cannabisnews.com: Research Furthers Marijuana's Move Into Mainstream
Research Furthers Marijuana's Move Into Mainstream
Posted by CN Staff on July 09, 2005 at 08:46:29 PT
By Robert Matas
Source: Globe and Mail
Vancouver, B.C. -- Eric Nash and Wendy Little have 45 marijuana plants that they grow at a secret location for two people who are registered with the federal government to receive medicinal marijuana.They have another 45 plants that they hope will become the source for the world's first certified, organic cannabis-based medicine for patients with pain from multiple sclerosis and AIDS.
After two years of consultations with Ottawa, the Vancouver Island couple have received federal government approval to expand their fledgling business and begin research on developing the organic, cannabis-based medicine.The research project is the most recent development in the gradual movement of marijuana from counterculture to mainstream of Canadian society.Jirina Vlk, a media relations officer for Health Canada, declined to comment on the Vancouver Island project, saying Canada's privacy law prohibits the government from providing any information about research or about suppliers for the medicinal marijuana program.Mr. Nash, 47, worked for the City of Victoria's parks department and the B.C. Ministry of Forests before becoming a provider of medicinal marijuana. Ms. Little, 44, was a high-school teacher.The federal government recognized their company, Island Harvest, as a producer of medicinal marijuana in 2002, Mr. Nash said.Since then, Health Canada received requests from 54 patients for their marijuana. However, Health Canada has allowed the firm to supply only two people, he said.An Ontario Court of Appeal decision in 2003 allowed ill people to obtain marijuana from designated growers. The ruling was initially believed to open the door to large-scale private cultivation.However, the federal government has restricted private production, despite the court ruling, Mr. Nash said. Patients are encouraged to obtain their marijuana from Prairie Plant Systems, a government-backed biotechnology company growing marijuana in an unused mine outside Flin Flon, Man., he said.The development of an organic, cannabis-based medicine would exempt their company from restrictions placed on medicinal marijuana, he said. The product would be available at pharmacies in unlimited supply through prescription.Mr. Nash said a company called PhytoCan Pharmaceuticals will do research over the next 12 to 18 months on whether the medicine should be a spray, liquid or solid and how to standardize the ingredients.Federal approval for research by PhytoCan was given three months after Health Canada approved Sativex, a cannabis-based drug for relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclerosis. Sativex, manufactured in the United Kingdom by GW Pharmaceuticals, is administrated by a spray pump under the tongue or inside the cheek.Mr. Nash's project has received the endorsement of Vancouver's chief public health officer, John Blatherwick, who has often been among the first to advocate controversial positions on health care that more traditional authorities eventually adopted.Dr. Blatherwick, who was invested in the Order of Canada for his public-health advocacy, depicted the research as part of the move toward legalization of marijuana."We supported the group because they say we need to do proper research," Dr. Blatherwick said yesterday in an interview. "That is one of the cop-outs people [who oppose legalization of marijuana] always use. So fund proper research and get some of the answers.""It is pretty clear you have to go a little beyond decriminalization," he added. "We have it decriminalized now, essentially, and it is still not working. . . . There is still huge profits being made in having illegal grow-ops and selling marijuana."Dr. Blatherwick was an early supporter of smoking bans, safe-injection sites for hard-drug users, needle exchanges and making condoms available in schools.Mr. Nash said a company called PhytoCan Pharmaceuticals will do research over the next 12 to 18 months on whether the medicine should be a spray, liquid or solid and how to standardize the ingredients.Federal approval for research by PhytoCan was given three months after Health Canada approved Sativex, a cannabis-based drug for relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclerosis. Sativex, manufactured in the United Kingdom by GW Pharmaceuticals, is administrated by a spray pump under the tongue or inside the cheek.Mr. Nash's project has received the endorsement of Vancouver's chief public health officer, John Blatherwick, who has often been among the first to advocate controversial positions on health care that more traditional authorities eventually adopted.Dr. Blatherwick, who was invested in the Order of Canada