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Cannabis is not a cause of anti-social behaviour.
2008-06-06 02:47:00 Image via Wikipedia In the politics of drug policy in the community an emerging concern is being expressed characterised by an anti-fun, anti-youth intolerance ranging from neo-prohibitionism to a 'more rules is better than some rules' debate surrounding alcohol deficits in the community. If Cannabis is not a cause of anti-social behaviour AND cannabis is displacing alcohol and other mind altering substances it can be reasonably argued its use is ''harm minimizing" AND producing a positive social outcome.And why do those who are morally (or politically) concerned 'about drug harms' resist change (ie: "we don't need a third drug!") when cannabis is so prevalent and so benign by any comparison yet 'in their name and mine' its draconian sanction so damaging."The Advisory Council also found that cannabis use isn't actually associated with antisocial or criminal behaviour, but the public perception is that it is, because there's a lot of misleading information which confuses p...
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2008-06-04 18:34:00 .dis tonton, pourquoi tu tousses ?feuilles de chanvre - Cannabis sativa L..... Bushman - Cannabis ...
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Long-term cannabis use causes brain injury
2008-06-03 23:19:00 Orygen Research Centre New ground-breaking research shows long-term, heavy cannabis use causes significant brain abnormalities resulting in psychotic symptoms and memory loss equivalent to that of patients with a mild traumatic brain injury. The study is the first to show that long term cannabis use can adversely affect all users, not just those in the high-risk categories ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Long-term cannabis use causes brain injury", url: "http://www.australianwomenonli-ne.com/?p=567" });
Long-term daily cannabis use seen harmful to brain tissue, mental health
2008-06-03 09:33:00 Image by Getty Images via DaylifeDr. Yucel says "Many people in the community, as well as cannabis users themselves, believe that cannabis is relatively harmless and should be legally available,"(see Yucel Research link here)This argument is a straw man.The heavy use of cannabis as characterized by this study [5+ daily joints*356*10yrs] would be the extreme exception in consumption.It would be very difficult to find 15 cannabis only consumers in Australia using at this level.(further) This heavy consumption was occurring in a context of absolute prohibition, clear evidence of policy 'efficacy' failure being so predicated on zero tolerance of any harm.But what do we find? A harm association by a correlation only, and as reported elsewhere - no basis for thinking there is cannabis harm causation other than at sub clinical behavioral measures.Remember the UN cannabis related covenants sanctions billions of dollars annually on police, justice, law, and corrections and maintains a cult...
Cannabis - no threat. Very relevant to NZ Law Comm. review?
2008-05-31 20:38:00 Small data set but very relevant to NZ Law Comm. drug policy review? It complements the important sociology research paper presented by Geoff Noller at Otago University in early May. STUDY SHOWS MARIHUANA USE NOT A THREAThttp://www.mapinc.org/nor-ml/v08/n541/a11.htm"I would argue that it is the prohibition of marihuana that actually leads to crime," he said. "Not that there aren't any cases where someone is inebriated and in such a state that they aren't thinking clearly and do things that normally they wouldn't do, but that is the same with alcohol. If you look at it, the drug that is most highly correlated with crime, particularly violent crime, is alcohol. And no one is calling for that to be criminalized." .... snip...."Although these findings are not generalizable given the small sample size, if they are corroborated by further ethnographic research there may be a compelling reason to reconsider present laws that prohibit marihuana use and treat recreational marihuana users a...
Airtravel to Tokyo? Free Cannabis! I Vote Next Domaining Conference in Japa
2008-05-27 00:19:00 According to customs officials at Tokyo-Narita airport, the main international gateway serving Japan, an unwitting passenger arriving accidentally received 142g (approximately 5 ounces) of pure cannabis after a customs test went sour. Believe it or not, a Japanese customs officer hid the huge sack of weed in a side pocket of a randomly chosen suitcase ...
