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FM104's claims about cannabis

The incident began last Wednesday, the 25th of May, when during their FM104 Phoneshow the show made the statement that.
''A survey in Australia out today proves that cannabis can be up to 8 times more addictive than heroin. Would you agree with this and is it REALLY that addictive?''

Their Facebook page and the comment section for the post, which can be seen Here immediately lit up with a debate on the issue.
Over the course of a couple of days numerous comments from the pro-cannabis side were removed.
Throughout the comment section you can see I and others asking for a link to the study, which 8 days later has not been provided. On the night in question Mel from FM104 messaged me on Facebook and told me the study information would be sent to me. I've still yet to hear anything.

Critically ill breaking law by using cannabis for pain relief

By Jennifer Hough

Monday, June 06, 2011

PEOPLE with crippling illnesses — including multiple sclerosis and cancer patients, — are among those being forced to break the law by using cannabis for medicinal purposes.

MS Ireland and a consultant neurologist, Dr Orla Hardiman, both disclosed ‘many’ sufferers use cannabis to treat spasticity and pain.

Last year, MS Ireland wrote to ex-health minister Mary Harney inquiring about the possibility of making Sativex, a cannabis- based drug licensed in Britain, available in Ireland.

The organisation outlined the published research into the benefits of Sativex and asked her to make it available to people with MS.

"We heard back asking if we could nominate a medical professional who could help review the product," a spokesperson for MS Ireland said. "We nominated our medical adviser but that’s all we heard."

Dr Hardiman, meanwhile, said she believes cannabis can help people.

"I have a lot of patients who use it for spasticity and pain, for whom stiffness is eased and they can walk much better than they used to," she said.

"But doctors cannot override the law and it is against the law, so we can’t endorse it."

The Department of Health, meanwhile, said that as cannabis was the drug most abused in Ireland, it was reluctant to loosen controls on its use.

However, the department is examining the issues associated with applying controls, similar to those that apply to other controlled drugs that can be misused, such as morphine and methadone, to cannabis-based medicinal products.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/critically-ill-breaking-law-by-using-cannabis-for-pain-relief-156975.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dec7f150cb63900%2C0#ixzz1QK93ID1Z

Dr Orla Hardiman , a Consultant Neurologist in the Republic or Ireland, as well as the republic's official multiple sclerosis body 'MS Ireland', have agreed MS patients in the republic are searching out illicit cannabis supplies just to improve the quality of life they endure daily. But in doing so they face arrest and incarceration just for enjoying the same benefits cannabis delivers to MS sufferers from outside the republic.

CLEAR-UK is the only UK political party which overtly supports cannabis

But rather than as is the case in the UK where the consultant neurologist isn't prepared to make the ultimate statement in support of cannabis, Dr Hardiman, who carried out a great deal of her training in the US, suffers no such fears.

"I have a lot of patients who use illegal cannabis to treat the pain and spasticity which is a symptom of MS" she told reporters. "Patients tell me limb stiffness is reduced considerably when they use cannabis, and that they can also walk much better whilst using it" she continued. The treatment works, its cheap and readily available. The real problem is the law.
	As long as cannabis remains illegal it is outside of the spectrum of drugs doctors are able to prescribe for their patients. Even if they know its the best treatment available.
At the Department of Health the primary concern is the fact cannabis is the most widely (ab)used drug in Ireland. Reason enough according to Mary Harney, former Health Minister in the republic, to keep it tightly under wraps. Today however, the Department of Health is examining the issues associated with applying controls similar to those that apply to other controlled drugs that can be misused, such as morphine and methadone, to cannabis-based medicinal products. Which is fantastic news just as long as the irish government isn't allowed to tie the entire decision up in beaurocratic red tape, because that could take ten years to untangle. In the meantime, for Multiple Sclerosis patients in Ireland, the future looks just a little brighter. Isn't it time the UK took a similar decision? Cannazine Cannabis News Dr Orla Hardiman - BIO Orla Hardiman (BSc MB BCh BAO MD FRCPI FAAN) is an Irish consultant neurologist. She is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neurological Sciences at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Clinical Professor of Neurology at the University of Dublin A Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Center of Ireland at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. Hardiman has become a prominent advocate for neurological patients in Ireland, and for patients within the Irish health system generally. She is co-Founder of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, and Doctors Alliance for Better Public Healthcare. Dr.Hardiman is a Council Member of the Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and established the bi-annual Diaspora Meeting, a forum for Irish neurologists based overseas to present and discuss their research findings with neurologists working in Ireland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orla_Hardiman

Does Portugal have the solution to our drug epidemic?

In 2001, the world's media descended on one of Lisbon's poorer districts. Portugal had become the first country in the EU to decriminalise drug use and the coverage painted a bleak picture of the continent's "most shameful neighbourhood" and "worst drugs ghetto" where addicts openly injected heroin.

This "ultra-liberal legislation", it was feared, would lead to drug tourists descending on Portugal. The leader of the country's People's Party, Paulo Portas, said plane-loads of foreign students would head for the Algarve for "sun, beaches and any drug you like".

Yet, 10 years on, Portugal's drug policy is being held up as the model for other countries to follow. Rather than criminalising people found in possession of drugs, they are sent to a "dissuasion commission" for treatment and the results have been spectacular.

