cannabisnews.com: UMass Professor Sues DEA Over Pot-Growing UMass Professor Sues DEA Over Pot-Growing Posted by CN Staff on July 24, 2004 at 07:34:40 PT By Mary Carey, Staff Writer Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette A University of Massachusetts plant and soil sciences professor is suing the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration for ''unreasonable delay'' in approving or denying his application to grow high-potency marijuana on campus for government-approved medicinal research. Lyle Craker, director of the medicinal plant program at UMass, is one of three plaintiffs in the suit, which was mailed Wednesday to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the appellate court that typically reviews challenges to federal agencies. Craker's application for permission to grow an initial 25 pounds of high-potency marijuana in a secure location on the Amherst campus was first filed with the DEA in June 2001. Since then, despite letters of support from U.S. Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry and another letter to the DEA from five Massachusetts congressmen, including John Olver, the DEA has taken no action on the application, according to the lawsuit.The marijuana would be supplied to government-approved researchers working on therapies for treating symptoms of AIDS, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis and in alleviating pain and other side effects of chemotherapy.If the DEA approved the application, UMass would be the only legal grower of marijuana for research purposes besides the University of Mississippi, which has supplied the National Institute on Drug Abuse with marijuana for 30 years. The institute is on the Mississippi campus.Chancellor John Lombardi has said the project has his full supportCraker is joined in the suit by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and Valerie Corral a governmentally approved medicinal marijuana user from California.MAPS is a Florida-based nonprofit research and educational organization that seeks to develop marijuana as a prescription medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It has received approval to research medicinal uses of marijuana, including in vapor form.The suit asks the DEA to promptly approve or deny both Craker's application and another request by MAPS to import a small amount of high grade marijuana from the Dutch Office of Medicinal Cannabis, the Dutch government agency that supplies medical marijuana to pharmacies in the Netherlands to use in testing of a marijuana vaporizer.Boston attorney Michael D. Cutler, who is representing Craker, MAPS and Corral, said Tuesday it appears as if the DEA is playing a game of three-card monty with the plaintiffs. As detailed in the suit, the DEA claims to have lost Craker's first application for several months before finding it. Then, the agency placed a notice in the Federal Register asking whether anyone had objections to the granting of the application and received only one - from the director of research at the University of Mississippi-based growers. For months it has taken no action at all.''This is not two graduate students on the phone asking for permission,'' Cutler said. MAPS already has obtained permission to conduct research with substances including Ecstasy. ''Only when you're doing marijuana testing does the National Institute on Drug Abuse have this monopoly. You can't get it from any other place,'' Cutler said.In their Oct. 20, 2003, letter addressed to DEA administrator Karen Tandy, Kennedy and Kerry wrote, ''We believe that the National Institute on Drug Abuse facility at the University of Mississippi has an unjustifiable monopoly on the reduction of marijuana for legitimate medical and research purposes in the United States.''According to Kennedy and Kerry, the current lack of competition ''may well result in the production of lower-quality research-grade marijuana, which in turn jeopardizes important research into the therapeutic effects of marijuana for patients undergoing chemotherapy or suffering from AIDS, glaucoma, or other diseases.''Massachusetts Congressmen John Olver, Barney Frank, James McGovern, William Delahunt and Michael Capuano, who support Craker's proposal, wrote to then DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson in June 2002, urging the agency to license privately funded sources of marijuana.But in his July 1, 2002, response addressed to Frank, Hutchinson argued against expanding the number of marijuana producers, saying, ''For more than 30 years, the University of Mississippi has produced an adequate supply to meet the entire United States demand for research-grade marijuana. There is no indication that this supply is currently inadequate or will become inadequate in the future.''Complete Title: UMass Professor Sues DEA Over Pot-Growing ApplicationSource: Daily Hampshire Gazette (MA)Author: Mary Carey, Staff Writer Published: Thursday, July 22, 2004Copyright: 2004 Daily Hampshire GazetteContact: opinion gazettenet.comWebsite: http://www.gazettenet.