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The Benefits Of Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on August 16, 2004 at 23:35:49 PT
By Joshua Levine, Health Correspondent 
Source: AskMen.com
Are you sick of hearing your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of your pot pasttime? Have you been hearing a lot of negative things about the use of marijuana lately? Would you like to know what the real deal is behind the use of this infamous drug? Then read on because you're in for a surprise.One of the saddest things in North America is the lack of clinical trials on marijuana use. Many other countries in the world have already performed such tests in order to destroy myths about this drug, which has been in use for thousands of years... mainly for medicinal purposes.
The data from previous studies, published in numerous books and scholarly journals, covered such matters as marijuana's effects on the brain, lungs, immune and reproductive systems; its impact on personality, developmental and motivational states; and its addictive potential.Although these studies did not answer all remaining questions about marijuana toxicity, they generally supported the idea that marijuana was a relatively safe drug -- not totally free from potential harm, but unlikely to create serious harm for most individual users or society.The following list will hopefully demystify several myths about marijuana use and help answer a lot of serious questions:Health Risk Myths & Realities  Marijuana Overdose There is no existing evidence of anyone dying of a marijuana overdose. Tests performed on mice have shown that the ratio of cannabinoids (the chemicals in marijuana that make you high) necessary for overdose to the amount necessary for intoxication is 40,000:1. For comparison's sake, that ratio for alcohol is generally between 4:1 and 10:1. Alcohol overdoses claim approximately 5,000 casualties yearly, but marijuana overdoses kill no one as far as any official reports. Brain Damage Marijuana is psychoactive because it stimulates certain brain receptors, but it does not produce toxins that kill them (like alcohol), and it does not wear them out as other drugs may. There is no evidence that marijuana use causes brain damage. Studies performed on actual human populations will confirm these results, even for chronic marijuana users (up to 18 joints per day) after many years of use. In fact, following the publication of two 1977 JAMA studies, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially announced its support for the decriminalization of marijuana. In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly increasing alpha-wave activity in your brain. Alpha waves are generally associated with meditative and relaxed states, which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity. MemoryMarijuana does impair short-term memory, but only during intoxication. Although the authoritative studies on marijuana use seem to agree that there is no residual impairment following intoxication, persistent impairment of short-term memory has been noted in chronic marijuana smokers, up to 6 and 12 weeks following abstinence. Heart Problems It is accepted in medical circles today that marijuana use causes no evident long-term cardiovascular problems for normal persons. Marijuana smoking, however, does cause changes in the heart and body's circulation characteristic of stress, which may complicate preexisting cardiovascular problems like hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, and coronary atherosclerosis. Marijuana's effects on blood pressure are complex and inconsistent as of yet. Hormones Chronic marijuana use has not been found to alter testosterone or other sex hormone levels. In contrast, heavy alcohol use is known to lower these same testosterone levels. Reproductive Damage No trustworthy study has ever shown that marijuana use damages the reproductive system, or causes chromosome breakage. Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system. Claims that marijuana use may impair hormone production, menstrual cycles, or fertility in females are both unproven and unfounded. The Immune System Studies in which lab rats were injected with extremely large quantities of THC (the active compound in marijuana) have found that marijuana (in such unrealistically huge quantities) does have an "immunosuppressive effect" in those lab rats, in that it temporarily shuts off certain cells in the liver called lymphocytes and macrophages. These macrophages are useful in fighting off bacterial, not viral, infections.But this is only for the duration of intoxication. There also exists some evidence that marijuana metabolites remain in the lungs for up to seven months after smoking has ceased, possibly affecting the immune system of the lungs (but not by turning the cells off). This said, doctors and researchers are still not sure that the immune system is actually negatively affected in realistic situations since there are no numbers to support the idea. In fact, three studies showed that THC might have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied. CancerSmoking marijuana has the potential to cause both bronchitis and cancer of the lungs, throat, and neck, but this is generally no different than inhaling any other burnt carbon-containing matter since they all increase the number of lesions (and therefore possible infections) in your airways. The