Book Board Chat

June Kamm (dupo) ~ Didn't mean to 'step' on your post about the number of jurors but didn't see it until after I had posted.

diane (furtima) re: ". . . provide a fair possibility for obtaining a cross-section of the community.” It is interesting to note that the "6 man jury" were all women. Not exactly a 'cross-section' even in the broadest terms but I suspect there is some ruling about not being allowed to consider gender in the cross-section of 6!

carol (bookdelle) I've read the same about the current ”mary jane” being stronger than what was around in the 60’s, 70’s. I've always thought that meant "less is more" as in you only need a puff or two now vs more puffs in the old days. I would think it would apply to making brownies too - either you reduce the amount put in or you only nibble on a very small piece. Most likely given the way every thing else has gone up in price since the 1970s, reducing the amount put in the brownie or cookie mix would be the way to go.

In any case Carl Hart, MD, PhD (author of the article I posted), the neuropsychopharmacologist who spent 15 years studying the neurophysiological, psychological and behavioral effects of marijuana would have been studying the effects of 'stronger tea'. He received undergraduate degree in the early 1990s and his graduate and post graduate in the late 1990s.

No doubt you remember the cult following of the 1930s film "Reefer Madness". What a hoot that film was! In finding that article by Dr. Hart, I came across the info that an off-Broadway musical satire premiered in 2001 and in 2006 a film was made of the musical. DH is going to see if he can find the latter. hmmmm I should see if I have ebozo addy handy. Bet he would enjoy the musical!

From Wikipedia:

Reefer Madness (originally released as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled as The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth and Love Madness) is a 1936 American propaganda exploitation film revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana — from a hit and run accident, to manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, and descent into madness. The film was directed by Louis Gasnier and starred a cast composed of mostly unknown bit actors.

Originally financed by a church group under the title Tell Your Children, the film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use.[1] However, soon after the film was shot, it was purchased by producer Dwain Esper, who re-cut the film for distribution on the exploitation film circuit.[1] The film did not gain an audience until it was rediscovered in the 1970s and gained new life as a piece of unintentional comedy among advocates of cannabis policy reform.[1][2] Today, it is in the public domain in the United States and is considered a cult film.[2] It inspired a musical satire, which premiered off-Broadway in 2001, and a film based on the musical in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness

Oh and the young couple who sell the Mary Jane are "living in sin" BUT they of course are shown sleeping in separate beds - just like all married couples that era and into the 1950s and 1960s. I always thought it was so odd that on the Dick Van Dyke show they had separate beds...but by that time so did my one set of grandparents.

Now what I once knew but forgot - Which couple was the first to be shown on TV sleeping in the same bed. I am thinking Bob Newhart (w/ Emily) but that seems rather late.