A third of pupils at LIT ‘used cannabis’

LIT Limerick Institute of Technology

Published on Thursday 16 June 2011 09:36

ALMOST a third of students attending Limerick Institute of Technology have smoked cannabis in the last year a recently published survey has found.
1,000 questionnaires were distributed to students attending the Moylish campus as part of the survey, which was conducted by a number of academics who are attached to Limerick Institute of Technology, University of Limerick and University College Cork.
Just over three quarters of the students responded to the survey, details of which has been published in the Irish Medical Journal.
The study found that 33.2% of respondents admitted using cannabis during the previous 12 months and a fifth of those surveyed admitted using the drug on at least three occasions during the same time period.
While less than 1% of those surveyed said they had used heroin during the previous year, more than 12% said they had used ecstacy and 13% stated they had used cocaine.
Seven per cent of those surveyed, admitted using amphetamines and 7.1% said they had consumed magic mushrooms. The level of Polydrug use in the last 12 months was reported as being 17.8%. Polydrug refers to the use of a combination two or more psychoactive drugs at the same time.
According to the research team, the high rate of cannabis use noted in the research is a serious issue, “particularly as it is thought to be a risk factor for psychosis, schizophrenia and mental ill-health among those with a genetic predisposition”.
The authors stated the high use of other drugs is also a concern. “The rates of use of cocaine and ecstasy are a significant concern, particularly among males who reported significantly higher rates of ongoing usage,” states the study
A spokesperson for LIT told the Limerick Leader the institute would not be commenting on the findings of the published survey.

Ireland among worst for drug deaths

Heroin use is increasing slightly in Ireland, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime

CARL O'BRIEN

Ireland has one of the highest levels of drug-related deaths in Europe, according to a United Nations report on the global drug market.
It shows that Ukraine, Iceland and Ireland experienced some of the highest mortality rates in Europe, with over 100 drug-related deaths per  million inhabitants aged between 15 and 64.
These figures are twice the European average, although the report says some countries may be significantly underestimating the number of deaths.
The World Drug Report 2011 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime also shows that while the heroin problem is stabilising in most European countries, prevalence rates appear to be increasing slightly in Ireland and Sweden. However, opiate use is still more prevalent in the UK and almost twice as prevalent in eastern European countries such as Latvia and Estonia.
Ireland also figured prominently when it came to cocaine use. Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the UK were listed as having the highest rates of prevalence of the drug.
Health Research Board senior researcher Dr Suzi Lyons said the figures on drug deaths accurately reflected the problem in Ireland. However, she said one of the reasons the Irish rate was significantly higher than many other countries was because their monitoring systems were not as comprehensive.
Dr Lyons also urged caution in interpreting the figures for drug prevalence, noting that some information related to data collected up to five years ago.
The UN's figures also show dramatic differences in the price of drugs across the world depending on the distance it has travelled and how many times it has changed hands. It was most expensive in Australia and the US, although there are major difference within Europe. In Ireland the typical cost of a gram of heroin in 2009 was €147, compared to €48 in the UK and €23 in Belgium.
In general, the UN report indicates that between 3 and 6 per cent of the world’s population used illicit substances at least once during the previous year.
Cannabis was by far the most widely used illicit drug consumed in Ireland and the rest of the world, followed by amphetamine-type stimulants like ecstasy and opiates such as heroin.
While there were stable or downward trends for heroin and cocaine use across the globe, the report said this was being offset by increases in the use of “legal highs” and prescription drugs. There was a significant reduction in global opium production in 2010 as a result of disease in opium poppy plants in Afghanistan.
Officials also say there was a significant decline in potential cocaine manufacturing, reflecting falling cocaine production in Colombia. This was offset by increases Peru and Bolivia.
The production of amphetamine-type stimulants and cannabis is more difficult to estimate because they are produced in dozens of countries.
Most cannabis seizures in Europe originated primarily in Morocco, but there has been growing evidence of production closed to home. Some 29 European countries - including Ireland - reported domestic cultivation of cannabis herb during 2008.
In contrast to most parts of the world, non-medical use of prescription drugs has not been regarded as a major problem in Europe so far. The highest levels of non-medical use of prescription opioids - drugs with morphine-like effects - have been reported from Northern Ireland.
Other countries in Europe reporting a substantial proportion of treatment demand for sedatives and tranquilisers are found among the Nordic countries, such as Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Gardaí launch murder probe into Dublin pub shooting

Gardaí launch murder probe into Dublin pub shooting

Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 12:31 PM

Gardaí in Dublin have launched a murder investigation after one man was killed and another man wounded in a shooting incident in West Dublin last night.

A lone gunman walked into the Blackhorse Inn pub on the Tyrconnell Road shortly after midnight and fired a number of shots at two men.

Both were rushed to St. James Hospital where the 22-year-old man was pronounced dead.

The other man, who is 21, sustained non life-threatening injuries.

The attacker left the scene on foot, but fired more shots at the outside of the pub as he made his getaway.

However, no one else was hit.

The scene has been sealed off this afternoon as a full Garda technical examination gets underway.

Meanwhile, Gardaí say about an hour previous to the shooting, two men armed with guns entered the same pub.

