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- Your report on how representatives is the house were profiting in the stock market from information not accessible to the public is by far the best piece of journalism since the Watergate scandal. It directly led to the passage of the Stock Act four months later. Those who profited like Pelosi and Boehner should be ashamed of themselves. You exposed that they care more about personal gain than the American people they pretend to serve. Before your report, only six congressman supported the Stock Act. In less than six months after your report, it passed. What an amazing turnaround. You're my hero Mr. Kroft!
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- Mr. Kroft
I would love to hear you do a report on the Tulsa Race Riot that happened in Greenwood Oklahoma May 31 or 1 June 1921. This story has remained out of history books. Greenwood was known as the Black Wall Street and at the time it was the wealthiest Black community in the United States. Investigate the story and please tell the world. - Reply to this comment
- ~ Guinness Book of World Record Contender ~
There's an alternative means for immediate world-wide Medical Marijuana recognition. The MMJ community of San Diego County can construct a 30 foot tall, double-chamber, percolating hookah on private property.
I have a single-hose, 1969 issue, gold-leaf, 3 ft. tall glass hooka from Lebanon to use as a start-model. It's silver top is petal fluted with a 2" drilled ceramic "screen".
At 30 ft., the MMJ community hookah would have a 3 ft. wide bowl and stainless-steel mesh screen.
Instead of a single hose, the hookah will have (20) 1/2" surgical rubber hoses.
A cherry picker will load the bowl with (10) kilos of 29.2 % tHc (smooth tasting) Platinum Cookies. A leaf blower will clear the ash and flush the stem and vessel when needed.
People will see and wonder, without a doubt, ask questions.
I'll need to unearth the hookah to post a pic on NORML-San Diego tomorrow, it hasn't been used since 1971.
Now is the time to heard and seen. - Reply to this comment
- ~ NY Tobacco Products Hidden From View ~
It's interesting to watch New Yorkers rebel against tobacco products being hidden from customers view. We here, in "post-hidden-cigarette-legislation" California have a something to say to our friends in New York, "You won't miss not being assaulted by luring packages of cigarettes above your head at every checkout counter (on either side of the Hudson)."
California keeps packs n' cartons of "nickies" locked inside wooden-slat and chicken-wire enclosures along the exit wall of supermarkets (along with the charcoal and starter fluid). So when a customer wants to invest in a carton, the checkout clerk has to close the register and walk over, or ask an assistant, to unlock the cage and extract their purchase.
From California, watching NY go through a "loss of freedom" protest, is like a snapshot back in time - like we're looking into the past at a scene from 1960 Selma, Alabama - like we can "see" the New Yorkers are "stupid" (not a bad thing) to where their culture should be, and we know that one day their society will be "up" a couple of levels - it's just odd that NY can't evolve at an accelerated pace.
After all, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock (east coast) not in Newport Beach (west coast).
That fellow Bloomberg doesn't HAVE to work for anybody. He's one-eyed in a blind state - and we don't think he's trying to "make a statement for his own posterity". Ditto with NY's so called "marijuana problem". Every time we watch the NY cop show "Blue Bloods" and they chase a human being around for smoking marijuana and then lock him/her up like they're a criminal.... it's like... "you-poor-ignorant-people, God love you, but you poor-poor-persecuted-uninformed people.
Spend a couple weeks in California or Colorado and you'll see what we mean. You won't think the same when you go back to NY.
Keep Bloomberg. Judge his decisions 2 years after implementation. Let him do what he wants. We belive he "knows" more than his protesters. Nicotine is a nasty habit to kick, but you have to sometime.
We went to France for 2 weeks around 1994, just before the cigarette ban began at the NYC airports. When we came back the smoking ban was in effect. We could see and smell the difference immediately. New Yorker's were already stalking smoker's - spotting lurkers in the airport shadows and saying, "Look! - there's one of those smoking weasels now!".
