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Title: Legal Weed is Killing Cartels and Corporate Media Is Trying to Say that’s a Bad Thing
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URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/dr ... marijuana/#S9Avr63JZ9Ayf2hk.99
Published: Jan 4, 2017
Author: Jack Burns
Post Date: 2017-01-05 10:27:10 by Deckard
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The legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado has led to some interesting developments in the war on drugs. According to a video segment on Fox News, seizures of marijuana flowing out of Colorado into neighboring states has risen from 58 in 2008, to 394 in 2015. This indicates Colorado has unwittingly become an exporter of legal weed, found to be illegal in many adjoining states. Sitting in for Fox News’ Shepherd Smith, Gregg Jarrett asked FNC reporter Alicia Acuna if neighboring states were fighting a losing battle. Acuna responded by saying 8 states already have recreational marijuana, and another couple dozen states have some form of medical marijuana at work. Mason Tvert, of the Marijuana Policy Project, told FNC, “If anything, what’s happening is no different than it was before. People are still using marijuana, it’s just that they’re more likely to be using marijuana that didn’t come from a Mexican drug cartel.” According to FNC and University of San Diego professor David Shirk, that fact has now been confirmed. It seems, as marijuana proponents asserted, the Mexican cartels are getting out of the illegal marijuana trade. Shirk says the cartels are turning their backs on marijuana in favor of other “more predatory criminal activities” such as, “kidnapping, extortion, larceny…stealing petroleum from petroleum lines,” Shirk stated. FNC reported what proponents have been saying for years. If you make marijuana legal, the illegal, criminal elements, such as Mexican drug cartels, will find other means to sustain their income. However, it is important to note that the reason these cartels exist in the first place is because of the drug war. Attempting to claim we need the war on drugs to keep the cartels from kidnapping people is like saying we need people to murder each other so police can have a job to do. Had drugs not been illegal in the US, the cartels would have been extremely hard pressed to amass the money and power they now have. Rest assured, however, that kidnapping and larceny are not nearly as sustainable as the drug industry as it is much easier for politicians to look the other way on drug smuggling than it is for them to ignore children being stolen from parents. That’s why, rather than kidnap people, the Mexican cartels are still capitalizing on the American drug war. One such way the Mexican drug cartels have reportedly upped the ante is to produce a drug which is much more addictive than just heroin alone. They mix heroin with Carfentanil, which “is a synthetic opioid so strong that just a few granules the size of grains of table salt can be lethal. Since mid-August, roughly 300 people in at least four states have overdosed on heroin linked to Carfentanil and the less powerful compound fentanyl,” Time reports. If heroin were decriminalized in the US, overdoses would plummet and so would its use. This is not an assertion, it is fact. One positive coming out of Colorado’s legalization of marijuana is the fact that the drug task forces which were previously engaged in going after marijuana, can now turn their attentions to going after the organized criminal element such as the cartels, which have no regard for the patient seeking medicine for whatever ails them. FNC concluded their marijuana segment by saying President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have a problem with medicinal marijuana but added he does not approve of recreational marijuana. Whether or not Trump will allow the continuation of progress in the legalization of marijuana is yet to be seen. Certainly, Colorado will put up a fight if the newly named Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeks to overturn CO’s legal weed business as it’s now providing millions of dollars to help fund the educational system in that state. The FNC segment confirms what TFTP has been saying for months now, legal weed does more to stop the cartels than the official war on drugs. As we reported to you in March, “in the past seven years (seizures of marijuana at the Mexican-American border have dropped) from 4 million pounds in 2009, to just 1.5 million pounds last year.” Poster Comment: Another ancillary benefit of legalizing marijuana. Who would've thought it?
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The cartels in Mexico will just increase production of methamphetamines.
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Meet Shona Banda Heroine of Deckard, et al. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shona Banda found a miracle substance which cured her Crohn's disease in 2013. It's effectiveness is proven by medical science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kHxp0X-RQs WegotaFBpagetoo OnFB Shona Banda, survivor of Crohn's disease and author of 'Live Free or Die', available at http://www.Authorhouse.com, talks about what she has gone through in her life with battling Crohn's disease, and how she has recovered. She used Cannabis oil in a VAP. Watch and she will explain. In Run From The Cure, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQPqk [...] [...] Now for some evidence-based cannabis-Crohn's research At the Meir Medical Center in Israel, 21 Crohn's patients who were getting little or no results from orthodox medical treatments were separated into two groups for a double-blind control study. One group of 11 were given two marijuana cigarettes daily with 23% THC and 0.5% CBD (cannabidiol), while the control group of 10 were given hemp placebo cigarettes. After eight weeks, five of the treated subjects showed remissions, while another five had significant improvements without steroids. All 11 could eat and sleep better without side effects. Less than half of the placebo group showed only minor improvements. This study was published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Keep in mind that significant results were obtained using the least potent application of medical