They appeared to be looking for a number of individuals, but left the premises within a few minutes and drove in a red car in the direction of Bluebell.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/gardai-launch-murder-probe-into-dublin-pub-shooting-510384.html#ixzz1QK7agGNV

Cork gardaí uncover cannabis cultivation operation

Cork gardaí uncover cannabis cultivation operation

Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 09:15 PM

Seventy cannabis plants worth €35,000 have been discovered at a factory in Cork.

The discovery was made at 5.30pm on Station Road in Blarney.

A man in his 20s, thought to be a foreign national, has been arrested by Gurranabraher drugs squad.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-gardai-uncover-cannabis-cultivation-operation-510442.html#ixzz1QK7C1fe6

Time Out Called On Marijuana Legalization Deadline

by Matt Mernagh – Thursday, June 23 2011

The federal government received a small reprieve on 90 day marijuana legalization deadline until their appeal could be heard. In exchange for granting their time out, the justice gave them only six months to prepare their appeal. We’ll be back in court in November, instead of the usual 18 months it takes to have an appeal heard.
It’s disappointing, but only a small procedural hiccup in our lengthy court battle. Back in the fall of 2010 when we began seeking witnesses, few people believed in what we were doing. Twenty two people and several personal supporters did. They put in a great deal of time behind the scenes. Without them, there’s no Mernagh ruling. We built a foundation to the most amazing cannabis court ruling because a dedicated group of people pitched. There’s a small twinge of feeling I let my team down.
Then again we did go 2 for 3. Not a bad day at the ball park. We received a quick return date. We’ll be before the highest court in province in November instead of the standard 18 months. My personal court ordered exemption will continue.
Let’s be honest, my case clearly calls for a stay or what I refer to as a legal time out. The test for a stay, to be frank is, will this ruling fuck shit up. Yes, it will. Without a doubt it’s very substantial and an appeal from the federal government is forthcoming. It argue the ruling is not substantial would be silly.
We painted a picture what society would look like with personal possession and cultivation no longer enforceable. Less opiate addiction. The Supreme Court of Canada has done an excellent overview of how harmless marijuana is via my friend David Malmo-Levine.
Our witnesses and a number of terminally and chronically ill need the law struck down to medicate peacefully. We made a strong argument here. The justice listened to our arguments.
Given the first two parts of the test for a request for a stay are easily met, we anticipated a very quick less than 30 minute hearing. Instead we were treated with incredible amount of legal respect. The prosecutors efforts to get Health Canada medicinal marijuana stats pass the judge was rebuked. Once again. I was really happy to see a justice call him on it.
When we left for our two hour lunch break, the prosecutor commented he thought we’d be back in a week for a decision.  Lawyer Paul Lewin did more than amazing job because government was concerned their almost assured stay might not happen. Beating a stay is more difficult than having the marijuana laws struck down. IMO. Guess, that’s why people believed we could do it again yesterday. Hit another home run against the prohibition pitcher.
At end of day its a small procedural victory for prohibition.

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Feds Are Using Fear And Intimidation To Destroy Montana Medical Marijuana Movement

By Matt Volz, Associated Press
A medical marijuana provider indicted on federal drug charges warned other Montana caregivers Friday to shut down their businesses or risk being the next arrested.
Jason Burns, of Helena, said federal agents told him before his arraignment Thursday that the Department of Justice plans to indict every Montana caregiver raided this spring and that there may be more searches.
“I would warn every caregiver that is in business right now to shut down because the feds are going to prosecute you,” Burns said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Jessica Fehr, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office, said she couldn’t comment on whether criminal charges are pending against other providers.
Burns’ alert may be moot, however, with a new state law scheduled to take effect July 1 that will bar all commercial medical marijuana operations. Providers will be prohibited from profiting from medical marijuana and will not be allowed to distribute pot to more than three registered patients under the law.
A judge is considering temporarily blocking all or part of the law until a constitutional challenge filed by a marijuana industry group is heard. The attorney general’s office said in a memo to Helena District Judge James Reynolds sent Thursday that blocking the law would be “unprecedented and unwarranted.”
Since Montana voters approved medical marijuana use in 2004, more than 4,800 medical marijuana providers — called caregivers in the state — have registered with the Department of Public Health and Human Services. They provide medical marijuana to more than 30,000 registered users, a number that state attorneys and advocates of tightening the law say shows the industry has spun out of control.
Queen City Caregivers, operated by Burns, 38, and Jesse Leland, 40, was among more than two dozen caregivers across the state raided in March and April. Federal agents seized drugs, cash, weapons, vehicles and computer equipment.
Burns, Leland and Josh Schultz, 38, the owner of Natural Medicine of Great Falls, were the first to be indicted on criminal charges related to those raids.
All three pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, manufacture of marijuana, money laundering, distribution of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute. They have been conditionally released with a trial set for Aug. 8.
They face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and $5 million in fines if convicted.
The raids and the indictments are part of an ongoing investigation into marijuana distribution in Montana, the U.S. attorney’s office said. After the raids in March, U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter sent a letter to legislative leaders saying that prosecutors intend to pursue distributors of marijuana, which is listed a Schedule 1 narcotic under federal law, not seriously ill patients who follow state medical marijuana laws.
The raids and the imminent change in the Montana medical marijuana law have had the effect of chilling the industry. Many caregivers involved in the raids have gone out of business. Others have shuttered their storefronts while they wait to see what happens. Several have said they will start dealing on the black market again instead of risking arrest as registered providers.
Burns said he is being unjustly punished and is in compliance with Montana laws. He is a registered caregiver with the state, his business is licensed, and he is confident that a jury made up of Montanans who approved medical marijuana use in 2004 will ultimately acquit him.
“They can’t charge people with 40 years in prison and millions of dollars for something the state of Montana said we could do,” he said. “When the state of Montana issues you a card and says you can provide for these people, the responsibility lies with the state of Montana for making the law better.”
Burns said he and Leland grew plants for Schultz, and between them, they provided for between 225 and 250 patients. He said he made about $15,000 in profit last year.
His business has been raided two times by state authorities before the federal raids in March, though no charges have been filed against him until now, Burns said.
Federal charging documents allege Burns, Leland and Schultz grew more than 100 marijuana plants at various locations in the state, including Helena and Belgrade.
He and Leland moved their Helena growing operation after a 2010 raid, so when federal agents swooped in this spring, they only confiscated 10 dead plants and grow lights, he said. He declined to say where the new growing operation was located.
Burns said the charges are overblown, particularly the money laundering charge leveled against him for depositing money from his licensed business into a bank account.
“Marijuana is not out of control. The only thing out of control is the law enforcement,” he said.

