[Yoda]

Nixon started the war on drugs in his Special Message to the Congress on Control of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs on 14 July 1969 (source).   He declared the war on drugs on 17 June 1971. We have been at war ever since in America.

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March 9, 2011 - 12:32 am

DO YOU SUPPORT PROHIBITION?

If you support prohibition then you’re either a black market profiteer, a terrorist, a corrupt politician, a sadomoralist, a wing-nut socialist or a fake-conservative.

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[Yoda]

Ive been listening to the debate about the course of action for the future of Cannabis and its regulation, and I have to admit there’s something bothering me about the future policies being put forward, and the continually incorrect nature of the perceptions about Cannabis in general. Far from being a health problem, I see Cannabis as being a Health SOLUTION.

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[Yoda]

Granny’s List

It Is Time for Marijuana to Be Reclassified as Something Other Than a Schedule I Drug

ADD/ ADHD

Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of ADD
Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder

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[Yoda]

GOVERNMENT vs. THE LAW

These two fundamental rules look simple and obvious (and they're also THE LAW in capital letters), so the acronym "POL-COA" really ought to be simple enough to remind all prosecutors, judges and legislators of their duties if they care to hear its truth. Even so, after several years of having ordinary citizens who do understand it drum it into their heads, it still seems that this POL-COA idea is a very difficult concept for our judges and legislators to grasp in any practical sense – *despite* all their experience and training. However, if you're a defendant in a cannabis case, your defence is really as easy as A-B-C:

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[Yoda]

If an American doctor of the late 19th century stepped into a time warp and emerged in 2010, he would be shocked by the multitude of pharmaceuticals that today's physicians use. But as he pondered this array (and wondered, as I do, whether most are really necessary), he would soon notice an equally surprising omission, and exclaim, "Where's my Cannabis indica?"

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[Yoda]

Toronto City Council voted to endorse the Vienna Declaration on Thursday, raising a loud voice against the war on drugs.

“The war against drugs has failed,” said city councillor Kyle Rae, who brought the declaration to council after attending the AIDS 2010 international conference this July, where it was announced. “In every jurisdiction and in every community, we know that policing this issue is not enough.”

The principles of the declaration favour a public health approach to dealing with drug addicts, rather than enforcing ever-stricter drug laws, which advocates say doesn’t work, and in fact can cause greater harm.

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By Marc Kaufman

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 26, 2006

The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.

The new findings "were against our expectations," said Donald Tashkin of the University of California at Los Angeles, a pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.

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By Quetzalli Castro

Source: Chicago Flame
Illinois -- Scientists, politicians, pundits and everyday people want to understand what science has been able to accomplish so far with marijuana's medical potential. As medical marijuana was discovered, many questions have also risen: Can marijuana really help people with AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, or any of several other conditions it is purported to relieve? How does marijuana affect the human body? Could the potential benefits of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use possibly outweigh the risk of encouraging drug abuse? All of these questions remain to be answered completely, but Alison Mack is trying to give what answers she can in her book "Marijuana As Medicine: The Science beyond the Controversy."

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ELKINS, West. Va. (7/13/10) — Apparently the latest scary thing that the kids are doing is smoking something called “K2,” which this recent New York Times article describes as “a blend of herbs treated with synthetic marijuana.” By packaging K2 as “incense,” purveyors “have managed to evade federal regulation,” so the stuff is widely, legally available. Only eight states have passed laws banning it to date, and, as soon as bans pass, chemists can quickly sidestep them by making minor tweaks at the molecular level.

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Maintaining Memories with Marijuana

Can smoking marijuana prevent Alzheimer’s disease?

Published on July 14, 2010

Can smoking marijuana prevent the memory loss associated with normal aging or Alzheimer's disease? This is a question that I have been investigating for the past few years. The concept of medical marijuana is not a new one. A Chinese pharmacy book, written about 2737 BCE, was probably the first to mention its use as a medicine for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, malaria, constipation, and (ironically) absent-mindedness.

Gary L. Wenk, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience & Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics at the Ohio State University.

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By Lanny Swerdlow, RN

When I worked as a nurse in the cardiac wing of a hospital, I found that about one-fourth of my patients were there with problems with their heart directly related to their use of alcohol. When I worked on surgical floors, many of my patients were there due to health problems caused by their use of alcohol, such as cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis and cancer. 

 But no matter where I worked in the hospital, I never had a patient there due to their use of cannabis, and neither did any other nurse I worked with.

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An elderly Montana woman says medical marijuana has given her a second chance at life.

"Oh! It's a miracle, I was almost helpless," said Mabel Macer.

Macer is 82-years-old and at one point was taking as many as 17 prescription drugs for pain, but now she just takes her heart medicine and a medical marijuana cocktail twice daily.

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Crohn's Disease by Bruce Buckner

My name is Bruce Buckner. I am a 48-year old computer pre-press technician and webmaster from Seattle, WA. I play music with a couple different bands for fun and profit as well. As a child of the sixties, I‘ve smoked pot recreationally (or so I believed) since my teenage years.

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Not just a high

By Nathan Seppa

June 19th, 2010; Vol.177 #13 (p. 16)

In science’s struggle to keep up with life on the streets, smoking cannabis for medical purposes stands as Exhibit A.

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First Generation of Recreational Drug Users Could Affect Health-Care Costs, Experts Say

Nobody is yet predicting pot parties will outdraw carpet bowling at the old folks’ home when the baby boomers shuffle en masse into retirement, but counsellors expect recreational drug use among seniors will raise some questions society has never faced.

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Kevin Armento

Journalist, Playwright

Posted: May 12, 2010 02:00 PM
Forty years ago this fall, marijuana was classified a Schedule I Controlled Substance, along with ecstasy, LSD, and heroin. The qualifications required for a drug to reach such an esteemed distinction are threefold: 1. High potential for abuse, 2. No currently accepted medical use, and 3. Lack of accepted safety for use.

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Majority of Canadians Would Legalize Marijuana, But Not Other Drugs

Published on Apr 15 - 2010

Two-in-five respondents believe Canada has a serious drug abuse problem that affects the entire country.The views of Canadians on the legalization of marijuana have not shifted over the past two years, with a majority of respondents calling for the substance to be readily available, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.

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[Yoda]

  Marc Emery arrives at B.C. Supreme Court with his wife, Jodie Emery, on Sept. 28, 2009. He has been ordered extradited to the U.S. to serve a five-year sentence for selling marijuana seeds online.

Photograph by: Jason Payne, PNG file

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Are You Cannabis Deficient?

by The Medicine Hunter

If the idea of having a marijuana deficiency sounds laughable to you, a growing body of science points at exactly such a possibility. Scientists have known that the active psychoactive compound in marijuana is THC, which is short for tetrahydrocannabinol.

In August 1990, researchers reported in the journal Nature the discovery of receptors in the brain that specifically accommodate the cannabinoids in pot.

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 Mason Tvert

Executive director and co-founder, SAFER

Posted: February 5, 2010 10:28 AM

Not too long ago, it was absolutely necessary for businesses to maintain an appearance of opposition to marijuana use and legalization. But the times they are a-changin', and it is beginning to seem like many major companies are striving to maintain an appearance of NOT opposing marijuana use and legalization.

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