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  1. #181
    Drudge;

    MARIJUANA USE IN US ADULTS DOUBLES IN DECADE, SURVEYS SHOW

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-21-11-41-58

    Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys show.

    The trend reflects a cultural shift and increasingly permissive views about the drug, the researchers say, noting that other studies have shown increasing numbers of adults think marijuana should be legalized. Recreational use is now permitted in four states.

    Almost 1 in 3 users had signs of marijuana dependence or abuse, a slight decline from a decade ago.

    The results come from a comparison of health surveys from 2001-02 and 2012-13 sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Almost 80,000 adults aged 18 and older participated in face-to-face interviews about various health-related behaviors. Results were published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

    Participants were asked if they had used marijuana in the past year, and about signs of problematic use. Those include trying but unable to reduce heavy use, and continued use despite knowing it may be damaging health or causing depression or anxiety - problems affecting about 6.8 million adults, the latest survey suggests.

    Use increased among all ages but was most common in adults aged 18-29.

    Teen marijuana use is higher. About 23 percent of high school students had used the drug in the past month in 2013 - but it has been somewhat stable during the past decade, other research shows.

    Because most states didn't have medical marijuana laws during the survey years, the results likely reflect mostly recreational use, said Deborah Hasin, a Columbia University professor, substance abuse researcher and the study's lead author.

    The results "show people can use marijuana without harms, but there are risks," she said, adding that more research on causes of problematic use is needed.

    Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said other research has shown similar trends but that the sharp increase found in the surveys is striking. Prevalence of dependence "is of great concern" to public health officials, he said.

    Recreational use is legal in four states - Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington - and many more have moved to reduce penalties for marijuana possession. Proposed laws supporting recreational use have been introduced in at least 21 states this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

    Medical marijuana programs have been approved in 23 states.



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  3. #182
    Prevalence of dependence "is of great concern" to public health officials, he said.

    Yeah, like depending on force to pay your salary.
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  4. #183
    Not weed but still...

    Teens can buy, and get drunk on, homeopathic product sold at CVS
    Although CVS stopped selling cigarettes, there's another product that's causing some concerns -- a type of laxative that's pretty much just booze.

    Shoppers of any age can walk into the homeopathic medicine section of a CVS and pick up a store-brand bottle of "constipation relief." It may not seem like a big deal, until you find out what's in it.

    The ingredients

    The product is 20% ethanol -- 40-proof hard liquor -- more alcohol by volume than beer or wine, chemist and blogger Yvette “Sci Babe” d’Entremont told Slate.

    The product is sold in 1 oz. containers, but with no age requirement, there's nothing stopping teens from getting their hands on it.

    And what about the "constipation relief" part? To show how effective the product is, d’Entremont tested it out. After taking six ounces, she said all it did was get her drunk.

    “It doesn’t do what it claims to do and it got me drunk,” said d’Entremont. “I want people to be a little more discerning when they go to pick up a medication because you might end up with something with no medicine and a lot of alcohol in it.”

    NBC Los Angeles did its own experiment and confirmed the no age requirement by sending a teen in to a CVS to buy the product -- and she had no issues. In response, CVS said, "Homeopathic products are regulated by the FDA. The alcohol content in this type of product is not unusual and our products should only be used as directed."

    Homeopathic medicine

    According to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, homeopathic products are "derived from botanical, mineral or biological substances and are classified as either over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription medicines. In contrast to conventional (allopathic) medicines, homeopathic products are believed to be more clinically useful (i.e., effective) when they are diluted, typically with purified water or an alcohol solution."

    Based on the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 3.3 million Americans spent $2.9 billion on homeopathic treatments in 2007.

    Homeopathic remedies are required to meet certain FDA manufacturing guidelines and they can be sold over the counter only for “self-limiting” conditions, things like colds that go away on their own. But even the FDA has acknowledged that policies related to homeopathic products need to be revisited.

    “We’ve seen a huge expansion of the market and we’ve also seen some emerging safety and quality issues,” Cynthia Schnedar, director of compliance for the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, told Bloomberg.