for his public-health advocacy, depicted the research as part of the move toward legalization of marijuana."We supported the group because they say we need to do proper research," Dr. Blatherwick said yesterday in an interview. "That is one of the cop-outs people [who oppose legalization of marijuana] always use. So fund proper research and get some of the answers.""It is pretty clear you have to go a little beyond decriminalization," he added. "We have it decriminalized now, essentially, and it is still not working. . . . There is still huge profits being made in having illegal grow-ops and selling marijuana."Dr. Blatherwick was an early supporter of smoking bans, safe-injection sites for hard-drug users, needle exchanges and making condoms available in schools.Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Author: Robert MatasPublished: Saturday, July 9, 2005 - Page S1Copyright: 2005 The Globe and Mail CompanyContact: letters globeandmail.caWebsite: http://www.globeandmail.com/Related Articles & Web Site:PhytoCan Pharmaceuticalshttp://www.medicalmarihuana.ca/phytocan/Spray Alternative To Pot On The Market in Canadahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20893.shtmlThe Lesson of Sativexhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20542.shtml
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Comment #40 posted by FoM on July 28, 2005 at 22:17:53 PT
afterburner
Thank you. I still listen to my music with a very old CD player. It hold five CDs and it's tempermental. It skips some CDs sometimes and is generally trying to give up the ghost. PS: Weld is coming out on a DVD. I am looking forward to getting it plus a few more that NY will be releasing soon.
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Comment #39 posted by afterburner on July 28, 2005 at 21:45:05 PT
FoM RE Comments #28, 29
CNET users' favorite MP3 players
http://sympatico-msn-ca.com.com/4520-6450_7-6257514-1.html?part=sympatico-msn-ca&subj=re&tag=ca_home
CNET users' favorite MP3 players
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Comment #38 posted by jose melendez on July 14, 2005 at 17:37:50 PT
it IS interesting, yes?
I find it more challenging annd rewarding than almost any job. The things I can now do with freeware tools dedicated to video streaming on my mac easily surpass the quality put out by cnn.com!It almost makes me want to open a news portal . . .; )http://c-news.org
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on July 14, 2005 at 17:14:15 PT
Jose
Thank you. It's not necessary that I figure out how to do it but it's been interesting trying to figure out how it can be done. I can watch them on my computer and that's more then I hoped for. Making my own music CDs is as far as I've been able to do. I make a copy of new CDs I buy incase something happens to the original so I won't need to buy it again.
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Comment #36 posted by jose melendez on July 14, 2005 at 16:03:22 PT
here's a start
I've not tried any of these, good luck!http://www.mp3towav.org/Fx-Video-Converter/ http://www.programshome.com/program_18067.html http://www.softdivshareware.com/ivideomax.html http://tinyurl.com/9m7uo
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Comment #35 posted by FoM on July 14, 2005 at 12:17:43 PT
BGreen or Anyone
This is not on topic but while the news is slow I'm trying to figure out how to convert a mov to a mpeg so I can put some videos on a disc. Do you know how to do it? I have about 9 or 10 videos I'd like to put on one dvd or cd whatever is the right thing to use. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Comment #34 posted by BGreen on July 13, 2005 at 23:08:40 PT
If the boys and girls in the US are saying NO
then I imagine the Canadians aren't beating their way to the recruiters door, either. {grin}The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #33 posted by FoM on July 13, 2005 at 21:39:24 PT
Off Topic But Not Really
We were watching a Canadian channel we get on Direct TV tonight called News World International and they had a commercial promoting joining the U.S. Armed Service. I was upset when I saw it because why would Canada accept an advertisement promoting the U.S. armed forces? It didn't make any sense to me and I wanted to mention it. At first I thought it was an ad to join a Canadian Army but it was for us. Maybe we are becoming just one big nation and are absorbing Canada. I sure hope not for Canada's sake.
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Comment #32 posted by mr spliff on July 13, 2005 at 10:29:04 PT:
hellth canada
This is good news, but the canadian govt. and hellth canada is still preventing the cannabis experts, ie those with drug records, from participating in the process. Canada could be a world leader in cannabis pharmaceuticals if it wanted to be.