Ska-P - Cannabis
2008-05-19 09:04:00 Y saco un papelillo, me preparo un cigarrillo Y una china pal canuto de hachis hachis! Saca ya la china, “tron”, venga ya esa china “tron” Quemame la china “tron”, no hay chinas! Saco un papelillo… No hay chinas, no hay chinas hoy No hay chinas, no hay chinas hoy Legalegalizacion cannabis! De calidad y barato Legalegalizacion cannabis! Basta de prohibición Ni en chueca, en la ...
By: Marihuana Loca
Cannabis and the Office of the President on Drugs
2008-05-18 02:27:00 Executive Summary(click for PDF link)Two million teens report feelings of depression and loss of interest in daily activities during the past year.Depressed teens are twice as likely as non-depressed teens to use marijuana and other illicit drugs.Depressed teens are more than twice as likely as their peers to abuseor become dependent on marijuana.Using marijuana can cause depression and other mental illnesses.Marijuana use can worsen depression and lead to more serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, anxiety, and even suicide.Teens who smoke marijuana at least once a month are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than non-users.The percentage of depressed teens is equal to the percentage of depressed adults, but depressed teens are more likely than depressed adults to use marijuana and other drugs.Teen girls who use marijuana daily are more likely than girls who do not use marijuana to develop depression.Yeah - and peer reviewed evidence says this is largely hog...
Cannabis linked to use of amphetamines
2008-05-18 02:16:00 Cannabis linked to use of amphetamines and concrete floors!More people who have friends who smoke cannabis are likely to walk on concrete floors too err. well thats correlation for ya!! (/blair!) Doctors have tracked 2,000 Victorian high school students for 10 years and found those who were smoking cannabis at the age of 15 were as much as 15 times more likely to be using amphetamines in their early 20s. The work, to be published in the August edition of the journal Addiction also dispels the image of ice and speed users as young, wealthy party-goers. "That's something which people have speculated on for decades and decades - that there was some progression in the way in which young people are introduced to drugs. You start with tobacco and alcohol, move to cannabis, once you feel comfortable with the former, once you feel comfortable with cannabis, you're more likely to move onto other drugs. And that's certainly the progression that we found with amphetamine use," one of...
Yokohama trio busted for selling cannabis seeds
2008-05-18 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}YOKOHAMA -- Three people, including the president of an imported goods retailer, have been arrested on suspicion of selling cannabis seeds, law enforcers said.The three, including 33-year-old Rikiya Sakai, president of Antsu International in Osaka's Miyakojima-ku, were arrested on suspicion of aiding a violation of the Cannabis Control Law.The company came under investigation after former members of Kanto Gakuin University's rugby club, who were arrested ...
Multilingual Cannabis seed shop
2008-05-16 18:12:00 Do you heard about The Flying Dutchmen cannabis seeds shop. If not, just read this informative post where you can get various types of products such as hanfsamen, graine de cannabis and so on. The Flying Dutchmen Cannabis seeds shop now offers its services in more than 7 languages! Isn't it amazing service which they provide to its customers around the world. The Flying Dutchmen has a wide range of high quality cannabis strains. They are providing services to its customers in 7 different languages the most important ones are English, French and German. So whether you want to buy cannabis seeds, Hanf Samen (german) or Graine de Cannabis (french) you can simply go online and order cannabis seeds from all major dutch seed banks in your own language and if you have any doubts or queries, you can get solved by their quick customer support service in your preferred .language. So, using various languages to sell its products is not a bad idea beca...
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What, we can order Cannabis seeds online?
2008-05-14 16:59:00 Yes, that?s right folks! Much to my surprise, people can actually order and purchase Cannabis seeds online!I found that out after stumbling upon FlyingDutchmen Dot Com a few hours ago. It turns out that the former mentioned site belongs to Flying Dutchmen, one of the oldest Cannabis seeds retailers in Netherlands (Holland to some people).I took a closer look at FlyingDutchmen Dot Com and found that it also has feminized seeds, sensi, various sativa and indica seeds too. What bothers me the most is the fact FlyingDutchmen Dot Com has an outgoing link that leads to a video channel that seems to promote prohibitive use of cannabis and marijuana! This is quite outrageous!That outgoing link raised a lot of questions about FlyingDutchmen Dot Com. Sure, cannabis and Marijuana do have medicinal properties that can be put to good use. I?m sure that many concerned people out there would not mind if cannabis and marijuana are used for good purposes. FlyingDutchmen Dot Com in the other hand has...
