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When are people going to wake up and look at what the system has been doing to them? In 1923, the Canadian Government in all their wisdom passed laws restricting the use of Indian Hemp for medicinal purposes. Then in the 1930's they renamed Hemp "Marijuana" and proceeded to try to brainwash the public into believing that hemp was some new, dangerous, and addictive drug. Right up the present day the government has continued their smear campaign against hemp with no evidence to back up what they have been telling us.
Hemp is not a drug, it is a plant, and hemp is the most medicinal plant on Earth. Throughout history, hemp has always been known to be man's oldest known and safest medication. Also, the non-addictive nature of this plant has been known for thousands of years. In medicine hemp was known as a panacea, which means "cure-all" and the old pharmacopeias reflect this.
So why would our government pass laws to restrict the use of a plant that was known to possess all of these medicinal virtues? The answer is sickening, yet simple (big money). Governments' rich friends wanted hemp outlawed because hemp presented a danger to their monetary concerns. Laws are supposed to be put in place to do the greatest good for the greatest number; obviously this law restricting hemp's medicinal use is corrupt. more ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal law does not pre-empt state law in a court battle over the licensing of medical marijuana, an appeals court has ruled.
San Diego and San Bernardino counties had argued that issuing identification cards to eligible users, as required by the 1996 state law, would violate federal law, which does not recognize the state measure.
But the appeals court concluded Thursday that ID card laws "do not pose a significant impediment" to the federal Controlled Substances Act because that law is designed to "combat recreational drug use, not to regulate a state's medical practices."
San Diego supervisors had sued to overturn the state law after it was passed by voters in 1996, but a Superior Court judge ruled against them in 2006. The county appealed last year and was joined by San Bernardino.
The counties have 40 days to either appeal Thursday's ruling to the California Supreme Court or implement an ID card program.
"The court didn't really get to the key issue," said Thomas D. Bunton, senior deputy county counsel in San Diego. "(Federal law) clearly regulates medical practices. It says marijuana has no currently accepted medical use."
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal law does not pre-empt state law in a court battle over the... more
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As a registered nurse and the person pictured in the July 20 article "High emotions: Group backs medical marijuana," I am growing increasingly weary of the insulting attacks found in Kevin Sabet's July 24 guest commentary, "Public faces medical marijuana scam," which brand me as a miscreant and criminal simply because I am part of a team of health-care professionals who make the ancient medicinal herb marijuana available to patients in need.
More...As a registered nurse and the person pictured in the July 20 article "High emotions:... more
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The US Government holds a patent (US Patent # 6630507) on cannabinoids and their antioxidant effects.
The Owner/Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
It describes cannabinoids particular use as neuroprotectants, which limits possible neurological damage after an ischemic event, or an event that robs the brain of oxygen.
There's also reference to its use in treatment and prophylaxis of neurodegenerative diseases such as alzheimers, parkinsons, and HIV dementia.
Here's the Abstract:
Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention.
Patent number: 6630507
Filing date: Feb 2, 2001
Issue date: Oct 7, 2003
Inventors: Aidan J. Hampson, Julius Axelrod, Maurizio Grimaldi
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
Primary Examiner: Kevin E. Weddington
Attorneys: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
Application number: 9/674,028The US Government holds a patent (US Patent # 6630507) on cannabinoids and their... more
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People have CB1 receptors in the brain. The body makes Anandamide to bond at CB1, and if you smoke marijuana that is where the THC likes to go.
Everybody needs Cannabinoids to be healthy. When your body does not produce sufficient cannabinoids, you need to supplement with medical marijuana to be healthy. When President Obama stops DEA raids on medical marijuana everything gets better: Health Care Costs, Medicare & Medicaid, PTSD Veterans, Auto Immune, Autism, ADHD & Chronic Pain Conditions. By encouraging scientific research, Obama will allow cannabis nutraceutical products to help everyone (when federal law allows), without the Pharmaceutical Industry or taxes or the VA.
This is ALL True. It is happening right now. Part of the solution to all these issues, exists in medical marijuana states. It is time to connect the dots of medical marijuana and the issues facing America today. We need to live, think & plan sustainably. We must create eco-friendly, economically sustainable solutions because Washington does not have any answers.
We are part of the solution. But we do not want to go to jail. We are not legalization activists, drug dealers or gang bangers; we are eco-entrepreneurs: aging baby-boomers, PTSD Vets, old hippies with advanced degrees and/or years in alternative health care. We are ‘out to save the world’; ‘what would Jesus do’ folks.
