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These startling results proved right the pundits who argued that the Democratic platform was nothing but smoke and mirrors. They hugged President Bush’s positions on terrorism and Afghanistan; most of them even parroted his hawkish stance on Iraq. Their efforts to shift the focus to domestic issues were completely unsuccessful—which might have been a blessing in disguise, because their domestic platform was little more than tired variations of stale ideas...
...Anti-smoking advocates Smoke 'em if you got 'em; just not in this state: Voters approved measures to outlaw smoking in enclosed workplaces, including restaurants, in Florida and raise Arizona's cigarette tax from 58 cents to $1.18 per pack...
...body's two known receptors for cannabinoids is located in immune cells. But the nature of the effect is unclear. A recent study showed that THC inhibits production of immune-stimulating substances. But cigarette smokers may do greater harm to their immunity than pot users, who tend to smoke less. A study published earlier this year found that tobacco smokers but not marijuana smokers had high levels of a type of enzyme believed to inflame the lungs. Dr. Donald Abrams, professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, found that short-term cannabis use doesn't substantially...
...kill you? No one has ever died of THC poisoning, mostly because a 160-lb. person would have to smoke roughly 900 joints in a sitting to reach a lethal dose. (No doubt some have tried.) But that doesn't mean pot can't contribute to serious health problems and even DEAth--both indirectly (driving while stoned, for instance) and directly (by affecting circulation, for example). A paper published last year in the journal Angiology found 10 odd cases in France of heavy herbe smokers who developed ischemia (an insufficient blood supply) in their limbs, leading in four cases...
Abdullah Gymnastiar is in the spotlight as usual, wireless mike in hand, dry-ice smoke swirling over the stage, his backing quartet ready to jump in on cue. His velvet baritone is caressing the crowd one moment with a few lines from a famous love song, dropping low to an intimate whisper the next, and then suddenly soaring, cracking with emotion to a near shout. All the while, his free hand is waving, gesturing, pointing and then is clasped to his chest in rapture. Indonesia's favorite preacher breaks into a bawdy grin as he jokes about the challenges facing...