Get behind Bloomberg, not in front of him. - Reply to this comment
- ~ Cannabinoids Offer Multifaceted approach to Alzheimer's with Anti-oxidant Neuroprotection and Reduction of Neuroinflammation ~
Investigators at The Scripps Research Institute in California, way back in 2006, reported that THC inhibits the enzyme responsible for the aggregation of Amyloid Plaque — the primary marker for Alzheimer's disease — in a manner "considerably superior" to approved Alzheimer's drugs such as donepezil and tacrine. "Our results provide a mechanism whereby the THC molecule can directly impact Alzheimer's disease pathology," researchers concluded. "THC and its analogues may provide an improved therapeutic [option] for Alzheimer's disease [by]... simultaneously treating both the symptoms and the progression of [the] disease."[3]
More recently, investigators at Ohio State University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, reported that older rats administered daily doses of WIN 55,212-2 for a period of three weeks performed significantly better than non-treated controls on a water-maze memory test. Writing in the journal Neuroscience in 2007, researchers reported that rats treated with the compound experienced a 50 percent improvement in memory and a 40 to 50 percent reduction in inflammation compared to controls.[4]
Previous preclinical studies have demonstrated that cannabinoids can prevent cell death by anti-oxidation.[5] Some experts believe that cannabinoids' neuroprotective properties could also play a role in moderating AD.[6] Writing in the September 2007 issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology, investigators at Ireland's Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience concluded, "[C]annabinoids offer a multi-faceted approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by providing neuroprotection and reducing neuroinflammation, whilst simultaneously supporting the brain's intrinsic repair mechanisms by augmenting neurotrophin expression and enhancing neurogenesis. ... Manipulation of the cannabinoid pathway offers a pharmacological approach for the treatment of AD that may be efficacious than current treatment regimens."[7]
In addition to potentially modifying the progression of AD, clinical trials also indicate that cannabinoid therapy can reduce agitation and stimulate weight gain in patients with the disease. Most recently, investigators at Berlin Germany's Charite Universitatmedizin, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, reported that the daily administration of 2.5 mg of synthetic THC over a two-week period reduced nocturnal motor activity and agitation in AD patients in an open-label pilot study.[8]
Clinical data presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the International Psychogeriatric Association previously reported that the oral administration of up to 10 mg of synthetic THC reduced agitation and stimulated weight gain in late-stage Alzheimer's patients in an open-label clinical trial.[9] Improved weight gain and a decrease in negative feelings among AD patients administered cannabinoids were previously reported by investigators in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry in 1997.[10]
Additional study assessing the use of cannabinoids for Alzheimer's would appear to be warranted. - Reply to this comment
- ~ A New Pope or a Pedophile Convention? ~
Roger Mahoney's in Rome. Why's he invited - or the "dirty dozen" ?
We wonder. - Reply to this comment
- ~ Does George W. Bush have Alzheimer's? ~
The last time I saw George was at a Legionnaire luncheon in Midland, Texas, where he spoke to a group of senior citizens reminding them that he had met with Kings and Queens and many foreign dignitaries during his two terms in office, but George he hasn't been seen in public since that meeting.
How is George W. Bush and what's he up to these days? - Reply to this comment
- ~ FEDS EXPAND PERSECUTION of MARIJUANA DELIVER SERVICES ~
2-27-13
A rise of mobile marijuana delivery services have sprouted up around San Diego County in recent months, due to the DEA's targeting of storefront dispensary operations during 2010 through 2012.
California voters approved personal use and cultivation of marijuana 17-years ago, in 1996, however, law enforcement sources who are not authorized to speak publicly have stated that the burden of current DEA payroll obligations, in light of the national sequester, will force continued persecution of marijuana users to the extent of, "ripping marijuana plants out of homeowner's back yards and forcing patients back to Mexico if they want their medical marijuana. Cancer patients too, let them source marijuana from their wheeled-hospital beds. We don't care, it's our job to arrest, confiscate and fine. Let them drink liquor, it's cheaper and quicker.
The DEA will persecute marijuana users - until every marijuana plant is eradicated from the face of the earth. Their jobs are on the line here. If the DEA doesn't overspend their 2012-2013 fiscal budget, they will lose money and work force personnel for fiscal 2013-2014."
