Reading about all the politicians that admit to smoking cannabis - is awesome! 
Woot woot!  Time to come out of the cannabis closet.  
BUT, at the same time I can’t help but think... well Cannabis has ‘always been illegal’ even if you only did it 35 years ago, and yes you were younger BUT so what! 

It was illegal (still is to most ) and I bet it was far less that 35 years for many.  
So to sit in office and judge others, punish others for something you HAVE done it the epitome of Hypocrisy

Part of me thinks, WHO cares?  Who - the average Joe that has lost his job and family for doing the exact same thing, that is WHO.  The AVERAGE person who has been  deemed a criminal for exactly the same thing and if your black and in America , and NOT obama - well chances are you have even gone to jail for  taking a few tokes. 

It has effects millions  with a criminal record, that can ruin many a future. 

HOW can anyone sit back and continue to watch what is happening, (anyone in political power) and go along with it?  They have other things to focus on - if you can not treat people the same on a basic level than forget the rest. 

So, as much as I am thrilled, the more that admit the more people will understand that it is nothing but a waste of time and tax payers money to keep prohibition on Cannabis  illegal. How many more will come out of the woodwork and admit to Cannabis use.?WHO CARES. DO the right thing! If you have smoked it in the past admit it, teach your children and admit that it never ruined your life or fried your brain - look at all the politicians!  Hmmm.. might not want to make that compassion ;).

Decriminalize it. < What I wish for.
Legalize it. - < what I see happening - so the government can still make $$$
END the lies. 

A few more names you might know... that HAVE admitted to Cannabis use.. 
Bruce Babbitt Governor of Arizona,
Michael Bloomberg  Mayor of New York City
Bill Bradley  Senator from New Jersey
George W. Bush  President of the United States
Paul Cellucci  Governor of Massachusetts
Lincoln Chafee Senator from Rhode Island, 
Lawton Chiles Senator from Florida,
Bill Clinton President of the United States
Steve Cohen  House of Representatives
Jack ConwayAttorney General of Kentucky
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York
Howard Dean Governor of Vermont,
Joseph DeNucci  Auditor of Massachusetts
Mary Donohue Lieutenant Governor of New York
John Edwards Senator from North Carolina
Newt Gingrich Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Al Gore Vice President of the United States
Gary Johnson Governor of New Mexico
Joseph P. Kennedy II Member of the House of Representatives
John Kerry Senator from Massachusett
Ed Koch Member of the House of Representatives, Mayor of New York 
Richard Lamm Governor of Colorado
Connie Mack III Senator from Florida
Kyle E. McSlarrow Deputy Secretary of the Department of EnergyRepublican
John Miller Member of the House of RepresentativesRepublican
Susan Molinari House of Representatives
Jim Moran Member of the House of Representatives
Evelyn Murphy Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Richard Neal Member of the House of Representatives
Barack Obama. President of the United States
Sarah Palin Governor of Alaska
George Pataki Governor of New York
David Paterson Governor of New York
Edward W. Pattison Member of the House of Representatives
Claiborne Pell Senator from Rhode Island
Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California
William Scranton III Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice
Bill Thompson New York City Comptroller
Peter G. Torkildsen Member of the House of Representatives
Jesse Ventura
and the list goes on.............................

xox <><

I am starting to have issues with ‘anger/frustration’ when I read about the number of people dying from prescribed medications and still constantly read about or hear of Dr.s that won’t even consider cannabis for patients. WTF? 
Do NO harm.  

What is going on with the pill pushing world and why are we ALLOWING it to happen? Lack of EDUCATION.
I read an article where parents were ‘not as concerned when their child was caught with a prescription drug - over being caught with cannabis',   thinking - ASSuming  it must be safer - it’s prescribed by a Dr.

The saddest thing about all of this is many find out far too late into he game  exactly how bad prescriptions drugs can be, either by dealing with a side effect that is worse that the initial diagnoses or even worse when they are putting a loved one in the ground and then RESEARCH the medication they were on.. 
Why wait > READ the labels. 

• Drug fatalities more than doubled among teens and young adults between 2000 and 2008, and more than tripled among people aged 50 to 69
***Again, these drug-induced fatalities are not being driven by illegal street drugs; the analysis found that the most commonly abused prescription drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax and Soma now cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.