    And when it comes to the quality of these products, one Australian study concluded, "there are no health conditions for which there is reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective."
    http://www.clarkhoward.com/teens-can...athic-laxative
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

  5. #184
    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    Not weed but still...

    Teens can buy, and get drunk on, homeopathic product sold at CVS

    http://www.clarkhoward.com/teens-can...athic-laxative
    To be fair, after a hard night of drinking, I usually have a pretty good $#@! in the morning. But that I guess that's like every other morning, save for consistency.



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  7. #185
    Quote Originally Posted by ghengis86 View Post
    To be fair, after a hard night of drinking, I usually have a pretty good $#@! in the morning. But that I guess that's like every other morning, save for consistency.
    Doesn't sound like you need a laxative.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

  8. #186
    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    Doesn't sound like you need a laxative.
    Nope, never. My wife hates it; I don't even know what it feels like to be constipated. Hell, even before ice had my coffee, if it's 5am, me and the dogs need to be let out.

    I do wonder what that stuff tastes like after re-reading. I saw an episode of intervention where the guy was admitted to the hospital and processed to pour alcohol-based hand sanitizer into his cup to get drunk. Must not matter at some point. I did drink MD, Boones Farm, Steele Reserve and numerous other questionable tonics, but at least they were intended for poor kids to get drunk.

  9. #187


    NUMBER OF DENVER TRICK-OR-TREATERS DOSED WITH POT EDIBLES: ZERO — AGAIN

    Last year, the Denver Police Department and Smart Colorado, an organization concerned about youth access to marijuana, hyped up the possibility of pot edibles being handed out to Halloween trick-or-treaters.

    Afterward, as we pointed out, the number of reports about such issues topped out at zero — meaning that there were no incidents of individuals passing out THC-enfused sweets to random kids.
    Meanwhile, Smart Colorado is now concentrated on raising the alarm about marijuana potency by asking if pot should now be classified as a hard drug on new billboards in Denver and Boulder.

    Did the change in tactics result in a sudden upsurge of pranksters slipping unsuspecting tots pot edibles?

    In a word: no.

    A DPD spokesperson tells us the department hasn't received any word of any "marijuana edibles ending up in the wrong hands."

    As a result, next Halloween could come and go without any warnings about such dangers whatsoever — but probably not.
    http://www.westword.com/news/number-...-again-7307151

  10. #188
    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    Afterward, as we pointed out, the number of reports about such issues topped out at zero — meaning that there were no REPORTED incidents of individuals passing out THC-enfused sweets to random kids.
    Fixed

  11. #189
    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    Fixed
    Kid's go out trick or treating. Eat the hell out of their candy. Fall back watching T.V. eventually fall to sleep.

    I could see how normal behavior could mask marijuana ingestion. The only way to be sure is a forcible blood draw from each child.

  12. #190
    Paris Attackers May Have Been Fueled by This Drug

    How does one massacre scores of people? Drugs may help. French media are reporting that the Paris attackers may have taken Captagon, a synthetic drug that suppresses hunger and reduces the need for sleep. Also known as the "jihadist's drug," it's a favorite of ISIS fighters, reports ABC Australia. Police say syringes, needles, and plastic tubing were found in a hotel room rented by Salah Abdeslam, while survivors describe the terrorists as serene and composed. "They were like zombies," says one. "It's as if they were drugged." Captagon's active ingredient, fenethylline, breaks down into theophylline—similar to caffeine—and amphetamine, which boosts pleasure and alertness and reduces a person's need for sleep and food. But experts tell Live Science the drug isn't as potent as Adderall.

    Captagon was originally developed in the 1960s to treat hyperactivity and depression, but it was found to be addictive and later banned in many countries. It's now almost exclusive to the Middle East. Since the start of the civil war in Syria, where a pill sells for $5 to $20, production has been on the rise, with both sides accusing their enemies of taking Captagon. A drug control officer told Reuters last year that fighters appeared to be using the drug. "We would beat them, and they wouldn't feel the pain. Many of them would laugh," he says. An expert tells Live Science that Captagon is "not a magical painkiller," though. Rather, "when you're hyperstimulated and very focused, you tend not to react to pain as much." The Tunisian attacker who killed 38 people in June is suspected of taking Captagon, reports ABC. (A Saudi prince was arrested with 40 pills last month.)
    http://www.newser.com/story/216608/p...this-drug.html
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