Jessica McElfresh, an attorney who represents medical marijuana patients said, "the government's tactics are preventing patients from getting needed medicine. Every one of these steps pushes people into the hands of drug dealers". - Reply to this comment
- February 25, 2013
Glenwood Springs, CO
EnviroTextiles® a Colorado based Industrial hemp and natural fiber manufacturer has earned approval from the USDA BioPreferred® Program as the ONLY Hemp products manufacturer to list their products in the Federal Procurement Preferred category. To quote the USDA's website: "The purpose of the USDA BioPreferred® program is to promote the increased purchase and use of biobased products. The program is expected to promote economic development, creating new jobs and providing new markets for farm commodities."
The addition of hemp to a U.S. approved government program is a historic achievement for biodiverse agriculture, and is blazing the path to legalizing the growth of industrial hemp in the United States. Legalization would provide our farmers with a drought resistant, pesticide-free, multi-purpose, and value-added crop. Hemp has over 25,000 uses including variations of Food, Fuel, Feed, and Fiber.
With investment in farming, manufacturing, and jobs training, the US can experience a large resurgence in virtually all industries - farming, manufacturing, and export to name a few. The reach of the industrial hemp industry has incredible potential, with the ability to introduce new raw materials that are already successfully used for wide ranging products across the world. Industrial hemp would open up new markets and expand existing markets while leaving a very small carbon footprint.
It should be noted that the US is one of the world's largest consumers of hemp derived products. However, we are unable to grow hemp locally and in all States until legislation currently under way is passed. The question is not if industrial hemp will have a positive impact in the U.S. - the question is when will we have the opportunity to grow and develop this commodity within our own borders? - Reply to this comment
- ~ DEA now under Siege from Legal Marijuana Users ~
Washington, DC: Members of the United States House of Representatives reintroduced legislation in Congress last week to protect state-authorized medical marijuana patients from federal prosecution.
House Bill 689, the States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, would ensure that medical cannabis patients in states that have approved its use will no longer have to fear arrest or prosecution from federal law enforcement agencies. It states, "No provision of the Controlled Substances Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use under applicable state law."
The measure also calls for the federal government to reclassify cannabis so that it is no longer categorized as a Schedule I prohibited substance with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. It states: "Not later than ONE YEAR after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration shall, based upon the recommendation under paragraph (1), issue a notice of proposed rule-making for the rescheduling of marijuana within the Controlled Substances Act, which SHALL INCLUDE a recommendation to list marijuana as OTHER THAN a Schedule I or Schedule II."
In January, a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied petitioners request to overturn the Obama administration's July 2011 rejection of an administrative petition that sought to initiate hearings regarding the reclassification of marijuana under federal law.
Separate federal legislation, HOUSE BILL 710: The Truth in Trials Act, which provides an affirmative defense in federal court for defendants whose actions were in compliance with the medical marijuana laws of their state, is also once again pending before the US House of Representatives. Prior version of this measure failed to make it out of committee.
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* US Senate Considers Hemp Farming Bill For First Time Since 1938 *
Washington, DC: Senate lawmakers have introduced legislation in Congress to allow for the COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP. It is the first time in modern history that such legislation has ever been before members of the United States Senate.
Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) are sponsoring Senate Bill 359, which seeks to amend the USA Controlled Substances Act to EXCLUDE INDUSTRIAL HEMP FROM THE CLASSIFICATION OF MARIJUANA. The measure grants state legislatures the AUTHOROITY TO LICENSE and regulate the commercial production of hemp as an industrial and agricultural commodity.
"I am convinced that allowing [hemp] production will be a positive development for Kentucky's farm families and economy," said McConnell, who is the Senate minority leader. "The utilization of hemp to produce everything from clothing to paper is real, and if there is a capacity to center a new domestic industry in Kentucky that will create jobs in these difficult economic times, that sounds like a good thing to me."
Senate Bill 359 awaits action from the Senate Judiciary Committee. It is the companion bill to House Bill 525, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013. That measure has 28 co-sponsors.
Eight states -- Colorado, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia -- have enacted statutory changes defining industrial hemp as distinct agricultural product and allowing for its regulated commercial production. Passage of HR 525/S 359 would remove existing federal barriers and allow these states and others the authority to do so without running afoul of federal anti-drug laws.
According to a Congressional Research Service report, "The United States is the only developed nation in which industrial hemp is not an established crop." Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that contains only trace (less than one percent) amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis.
For more information, please visit: http://www.votehemp.com. - Reply to this comment