80s rocker nabbed for cannabis possession in Osaka
2008-05-11 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}Yoshitaka Matsuura, singer from 80s band "Dare ga Kaba yanen Rokkunroru Sho" (Who's The Hippopotamus Rock 'N' Roll Show), has been arrested and sent to public prosecutors for possessing cannabis, police said."I've been smoking it since I was about 25. When I smoke it, my musical sense gets better," police quoted the 55-year-old as saying.Police accuse Matsuura of possessing cannabis in a parking lot in Osaka's Kita-ku in the early hours of April 12, toge ...
Scientific Studies on Cannabis (Hemp / Pot)
2008-05-09 21:58:00 "Marijuana Fights: Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, Liver Disease, Epilepsy, Skin Allergies, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety and Depression. And is also Neuroprotective and Causes Neurogenesis (brain cell growth)..." read more
[Sad] Cannabis raised to class B drug with maximum 5 year jail term for use
2008-05-07 19:05:00 Reuters
Cannabis laws to be strengthened
2008-05-07 13:41:00 Cannabis was downgraded to Class C under Tony BlairHome Secretary Jacqui Smith has said cannabis is to be reclassified as a Class B drug against officials' advice.
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Cannabis: The Public Health Issues 1995-1996
2008-05-06 11:19:00 "It is therefore recommended that an intersectoral policy to improve health by reducing cannabis related harm should be developed as part of a comprehensive national policy on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs." (notably a health primitive completely at odds with the terms of reference of the Law Commission, though remarkably like Class D)Monitoring and evaluationPolicy should be continually monitored and evaluated to ensure that it is meeting its objectives and is in line with the latest evidence. Because of their integral nature, monitoring and evaluation should be built into the policy development process itself. (Yeah Right!)Outcome targets• To reduce the prevalence of current marijuana use (used in the last 12months and not stopped using) from 12 percent of persons aged 15 to 45years in 1990, to 8 percent or less by the year 2005 [baseline, Black andCasswell 1993].• To reduce the prevalence of frequent marijuana use (used 10 or more timesin the last 30 days) from 2.4 perc...
Pro-cannabis protest held in peace, man
2008-05-01 18:49:00 Police made no arrests at a pro-cannabis protest in Invercargill yesterday — despite a cannabis plant being in plain view and supporters openly smoking the drug.A police officer at the scene, next to the Cenotaph in Dee St, read the Misuse of Drugs Act but after talking with the protesters did not act on it.Protest co-ordinator Dakta Green said it was the group's most heated exchange with police on its nationwide protest tour but was pleased it had not gone further. "It was a perfectly reasonable and responsible thing for the Invercargill police to do — this is a peaceful political protest and they did right to step back and withdraw." There had been two arrests on the tour, in Palmerston North on Good Friday, for cannabis use.Senior Sergeant Olaf Jensen, of Invercargill, said police didn't undertake the search for operational reasons.Southland area commander Inspector Tony O'Neill said the group's aim was to provoke a reaction — which police were not going to give it.He a...
Cannabis a Political Football
2008-04-29 00:52:00 "The problem is that education costs money, switching the classification doesn't." - Professor Robin MurrayDrugs policy has become a 'political football', threatening public confidence in politicians, a former government adviser on drugs warned today.(and for New Zealand, damn important that the Law Commission revue of Drugs be unfettered, Open Strategies (tm) are required../Blair)Roger Howard, chief executive of the independent UK Drugs Policy Commission, is calling for a major overhaul of drug classifications that could see ecstasy downgraded. He said it was time to take decisions about how illegal substances were classified out of the hands of ministers and base them on science, rather than political and public opinion. The former Home Secretary Charles Clarke is understood to support such a shake-up, while Professor Sir Michael Rawlins - outgoing chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the Home Office's advisory body - is also said to be concerned about the wa...
