Bob in Mich
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The US House of Representatives has introduced a new bill to legalize 'Charlotte's Web' strain of high CBD cannabis. Recall this was the strain that was successful in treating Dravet Syndrome epilepsy patients.
House Bill Would Legalize 'Charlotte's Web' Medical Marijuana
http://www.huffingto..._n_5627810.html
...from the article
Paige Figi said the Realm of Caring has about 9,000 patients on its waiting list for epilepsy treatment with Charlotte's Web. "It’s so painful to see people waiting and dying," she said. "My friends -- the Conte family -- just lost their daughter in New York. They fought for New York’s medical marijuana law and she’s probably the reason that bill passed, and then they lost their daughter while on the waiting list. And there’s many more that are dying every week.”
Anna Conte, 9, who suffered from seizures, died last week due to complications from her disorder. New York lawmakers passed a medical marijuana bill last month, but it won't take effect for a year and a half. Since its passage, two other children with seizure disorders similar to Conte's have also died.
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Well sure, I mean, they already do. It's not legal, but decriminalized to the point of being a non-issue for your standard street cop (I guess I can only speak for Los Angeles, the rest of the state is probably wildly different considering its size). Not all stoners are homeless though, nor does the availability of marijuana create homelessness which is what the article is suggesting (if not out right claiming).
The article (which I get you didn't read and know you aren't defending) completely glosses over the fact some of the alleged "homeless" are people who moved to find work in the soon-to-be-booming pot shop industry in Colorado. How is that any different than out of work folks moving to Texas for jobs in the booming natural gas industry there? We wouldn't classify those folks as homeless vagabonds, they're looking for honest work. There's a lot of money to be made in the industry -- at least until big agro takes it over and starts making the Bud-Light version of... well, bud.
Look Greg, everyone here knows that a stoner couldn't have written such a well reasoned reply. Who wrote this for you?
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The third installment of the NY Times series is in
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/opinion/high-time-the-injustice-of-marijuana-arrests.html?_r=0
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Thanks Security.
This article talks about the breakdown of marijuana arrest numbers for 2012. The percentage for possession is not 5% but a little more than 87%.
http://nationalcanna...ijuana-in-2012/
...from the article
The data, analyzed by 420RADIO News, indicate that 749,825 people were arrested for marijuana within the category of “drug abuse violations” reported to the FBI. Of those, 658,231 were arrested for possession, making up about seven out of eight pot arrests in this country.
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The NY Times is doing a series of 7 articles over the course of the next week or so. Here are the first 2 links:
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Just an aside about that no punt game. I honestly believe it was the closest that I have ever come to having a stroke. My blood pressure had to be off the charts.
I lived in Michigan back then but had bought one of those 8 Ft satellite dishes to watch my Buffalo sports teams. On a weekly basis my friend, also from Buff came over to watch our heroes. My buddy would bring beer and snacks but he actually felt guilty for imposing every week.
Finally a Bills game that would be on in the Detroit market was scheduled. He invited me over for dinner followed by the 4pm Bills-Niners game.
Just so happens it was the end of baseball season in Detroit. The last place Tigers were playing the second last place Red Sox (or vice versa) and it went into extra innings. As we watched the teams replace pitchers and warm up new ones, my head nearly exploded. The scoreboard at the bottom of the screen was rolling over like a cash register with the Bills score and we were watching the Toledo Mudhens latest phenom warm up. I swear my blood pressure had to be an all time high.
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Damn, you folks have hit on most of the best ones that I remembered.
For the older folks out there, there was that game where the Bills crushed Keith Lincoln and the Chargers to win the Championship.
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I wonder if baseball and basketball will draw the elite athletes more than football going forward. I have to think those ball players would sustain fewer lasting injuries statistically than football players and as pro athletes they all can make great money.
If I had a kid that could excel in a few sports I think I would try to steer him away from football. Hopefully fewer concussions, would be the major reason
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BO's been in office what - five years now. Where's the Nobel Laureate's brilliant statesmanship, his dramatic leadership of the free world, his commanding presence on the world's political stage? What's his vision for the future of the USA, the world, of mankind?
