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04/09/11--21:59: Medical Cannabis and Its Impact on Human Health a Cannabis Documentary (chan 1817690)





myth shattering, information packed documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Md2WNqqxTQ

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11/17/11--22:53: Marijuana useful in the treatment of spinal cord lesions (chan 1817690)





Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive constituent of cannabis, has been reported to induce neuroprotective effects in several experimental models of brain injury.

Cannabidiol improved locomotor functional recovery and reduced injury extent, suggesting that it could be useful in the treatment of spinal cord lesions.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21915768

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11/18/11--00:42: The California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012 (chan 1817690)





AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE OF CALIFORNIA:

I. Add Section 11362.6 to the Health and Safety Code of California, any laws or policies to the contrary notwithstanding:

1. No person, individual, or corporate entity shall be arrested or prosecuted, be denied any right or privilege, nor be subject to any criminal or civil penalties for the possession, cultivation, transportation, distribution, or consumption of cannabis hemp marijuana, including:

(a) Cannabis hemp industrial products.

(b) Cannabis hemp medicinal preparations.

(c) Cannabis hemp nutritional products.

(d) Cannabis hemp euphoric products.

http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i1016_11-0073_%28hemp_legaliza...

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12/09/11--19:44: Medical marijuana elevates former soldier from rock bottom (chan 1817690)





Chris Hillier’s life arc bottomed out in a Vancouver back alley, across the country from his Newfoundland home and a world away from the war zone that broke him.

Homeless, penniless, and addicted to crack cocaine, Hillier slept behind a community centre, at the intersection of Hastings and Main, the notorious epicentre of the city’s drug trade.

Three years earlier, Hillier was in the midst of a successful military career, serving his country as an air force firefighter aboard HMCS Preserver in the Middle East in the months after the 9/11 strikes on the U.S.

His tour with Operation Apollo took him to the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. But the constant stress of working in a theatre of war left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition he believes was worsened by conventional pharmaceuticals prescribed by military doctors.

Today, Hillier is off the streets and clean because, he says, of a treatment that few in the Canadian military like to discuss: medical marijuana.

Hillier, 35, is one of just a handful of veterans who are treating their PTSD with cannabis and getting it paid for by Veterans Affairs Canada.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Medical+marijuana+elevates+former+soldier+...

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12/09/11--19:49: Wide range of medical marijuana users find relief in pot, despite government misgivings (chan 1817690)





Margaret Marceniuk inhales her medical marijuana through a pharmaceutical puffer and a head-shop pipe.

Tamara Cartwright vaporizes her pot with a machine called a Volcano, then inhales three to four bags of the vapour while locked away in her bedroom, away from her toddler.

Ian Layfield in Victoria swallows cannabis-infused oil capsules he makes himself, frying olive oil with pot leaves, then straining it with cheese cloth and pouring it into gel caps. He also mixes cannabis into a topical cream he rubs into his left foot and ankle, which was crushed in October 2006 after being rolled over by a grader.

Todd Kaighin, an HIV patient in downtown Toronto, largely smokes traditional joints, while Janice Cyre outside Edmonton presses her marijuana leaves into steeped tea. Many users also nibble on the odd brownie or cookie baked with cannabis leaves, pot-infused oil or canna-butter.

All have their federal licences to legally take medical marijuana to help dull pain, boost appetite and curtail nausea or diarrhea associated with multiple sclerosis, colitis, severe arthritis, HIV or fibromyalgia. But all laugh disdainfully at the dried marijuana grown by the federal government in a mine in Manitoba, describing it as “dust” or “catnip in a bag” that has little therapeutic benefit and brings headaches.

They either buy their medical pot illegally through compassion clubs or legally grow their own plants in their basements, with some occasionally and reluctantly forced to buy from street dealers

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Wide+range+medical+marijuana+users+find+re...

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12/09/11--19:59: Painful battle for pot was worth the fight (chan 1817690)





Ian Layfield prefers his marijuana fried in oil for four hours, then swallowed in cannabis-infused gel caplets.

Either that or mixed in with a topical cream he massages onto his left foot.