marijuana - smoking. Shona ingested makeshift cannabis oil. Sources for this study include: Shona's nine-minute video with the vaporizer and capsule demo: http://www.youtube.com Shona's two-and-a-half-minute, more polished presentation: http://www.youtube.com http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov http://www.ccfa.org http://blog.sfgate.com http://blog.norml.org www.facebook.com - - - - - - - - - - That's right, she cured that Crohn's disease 2013. As proven by medical science. http://www.naturalnews.com/043718_Chrons_disease_cannabis_Shona_Banda.html by: Paul Fassa [...] She managed to see Rick Simpson's Run from the Cure video documentary and was motivated at first but soon became despondent. Although she had been smoking marijuana to ease pain and help her sleep and eat, she had no way of making the oil, which required a pound of marijuana to produce the two ounces of cannabis oil she would need to heal. Shona lives in the medical marijuana-unfriendly state of Kansas with her husband and two young children. [...] Now for some evidence-based cannabis-Crohn's research At the Meir Medical Center in Israel, 21 Crohn's patients who were getting little or no results from orthodox medical treatments were separated into two groups for a double-blind control study. One group of 11 were given two marijuana cigarettes daily with 23% THC and 0.5% CBD (cannabidiol), while the control group of 10 were given hemp placebo cigarettes. After eight weeks, five of the treated subjects showed remissions, while another five had significant improvements without steroids. All 11 could eat and sleep better without side effects. Less than half of the placebo group showed only minor improvements. This study was published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Keep in mind that significant results were obtained using the least potent application of medical marijuana - smoking. Shona ingested makeshift cannabis oil. Her miracle substance not only cured Crohn's disease, it reversed it. As proven by medical science. http://naturalsociety.com/marijuana-reverse-woman-crohns-disease/ by Paul Fassa [excerpt] She was inhaling small amounts of marijuana from a vaporizer to help reduce her pain and increase her appetite. It’s less irritating to the lungs and throat while producing less tell-tale pot aromas. Her husband pointed out that the marijuana vapor residue inside the glass globe cover looked like cannabis oil. So Shona started scraping it out and putting it into capsules for consumption three times daily. After a very few days, Shona could walk without a cane. Soon she began eating and sleeping better and putting on weight. It wasn’t long before she was completely weened off all her pharmaceuticals. Now she is very healthy and active. Her journal of this journey became her published book Live Free or Die. You can view her YouTube testimonial video and her ‘'how to’ video. [...] The Israeli Study At the Meir Medical Center in Israel, 21 Crohn’s patients who were getting little or no results from orthodox medical treatments were separated into two groups for a double blind control study. One group of 11 were given two marijuana cigarettes daily with 23% THC and .5% CBD (cannabidiol) while the control group of 10 were given placebo cigarettes of marijuana without THC. After eight weeks, five of the treated subjects showed remissions, while another five had significant improvements without steroids. All 11 could eat and sleep better. Forty percent of the placebo group showed only slight improvements. This study was published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Keep in mind that significant results were obtained using the least potent application of medical marijuana – smoking. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shona was just a medical patient, taking her prescribed medicne. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/shona-banda-medical-marijuana-legal-nightmare-continues Shona Banda's drug-war nightmare comes from using cannabis oil to treat her Crohn's disease. By Phillip Smith You don't want to be a medical marijuana patient in Kansas. You could face, arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, and the loss of your children. Just ask Shona Banda, who endured the latest chapter of her ordeal Monday. The Garden City mother faces five marijuana-related charges, including three felonies, and had her 11-year-old son taken away by the state after the boy piped up during an anti-drug class at school to say that his mom "smokes a lot." Shona Banda uses marijuana, and makes no bones about it. She has publicly said she uses cannabis oil to treat her Crohn's disease and even authored a book about it: Live Free or Die: Reclaim Your Life…Reclaim Your Country! [...] Those dirty, no good, rotten, bad guys. She was just a medical patient, taking her medicine, and in violation of her constitutional rights, they came along and arrested her, charged her with crimes, and took away her minor child for no reason other than to be evil and mean. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And Shona sued those evil, no good, rotten bad guys and cited the Constitution and the law as interpreted by the U.S. Federal court. Shona Banda v. Kansas et al, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Complaint for Civil Rights Violations (42 U.S.C. § 1983), Declaratory Relief and Injunctive Relief, filed March 24, 2016 [excerpt] 28. Plaintiff’s right to use cannabis medicinally is “deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition,” and “implicit in the concept of ordered liberty,” such that “neither liberty nor justice would exist if they were sacrificed.” Raich, supra, 500 F.3d at 865. Powerful, powerful stuff, that. https://www.scribd.com/doc/280962268/Shona-Banda-v-State-of-Kansas-Civil-Rights-Complaint Powerful, powerful stuff. A heroine for the downtrodden, defending the people from the evil, no good, rotten, government bad guys. To be continued....
Looks like another Hastert fan and pedophile enabler has reared its ugly head. Shona used cannabis oil to successfully treat her Crohn's Disease - statists like you and the other freaks here who condemn her actions believe that the fed.gov owns her body and she should suffer rather than seek relief from a non government-approved medicine. Such is the belief of slaves.
