It occurred to me, how so many are still very ‘concerned’ about labels and not the ones they should be. I recently had someone talk to me – he was ‘asking for a friend… ‘, really – and the friend has a child who is experiencing grand mal seizures. Well, apparently he is thinking […]
In Weedy Blues Part One, we looked in detail at how newspapers in Canada, especially in BC, have helped to create a contemporary spectacle: the “grow-op” scare. Based on content analysis provided in Susan Boyd and Connie Carter’s Book, Killer Weed: Marijuana Grow-ops, Media and Justice, we noted that elements of this scare included harping […]