Medical Marijuana Industry Should Have Same Rules As Other Businesses

Don’t Undermine the Medical Marijuana Industry

It’s hard for legal dispensaries to get bank loans, and they can’t deduct expenses from their taxes. Let’s back legislation to fix that

By Scott Shane
Consider two small business owners: One sells a product that medical researchers have shown is a major cause of health problems, from cancer to heart disease. The other provides a medical treatment that doctors prescribe for glaucoma, pain, and the side effects of chemotherapy. Which owner can borrow from a bank and deduct expenses on income tax returns? The answer is the first, who sells cigarettes; the second, who sells medical marijuana, cannot. (To be clear, dispensary owners aren’t prohibited from applying for bank credit. The trouble is anti-money laundering statutes intended to stop illegal drug dealers make banks reluctant to do business with legal dealers.)
In late May, two Democratic congressmen, Jared Polis of Colorado and Pete Stark of California, introduced bills to remedy the federal government’s bias against the owners of medical marijuana dispensaries. Representative Polis’s bill would permit medical marijuana sellers to borrow money from banks, while Congressman Stark’s bill would allow them to deduct business expenses from their taxes. Passage of these bills makes sense for four reasons.
The first is fairness. No small business owners should be denied access to financing or be subject to unfair tax rules simply because they run a business that some in government don’t like. The government should create a level playing field for all business owners. As Polis explained when introducing his bill, “It is simply wrong for the federal government to intrude and threaten banks that are involved in legal transactions.” Using a law designed to root out illegal drug dealers, terrorists, fraudsters, and money launderers as a back-door way to make life difficult for the operators of medical marijuana dispensaries is simply unfair. If Congress doesn’t like state medical marijuana laws, it needs to challenge the legality of these laws directly rather than stack the rules against them.

FAVORING TOBACCO OVER MARIJUANA

But fairness isn’t the only reason I support these bills. I also find it perverse that the government favors the tobacco business over the medical marijuana industry when the former is responsible for several costly medical problems and the latter provides a medically prescribed treatment. Not only does the government’s approach makes it difficult for people who need physician-prescribed marijuana to get the treatments they need, imposing pain and hardship, but the approach is also backwards. The government supports the sale of cigarettes, which cause cancer, but discourages the sale of medical marijuana, which is used to manage the side effects of the chemotherapy that these cancer patients must endure. As for healthy individuals who abuse the system to get high, isn’t that why we spend large sums of money to stop the illegal drug trade?
By blocking the growth of the medical marijuana industry, federal policy makers are missing a golden opportunity to encourage entrepreneurship. Government officials often speak of finding new, high-growth industries, which are rare. Consultancy See Change Strategy in Olney, Md., forecasts that medical marijuana, currently a $2 billion industry, will reach nearly $9 billion in five years. That’s about the same size as the dry cleaning and laundry service industry.
Finally, by opposing the medical marijuana industry, the federal government is missing the chance to cut government expenditures and raise taxes in one of the few areas where such actions would face little opposition by business owners. Unlike virtually every other industry, where higher taxes are vehemently opposed, the medical marijuana industry welcomes higher taxes. In Oakland, for example, the industry drove the effort to impose a 1.8 percent tax on gross sales from medical marijuana sellers.
The potential economic gains from the legalization of marijuana are far from trivial. A 2005 study by Jeffrey Miron, then a visiting economics professor at Harvard, found that government spending could be cut by $7.7 billion and tax revenue increased by $6.2 billion if marijuana sales were legal and taxed at the same rate as alcohol and tobacco. A $14 billion improvement in the government budget isn’t something to ignore, especially in the current environment of paralysis over how to reduce high deficits.
Allowing owners of medical marijuana dispensaries to borrow money and deduct their business expenses from their taxes seems like a way to make policy fairer, encourage a high-growth industry, and reduce government expenditures and raise tax revenues without much opposition. Those seem to me like the kinds of objectives our elected officials should be striving for when introducing bills into Congress.
Scott Shane is the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University.