Shona used cannabis oil to successfully treat her Crohn's Disease - statists like you and the other freaks here who condemn her actions believe that the fed.gov owns her body and she should suffer rather than seek relief from a non government-approved medicine. Such is the belief of slaves. Read on, grasshopper. Say Goodbye to Shona Randa Sharon, by her own free will, chose to live in the state of Kansas. She could have lived in a state with different laws, but she chose not to. http://kslegislature.org/li_2016/b2015_16/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_057_0000_article/ Kansas Statutes Annotated [...] 21-5705. Unlawful cultivation or distribution of controlled substances.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute any of the following controlled substances or controlled substance analogs thereof: [...] (5) For any violation of subsection (a), the severity level of the offense shall be increased one level if the controlled substance or controlled substance analog was distributed or possessed with the intent to distribute on or within 1,000 feet of any school property. [...] 21-5706. Unlawful possession of controlled substances. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any opiates, opium or narcotic drugs, or any stimulant designated in subsection (d)(1), (d)(3) or (f)(1) of K.S.A. 65-4107, and amendments thereto, or a controlled substance analog thereof. [...] 21-5706. Unlawful possession of controlled substances. [...] 21-5709. Unlawful possession of certain drug precursors and drug paraphernalia. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, red phosphorus, lithium metal, sodium metal, iodine, anhydrous ammonia, pressurized ammonia or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers or salts of isomers with an intent to use the product to manufacture a controlled substance. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to use or possess with intent to use any drug paraphernalia to: (1) Manufacture, cultivate, plant, propagate, harvest, test, analyze or distribute a controlled substance; or (2) store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce a controlled substance into the human body. [...] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2016cv1075-34 However many states decriminalized marijuana possession, Kansas is not one of them. Of course, this overlooks possession within 1,000 feet of a school with intent to distribute, and manufacturing a Schedule I substance. What Banda is charged with is criminal in all states. Banda cited Raich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850, 855 (9th Cir. 2007). An inane legal claim, followed by a non-supporting case citation, is just an inane legal claim. http://www.leagle.com/decision/20071350500F3d850_11349/RAICH%20v.%20GONZALES Raich at 866: As stated above, Justice Anthony Kennedy told us that "times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress." Lawrence, 539 U.S. at 579, 123 S.Ct. 2472. For now, federal law is blind to the wisdom of a future day when the right to use medical marijuana to alleviate excruciating pain may be deemed fundamental. Although that day has not yet dawned, considering that during the last ten years eleven states have legalized the use of medical marijuana, that day may be upon us sooner than expected. Until that day arrives, federal law does not recognize a fundamental right to use medical marijuana prescribed by a licensed physician to alleviate excruciating pain and human suffering. https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2016cv1075-34 Banda v. Kansas et al., MEMORANDUM AND ORDER, The possession of cannabis is illegal in Kansas. K.S.A. 65-4105(h)(1). The pro se Complaint filed by Shona Banda alleges that, during a 2015 school presentation in Garden City, Kansas about the effects of marijuana, her minor child told school employee Tyler Stubenhoffer that Banda and other adults in the residence, were “avid drug users and there was a lot of drug use occurring in his residence.” (Dkt. 20, at 3). According to Banda, she uses marijuana or cannabis to treat her Crohn’s Disease. This information was relayed to the Garden City Police Department (GCPD), which went to Banda’s house to investigate. A warrant was issued and cannabis was removed from the property. The State of Kansas commenced a criminal prosecution of the defendant on June 5, 2015. These charges include endangering a child and manufacturing a controlled substance, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Banda’s minor child was found to be a child in need of care and removed from the home. Banda commenced this action alleging that, because many states have decriminalized marijuana possession, she has “a fundamental right [to] medical cannabis.” (Dkt. 1, ¶ 25). She alleges that the prohibition of marijuana possession in Kansas violates her constitutional rights. The Complaint names as defendants Stubenhoffer and Garden City Unified School District 457; the GCPD and its Chief, James Hawkins; the State of Kansas; Governor Sam Brownback; and the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) and its Secretary, Phyllis Gilmore. All of the defendants have moved to dismiss the action. (Dkt. 19, 21, 25, 28). The court notes that in addition to their legal arguments, the DCF defendants have also presented factual contentions in support of their motion, and that Banda has not denied any of the following allegations of facts submitted by the defendants. Those facts indicate that Banda’s son told the police that his mother produces marijuana extract pills which she sells to clients at the rate of 20 for $100; that her residence is frequented by card games in which all of the participants smoke marijuana, and that the son had been invited to smoke as well. Defendants DCF and Gilmore seek dismissal arguing subject matter does not exist given the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which supports dismissal of federal actions seeking to overturn state court decisions, see Bolden v. City of Topeka, 441 F.3d 1129 (10th Cir. 2006)); the need for abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971) in order to avoid conflict with ongoing state court proceedings; and the “domestic relations exception” recognized in Vaughn v. Smithson, 833 F.2d 63, 65 (10th Cir. 1989). With respect to Banda’s substantive claim, they argue that Banda’s substantive due process claim fails because no court has recognized any fundamental right to use marijuana, and in fact caselaw holds to the contrary. See Raich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850, 855 (9th Cir. 2007) (federal law “does not recognize a fundamental right to use medical marijuana prescribed by a licensed physician to alleviate excruciating pain and human suffering”). Finally, the defendants are protected by Eleventh Amendment immunity. Defendants Brownback and the State of Kansas also argue that Banda’s claims are barred by sovereign immunity and Younger abstention. Further, they argue, Tenth Circuit precedent precludes relief on the merits. See Rutherford v. United States, 616 F.2d 455, 457 (10th Cir. 1980) (“selection of a particular treatment, or at least a medication, is within the area of governmental interest in protecting public health” and the government has “authority to limit the patient’s