Cannabis Corpse - Tube Of The Resinated
2008-04-28 17:38:00 Band: Cannabis CorpseAlbum: Tube Of The ResinatedYear: 2008Country: United States of AmericaGenre: Death MetalLength: 33:11 MinFilesize: 48 MBTracklist:- Chronolith - Mummified In Bong Water - Disposal Of The Baggy - Every Bud Smoken - Sentenced To Burn One - Addicted To Hash In A Tin - Fucked With Northern Lights - Experiment In Horticulture - Gallery Of Stupid HighClick Here
Cannabis so strong V8 driver stoned for two years.
2008-04-28 16:18:00 Re: Motorsport: NZ Race Driver Banned After Positive Drug TestThe V8 driver was tested for the presence of metabolites of cannabis. The metabolites are the left overs, the residual chemical structure from the active ingredient. They are not proof of impairment rather the opposite, their existence shows that what ever THC (and any impairment associated with the unfamiliarity with the THC experience) has been used up, its gone, no longer active however they are proof, even at nanogram quantities that cannabinoids have been in this driver system.Personally, I would rather work, recreate and take risks (and have done so many times) with someone who can make a rational choice to consume cannabis in a responsible manner than someone for whom other drugs, many of them legal, can have confounding effects.The former UK top cop, Det. Chief Super, Eddie Ellison described cannabis testing of drivers as the logical equivalent of licking the exhaust pipe to see if the car exceeded the speed limit...
Dunedin Overgrown By Cannabis Truth
2008-04-25 21:29:00 The long-smouldering debate over cannabis law reform will be reignited when Dunedin activists host a series of public events designed to inform and educate the community about the cannabis plant. The Otago University branch of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), with support from the Otago University Students' Association (OUSA), is preparing to kick off Cannabis Awareness Week on the Otago University Campus in Dunedin.Cannabis sativa, while being one of mankind's longest cultivated crops, has only in recent times become a source of great controversy. Sadly, this controversy is generally framed in divisive rhetoric based on unexamined premises, and is rarely thoroughly discussed.Cannabis Awareness Week kicks off with the arrival of Mary Jane the CannaBus in Dunedin, the final destination NORML New Zealand's six-week tour of the country, raising awareness and encouraging law reform in this election year 2008. From Monday to Friday, NORML will presen...
Psychedelic Cannabis
2008-04-17 09:14:00 This is something I wrote in 2006 after having a very strange experience with weed: It was the night of the 29th of December, a Saturday. I was staying at my cousin Rob?s place, and had been for the previous day also. Nothing odd going on really, though we had smoked some cannabis the previous night, ...
Cannabis 101
2008-04-16 16:23:00 Education - Anti Drug Activist Requiring EducationREFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.Read MoreLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
Laid-back approach is best for cannabis
2008-04-08 06:28:00 Gordon Brown wants to take a tough stand on drugs, starting with the regrading of marijuana as a class B drug. But, as Chris Marshall discovers, there are many doubts about his approach.
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Cannabis Coach Quit Smoking Program.
