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Marijuana: future wonder drug for beauty?
Researchers have found that a chemical in marijuana aka cannabis could be a miracle cure for acne and other skin problems, according to Fox News.
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FedEx delivers 200 lbs. of pot to wrong address
"FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company. Police tell The (Baltimore) Sun they learned about the shipment when it was delivered Tuesday to the wrong resident.
Authorities posed as FedEx employees and arrested the shipment's intended recipient, 30-year-old Richard Gwatidzo. Officials say he was charged Thursday with possession of a large quantity of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute along with other drug related charges.
Police say they also seized eight other FedEx boxes with nearly 400 pounds of the drug. Authorities are trying to determine the sender's identity." "FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried... more -
Arrest made after FedEx delivers drugs to wrong address
Oops ... wow man did I do that ... ha ah stoners.
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Body's own 'cannabis' is good for the skin, scientists find
"Scientists from Hungary, Germany and the UK have discovered that our own body not only makes chemical compounds similar to the active ingredient in marijuana (THC), but these play an important part in maintaining healthy skin.
This finding on "endocannabinoids" just published online in, and scheduled for the October 2008 print issue of, The FASEB Journal could lead to new drugs that treat skin conditions ranging from acne to dry skin, and even skin-related tumors ...
This research shows that we may have something in common with the marijuana plant," said Gerald Weissmann, MD. "Just as THC is believed to protect the marijuana plants from pathogens, our own cannabinoids may be necessary for us to maintain healthy skin and to protect us from pathogens."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/0807021609...
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World Health Organization documents failure of US drug policies
The release of this article is telling. Many of the United States news organizations are spinning the data in the report to say that drug use is up across the world. The truth that is revealed in the article is simple. Countries with the strictest drug laws are also the countries with the highest drug use. Those countries with more tolerant drug laws show astonishingly lower rates of drug use.
"The numbers are startling. In the United States, 42.4 percent admitted having used marijuana. The only other nation that came close was New Zealand, another bastion of get-tough policies, at 41.9 percent. No one else was even close. The results for cocaine use were similar, with the United States leading the world by a large margin."
Our government officials are trying to play the report off by discrediting the World Health Organization.
Bloomberg News reported:
"The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy tried to dismiss the study.
Trying to find a link between drug use and drug enforcement doesn't make sense, said Tom Riley, spokesman for the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington. "The U.S. has high crime rates but we spend a lot on law enforcement and prison,'' Riley said yesterday in a telephone interview. "Should we spend less? We're just a different kind of country. We have higher drug use rates, a higher crime rate, many things that go with a highly free and mobile society."
It's about time Americans and the rest of the world wise up. Adults are smart. They can and should be allowed to pick and choose what they do with their lives and bodies. The things they consume and activities pursued in the privacy of the home are beyond the reach of law or government. The release of this article is telling. Many of the United States news organizations are spinning the data in the report to say that d... more -
Policeman spared jail after stealing confiscated cannabis to cope with father's de...
A policeman who stole cannabis to help cope with his father's death was spared jail today.
Paul Smith repeatedly found excuses to visit the custody suite area of the police station and surreptitiously pocketed small amounts of the Class C substance which had been confiscated from suspects.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Stealing is bad. This Judge sent a clear message to all the other police on the make,,,,,If you get caught you'll loose your job, maybe, depending on what yeah but no but yeah excuses you come up with! A policeman who stole cannabis to help cope with his father's death was spared jail today. ... more -
Cop chokes marijuana suspect
WKRN News 2 reports that “the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after video shot from inside a Mount Joliet patrol car shows an officer choking a suspect.”
In the video, the officer has both hands around the neck of the suspect and is telling him to “stick your tongue out.” The suspect, James Anders, then passes out.
According to WKRN, “The incident began with a traffic stop. Officer Cosby said he smelled burning marijuana, ordered Anders out of the car and told him to spit out something he had in his mouth. … Cosby didn’t find any marijuana in Anders’ mouth but did find a small bag of the drug inside his car.”