choice of medication”). Chief Hawkins and the GCPD have moved to dismiss under both the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and Younger abstention, on the grounds that Banda has no substantive due process right to use marijuana, and under the doctrine of qualified immunity. Noting that the only allegation against the school involves the presentation of a drug program and Stubenhoffer’s decision to send Banda’s child to the principal’s office, USD 457 and Stubenhoffer have moved to dismiss the action against them as impermissibly vague and conclusory under Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007), and barred under the doctrine of qualified immunity. The defendants note that school officials have an affirmative duty under Kansas law to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in cases of a child in need of care. K.S.A. 38-2226(g). Plaintiff Banda has filed no response to any of the defendants’ motions, all of which present prima facie valid arguments for the dismissal of the action. Accordingly, the present action is hereby dismissed pursuant to D.Kan.R. 7.4 and for good cause shown. IT IS ACCORDINGLY ORDERED this 27th day of December, 2016, that the defendants’ Motions to Dismiss, (Dkt. 19, 21, 25, 28) are hereby granted. ___s/ J. Thomas Marten______ So much for Ms. Banda's civil suit. It would also seem any defense to the criminal prosecution has been effectively destroyed. Of note, in 2013-14, when praising the illegal product she sells, it was claimed that her product cured and reversed Crohn's disease. In 2015-16, facing criminal prosecution, it is claimed she is still taking her medicine and to stop would be life threatening. The specific offenses on the Arrest Warrant are: KSA: 21-5703 — Unlawful Manufacture of Controlled Substances KSA: 21-5705 a 4 d2 C — Possession of 450g-30kg of Marijuana with Distribute Certain hallucinogenic in 1000 ft of School KSA: 21-5709 b 2 — Use Possess w/intent to use drug Paraphernalia into human body KSA: 21-5709 b 1 — Possession of paraphernalia w/intent to Manufacture/Plant/Cultivate controlled substance From the Arrest Warrant: [S.B. are the initials of the minor child.] I, Detective Clint Brock #418, being duly sworn, depose and state that I am a Detective with the Garden City Police Department (GCPD) and have been in law enforcement for 11 years. Routine duties of my employment include the investigation of violations of federal and state laws. The following information set forth in this affidavit is known to me personally, or was reported to me by other law enforcement officers. On March 24, 2015, the Garden City Police Department received a referral report from the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) regarding S. B., 03/09/2004, of 1209 N. Ninth Street, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. S. B. resided at 901 Conkling, Garden City, Finney County, KS with his mother on the date of the initial incident, Shona A. Banda (Shona), 06/18/1977, of 901 Conkling Street, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas; S.B.'s Joshua Banda (Joshua), 10/14/1996, and Joshua's live-in girlfriend, Tequila Mader (Tequila), 04/24/1996. On or about March 15, 2015, a USD 457 counsellor documented that while learning about marijuana at school, S. B. told the class "my mom smokes.. .a lot!" The counsellor noted that S. B. went on to describe his knowledge of various strains of marijuana and appeared to have too much information related to the drug for his age/maturity level. On March 24, 2015, at approximately 2:52 PM officers of the Garden City Police Department and representatives from DCF responded to 901 Conkling, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas in an attempt to investigate the safety of S. B. They made contact with Shona Banda, who denied permission to enter her house to ascertain the safety of the child. As a result, the residence was secured pending investigation and application for a search warrant. On March 24, 2015, Detective Clint Brock conducted an interview with S. B. at the Finney County Law Enforcement Center. During this interview S. B. appeared to be in soiled clothing, his hair appeared not to have been washed for several days and he had an odor to him. During this interview, S. B. did exhibit unusual and specific knowledge regarding marijuana and its use which seemed atypical for a child of that age. S. B. told Detective Brock that he resided at 901 Conkling with his mother Shona, his brother Joshua and Joshua's girlfriend Tequila. S. B. told Detective Brock that Shona, Josh and Tequila all smoke marijuana from a tie-dye colored glass smoking pipe on a daily basis in the basement of the residence. S. B. stated the pipe is usually left on a table in the basement next to a clear Ziploc bag containing marijuana. S. B. stated the last time he saw marijuana at the residence was the evening of March 23, 2015. S. B. further slated that Shona "extracts" cannabis oil from a glass dome which S. B. referred to as a "vaporizer". He stated there are three of these vaporizers in the kitchen of the house. He further stated that Shona frequently uses a spatula to remove the residue from the inside of the dome and places it into a syringe and then injects it into gelatin caplets. S. B. stated that Shona keeps this "extract" from the domes in an Ovaltine container in the freezer in the kitchen or in a "hidden closet" in the basement behind the washing machine. A small cutout cupboard type area was located behind the washer but no items of evidentiary value were located in that location. S. B. stated that Shona and Tequila drove to Colorado Tuesday, March 17, 2015 to buy marijuana from a person who grows the marijuana at his residence. He stated they returned on Friday, March 20, 2015. S. B. saw the marijuana they purchased and described it as being in a bag approximately four inches in diameter. While describing the "vaporizer" Shona uses to "extract" cannabis oil, S. B. drew Detective Brock a picture of the "vaporizer" depicting a base with an electrical cord with a glass dome on top and a tray in the approximate center of the dome. During the interview with S. B., Shona arrived at the Law Enforcement Center. She was escorted to an interview room where Detective Brock conducted a non-custodial interview with her. She again denied permission to enter her house and stated that there was nothing "hidden" in the house. Shona then showed Detective Brock a YouTube.com video that she participated in that depicted the "vaporizer" she uses. Shona stated that she ingests the cannabis to help her cope with the symptoms of Crohn's disease. The Youtube.com video depicts Shona placing suspected marijuana in the vaporizer and the dome fills with a smoke. After a period of time, she scraped the inside of the dome with a spatula and collected a small amount of "cannabis oil" which she states is then placed into "a tiny little gel cap". The video image of the "vaporizer" closely matched the picture drawn for Detective Brock by S. B. during the interview earlier. On March 24, 2015 a search warrant for the residence was requested and granted by the Honorable Judge Wendel Wurst. During the service of the search warrant at 901 Conkling Street on March 24, 2015, at approximately 6:42 PM the residence was in disarray