  13. #191
    Here's another fine one from Drudge;


    Just HALF a joint of cannabis 'causes psychosis-like effects in healthy people that's similar to schizophrenia', say experts

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...y-experts.html

    Smoking cannabis can induce psychosis-like effects, similar to the symptoms people diagnosed with schizophrenia endure, scientists have said.
    While past research as come this this conclusion in the past, the mechanisms underlying these effects are less clear.
    Now, a team of scientists at Yale School of Medicine have found the active ingredient in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) increases random neural activity, known as neural noise, in the brains of healthy drug-users.

    Their findings suggest increased neural noise may play a role in the psychosis-like effects of cannabis.
    Dr Deepak D'Souza, a professor of psychiatry at Yale, said: 'At doses roughly equivalent to half or a single joint, delta-9-THC produced psychosis-like effects and increased neural noise in humans.'
    First author of the study, Dr Jose Cortes-Briones, a postdoctoral associate in psychiatry at Yale, added: 'The dose-dependent and strong positive relationship between these two findings suggest that the psychosis-like effects of cannabis may be related to neural noise which disrupts the brain's normal information processing.'

    Researchers studied the effects of delta-9-THC on electrical brain activity in 24 human subjects, who took part in a three-day study.
    During the experiments, they received two doses of intravenous delta-9-THC or a placebo in a double-blind, randomised, cross-over and counterbalanced design.
    If confirmed, the link between neural noise and psychosis could shed light on the biology of some of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
    Dr John Krystal, editor of Biological Psychiatry, the journal in which the study is published, said the research marks an important part of the debate over whether cannabis should be legalised.
    He said: 'This interesting study suggests a commonality between the effects on the brain of the major active ingredient in marijuana and symptoms of schizophrenia.
    'The impairment of cortical function by delta-9-THC could underlie some of the cognitive effects of marijuana.
    'Not only does this finding aid our understanding of the processes underlying psychosis, it underscores an important concern in the debate surrounding medical and legalised access to marijuana.'

  14. #192
    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Here's another fine one from Drudge;


    Just HALF a joint of cannabis 'causes psychosis-like effects in healthy people that's similar to schizophrenia', say experts
    AKA: Laughing hysterically.
    I have seen through it all... the system is against us. ALL OF IT.



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  16. #193
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

  17. #194
    Drudge is at it again;

    Suspect in Strip crash that killed 1, injured dozens tests positive for marijuana

    http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/la...tive-marijuana

    The woman police said intentionally drove onto a crowded Strip sidewalk, killing a woman and injuring dozens of people, tested positive for marijuana, the Clark County district attorney's office said Wednesday.

    A toxicology examination of Lakeisha Holloway, 24, earlier this month shows she was above the legal limit for marijuana.

    Holloway told Las Vegas police that she remembered a body bouncing off her windshield, breaking it. She told police she was not on drugs or alcohol, according to an arrest report. Blood samples were taken from Holloway, and police initially said that though she did not demonstrate signs of being under the influence of alcohol when she was arrested, she may have been on stimulants. The district attorney's office did not mention indications of any other drugs in her system.

    It is against the law to drive while high on marijuana, even for people authorized to use the drug medicinally.

    The "active marijuana" in her blood was 3.5 nanograms per milliliter; the metabolite level was 23.6 ng/mL, the district attorney's office said.

    Nevada Revised Statutes state that it is illegal for anyone to drive or control a vehicle on a highway or public premises with marijuana levels of 2 ng/mL or greater of blood or 10 ng/mL or greater of urine.

    For marijuana metabolites, meaning byproducts of the drug after the body has begun to break it down, the prohibited levels are 5 ng/mL of blood and 15 ng/mL of urine.

    Holloway's defense lawyers, Joseph Abood and Scott Coffee, said they would need to consult with toxicologists to determine whether the level of marijuana found in her system, which they called "very low," would have impaired her driving.

    "What the toxicology tells us is there's no easy answer to this," Coffee said. "In all likelihood, we don't believe she was impaired, at least not by some type of intoxicant."