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:MAPShttp://www.maps.org/ WAMMhttp://www.wamm.org/MassCann - NORMLhttp://www.masscann.org/Marijuana Research Lawsuits To Be Filedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19219.shtmlScientists Say Marijuana Research Blocked http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19210.shtmlKerry: End Medical Marijuana Prosecutionhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18114.shtml Senators Back UM Medical Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17685.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #28 posted by FoM on July 25, 2004 at 21:33:37 PT Nuevo Mexican I just sat down to watch this special on MSNBC about John Kerry ( I saw it earlier) and they advertised Greendale! That's the first time I've seen any advertising on tv for Greendale and on MSNBC to boot! Cool! I just had to share it! Neil Young - - Greendale [ Post Comment ] Comment #27 posted by FoM on July 25, 2004 at 21:14:07 PT Nuevo Mexican I thought of you when I found the concert plans. It wasn't many years ago that we wanted musicians to do something or say something and they are now. My husband was impressed with the movie but we didn't do much talking because it was a heavy movie. He agreed with the movie and it really bothered him when our soldiers were shot. I wasn't bothered by the death of anyone but the children. I take serious offense when a child is being hurt. They are innocent and they shouldn't ever be hurt. Have we got bin Laden yet? Heck does anyone know who he is anymore? I'm sorry I'm being sarcastic. I am troubled by our connection to Saudi Arabia. Since many of the highjackers came from Saudi Arabia why haven't they told us when they will be bombed? That's only fair since obviously terror cells are there. They wonder why we don't believe them. I don't know why they wonder why we don't believe them.PS: Since I'll be getting Greendale this week I'll be in a good mood after it arrives. Greendale takes me to a nice place in my mind. I'm weird but you know that by now! LOL! [ Post Comment ] Comment #26 posted by Nuevo Mexican on July 25, 2004 at 20:56:06 PT I went to post this news, and you beat me to it! How about that! This is too cool! Do these people read C-News too? LOL! My Dream concert has become a reality, surely not because of a rumour here at C-news. I could just feel it in the making I guess, still, this is a dream come true isn't it! Glad you saw F9-11, just wish the theatre was crowded for full effect, but the important thing is, you saw it! And to make you happy, Mr. Moore hooks up with Neil Young and Greendale! This movie puts everyone here on the same page, and does indirectly have a positive effect of Cannabis issues, as waking up includes all the issues surrounding cannabis/drug reform. Wait til he tackles cannabis reform and the prison industrial complex. Back to the movie, What did your Hubby think? I am soo glad you got to see it, now you know why I think the way I do, along with most Veteran c-newsers. Glad Micheal did his research, and got it out to the masses. I think the world is a different place because of it, and the effects will reverberate for eons! Let's hope! [ Post Comment ] Comment #25 posted by FoM on July 25, 2004 at 10:23:10 PT The Democratic National Convention Rock Royalty to Join Voices Against Bush With Fall Concerts Musicians will perform in swing states to try to affect election. Playing for a cause is a tradition, but injecting political views can be risky. July 25, 2004 By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff WriterBruce Springsteen, Neil Young, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and a deep roster of other rock stars will unite for politically minded concerts this fall that will give voice to dissatisfaction with the Bush administration.The all-star rock shows, which are expected to begin in October and target campaign swing states, are in the planning stage but were confirmed by half a dozen music industry sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.Insiders disagree on the unifying rhythm of the celebrity coalition. Some say it is the promise of the John F. Kerry candidacy, but at least one emphasizes the fear of President Bush's reelection. "There is a range of feeling about Kerry," the source said, "but a uniform belief that Bush must go."The tour turns up the volume of the rock scene's role in politics, but it is not the only example of an apparent surge of commentary among artists. Rockers seem virtually unanimous in their anti-Bush stance, just as country music has seen a wave of passionate patriotism and support for the president, exemplified by the songs of Toby Keith. MTV has been showing a video by the British dance-pop outfit Faithless that features a teen shipped off to Iraq only to return home wounded and disillusioned. Representing a different generation, Tom Waits and John Fogerty have recorded songs about Iraq. For Waits, it's the first political