with dirty clothing piled in the bedrooms and hallways of the residence. There was an odor of burnt marijuana and tobacco smoke throughout the residence. While serving the warrant, approximately 500.9' cumulative grams of suspected marijuana, multiple marijuana smoking pipes, three (3) "vaporizers" that were actively manufacturing cannabis oil and multiple other items related to the packaging and ingestion of marijuana were seized from the residence. The items that were taken from the residence were within easy reach of S. B. with most of the items being on the kitchen counter, kitchen table and basement common area of the residence. According to a map produced by the Finney County / Garden City GIS department the map is located within 1000 feet of the Buffalo Jones Elementary School located at 708 N. Taylor Ave., Garden City, KS. The previously described items used in the manufacture of the cannabis oil were present in the kitchen of the residence. They included raw leaf marijuana, die vaporizers on the kitchen counter, the finished oil and gelatin capsules were also located on the counter and in the refrigerator. The items of suspected marijuana tested presumptive positive for the presence of THC and were sent to the KBI for further testing. On April 27, 2015 Detective Brock met again with S.B. this time at the police west substation, 1302 Summit Street Apt. C, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. During that interview S.B. was asked clarification questions as to the interview that he had previously given. S.B. was asked again about the day at school when the counsellor was conducting a presentation about drugs. S.B. said the presentation was about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. S.B. said during the presentation the counselor never said anything bad about his mother, that the counselor was being nice to him and that he is S. B.'s favorite teacher, S.B. stated that he [S. B.] did not say anything about how smoking marijuana is bad during the presentation, but that he [S. B.] thinks that it is bad. S.B. was asked where he sleeps when he is at Shona's residence of 901 Conkling Street, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. S.B. stated that he sleeps in the same bed as his mother. S.B. was asked again about the vaporizer process that Shona uses to extract cannabis oil from the marijuana plants. SJB. stated that Shona uses an electric boxlike item with a glass dome and a brass plate to hold the marijuana. S.B. said Shona will leave the marijuana in the vaporizer for approximately three hours and the oil will start to gather up on the globe. S.B. said Shona then uses a small spatula to take it out and put it in little gelatin capsules. S.B. said Shona will use either a spatula or a syringe to put the oil into the pills. S.B. was asked how much marijuana was usually kept at the house at 901 Conkling. S.B. said that Shona usually keeps approximately three (3) pounds of marijuana at the house at a time. S.B. stated the marijuana was kept in a large Ziploc bag. S.B. stated that Shona has a number of people that give her marijuana. S.B. stated that when Shona goes to pick up the marijuana from people that his brother, Joshua Banda will sometimes accompany her but the majority of the time it is his girlfriend, Tequila Mader that accompanies her. S.B. stated that when Shona goes to Colorado to get marijuana she brings back two pounds at a time in a large Ziploc bag. S.B. was asked how often Shona extracts the cannabis oil using the vaporizers and he stated that she does this every day. S.B. was asked how long each day Shona does this and he stated all day. S.B. was asked if Shona continues extracting the oil when he is at home after school and he said yes. S.B. was asked what was on the kitchen table and he replied grinders. S.B. was asked what they were used for and he stated that when Shona gets the bags of marijuana she uses the grinders to separate the seeds from the marijuana and she puts the marijuana in a large glass jar on the table. S.B. stated after the marijuana is separated she puts the marijuana into the vaporizers to make the oil. S.B. was asked if Shona smokes any of the marijuana and he stated that she, Joshua Banda, Tequila Mader, his cousin Devin and his friends come to the house and they all smoke it. S.B. said there are about seven people that come to the house and smoke the marijuana on a regular basis. S.B. said they have a weekly game of cards in which the people come to the residence and during this game they smoke marijuana throughout the game from a glass pipe. S.B. stated that he participates in the card game and he stated that the second hand smoke really hurts his lungs. S.B. stated that while the people at the card game are smoking the marijuana on some occasions he is passed the marijuana pipe and they point at him, S.B. said he backs away from it and they continue to pass it around. S.B. said they have the card game every Thursday night at the residence. S.B. stated that he does not like it when they smoke marijuana around him. S.B. stated that Shona has smoked marijuana around him approximately every day for the last two years that they have lived in the house on Conkling Street. S.B. was asked if being around the marijuana smoke has ever made him sick and he said yes. S.B. said that it makes him feel like he is going to puke, that it makes him feel nauseous. S.B. stated that when he is around the marijuana smoke he feels like he can't think straight and feels sick. S.B. stated that he thinks that it is bad that Shona smokes marijuana. S.B. was asked where in the kitchen of the residence the marijuana was kept. S.B. said that it was in a cabinet above the counter. S.B. said that he had access to the marijuana because it was just kept in a bowl in the cupboard. S.B. said there was a lot of marijuana in the bowl and that he has thought about throwing it out of the window. S.B. was asked if there was marijuana on the kitchen table and he said yes, along with a glass pipe and a grinder. S.B. said they leave it on the table even when he is at home and that they smoke marijuana out of the pipe. S.B. was asked where they eat if the marijuana is on the kitchen table. S.B. stated that they just push the pipes, grinders and marijuana to the side of the table while they eat. S.B. was asked if any of the marijuana ever gets into his food and he said yes and that it gets on his plate. S.B. said when this happens he just does not eat. S.B. said he will just sit at the table until everyone else finishes their food and leaves the table then he will leave without eating. S.B. was asked if he goes to bed hungry sometimes and he said yes. S.B. stated that Shona usually goes to bed around 8:00 or 9:00 at night and that she smokes marijuana before she goes to bed each night. S.B. was asked if he feels sick sometimes when he goes to bed at night and he said yes. S.B. was asked if he ever asked Shona not to smoke marijuana and he said yes, but she ignores him and turns away from him. S.B. said Shona will just get up and go downstairs to smoke marijuana. S.B. said Shona also takes the cannabis pills twice a day. During the second interview, S.B. was asked if Shona had smoked marijuana since the police served the search warrant at the residence and he said yes. S.B. said