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- Friday, 17 May 2013
Good News!
~ No Association Between Cumulative Consumption Of Cannabis Smoke And Lung Cancer Risk ~
Los Angeles, CA: Subjects who regularly inhale cannabis smoke possess no greater risk of lung cancer than do those who consume it occasionally or not at all, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy for Cancer Research.
Investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles analyzed data from six case-control studies, conducted between 1999 and 2012, involving over 5,000 subjects (2,159 cases and 2,985 controls) from around the world.
Researchers reported, "Our pooled results showed no significant association between the intensity, duration, or cumulative consumption of cannabis smoke and the risk of lung cancer overall or in never smokers."
Previous case-control studies have also failed to find an association between cannabis smoking and head and neck cancers or cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract.
Preclinical studies have documented that cannabinoids possess potent anti-cancer properties, including the inhibition of lung cancer cell growth. To date, however, scientists have yet to conduct clinical trials seeking to replicate these results in human subjects.
For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500 or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org. - Reply to this comment
- ~ THE MARIHUANA TAX ACT OF 1937 ~
~ Why the name "MARIJUANA" has now been abandoned ~
~ Now known as "GODSPRIN" or "GOD'S ELIXIR"
Some parties have argued that the aim of the 1937 Tax Act was to reduce the size of the hemp industry, largely as an effort of businessmen Andrew Mellon, Randolph Hearst, and the Du Pont family. The same parties have argued that with the invention of the decorticator, hemp had became a very cheap substitute for the paper pulp that was used in the newspaper industry. These parties argue that Hearst felt that this was a threat to his extensive timber holdings. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury and the wealthiest man in America, had invested heavily in the Du Pont family's new synthetic fiber, nylon, a fiber that was competing with hemp.
In 1916, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) chief scientists Jason L. Merrill and Lyster H. Dewey created a paper, USDA Bulletin No. 404 "Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material", in which they concluded that paper from the woody inner portion of the hemp stem broken into pieces, so called hemp hurds, was "favorable in comparison with those used with pulp wood". Dewey and Merrill believed that hemp hurds were a suitable source for paper production. However, later research does not confirm this. The concentration of cellulose in hemp hurds is only between 32-percent and 38-percent (not 77-percent, a number often repeated by Jack Herer [Cannabis or "Godsprin" grower] and others on the Internet).
Manufacture of paper with hemp as a raw material has shown that hemp lacks the qualities needed to become a major competitor to the traditional paper industry, which still uses wood or waste paper as raw material. In 2003, 95% of the hemp hurds in EU were used for animal bedding, almost 5% were used as building material.
The American Medical Association (AMA) opposed the "1937 Gods Elixir Tax Act" act because the tax was imposed on physicians prescribing cannabis, retail pharmacists selling cannabis, and medical cannabis cultivation/manufacturing. The AMA proposed that cannabis instead be added to the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act. The bill was passed over the last-minute objections of the American Medical Association. Dr. William Woodward, legislative counsel for the AMA objected to the bill on the grounds that the bill had been prepared in SECRET without giving proper time to prepare their opposition to the bill. He doubted their claims about marijuana addiction, violence, and overdosage; he further asserted that because the word Marijuana was largely unknown at the time, the medical profession did not realize they were losing cannabis. "Marijuana is not the correct term... Yet the burden of this bill is placed heavily on the doctors and pharmacists of this country."
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True, Marijuana has never been the correct term. So, what is the correct term?
Since cannabis was on earth about 10,000 years before the creation of "Jesus" was even a concept, we assert that cannabis was here first, so it belongs to GOD. Cannabis has healing powers. We call that "Elixir".
"God's Elixir" is one term that may be used from this day forward.
For those that find that term too cumbersome to pronounce, we have developed another term for everyday use, by combining the still mysterious, modern miracle compound word ASPRIN, with GOD the owner of cannabis, to form GODSPRIN.
Your choice today, but "Marijuana and Marihuana" have been bundled, wrapped, and sent back to the families of Hearst, Mellon and Du Pont and the Episcopal Church for their safe keeping in a small dark place of their own choosing. - Reply to this comment
- ~ The Respect State Marijuana Laws Act, H.R. 1523 ~
A 75-year old battle of persecution will be won, by a historic bill introduced in Congress that will spare marijuana users from federal prosecution in states where pot is legal.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Republican, Calif.), the bipartisan bill's main sponsor, called the measure a 'common-sense approach' that respects individual states' marijuana laws. Eighteen (18) states (and Washington, D.C.) all have laws legalizing the use of medical marijuana, along with the states of Colorado and Washington that voted in 2012, to legalize cannabis (aka, Hearst/Dupont/Mellon "marihuana" lie) for recreational use.
A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday, May 3, that would effectively tell the U.S. Justice Department to stop persecuting marijuana users in states where the drug has been made legal for either medical or recreational use.
Dubbed the ~ Respect State Marijuana Laws Act, H.R. 1523 ~ would modify the federal Controlled Substances Act and grant immunity from federal prosecution to any person acting in accordance with state marijuana laws.
"This bipartisan bill represents a common-sense approach that establishes federal government respect for all states' marijuana laws," Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), the bill's main sponsor, said in a press release. "It does so by keeping the federal government out of the business of criminalizing marijuana activities in states that don't want it to be criminal."
So far, 18 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing the use of medical marijuana, and in 2012 Washington and Colorado became the first two states to legalize the recreational use of the drug for people over the age of 21.
The bill's bipartisan sponsors include Reps. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Don Young (R-Alaska), Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.).