Gateway Effect Marijuana use has not been found to act as a gateway drug to the use of harder drugs. Studies show that when the Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 70's, heroin and cocaine use substantially declined, despite a slight increase in marijuana use. If the stepping stone theory were true, use should have gone up rather than down. In reality, it appears that marijuana use tends to substitute for the use of relatively more dangerous hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, rather than lead to their use. Thus, oftentimes strict marijuana laws themselves are the most significant factor involved in moving on to harder drugs like cocaine. Such is the case in Nevada and Arizona, the states toughest on marijuana use.The Potential Benefits Because smoked marijuana contains a variety of combustion compounds, it can damage the lungs and possibly the immune system. Several health committees recommended the development of an inhalation device that delivers pure THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- to the lungs. Such a device has not yet been created.There is some evidence -- but no scientifically valid studies -- that marijuana is useful in treating some forms of epilepsy and spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis.Some studies show that smoked marijuana is effective for some patients in relieving nausea caused by cancer and chemotherapy. There is evidence that marijuana may improve the appetite and help patients gain weight. This could be lifesaving for AIDS patients who develop wasting, a severe weight-loss condition. Smoking marijuana is effective in lowering pressure inside the eyeballs of some patients with glaucoma. A word of caution, however: the drug also drops blood pressure, and this could compromise blood flow to the optic nerve and damage vision.So there you have it. For additional information on the benefits of marijuana, I highly recommend the book The Benefits of Marijuana : Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual by Joan Bello. Source: AskMen.com (US)Author: Joshua Levine, Health Correspondent Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 Copyright: 2004 AskMen.comWebsite: http://www.askmen.com/Contact: contentlicensing askmen.comCannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on August 19, 2004 at 12:26:26 PT
If you don't have a good source to hear it....
Pop ups don't start popping up like popcorn at http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/subterranean.html
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Comment #18 posted by Hope on August 19, 2004 at 12:01:21 PT
GoldenLung
Bob Dylan playing here. Just heard a song that made me think of you. Subterranean Homesick Blues.Listen to it sometime.
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on August 18, 2004 at 16:17:25 PT
Max Flowers 
Anger = Action! That's right! I get angry at issues but I don't hate. Anger motivates! 
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Comment #16 posted by CorvallisEric on August 18, 2004 at 15:16:24 PT
Golden Lung: idea for another, friendlier place
The generally liberal or otherwise cool cities in Oregon IMHO are Ashland (part of the area discussed below), Portland, Bend, Corvallis. Many other people like Eugene. As in California, there is a large range of attitudes. Just found this little tidbit in yesterday's paper:MEDFORD — Widespread drug abuse and precarious financing for public education are making it tough to find good workers, southern Oregon business leaders said Monday as a panel developing an economic plan for Oregon's future embarked on a statewide bus tour.While the unemployment rate remains high, businesses are having difficulty filling jobs because so many of the applicants cannot pass a drug test, Steve Vincent, Oregon economic development manager in Medford for Avista Utilities, told Sen. Ron Wyden and members of the Oregon Business Plan Steering Committee."Somewhere there has got to be a new innovative approach to address this problem,'' Vincent said in a meeting at Bear Creek Corp. offices. [snip - remainder not especially relevant]http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/08/17/news/oregon/tueore03.txtAny bets of the range of innovation they're willing to consider? 
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Comment #15 posted by Max Flowers on August 18, 2004 at 12:17:26 PT
Anger equals Action
Make no mistake, anger is the engine that moves this movement forward. Hate is counterproductive (but entirely understandable if you ask me), but anger at being treated unjustly, and seeing sick and dying people treated unjustly, translates into action.Anger = ActionIf no one were getting angry about the injustices perpetrated by these "authorities", nothing would ever happen and we would all just sit around frightened and the sadism would go on in perpetuity.Golden Lung, one suggestion I would make right away is MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS! Unless you are determined to try to make change at home, but I think that may be really dangerous in that state. Come to California, where your views will be welcomed by many. Your mom cares, but is hypocritical and judges you because she has not come to terms with her own use and views. Ignore those fears of hers as best you can, and move on. Continue to stand up for what you believe, and do it in your everyday life, not just online. 