2008-04-03 07:28:00 No Empty Promises, No Guilt and No 12-Step Programs ?Just A Marijuana Addiction Treatment That Works, Guaranteed and 100% Risk-Free! Sick and Tired o1 Vote(s)
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The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recr
2008-04-01 15:23:00 The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use By Greg Green Publisher: Â Green Candy Press Number Of Pages: Â 336 Publication Date: Â 2003-10-27 ISBN-10 / ASIN: Â 1931160171 ISBN-13 / EAN: Â 9781931160179 Binding: Â Paperback Book Description: This guide offers methods for growers who want to
By: eBookeesh
Cannabis Alchemy: Art of Modern Hashmaking, Methods for Preparation of Extr
2008-04-01 11:21:00 Cannabis Alchemy: Art of Modern HashmakingBy Gold Publisher: Â Ronin Publishing Number Of Pages: Â 109 Publication Date: Â 1993-03-08 ISBN-10 / ASIN: Â 0914171402 ISBN-13 / EAN: Â 9780914171409 Binding: Â Paperback Summary: Very InformativeRating: 5I enjoyed reading this book, found lots of good information in it that i was able to make easy
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Morocco no longer top cannabis growers ?UN
2008-03-30 13:24:00 "Morocco has lost its position as the world?s top cannabis grower to Afghanistan", the head of the UN anti-drugs agency said Thursday.The Tide Online: ? Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 Entirely predictable... no accounting the mess and mayhem [see:farmers in the world's top hashish producer say they face destitution.] and as assuredly as Morocco's anti-cannabis policy professes not to, the obscene profits from the Afghan illicit drug crop is funding terrorism. The policy is the logical equivalent of bombing our own cities!Blair Andersonhttp://mildgreens.blogs-pot.com
Growing Plants Upside Down? More Yeild For Cannabis Plants
2008-03-23 07:49:00 Can growing upside down really yield more? Somone has to try this! Check out the pics of upside down growing.1 Vote(s)
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Cannabis per la memoria
2008-03-21 01:20:00 Secondo alcuni scienziati israeliani e spagnoli della Royal Pharmaceutical Society, in Gran Bretagna, la cannabis potrebbe migliorare la memoria nei pazienti con l'Alzheimer. Basterebbe ricordarsi dove si sono messe le cartine...Raphael Mechoulam, della Hebrew University di Gerusalemme, ha invece scoperto che la cannabis potrebbe essere utile nel combattere i sintomi del diabete di Tipo 1. Ci vuole solo un occhio di riguardo per la fame chimica.
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[Der Hanf Blog] Therapeutische Verwendung von Cannabis und Heroin
2008-03-20 00:00:00 Schweizer Nationalrat billigt Möglichkeiten zur therapeutischen Verwendung von Cannabis und Heroin Nach einem Artikel der National Zeitung vom 5. März 2008 soll die therapeutische Verwendung von Betäubungsmitteln im Betäubungsmittelges...
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[Der Hanf Blog] Freispruch für medizinisches Cannabis
2008-03-20 00:00:00 Spanien: Ein Anbau von Cannabis für die persönliche medizinische Verwendung wurde von einem Richter freigesprochen; die Regierung erkennt den medizinischen Wert von Cannabis an! Ein Richter aus der Stadt Ferrol befand einen Patienten, d...
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[Der Hanf Blog] Medizinisches Cannabis in Tschechien legal
2008-03-20 00:00:00 Tschechien: Oberster Gerichtshof erklärt den Anbau von Cannabis zu medizinischen Zwecken für legal Nach einem Bericht von Radio Praha vom 4. März hat der Oberste Gerichtshof in einem Urteil festgestellt, dass der Anbau von Cannabis zu ...
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[Der Hanf Blog] Bayrische Härte gegen Cannabis als Medizin
2008-03-20 00:00:00 Meldung des DHV vom 19. 03. 2008 Experten wie Franjo Grotenhermen von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Cannabis als Medizin (ACM) berichten immer wieder von einem spürbaren Nord- Süd- Gefälle beim Umgang mit Cannabispatienten die BtM- Straftate...
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Psst! Wanna volunteer for some cannabis research? Real vacancies.
2008-03-14 04:26:00 Due to such research being 'officially frowned upon' and of no medical use, you need to Click Here Note the covert nature of lead research participants. This is just a partial list of trials in progress. Much more is known about the interdiciplinary 'cannabinoids'. We can expect ' a continuing need for more research' to be conducted. Bring it on! -- Blair Anderson ?(?¿?)?&nbs-p;
Curing Addiction With Cannabis Medicines
2008-03-13 02:40:00 Curing Addiction With Cannabis MedicinesSmokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, according to research from The University of Nottingham.Teams of pharmacologists, studying the cannabis-like compounds which exist naturally in our bodies (endocannabinoids), are exploring the potential for medical treatment. This includes treating conditions as diverse as obesity, diabetes, depression and addiction to substances like nicotine.Scientists have known about endocannabinoids since the mid-1990s. This led to an explosion in the number of researchers looking into the future medical uses of cannabinoids and cannabis compounds.Dr Steve Alexander, Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences, focused on a number of these projects in editing the first themed podcast for the British Journal of Pharmacology.Dr Alexander said: "It is clear that there is very realistic potential for cannabinoids as medicines. Scientists are looking at a r...