It is time. 
TIME to DEMAND  a safer alternative. Dr.s MUST get with the times and prescribe safer alternatives or I think they will have to start to take more responsibility for patients who die or become addicted to serious narcotics.  If they can hand out prescribed medications knowing the implications.. 
The fact are AVAILABLE  yet  many still TRY to say there is not enough research surrounding Cannabis - BULL 

There is MORE than  enough research with prescribed medications to convince me (and millions around the world.of the opposite!)  Please educate your Dr. 

http://www.alternet.org/story/147318/100,000_americans_die_each_year_from_prescription_drugs,_while_pharma_companies_get_rich

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/26/prescription-drugs-number-one-cause-preventable-death-in-us.aspx

http://www.naturalnews.com/039958_prescription_drugs_side_effects_dangers.html
^^^ read!  6 dangerous prescription drugs YOU should  think twice before taking! 

Google Death caused by prescription drugs. Prove me wrong ;-) 
xox <>< 

Answer this: What is the number one health concern in the United States & Canada regarding children (and adults)!?

Obesity. Not only causing death but untold medical related diseases like diabetes.
You know what comes a close second to killing more people now than car accidents? Prescription drugs, but thats another toon. 
Knowing this - now wonder how can we tolerate such a waste of time and resources with the following:

The Ontario Safety League, http://ontariosafetyleague.com   had a media conference   urging people to 'report local convenience store owners if they sell bongs'. etc. 
What a joke. 

Walk into any convenience store and there are thousands of items all seriously more harmful than a bong. Are we that stupid?  Let’s start with Junk food, the number one cause of obesity in children JUNK FOOD. > not a  piece of glass. 
How many has it killed? UNTOLD amounts. and GROWING - pun intended.
How about Energy drinks!  < Numerous deaths - google it. Cigarettes?
 Really, IS IT JUST ME?  Are we really that stupid? 
Candy? I remember reading a story about some girls that died after playing a marshmallows game - they got stuck in their throat! SERIOUSLY? 
Pop, candy, anything you need to make meth it’s all available at your local convenience store. 

This is just a Waste of TIME and taxpayers money! Not to mention the aggravation to store owners, and the possible animosity it could cause among neighbors. IF you don’t want it don’t buy it. Enough with the stupidity - especially at a time when  we are being convinced convenient stores should also sell BOOZE. 

ALSO - I am VERY tired of reading Cannabis is an illegal drug. 
CANNABIS IS A LEGAL medicine in this country 
the last time I checked! 
It is discrimination at its best. 

The Ontario Safety league IMO has too much time on their hands and too much of our 
$$  to promote such bullshit.  How sad  they would not rather use the time and  $ and energy to EDUCATE to keep Ontario's SAFE. Not continue reefer madness. What genius came up with this plan?  What a waste of time considering that in fact,  Cannabis just might be legal  in a couple of years. God willing, this insanity will be over soon.  
IF the OSL  really cared they would educate those ‘over weight’ walking out with a bag of chips and chocolate bar on the dangers of rising obesity. - But no, - that would be discrimination. 

If they are going to continue this ‘fiasco’ then they better also go to every grocery store where I have seen numerous bongs made out of everything from apples to pineapple's to old  pop cans! 

Do you see how ridiculous this is? 

For the record. IF you want a proper bong - go to a head shop. They can answer your questions, and the selection is much better.  If you don’t want or desire - don’t shop.
As for your corner store. Have we not more serious issues to deal with?

Shame on you OSL, get with the times and educate yourself. 
<>< xox

“the FDA will approve the drug if it deems that its benefits outweigh its risks.”   http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/drug-side-effects-explained

^ WHO  exactly decided what is worthy or not? Not me! I bet it is not a person suffering with a facial twitch that can be maddening, or the man that went up two breasts sizes... Do ANY of these people SUFFER from any of the side effects when they make these decisions?  In my search to try to ‘get better’ over and over I read about Tardive Dyskinesia -more and more common in  medications, if you think it is nothing to think about GUESS AGAIN!  A twitch in my eye.. I can handle that - ‘IF” this medicine helps...   We MUST stop and really weight the difference. I had someone recently tell me “well, I have to finish the prescription - I paid for them!” What kind of mind set is that?  We are killing ourselves because we don’t take the time to educate ourselves on WHAT we put into our bodies.