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Comment #14 posted by FoM on August 18, 2004 at 09:35:51 PT
lombar
I agree with you. When we hate we only hurt ourselves. Hate can make our blood pressure rise and cause digestive problems and generally tear us down. I could hate George Bush but it wouldn't bother him. When we hate it stifles being able to do anything about a situation but keeps us trapped in that state of mind. I could easily hate but won't allow myself to hate. I want life to be a little more pleasant and by not hating I can do that.
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Comment #13 posted by lombar on August 18, 2004 at 00:43:13 PT
unkat27
"My hatred for them will not end, it is all I have, along with the truth, to fight them with, until they stop making me suffer needlessly. Hate, I have been told, is not a good thing, but believe, when people make me suffer needlessly, no matter how many times I tell them I am suffering, i don't think they deserve anything but my hatred."I too felt the fires of hatred for these people. Hate is bad and it is exactly what they want you to feel: hatred and fear. It isolates us. I felt the despair of realizing that the leaders do not care about truth (although they hold US to the highest standards), they do not care about justice (although their brand is to cage us), they do not care about peace(they constantly wage war), harmony(they constantly create strife thru bad policies and warmongering), goodness or mercy(especially when it interferes with profit). Pity them for they know not the joy of love, nor the benefits of kindness. Only the grasping hatred and greed which they preach endlessly. It is an empty joyless existence. I read somewhere that compassion has grief and anger as its near and far enemies. Only those who know compassion ever feel the kind of anger you are expressing or the grief at the needless suffering. Only thru truth can true justice prevail and that is on our side, not theirs. Your contempt and hatred will harm you far more than it will hurt anyone else. Change is inevitable and so is their downfall."Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."1 Corinthians 5:8 Dhammapada IX
Evil
124:  If there's no wound on the hand,
  that hand can hold poison.
  Poison won't penetrate
    where there's no wound.
  There's no evil
    for those who don't do it. Peace :)
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Comment #12 posted by Hope on August 17, 2004 at 21:42:06 PT
GoldenLung
I'm so sorry about what has happened to you. It's not right and all of us here want to see the laws changed. It sounds like your mother loves you very much. She is afraid for you. We are all afraid for our children. She doesn't want you in the hands of law enforcement and she wants your life to be perfect. I hope that you will prove her wrong about your life being "ruined". Her fears for you caused her to say that.Be careful. 
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Comment #11 posted by unkat27 on August 17, 2004 at 20:30:13 PT
Monkey on the Back
'In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly increasing alpha-wave activity in the brain. Alpha-waves are generally associated with meditative and relaxed states, which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity.'For 25 years, I have experienced the living proof of this fact. When I am without marijuana, I suffer from anxiety and nervous tension which makes it very difficult for me to do my work (I'm an artist, cartoonist, and animator). I have been without marijuana more often than I have had it, due to its illegality, and I have come to think of the problem I suffer from as a 'Monkey on the Back', because I feel a weight on my shoulders and I am constantly being distracted by idiotic thoughts (and insults) which make it hard for me to focus on what I am doing. And there's a constant pain in the back that won't go away. But when I have marijuana, it's like the monkey on my back goes away, along with the anxiety and the pain, and I have the ability to focus on my work and stick to it. Consequently, i manage to get about ten times more work done when I have marijuana than when I don't. I have explained this to my psychologist, to my sister, to friends, but it has made no real difference because the people who maintain its illegality and deny my right to use it are unreachable and don't really care about my problems. As a result of their lack of care for people like me, I have been secretly hating them for years and I have nothing, absolutely nothing, good, to say about such fascists. My hatred for them will not end, it is all I have, along with the truth, to fight them with, until they stop making me suffer needlessly. Hate, I have been told, is not a good thing, but believe, when people make me suffer needlessly, no matter how many times I tell them I am suffering, i don't think they deserve anything but my hatred. To hell with them. To hell with the Bushies and Asscrofts, to hell with the religious right morons. Hate may not be a family virute, but neither is sadism, and that is what the big bullies are practicing. People who make you suffer needlessly are SADISTS, which means that they get some kind of sick pleasure from your suffering. Bush admitted how amused he was, when he was governor of Texas, about a woman on death-row who pleaded for a stay of execution. He made fun of the woman before he watched her die. That is the kind of sick leaders who oppose marijuana decriminalization and legalization. Sadistic pigs who get pleasure from making people suffer. Hate may not be much, but aside from the truth that the big pigs continue to ignore, it is all I have to give them. After 25 years of suffering while they laugh, I've grown sick of them. I was nice for the first 10 years, I was a good christian with an open mind, but then I realized that they didn't really care, and enjoyed being sadists with me under the whip. They put the monkey on my back and they want it to stay there. To hell with them. 