Anders was arrested on charges of possessing marijuana, resisting arrest, and tampering with evidence. The charges were later dismissed because of the police officer’s behavior. Cosby was reprimanded and the tape was handed over to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
This video is from WKRN News 2, broadcast July 1, 2008.
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Skunk smokers 18 times more likely to develop psychosis
That 'sticky-icky' you might have been smoking could make you eighteen times more likely to develop psychosis, compared to those who only smoke hashish.
Dr. Marta Di Forti of Kings College London conducted the research into skunk use and found rather alarming results. 80% of people who had experienced psychosis - delusions and paranoia - had smoked some hi-grade, compared to 76% of people who had no mental health problem who had smoked hash.
That 'sticky-icky' you might have been smoking could make you eighteen times more likely to develop psychosis, compared to those who o... more -
2008 Chicago Hempfest
The "Highest Click In Chicago" gets it poppin at the 2008 Chicago Hempfest!
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Americans are world's top drug users despite harsh drug laws
Americans are the world's top consumers of cannabis and cocaine despite punitive US drug laws, according to an international study published in the online scientific magazine PLoS Medicine.
The study, released Monday, revealed that 16.2 percent of Americans had tried cocaine at least once, and 42.4 percent had used marijuana.
In second-place New Zealand, just 4.3 percent of study participants had used cocaine, and 41.9 percent marijuana.
The research was conducted at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, based on World Health Organization data from 54,068 people in 17 countries.
Rates of participation differed from country to country, and researchers noted uncertainty over how honestly people report their own drug use.
"Nevertheless, the findings present comprehensive data on the patterns of drug use from national samples representing all regions of the world," a PLoS statement said.
A vast majority of survey participants from the United States, Europe, Japan and New Zealand had consumed alcohol, compared to smaller percentages from the Middle East, Africa and China.
The data also revealed socioeconomic patterns in drug use. Single young adult men with high income had the greatest tendency to regularly use drugs.
Drug use "does not appear to be simply related to drug policy," the researchers wrote, "since countries with more stringent policies toward illegal drug use did not have lower levels of such drug use than countries with more liberal policies."
In the Netherlands, where drug policy is more liberal than the United States, 1.9 percent of survey participants said they had used cocaine and 19.8 percent marijuana.
Twelve US 12 states including California permit medical use of marijuana, but possession and use remains prohibited under federal law.
And despite the US government's massive anti-drug efforts, the United States remains the world's top drug market, one amply supplied by South American cartels.
The US Drug Enforcement Agency has observed ever larger quantities of illegal drugs pouring into the country.
"We are seizing greater quantities of illegal drugs than ever before," said a DEA statement last week.
In 2007, agents seized 41 metric tons of cocaine in just two raids, and denied drug traffickers record-breaking revenue of 3.5 billion dollars for the year, it said.
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Some proof that marijuana is a powerful medicine
Marijuana contains an amazing chemical, beta-caryophyllene, and scientists have thoroughly proven that it could be used to treat pain, inflammation, atherosclerosis, and osteoporosis.
Jürg Gertsch, of ETH Zürich, and his collaborators from three other universities learned that the natural molecule can activate a protein called cannabinoid receptor type 2. When that biological button is pushed, it soothes the immune system, increases bone mass, and blocks pain signals -- without causing euphoria or interfering with the central nervous system. Marijuana contains an amazing chemical, beta-caryophyllene, and scientists have thoroughly proven that it could be used to treat pain,... more -
US: man gets life sentence for smoking a joint
This 20/20 report shows a side by side comparison of two cases. The same judge presides over the two cases. One man is free to live his life as he wants, after committing murder, and the other in jail for life after smoking marijuana.
