It’s been known by the government since 1974 that marijuana may play a role in cancer prevention but the government dismissed the information…..I can only assume they did so because it didn’t suit their predetermined agenda of a war on drugs.
I wonder how many lives could have been saved or suffering averted had this information been made public and acted on. One would almost think that curing cancer really isn’t a major priority for our government or our medical community.
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By Phil Daigle My friend, Bill is dying of cancer. He probably has two or three days left. He's not conscious and while the caretakers say that he can recognize my voice, I doubt it. He's being given a lot of drugs including morphine, but they don't seem to give him peace. His body struggles as if he is trying to free himself from unseen restraints. Perhaps he's pain-free, but he definitely does not seem comfortable. However, I was able to say goodbye to Bill with a smile on my face because... Read Full Story
Here's an interesting article about medical marijuana in California. Since Rhode Island just passed a law allowing marijuana dispensaries, it's interesting to see how the situation is being handled in other states. Some legislators, like those in California, have discussed decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana. Without a change at the federal level, I don't see how it could be legalized, but decriminalization should be pursued. With all the serious crime occurring, should we... Read Full Story
This week the Justice Department informed federal officials not to arrest people with prescriptions to medical marijuana or the doctors that prescribed it. This new ruling only applies to the 14 states that allow medical marijuana. Officials say it is a waste of their time to go after people who have gone through the proper channels to receive these drugs which can be very helpful to people in pain. This move was made because of the change in administrations, but one can suggest that maybe... Read Full Story
Writing in the journal Science nearly four decades ago, New York State University sociologist Erich Goode documented the media’s complicity in maintaining cannabis prohibition.
He observed: “[T]ests and experiments purporting to demonstrate the ravages of marijuana consumption receive enormous attention from the media, and their findings become accepted as fact by the public. But when careful refutations of such research are published, or when later findings contradict the original... Read Full Story
Do they normally test for THC when doing a life insurance test? The majority of life insurance companies do test for marijuana. Some insurers may use blood tests, urine samples, or hair follicles. Hair follicles will detect marijuana in your system for a longer period of time. How long does it take before i can pass a mouth swab test for marijuana.? The Oral Fluid Drug Test detection time for Marijuana (THC) is up to 14 hours, in most cases. It all depends on your body's ability to process... Read Full Story
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. Read Full Story
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said today that all the medical marijuana dispensaries in the county are operating illegally, and that "they are going to be prosecuted."There are hundreds of dispensaries throughout the county, including as many as 800 in the city of Los Angeles, according to the city attorney's office. They operate under a 1996 voter initiative that allowed Read Full Story
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the world and there is increasing evidence that it can cause psychosis in people with no previous history of mental illness. The use of cannabis is particularly common in the age group most at risk for the onset of psychosis, 15-30. But not all heavy users of cannabis go on to develop psychosis and not all people who develop psychosis have used cannabis. One factor behind these differences is thought to be people's underlying proneness to... Read Full Story
