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Title: Marijuana, an Amazing Natural Drug (No wonder Big Pharma hates it)
Source:
Lew Rockwell
URL Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/10 ... arijuana-amazing-natural-drug/
Published: Oct 14, 2016
Author: Mark Thornton
Post Date: 2016-10-14 05:25:47 by Deckard
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Views: 1940
Comments: 19
Prohibition kills a massive number of people in the United States every year. It does help make a few people extremely wealthy, but at the same time, it impoverishes the rest of us. This dire situation is mostly unknown, but it is not due to a simple misunderstanding or lack of knowledge about prohibition. It is because prohibition is nothing but a scam. Steve Kubby’s forward to the book demonstrates that the state has no moral purpose for enforcing marijuana prohibition. Rather, the state is actively covering up the fact that marijuana is not highly dangerous and marijuana has well-established benefits. Readers will be amazed at how callously law enforcement and the justice system treated Kubby and his wife. However, do not forget that the state’s enforcement of drug prohibition laws give them the opportunity to brandish their weapons in an attempt to scare us. Such laws have also been enacted and enforced to suppress minority groups. Jesse Ventura’s Marijuana Manifesto is a practical call to our attention that marijuana, i.e., cannabis and hemp, is not only far less harmful than the state declares, but it is also one of the most beneficial and versatile resources on the planet. As the author searches earnestly for an explanation for this irrational policy, he finds that large corporations that sell substitute products are primary culprits. In other words, if you sell alcohol, tobacco, or pharmaceutical products, it is likely that you contribute money to groups named “Save the Children” or “Protect American Values” who ultimately spend some of that money to defeat legalization ballot measures. I have been studying, researching and writing about alcohol and drug prohibition for over 30 years now. I realize that private prison corporations have also been donating money to these anti-marijuana political campaigns as a way to increase the flow of inmates into their prisons. Ventura takes the analysis one step further. He shows that federal prisons are renting out their prison populations to large American corporations for pennies on the dollar as cheap labor pools. This diabolical practice not only spreads the benefits of continuing marijuana prohibition to large American corporations, but it also handicaps smaller businesses that are trying to compete. Ventura names Whole Foods, Walmart, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, BP, Starbucks, Eddie Bauer, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and Victoria’s Secret as all being implicated in this scheme. The inmates are paid 0 to $1 per hour, they are required by law to work, and the corporations that hire them receive their slave labor and a $2,400 tax credit per inmate. I am not against criminals being forced to do hard labor for their crimes. However, all that money should end up in the hands of victims as restitution or compensation for their crimes or be used to offset taxpayer money used for incarceration. It clearly should not end up as a competitive wedge for large corporations against small business. Also, clearly, the production, sale, and possession of marijuana should not be a crime because there is no victim to compensate! Furthermore, the pittance that inmates earn most often goes to pay off fines and fees incurred during their trials and yet many of the inmates who serve their sentences and are released from prison then find themselves heavily indebted to the criminal justice system. This “system” goes by the business-like name of “insourcing,” but what it really is a modern form of slavery and crony capitalism. Ventura is right up front when it comes to solving the war on drugs problem. Although he is not an anarchist, yet, his solution is to legalize all drugs, not just marijuana. He is right to consider marijuana prohibition to be the biggest problem in terms of numbers, but he also fully realizes that other drug prohibitions would keep all of the bad aspects of the war in place. We would still have the DEA, drug gangs and cartels, overdoses, huge prison populations, bribery and corruption, and violence and murder. So ultimately the goal is to legalize all drugs. Along the way, the book provides investigative reporting on the Silk Road Conspiracy, what is really going on inside the DEA, and all the hypocrisy associated with marijuana prohibition over the last century. Ventura is also very thorough about the benefits of legalized marijuana, which include medical, industrial, textiles, food, and fuel among other uses. While the government has yet to admit it, marijuana in its many forms has numerous medical applications. For example, we have long known that marijuana with the active ingredient, THC, helps with pain, sleep, appetite, stress, and inflammation. These are the problems, which if solved, allow