song of his four-decade career; for Fogerty, it's a return to his Vietnam-era songs such as "Who'll Stop the Rain."Elsewhere, rapper Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is steering a new voter registration drive, and the usually bratty punk-pop band Green Day has said its next album will be a political concept piece. Steve Earle has a new album laced with songs about Iraq and Bush and even a mocking valentine to national security advisor Condoleezza Rice. Blues player Keb Mo has an upcoming album of peace songs, including John Lennon's "Imagine" and Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth."Introducing political commentary into music is sometimes a risky prospect — even if it's just a passing reference.Last weekend, Linda Ronstadt was booed in Las Vegas for praising a Bush nemesis, filmmaker Michael Moore, while Ozzy Osbourne relented to critics and removed concert imagery that showed Bush and Hitler together on an overhead screen.The countercultural mind-set and recklessness once at the core of rock music now seem relegated to the distant past, Elton John told Interview magazine. He said that protest had often given way to strict careerism in this corporate age."There's an atmosphere of fear in America right now, and that is deadly," John said. "Everyone is too career-conscious. They're all too scared…. Things have changed."Tom Morello, guitarist with Rage Against the Machine and once a staffer to the late California Democratic Sen. Alan Cranston, is a veteran of politics-meets-rock. "I'm not surprised you're seeing this music being made, and I'm not surprised it's connecting with an audience," he said. "It's not just people who write songs — carpenters, teachers, everyone is ready for a regime change."Morello was cited by some sources as a probable participant in the concert series, but he declined to confirm plans for the shows.No album or song is likely to capture as much media attention as the concerts involving Springsteen in swing states, which are expected to take place in arenas.Organizers have been tight-lipped since discussions of the idea caught the ears of some of the stars in April. At the end of last week, the formal announcement was scheduled for Aug. 4 in New York.Other artists expected to join the lineup include Earle, the Dave Matthews Band, the Dixie Chicks, Bright Eyes, Ani DiFranco, Death Cab for Cutie and International Noise Conspiracy. There also are reports that Bob Dylan and James Taylor may be part of the bill.Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.latimes.com/la-na-concert25jul25,1,3000568.story [ Post Comment ] Comment #24 posted by FoM on July 25, 2004 at 09:18:54 PT Just a Comment I wasn't sure where to post this so I thought on this thread should be ok. Last night we saw F/9-11. I couldn't sleep last night after seeing it. It still has me very troubled. I wasn't shocked by the movie except how deeply involved we are with Saudi Arabia. How did our country become so corrupt? Sometimes I think I come from an era that is long gone and the values are long gone. I hope that there still is hope. There were only about 10 people at the movie and 3 were us. I hope that the movie was full and we were seeing it as it winds down and if not what the heck is going on? [ Post Comment ] Comment #23 posted by Jose Melendez on July 25, 2004 at 04:54:41 PT now who's flip flopping? from: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=11204 Janseen Pharmaceutica Products LP has admitted that it had made misleading claims regarding its schizophrenia drug Risperdal. Risperdal does have potentially fatal safety risks. The company has sent a letter to doctors stating that it had, in fact, minimized the risks and had made misleading claims about Risperdal in its promotional material. Last year the FDA had told anti-psychotic drug makers to bring their product labels up-to-date. Janssen Pharmaceutica did so, but the FDA said the company’s promotional material was still misleading with regard to the risk of strokes, diabetes and other side-effects (some of which are fatal). The FDA also stated that the company was wrong to say that its product was better and safer than drugs produced by competitors. - - -from: http://www.marijuana.org/DalesReport.html A survey of 79 mental patients found that those who used marijuana reported relief from depression, anxiety, insomnia, and physical discomfort, as well as fewer hospitalizations; a second survey also found fewer hospitalizations in schizophrenics who used marijuana.