Tag / high
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The Zen-Effect of Marijuana
„When walking, walk. When eating, eat.“ Zen proverb One of the most predominant effects of marijuana is a hyper focusing of attention during the high. Often, this hyper focusing is experienced together…
December 5, 2020 -
For Lester Grinspoon. Your Light is Here to Stay.
My dear friend Lester Grinspoon peacefully passed away in the presence of his wife Betsy on June 25th, one day after his 92nd birthday. I was about to call him on…
June 30, 2020 -
Henri Michaux and The Flying Carpet: Cannabis Explorations of an Unique Mind
„Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.“ Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) He was admired by many of his contemporaries both for his poetry and writing as well…
September 5, 2016 -
My Cannabis Odyssey: To Vaporize or Not To Vaporize Dr. Grinspoon
A few years ago, Lester asked me in one of our many Skype conversations about the cannabis high if I ever had the chance to try the cannabis strain Dr. Grinspoon, which…
April 7, 2016 -
What a High Can Do For Sex
“If one wanted to depict the whole thing graphically, every episode, with its climax, would require a three-dimensional, or, rather, no model: every experience is unrepeatable. What makes lovemaking and reading resemble…
December 21, 2015 -
Carl Sagan, Cannabis, and The Right Brain Hemisphere
„What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.“ Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994), neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, known for his revolutionary studies of split brain patients In…
July 2, 2015 -
Marijuana and the Enhancement of Episodic Memory
„A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss.“ Gustave Flaubert, French writer (1821-1880) Our memory is simply amazing. We can store information about thousands of situations…
June 25, 2015 -
Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story
“O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…
May 11, 2015 -
Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception
“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…
April 22, 2015 -
Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’
“To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…
April 7, 2015