Ridiculous. This 20/20 report shows a side by side comparison of two cases. The same judge presides over the two cases. One man is free to live h... more -
Medical Marijuana Documentary "Waiting to Inhale" Screening in Clovis July 7
CONTACT: Aaron Smith, MPP California organizer, 707-575-9870
FRESNO, Calif. — A free screening of the award-winning medical marijuana documentary, "Waiting to Inhale," takes place July 7, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno in Clovis, followed by a panel discussion with local medical marijuana patients, advocates and medical experts.
The film is a gripping examination of all angles of the medical marijuana controversy, including interviews with leading researchers, patients, advocates and government officials.Click for the full story on the Canna Zine cannabis news portal. CONTACT: Aaron Smith, MPP California organizer, 707-575-9870 ... more -
Bedrocan
Welcome to the website of Bedrocan BV Medicinal Cannabis.
Since the first of march 2005 Bedrocan BV is the only company contracted by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport for the growth and production of medicinal Cannabis. Cannabis Flos Bedrocan? and Bedrobinol? can be prescribed by doctors for both humans and animals.
On this site you can find information about the different aspects of Cannabis in general, and the medicinal Cannabis of Bedrocan BV in particular. You can also find several links to sites associated with our company and our product. Welcome to the website of Bedrocan BV Medicinal Cannabis. ... more -
Legalize Every Drug
By JOHN STOSSEL, Creators Syndicate, Inc.
June 18, 2008
The other day, reading the New York Post's Page Six gossip page, I was surprised to find a picture of me, followed by the lines: "ABC's John Stossel wants the government to stop interfering with your right to get high. ... The crowd went silent at his call to legalize hard drugs."
I had attended a Marijuana Policy Project event celebrating the New York State Assembly's passage of a medical-marijuana bill. (The bill hasn't yet passed the Senate.)
I told the audience I thought it pathetic that the mere half passage of a bill to allow sick people to try a possible remedy would merit such a celebration.
Of course medical marijuana should be legal. For adults, everything should be legal. I'm amazed that the health police are so smug in their opposition.
After years of reporting on the drug war, I'm convinced that this "war" does more harm than any drug.
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Loads of weed seized in Northern Ireland
8.5 million pounds worth actually.
Police conducted a series of raids across N.I and reportedly nicked and charged 45 people who they believed to have been cultivating the plant.
One of the arresting officers spoke out about the rise in organised gangs cultivating the drug and how a relocation on their part hasn't fooled the police.
"Organised crime gangs have turned their attention from mainland UK to Northern Ireland, presumably because they thought they wouldn't get caught. They were wrong."
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Medicinal marijuana can cause range of adverse effects, say researchers
The use of medical marijuana to relieve pain and other disease symptoms can cause a huge range of adverse effects, says an analysis of safety studies co-authored by University of B.C. and McGill University researchers.
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Cannabis IS medicine!
Since we don't get any health care in the United States, it only makes sense to change the laws towards this very beneficial plant.
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POT vs TOBACCO - Tobacco Contains Ionizing Radiation
Prohibitionists scare people with comparisons between marijuana and tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke is bad, therefore all smoke is bad the reasoning goes. If somebody suggested that burning PCBs (dioxin), high sulphur coal, firewood, nuclear waste and natural gas all produced the same combustion products and all were equally dangerous, most people would demand proof before accepting such a ridiculous claim. But make the claim that tobacco smoke and pot smoke are equally bad and no one questions it. But what does science say.......
There is one very important difference between marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke contains ionizing radiation and cannabis smoke does not. The tobacco plant's roots and the sticky leaf surface absorb radioactive polonium-210 and lead-210 isotopes which are inhaled with tobacco smoke. A pack and a half a day smoker receives a daily dose of radiation equal to what a person would have received standing downwind from Three Mile Island nuclear reactor during the first 21 hours after the infamous accident. Pack and a half a day smokers are exposed to the equivalent of over 300 hundred chest x-rays every year from this ionizing radiation. Prohibitionists scare people with comparisons between marijuana and tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke is bad, therefore all smoke is bad th... more -
Oaksterdam News - V3 Issue 4
Oaksterdam News about medical cannabis and more
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