* *Study by Dr. Ladislav Volicer of Boston Univ: press release by Unimed Pharmaceuticals, Buffalo Grove IL, July 29, 1996. - - -Drug War IS Crimehttp://RxPot.com [ Post Comment ] Comment #22 posted by Jose Melendez on July 25, 2004 at 04:45:02 PT they can't have it both ways from: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/politics/25DRUG.htmlMember ID: cannabisnewsPassword: passwordThe Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs and medical devices. The administration contends that consumers cannot recover damages for such injuries if the products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In court papers, the Justice Department acknowledges that this position reflects a "change in governmental policy," and it has persuaded some judges to accept its arguments, most recently scoring a victory in the federal appeals court in Philadelphia. Allowing consumers to sue manufacturers would "undermine public health" and interfere with federal regulation of drugs and devices, by encouraging "lay judges and juries to second-guess" experts at the F.D.A., the government said . . . - - -from: http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread19154.shtml"Well, it (smoked marijuana) actually does hurt society. It undermines rather than under-girds our prevention efforts when we have a very mixed message out there to young people about marijuana. In addition to that, it undermines the practice of medicine in this country.We develop, the FDA, a process of bringing medications to the marketplace, because snake oil salesmen peddled products to people at the turn of the century that made them feel better." - - -Drug War IS Crime [ Post Comment ] Comment #21 posted by cloud7 on July 24, 2004 at 18:03:17 PT From The Observer in the UK "Bush Targets Marijuana Smokers"http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1268654,00.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #20 posted by observer on July 24, 2004 at 16:25:19 PT NIDA Stems n Seeds ''For more than 30 years, the University of Mississippi has produced an adequate supply to meet the entire United States demand for research-grade marijuana. There is no indication that this supply is currently inadequate or will become inadequate in the future.''Oh ... it is "Research" grade, is it? Is that what they call the low-potency stems and seeds ditchweed the FedGov grows in Mississippi?http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/images/debris.jpghttp://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/nida_stems_n_seeds.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #19 posted by Jose Melendez on July 24, 2004 at 14:38:53 PT error in article I just noticed a typo in the article, checked elesewhere, and it's production, not reduction:from: http://www.maps.org/mmj/dhg10280.html ''We believe that the National Institute on Drug Abuse facility at the University of Mississippi has an unjustifiable monopoly on the production of marijuana for legitimate medical and research purposes in the United States.'' [ Post Comment ] Comment #18 posted by E_Johnson on July 24, 2004 at 14:04:19 PT I will both approve and criticize "I believe we have a responsibility for that . . . to stop being a country that's content to spend $50,000 a year to house young people in prison for the rest of their life"I approve of the general sentiment but I criticize claiming that anyone is "housed" in prison. Prison is not a house, it is a collection of steel and concrete cages. These young people are not housed, they are confined in cages. [ Post Comment ] Comment #17 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 13:34:00 PT global_warming Thank you. That was a good article and says a lot to me. [ Post Comment ] Comment #16 posted by global_warming on July 24, 2004 at 13:27:23 PT RE:Kerry http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/07/23/kerry_pushes_400m_antigang_initiative/Kerry pushes $400m antigang initiative Candidate also wins Kucinich's backingBy Patrick Healy, Globe Staff | July 23, 2004DETROIT -- Senator John F. Kerry drew on his years as a Massachusetts prosecutor yesterday to outline a $400 million plan for tackling gang violence and arguing that all Americans have ''a responsibility" for relieving the hopelessness felt by many violent youths. ADVERTISEMENT Kerry also won an endorsement from his last primary-season rival for the 2004 Democratic nomination, Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio, who explicitly appealed to supporters of fellow liberal and antiwar candidate Ralph Nader to support Kerry instead. Neither he nor Kerry called on Nader to exit the race, but instead said their party was broad enough to reflect Nader voters' views.Seeking to win a wide audience in a speech to the National Urban League here, Kerry mixed a zero-tolerance attitude toward gangs and crime with softer sympathies for teenagers who grow up in unstructured or abusive homes.''We're going to send a strong message to young people that violence must stop, and if it doesn't, police and prosecutors will hold you accountable -- period," Kerry said. ''We're not doing anybody any favors, however, if we just let the current rise in gang violence continue and come down with a hard response. So second, we also need to send young people a strong clear message that there is another path . . . with real opportunities for the future."Kerry's $400 million antigang plan, which would be funded over 10 years, includes money for new police officers; job training and opportunities