Then I read this;
“Still, sometimes not everything is known about a drug’s side effects until after it enters the marketplace and more people start using it. That’s where MedWatch comes in. The FDA’s post-marketing surveillance program seeks voluntary input, mainly from health care professionals, on adverse effects they may be seeing in ''the real world.'' Sometimes these reports are numerous and/or serious enough for the FDA to take regulatory action, such as adding warnings to a drug’s label. One example of that involves the psoriasis drug Raptiva. The FDA required that the drug carry the agency's strongest warning, known as a black box warning, after it received reports of brain infections and meningitis in patients taking the drug.”  

I have Psoriasis ;( It is another issue all on it’s own, in every crack, visible, ugly, I shed,  uncomfortable.. worth a brain infection! OMGod NO!  HOW many people found this out the hard way???  I’ll stick to coconut oil,  meditation & CANNABIS thanks. 

When I wake up from my twitch every morning (for the past 4 years) I lay there and think... why? What did it? Then I remind myself - everything happens for a reason - learn to live and deal. Some days easier than others. I am still exhausted and tired of being exhausted - lol  Surgery  10 months and I guess I have recovered as good as I am going to.  So what have I learned? READ the FUCKING labels!  IS IT WORTH IT!? ASK yourself. Seriously. Even after you do that ask yourself, I wonder if they really know what will happen long term?

What should you do? EAT healthy!!!! Natural medicine and organic when ever possible.  That or don’t.  But don’t say you did not know, because NOW you do. YOUR future is in your choices.

xox <:><

Want to teach your son patience... 
Teach him to fish. 
We did not - well yes, we did fish with him when he was little, but it really was other friends that introduced him to it.  
My boy loves to fish & he is getting better at it each time. 
He has always been amazed with fish.  It amuses me how long these guys can sit and sit and sit.. lol, then they get a nibble and the thrill is there! 
I enjoy it but not nearly as much as I enjoy drawing. 
I enjoy the relaxing on the boat and conversation with my son. ❤

Anyhow I am thrilled Storm LOVES to fish. It has connected him with nature and it is a love I can see will always be there. Awesome.  Teach a man to fish..  He is into remote places though and a mom worries, especially after I hear a bear showed up in their camp one night! But - got to let that go.  My baby turned into a boy and that boy is now a man, what an awesome experience called LIFE.   He inspired the drawing above. 

Yes, here I take an opportunity to tell you it is because of Cannabis he can sit, sometimes just sitting is painful for people.  So is sleeping.  How many of us take each for granted all the time.  Myself included.  He's gone fishing as I type this.  I ask do you have your meds?
It's not an easy task BTW, even getting the boat launched he does all by himself.  I am useless - Not as useless as his friend who forgot to hold the rope when Storm was parking his truck... LOL  he had to jump in to then save his boat! 
Hee hee hee, glad it was his bud and NOT me! 
 So when I remind him to wear his life jacket, I also ask if he has enough meds.  
If not, it would become painful.  We have forgotten, or we have gone out  thinking we would not be as long as expected...  anything when in pain is NO LONGER enjoyable . 
My son needs his medicine to function.  Thank GOD it works for him and is keeping him as healthy as he can possibly be! Waiting ... any moment now... 

xox <><


BTW - I hope my son has protected lakes to fish in  as he gets older. 
Welcome to Steven Harpers Canada Eh?
http://o.canada.com/2012/10/22/its-open-season-on-canadas-waterways-is-your-favourite-lake-or-stream-protected/

xox <><

Just before the last TY Expo I was contacted by a friend David, asking if I’d consider making Laughing Buddha into  glass art?  One thing led to another, and two incredibly talented glass artists made a couple of my characters out of GLASS!  It’s is officially called a Murrine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrine

Below are a few photos of Laughing Buddha actually being made.  I look at things all the time and often I think, I can do that! I look at how these talented artists make these little works of art and I am BLOWN away! I think ‘How in the heck do they do that’? I have looked at my Laughing Buddha murrine and then the drawing and think HOW the heck does he even figure out HOW to do that!? Patience for sure. 