Both forms of medical marijuana numb the pain and tightness caused by severe arthritis that began after a road grader in Layfield’s city of Victoria, B.C., pinned his foot, crushing bones, tendons, muscles and soft tissue.

That was in October 2006, but it wasn’t until after self-medicating with tequila and pot, 18 months of rehab needed to walk again, daily doses of the narcotic pain reliever OxyContin and hydromorphone pills, did Layfield gain the consent of his family physician to turn to medical marijuana.

In May 2009, Layfield received his federal licence to grow 98 plants and use marijuana for medical purposes.

“I had never tried heroin before, but (OxyContin) is the synthetic version of it and if this is anything like what the street drug is, I wouldn’t want to touch it,” said Layfield, who didn’t want to take the highly addictive opioids, but had no choice because his doctor felt he had to exhaust all conventional medications before contemplating using medical marijuana.

That rigidity, Layfield said, can be dangerous for patients.

“I weaned myself off of that over a year ago and now it’s just been trial and error with different cannabis strains,” said Layfield, 33.

Since then, he hasn’t had to deal with the stomach pains sparked when he was in withdrawal from his legal opioid use; his stomach cramped whenever it didn’t have any of the highly addictive drugs dissolving inside.

Layfield also doesn’t have to deal with the dangerous haziness produced by the opiate that prevented him from driving.

A few weeks ago, Layfield took a doctor’s letter to the superintendent of motor vehicles in Victoria to notify the government office he was consuming nine grams of cannabis each day.

The office asked Layfield to take a road test to determine the effects, since physicians don’t recommend pot users get behind the wheel.

“I passed with flying colours and I was just issued my new pink card,” Layfield said. “People can be able to keep their licence and still medicate and drive.”

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Painful+battle+worth+fight/5838030/story.h...

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12/11/11--21:26: Poll: Should Police Enforce the Marijuana-Possession Law? (chan 1817690)





On Tuesday, the City of New London's new mayor, Daryl Finizio, signed an executive order telling city police officers they should no longer issue an infraction or violation to anyone who possesses marijuana or associated paraphernalia on private property.

On Wednesday, the New London State's Attorney said Finizio did not have the authority to do that.

In June, Connecticut became the 14th state to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana after the General Assembly approved changes to the laws. Under the new law, "possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana as an infraction with a $150 fine, rather than as a criminal misdemeanor. The fine would increase to $200 to $500 for subsequent offenses, with referral to a drug education program after the third violation. Offenders under age 21 would also lose their driver’s license for 60 days and juveniles 16 years of age and under will be referred to juvenile court."

Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the law.

What do you think about this issue? Take our poll and add your thoughts in the comments.

http://meriden.patch.com/articles/poll-should-police-enforce-the-marijuana-posse...

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12/21/11--23:01: It Turns Out That Smoking Marijuana May Actually Make You A Safer Driver (chan 1817690)





An amazing study authored by professors D. Mark Anderson (University of Montana) and Daniel Rees (University of Colorado) shows that traffic deaths have been reduced in states where medical marijuana is legalized.

According to their findings, the use of medical marijuana has caused traffic related fatalities to fall by nearly nine percent in states that have legalized medical marijuana (via The Truth About Cars).

The study notes that this is equal to the effect raising the drinking age to 21 had on reducing traffic fatalities.

One key factor is the reduction in alcohol consumption. The study finds that there is a direct correlation between the use of marijuana and a reduction in beer sales, especially in the younger folks aged 20-29.

A drop in beer sales supports the theory that marijuana can act as a substitute for liquor.

The study also finds that marijuana has the inverse effect that alcohol does on drivers. Drivers under the influence of alcohol tend to make rash decisions and risky moves, whereas those under the influence of marijuana tend to slow down, make safer choices, and increase following distances.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/it-turns-out-that-smoking-marijuana-may-actually-...

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01/16/12--20:14: Hemp study pushed by lawmakers could aid toxic cleanup (chan 1817690)





Planting fields of hemp to absorb toxins in contaminated soil is a concept worth looking at, said two rural lawmakers at the Capitol.