a person’s body to heal itself. However, we also now know that marijuana with THC and marijuana with CBD, but no THC, helps or cures a variety of ailments such as seizures, brain tumors, post-traumatic stress disorder, i.e., PTSD, and some cancers. It also is very promising for various mental disorders without all the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. The book explains all the currently known medical applications and what varieties of marijuana have what types of applications, along with the possible side effects and interactions. Of course, hemp is also illegal under marijuana prohibition despite hemp having no THC content and being a historically important industrial material dating back to Colonial days. Entrepreneurs and scientists are only beginning to explore the potential of marijuana and hemp. The plant promises to be a near cure-all medicinal ingredient. Hemp seeds are a super nutrition food that can help restore and maintain health. The plants are a master ingredient, like crude oil, that can be used to produce, or help produce, just about everything we need without the use of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Some ancient temple ruins were recently rediscovered in India and the masonry works were in remarkable condition. It turns out marijuana and/or hemp was used as an ingredient in the masonry. Investigators believe that it helped protect the masonry from water, mold, and insects over the centuries. Jesse Ventura’s Marijuana Manifesto is well researched, easily readable, and thoroughly entertaining (if you consider getting mad at your government entertainment). It even comes with recipes! Jesse Ventura’s new book is highly recommended.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
WEED. It cures cancer, saves little puppies and of course, is the ONLY non-carcinogenic substance to smoke. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Truly a miracle drug, is it not? I say: let them have it. Legalize it all. Let them blow their minds with it and die, and be done with them. Less competition for the rest of us. I don't want to pay to police it, and I don't want to pay to incarcerate them. Half the prisons and half the crimes are drug offenses. So legalize it, cut our crime rate and expenses by half, and let people who want to kill themselves get on with it. I don't really care.
Did Lew ever quit boinking Cindy Sheehan? ------------------------ Gross-Out of the Week: Lew Rockwell & Cindy Sheehan Knock Knees I've known for some time now that the so-called paleo-conservatives are in bed with the far left. However, I had no idea how extensive the problem has become. It came out this week that Lew Rockwell, the political schizophrenic who runs lewrockwell.com, has been knocking knees with peace activist Cindy Sheehan. Rockwell was once a respected voice in the conservative community, regularly interviewed on conservative talk radio. He also regularly wrote political opinion pieces that were published in the main stream media. Then he went weird on us, just after 9/11 happened. He morphed into a peacenik and buddy of the far left. His political positions slid rapidly leftward. He stopped being interviewed on conservative talk radio and I haven't seen any articles from him in several years. I actually met Lew Rockwell once, and sat next to him at dinner at a meeting in San Mateo of the John Randolph Society. This was ten years ago or more. I noticed then that he was a vegetarian and I kidded him about whether he actually was a conservative, based on his choice of vittles. I thought I was kidding, but I must have been on to something. This past week it came out that Lew and Cindy have been doing the horizontal polka. They met in an internet chat room and learned there is no more powerful an aphrodisiac than a shared hatred of America. Their first meeting and conversation outside of Crawford, Texas was picked up by a concealed microphone worn by an FBI agent posing as a pizza delivery boy. Here is the transcript of that recording. Warning: not for the squeamish. Cindy: I hate America and Bush is Hitler! Lew: Bush is WAY Hitler! Oh yeah! Cindy, you are SO PROFOUND! Cindy: Terrorists are freedom fighters! Americans are Nazis! Lew: Hezbollah good! Israel bad! Weakness is strength! Love is hate! Cindy: Good is Evil! Evil is Good! Black is white! Up is down! Lew: Free marijuana for everyone! Cindy: Free abortions on demand! No, MANDATORY abortions for white people! Lew: Oh baby....you're getting me hot! Cindy: Oh Lew, you magnificent stud muffin! Lew & Cindy: Suckface, suckface, frenzied grabbing, pant, pant, unzip, unbutton, moan! Yeah, yeah, obaby obaby! UNNNNGGHH! If y'all want to talk to Lew and Cindy, you can find them down at the Squeaky Springs Motel, just outside of Crawford, Texas. Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
The state = The people. Sure they do. By definition, their police power is the capacity of the states "to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their inhabitants." If the citizens wish to prohibit a psychoactive recreational drug where 25% of the users are underage, they have the power to do so.