    The attorneys also pointed out that the report showed no evidence of stimulant drugs in Holloway's system.

    "The fact that there's only marijuana in the system leaves open the question of what other impairment there might be," Coffee said. "With that in mind, there's some concerns over her mental stability and her mental health."

    Holloway remains in a medically restricted unit at the Clark County Detention Center, and her lawyers said they have had "continuous contact" with her.

    Dr. Cindy Orser, chief scientific officer at Digipath Labs, said the issue of what level of marijuana in a person's blood connotes impairment is a continuing debate. Digipath Labs is a Las Vegas-based cannabis testing service offering medicinal marijuana safety and potency screenings.

    Orser said a similar legal limit for impairment by marijuana has been successfully challenged in Colorado courts, and the presence of marijuana in her body may not mean the drug was a factor in the crash.

    It's important to consider whether a roadside sobriety test was conducted, whether Holloway was a medical marijuana patient and whether impairment could have resulted from mental illness, Orser said.

    It is unclear whether Holloway will face an additional charge of driving under the influence. The district attorney's office said Wednesday it was not doing interviews or releasing further information about the drug test results.

    "There is no reasonable explanation or excuse for the actions of this defendant," Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said in a statement. "The results of the toxicology test do not change the initial charges filed against Ms. Holloway."

    Holloway made her first court appearance Dec. 23. A day earlier, the district attorney's office charged her with one count each of murder with a deadly weapon; child abuse, neglect, or endangerment; and leaving the scene of an accident.

    A source close to the investigation said Holloway is seen on surveillance video driving her Oldsmobile along the Strip, creeping along with the flow of traffic, before suddenly accelerating and turning right onto the sidewalk in front of Planet Hollywood Resort. The car was driven through the crosswalk in front of Paris Las Vegas and careened into a light pole. The woman veered off the sidewalk near Bally's and drove about a mile on a flat tire to Tuscany on the corner of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane.

    Witness reports said that Holloway's vehicle, which is registered to another person in Portland, Ore., drove onto the sidewalk multiple times and had all four wheels on the sidewalk.

    Jessica Valenzuela was trapped under the sedan for at least 200 yards as pedestrians ran alongside, banging on the car and trying to get Holloway to stop, the source said.

    Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Ariz., died at University Medical Center from multiple blunt-force injuries as a result of the crash. Her death was ruled a homicide.

    Thirty-five other people were injured in the crash, three of whom had critical head injuries.

    Holloway's next court appearance is set for 8 a.m. Jan. 20.

  18. #195
    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Drudge is at it again;

    Suspect in Strip crash that killed 1, injured dozens tests positive for marijuana

    http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/la...tive-marijuana

    The woman police said intentionally drove onto a crowded Strip sidewalk, killing a woman and injuring dozens of people, tested positive for marijuana, the Clark County district attorney's office said Wednesday.

    A toxicology examination of Lakeisha Holloway, 24, earlier this month shows she was above the legal limit for marijuana.

    Holloway told Las Vegas police that she remembered a body bouncing off her windshield, breaking it. She told police she was not on drugs or alcohol, according to an arrest report. Blood samples were taken from Holloway, and police initially said that though she did not demonstrate signs of being under the influence of alcohol when she was arrested, she may have been on stimulants. The district attorney's office did not mention indications of any other drugs in her system.

    It is against the law to drive while high on marijuana, even for people authorized to use the drug medicinally.

    The "active marijuana" in her blood was 3.5 nanograms per milliliter; the metabolite level was 23.6 ng/mL, the district attorney's office said.

    Nevada Revised Statutes state that it is illegal for anyone to drive or control a vehicle on a highway or public premises with marijuana levels of 2 ng/mL or greater of blood or 10 ng/mL or greater of urine.

    For marijuana metabolites, meaning byproducts of the drug after the body has begun to break it down, the prohibited levels are 5 ng/mL of blood and 15 ng/mL of urine.

    Holloway's defense lawyers, Joseph Abood and Scott Coffee, said they would need to consult with toxicologists to determine whether the level of marijuana found in her system, which they called "very low," would have impaired her driving.