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The action comes on the same day as an appellate court in San Diego rules that federal law does not preempt California's medical pot law.
By Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
4:24 PM PDT, July 31, 2008
Federal drug enforcement agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary in the 13400 block of Washington Boulevard in Culver City this afternoon, serving a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation.
Sarah Pullen, spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Los Angeles, says the warrant to search Organica Collective is under seal and she was not able to discuss any specifics of the operation.
"As part of an ongoing investigation, we're looking for illegal substances and evidence to support the investigation," Pullen said.
A phone call to Organica was not immediately answered.
On a Web forum for medical marijuana users, news of the raid was posted shortly after 1 p.m. with a call for protesters to "please go down with signs and friends to show your support!"
The dispensary’s MySpace page says it offers "the best of Los Angeles' medical cannabis, as well as several different types of clones. New patients receive a free gift with their first purchase! We are open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, with free secure parking and friendly vibes!"The action comes on the same day as an appellate court in San Diego rules that federal... more
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State appellate court judges today turned aside a challenge by San Bernardino and San Diego counties to California's Medical Marijuana Program Act.
The counties had argued that the state law conflicted with the federal Controlled Substance Act, and that the federal law should take preempt the California act.
But the three judges who heard the case in San Diego ruled that the conflict the counties claimed does not exist, citing the "distinct provisions of the exemptions from prosecution" under the California law.
The judges also rejected San Bernardino County's claim that the identification card provisions of the Medical Marijuana Program Act are invalid.
The decision can be appealed to the California Supreme Court.
--Richard K. De Atley
rdeatley@PE.com State appellate court judges today turned aside a challenge by San Bernardino and San... more
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"The bottom line is that the government should not be in our bedrooms and it should not be making our healthcare decisions for us," says Cramer. "People should be free to use whatever medicines they and their doctors feel will help them.""The bottom line is that the government should not be in our bedrooms and it should... more
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Marijuana laws should mirror alcohol laws.
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A father of one was remanded to prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a possession of narcotics charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Kenrick Estwick, 51, of 345 ‘A’ Field Sophia, is accused of having in his possession five grams of cannabis on July 26, at Hague, West Coast Demerara.
Estwick, the father of one, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.
The accused was represented by defence counsel Patrice Henry, who asked the magistrate to exercise leniency. He told the magistrate that his client is asthmatic and uses the cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Henry further added that, prior to this incident, his client never had any other run-in with the law, and as such asked that a non-custodian sentenced be imposed on his client.
Police prosecutor Desiree Fowler told the court that, on the day in question, the police, acting on information, went to Hague, West Coast Demerara, and located the accused.
She said a party of police conducted a search on the accused and a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems, suspected to be cannabis, were found. This was later confirmed at the Leonora Police Station, where the suspect was detained.
The magistrate then asked the defence counsel to tender a clinic card in court later today, when the case will be called again, to show that his client is indeed asthmatic.A father of one was remanded to prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a... more
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Around 69 million Americans 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once. Last year, 356,472 kilos were seized nationwide, nearly 174 of them in Virginia, with almost nine kilograms of processed marijuana and 486 plants taken by Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force (JADE) in our area. So far this year, JADE has confiscated just under 3 kilos. In 2007, 34 percent of Albemarle High School students admitted to having smoked pot, according to the Albemarle County Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Seems like a lot of us are buying weed. So I ask you, how well do you know your dealer? How well do you know what he goes through? (How much do you really want to know?)Around 69 million Americans 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once. Last... more
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ABC's 20/20 looks at the sad case of Rachel Hoffman, the 23-year-old college student murdered after police recruited her to be a drug informant. The show does a good job of not letting the police paint the woman as a hardened pusher (by all accounts, she wasn't). When the police chief says Hoffman was caught with a "quarter pound" of marijuana, the reporter asks him to illustrate about how much that would be. He's forced to reply, "about a baggie." When he says they found a felony amount of "Valium and ecstasy" in her apartment, he's forced to admit the felony supply comprised all of six pills.
Faced with four years in prison for that "stash" under Florida's aggressive drug laws, Hoffman agreed to work as an informant. Police in Tallahassee had Hoffman contact two major drug dealers with whom she had never previously met and arrange for the hippie college chick and small-time pot dealer to purchase cocaine, 1,500 ecstasy pills, and a handgun. The thugs must have smelled the setup from a mile away. It was some astonishingly stupid police work.
It's good that the case is raising questions about the use and abuse of drug informants. It's too bad that it took the death of a pretty white college girl for those questions to be asked.