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on August 17, 2004 at 19:46:49 PT
runruff 
I wasn't able to view the video very well but what I saw was very good. If you can get it onto a DVD that would be great and if you can't I sure understand. I don't know how hard it is to do. Thank you for your efforts. 
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Comment #9 posted by Jose Melendez on August 17, 2004 at 19:44:04 PT
Golden Lung
You are not alone:http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/9425658.htm Posted on Tue, Aug. 17, 2004AP NewsBreak: Kernan acknowledges having used marijuana MIKE SMITH Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Joe Kernan used marijuana a few times while he was in his 20s, his campaign disclosed Tuesday. The disclosure to The Associated Press came in response to a question posed after some Democrats suggested that Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels had not been completely forthcoming about his 1970 drug arrest while a student at Princeton.Kernan campaign spokeswoman Tina Noel said Kernan, a Democrat, used marijuana "a few times in his younger days." She said that was the only illegal drug Kernan, now 58, had ever used. Noel declined to provide any other details about the circumstances involved in the marijuana use. Some Democrats, meanwhile, questioned Daniels' 1970 arrest." Voters deserve to know all the details of what went on," said state Rep. Ed Mahern, D-Indianapolis.Daniels has long acknowledged that he pleaded guilty to a marijuana possession charge 34 years ago, and his campaign accused Kernan's campaign and its supporters of dredging up the arrest in a "pathetic, personal attack." According to initial newspaper accounts, Daniels, 21 at the time, and two others were arrested in a dorm room May 14, 1970, after a five-month investigation that also led to other arrests.Those accounts had Daniels and the other two in the room being charged with possession of marijuana, LSD and other drugs, and maintaining a common nuisance - allowing the sale or use of drugs. Daniels spent two nights in jail before he was released. Daniels was later indicted on two charges - possessing marijuana and maintaining a nuisance. Prosecutors later dropped those charges, and Daniels pleaded guilty to a disorderly person charge stemming from his use of marijuana. He was fined $350. The Daniels campaign has shared newspaper clippings, court papers and other documents involving the arrest and its aftermath with some news organizations, including the AP. Those documents included background checks done by the FBI when Daniels was up for presidential appointments, including his nomination as budget director to President George W. Bush. That was a top-level clearance, the campaign said, since Daniels was a member of the National Security Council. One FBI background document included interviews with two college roommates, including one who was arrested with Daniels. He said aside from recreational use of marijuana, he was not aware of any conduct that would "impact negatively" on Daniels' character. Another roommate said Daniels would occasionally use only marijuana. The Indianapolis Star reported Sunday that the initial charges might have stemmed from activity in the dorm before Daniels moved in. V. Steven Harris, who lived there previously, said Daniels had "nothing to do with selling drugs." Harris said he - not Daniels - was the one "busted." He told the newspaper he was a Democrat and no fan of President Bush and would gladly offer unflattering information about a Republican if he had any. Mahern said he understood that the Daniels campaign had a box of information related to the arrest, and "I am asking him here today to share the entire contents of that box with the citizens of Indiana." Mahern made the request to reporters on the steps of the Statehouse and was joined by Democratic Rep. William Crawford of Indianapolis and two members of the Indianapolis City-County Council. State Democratic Chairman Kip Tew made a similar request to Indianapolis television station WTHR in a report it aired Monday night." I think we need to know more information about what his involvement was," Mahern said. Daniels has said he has never sold drugs, and campaign spokeswoman Ellen Whitt said he has been forthcoming about the events of 34 years ago." He has been open about this. He has written about it over the years. He has answered any questions that have been asked of him," she said. In an op-ed piece written by Daniels and printed by The Washington Post in August 1989, Daniels said it was easy to obtain marijuana and Budweiser beer during his college days, and, "For a time, I was a carefree consumer of both."(snip)