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Comment #31 posted by jose melendez on July 11, 2005 at 19:25:40 PT
NPR's funder gets outed again, ONDCP is next!
" . . . the defense is always interested in having a case that it can win be the first case." - BBC, on Merck's pending 3,857 Vioxx lawsuitshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071100148.html Merck claims the company acted responsibly, researching Vioxx's safety in extensive clinical trials before it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and monitoring the medicine after it went on the market in 1999.But thousands of plaintiffs seeking potentially billions of dollars in damages allege otherwise.The questionnaire asked jurors how much they agree with such statements as: "Corporate executives may lie under oath to protect the company's profits and to increase salaries and bonuses," and "I am sometimes outraged at the conduct of companies that make prescription medicines."The questionnaire also asked if potential jurors belonged to groups that support reducing, limiting or eliminating jury verdicts. - - -Note: painkillers, palliatives are regularly shown to be far more harmful and less efficacious than cannabis. Period.
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on July 11, 2005 at 16:29:02 PT
afterburner
I checked and Big Time is the first song on Broken Arrow. I didn't know the name of the song but the whole album is good. I might try out the other link you posted. Thanks!
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on July 11, 2005 at 10:40:57 PT
afterburner
I'm going to go over your post with a fine tooth comb sometime today. On top of what is going on weather wise and the dam I'm trying to find something to trade with a Neil friend to get a DVD of Weld from the BBC. My dumb DVD recorder is so hard for me to figure out. It's tempermental like me so it drives me crazy! LOL! I don't know Big Time or some more of the info you posted. I don't understand IPods either. I am so out of touch with so much stuff. We are building on a new room and have closed in our front porch and will be making it a living room. We'll be living in heavy construction dirt soon but my husband needs a room for himself to do what he wants and I need a bigger living room. Our living room is very small. I will check out your post really soon and thanks!
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Comment #28 posted by afterburner on July 11, 2005 at 10:28:46 PT
Not to Worry FoM, You're Mission Is More Important
I had little idea of the extent of the damage from Hurricane Dennis. I have been working late and watching the Tour de France early. The weather here has been mild, so far. I just saw a weather summary showing some of the Hurricane Dennis damage. I created the playlist below from memory. (I may have forgotten a song.) Then, you can make your own concert when the crisis passes."A Beginner's Guide to Neil Young & Crazy Horse" playlist:Everybody Knows This Is NowhereCinnamon GirlDown by the RiverThe Needle and the Damage DoneTonight's the NightBig Time (on Crazy Horse album, written by Neil Young)Hey Hey My MyMansion on the Hill{Unplanned, Broken Arrow spun off sessions for the new Crazy Horse album - 23 songs by Talbot, Molina and Sampedro, featuring Young ("It's the four of us only we don't have any Neil Young songs on it ... The only band that we know of is the four of us. Neil produced it. He's the boss. We had to have somebody who's the boss for us ...") are already recorded. As is their usual want the quartet got to the point where they decided to go and play a few live gigs and lobbed unannounced at Old Princeton Landing, a small club outside San Francisco. Local word-of-mouth ensured it was packed.{Big Time, the first song on the album was the first song we recorded. Neil finished writing it the morning we went in and polished off the lyrics and we played it and that was it.}
--CRAZY HORSE
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The Billy Talbot Interview
http://www.thei.aust.com/isite/talbot.htmlAlso available for Broadband Consumers:{PODCASTING 101
How to get a Podcast!{This 10 Step Tutorial will walk you through how to download and set up the iPodder program on your desktop, and subscribe to a Podcast Feed. {The first step in Podcasting is to install Podcasting Software on your computer. This software will automatically "go out" each day and get the MP3 audio files for you - as well as downloading them to your computer.}
http://www.q107.com/station/rss.cfm?HT=1
NEIL YOUNG lyrics
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Comment #27 posted by kaptinemo on July 11, 2005 at 05:28:16 PT:
Partially related: Some Big Pharma research
is phoney: Allegations of Fake Research Hit New High
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050710/ap_on_sc/fake_research_3From the article:*Allegations of misconduct by U.S. researchers reached record highs last year as the Department of Health and Human Services received 274 complaints — 50 percent higher than 2003 and the most since 1989 when the federal government established a program to deal with scientific misconduct.Chris Pascal, director of the federal Office of Research Integrity, said its 28 staffers and $7 million annual budget haven't kept pace with the allegations. The result: Only 23 cases were closed last year. Of those, eight individuals were found guilty of research misconduct. In the past 15 years, the office has confirmed about 185 cases of scientific misconduct.Research suggests this is but a small fraction of all the incidents of fabrication, falsification and plagiarism.*Oh, yes, we can trust Big Pharma not to cook the books, fake research, plagiarize, etc. Uh huh. Suuuuuure we can...especially about cannabis, a substance that puts ALL of their concoctions to shame in the safety department, and threatens to put them out of business. We can expect absolute and complete transparency from said pharma corps about cannabis...in a pig's eye!
