Hug A Cop. No, Really.

Not all cops are anti-pot. The good men and women of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (http://www.leap.org/) are actually working to make pot legal. Modeled after Vietnam Veterans Against the War, which used the credibility of combat veterans to denounce an unwinnable and disastrous conflict, LEAP membership is open only to cops, DEA agents, prosecutors, and other accredited law enforcement officers. Even still, most members wait until they retire from the force before taking the leap into the opposition, as dissesension in the ranks is not tolerated in the War on Drugs. So if you're a cop, and you know firsthand the horrible hypocrisies of the drug prohibition, please join up with LEAP and help everyone come to their senses. You owe it to every citizen you were forced to fuck with because of a system that's out of control. And if you're not a cop, thank your lucky stars that there are men and women out there brave enough to risk their reputations by telling the awful truth about the War on Drugs.

GANJA GLOBETREKKING: CARACAS, VENEZUELA

In 2005, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez licked the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration out of his country, telling reporters that the DEA was "using the fight against drug trafficking as a mask to support drug trafficking and to carry out intelligence in Venezuela against the government." So, now that the DEA's gone, Caracas must be stoner paradise, right? Well, don't start smoking in the streets, but Chavez has decriminalized marijuana in the country, which means Venezuela's capital now allows possession of up to twenty grams of marijuana. Nestled into a mountain valley just miles from the Carribean sea, Carcas is also a beautiful and historic city, not to mention the center of a growing revolution in Latin American politics, where increasingly progressive governments have started to openly challenge America's War on Drugs.

Thank you High Times Magazine for the words of wisdom.