I nearly lost them at the EXO and once home, every time I showed someone I  was putting them someplace and did not know how to display them... time to bring in an expert.
I put all call into Kat @ Kats Gallery (ON FB) and simply said (more or less) I’m making a special Laughing Buddha and this is what I want.. blah blah blah. Do your thing.  

I believe everyone is an artist in many ways. Kat is an artist when it comes to framing and creativity. Not only did she clearly put thought into it but to place the pieces on silk flowers! It just blends beautifully! Storm commented - “what... awesome, are those the only real flowers”  - it really makes you take a closer look at the entire piece.  It just is beautiful if I do say so myself! I also asked her to keep FUN!  She has known me for almost 30 years  so I knew I did not have to worry.  I’d rather someone else take it over. I do want to add  I have another framer as well, and over the years - when I need something framed  and ‘need a mans opinion’  or the drawing for a man,  I use my friend Bob Doyling (also on FB & a very talented photographer!)  Both artist in their own right, and as different as acrylic and water color! Variety is the spice of life! 

This laughing Buddha speaks for itself. It is a 4 artist combination! Including Kat.
 It IMO is the perfect way to display my one of a kind prize possessions ;-) 
Now everyone can see them, not touch, drop or lose them!  It hangs in my kitchen and so far not one person has walked past without commenting! 

Another Idea I had (after) was to have the glass and then have me and the artist in a photo cut into the matt above! NEXT year! The artists that made my Murrine are: Jerry Kelly, he made Laughing Buddha and is in the photos below and the Zen Kitty creator is  Stephen Boehme! They are both on FB and both doing some incredible work.

Sorry, It is nor will it ever be for sale. I was so honored by the gentlemen that made these you have no idea. Flattered, honored and humbled! LOL  
Do you have any creative way to display your Murrine?

My Laughing Buddha Murrine  & Zen Kitty may be purchased through Murrine Scene 
 You can find them on FB or @: https://www.facebook.com/murrine.scene?fref=ts

xox <><  

Have a Peek at the slide show below to see details and How Laughing Buddha was made! 

Storm will soon be 21.  
He started Cannabis at 14.  Smokes it daily, all day.
I am no Dr. ... I’m ONLY his mother.  I can tell you he is doing wonderful! 
In these 7 years what have we witnessed? 

Our son, a boy turning into a man,  able to control his own pain all these years. 
He is a good person, smart, caring, compassionate and excited for the future.  
How it should be!!
How is was not for many years. Thank God for Cannabis.

The tides are turning and it is about time!  I am reading so much good news about Cannabis, thankfully its value as a medicine! ESPECIALLY for children!!  Prayers answered. Ask any of the parents you have seen on any the documentaries if they did not pray. They did. There is nothing worse than watching your child suffer. 

Finally. headlines everywhere about medical cannabis.  Parents all over will demand it for their child and more documentation will be available. It is AWESOME! I can’t help but feel inspired! Never mind just children, with 16,000 deaths from PILLS alone - more people will switch over. 

Dr. Gupta 'came ou't and said what MANY have been saying for decades, so I understand the anger and it was long over due, I have too thought how could they not know?  HOW would any neurologist NOT know what Cannabis research is showing with the brain!? 
If they do NOT, do you want to go to them? WOW.  
When you hear they have PROOF that cannabis is helping to rebuild BRAIN cells...
PROOF!!  HELL yes, I want my Dr. to KNOW this.  NOT wait for YEARS of research.
It should be myself and my Dr.s decision. EVER. 

I have wondered while on this path, I feel I am already on the best medicine available for what ever I have going on.  It appears to be the ONLY thing able to help me.  Keeping me positive and creative and Happy to be ALIVE! 

So -who cares! It is OUT now.  Celebrate and move forward! 
Yes, thinking about another birthday. ;-))) 
Why? BECAUSE we have living Proof and it is ALL the PROOF we need.
Are you living Proof?
xox <><

Poppy ville has been dismantled. That did not take long. We have been doing some serious potty training!  So, keeping a close eye on Poppy- which I have a hard time not doing anyhow since she's so cute.  Daisy never let's her out of our site. Daisy is teaching her how to be gentle, Tequila is teaching her about respect and when to  behave and listen. I was calling Poppy, to stop from going up on the deck the other day and she would not listen. Tequila jumped in front and  barked!!!  LOL . Stopped her in her tracks and back running to me. Scruffy is teaching her manners, & about personal space and attitude!   