Shona had marijuana hidden in a hollowed out Moby Dick book in the living room that was not located by the police. S.B. said Shona got a pipe from someone and used that to smoke the marijuana. S.B. was asked where Shona gets the money to buy the marijuana that she uses. S.B. stated that she doesn't have money, she begs people for the marijuana. S.B. was asked if Shona sells the marijuana extract pills to anyone and he said yes. S.B. said Shona sells the pills to a number to a number of people that she refers to as "clients". S.B. said Shona delivers the pills to the clients in Garden City. S.B. stated that one of the clients is a male subject that is in a wheelchair. S.B. stated Shona sells him the pills, packaged in a small Ziploc baggie, for one hundred dollars ($100.00). S.B. said Shona usually puts twenty (20) pills in each Ziploc baggie for sale. S.B. said Shona also sells lotion that contains cannabis oil at the Nature's Way store. S.B. said Jan Olson runs Nature's Way and that Shona has given her cannabis oil pills. S.B. was asked what Shona does with the money she gets from the sale of the pills and he said she tells him she is paying the bills with it S.B. said Shona has a thing on Facebook and she is having people give her money. S.B. said Shona has received about thirty seven thousand dollars ($37,000.00) from it. S.B. said Shona has used the money to buy a new car. S.B. said Shona has been telling people she was arrested to get money from them. On June 2, 2015 the KBI indicated that each of the items that were submitted for testing returned positive results for the presence of THC. Based on the information stated above, the affiant is requesting the listed charges for Shona Banda in this matter. /s/ Cliint Brock SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 3rd day of June, 2015 Well, legally it is looking grim. However, she still has that oft-cited medical scientific proof of the efficacy of marijuana. Recall, At the Meir Medical Center in Israel, 21 Crohn's patients who were getting little or no results from orthodox medical treatments were separated into two groups for a double-blind control study. One group of 11 were given two marijuana cigarettes daily with 23% THC and 0.5% CBD (cannabidiol), while the control group of 10 were given hemp placebo cigarettes. After eight weeks, five of the treated subjects showed remissions, while another five had significant improvements without steroids. All 11 could eat and sleep better without side effects. Less than half of the placebo group showed only minor improvements. This study was published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Keep in mind that significant results were obtained using the least potent application of medical marijuana - smoking. Shona ingested makeshift cannabis oil. Sources for this study include: Shona's nine-minute video with the vaporizer and capsule demo: http://www.youtube.com Shona's two-and-a-half-minute, more polished presentation: http://www.youtube.com http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov http://www.ccfa.org http://blog.sfgate.com http://blog.norml.org www.facebook.com With all those sources, what could possibly be missing? I suppose one more source could be added and quoted. When all else fails, read the actual report. Apparently that was not included through some oversight which I will hereby correct. http://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(13)00604-6/pdf CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY 2013;11:1276–1280 Cannabis Induces a Clinical Response in Patients With Crohn’s Disease: A Prospective Placebo-Controlled Study TIMNA NAFTALI,* LIHI BAR-LEV SCHLEIDER,‡ IRIS DOTAN,§ EPHRAIM PHILIP LANSKY,** FABIANA SKLEROVSKY BENJAMINOV,* and FRED MEIR KONIKOFF* *Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Meir Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba; ‡Tikun Olam for Promotion of Medical Cannabis, Tel Aviv; §IBD Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv; and **Laboratory of Applied Metabolomics and Pharmacognosy, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel [excerpts] Although a significant body of work suggests that cannabinoids suppress inflammation14 and many patients with IBD self-medicate with cannabis, there are no placebo-controlled trials assessing its efficacy in inflammatory disease. This might be owing to reluctance to use an illegal drug. This was a placebocontrolled trial to critically assess cannabis use for treating Crohn’s disease. The primary end point of this study was induction of remission. Although 5 patients in the study group and 1 patient in the placebo group entered clinical remission, the difference did not reach statistical significance, possibly because of the small sample size. However, our data showed that 8 weeks of treatment with THC-rich cannabis, but not placebo, was associated with a significant decrease of 100 points in CDAI scores. In this trial, cannabis induced clinical remission in 50% of patients. Taking into account that our participants had longstanding Crohn’s disease, with 80% nonresponse or intolerance to anti–TNF-a, this result is impressive. In this trial, the observed improvement was solely symptomatic, with no objective evidence of reduction in inflammatory activity. In addition, patients relapsed 2 weeks after cannabis treatment was stopped. Therefore, based on the available data, one cannot argue that cannabis is a successful treatment for the inflammatory process in Crohn’s disease. Thus, until further studies are conducted, cannabis should be reserved for compassionate use only in patients who have exhausted all other medical and surgical options. Because this was a pilot study, probable efficacy data were unavailable, therefore power calculation could be based on estimation only. With a significance level of 5% and a power of 80% to detect a significant difference of 100 points in CDAI, we would need a sample size of 12 patients in each group, or a total of 24 patients. [...] Although this was a placebo-controlled trial, complete blinding of patients was not easy to achieve because of possible psychotropic effects. We tried to minimize this limitation by recruiting only patients naive to cannabinoids. However, at the end of the study period, most of the subjects were able to tell correctly whether they were receiving the study drug or placebo. Future studies with oral administration may overcome this problem due to slower absorption. In this study, we chose to administer cannabis by smoking because this route induces a rapid increase in blood cannabinoid levels.15 During smoking, the acids are decarboxylated to the active free cannabinoids, which may explain why ingesting cannabis orally is less effective than smoking.16 Nevertheless, because of the known harmful effects of smoking on the lungs, the efficacy and safety of oral cannabis should be investigated further. [...] All patients in the study group expressed strong satisfaction with their treatment and improvement in their daily function. It should be noted, however, that our patients were treated for only a short period. It is well known that cannabis dependence exists and patients might have difficulty weaning after prolonged cannabis use, even when the IBD is in complete remission. Therefore, until further