Cindy Sheehan: Obama May Be Worse War Criminal Than Bush
The is government propadanda that it causes strokes. Those dirty, rotten bastards! 81 Fed. Reg. 156; 12 August 2016 Department of Justice Denial of Petition To Initiate Proceedings To Reschedule Marijuana; Proposed Rules and Applications To Become Registered Under the Controlled Substances Act To Manufacture Marijuana To Supply Researchers in the United States; Policy Statement The DEA notes two recent reports that reviewed several case studies on marijuana and cardiovascular complications (Panayiotides, 2015; Hackam, 2015). Panayiotides (2015) reported that approximately 25.6% of the cardiovascular cases from marijuana use resulted in death from data provided by the French Addictovigilance Network during the period of 2006–2010. Several case studies on marijuana usage and cardiovascular events were discussed and it was concluded that although a causal link cannot be established due to not knowing exact amounts of marijuana used in the cases and confounding variables, the available evidence supports a link between marijuana and cardiotoxicity. Hackham (2015) reviewed 34 case reports or case series reports of marijuana and stroke/ ischemia in 64 stroke patients and reported that in 81% of the cases there was a temporal relationship between marijuana usage and stroke or ischemic event. The author concluded that collective analysis of the case reports supports a causal link between marijuana use and stroke.
Nor I - but Drug Warriors are happy to spend your money and mine to punish recreations of which they disapprove. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Jefferson trumps Britannica: "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’; because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual." A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. He is saying that liberty is limited by the rights of others. Fine. But how are the rights of other protected? By law. Now what? How do you defend Jefferson's statement in light of that?
He is saying that liberty is limited by the rights of others. Fine. But how are the rights of other protected? By law. Now what? How do you defend Jefferson's statement in light of that? No 'defense' is required - you seem to see a contradiction that isn't there. Those laws that enforce "the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others" are valid, which is why law is not always (though "often") "but the tyrant’s will." A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Sorry. Still not clear. Do you have an example of a tyrant's law that does not protect the equal rights of others?
Laws that prohibit the use of marijuana in privately owned indoor locations whose owners are unopposed to said use. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. The are approximately 750,000 marijuana arrests each year. Of the 750,000, how many of those arrests do you think took place in privately owned indoor locations against a user? I'd guess the number is pretty close to zero, but THAT'S the law you want to repeal?
"Laws that prohibit the use of marijuana in privately owned indoor locations whose owners are unopposed to said use." The are approximately 750,000 marijuana arrests each year. Of the 750,000, how many of those arrests do you think took place in privately owned indoor locations against a user? I'd guess the number is pretty close to zero, Irrelevant to the question you asked. Are you under the impression it's the only law I want to repeal? You asked for an example, I gave you an example. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Such as it was. The law prohibits possession. You want an exception to the law based on where the possession takes place. That's ludicrous and unenforceable. But, then again, that's your favorite kind of law, isn't it?
Why? Do police not know where they are when they contemplate making an arrest? And possession in public also violates no rights - although use does (unless the community unanimously finds it unobjectionable). A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. So, possession in private violates no rights. And now possession in public violates no rights. What's left? From that, I would guess that the amount possessed violates no rights. Or the type of drug possessed violates no rights. Is that where you're headed?