Rally In Portland For The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program

As a long time member of the OMMP, you better believe I will be attending this thing. Between raids, HB 3664, and the doubling of program fees, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. It’s time to hit the streets! Even if you are in Washington, it’s time to come across the river, have a good time, be heard, and try to make some change with your Oregon medical marijuana family.

Stoner Movie | The Original Reefer Madness

The tale revolves around Mae and Jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by Mae’s apartment to smoke reefer. The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably shattered. One man becomes so addicted to the killer weed that the guilt over framing a teen for murder causes a judge to order him to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll closes by advising us to not incur the same tragedy.

Has the Movement Opposing America’s Drug War Broken Through to the Mainstream?

“Call off The Drug War” says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in an op-ed for the New York Times. His article is released on the 40th anniversary of the day that President Nixon declared America in a “war on drugs.”
Carter aligns himself with a report released this month by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. That report argues that current strategies of imprisoning non-violent drug users and small time dealers has cost one trillion dollars, and led to 40 million arrests, but not reduced the availability or use of drugs. In short, the report says the drug war failed.
The report was endorsed by 16 world leaders, including former presidents or prime ministers of five countries, former US Secretary George Shultz, and the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The 40th anniversary of the Drug War might well be remembered as the moment when the debate about Drug Policy shifted, and opposition to the drug war became main stream.
African American leaders have been historically conservative about the drug war but that seems to be changing. Jesse Jackson, a long time supporter of the drug war shifted sides and wrote in support of the Global Commission on Drug Policy’s report this month. Regarding the drug war, he writes in the Chicago Sun, “it would be impossible to invent a more complete failure.”
Leaders from African American and religious communities, including Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. Ron Daniels, held a forum Friday at the National Press Club in Washington DC to denounce current drug war policies and their racial bias. Despite the fact that the use and sale of drugs is no higher among African Americans than among white Americans, black men are sometimes jailed at rates 20 to 50 times higher than white men – for the same nonviolent drug offenses.
In his op-ed, Jimmy Carter explains how the prison population jumped from 500,000 when he left office in 1981 to 2.3 million in 2009. Carter blames the war on drugs for this trend. He says, “The single greatest cause of prison population growth has been the war on drugs, with the number of people incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses increasing more than twelve fold since 1980.”
In 1977 President Carter told congress, “the country should decriminalize the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana” and he “cautioned against filling our prisons with young people who were no threat to society.”
Today, in places like New York City the police are arresting record breaking numbers of young people for simple possession of marijuana. New York City has arrested 350,000 people for marijuana possession since 2002. About 70% percent of those arrested were under 30 years old.
A woman named Alika, a 26-year-old single mother in Brooklyn made news this week after being fired from her job with the New York City Housing Authority as a result of being arrested for possessing a small bag of marijuana in her purse. Criminal records are instantly accessible on the internet and the collateral consequences of drug arrests — like job loss and deportation — are routine and severe.
The drug war is deeply entrenched in our society. Systematic reforms will require support and courage from current politicians and not just former ones like Jimmy Carter. And our elected officials will not budge until the people who vote for them make their opposition to the drug war heard clearly.
The 40th anniversary of the war on drugs became an opportunity for leaders from diverse backgrounds to emerge with the unified message that the drug war failed. It is unusual and thrilling to see support for an issue that has been taboo for so long. We are witnessing a shift of opinion on drug policy. Is it too much to believe that we may also be seeing the beginning of a social movement?

Bloom Kush Review

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Bloom Kush Review by Culture Magazine
Bloom Kush has a “007” aroma and a “Diamonds Are Forever” sparkle. What a beautiful bud! It looks great and smells great and has a smooth hit. This is a bud with a fresh taste and notes of gourmet dark chocolate, and it packs a deliciously smooth and relaxing hit. This strain has an interesting Diesel-like flavor and delivers a satisfying experience that takes you to far-away places. Casablanca, anyone? Smooth in a water pipe, this strain sports a deeper and more relaxing experience than many of its other relatives. This is a woodsy Kush with an aroma and taste that live up to its name. Bloom Kush is a 100 percent indica from Blue Coast Center in Bloomington. This strain is useful for treating the symptoms of arthritis, colitis, glaucoma, PMS and nausea.

Czech police wants to use seized cannabis for treatment

Czech police wants to use seized cannabis for treatment

2 02 2011 Well it’s definitely an idea only a cop could come up with, but while being surrealistic, it seems to reignite the debate on medical cannabis in a country where all drugs are already decriminalized in small amount.
Obviously the Justice Minister of the Czech Republic sees in this idea an opportunity to lower costs for his ministry not to dismiss it, but the expert quoted in the original article is right about the quality of the cannabis grown in illegal operations. It’s just not grown for such purpose.

Rather than seizing it, why not grow it?

The junior government Czech Public Affairs (VV) party supports the idea of marijuana being legalised for for medical purposes. But while first thinking about importing  cannabis from Holland, they now appear to be tempted by the cut in costs such initiative would create, not seeing any troubles in using weed from the black market to provide for patients’ treatment .
Maybe this is the opportunity to think about the legislation in a different way for medical marijuana since more and more Czech state institutions and politicians support the use of hemp for medical purposes.
Well even if the idea is not a safe one for patients, at least it opens the debate on medical cannabis. Let’s just hope this will lead to a new law legalising the medical use of cannabis in yet an other European country. And if police wants to help, they could provide with the grow equipment from previous seizure rather than the weed itself.

