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    In today's anti-drug climate, people don't want to hear about the commercial potential of marijuana. The reason is that the flowering top of a female hemp plant contains a drug. But from 1842 through the 1890s a powerful concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug in the United States. In all that time the medical literature didn't list any of the ill effects claimed by today's drug warriors.

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    isn’t mccain right around 46%?

    Pew has perfectly isolated the John McCain demographic in its latest survey of American news consumption habits:

    pew traditionalists

    They missed a few points, though:

    • TV news consumption timed to coincide with IHOP “Early Bird” specials.

    • Strong interest in pharmaceutical advertisements.

    • Get off my lawn!

    (h/t digby)

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