    "What the toxicology tells us is there's no easy answer to this," Coffee said. "In all likelihood, we don't believe she was impaired, at least not by some type of intoxicant."

    The attorneys also pointed out that the report showed no evidence of stimulant drugs in Holloway's system.

    "The fact that there's only marijuana in the system leaves open the question of what other impairment there might be," Coffee said. "With that in mind, there's some concerns over her mental stability and her mental health."

    Holloway remains in a medically restricted unit at the Clark County Detention Center, and her lawyers said they have had "continuous contact" with her.

    Dr. Cindy Orser, chief scientific officer at Digipath Labs, said the issue of what level of marijuana in a person's blood connotes impairment is a continuing debate. Digipath Labs is a Las Vegas-based cannabis testing service offering medicinal marijuana safety and potency screenings.

    Orser said a similar legal limit for impairment by marijuana has been successfully challenged in Colorado courts, and the presence of marijuana in her body may not mean the drug was a factor in the crash.

    It's important to consider whether a roadside sobriety test was conducted, whether Holloway was a medical marijuana patient and whether impairment could have resulted from mental illness, Orser said.

    It is unclear whether Holloway will face an additional charge of driving under the influence. The district attorney's office said Wednesday it was not doing interviews or releasing further information about the drug test results.

    "There is no reasonable explanation or excuse for the actions of this defendant," Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said in a statement. "The results of the toxicology test do not change the initial charges filed against Ms. Holloway."

    Holloway made her first court appearance Dec. 23. A day earlier, the district attorney's office charged her with one count each of murder with a deadly weapon; child abuse, neglect, or endangerment; and leaving the scene of an accident.

    A source close to the investigation said Holloway is seen on surveillance video driving her Oldsmobile along the Strip, creeping along with the flow of traffic, before suddenly accelerating and turning right onto the sidewalk in front of Planet Hollywood Resort. The car was driven through the crosswalk in front of Paris Las Vegas and careened into a light pole. The woman veered off the sidewalk near Bally's and drove about a mile on a flat tire to Tuscany on the corner of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane.

    Witness reports said that Holloway's vehicle, which is registered to another person in Portland, Ore., drove onto the sidewalk multiple times and had all four wheels on the sidewalk.

    Jessica Valenzuela was trapped under the sedan for at least 200 yards as pedestrians ran alongside, banging on the car and trying to get Holloway to stop, the source said.

    Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Ariz., died at University Medical Center from multiple blunt-force injuries as a result of the crash. Her death was ruled a homicide.

    Thirty-five other people were injured in the crash, three of whom had critical head injuries.

    Holloway's next court appearance is set for 8 a.m. Jan. 20.


    They will do anything to keep their gang financed.

    They need to start testing the ones that rescue people from dangerous situations and other good deeds, too.

    FJB

  19. #196
    Five nanograms per milliliter of blood is incredibly low. As is 15 nanograms per milliliter of urine.

    Parolees used to get 35 nanograms of THC per milliliter of urine before failing a piss test.

    One could smoke and a week later fail their tests.
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  20. #197
    Not breaking news or nothing, but.......


    Marijuana derivative reduces seizures in people with treatment-resistant epilepsy


    New open-label trial of prescription cannabidiol shows overall safety, efficacy

    Cannabidiol (CBD), a medical marijuana derivative, was effective in reducing seizure frequency and well-tolerated and safe for most children and young adults enrolled in a year-long study led by epilepsy specialists at NYU Langone Medical Center.
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1223221532.htm

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    FJB

  21. #198
    Quote Originally Posted by Mach View Post
    Not breaking news or nothing, but.......

    Marijuana derivative reduces seizures in people with treatment-resistant epilepsy

    New open-label trial of prescription cannabidiol shows overall safety, efficacy
    Cannabidiol (CBD), a medical marijuana derivative, was effective in reducing seizure frequency and well-tolerated and safe for most children and young adults enrolled in a year-long study led by epilepsy specialists at NYU Langone Medical Center.
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1223221532.htm
    But ... but ... muh propuhganduh! Muh boogity-boogity!

  22. #199
    I am pretty sure that Matt Drudge's wife cheated on him with the same marijuana joint that shot his dog.