10 Facts about medicinal cannabis

10 Facts about medicinal cannabis

The best way to make change is by sharing your knowledge about cannabis and a top ten list is easy to remember and can help to convince sceptic people, so here is a list of the most notable benefits of marijuana.

1. Treats Migraines
2. Slow Tumor Growth
3. Relieves Symptoms of chronic disease
4. Prevents Alzheimers
5. Treats Glaucoma
6. Prevents Seizures
7. Helps those with ADD and ADHD
8. May treat multiple sclerosis
9. Helps relieve PMS
10. Helps calm those with Tourettes Syndrome and OCD

Canadian “hemp car” to be on the market by 2013

Canadian “hemp car” to be on the market by 2013

Soon, you’ll be able to drive hemp. Literally, thanks to the Kestrel car, named after the colorful raptor.

Meet the Kerstel and its hemp composite body

Right now, Canadian company Motive Industries, Inc., is testing the materials for a biocomposite hybrid electric car made from hemp and other natural and synthetic fibers. If all goes according to plan, Motive will finish its prototype mid-2011, and make the car available to the public in late-2012 or -2013, according to Nathan Armstrong, Motive’s president.
The material used to manufacturer the body is impact-resistant composite from hemp mats; these are supplied by Alberta Innovates-Technology Future (AITF), while hemp is grown in Vegreville, Atlanta. Here’s the kicker, AITF is Crown corporation, owned by the Canadian government.
“Plus, it’s illegal to grow it in the U.S., so it actually gives Canada a bit of a market advantage,” said Armstrong to the CBC.
The four-passenger, three-door electric vehicle—created to showcase new automotive technology coming out of Canada—can reach speeds of almost 85 mph. It’s the result of Project Eve, a for-profit collaboration aimed at combining “Canadian skills for the purpose of producing and supporting Canadian electric vehicles and components,” according to Project Eve’s website.
The Kestrel’s a solid step in that direction. “It won’t have any smell. It should be quieter. It should be warmer,” Armstrong says. “The vibrations that we get from the natural fibers are actually quite pleasant.” Plus, he adds, the car’s safer in a crash because it springs back rather than crumbles into a squished-metal ball.
Because of the nascence of the technology being used, Motive doesn’t yet understand how long-term wear and tear will affect the biocomposite car. However, the idea’s to create something durable and easy to repair. If it comes to fruition, “we’re really leaning toward something that’s going to last a long, long time,” Armstrong says.
CBC is reporting that several battery options will be available making the hemp electric vehicle affordable to many people.
Where does the reference to the colorful kestrel come in? “It was initially because we were using design cues from the bird, for aerodynamics,” Armstrong says, “but later [we] found out the kestrel is quick and nimble but has a limited range—perfect for an EV [electric vehicle]!” Get ready to fly in this lightweight, better-for-the-environment, cool-looking hemp-mobile.

French newspaper Le Figaro warns of cannabis cyber-police and fictional worldwide cannabis seed shipping

French newspaper Le Figaro warns of cannabis cyber-police and fictional worldwide cannabis seed shipping

31 03 2011 In these times of increasing repression in France, national daily ‘Le Figaro’ shows its true colours as a propaganda tool rather than a source of factual information.
An article published on the website of Le Figaro last week (23rd March 2011)  aroused our curiosity as, in addition to vague threats about cyberpolice, it mentioned the well-known cannabis seed company Sensi Seeds on several occasions.

Picture used to illustrate what you can buy online, according to the paper

Fact or propaganda? An extract from the beginning of the article states:
“ [Based] In the Netherlands, the Sensi Seed website unapologetically advertises their ‘cannabis seedbank’ in all languages. They sell complete culture tents, similar in size  to wardrobes, ‘bloom boosters’ and even teach how to ‘grow with the Moon,’ to optimize growth according to the lunar calendar. From “Shiva Shanti” at 20 euros for ten seeds to the “Marley’s Collie, 120 euros, “a strain of ganja celebrated by the great Bob Marley”, the bank offers hundreds of varieties. And even accessories: caps, t-shirts, playing cards. Everything is available worldwide, sent in express parcels.”

Lester Grinspoon – How Medical Marijuana helped his sick son

Lester Grinspoon – How Medical Marijuana helped his sick son

24 05 2011 Moving story by Lester Grinspoon – Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School – how Medical Marijuana helped his sick son .

Medicinal cannabis patients classed as ‘drug addicts’ by Oregon sheriffs

Medicinal cannabis patients classed as ‘drug addicts’ by Oregon sheriffs

13 04 2011 Despite the amount of illegal firearms and genuinely harmful drugs that America seems to be knee-deep in, police in Oregon are concerned that card-holding medicinal marijuana users might be legally carrying guns.
Under the U. S. Gun Control Act of 1968, guns may not be sold to drug addicts. Most people would agree that this is a good idea, as the mental image of a ‘drug addict’ is almost always negative: shaking, dirty, paranoid, and incapable of rational thought. Nobody wants to arm that person.

