Comments on: Washington Post editorial staff is confused

By: Just Legalize It

Just Legalize It — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:20 +0000

First license issued to Montana hemp grower
http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_e6abcb90-c2f5-11de-8951-001cc4c002e0.html

By: chris

chris — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:57:49 +0000

whew, just finished going point by point on some reefer madness posted by a conservative republican on facebook.

original: http://pastebin.com/f4c7d2cda
with my responses: http://pastebin.com/f5486d9a0

Didn’t put much effort into it actually, but hey’ it’s only for facebook.

By: kaptinemo

kaptinemo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:51:29 +0000

Oh, BTW, let us not forget that Sativex is made by the company that hired Andrea Barthwell, who made a tidy sum as a ‘public servant’ lying to her paymasters (every taxpayer who footed the bill for her salary) that medicinal cannabis was a ‘cruel hoax’. Rather hypocritical, no?

Maybe the WaPo ought to look into that; it would make for much more interesting reading…

By: DdC

DdC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:22:57 +0000

ISN'T IT TIME WE STOP ARRESTING POT SMOKERS? youtube Ottawa Just Might Go To Pot Ross Rebagliati, whose gold medal in snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics was obscured briefly by marijuana smoke, is seeking the Liberal nomination in a B.C. riding for the next federal election. What Two Super-Jocks Can Tell Us About the Disastrous War on Pot We have a double standard -- promoting the recreational use of alcohol and banning the similar use of marijuana. NFL Buzzkill Minimal Relationship Between Cannabis And Schizophrenia Or Psychosis New study says it would be necessary to stop thousands of heavy cannabis users to prevent a single case of schizophrenia.

By: ezrydn

ezrydn — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:42:44 +0000

Why pay the high price of Sativex when you can make your own, as I’ve been doing for the past 5 or so years? An ounce in a coffee grinder, a small mason jar, an alcohol wash (of your taste choice, I use tequila), float the biomass, shake real good, put away in a drawer for a week, shake again and wait a final week. Strain and put in any little “squirt-type bottle” you can find at any store. Clean it out and add your solution. A little squirt between your cheek and gum is all ya need and it’s not “noticable.”

By: DdC

DdC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:40:12 +0000

I’m really starting to believe Ganja has cannabinoidal properties that can protect us from developing the highly addictive, debilitating and dangerous Reefer Madness.
A doobie a day keeps the wingnuts at bay.

By: kaptinemo

kaptinemo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:19 +0000

It’s just like the old line about Playboy Magazine: people only buy it for the articles.

Yeah, right. Half the frickin’ media probably lights up every night to cope with stress. They know bloody well about the non-traditional means of ingestion (i.e. eating and vaporizers instead of simple smoking) but probably have to feign ignorance to avoid arousing enough suspicion about possessing such knowledge to warrant a drug test. Effin’ schizoidal, but that’s our society when it comes to cannabis.

By: permanentilt

permanentilt — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:47:38 +0000

Do y’all think the media will EVER learn what a vaporizer is? I just keep wondering that.

By: DdC

DdC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:37:42 +0000

The Post toasties are opinion seeking. There hasn't been any significant changes since 1894 Indian Hemp Commission. Every report since has been a rehash, double check and find the sos. Including the IOM that never touched a bud. Same as the FDA has never touched a bud. Just leaking employees retarded opinions. Truth in Trials Act? What a concept. How about Truth in overturning Nixons Big Lie, the CSA? Then overturn the 404 gag rules, mandatory minimum and 3 stripes. Free Charlie Lynch and Eddie Lepp. Sam's from Carmel, Clint Eastwood used to be the mayor. Farr Seeks Additional Protection for MMJ Users Santa Cruz Sentinel October 27, 2009 Santa Cruz, CA Rep. Sam Farr wants to make sure President Barack Obama's decision to keep federal drug agents from harassing medical marijuana users is a lasting one. Legislation the Carmel Democrat plans to introduce this week, the Truth in Trials Act, seeks to commit the president's directive to law by making it tougher to prosecute people who smoke or sell pot for medical reasons in states where it is legal. In California and 13 other states, local laws permit the drug, though federal law bans it. Q& A: With MMJ On The Back Burner What Do We Know? Washington Post Opinion October 27, 2009 Last week, the Justice Department ordered its staff to back off prosecution of people who use marijuana for medical purposes in the 14 states in which such use is legal. The directive reopened a question that has been part of the debate on U.S. drug policy for decades. To understand more about the drug's medical properties, we turned to Daniele Piomelli, who since 1998 has led a program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to study the impact of marijuana and other psychoactive drugs on the brain.

By: claygooding

claygooding — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:11:03 +0000

With all the words coming from the establishment,they still have marijuana as a schedule 1 drug,which means all test marijuana for clinical testing and FDA approval of marijuana as a medicine must be furnished by the government labs. As long as marijuana is schedule 1,the DEA must refuse any clinical testing of marijuana as a medicine.
Until they reschedule marijuana,there is only confusion and more smoke and mirrors.