Answered in part in the text you omitted, above. Self-evidently true; what rights do you think are violated by the possession of any amount of anything (except things like volatile explosives, which pose a clear and present danger)? A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. By Victoria Allen People who regularly smoke cannabis are damaging their bones and could get osteoporosis in later life. Heavy cannabis users, who smoke several times a day, have more fragile spines and hips, a study by the University of Edinburgh found. They suffer more broken bones, because of lower bone density, understood to be caused by the drug. The first study of bone health in cannabis smokers is just the latest evidence of its harmful effects. Although many young people see it as a 'soft drug', it has been previously linked with psychosis, schizophrenia and memory loss. Those who smoke it heavily are more at risk of bone-thinning disease osteoporosis for two reasons, scientists believe. Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the ingredient which gets people high, has been shown in mice to stimulate the body to reabsorb bone faster than it can be regenerated. Also, while a joint smoked by an occasional users can cause the 'munchies', those who use cannabis over a long period of time see their appetite suppressed. It means heavy cannabis smokers weigh less for their height, which in turn reduces their bone density. Lead researcher Professor Stuart Ralston, of the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, said: 'We have known for a while that the components of cannabis can affect bone cell function, but we had no idea up until now of what this might mean to people who use cannabis on a regular basis. 'Our research has shown that heavy users of cannabis have quite a large reduction in bone density compared with non-users and there is a real concern that this may put them at increased risk of developing osteoporosis and fractures later in life.' Lucy Dawe, from the charity Cannabis Skunk Sense, said: 'The impact on bones is just another thing people do not know about. Cannabis is seen as a benign substance and people still think those who smoke it are happy and relaxed with no problems. 'The truth is that cannabis has not just mental effects but physical effects.' Scientists looked at 170 cannabis smokers recruited from primary care, such as doctors' appointments, within UK inner cities between 2011 and 2014. Heavy cannabis used was defined as having taken the drug on more than 5,000 occasions over a lifetime. Researchers said this would include those smoking six or seven times a day. Compared with 114 people who did not smoke cannabis, the heavy users had lower bone density in their hips and spines when X-rayed using a specialised technique. The density was about five per cent lower than cigarette smokers who did not take the drug. They also suffered fractures more often, as broken bones occur more frequently when the bones are thinner. The study follows research showing that cannabinoid receptors within the body, which react to the drug, affect bone mass and the way in which bone cells function. It states: 'While further research will be required to investigate the mechanisms underlying the association, we observed the findings reported here have important clinical implications in identifying heavy cannabis use as potential cause of low bone mineral density, increased bone turnover and predisposition to fractures.' This matters because heavy cannabis users are also at greater risk of getting osteoporosis in later life. The debilitating bone-thinning condition, which affects an estimated three million people in Britain, sees half a million admitted to hospital having suffered fractures every year. The research, funded by Arthritis Research UK is published in the American Journal of Medicine.
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#2. To: GrandIsland (#1)
WEED. It cures cancer, saves little puppies and of course, is the ONLY non-carcinogenic substance to smoke.
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
lewrockwell.com
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
"that the state has no moral purpose for enforcing marijuana prohibition."
#5. To: no gnu taxes (#3)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#6. To: GrandIsland (#1)
WEED. It cures cancer, saves little puppies and of course, is the ONLY non-carcinogenic substance to smoke.
Marijuana smoking, particularly by those with some degree of coronary artery or cerebrovascular disease, poses risks such as increased cardiac work, increased catecholamines and carboxyhemoglobin, myocardial infarction and postural hypotension (Benowitz and Jones, 1981; Hollister, 1988; Mittleman et al., 2001; Malinowska et al., 2012). However, electrocardiographic changes were minimal after administration of large cumulative doses of D9-THC (Benowitz and Jones, 1975).
#7. To: Vicomte13 (#2)
I don't want to pay to police it, and I don't want to pay to incarcerate them.
#8. To: misterwhite (#4)
police power is the capacity of the states "to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their inhabitants."
#9. To: ConservingFreedom (#8)
#10. To: misterwhite (#9)
Jefferson trumps Britannica: "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’; because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual."
#11. To: ConservingFreedom (#10)
#12. To: misterwhite (#11)
Do you have an example of a tyrant's law that does not protect the equal rights of others?
#13. To: ConservingFreedom (#12)
"Laws that prohibit the use of marijuana in privately owned indoor locations whose owners are unopposed to said use."
#14. To: misterwhite (#13)
Do you have an example of a tyrant's law that does not protect the equal rights of others?
but THAT'S the law you want to repeal?
#15. To: ConservingFreedom (#14)
"You asked for an example, I gave you an example."
#16. To: misterwhite (#15)
You want an exception to the law based on where the possession takes place. That's ludicrous and unenforceable.
#17. To: ConservingFreedom (#16)
"And possession in public also violates no rights"
#18. To: misterwhite (#17)
"And possession in public also violates no rights [OMITTED BY MISTERWHITE:] - although use does"
So, possession in private violates no rights. And now possession in public violates no rights. What's left?
From that, I would guess that the amount possessed violates no rights. Or the type of drug possessed violates no rights.
#19. To: Deckard (#0)
Marijuana, an Amazing Natural Drug
Cannabis link to brittle bones: Heavy users found to be at a higher risk of osteoporosis and have more fragile spines and hips
Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 18:36 EST, 12 October 2016
Updated: 10:56 EST, 13 October 2016
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