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 The Botany of Desire 
#305768 - 10/28/09 08:29 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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PBS just ran this documentary. I was watching the beginning of it. They were talking about the apple and how it's changed over the years from being a fermented cider to the apple a day campaign. then they talked about how we've been breeding tulips. They talked a lot about breeding each of the plants. I was thinking about this in the context of our lovely plant, cannabis. Then it said Cannabis on the screen. Well, i spent the last 30-35 minutes getting one hell of an education. I thought I knew a fair amount about cannabis but this show has reaffirmed and solidified my desire to devote my remaining years working closely with this plant. I'm in love people!!!!!!! And watch this show!!!
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305783 - 10/28/09 08:43 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm in love too and I haven't even grown yet.
Instead I'm using this time to research as much as possible so when I get the chance to grow I can give it my all 
and cannabis on PBS!? that's surprising.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: Fox]
#305800 - 10/28/09 08:55 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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its based off the book called botany of desire by mark polland....pretty crazy stuff
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Yeah, mark sounds like a pretty intelligent advocate for the plant. How can you not advocate the plant if you know the real history and impacts the plant has had on humans. We've got a very special relationship indeed.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305811 - 10/28/09 09:07 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Is this it ?
im watching it now anyway
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305817 - 10/28/09 09:15 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Someone's uploading them in 3 minute segments. idk why. it's got dr. weil too!
part 1
part 2
Part 3
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/user/bamboo4tameshigiri#p/u/0/scEJXqStzlI
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Quote:
NobodyImportant said:
Is this it ?
im watching it now anyway
na that's not it, but that's the guy who wrote the book giving a lecture about how cannabis makes you forget good. the one im posting above is it. Some dude is posting it on youtube as i type this. no, it's not me. 
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305824 - 10/28/09 09:39 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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awesome 
I already watched the first 4
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yuo i watched it too! it was pretty damn good!
NOW SIGN THIS!!!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Allsaintsday
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305834 - 10/28/09 09:59 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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i am just amazed at how positive their view was of the plant. It warmed my heart.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305835 - 10/28/09 10:03 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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yeah they were super super postitive about it. i didn't see that coming but was glad they did.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: deladude]
#305838 - 10/28/09 10:11 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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On the PBS page about it theres a bunch of lesson plans for teachers too 
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thanks for pointin that out!
Note to Educators:
The Botany of Desire examines the human desire to alter consciousness by telling the story of cannabis, which is one of several psychoactive plants that affect our brains. This lesson focuses on another of those plants, the opium poppy, and explores the molecular structures of some of the drugs that are derived from it, such as morphine and codeine, or synthesized in labs. These drugs, which are regulated as controlled narcotics by the federal government, provide people who are sick or injured with effective pain relief, but can also lead to addiction. The purpose of this lesson is to provide tools that can help students better understand what happens when psychoactive plants alter the brain, and how the chemical compounds in those plants produce their effects. It also provides an opportunity and a forum for students to consider the consequences of intoxication. This subject of drugs and their mind-altering affects is clearly a sensitive and controversial one, not only for students but also for parents and other stakeholders in education. Therefore, we urge you to consider carefully the appropriateness of using this lesson plan in your school and community, and to have whatever discussions may be necessary before doing so.
http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/lesson-plan-intoxication.php
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305863 - 10/28/09 11:06 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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GODDAMN!
Awesome fucking documentary! Great find! Thanks!
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Quote:
NobodyImportant said:
Is this it ?
im watching it now anyway
Woah, dude. That's totally at Townsend Center for Humanities at UC Berkeley. I've been to a seminar there about Medical Ethics.
Small world.
EDIT: A good watch, too.
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Edited by meatcakeman (10/29/09 12:40 AM)
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#305941 - 10/29/09 12:42 AM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks to this thread, I just bought The Botany of Desire off of Amazon.
Should be a good read. Michael Pollan seems like a very insightful man.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: meatcakeman]
#306477 - 10/29/09 09:37 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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^hey, after you read it post here what you think. I was also thinking about getting it. The depth of my stupidity on the subject of Cannabis shouldn't surprise me anymore. There's sooo much to know about it.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#306480 - 10/29/09 09:41 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Will do.
Should be here sometimes next week.
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: meatcakeman]
#329923 - 12/11/09 06:02 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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hey meat, did you get this one read yet? What'd you think, compared to the book? Should I get the book?
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Re: The Botany of Desire [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#330201 - 12/12/09 07:24 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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The videos are gone 
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[quote]
“You see this glass bong?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master. “For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I smoke out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass bong on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”[/quote]
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