Cannabis based medicines may help smokers to quit
2008-03-13 00:00:00 Smokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, as per research from The University of Nottingham. Teams of pharmacologists, studying the cannabis-like compounds which exist naturally in our bodies (endocannabinoids), are exploring the potential for medical therapy. This includes treating conditions as diverse as obesity, diabetes, depression and addiction to substances like nicotine........
[Der Hanf Blog] In Berlin blühen die Cannabis- Pflanzen
2008-03-09 00:00:00 Ein Defekt an der Bewässerungsanlage brachte vor Kurzem die Berliner Polizei auf die Spur einer professionell betriebenen Aufzuchtanlage mit 450 Hanf- Stecklingen. Nachbarn hatten einen Wasserschaden gemeldet. In Berlin wird immer mehr C...
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[Der Hanf Blog] Polizei hebt Cannabis- Plantage aus
2008-03-09 00:00:00 In einem leer stehenden Plattenbau in Marzahn hatte eine Gruppe von Männern eine professionelle Hanf- Zucht betrieben. Die Beamten beschlagnahmten 14 Kilo Marihuana und mehr als 2000 Hanfpflanzen. Weiterlesen Quelle: welt. de ...
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Supreme Court rules in favour of cannabis grower
2008-03-06 12:57:00 We were waiting for this ruling for a long time. As it is now, many Czechs are using cannabis for medicinal purposes and they have to grow it illegally. It is a very bad thing if law doesn't respect this reality and if people can't use something that is good for their health."/ Blair Anderson ?(?¿?)?
Cannabis dealer can keep farm
2008-03-06 04:12:00 An Orinoco man convicted of drug dealing and money laundering has won his fight to keep his farm, which is potentially worth $1.5 million, but has been ordered to pay $200,000 to the Crown instead.The Crown had applied for the 107ha property in Thorpe-Orinoco Rd to be forfeited after wood merchant Graham Donald Sturgeon, 50, was found guilty by a jury in July 2005 of 13 charges. These involved cultivating cannabis at the property between 1997 and 2002, selling cannabis to people over 18, possessing cannabis for supply, money laundering and possessing offensive weapons.Sturgeon, a former Nelson Bays representative rugby player, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in September 2005, and is now out of jail.In a written decision, Judge David McKegg dismissed the solicitor-general's application, saying forfeiting Sturgeon's property would cause undue hardship to him, his partner, and to Sturgeon's father, who planned to eventually move to the farm with his wife so they could ha...
Cannabis, SSRI's and Depression
2008-02-27 02:37:00 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_r-eleases/2005-12/mu-nad121305.ph-pContact: Ian Poppleian.popple@muhc.mcgill.ca- 514-843-1560 McGill UniversityNew antidepressant drug increases 'brain's own cannabis'Researchers have discovered a new drug that raises the level of endocannabinoids--the 'brain's own cannabis'--providing anti-depressant effects. The new research published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), suggests the new drug, called URB597, could represent a safer alternative to cannabis for the treatment of pain and depression, and open the door to new and improved treatments for clinical depression--a condition that affects around 20% of Canadians.In preclinical laboratory tests researchers found that URB597 increased the production of endocannabinoids by blocking their degradation, resulting in measurable antidepressant effects. "This is the first time it has been shown that a drug that increases endocannabinoids in the brain can improve your...
Cannabis and ADHD Impaired Driving.