  23. #200
    http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...eroin-Epidemic

    Quote Originally Posted by BarryDonegan View Post
    DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz Opposes Legal Cannabis, Cites Heroin Epidemic

    http://truthinmedia.com/dnc-chair-wa...ses-legal-pot/

    Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, for whom alcohol companies are a top-five political donor, said that she opposes marijuana legalization because she feels it might lead more people down the road to heroin abuse.
    #FeelTheFeelz #BanTheWeedz
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  26. #202
    Quote Originally Posted by GunnyFreedom View Post

    Seems weird I know, but that's an improvement. Dat mouth!

    He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

  27. #203
    http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-...ays-scientist/
    Some pot labs in state failed no pot at all, says scientist
    Some state-certified marijuana labs testing for microbes such as E.coli and mold appear more friendly to pot merchants than others, according to an analysis by a Woodinville data scientist...

    MacRae’s findings are being applauded by some lab officials and others who believe stricter state oversight is overdue. “That was a great tool he put out,” said Dani Luce, CEO of GOAT Labs in Vancouver. “But it should have gone to the Liquor and Cannabis Board, not the public.”
    there is a huge mold and ecoli problem in weed markets (oh, and did I mention fertilizer that could potentially be inorganic?).... yeah.

    it's for the medical users... they undoubtedly must have had these problems previously.
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  28. #204
    Drug traffickers secretly shipping mass quantities of weed out of Colorado

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/28...?intcmp=hplnws

    Seeking a safe haven in Colorado's legal marijuana marketplace, illegal drug traffickers are growing weed among the state's sanctioned pot warehouses and farms, then covertly shipping it elsewhere and pocketing millions of dollars from the sale, according to law enforcement officials and court records consulted by The Associated Press.

    In one case, the owner of a skydiving business crammed hundreds of pounds of Colorado pot into his planes and flew the weed to Minnesota, where associates allegedly sold it for millions of dollars in cash. In another, a Denver man was charged with sending more than 100 pot-filled FedEx packages to Buffalo, New York, where drug dealers divvied up the shipment. Twenty other drug traffickers, many from Cuba, were accused of relocating to Colorado to grow marijuana that they sent to Florida, where it can fetch more than double the price in a legal Colorado shop.

    These cases and others confirm a longstanding fear of marijuana opponents that the state's much-watched experiment in legal pot would invite more illegal trafficking to other states where the drug is still strictly forbidden.

    One source is Colorado residents or tourists who buy retail pot and take it out of state. But more concerning to authorities are larger-scale traffickers who move here specifically to grow the drug and ship to more lucrative markets.

    The trend also bolsters the argument of neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, which filed a lawsuit in late 2014 seeking to declare Colorado's pot legalization unconstitutional, arguing that the move sent a tide of illicit weed across their borders. The Obama administration last month urged the Supreme Court to reject the suit, saying that the leakage was not Colorado's fault.

    No one knows exactly how much pot leaves Colorado. When illegal shipments are seized, it's often impossible to prove where the marijuana was grown. But court documents and interviews with law enforcement officials indicate well-organized traffickers are seeking refuge in Colorado's flourishing pot industry.

    "There's no question there's a lot more of this activity than there was two years ago," said Colorado's U.S. attorney, John Walsh.

    Some in the legal industry say police have exaggerated the problem and put unfair scrutiny on people who legally grow pot on behalf of patients. Lawmakers last year limited unregulated pot growers to no more than 99 plants in an effort to crack down on those selling untaxed pot.

    The federal government allowed Colorado's experiment on the condition that state officials act to keep marijuana from migrating to places where it is still outlawed and out of the hands of criminal cartels. Federal authorities acknowledge that both things are happening but say that, because the state is trying to keep its industry tightly regulated, there's no reason to end the legal pot trade.

    The pot industry also acknowledges the criminal activity and insists it is doing all it can to keep legally grown weed from crossing state lines. Among other safeguards, Colorado law requires growers to get a license and use a "seed-to-sale" tracking system that monitors marijuana plants at every stage.

    Many of the illicit growers come from elsewhere, never obtain a growing license and "don't even attempt to adhere to the law," said Barbra M. Roach, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Denver field division.