data are available, long-term medical cannabis cannot be recommended. Although the long-term side effects of cannabis are not negligible, other treatments for Crohn’s disease, such as steroids, purine analogs, or anti–TNF-a, also carry the risk of significant side effects, some even life-threatening. Additional studies will be needed before the exact effect of cannabis in IBD, whether antiinflammatory or only symptomatic, can be determined. However, the potential benefits should not be ignored only because of concern for possible side effects. Taking into account that Crohn’s disease is a chronic debilitating disease that sometimes severely may compromise patients’ quality of life, the ability to provide symptomatic relief judicially, in carefully selected patients, should not be overlooked. In summary, in this controlled pilot study, cannabis treatment was not superior to placebo in induction of remission. However, cannabis provided a significantly higher rate of clinical response without any alarming side effects. The strain of cannabis used was specifically rich in THC, but other cannabinoids may be beneficial as well. Future larger controlled studies should look into the role of cannabinoids in controlling inflammation and symptoms in IBD. [...] Note: "Although this was a placebo-controlled trial, complete blinding of patients was not easy to achieve...." Or, as a double-blind study, it was a failure and not blind at all. It sounded so much better when they left out the actual report. http://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(13)01783-7/pdf Letters to the Editor, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 12, No. 5, 898-900 The Holistic Effects of Canabis in Crohn's Disease [excerpt] Before the widespread use of cannabis for Crohn’s disease, specifically tetrahydrocannabinol, a larger trial demonstrating improvements in endoscopic measures or objective end points (ie, c-reactive protein or fecal calprotectin) in addition to CDAI is needed. Furthermore, long-term safety must be documented, particularly in view of the adverse side effects reported in the present study. CONOR LAHIFF, MD - - - - - - - - - - Weeding out the Facts: The Reality About Cannabis and Chron's Disease [excerpt] The various amounts of cannabinoids in cannabis strains have been an impediment to their study in clinical research. In this prospective study, the investigators standardized the THC in cannabis cigarettes and tested placebo cigarettes to confirm undetectable cannabinoid levels. However, a previous 2011 study from Australia found serum THC levels to be higher when cannabis was consumed with alcohol versus cannabis alone.3 Alcohol consumption and other factors that might affect THC bioavailability were not reported in these patients, and serum measurements to confirm consistent THC delivery were not obtained. One significant limitation of this study is that the results were based on subjective parameters and were obtained during active use of a known mind-altering drug. Although there was an improvement in clinical status after 8 weeks of cannabis use, the CDAI includes variables such as general well-being, abdominal pain, and body weight.4 Cannabis is widely used for symptomatic relief of many gastrointestinal-related issues—chronic pain, anorexia, and nausea—which all contribute to general well-being.5 Endoscopic data were not collected, and there was no difference in objective inflammatory markers to indicate disease modification. Given the rapid rebound of CDAI scores to pretreatment levels after the 2-week washout period, it seems more plausible that cannabis ameliorated the symptoms of Crohn’s disease, rather than actually modulating the disease. Additionally, the psychoactive effects of cannabis presumably could have contributed to the improvement in scores of the cannabis group during therapy. [...] This study introduces the idea of cannabis in the management of Crohn’s disease, but is insufficient to support the authors’ suggestion of using cannabis to achieve clinical, steroid-free benefits. Further trials are needed to clarify whether cannabis attenuates inflammation or simply alleviates symptoms. Most concerning to us is the misguided promotion of mass media for cannabis as a primary therapy to induce clinical remission, whereas current data only implies a complementary role to conventional treatments. There is not enough evidence to use cannabis to treat patients with Crohn’s disease or other inflammatory gut disorders outside of approved clinical trials. [...] MICHELLE P. VU, MD GIL Y. MELMED, MD - - - - - - - - - - [...] The patients in our study responded to cannabis treatment with both a reduction of CDAI and an improvement in their quality of life. Whether this reflects a reduction of inflammation or only amelioration of symptoms such as a reduction in pain and improved appetite remains unclear. However, from the point of view of the patients, a marked symptomatic improvement and ability to resume normal life is not trivial, even if inflammation persists. [...] Because cannabis is a naturally occurring plant and cannot be patented, there is no pharmaceutical industry backing cannabis studies, so the budget is limited. Therefore, we could not afford very expensive tests such as blood cannabinoid levels. However, we know that none of the patients in the study consumed alcohol regularly so there was no effect of alcohol on blood levels. We fully agree with the commentators that before cannabis can be recommended for the treatment of Crohn’s disease further larger studies are required. [...] To make the placebo as reliable as possible we made it as similar as possible to the study drug, and we only recruited patients who were naive to cannabis. However, it is true that maintenance of the blindness was difficult. We intend to overcome this difficulty in our next study by using oral cannabis. Thus, blood levels will increase more slowly and the psychotropic effect will not be as obvious. [...] In their letter, Herfarth et al expressed a concern that physicians who will only read the abstract will come to the erroneous conclusion that cannabis is a successful therapeutic approach in Crohn’s disease. We think we can grant our fellow physicians the credit of being able to realize that a preliminary study that included 20 patients does not provide enough evidence to change clinical practice. However, it does provide evidence to trigger a further look into the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids. In conclusion, we join Vu et al in stressing that the evidence that has been gathered to date, although intriguing, is preliminary and not sufficient to justify wide use of cannabis in IBD. On the other hand, in view of the currently available armamentarium in the treatment of IBD, we cannot afford to overlook the possibility of another form of treatment, whether it will be proven in the future to actually reduce inflammation or only to induce symptomatic relief. TIMNA NAFTALI, MD Darn, the medical scientific proof of marijuana curing Crohn's disease went to being "a preliminary study that included 20 patients" and "does not provide enough evidence to change clinical practice," and is "not sufficient to justify wide use of cannabis in IBD." That would be the opinion of those who conducted the study.
