I often rent a zip car at the weekend to drive up to Westchester to visit S, and this weekend was like all the others… that was until today when we found a tiny 1″ square ziploc bag, translucent red, with white powder residue still in it. The bag was lodged down the right hand side of the driver’s seat between the console - S spotted it when we were filling up with gas.

Wondering what to do, I figured I’d call Zipcar and let them know what I found, and glean some professional advice. The CSR that answered was a chap called Nailor (sp?), a friendly bloke. There was a long silence when I explained to him that what I believe I found was a used bag of cocaine, or worse still, heroin. He put me on hold for what seemed like 5 minutes (it’s a long time when you’re subject to the same hold music for that amount of time), and returned to advise me that I should simply dispose of said “baggie”, as god forbid I get pulled over and the cops decide to conduct a search of the vehicle.

I took that advice. I didn’t fancy gambling with the chance of spending the night in jail waiting for my arraignment on possession of a controlled substance.

Yahoo News has announced that the University of Colorado has released findings based on their scientific study on the lesser harmful effects from THC (the active ingredient in marajuana) than that of nicotine, in catalyzing lung cancer.

Imagine if this study and indeed its findings cannot be refuted… cigarettes proven to be more harmful to our health than weed - such findings surely would bring about a more tolerant governmental outlook on the smoking of pot. For smoking this illicit shit now will land you behind bars holding your ankles most nights…

[shudders]

In England you can smoke the buddha in the privacy of your own home - Amsterdam, in cafe bars… come on U.S., light up a fatty!