An elderly medicinal marijuana user in Oregon (image courtesy of NORML)

Concealed Handgun Permits are refused
The sheriffs of Oregon, however, are classing medicinal cannabis users as drug addicts and refusing to issue concealed handgun permits to them. The sheriff’s office, by state law, should not refuse to grant such a license provided a list of conditions is met. These conditions usually  include U.S. citizenship, completing  a gun safety course, no criminal record, no mental illness or substance abuse problems. Again, these are all reasonable requirements, but the medicinal cannabis patients who fulfill them are still being refused the permit.
Use of prescribed marijuana should not limit a person’s rights
Retired school bus driver Cynthia Willis is one such patient, and along with three co-plaintiffs she is part of a potentially landmark case currently under consideration by the Oregon Supreme Court. Cynthia likes to carry a Walther P-22 automatic pistol, which she says she’s never had to draw, for self-defense. She also uses cannabis to control muscle spasms and pain from her arthritis, but says she never uses it when she plans to carry her gun (or drive). So far she’s won two court cases on the argument that prescribed drug use does not disqualify a person from holding a concealed gun permit, and medicinal cannabis is a prescribed drug like any other.

An outdoor medicinal marijuana crop in America

More at stake than the right to carry a concealed firearm
What is at stake here is not just the right of medicinal cannabis users to carry (concealed) firearms: by Oregon law, if someone doesn’t have a concealed gun permit but does have a gun license, they can simply carry the gun openly, as Cynthia plans to do if she loses her case. Given the tragic events in Alphen aan den Rijn on Saturday as the latest in a long line of horrific shootings by licensed gun owners throughout the world,  it can be argued that gun licenses should be revoked altogether.
How do you abuse your own medicinal cannabis crop?
The underlying issue of concern in Oregon is the classification of medical marijuana patients as ‘drug addicts’, with all the negative connotations of this epithet. Although cannabis seeds have never been illegal in Oregon, and it was the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of bud back in 1973, courts recently decided that employers had the right to fire medicinal cannabis users. The sheriffs of this county openly argue that the majority of medicinal card holders are abusing the right to use ganja as a medicine, despite the fact that buying, selling, and dispensaries are still prohibited so patients must grow their own (or have someone grow it for them without profit) in order to do so.

NORML is active in Oregon, which was the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of cannabis.

Defending the rights of medical marijuana users
Executive Director of NORML Allen St. Pierre is focused on defending the right of every medicinal marijuana card holder to be treated like any other citizen: “A person who uses medical cannabis should not have to give up their fundamental rights as enumerated by the Constitution,”‘ St. Pierre said.

Senora Cannabis” Alicia Castilla Released After 94 Days

Senora Cannabis” Alicia Castilla Released After 94 Days

25 05 2011

The 5th of May saw the release of 66 year old Alicia Castilla, who was held in prison for  94 days after police discovered marijuana plants at her home in Atlántida, Uruguay.
In a similar way to the Netherlands, laws in Uruguay allow possession of cannabis for personal use (although in Uruguay the amount considered reasonable for personal consumption is decided by a judge). Cultivation however is completely forbidden, a paradox that forces users to either (illegally) buy from criminal dealers or break the law by cultivating cannabis for their own use. Alicia Castilla, author of two books on cannabis, chose the latter option.

Alicia Castilla, cannabis activist and author, aka Senora Cannabis

In January 2011 police raided the house she had bought with the intention of having ‘a peaceful place to spend my old age’, and discovered 29 unsexed cannabis seedlings.
“I think it’s an injustice that a person is in prison for planting what they consume,” Castilla told Spanish  newspaper El Pais. The grandmother affectionately nicknamed “Senora Cannabis” by her many supporters expressed emotional relief at this turn in a case that attracted attention from all over the world, especially in her native Argentina.
Following her arrest, Alicia Castilla was imprisoned in Canelones, a squalid and violent prison where inmates include murderers and crack addicts. After 45 days and repeated requests, she was transferred to CNR, a rehabilitation centre. Here she had access to a laptop and began drafting a third book, inspired by her experiences.
Until very recently the Supreme Court in Uruguay was refusing to grant provisional release to Alicia Castilla but an appeal for probation was finally granted by prosecutor Fernando Valerio. Alicia must now await the final ruling, which has already been delayed. She intends to continue campaigning for the legal right to cultivate cannabis even more passionately than before.

Why Medicinal Marijuana Is Here to Stay

Why Medicinal Marijuana Is Here to Stay

6 06 2011 “We are not far from a time when pot will be hailed as a wonder drug.”
_{The following is the text of a speech by Lester Greenspoon, M.D. recently delivered to the 2011 NORML conference}.
In 1967, because of my concern about the rapidly growing use of the dangerous drug marijuana, I began my studies of the scientific and medical literature with the goal of providing a reasonably objective summary of the data which underlay its prohibition.  Much to my surprise, I found no credible scientific basis for the justification of the prohibition.  The assertion that it is a very toxic drug is based on old and new myths.  In fact, one of the many exceptional features of this drug is its remarkably limited toxicity.  Compared to aspirin, which people are free to purchase and use without the advice or prescription of a physician, cannabis is much safer: there are well over 1000 deaths annually from aspirin in this country alone, whereas there has never been a death anywhere from marijuana.  In fact, when cannabis regains its place in the US Pharmacopeia, a status it lost after the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, it will be seen as one of the safest drugs in that compendium.  Moreover, it will eventually be hailed as a “wonder drug” just as penicillin was in the 1940s.  Penicillin achieved this reputation because it was remarkably non-toxic, it was, once it was produced on an economy of scale, quite inexpensive, and it was effective in the treatment of a variety of infectious diseases.  Similarly, cannabis is exceptionally safe, and once freed of the prohibition tariff, will be significantly less expensive than the conventional drugs it replaces while its already impressive medical versatility continues to expand.