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 21:21:31 PT
Interesting Article: Fully Baked
Fully Baked (The Marijuana Quagmire)July 10, 2005Cannabis was one of the first crops ever cultivated by man. It has been used by humans as rope (boring), a food ingredient (boring), medicine (boring), and recreational drug (groovy dude!). The most widely used drug in the world, cannabis is now illegal in most countries. In the United States, 734,000 people were arrested for marijuana-related offenses in the year 2000. Though it is a simple weed and its history has been entwined (pun intended) with that of man since before recorded history, modern scientists are still uncertain as to how the drug operates, and today’s politicians are still unsure as to what to do in regards to this bothersome plant. In honor of Rhode Island recently legalizing medical marijuana, I propose that we go back to the basics, and examine the fundamentals of the world’s second-most controversial weed (after the dandelion, which I always found pretty…). Perhaps we will find some answers that will help us solve the apparent marijuana quagmire.Considering this is a University blog, I am going to assume that no one is interested in the rope and nutritional aspects of cannabis, and I will just focus on its use as a recreational drug. Furthermore, considering this is a Brown University blog, I am going to assume that I do not need to give much basic background information on marijuana. It is most often smoked out of cigarettes, pipes, or water pipes (also known as “bongs” and commonly given humorous nicknames like “Bongicio Del Torro,” “Long Bong Silver,” “Sir Hits-A-Lot, ”“Bowlbo Baggins,” or “The Unibonger”). Sometimes users cook and eat marijuana in food, usually brownies. Users begin to feel the effects of the drug within a few minutes and are conscious of being under its influence for several hours.Though recent studies have provided scientists clues as to the mechanisms of marijuana’s effects on the brain, they are really complicated and would probably only kill your buzz. Instead, I will focus on the subjective effects of the drug and leave big complex words like “cannabinoids” and “delta9-tetrahyrdocannabinol” to Babylon. Anyway, anti-cannabis sources seem to have been smoking some seriously bad bud, as their description of the effects of marijuana is entirely negative: “problems with memory and learning, distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch), trouble with thinking and problemsolving [sic], loss of motor coordination; and increased heart rate." Conversely pro-marijuana sources paint a much more “totally far out” description of the drug’s effects: “General change in consciousness, mild euphoria, feelings of general well-being, relaxation or stress reduction, increased appreciation of humor, music and other art, stronger connection of body and mind, holistic attention, introspection, enhanced recollection of episodic memory, physical pleasure, increased awareness of sensation, creative or philosophical thinking… pain relief, increased appetite, reduced nausea." (to be fair, they also listed some negative effects afterwards). Though perhaps both sides of the debate are more interested in supporting their arguments than providing the facts, the short-term effects of the drug can best be described in the words of Dave Chappelle, “You ain’t crisp, but you’ll function.”Complete Article: http://browndailysqueal.com/features/archives/001259.html
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 20:38:00 PT
afterburner
Oh I'm sorry I missed your call. I love that song. I had to water my poor vegetables. We really need rain but it looks like the remnant of the hurricane will be drenching us in a few days which we need. Our dam doesn't need that now since it's has sprung a few leaks. If the dam breaks it might kill some people they said so that is my concern if we get a lot of rain. There's a nursing home in it's path plus many homes. We are higher then the dam and not real close to it so we will be ok. I told my husband to be ready to help evacuate people if the need be. I would go help too.
