Another myth about herbal cannabis bites the dust

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Tuesday June 03, 2014 · 5:06 PM PDT

2014/06/03 · 17:06

Thanks to the Joint Blog for drawing attention to this new study and for their wonderful graphics.

In a new National Institute of Health study, Prospective Study of Cannabis Use in Adolescents at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: Impact on Conversion to Psychosis and Functional Outcome debunks another of the long time myths about cannabis usage. Cannabis usage does not cause psychosis but alcohol does.

Conclusions
The current data do not support low to moderate lifetime cannabis use to be a major contributor to psychosis or poor social and role functioning in high-risk youth.

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Tuesday January 21, 2014 · 4:42 PM PST

2014/01/21 · 16:42

The deadline to turn in the signed petitions is February 15th, 2014 to get this on the November ballot. California registered voters can now go directly to the CCHI2014.org website and download a petition to sign and mail in. You don't need to find a volunteer like myself to sign the petition to get this initiative on the ballot this year.

The Jack Herer Initiative WWW.CCHI2014.org

Even if you aren't a California voter it's not too late to help. Please go to the CCHI2014.org and throw a few bucks our way. This will help keep the repeal the prohibition against cannabis plants gaining momentum. Anything you can do will help the cause.

Full Text of the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative of 2014

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Wednesday December 11, 2013 · 3:15 PM PST

2013/12/11 · 15:15

The deadline to turn in the signed petitions is February 15th, 2014 to get this on the November ballot. It looks pretty good right now because we have already created a very good grassroots organization but we haven't gotten the press attention yet.

It's long past the time to end the failed prohibition against the cannabis genus of plants. We could use your help to get the word out. Please help us get the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative of 2014 on the ballot for next November. We have only a little over two months left to get this done.

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Friday December 06, 2013 · 5:33 PM PST

2013/12/06 · 17:33

California is trying to end the failed prohibition against the cannabis genus of plants again with a grassroots campaign and we need your help to get the word out. Please help us get the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative of 2014 on the ballot for next November. We have only a little over two months left to get this done.

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Saturday April 13, 2013 · 4:48 PM PDT

2013/04/13 · 16:48

Marijuana is not a drug or even a variety of cannabis plants like hemp.

Why should we bother and work so hard trying to change the classification or the schedule designation of marijuana, pot, grass, or weed? It's a fools errand to seek to change the classification of a slang term. Why don't we just insist on the use of precise language in our legal system instead. Arguably the federal prohibition against the entire genus of cannabis plants ended over two years ago when the FDA authorized both synthetic and organic dronabinol, aka THC, for medical use and the DEA removed it from the most restrictive Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

Only the placement of the slang term, marijuana, with it's rather dubious history in our legal codes is currently maintaining the prohibition. Forcing the removal of slang terms from our laws would end the prohibition today. It's a foolish mistake to try to prove a slang term has medicinal value so that it can be rescheduled. Especially when the actual cannabinoid drug, dronabinol, already has been rescheduled.

Schedule III.
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(gSec. 1308.13) Hallucinogenic substances. (1)(i) Dronabinol in sesame oil and encapsulated in a gelatin capsule in a drug product approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)--7369.
(ii) Any drug product in hard or soft gelatin capsule form containing natural dronabinol (derived from the cannabis plant) or synthetic dronabinol (produced from synthetic materials) in sesame oil, for which an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) has been approved by the FDA under section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(j)) which references as its listed drug the drug product referred to in the preceding paragraph (g)(1)(i) of this section--7369.
Note to paragraph (g)(1): Some other names for dronabinol: (6a R-trans)-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6 H-dibenzo [b,d]pyran-1-ol] or (-)-delta-9-(trans)-tetrahydrocannabinol]
(2) [Reserved]
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Dated: October 19, 2010.
Michele M. Leonhart,
Deputy Administrator.
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Saturday November 17, 2012 · 4:20 PM PST

2012/11/17 · 16:20

Two days after the Nov 6th election Anonymous posted an open letter. Partial text from the Letter from Anonymous explaining how they discovered Rove's election scam and blocked it from flipping the election in three key States [Ohio, Virginia and Florida] on election night follows;

“ 8 November 2012
…. We chose to take action against those who have subverted the will of the people in past elections, which resulted in terrible destruction across the globe. We began following the “digital traffic of one Karl Rove, a disrespecter of the Rule of Law, knowing that he claimed to be Kingmaker while grifting vast wealth from barons who gladly handed him gold to anoint another King while looking the other way.