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Comment #8 posted by Golden Lung on August 17, 2004 at 19:34:27 PT:
Juvenille 
 As of today, I have be prosecuted for the possession of a controlled substance, THC, marijuana. The source of my creativity, my happiness, and freedom of boredom has been stripped from my grasp. My parents can't stand to see me because of "what I have done to myself," when they have smoked pot all through the 70s and 80s(my mom started again in the early and mid 90s during college), my brother was born in '81. I actually found pictures of my mom stoned. My mom said I ruined my life because it is on my record now. I knew when you are convicted as a juvenille it is called judicated and doesn't stay on your record, unless you join the military or police force. Then you got to explain why it was stupid and you should have never done it. I'll join the police force just to lower the chances of an innocent pot head going to court just for smoking a joint. But as of today, I am composing a letter to the representatives of my state, Arkansas, about how marijuana can help our slow, poor, and shunned upon state into a bustling economic image of what the future should and will be. The first word that comes to my mind when I think about the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana of all purposes: medical, creativity, or simply boredom... is utopia. Or at least a major step towards it. If there were marijuana companies(like there are tobacco)and joints were sold in packages like cigarettes. That's one way to keep people from getting murdered over a drugdeal gone bad. That's one way to make poor families rich by investing and owning shares of those companies. That's one way to lower taxes, because of less money spent on prisons, we can focus on schools, but in my state's case better paved roads that aren't so damn bumpy. I swear to god, our state has the worst highway committee of the contagious United States. Oh yeah, tourism, more tourism. Hopefully, Kerry will be the president who makes it legal, I know he wants to. He just has to have balls. Man, just walking into a convience store and saying "one blunt please." "What kind?" "Ummm, Green Buddha." (A company I just made up) I just hope I live to where that day comes, while I'm young. My mom was mad at me about smoking pot. Right now, we are both watching E! True Hollywood Story: Cheech and Chong. I've always wanted to share a blunt with my parents, but it appears watching a Cheech and Chong movie is about as close to that as we will ever get. My dad is a different story. Someone please reply about my comment. PLEASE
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Comment #7 posted by Shishaldin on August 17, 2004 at 16:46:07 PT
runruff's Let My People Grow on crrh.org
http://crrh.org/hemptv/docs_let.html
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on August 17, 2004 at 11:55:06 PT
runruff
That is very kind of you. I don't have a working VCR anymore. It started eating tapes so we gave up on it and just use our DVD player. 
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Comment #5 posted by runruff on August 17, 2004 at 11:41:21 PT:
My video
Yes I did give a copy to Pot-tv. Is that the same as D. Paul Stanford's CRRH.org? Anyway Paul came by our pirate radio station here in So. Oregon a few years ago to meet me and get a copy for his web site. I believe it was one of the first to be posted. It is still there so far as I know and can still be seen by going to his web site. Paul is great and still very active. I saw him once this year and have talked to him by phone about going on his tv show. I need to get in touch with him again soon.Thanks for asking!