Every day is easier and Poppy is quickly picking up the routine. 
What a little miracle they are. Only 9 weeks and so advanced it's mind blowing and humbling.  
HAPPINESS IS A WARM PUPPY.
Charles Schulz had it right. I am reading his biography. Finding it hard to put down and it is taking me along time simply because of my twitch but I am determined to keep reading.
I had no idea... I agree with much of it. Especially the comparisons about the cartoonists.
Click on the image below to find out more about the book. 
Peanuts was a bit before my time I remember Garfield, and Mother Goose and Grimm 
but I LOVED Snoopy and the specials of course. I have such a new respect for the man as a professional and artist than I would have ever thought possible. 
 <>< xox 

A stoner. Well I think of a stoner kinda the same lines as a drunk. When the substance becomes used and abused. It is a fact. I wish it was not.  I believe more than anything  above all it is the person not the plant - the person not the booze <excuses.

It is difficult when I talk about stoners as I still do not consider them ever 'as bad as a drunk'.  Many just want to CHILL and so be it. But many get stuck there. Now to blame cannabis is unfair. It is easy to get stuck, and dependent on many substances. 

Sugar, fat, alcohol. Cannabis   I have a friend who says she can’t go without her bowl of cereal every day. I don’t think I do anything every day - DRAW if I’m lucky, 

It has been a problem for years but again based on lies.  It does make it difficult for those that NEED Cannabis as a medicine.  People  have only seen what the media has wanted them too, every rally a stoner with a bong and not usually much to say, other than lets get HIGH!  They are usually the ones that get busted with much more than grass.  We need to educate people on ALL drugs ON  Addiction. In elementary school, teach them how our lives can go. By grade 5,  I’d say many are pretty aware of more than most parents realize. I use to see it in thier drawings and hear it in imaginations during cartooning classes. NEVER mind what they see on television a hundred times a week.

I am so thrilled with the Dr. S. Gupta special!  Information I have learned & NOW many more in the world will witness and coming from a respected Dr. More will believe. I think it is brave of him to  bring to attention he patent on Cannabis the Americans have. Hypocrites 

THINGS have to change! Children are being SAVED!  Heart breaking that  so many STILL are afraid due to BRAIN washing.  The kids will suffer because of it, People all over the world suffering of LIES.

I hope Steven Harper is paying attention!  Money scandal, selling off our resources, not protecting our lakes, changing history, building private prisons, putting people in prison for growing their own medicine... wow, what a proud time in Canadian history, NO wonder he want to re-write it! 

If you have not seen the Special on WEED . < That is what it is a plant. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agZuafXG2Ds&feature=player_embeddedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-bYi-LkDTo&feature=player_embedded

Please do - you might be saving someone’s life.  I agreed with  kids not using it if they don’t have to - I think that goes for all substances that can impair GLUE sniffing is worse that cannabis so - keep it in perspective and the NUMBER one abused drug in most  schools right now is PRESCRIBED medications.  NOT Cannabis. 

As for the one in 11 that gets addicted or was is 9% ?  <less than your average drug dealer on every corner called a 'Bar.' 
It is the person NOT the plant.  
I am so grateful for this plant I feel guilty if I don’t draw about it al the time! 

Final opinion on all this really is:

Is Florida next? Not too long ago I ws reading about them banning bongs. How crazy is that. I know people who make bongs out of apples, I bet Florida oranges too ;)I LOVE FLORIDA, as a matter of fact I was considering a visit, but with them being so behind with medical Cannabis I decided not. I went several times growing up. Yes, I did the ‘Daytona thing’ in my day... not quite like it is being depicted in todays movies! Yikes! 

I am also aware of the number of ‘snow birds’, seniors and hope they will be some of the first to be educated on Cannabis. Our elderly take far too many prescription drugs, many killing them because of mixing and over dose.  Cannabis is a safer alternative! 

I’m tired of saying it and luckily with other admitting the knowledge - well AMEN! 
It is only a matter of time. Will Florida be NEXT YEP! I believe so!

If you want to read more abut Cannabis and Florida, simply Google
Cannabis, Florida, medical marijuana.