    "It's like hiding in plain sight," she said.

    Authorities in Washington state, which also allows recreational marijuana, have noticed more marijuana leaving the state. But more reports are coming from Colorado, which has the nation's most robust commercial market and an international reputation for producing premium, high-potency pot.

    "It's a brand name now," Roach said.

    Jason Warf, head of the Southern Colorado Cannabis Council, said people are "coming from out-of-state, buying products from licensed stores and being arrested on their way home."

    That "is really hard to curb," he said. "We can't essentially babysit adults and their behavior."

    The Colorado Department of Revenue's marijuana-enforcement division cites shops if pot is unaccounted for but "after it's sold, we have very little control what happens to the marijuana," Director Lewis Koski said.

    Police agencies seized nearly 2 tons of Colorado weed from drivers who had intended to take it to 36 other states in 2014, the year legal pot shops opened, according to the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a federally funded drug task force. By comparison, they seized less than a ton in 2009.

    U.S. postal inspectors seized about 470 pounds of Colorado pot from the mail in 2014, up from 57 pounds in 2010, according to the task force, whose findings are based on on voluntary submissions from law enforcement agencies and are largely anecdotal.

    Some cases have comic overtones, like when a Wyoming patrolman discovered 7 ounces of high-grade weed in trick-or-treat bags the day after Halloween, or when police in northern Colorado seized stuffed animals full of marijuana destined for Florida.

    Other operations are more sophisticated, like the one in which authorities say 32 people used skydiving planes and posed as licensed medical marijuana caregivers and small business owners to export tens of thousands of pounds of pot grown in Denver warehouses, usually to Minnesota. The organization made more than $12 million over four years, according to a state indictment.

    When they busted illegal pot farms in southern Colorado in September, state and federal agents found 28 guns, more than 1,000 plants and $25,000 in cash.

    A local UPS facility intercepts about 50 pounds of pot headed out of state each week, said Todd Reeves of the Colorado Drug Investigators Association. "We don't have the resources," he said, "to be able to go after every single one of these cases."

  29. #205
    Almost one-fifth of Americans now take psychotropic drugs to cope with everyday life

    by Jeffrey Phillips | Jan 29, 2016



    The results of the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index are in, and the methods by which many Americans now cope with their daily lives in this brave new world are sobering. Roughly one in five individuals living in the U.S., based on a random survey of people living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, now take some type of mood-altering drug or medication daily just to make it through their miserable lives.

    After conducting interviews with at least 450 residents of each U.S. state between January and December 2014, researchers found that about 20% of folks, on average, use pharmaceutical pills or other substances on a day-to-day basis to feel happy and stable. Each individual was asked, open-ended, whether or not he or she uses drugs that “affect your mood or help you relax,” and about one in five answered yes.

    The types of drugs people use to this end were not specified, and may include both “legal” medications like pharma pills, alcohol and nicotine, as well as various “illegal” substances. The worst state with the most drug use was West Virginia at 28.1%, followed closely behind by Rhode Island at 25.9%, Kentucky at 24.5% and Alabama at 24.2%.

    Meanwhile, the states with the lowest rates of daily mood-altering drug use were found to be Alaska at 13.5%, Wyoming at 15.5% and California at 15.8%. Most of the states with the lowest rates of drug use are located in the western U.S., in fact, while the states with the highest rates of drug use are in the southern U.S.

    “Nationally, 18.9% of Americans report using a mood-altering substance nearly every day, while the majority, 62.2% say they never use such drugs,” reports Gallup. “About two in 10 Americans report using drugs or medication rarely or sometimes.”

    ”Southern states that oppose natural cannabis openly embrace synthetic painkiller pharmaceuticals

    Interestingly, states where naturally mood-stabilizing and painkilling cannabis is legal either recreationally or medically, or both, have some of the lowest rates of daily drug use, according to the survey. These include California, where medical cannabis has been legal since 1996; Alaska, where recreational cannabis was recently legalized alongside medical cannabis; and Colorado, where both recreational and medical cannabis are now legal.