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Comment #4 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on August 17, 2004 at 09:57:36 PT
Wow
RunRuff, if you've really given away that many copies, may I suggest putting it on DVD-R? Blank DVDs are cheaper (in bulk) than blank videotapes, and the postage is much less too. Plus then there's no quality loss, and I bet you could find several people willing to make multiple copies and get it spread to the masses. Also, have you sent a copy to Pot-TV?
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Comment #3 posted by runruff on August 17, 2004 at 08:09:08 PT:
Free info video
Ten years ago I produced the first most infomative video on the subject of cannabis/hemp, ["Let My People Grow"] with the help of Jack Herrer and many other experts who's names will be familure to many of you. My video is free to anyone. E-mail me at runruff yahoo.com. I can't afford to pay the postage. I've given away about ten thousand to date but the video is my contribution to the cause. I'll send one to you or someone you know. Knowlege is power!
FREE THE WEED! 
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Comment #2 posted by Richard Paul Zuckerm on August 17, 2004 at 08:06:09 PT:
MY LETTER TO THE OAKLAND CIVIL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE
Dear OCLA! I placed a $25 Travelers Express money order, nicely typed, made out to OCLA, into a nicely typed OCLA envelope you people sent me recently, placed a stamp on it, and inserted the sealed envelope with money order into the mailbox. I'm with you all the way on your Oakland Cannabis Initiative. Please type my name into the Search option on www.cannabisnews.com to read my comments?Please advise me of whether Oakland provides a Security Deposit Loan to would-be apartment dwellers? I have sent a number of e-mails to New Jersey State legislators, the N.J. Department of Community Affairs, Salvation Army, and Catholic Charities, for this. New York City welfare agency provides a "One Shot Deal" security deposit loan, to be paid off within a year, offered me the loan even though I am disqualified from welfare eligibility because my income is too high! Why doesn't more jurisidictions offer Security Deposit Loan assistance, so out-of-state residents can move in and become residents, to help college students?I'm still in New Jersey while suing the Highland Park Public Library, www.HPBoro.com, over their regulation three minute time limit on the public pay telephone, even when nobody is waiting to use the public phone; concomitant arrest by three Highland Park Policemen after I refused to produce identification. The only municipal court conviction which resulted from this arrest was for a COMPLETELY FABRICATED "disorderly conduct." However, in New Jersey, a municipal court conviction is INADMISSIBLE in any civil action, according to the case law, e.g., Trisuzzi v. Tabatchnik, 285 N.J.Super. 15, 25, 666 A.2d 543 (App. Div. 1995). I filed my State Constitutional Tort Retaliation and Fraud lawsuit within the 2 year statute of limitations, Richard Paul Zuckerman, Plaintiff vs. Borough of Highland Park, et al., Defendants, Docket number L-3743-00, presided over by The Honorable Nicholas J. Stroumtsos, Jr., Post Office Box 964, Middlesex County Court House, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903-0964, (Secretary's telephone number)(732) 981-3102, (Law Clerk's telephone number)(732) 981-3074. On August 6, 2004, trial judge Stroumtsos ordered the attorney representing the policemen to produce the application for employment submitted by each policeman, for an in camera inspection. The defense attorney submitted the employment applications of the orificers on or around August 13, 2004, and I am waiting to see if Judge Stroumtsos is going to redact their Social Security numbers and send me a copy! Another good thing trial judge Stroumtsos did at the August 6, 2004, Status Conference was to order all discovery, including depositions, completed by the next scheduled early December 2004 Status Conference. Then they can submit their dispositive motions. If their motions do not hold the day, then the case will be placed on the trial calendar list. Their story is that they repeatedly demanded my identification at the front door of the Highland Park Public Library, while women and children were trying to enter and leave the library, that I walked up into the face of the Patrolmen, with two other cops standing there in close proximity, shook my fists and exclaimed: "I don't like you!" However, the police report cover sheet box number 48 was checked off as follows: CHILDREN WERE: PRESENT [] INVOLVED [] N/A [/], and the presence of women and children were not mentioned in the police report narrative! In addition, the charging officer told the Grand Jury that HE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, in response to two separate questions! 