I think he started out to save the world but then too many began calling him the anti-Christ, so he decided he better stop fixin stuff
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It is not so much 'un-American' as not really American. Companies are global entities now, including lots of companies that got their start in the USA. Many have markets, factories, and offices worldwide.
I certainly don't want any large scale wars to break out any time soon, but it would be interesting to see how these multi-national companies aligned themselves if say the US and China began fighting. Certainly GM operations in China would not be permitted to help the US if war broke out.
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Look back through threads where you and I have exchanged ideas. You will probably be able to pick up how I handle that problem of the idiotic response.
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The role of cannabinoids in prostate cancer: Basic science perspective and potential clinical applications
http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3339795/
Indian J Urol. 2012 Jan-Mar; 28(1): 9–14.
(From the Study's Conclusion Section)
It is our conclusion that it would be of interest to conduct clinical trials involving medicinal cannabis or other cannabinoid agonists, comparing clinical markers such as PSA with controls, especially in men with bone metastatic prostate cancer, whom would not only benefit from the possible anti-androgenic effects of cannabinoids but also from analgesia of bone pain, improving quality of life, while reducing narcotic consumption and preventing opioid dependence. (See the entire report at the nih.gov link above)
GW Pharmaceuticals http://www.gwpharm.com is targeting prostate cancer in their research. The following is from their site, under the R&D tab, 'Therapeutic Areas', Oncology
The possibility that cannabinoids, including endocannabinoids, may treat cancer is supported by an ever increasing body of available evidence. In simple terms, cancer occurs because cells become immortalised; they fail to heed customary signals to turn off growth. A normal function of remodelling in the body requires that cells die on cue. This is called apoptosis, or programmed cell death and this process fails to proceed normally after malignant transformation. As will be discussed in greater detail below, THC, CBD, and perhaps other phytocannabinoids promote the re-emergence of apoptosis so that certain cancer cell types will in fact heed the signals, stop dividing, and die.
Regarding Prostate Cancer specifically:
Cannabinoid receptors (both CB1 and CB2) are present in significantly higher concentrations in many human prostate cancer cell linesipresenting themselves as a potential target in the treatment of this condition. In addition to this, there is published evidence pointing to a dysregulation of the endocannabinoids in prostate cancer cell lines, further supporting the potential development of cannabinoids for its treatmenthttp://medicalmarijuana.com.au/
See the Dennis Hill article and video on this webpage. (It is below the Christina Sanchez interview) Dennis is a biochemist that treated his own advanced prostate cancer with cannabis oil. He has a unique understanding and familiarity of the disease and this treatment.
Thursday, 18 June 2015 10:26 Written by Stephen Ramsey
Background; Dennis Hill is a biochemist who graduated from the University of Houston Texas, doing his Graduate Work at Baylor Medical School.Employed as a researcher at the renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas.
Five years ago Dennis was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 prostate cancer, thanks to cannabis oil he is now cancer free.
In the following video interview by Natalie Mazurek (2nd year chemistry student), Dennis explains in chemistry terms, how the essential oil derived from cannabis kills cancer cells. -
I gotta say, I'm digging this passive aggressive act. You really know your stuff.
Thanks Chano. You know how much that means to me coming from you.
It is difficult not to fire back when insulted. I guess it is the safety of the internet that makes people talk so aggressively and so quickly call people names. I expect some of these people wouldn't still be alive if they typically responded in person like they do on-line.
Most board posters are there to exchange ideas. Calling someone an idiot or the like typically cuts off the idea exchange and starts the insult exchange. I guess that is good if the insult exchange is really what you're after.
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I will try to remember that some here seem to have reading problems and lots of words and letters seem to upset them. Again, I apologize for stepping outside the norm. I will try to remember the link thing.
Really though 3rd, how difficult is it to NOT read an article if you are not interested?
And 'performer', attempting to intellectually engage with you is not worthwhile. Out
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Too challenging of a read? My apologies.
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And this story of a Michigan State Police Lieutenants seizing whatever the hell they wanted...until caught on recording, shows why the actions of the individual officers are important. It is accountability.