This has been going on for a long time. ABC's 20/20 looks at the sad case of Rachel Hoffman, the 23-year-old college student... more
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Woody Harrelson leads the industrialized hemp movement in the documentary,“Hempsters”.
Watch Woody get arrested as he fights for old-school tobacco farmers who see hemp as a sustainable crop that could save their family farms.
The break down:
Hemp and marijuana are both varieties of the same plant, Cannabis sativa.
It’s illegal to grow both hemp and marijuana in the U.S, but it is legal to buy and sell hemp products in the U.S.
Smoking marijuana gets you high, smoking hemp doesn’t.
Everything from diapers to carpets can be made from hemp.Woody Harrelson leads the industrialized hemp movement in the... more
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Vinegar. Lemon juice. Drain-cleaning products. At least one of these items is probably in your kitchen. And any of them can be used to beat a drug test.
For about 20 years, people have been using a long list of very ordinary household items to confuse prospective employers and drug labs hoping to catch them in the act of using or abusing illegal drugs.
Add to the list laundry detergent, baking soda, and ordinary salt.
"Does it work? Yes, it does," says Amitava Dasgupta, PhD, a professor of pathology and drug testing expert from the University of Texas-Houston Medical Center. "It's a cat and mouse game."
Employer drug testing became popular in the late 1980s after President Ronald Reagan instituted drug testing as a requirement for federal jobs. Lots of private companies followed suit, and today thousands run drug tests on people applying for jobs.
Many schools also conduct drug tests on students trying to join sports teams, or, more controversially, sometimes conduct tests on a random basis.
Many household items change urine's pH, or acidity, when they're added to it; most of the time that renders a sample useless for testing. But these are not the cheating methods that worry testers like Dasgupta.
That's because labs can easily tell when urine has been adulterated with household items. Usually they just disqualify the applicant without even bothering to test for specific drugs.
Online Test-Cheating Industry
That's what happens with most of the so-called "detoxifying" drinks that can be found online. Most of the drinks are simply loaded with caffeine and come with directions to drink lots and lots of water. That dilutes the urine, which can sully a drug test.
But testers are prepared for dilution, Dasgupta says. Any sample below a certain concentration is automatically rejected, regardless of whether it has evidence of illegal drugs in it.
"There is no magic formulation which can take drugs out of your body," Dasgupta says.
Chris Faught, who heads chemical testing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, says his lab routinely sees dilution as a strategy to fool drug tests in the emergency room. "We get results that are simply suppressed so there's obviously an interfering substance. The old classic way is to drink lots and lots of water," he tells WebMD.
But the gigantic test-cheating industry, found mostly online, has given toxicologists like Dasgupta new problems to contend with. One popular formulation is called pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC). It destroys drug molecules in urine, potentially fooling drug tests.
But there's a catch: the simple addition of some hydrogen peroxide will turn a PCC-containing urine sample dark brown.
Testing for Marijuana Use
"The bottom line is toxicologists are smarter than drug abusers," Dasgupta told reporters at a meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry in Washington. "If try to cheat on a drug test, we will catch you."
That's usually true. But even Dasgupta concedes there are some holes in his drug-testing net. He says parents should be on the lookout for over-the-counter eyedrops. A full vial of the easy-to-buy product can successfully mask THC -- marijuana's active ingredient -- if it's added to a urine sample.
This cheating method doesn't work for heavy marijuana users. But for "borderline" tests, some eyedrops can envelop THC molecules, effectively hiding them from chemical detection, adds Dasgupta.Vinegar. Lemon juice. Drain-cleaning products. At least one of these items is probably... more
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"Alcohol does more damage to a developing brain than any other substance of abuse, including heroin, cocaine and marijuana, according to the Institute of Medicine.""Alcohol does more damage to a developing brain than any other substance of abuse,... more
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TORONTO - A Burlington Ont. restaurant owner facing a human rights complaint for refusing to allow a patron with a medical marijuana licence to smoke outside his establishment said he plans to take the dispute to court.
Ted Kindos, owner of Gator Ted's Tap and Grill, said he will seek a declaration from the Ontario Superior Court that the provincial laws - prohibiting marijuana possession or consumption in licensed establishments - trump former patron Steve Gibson's right to light up.
Attempts to negotiate a resolution to the dispute fell apart earlier this year after Kindos refused to sign a settlement requiring, among other things, he pay Gibson $2,000 and post a sign out front alerting patrons his establishment accommodated customers with medical marijuana exemptions.