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Shona Banda | Crohn's Diease Cured With Use Of Cannabis Oil
Published on Jun 7, 2013 Shona Banda cured her terminal Crohn's disease with cannabis
Natural News
Friday, January 31, 2014 Marijuana Helps Reverse Woman’s Crohn’s Disease, Replaces Pharmaceuticals
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Posted on August 20, 2014 Mother Who Used Medical Cannabis to Treat Deadly Disease Had Her Son Taken Away, Faces 28 Years in Prison
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November 17, 2015 27. Plaintiff has a liberty interest specially protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment that embraces a right to make a life-shaping decision to use medical marijuana to preserve bodily integrity, avoid intolerable pain, alleviate symptoms and ameliorate the extreme and debilitating symptoms of Crohn’s disease from which she suffers. Plaintiff’s due process and liberty rights at issue here are substantive, are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution and are protected through the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to it.
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21-5703. Unlawful manufacturing of controlled substances. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture any controlled substance or controlled substance analog.
Banda commenced this action alleging that, because many states have decriminalized marijuana possession, she has “a fundamental right [to] medical cannabis.” (Dkt. 1, ¶ 25). She alleges that the prohibition of marijuana possession in Kansas violates her constitutional rights.
With respect to Banda’s substantive claim, they argue that Banda’s substantive due process claim fails because no court has recognized any fundamental right to use marijuana, and in fact caselaw holds to the contrary. See Raich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850, 855 (9th Cir. 2007) (federal law “does not recognize a fundamental right to use medical marijuana prescribed by a licensed physician to alleviate excruciating pain and human suffering”).
We agree with Raich that medical and conventional wisdom that recognizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes is gaining traction in the law as well. But that legal recognition has not yet reached the point where a conclusion can be drawn that the right to use medical marijuana is "fundamental" and "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty." See Glucksberg, 521 U.S. at 720-21, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (citations omitted). For the time being, this issue remains in "the arena of public debate and legislative action." Id. at 720, 117 S.Ct. 2258; see also Gonzales v. Raich, 125 S.Ct. at 2215.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
J. THOMAS MARTEN, JUDGE KSA: 21-5601a — Endangering a Child.
ACCUSED: Shona Ann Banda
Affiant
/s/MARK C JOHNSON
Notary Public
State of Kansas My Appt Exp. 5-22-2018 Now for some evidence-based cannabis-Crohn's research
DISCUSSION
Evidence for an anti-inflammatory role for cannabinoids in the treatment of gut inflammation is limited to mouse models, and importantly, has focused on the nonpsychotropic cannabinoids cannabidiol6 and cannabigerol.7 The authors in the present study used tetrahydrocannabinol, possibly suggesting that the observed benefits may relate to the psychotropic effect of tetrahydrocannabinol over any anti-inflammatory effect.
ADAM S. CHEIFETZ, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts This was the first controlled study evaluating cannabis, a widely used recreational drug, in Crohn’s disease. Although these results appear promising, they must be interpreted cautiously. Despite being cannabis naive, most patients could distinguish their assigned therapy and essentially were unblinded. This was also a very small study that was underpowered, and the authors acknowledge that larger-scale trials are needed to clarify the effects of cannabis in Crohn’s disease.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Department of Digestive Diseases
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
STEPHAN R. TARGAN, MD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California Reply. We would like to thank Vu et al for their interest and insightful comments concerning our article.1 As stated in their letters, there is quite significant experimental evidence of the use of cannabinoids in rodent models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This evidence refers not only to cannabidiol (CBD) but also to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).2 In fact, in the study by Jamontt et al,3 THC was superior to CBD in reducing inflammation of the gut. Apart from the experimental rodent models, rich anecdotal evidence of the benefit of cannabis use in human IBD has accumulated.This justifies a careful and scientifically sound look into the question ofwhether cannabinoids can be used as part of the treatment of IBD.
FRED MEIR KONIKOFF, MD
Meir General Hospital
Kfar Saba, Israel
and
The Sackler School of Medicine
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