Corruption probe: Michigan State Police narcotics officers accused of stealing 22 cell phones, 30 designer purses, TVs, jewelry, motorcycles
Published: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 2:25 PM Updated: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 6:29 AM
By Julie Hoogland | The Grand Rapids Press
http://www.mlive.com...higan_stat.html
LANSING -- Two Michigan State Police lieutenants are facing corruption charges, accused of running a criminal enterprise out of the Monroe state police narcotics investigations office, the state attorney general and state police director announced today.
Lt. Luke Davis, 48, of Monroe and Lt. Emmanuel Riopelle, 42, of Grosse Ile are accused of running a scheme to systematically embezzle property and money seized from suspects between March 2006 and December 2008.
An MSP search of Davis' home on Dec. 4, 2008 revealed stolen property, as well as vicodin, oxycotin, steroids, (continued at link)
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Tom, it is a shame you can't converse without insults. When you step beyond jokes you sort of cross a line
On another note, even though a bit dated I found this an interesting view that hits on several points. (Apologies that the LEAP links do not seem to work)
How Drug Cops Go Bad
We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.
Radley Balko | March 21, 2011
http://reason.com/ar...rug-cops-go-bad
Radley Balko is a senior editor at Reason magazine.
If you browse the website of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), you will notice a conspicuous theme: The war on drugs is corrupting America's cops.
(see link)
Michael A. Komorn
Attorney and Counselor
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Without a doubt, the system of civil forfeiture is terribly flawed. It is unAmerican to be punished without due process and that is exactly what we see happening.
In my view though, accountability of the officers' actions are key. The entire issue is 'why is it justified to seize?' The police are claiming 'probable cause'. That means something happened during the stop to raise suspicion. What was the probable cause that allowed the officer to take the money or property? Today, it is the word of the officer's view of the events versus the word of the accused and that is a problem
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At the heart of these US companies moving abroad it is really the disassociation of corporations from countries - multi-nationals. It used to be pretty easy to tell the home country of a company but not so easy anymore. Is it their corporate headquarters, where they have the most employees, or their biggest market going forward, or where is their home?
Maximize shareholder value is the corporate mantra. That means whenever possible and where it makes business sense, cut costs. If possible, reduce taxes, as long as attempting to do so does not cause a backlash, 'like a 'Buy American' movement. Since lately it is not at all uncommon and the threat of backlash is minimal, save that corporate cash. Move your headquarters to a place with lower taxes, like Switzerland or Ireland. These countries have an inordinate number of corporate headquarters for only one reason - tax rates. So, yeah, maybe it is time to do something about our corporate tax system
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Was it suggested to you that you should be outraged before you watched the clip? It doesn't seem so infuriating to me.
It seems to me that he made some reasonable statements about corporate tax reform, something both parties say they would like to accomplish
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This is one of those injustices that the average citizen thinks is probably OK. Certainly, the police are doing their job properly and the person was very likely guilty, right?
Maybe, but eliminating the need for charges and evidence and courts and hearings pretty much means you put total faith in the officer's opinion and integrity. Do you trust all officers to always do the right thing in every stop? I don't.
I said it elsewhere, force-record all police-citizen encounters by having cameras on the officers' vest. I also think that the police should have to publicly post and justify all seizures. In other words, put into writing exactly what was taken, who took it, and why that was the appropriate course of action. Today there is no accountability
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Just a note of possible interest. There was an entire thread here the other day devoted to medical cannabis.
Check it out if interested. Several postings on addiction.
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Doubt it...also as you mentioned, chronic users (see what I did there?) have circulating "ambient" levels of about 50 ng/ml...so that aspect of the law is stupid.
Chronic users, or medical cannabis patients, do often have THC levels much higher than 5ng/ml. The number of ng/ml chosen, 5, is arbitrary and will result in capable drivers being charged.
In order for the medicine to be effective for some they must maintain a therapeutic concentration higher than 5ng/ml. Really, just like many medications. Yes, I know Blackmon wasn't using medically, just sayin.
Here is an interesting article on the topic
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I have 417 albums. I start and play them all simultaneously each and every morning with my cup o' joe just so I can remember my roots
Marijuna related health problems on the rise in US
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The next part in the NY Times series is out
The Federal Marijuana Ban Is Rooted in Myth and Xenophobia
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/opinion/high-time-federal-marijuana-ban-is-rooted-in-myth.html?op-nav