"We think this is a fundamental issue that needs to be determined by a court and not by the (Ontario Human Rights) Commission," said Kindos' lawyer Gary Graham.
Gibson filed a complaint with the OHRC alleging Kindos discriminated against him by not allowing him to smoke his marijuana outside the bar and for making no effort to find any solution - such as smoking outside the back door.
For three years, the case has been working its way through the Ontario Human Rights Commission and was to be heard by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in the spring.
Kindos said he could lose his liquor licence if he agrees to allows Gibson to smoke or hold the controlled substance in or out front of his restaurant.
The Ontario Human Rights Commission maintains Gibson's case is about the bar owner's duty to accommodate someone with a disability.
The Human Rights Code has primacy over all other provincial legislation unless there is a specific exemption to exclude it written into a law, said Commission spokesman Jeff Poirier.
"The individuals have disabling conditions and they are using legally obtained medical supplies and they are looking to access something available to other patrons, an area to smoke where bylaws permit."
But Graham said that is open to interpretation and he is working on filing an application to Superior Court.
"You have a human right not be refused service because you have a disability but that is quite different from saying you have a human right to consume marijuana to treat your disability on my premises," Graham said.
Osgoode Hall law professor Alan Young said the dispute is venturing into uncharted waters because there hasn't been a court case addressing where Canadians with medical marijuana exemptions are allowed to smoke.
The federal government's Marijuana Medical Access Regulations do not specify where marijuana can be consumed for medical purposes. But anyone who has an exemption is advised in an information package not to consume controlled substances in a public place and not to expose others to any effects related to the inhalation of secondary smoke, a spokesman for Health Canada said.
Two other Ontario men federally licensed to use marijuana for medical purposes have also filed human rights complaints claiming that Liquor Licence Act provisions prohibiting controlled substances where alcohol is served are discriminatory and should be amended.
Young said the issue of "where" has been divisive in the medical marijuana community.
"There are lot of patients that want to assert their right to smoke in public places and others think it is actually undercutting respectability of this growing movement because it looks like medical marijuana users are trying to acquire greater rights than ordinary citizens," Young said. TORONTO - A Burlington Ont. restaurant owner facing a human rights complaint for... more
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UPDATE: The public is encouraged to attend the trial of Charlie Lynch:
U.S. District Court
Courtroom 10
312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
The trial resumes at 10:45 am on Monday, July 28 and--although the schedule is subject to change--9:00 am Tuesday and Wednesday. The trial is expected to last most or all of the week.
Stay tuned to reason.tv for updates throughout the week.
For more information, visit Friends of Charles C. Lynch.
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Should medical marijuana be kept from minors at all costs? Why is it that pharmacists can dispense amphetamines without getting busted, but legal operators who dispense medical marijuana face prison time? Why do armed federal agents persist in raiding California?
With its sun, surf and small town atmosphere, California's San Luis Obispo County is a good place to grow up. Seventeen-year-old Owen Beck played football and soccer for a local high school, but one day his thoughts abruptly turned away from sports and school. Doctors told Owen he had bone cancer, and would have to begin chemotherapy right away.
The young athlete suffered another blow—doctors would have to amputate his leg to try to keep the cancer from spreading. Chemotherapy attacked Owen's cancer and his body, leaving him bald, gaunt, and vomiting the food he needed to recover. The amputation introduced Owen to a bizarre, new agony called phantom pain, and although doctors gave him powerful medication, nothing helped.
But might a new kind of pharmacy offer new hope? A medical marijuana dispensary had recently opened in the nearby city of Morro Bay. More than a decade earlier, California voters legalized medical marijuana and Morro Bay's mayor and Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the dispensary, and its owner Charlie Lynch.
Owen's parents knew the idea of giving medical marijuana to a 17-year-old strikes many people as scandalous. Local Sheriff Pat Hedges even asserts that allowing medical marijuana is "not in the best interest of a community that prides itself on providing a healthy, family environment."
But the Becks weren't concerned about what other people thought; they were focused on helping their son. So with a written doctor recommendation in hand, they purchased medical marijuana for their teenage son. The new medication eased Owen's pain and nausea like nothing else had, and the Becks grew fond of Charlie Lynch, who would sometimes refuse payment because, says Steve Beck, "He was just a compassionate kind of a guy."