2 years later, however, he remembered? Is it reasonable for three policemen to street question a suspect at the front door of a public library while blocking people traffic? I have a number of other discrepancies and contradictions in their testimony to bring out to the jury! I have made it crystal clear to all defense attorneys of record that I intend to seek a HUGE PUNITIVE damages judgment! In the words of the panel in the case of Perez v. Z Frank Oldsmobile, Inc., 223 F.3d 617, 621 (7th Cir. Easterbrook 2000): "Frauds often escape detection, and the need to augment deterrence of concealable offenses is a principal justification of punitive damages." [citations omitted]. I guess the cops thought they could bully me, a HOMELESS person, with their expectation that I would plead guilty with an explanation and would not have the wherewithal to file on them! I like Todd Rundgren's CD, entitled LIARS, with the songs entitled TRUTH, FUTURE, and ALIVE! I would like you people to hear these songs, too! "...[E]very citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution." "Traveling With a Reformer", Mark Twain, quoted in an email dated Tuesday, October 21, 2003, of The Roger Hedgecock Show, www.rogerhedgecock.com, (Fax)(858) 715-3395.By the way, people, I received a few e-mails about Resolutions by Berkeley, California, to legalize Marihuana and Prostitution and to end Constitutional protection of Corporations. I could not agree with them more on these! Yesterday, I received my issue of Fall 2004 Synthesis/Regeneration, with the article entitled Abolish Corporate Personhood, on pages 38-41. I like that article, considerably! About a week ago, I sent www.thecorporation.com an e-mail asking how I can purchase the DVD of The Corporation. They e-mailed me a form letter indicating the DVD should be available for sale around January 2005. I'm waiting for it! I was outbid of a DVD of The Corporation on an e-bay auction, about four days ago. Shucks! I want to purchase many DVDs of The Corporation! This issue of Synthesis/Regeneration also has an article asserting that the Green Party has been infiltrated by Democratic Party agents. Accordingly, I plan to vote for Ralph Nader, Libertarian Party, and PERHAPS Green Party candidates, in this order of voting order. Certainly no Republicans or Democrats, though I did vote for Dennis Kucinich at the Primary Election. I asked the election machine operator for a paper receipt, but she said: "You don't need it!" I beg to differ from her!I do plan to send you $25/month until the end of the campaign!Yurrs truly, with warm regards,
Richard Paul Zuckerman, Box 159, Metuchen, New Jersey, 08840-0159, (Cell telephone number)(908) 403-6990, richardzuckerman2002 yahoo.com.Diploma in Paralegal, New York University, 2003;Diploma in Truck Driving, with an up-to-date New Jersey Commercial Drivers License, Smith and Solomon School of Truck Driving, 45 Kilmer Road, Edison, New Jersey, 1995;B.A. in Political Science, Kean College of New Jersey [Kean University], 1987.Member of: www.norml.org; www.aclu-nj.org; www.greenparty.org; www.njlp.org; www.fromthewilderness.com; www.hightimes.com; www.cannabisculture.com; www.jpfo.org; www.nrahq.org.;A "private attorney general," Frankenhauser v. Rizzo, 59 F.R.D. 339, 343 (E.D. Pa. Edward R. Becker, when he was ONLY a federal district judge 1973);"[A] man more sinn'd against than sinning," William Shakespeare, Wagenmann v. Adams, 829 F.2d 196, 226, footnote  (1st Cir. 1987);a/k/a Zucko The Clown [literally stolen from Howard Stern Show character Yucko The Clown];A dark horse;Buck Private Paralegal.
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Comment #1 posted by duzt on August 17, 2004 at 07:09:53 PT
lots of other methods
"Several health committees recommended the development of an inhalation device that delivers pure THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- to the lungs. Such a device has not yet been created."Once again, no mention of vaporizers, tinctures or cooking. Lots of good info here but they are all stuck on smoking. 
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