2008-02-27 02:02:00 Cannabis normalized impaired psychomotor performance and mood in a patient with hyperactivity disorderScientists at the Department for Forensic and Traffic Medicine of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, investigated the effects of cannabis on driving related functions in a 28 year old man with attention-deficit/hyperactivity- disorder (ADHD). He had violated traffic regulations several times in recent years and his driving licence was revoked due to driving under the influence of cannabis. He showed abnormal behaviour, seemed to be significantly maladjusted and his concentration was heavily impaired while sober during the first meeting with a psychologist. He was allowed to perform driving related tests under the influence of the cannabis compound dronabinol (THC), which his doctor had prescribed him to treat his symptoms. The examiner expected that he was not able to drive a car under the acute influence of THC.But at the second visit his behaviour was markedly improved and he p...
Smoking cannabis causes inflammation of the gums
2008-02-11 11:02:00 Smoking cannabis can lead to inflammation of the gums or gingivitis. It has been known for a while that smoking often causes problems with the gums. But now it has been shown that smoking cannabis is also bad for your gums. One out of three cases of gum inflammation can be attributed to the extensive use ...
Heavy cannabis use 'damages gums'
2008-02-06 23:22:00 Heavy cannabis use 'damages gums' Heavy cannabis smoking is a major cause of gum disease, research suggests.(note: suggests!! omitted from this item, interview, commentary is specifics regarding causation and correlation, although there is an awful lot of speculation. I might also suggest that the very same data may show that fundamental Christians are more likely to brush their teeth and less likely to contract venereal disease for much the same reasons as speculated here. I might also suspect that cannabis double standards, as identified by the 1998 Health Select Committee indicating a correlate alienation from rule of law and rejection of social values may exhibit itself in bioindicators such as oral hygiene. Now there is some useful research ideas for the Dunedin study. /Blair)An international team tracked the dental health of 1,000 people born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972 and 1973.They found heavy cannabis smoking was responsible for more than one-third of the new cases o...
Green Gold !
2008-02-06 13:58:00 Cannabis, popularly known as Marijuana, has been the most talked about and the most commonly used psychedelic in the world. There is a lot of propaganda and junk science associated with this topic sending out mixed messages of fear and uncertainty to the masses . There are some who have condemned the use of Cannabis terming it illegal, waging a multi-billion war on drugs, ignorantly including the mystical plant among other harmful chemically engineered substances. There is a good reason for most governments to do so. The mind altering nature of Cannabis can make one less interested in the worldly chaos, hence discouraging many from becoming that brick in the wall, this system so wonderfully creates. That's a risk no country would like to take. However, not all countries have been able to enforce these laws and the use is on the rise with an ever increasing experimenting, rebel population waking up to the age of information. The catch is that all the information out there is not al...
Distributori automatici di Cannabis
2008-02-04 17:07:00 Da lunedi' gli abitanti di Los Angeles hanno a disposizione il primo distributore automatico di marijuana. Come riporta Cbs News, l'iniziativa e' purtroppo riservata solo ai pazienti che si presenteranno in erboristeria con una ricetta medica. Servira' una tessera magnetica, verranno controllate le impronte digitali e la macchina scattera' una fotografia all'utilizzatore, per assicurarsi che sia l'utente giusto a prelevarla. E l'interrogatorio???Per ora lo Stato della California ha autorizzato l'installazione di due apparecchi.
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Saisie au Maroc de plus de 24 tonnes de cannabis
2008-02-01 16:39:00 Les autorités policières marocaines ont saisi plus de 24 tonnes de stupéfiants en trois jours dans la région de Tétouan (nord), rapporte mercredi la deuxième chaine de télévision "2M".Près de 13,5 tonnes de kif (cannabis) en tiges, 9 tonnes de kif moulu, 2 tonnes de chènevis, 15,4 kg de chira (résine de cannabis) et 15 kg de tabac en feuilles, ainsi que 14.000 euros ont été saisis entre le 22 et le 24 janvier, précise la même source.
Smoking cannabis is just as bad as 20 cigarettes
2008-02-01 11:04:00 The smoke from a cannabis cigarette (joint) carries the same cancer risk as that of 20 cigarettes. The more often someone smokes cannabis, the greater the risk for lung cancer. That smoking cannabis is more dangerous than smoking normal tobacco was already know, but researchers in New Zealand have proved exactly how dangerous. Those test subjects ... |
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