Rep. Wes McKinley, D-Walsh, and Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg, D-Sterling, are having a bill drafted that would create a pilot program, funded by gifts, grants and donations, to research the crop’s potential.

Areas that may benefit, said McKinley, are Rocky Flats, once the site of a nuclear weapons plant, and the Cotter Corporation’s uranium mine near Golden, as well as numerous abandoned mining properties around the state.

The hemp plants, which have been shown to absorb toxins from soil, would also provide benefits to both farmers and consumers, said McKinley.

http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/news/x713192597/Hemp-study-pushed-by-lawma...

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01/17/12--21:27: Cancer Drugs Could Cause Tumours To Spread, Rather Than Preventing Them, Warns Study (chan 1817690)





Cancer drugs that are designed to shrink tumours by cutting off the supply to their blood may be doing the opposite and helping them spread to other parts of the body, a study has warned.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston investigated the drugs in question, Glivec and Sutent, and discovered that although it’s proven that they reduce the size of the cancer tumour – it could also make them more aggressive and mobile as a result.

Experts looked at a little-studied group of cells called pericytes, which provide structural support to the blood vessels and act as a ‘gatekeeper’ that stops tumours growing.

However, these pericyte cells are wiped out by advanced cancer drug treatments that are designed to prevent the growth, meaning the tumour has more freedom to ‘metastasise’, or spread, around the body.

Glivec, the brand name of the drug imatinib, and Sutent, also known as sunitinib, have both shown to significantly increase patient survival rates. However, researchers argue that ultimately, these drugs could be making the cancers more deadly, as metastasis to vital organs, such as the liver or brain, are two chief causes of cancer deaths.

The study, published in the Cancer Cell journal, came to this conclusion after removing pericytes from breast cancer tumours in genetically engineered mice. Throughout the following 25 days, researchers saw a 30% decrease in tumour growth but a three-fold increase in the number of secondary tumours growing in the animals’ lungs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/17/cancer-drugs-might-help-tumours-sprea...|main5|dl9|sec3_lnk2&pLid=128251&ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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01/20/12--22:11: Far out: Was that a marijuana leaf t-shirt that Yu Darvish was sporting today in Texas? (chan 1817690)





Yu Darvish's choice of clothing for his arrival in Texas on Friday was rather curious. (AP)

It didn't take long for Yu Darvish to experience his first lost in translation moment.

Fresh off a long flight from Japan, the newest Texas Rangers pitcher raised more than a few eyebrows in Dallas-Forth Worth on Friday by wearing a t-shirt with a symbol more closely associated with High Times magazine than Major League Baseball.

That's not exactly the type of thing that the Rangers want to see from a guy they just committed $111 million to, so what gives with the hazy decision? Was the newly-divorced Darvish announcing his intentions to, uh, broaden his horizons? Attempting to make new friends with Tim Lincecum? Playing a pretty good joke on the straight-laced Nolan Ryan?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/far-yu-darvish-arrives-america...

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01/27/12--01:29: Do Harsh Pot Laws Create a Dangerous Drinking Culture? 5 Reasons to Get Stoned Instead of Drunk (chan 1817690)





Myths about marijuana convince people that alcohol is safer, but science shows pot is the healthier choice.

Alcohol kills approximately 70,000 people per year. Prescription pills, which have helped overdose become the leading cause of accidental death in America, result in more than 20,000 deaths per year. Marijuana has never killed anybody.

Although scientific research is available to show that pot is relatively harmless, and in fact medically beneficial, myths and propaganda about the plant’s alleged harm lead to marijuana laws so severe they often have the unintended consequence of driving people to drink alcohol, a much more dangerous substance than pot.

Many people do not understand just how harsh some marijuana legislation is. In America, pot possession so minor it is not even a misdemeanor can cause caring parents to lose custody of their children, because welfare offices may charge them with neglect, regardless of how good a parent they are. The legal ramifications of pot use may make parents who want to smoke marijuana more likely to drink alcohol, which is much more likely to create abusive or otherwise harmful behavior.

http://www.alternet.org/story/153870/do_harsh_pot_laws_create_a_dangerous_drinki...

