Funk Pills and I’m digging these little fuckers very much. I’ll be ordering some more of them.

I took one pill around 12:30pm and was pleasantly surprised that by 1:30pm, I was feeling some mild, yet pronounced effects.

Initially, I found it slightly euphoric, with a subtle undertow of being monged. My vision became sharper as well.

I took a second dose around 2:30pm and now it is two hours after that. It’s much more euphoric, sensual and uplifting while being more comfortably monged. Colours are quite vibrant, my vision is razer sharp.

I like ‘em these ones good!

The nicest thing about them is they are not speedy at all; no racing heart, no restlessness. You could quite easily watch a film or go out and talk utter crap to strangers for hours.

I had some comments from a long time hippyfan called Meshman which I thought I would share with you. Here’s his message to me:

“hello mr hippy, i often pop in here and check what you are up too – wasnt happy to hear about your purple ohm exp, hope you were ok in the end , however i was surprised at you for taking more than recommended – you should know better !!!!

anyways i felt it prudent to dispel the myth that you perpetuate re :- piperazines. They are not an extract or derivative of any natural substance – they dont occur in nature at all – in fact they are more related to Viagra than Pepper! Piperazines are traditionally used to eliminate Worm infections in humans – yes WORMS !!

The original `made from pepper` line was spun to help ease the possible legality / acceptance of these compounds when they began appearing in NZ as a harm reduction tool. They do have a resemblance to piperidine which is a constituent of piperine which is found in the black pepper plant, hence the link.

Some info here -

http://www.shaman-australis.com.au/Website/law/Piperazine/index.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperazine

stay safe and always follow the instructions on the pack !!!

- meshman”

He’s right on everything he’s said. Pay attention kids!

On my ill-fated Purple Ohm fest, which was back in January, I did indeed exceed the stated dosage, which is why I had such a bad time on them. I have copped to this before, but I don’t know if I’ve ever tried to explain.

My only experience with piperazines at that point was limited to PEPs and it is very common for people to exceed the dosage, if what you read in forums online is anything to go by. It was the same with other herbal highs I had previously tried; to get anywhere you needed to take a lot.

Piperazines aren’t normal, herbal highs! They are strong and you should all follow meshman’s advice and learn from my mistake!

I am having real trouble forming coherent sentences at the moment. I’m not up to my usual game. I’m monged and not complaining!

Even better, when my order from EDIT came yesterday, it had an extra, free sample pack of Twisted (Psychedelic Funk). How cool is that?

I’m going to go back to being a sofa zombie on this fine Friday afternoon. I’ve just packed up my RooR mini steamroller and I’m going to float away happy.
Don’t you all want me to be happy? Don’t you? Don’t you??

Hey ho hippyfans!

It’s a brand new month, but don’t worry, that means it’s still under warranty, so you can return it if you are not 100% satisfied!

I worked like a dog last month; that is if you know any doggies who put in something like 200 hours of nightshifting in around three weeks! My guess is; you don’t.

Unless, you work on the bomb squad. With a sniffer dog. And it’s been a very busy month for improvised devices.

And I bet you don’t do any of that either!

I spent last week as a semi-vegetable; one that required massive amounts of sleep and soft drugs. I can’t say I did much more than kill time all last week, now this week I have to bury it.

It’s not that I didn’t have anything to do, for in truth I had loads I could have done. I have other projects ongoing of a creative nature as well as one that is reaching fruition and will be shortly available in print. Because of my lack of activity, that’s now behind schedule.

I’ve also got this blog. Don’t tell me you couldn’t have done with a dose of the hippy last week?

You need a little hippy in your life everyday!

So I’ve got no excuses except I was tired. And I’m old and getting older, but I’ve more than covered that subject, so we’ll give it a miss today.

In terms of relaxation and recreation, I revisited an old friend, Mr. Piperazine.

I took some PEP Twisted over the weekend and I must say that they are very enjoyable. I think my unfortunate and completely self-inflicted OD on Purple Ohms put me off these particularly effective legal highs a bit, but now I’m back and ready to party.

More than that, I’m ready to sample some of the next generation!

There’s plenty of new pills on the market and my friends at EDIT seem to stock them all. They’ve added a few new ranges that I plan on trying soon; purely for research purposes, so I can come here and review them just for you!

You see, I’m still living that hippy life, so you don’t need to! Although you can if you want; I’m not stopping you. Your mortgage is!

A few of these new pills have caught my eye. The next one’s on my list to try are called Speedballs and they are unique in that they are a mix of BZP/TFMP blend plus and this is the interesting ingredient; kratom.

I’ve not tried Kratom before, so I am interested in what these pills will do. I also ordered some 15xKratom extract, which I will be sampling soon as well.

The pills that really look interesting are a range of caps called Funk Pills. Funk Pills come in wide variety, they are rumoured to be strong and effective. Initial reports so far have been very favourable. The two that I’m going to order next are Twisted (Psychedelic Funk) and the Big Grin, which you can check out for yourself if you really want to know about them. That’s why I spend all this extra time including all these extra-special hippylinks!

The last one that is on my list of fun things to do soon are from the original PEP people and they are called PEP X. They are supposed to be the strongest, most MDMA like pills available, but they are so new that there is very little feedback available, so I will have to judge for myself.

All of these pills are in their third or fourth generation. This means as they tinker with the ingredients and refine the ratios and such, they are becoming more effective with fewer side effects. Good news for everyone!

You might be surprised to find that most, if not all of these pills contain vitamins and other revitalising compounds to minimise the potential ill effects of the drugs in the mix.

If you want far more real-world information than I could ever provide you with myself, I would suggest you check out the Legal Highs forum on EDIT. There’s a wealth of info and experience available and it always pays to do your homework before playing around with any new substance or drug. It’s good to learn from other’s mistakes, so you don’t have to make them yourself.

I make a lot mistakes, so you don’t have to!

Here’s a hippy hint: Drink a reasonable amount of fluid when you take piperazines. They are a bit of a diuretic, which means you will piss a lot and that fluid needs to be replaced.

Here’s another hippy hint: Don’t choose booze as your fluid. Why? Because alcohol dehydrates you and so does piperazine, and the combination means you will end up with the nastiest hangover of your life the next day if you overindulge in liquor.

Now a little history: These pills became popular in New Zealand first, where the very sensible government promotes them as “harm minimalisation solutions” because they keep you away from street drugs. That’s no bad thing, because with street drugs you never know what you are going to get.

Or more frequently, not get as you won’t know until after you’ve spent you money and wasted a night waiting to come up on some pills you bought from some guy in some club, who told you they were super-duper strong E’s the best he ever had!

These are consistently made to the same standard, kind of like Big Mac’s. You can walk into any McDonalds, anywhere in the world and order a Big Mac and it will be exactly like any other Big Mac you’ve ever had. Brand consistency or some other marketing wank-speak.

Piperazine is an extract of pepper. Fuck knows what is in those pills you buy in a club! All the really cool kids have already figured out that these legal highs are better, cheaper and more dependable than street drugs. Isn’t it time you discovered them too?

And now for the hippy disclaimer: Although these drugs are legal, they are still drugs and should be treated as such. They are not candy, even if PurpleOhms are grape flavoured.

Be sensible, be smart and treat them with respect. All it’s going to take to piss all over our party (again) is some stupid kid taking way too many of these legal pills and before you know it, a photo of the kid on life-support is in all the newspapers and the kid’s parent start some lame action group to get them banned!

Just say no to reckless abuse!

Always follow the instructions on the packaging and be responsible when you party. Don’t drive when you’re fucked up. Go someplace and dance your ass off instead!