The War On Drugs Has Failed!

The War On Drugs Has Failed!

 

7 06 2011



The global war on drugs has failed, a high-level commission comprised of former presidents, public intellectuals and other leaders studying drug policies concluded in a report released Thursday.
International efforts to crack down on drug producers and consumers and to try to reduce demand have had “devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world,” the report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy said.
The commission, which includes former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, challenges the conventional wisdom about drug markets and drug use.
Among the group’s recommendations:
– End of criminalization and stigmatization of people who use drugs but do not harm others
– Encourage governments to experiment with drug legalization, especially marijuana
– Offer more harm reduction measures, such as access to syringes
– Ditch “just say no” and “zero tolerance” policies for youth in favor of other educational efforts.
The theory that increasing law enforcement action would lead to a shrinking drug market has not worked, the report says. To the contrary, illegal drug markets and the organized criminal organizations that traffic them have grown, the group found.
The report comes as countries such as Mexico suffer from widespread drug-related violence. More than 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico in the past four years as rival cartels battle each other over lucrative smuggling corridors and as the army fights the cartels.
The commission’s findings add more high-profile voices to a growing movement calling for a radical approach to drugs. Other leaders, such as former Mexican President Vicente Fox, have called for drug legalization as part of a solution to his country’s woes.

how to fit a website in a iframe

A short while ago, I was surfing around, wasting time, when I came upon a site with links like, paraphrased, "Rotate content in an IFRAME" and "Display different content every day in an IFRAME." It gave rise to a surge of ideas about ways to use the IFRAME tag. For example, a comment/feedback form could be in an IFRAME. When submitted, the thank you page would be displayed in the same IFRAME on the same page where the form was submitted. No "click here to continue" or "click your back button twice to get back to where you were" messages would be necessary on the thank you page. The IFRAME tag is rather simple to implement. It's a window of sorts embedded in your web page. The window can contain content from other URLs. First, decide how big you want the window to be. Then, put the IFRAME tag where you want the window to be on your page. Give it the URL of the web page (or script) that will be displayed in the window. Example: <iframe height="200" width="300" src="http://willmaster.com/"> </iframe> When you put the above IFRAME tag on your web page, it will create an area 200 pixels high and 300 pixels wide and display the WillMaster.com home page in that area. To put a comment/feedback form in an IFRAME, simply change the URL so the web page of your feedback form displays. Change the dimensions of the IFRAME as necessary. When someone submits the feedback form, the regular thank you page then displays within that IFRAME area. You're beginning to have ideas of your own, right? Before getting too far ahead of ourselves, let me mention a drawback; Netscape 4.# doesn't recognize the IFRAME tag. When that browser encounters an IFRAME tag, the tag is ignored. Therefore, you won't want to use the IFRAME tag for anything that is critical for all site visitors -- a membership area log-in page, for example. Let's address the two concepts that gave rise to this pile of ideas, rotating content and daily content. For rotating content, Master Merry-Go-Round can be used. Install the script and give it some content to rotate. The content can be banners, testimonials, poems, anything a web page could have. Then, put this tag into your web page where you want the rotating content to appear (adjusting dimensions and URL as necessary): <iframe height="200" width="300" src="/cgi-bin/MasterMerryGoRound.cgi?page=complete"> </iframe> (The "?page=complete" part of the URL tells the program to generate the content as a complete web page.) For daily content, Master Daily Content can be used. Install the script and give it a month or more of content. Then, put this tag into your web page where you want the rotating content to appear (adjusting dimensions and URL as necessary): <iframe height="200" width="300" src="/cgi-bin/MasterDailyContent.cgi?page=complete"> </iframe> (Again, the "?page=complete" part of the URL tells this particular program to generate the content as a complete web page.) Other ideas: Similar to the contact/recommend form idea, a "recommend this site" form could be put in an IFRAME so the site visitor isn't required to navigate back to the page s/he started from. Surveys can be put into an IFRAME tag, with the results displaying in the same spot. Recommend and Survey programs are available at the Master Series site. Use the search box or scan the list of available programs. A site news IFRAME could be used to display content of importance, changing it as needed. Master Site News makes changing such content easy via a control panel. An index with photos could be put into an IFRAME. Create several regular web pages, one with an index to the others. The others contain the photos, along with a link back to the index. The IFRAME then contains the URL of the index page, which allows visitors to click on a photo link, view the photo, and click back to the index. The IFRAME has scrollbars when the content exceeds the allotted area. Thus, it can be used to display a large amount of text, yet require only a small amount of space on the web page. For example, you could display the current WillMaster Possibilities article, automatically updated every week, by creating a page like <html> <body> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://willmaster.com/possibilities/c/wmp.js"> </script> </body> </html> and then using an IFRAME with the newly created page's URL to insert the entire article into a small space. When you have a lot of content to display in an IFRAME, the content can be made to scroll. Try the Master Scrolling Presentation Generator V1 demonstration to see how easy it is to generate a scrolling text area. The IFRAME tag can be used to display anything a regular web page can display, and put it into a small area on another web page.

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