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01/28/12--15:38: Heroin in the supermarket... why ever not, Sir Richard? (chan 1817690)





I usually don't like to post crap like this but I just can't help myself. I can see why they won't allow comments after this piece of yellow journalism. Look what Peter Hitchens has to say about pot:

"True, there’s plenty of misery. Think of the poor deluded teenagers risking their sanity because they think cannabis is ‘soft’ and safe when in fact it’s a terrifying, unpredictable brain poison that can make you go mad for life."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2093250/PETER-HITCHENS-Heroin-supermar...

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01/30/12--21:54: Oklahoma Family Pushes To Legalize Medical Marijuana For Autistic Son (chan 1817690)





YUKON, Oklahoma -

Supporters of medical marijuana say it can be used for a wide variety of treatments including glaucoma, cancer and AIDS. But now support is growing, including here locally, to give it to children who suffer from autism.

When legislators return to the statehouse next week, medical marijuana will be back on the table. And one local family says they will be pushing for it to pass for the sake of their autistic son.

Life with 7-year-old Deacon is a constant challenge.

"It's like crisis mode all the time just trying to make it through the day, and that's no way for any of our children to live," said Catherine Mejias, Deacon's mother.

The Mejias family has tried a long list of doctor prescribed medications, as well as alternative treatments. Nothing has worked.

"We are just looking for something that will make him happy," said Gill Mejias, Deacon's father.

They think that something may be THC, a chemical in medical marijuana.

The idea is controversial, but gaining momentum nationwide after parents in states with legalized marijuana have claimed success.

"I feel like I have my son back," said Mieko Hester-Perez of Fountain Valley, California on "The Doctors."

http://www.newson6.com/story/16636569/yukon-family-pushes-to-legalize-medical-ma...

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02/02/12--19:06: Roseanne Files Papers to Run for President (chan 1817690)





Roseanne is in. The comedian has filed papers to seek the Green Party's nomination for president, reports TMZ, which says she'll be pushing hard to legalize marijuana. Barr says the run is no joke, and she's looking to capitalize on the Occupy Wall Street sentiment, notes AP. "The Democrats and Republicans have proven that they are servants—bought and paid for by the 1%—who are not doing what's in the best interest of the American people," she said in a statement.

http://www.newser.com/story/138898/roseanne-files-papers-to-run-for-president.ht...

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02/05/12--21:11: Bringing it Home Movie | A documentary film about industrial hemp (chan 1817690)





Now in production, BRINGING IT HOME follows Anthony Brenner’s mission,inspired by his young daughter with multiple chemical sensitivities, to build the healthiest homes. His quest leads him to build “America’s First Hemp House” in Asheville, NC, using hempcrete which must be imported. Industrial hemp walls are breathable, carbon-negative, non-toxic, mold-pest and flame-resistant, and can help cut energy bills in half. The one drawback–the U.S. prohibits farming industrial hemp, the non-psychoactive cannabis sativa plant that 31 other nations grow. As a sustainable building material, industrial hemp farming could create 1,000’s of jobs in the U.S. and make healthy homes affordable for all. Help us make the documentary that will get everyone asking “why aren’t we growing it here?”

Check out the video here: http://www.bringingithomemovie.com/

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02/09/12--19:17: Water Bottle Inventor: Hemp Is the Answer (chan 1817690)





Hemp was a logical choice for a replacement for the non-biodegradable plastic bottle, Leadam said. It is more durable and does not leach toxins into the contents as the plastics used today do. The DEHA leached by one-time-use bottles has been linked to liver and reproductive problems, asthma in children and cancer, his webpage said. These bottles will never biodegrade in a landfill because they require sunlight to break down, he said.

http://morris.patch.com/articles/morris-native-seeks-funds-for-invention

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02/21/12--20:05: High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide (chan 1817690)





Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 20- through 29-year-old males, and a 9 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 30- through 39-year-old males. Estimates of the relationship between legalization and female suicides are less precise and are sensitive to functional form.

http://ftp.iza.org/dp6280.pdf

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