After a rather short time, we identified the digital structure of Karl’s operation and even that of his ORCA. This was an easy task in that the barn doors were left open and the wind swept us inside.So what do we do with these doors? Do we leave them open and catch the thieves as they steal the prize? Or do we close them so they cannot steal the prize?Our decision —protect the citizensWe coded and created, what we call, The Great Oz. A targeted password protected firewall that we tested and refined for the past weeks. We placed this code on more than one of the digital tunnels and their destinations that Karl’s not so smart worker bees planned to use on election night. We noticed that these tunnels were strategically placed to allow for tunnel rats to race to the server sewers from three different states. Ah yes, Karl tried to make it appear that there were more than three but we quickly saw the folly of his ploy.We watched as Karl’s little boys and girls confidently ran their tests while Karl told his barons to smoke cigars.

We watched as Karl’s speared ORCA whale was beached, rotting with a strong stench across his American plalyground, unable to be resuscitated. We watched as Karl’s weak corrupters repeatedly tried to penetrate The Great Oz. These children of his were at a loss–how many times and how many passwords did they try–exactly 105.

We work without remuneration. Karl, on the other hand, takes ships of gold from barons to do their bidding. We sank those ships and we have a warning for Karl–sail again at your peril. We may just put all the evidence into a tidy little package and give it to a painfully bored nemesis hanging out in a certain embassy in London. " entire text of letter at http://www.velvetrevolution.us/...

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Monday October 15, 2012 · 12:54 PM PDT

2012/10/15 · 12:54

Cannabis is far more than just pot, weed or marijuana. Cannabis is an entire genus of plants including the non-psychoactive hemp varieties and it's a safe and effective medicinal herb. A recent study confirmed that the CBD cannabinoid in cannabis stops the spread of aggressive cancers in their tracks. Hemp is a valuable commodity crop that is actually four times more efficient in converting solar energy into usable biomass energy than any other crop. The federal prohibition against this valuable plant may be ending very soon.

Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Reviewing Scientific Evidence Reaches Federal Court for First Time in Nearly 20 Years

This hearing begins at 9:30am tomorrow October 16th. Read More

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Thursday March 29, 2012 · 10:29 AM PDT

2012/03/29 · 10:29

I have not been able to find a lawyer that will take my case against the Navy. Last June I experienced non-congestive heart failure caused by years of reduced oxygen saturation in my blood from damage to my lungs caused by asbestosis. I was exposed to asbestos in 1971 when I was assigned to paint interior passages while my ship was in dry dock. Two years later the Navy removed asbestos from all their paint. The VA has been excellent treating my COPD and asbestosis but I have been completely disabled for the last six months. Taking a shower has become a major chore for me now.

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Monday October 10, 2011 · 7:35 PM PDT

2011/10/10 · 19:35

There was a group of us debating about how to wake American's out of their apathy with a local politician when someone fell to their death from one of the buildings surrounding the public square where the Occupy San Diego was being centered. There was little information available to those of us there, it was not immediately evident whether it was an accident or suicide.

http://occupysd.org/...

It was an awful experience that left a very solemn mood upon the entire group. I hope that the police don't use this as an excuse to move the protestors out of the Civic Center.

Industrial Hemp can save America

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Friday September 09, 2011 · 9:19 AM PDT

2011/09/09 · 09:19

Growing industrial hemp on just 6% of American lands would produce 100% of our energy needs. We don't need one drop of stinking fossil fuels. Heep seed oil is an excellent biodiesel which produces far less harmful pollution into our atmosphere, 80% less carbon dioxide and almost no sulfur emissions. Hemp produces 40% more ethanol than corn per acre and it grows in marginal soils actually improving soil quality when used as a rotation crop. Hemp requires almost no fertilizer and absolutely no pesticides compared to corn which is the top consumer of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in American agriculture. Industrial hemp grows quickly, maturing in as little as 100 days and produces 4 times a year, enough biomass to produce all our electrical generation needs with far less pollution and with industry creating additional beneficial byproducts.

The University of Missouri estimates that an average-size metropolitan area production of 100 million gallons of biodiesel fuel could generate $8.34million in personal income and 6000 temporary and permanent jobs. (Ref: National Biodiesel Board)

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Tuesday September 07, 2010 · 6:17 PM PDT

2010/09/07 · 18:17

Today slightly more federal revenues are collected from payroll taxes than all the sources of federal income taxes combined including capital gains and corporate taxes. How we got to this point was because of a decades long Republican economic strategy to shift the cost of government off the wealthy and onto the middle classes. Their primary mechanism has always been to increase payroll taxes and simultaneously reduce the top income tax marginal rates and/or give specific tax breaks to wealthy individuals or corporations. The Bush/Cheney administration also reduced the capital gains and eliminated the inheritance tax for the investment class as part of the infamous Bush tax cuts. We not only need to shift the real federal tax burden off the average American and back upwards but we must also dismantle this mechanism so it cannot be utilized in the future.

Please follow below the fold for my ideas on putting progressive back into the federal tax system and keeping it there.

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Sunday September 05, 2010 · 10:50 AM PDT

2010/09/05 · 10:50

Please follow below the fold for my ideas on putting progressive back into the federal tax system and keeping it there.

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