But one day, Owen's life took another abrupt turn. Federal agents and local sheriff deputies raided Charlie Lynch's dispensary, and seized nearly everything inside, including Owen's medicine. "He had a prescription from a doctor at Stanford, and they took his stuff!" says Debbie Beck. Federal agents cuffed Lynch, and put him behind bars. Even though state and local laws allow for it, medical marijuana is still illegal under federal law. And because he had clients like Owen who were under age 21, Charlie Lynch faces heightened penalties. In California the average first-degree murder serves 20 years behind bars; Charlie Lynch could face a sentence as long as 100 years in prison.
The trial of Charlie Lynch begins this July.UPDATE: The public is encouraged to attend the trial of Charlie Lynch:
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Mission Statement
Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access is committed to protecting the rights of veteran patients and healthcare professionals by advocating for safe and legal access to marijuana(cannabis) for all appropriate therapeutic uses and to encourage research on marijuana as a treatment alternative.
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To serve veterans as an educational resource on medical marijuana and access, and to garner their support on the issue.
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To encourage veterans organizations to support veterans’ rights to safely access medical marijuana and to issue policy statements that publicly voice this support.
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To work with prominent national veterans organizations through outreach campaigns that promote more compassionate legislative and administrative policies toward medical marijuana and it’s access.
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To encourage legislation to end federal prohibition of medical marijuana use.
Mission Statement
Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access is committed to protecting... more
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Lawyers for a California man charged with dealing pot say they're struggling to defend him because they're barred from using the term medical marijuana.
Attorneys for Charlie Lynch, 46, of San Luis Obispo County, Calif., say he was under the impression he was working within California's state laws while operating Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers in Morro Bay, Calif. But U.S. prosecutors say he broke federal narcotics laws by selling $2.1 million worth of pot to some customers not old enough to legally drink, The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
The trial judge has ruled out any reference to medical marijuana because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that concluded federal drug laws trump those of California, where distribution of marijuana for medical reasons is allowed.
This has set up a potential showdown between conflicting state and federal laws and has hampered Lynch's defense attorneys, the newspaper said. They implied during opening statements in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Friday that Lynch had sought and received approval from an official with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration before he set up shop.
Source: United Press International
Photo: www.michaelm.comLawyers for a California man charged with dealing pot say they're struggling to defend... more
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News from Narconon - TransWorldNews press release. It's not an ad or an anti-drug article ... Read it ...
Marijuana is addictive!
Narconon is an international drug rehabilitation organisation which claims a presence in 26 countries around the world. It is involved in a range of anti-drug activities, including lectures to schools, educational programmes and providing residential drug rehabilitation therapy for addicts. It claims extraordinarily high success rates - anything up to 85% - for those undergoing its treatment programme. Narconon is very energetic in publicising its claims and, over the years, it has managed to persuade a number of state and national governments to fund its activities. Founded in 1966, the modern Narconon programme is the work of the late L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction author and founder of the Church of Scientology. It combines what might be termed his moral philosophy with his theories on the nature of drug addiction and his solutions to the problem, providing a mixture of educational and therapeutic activities.
What is the Narconon programme?
* Narconon's clients go through four stages designed to detoxify their bodies and reform their lives and practices:
Drug-Free Withdrawal - equivalent to "cold turkey", stopping all drug taking and tackling the resulting physical and mental pain with vitamin doses and "assists", a form of spiritual healing.
Therapeutic TRs Course - a series of drills performed with another person which aim to "bring about interaction between the individual and the existing physical universe".
New Life Detoxification Program - an intensive programme of running, massive overdoses of vitamins and very long sauna sessions, designed to "run out" drugs and radiation from the body.
Life Improvement Courses - a series of short courses which aim to improve a person's ability to study, communicate and exercise moral judgements.
* The overall cost of the Narconon programme is a flat fee of about $15,000. It takes between 3 months and up to a year to complete.
"Many baby-boomers recall their younger years fondly," comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab in Georgia. "Part of the culture was the summer of love, and marijuana was passed around freely. As they grew up, and moved on, most left pot behind and became responsible adults.
"They would be in for a shock today. With THC content of modern commercial marijuana in some cases 15 to 20 times more powerful than the marijuana produced in the 60's and 70's, marijuana addiction is a real threat.
"Don't let kids or others fool you: It's not 'just pot' any more. These levels of THC now make marijuana extremely dangerous, extremely powerful, extremely addictive."
Don't get too scared by the rhetoric ... They've convinced our government that it's OK to rehab addicts into their church too.
Post Script:
I think some people were confuse after reading this article. I posted it to dramatize the narco-industrial complex in this country. If only all business could market their products based on lies.
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