A survey released last week by the Pew Research Center found that, for the first time, more Americans now favor legalizing marijuana. Fifty-two percent of those asked said they thought pot should be legal, while 45% said the drug should be illegal.
As voters in more states have legalized marijuana, the drug is still classified as a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, and its possession, sale and use is subject to prosecution.
Public opinion, however, appears to be in staunch opposition to the enforcement federal marijuana laws over state measures.
Sixty percent of those surveyed told Pew that the federal government should not try to prosecute marijuana users in states where the drug has been made legal.
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Of Note:
This bill will be heard in Congress about June 15, but before adjournment.
Friday, May 3, the DEA vowed to close every dispensary and MMJ delivery service in San Diego County before Congress meets on H.R. 1523 in June.
A myth is being circulated by the prohibitionist that Marijuana Delivery Services are sleazo. NOT SO!
https://legalmarijuanadispensary.com/dispensaries/california/north-inland/green-nectar-delivery-8ths-4-0g
This is the same "lab tested meds" delivery service I posted months ago. They have to keep on the move and changing their internet locations in order to supply patients with state lab-tested weed and avoid the DEA's black persecution "death squads".
Once you find a supplier for "ThC lab tested marijuana", you will never buy anything but lab tested. Read the menu. See the photos. That's what you get.
I use about one (1) ounce a month or less, plus I keep a couple of Green Nectar's 80+ percent ThC hash oil cartridges for my (2) Blunt-E battery vaporizer pens for "padded comfort".
I buy a 1/2 ounce at a time, because I like marijuana over 27-percent ThC only. This way I can wait until the 27, 28, 29+ percent Thc weed shows up on the menu. I make a call and receive a delivery of not 3.5 grams, but four (4) grams or (32 gram ounces!). I can use my credit card to pay and gain air miles.
I don't have to drive anywhere. My daily routine is not upset. I would have No Need to ever go into a brick and mortar pot shop, if I can have it delivered. So delivery is a Good thing Martha. Stay home. - Reply to this comment
- PLEASE revisit the STOCK ACT report! It's toothless now, so either find out why or remove the accolade at the beginning of your bio. The report you did 2 years ago was fantastic! Keep on these greedy politicians!!!
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- ~ San Diego Marijuana State of the Non-Profit Address ~
Former (D) congressman, now mayor, Bob Filner's 2013 Marijuana Dispensary proposal on Monday, April 22, that would have allowed dispensaries within 600 ft. of each other and schools, was stifled before it's merits barely began discussion, by Councilwoman Marti Emerald, who suggested using an older (2011) ordinance as a starting point to create new rules for dispensaries today.
The past-proposed 2011 ordinance required a 600 foot separation of pot shops from each other, churches, schools, playgrounds, libraries, child care, and youth facilities.
The 2011 ordinance was thought to be too restrictive for the "growers" and "pot shop owners", so they collectively paid "petition signature gatherer's" to successfully thwart the 2011 city proposal.
The pot shops and patients were then attacked by the city attorney who attempted to close all of them. But he didn't, and respectable delivery services became available, with a daily menu listing of tHc lab-tested marijuana, that grew cheaper and convenient access to those housebound or not wanting to drive long distances.
["Filnites" note: "Bob's plan" didn't include churches, libraries, or youth facilities within the 600 ft. proposed distance, but included a yearly $5,000 permit fee, and a 2-percent excise tax on wholesale marijuana acquisitions (before retail sales)].
A tentative agreement was been reached on Monday, April, 22.
Councilwoman Emerald reported, "The debate over Medical Marijuana has been settled in California, and it should be allowed for compassionate use" - but said she preferred a more restrictive approach than the one offered by Filner.
In closing, Filner told the council, "It's not an easy balance...On the one hand, we would like to provide (marijuana) access, and on the other hand, we don't want to impose on neighborhoods, and we certainly don't want to endanger our children.
That's the aim. I think we might all share to various degrees of where we put that emphasis on".
One part of Emerald's successful motion was to direct the mayor to enforce the (marijuana) law while a new ordinance goes through the approval process.
- In part, from the S.D. Union Tribune. - Reply to this comment
- ~ Agricultural Hemp ~
There's been NOTHING NEW in farming since 1938. Same ol' same ol', corn and corn borers, fertilizer n' pesticides; cotton and boll weevils, fertilizer n' pesticides, then they tried some DDT for awhile, but it killed a bunch of wildlife, and over and over since how long? Lobby, lobby, lobby.... ching! 75-years in October. Dow Chemical loves the sequence.
If you want to kick the farm system's butt like Steve Kroft, and change the world to less fertilizers and pesticides, and 5X longer wearing clothing, then take a minute and read up on HEMP. And wonder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
I've tried to fray and wear-out (3) pair of 17" inseam cell phone shorts for the last (5) months and cannot get the edge of the front pockets to even show any wear at all. Look for yourself.
I am appealing to mother's (because men don't buy anything) as a clothing designer... You-cannot-wear-this-fabric-out. If you did, it will take years and years. Look at the before and after examples of the brown 17" shorts side by side at the bottom of the posting.
The one on the left is new, but the one on the right is un-touched after (5) months of punishing washer/dryer and key-fob abuse. The right pocket edge isn't even frayed at all for crying out loud! I don't sell these shorts. They're for you to wear-judge only.
Look at the frayed edges of the 100% cotton khaki's.... they're done-in. Wasted at (5) months.
Demand 55% hemp/ 45% cotton. Tell your haberdashery you'll go elsewhere to find them.
http://vintagetwin.com/topic.php?id=192 - Reply to this comment
- 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