    Meanwhile, conservative “Bible Belt” states in the Deep South, where cannabis is still almost uniformly prohibited, have some of the highest rates of drug use, both legal and illegal. These include West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Mississippi, all of which still treat liberty as it pertains to cannabis use and cultivation with ironic disdain.

    “Southern states make up six of the top 10 highest drug use states, while Alaskans, Wyomingites and Californians are least likely to say they use such drugs almost every day,” reports Gallup. “More than one in five residents of Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi and Missouri [headquarters of Monsanto] report using a drug or medicated substance to alter their mood or relax on a near-daily basis.”

    The evident hypocrisy of the control-obsessed South in prohibiting natural cannabis while embracing synthetic painkillers and psychotropic pharmaceuticals is astounding. But it just goes to show how urgently prohibition needs to be abolished for the betterment of society, as states that are further along in ending the failed “War on Drugs” clearly have lower rates of drug use almost across the board, while those that still believe they’re doing “God’s work” by criminalizing a plant have some of the highest rates of drug use in the country.
    I have seen through it all... the system is against us. ALL OF IT.

  30. #206
    Oh my gawwwwddd!! WEED DESTROYS YOUR MEMORY!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111




    http://www.ibtimes.com/marijuana-leg...-study-2289869

    Marijuana advocates have long touted the plant as a safe substance, arguing it has similar risk factors to alcohol, if not fewer. A new study has found, however, that long-term use may impair verbal memory, Reuters reported Tuesday.

    “Recreational marijuana users use it to get high, to benefit from the transient change it produces,” Dr. Reto Auer of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and author of the study, told Reuters. “But this transient effect might have long-term consequences on the way the brain processes information and could also have direct toxic effects on neurons.”

    The study followed 3,500 recreational marijuana users over the course of 25 years, conducting tests that measured verbal memory recall speed and functioning. Around 80 percent of participants, aged 18-30 at the start of the trial, reported weed use.

    That number dwindled to just 12 percent in the twenty-fifth year of the study. The test found that for every five years of marijuana use, 50 percent of users would remember one less word from a list of 15. The study did not conclude, however, whether verbal memory loss was caused by marijuana.

    As of June 2015, 23 states and Washington, D.C., had legalized marijuana use in some form, with Alaska, Washington, Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia making it legal for recreational use. At least 10 states are considering revising their laws to legalize marijuana in some form. These states include California, Florida, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Rhode Island and Vermont, according to a December 2015 report in International Business Times.

    In the current legalization debate among Vermont legislators, several doctors in the state warned that scientists and researchers did not yet understand well enough the risks and side effects of pot in order to declare it safe. “It is a message from the elders of our society in the form of our legislators that the behavior must be safe and acceptable,” John Porter, a local doctor who represents the Vermont Medical Society, told Vermont Public Radio, adding, “And we're here today because our concerns tell us just the opposite."

  31. #207
    Quote Originally Posted by Mani View Post
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    What did you say?
    The Bastiat Collection · FREE PDF · FREE EPUB · PAPER
    Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)

    • "When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law."
      -- The Law (p. 54)
    • "Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
      -- Government (p. 99)
    • "[W]ar is always begun in the interest of the few, and at the expense of the many."
      -- Economic Sophisms - Second Series (p. 312)
    • "There are two principles that can never be reconciled - Liberty and Constraint."
      -- Harmonies of Political Economy - Book One (p. 447)

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  32. #208
    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    What did you say?
    lol

    I think he said "I Stand With Rand!!"

    but i forgetz



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  34. #209
    Quote Originally Posted by Mani View Post
    Oh my gawwwwddd!! WEED DESTROYS YOUR MEMORY!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111




    http://www.ibtimes.com/marijuana-leg...-study-2289869
    It's funny when there is already science out there to explain this phenomenon, yet they keep promoting the same old crap about toxicity.

    The amount you can remember, or not remember, especially in the short term is in part controlled by a hormone. Having too good of a short term memory was detrimental to human survival, it can be distracting, and so our bodies optimized our short term memory load through evolution.

    Interestingly, it is the release of a hormone that causes our brains to 'forget' and cannabis helps regulate this hormone. It has nothing to do with toxicity, it is just our body optimizing our short term memory load for survival purposes.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
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    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

  35. #210
    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post

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