for former gang members; after-school programs; and drug treatment.Kerry often tells audiences about meeting gang members and teen criminals when he was a Middlesex County prosecutor in the late 1970s. Yesterday, he put an emotional cast on those memories.''Not one of them didn't come out of a neglected or an abused or an abandoned situation," Kerry said. ''Many of them had no one to call Dad, father. All of them felt that their lives were hopeless. I believe we have a responsibility for that . . . to stop being a country that's content to spend $50,000 a year to house young people in prison for the rest of their life, rather than put $10,000 a year into Head Start, Early Start, Smart Start, early childhood education, and protect those children."Later, at a news conference, Kucinich said he would support Kerry. ''John Kerry can win because there's a place in the Democratic Party for everyone, including those who may have been thinking of supporting Ralph Nader," Kucinich said.In an interview with ABC News yesterday, Kerry said he does not believe his recent statement that "life begins at conception" means abortion is the equivalent of murder. ''It's not the form of life that takes personhood in the terms that we have judged it to be in the past," Kerry said. "It's the beginning of life. Does life begin? Yes, it begins. Is it at the point where I would say that you apply those penalties? The answer is, no, and I believe in choice."Kerry also said that some performers at a recent New York City fund-raiser ''stepped over the line" in their attacks on Bush, which included calling the president a ''thug" and making a crude pun out of his last name. ''They don't speak for me," Kerry said; he did not name which performers he was referring to. Kerry pushes $400m antigang initiative [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 13:09:52 PT I Found The A - http://www.mpp.org/candidates/guide/kerry.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by Max Flowers on July 24, 2004 at 13:00:00 PT This bears re-posting anytime feds are discussed "Our system of government clearly allows federal laws to take precedence over state laws;" (This person needs to study the Constitution more closely. The "federal supercedes state" argument is factually wrong, and worse, is misused by those who desire to oppress the people (state citizens). His heart is in the right place but he just spread this lie/disinformation for the opposition once again.From http://www.supremelaw.org/authors/mcdonald/vol1-9.htm :The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) only applies to certain sections; it does not apply to Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 and several other sections which are the municipal power of Congress. The federal government was never given internal police powers that could have operated within any of the sovereign states. Constitutional Powers (1837) Justice Baldwin. Congress' municipal legislative police powers do not apply within the boundaries of the states of the union, but they DO apply to the citizens of the District of Columbia wherever they are "resident", in any country all over the world. It also applies to any federal territory that is not within the jurisdiction of one of the several states of the union of several states. The Supremacy Clause only pertains to those sections that have applicability to all the government of the several states of the union.The Supremacy Clause is being misconstrued by everyone, to the detriment of the people. The reason that this is so is that the government only talks about the federal constitution; this way, the People never hear about their state Constitution. The Constitution of your state is really what protects you and secures your unalienable Rights, the federal constitution only applies through the purported 14th Amendment which is not law, (see Congressional Record House, 13 June 1967, pages 15641-47). The misinformation that is given out by various individuals, agencies, and the controlled media is intended to mislead you. Please be aware of this intent. Do not believe me or anyone else. Do your own studying, because in this way you can discover the truth for yourself. [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by Jose Melendez on July 24, 2004 at 12:29:23 PT Re: Comment#1 It's not just unfair, it's ILLEGAL.From: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/clayton.html Sec. 14. Sale, etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor (§ 3 of the Clayton Act) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale within the United States or any Territory thereof or the District of Columbia or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities of a competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.according to the "justice" department:from: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/div_stats/9142.htm The Sherman Act also makes it a crime to monopolize any part of interstate commerce. An unlawful monopoly exists when only one firm controls the market for a product or service, and it has obtained that market power, not because its product or service is superior to others, but by suppressing competition with anticompetitive conduct. See also:http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/guidelines/primer-ncu.htm Report violations here:http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 12:25:29 PT Truth Please refresh me. Who gave Kerry a D? I remember an A - I never was good at remembering things like that. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by Truth on July 24, 2004 at 12:12:12 PT Kerry It seems like that letter alone would have gotten Kerry a higher grade then D. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by Truth on July 24, 2004 at 12:10:30 PT hellloooo When the folks in Nevada screwed up on turning in some petitions in time there were a lot of jokes, name calling, etc. blaming it all on pot. When the DEA loses a petition they can't blame it on pot smoking, wonder what it was? Maybe they couldn't see to well due to lack of light where they have their heads. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 11:56:44 PT RasAric I'm not sure who you are thinking about. A number of people are fighting in the courts. Hopefully the courts will rule in our favor. If we get a new administration that would help so much. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by Max Flowers on July 24, 2004 at 11:55:31 PT RasAric I think you're 100% right about that... and that's why the coming Supreme Court decision is SO huge. It is going to either set us free (as to this issue at least), or it is going to set things back so horribly that I can barely stand to imagine it. Just think of how cocky and gratified all these prohibitionists are going to be if it's in their favor, and how vindicated we will all be if it goes in our favor.To me it's a lot like a decision in a war crimes trial---if the supremes go against us, it will be, in essence, the same as letting thousands of war criminals free and saying that everything they've done is A-OK. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by RasAric on July 24, 2004 at 10:21:21 PT FoM or anyone else Anyone recall a recent article posted here that described a medical MJ person who got nailed for growing and was going to fight it? Was that Brian Epis? The DA was also aware of this but simply said that this isn't something for the courts to decide and that it should be dealt with through the legislative process.It is the Judicial Process that these bastards fear the most. They have it all set up so that the legislature will stonewall legalization and they are terrified of Petitions and the judicial process. These are the only things that can keep this corrupt government in check. It shows that they are beginning to work. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 09:37:36 PT EJ About Ashcroft I agree with you. He must go! [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by E_Johnson on July 24, 2004 at 09:23:55 PT If Washington and Jefferson were here today They'd be doing 40 years in federal prison for large scale cannabis cultivation.There's a solid case against them from their own historical records.And I'm sure Ashcroft could find a way around the fact that it was legal when they planted it. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 08:52:50 PT Just a Comment I heard on the news yesterday that Nader will probably endorse Kerry in the future. That will help since he only gets a little support but enough that it could hurt in this very close election. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for common sense to prevail with Nader. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Virgil on July 24, 2004 at 08:41:14 PT If only Jefferson or Washington were here. What would they say? My research indicates that the reason Jefferson and Adams died on the same day is because the ruling aliens that use human events as entertainment sucked the living essence out of both of them as they fly around the solar system and were on their way to Mars for a wedding. All those ruling aliens do is fly around and suck the life out of people. I sure wish they would inject Jefferson's essence back into Jesse Ventura and here what he has to say. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on July 24, 2004 at 08:41:08 PT About This Good News I really think it's great to have articles concerning growing medical marijuana in Mass right now during the DNC. I appreciate Senator John Kerry standing with Senator Edward Kennedy with us. Great timing! I'm going to go see F-9/11 today! I can't wait! I'm taking a republican friend too. I think it will shock her. It won't shock me though! LOL! Medical Marijuana Information Links [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by goneposthole on July 24, 2004 at 08:07:30 PT lack of competition Nobody else grows cannabis besides the University of Mississippi. It's just not fair. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment