Almost every day I close the first hour of my weekday live marijuana news/talk-radio show in CannabisRadio.com with a segment I call the Radical Rant. Sometimes I focus my ire on a particular story of the day, other times I just wax poetic about a general concept. Here now are the ten Radical Rants I performed this year that give you the best perspective on my marijuana ideals:

Understanding The Spectrum Of High [2015 – 02 – 23 Mon] – One of the problems we have in selling marijuana legalization to the general public is that most of them have no idea what “high” is. I explain how the public has a completely different vocabulary and framing for alcohol vs. drugs.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/understanding-the-spectrum-of-high-2015-02-23-mon

Pot Is Not Pornography, Plutonium, Or PCP [2015 – 03 – 06 Fri] – As states legalize, they institute laws to regulate marijuana as if it were a radioactive naked woman on angel dust. I talk about how we can reduce some of the fearmongering about marijuana.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/pot-is-not-pornography-plutonium-or-pcp-2015-03-06-fri

Legalization Is Not To Blame For PacNW MedMJ Reductions [2015 – 05 – 04 Mon] – As the medical marijuana states create recreational marijuana laws, medical advocates blame legalization for the restrictions in their world that were the results of their own excesses, not legalization.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/legalization-is-not-to-blame-for-pacnw-medmj-reductions-2015-05-04-mon

Legalized Theft, The Corruption Of Civil Asset Forfeiture [2015 – 05 – 06 Wed] – A look at the disgusting policing-for-profit system known as civil asset forfeiture and what states are doing to curb its abuse.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/legalized-theft-the-corruption-of-civil-asset-forfeiture-2015-05-06-wed

Where Does Religious Cannabis Use Leave Atheists [2015 – 06 – 04 Thu] – Inspired by Christian activists who are fighting for a religious right to use ganja as sacrament, I wonder, if they are successful, will atheists be the only marijuana criminals remaining?

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/where-does-religious-cannabis-use-leave-atheists-2015-06-04-thu

Just Split Oregon Into Two Sovereign States Already [2015 – 06 – 15 Mon] – How special interest lobbying in Oregon turned the state into two halves – the west side that has to obey statewide citizen initiatives and the east side that throws a temper tantrum until it doesn’t have to obey statewide laws.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/just-split-oregon-into-two-sovereign-states-already-2015-06-15-mon

The Insane Quest For A Stoned Driving Standard [2015 – 06 – 23 Tue] – On the news of Washington State researchers working on a marijuana breathalyzer, I discuss what a waste of time and a terrible injustice such a device would become.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/the-insane-quest-for-a-stoned-driving-standard-2015-06-23-tue

No On I-502, Three Years Later [2015 – 08 – 12 Wed] – I examine all of the scaremongering the Stoners Against Legalization in Washington predicted from marijuana legalization that never came true.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/no-on-i-502-three-years-later-2015-08-12-wed

Why The Reverence For Illegal Weed Dealers [2015 – 09 – 16 Wed] – I take on the lionization of black market weed dealers as altruistic rebels against “the man” and instead see them as profiteers exploiting the criminalization on marijuana consumers.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/why-the-reverence-for-illegal-weed-dealers-2015-09-16-wed

Pacific Northwest Cannabis Cafe Bans Are Counter – Productive [2015 – 12 – 03 Thu] – I explain to lawmakers how banning cannabis cafes will leave the region as the only legalized place in America where there aren’t such cafes, killing our potential marijuana tourism.

https://soundcloud.com/radicalruss/the-russ-belville-show-696-radical-rant-pacific-northwest-cannabis-cafe-bans-are-counter-productive-2015-12-03-thu