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Comment #24 posted by afterburner on July 10, 2005 at 20:02:55 PT
OT: FoM, Q107 Had Neil Young and Crazyhorse...
on Legends of Rock. I tried to phone but you were out.
Mansion On The Hill -- set closer
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Comment #23 posted by jose melendez on July 10, 2005 at 18:50:36 PT
DEMAND THE PLANT
The biggest issue with marijuana, McDonald said, is how much time it takes away from controlling the trade of other drugs.
Take marijuana away from the criminal element that makes a large profit . . . I don't think there would be a huge rush of people that would start smoking marijuana if it becomes legal."
And if less attention were focused on marijuana, he said, more could be paid to crystal meth.http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=15&cat=23&id=457232&more=
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Comment #22 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 18:42:11 PT
Off Topic: Lawmaker Prods Court, Raises Brows
Demands longer term in Chicago drug case.By Maurice Possley, Tribune staff reporterPublished July 10, 2005In an extraordinary move, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee privately demanded last month that the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago change its decision in a narcotics case because he didn't believe a drug courier got a harsh enough prison term.Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), in a five-page letter dated June 23 to Chief Judge Joel Flaum, asserted that a June 16 decision by a three-judge appeals court panel was wrong.He demanded "a prompt response" as to what steps Flaum would take "to rectify the panel's actions" in a case where a drug courier in a Chicago police corruption case received a 97-month prison sentence instead of the at least 120 months required by a drug-conspiracy statute.Complete Article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0507100352jul10,1,5787813.story
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Comment #21 posted by global_warming on July 10, 2005 at 14:35:47 PT
One Day At A Time
Is that a saying or mantra, from AAA?The trenches are filled with innocents and the well intentioned..Perhaps, the mantra would sound better if it said, one step at a time.Today, the heat is high in the North East, while sunny Florida, has Dennis knocking down doors.This might explain, why so many older folks migrate to Florida, one might as well go to Vegas, and cast their nest egg on the wheel of fortune.There might be some kind of global warming occurring, but the larger problem of conjestion, heats me up, stuck in traffic, and bureaucratic incompetence, before I wander onto some politically incorrect patch of asphalt, I will try to remember, that some strange person in front of me, may also be having a similar problem.
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 14:30:58 PT
VitaminT
You're very welcome. This time of year is so slow that I always wonder what will be next? For now I'm enjoying music and being outside more then usual while I can.
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Comment #19 posted by VitaminT on July 10, 2005 at 14:06:25 PT
Very Cool
Thank you much
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 13:07:45 PT
VitaminT
We must on the same wave length. I just added it to this thread.http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread20935.shtml#10
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Comment #17 posted by VitaminT on July 10, 2005 at 13:02:04 PT
FoM
I'm not famaliar with B B S News but they're reporting some interesting details about the various papers presented at the recent Cannabinoid conference.It's worth a look
BBS News Service
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 08:22:35 PT
Just a Comment
I haven't found news to post so far today but will as always keep looking. For those who are following Hurricane Dennis this is a good link. They have pictures and they load fast. Stay safe everyone. I like to follow Hurricanes because it really shows the power of Mother Nature. There is no politics with a storm and rich and poor become equal if that makes sense.http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/storm/
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on July 10, 2005 at 07:52:04 PT
The GCW
Thank you about Walmart changing the art work. I get all my music from Amazon.com and I hope they let it as it was meant to be. Shame shame on Walmart and I mean that too.
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Comment #14 posted by The GCW on July 10, 2005 at 05:38:31 PT
You know that new Willie Nelson album???
With the superplant's foilage on the front???It is a Reggae.& EVER wonder why You don't want to support wal-mart?Here's why !!!!"""Universal Music Group Nashville is substituting palm trees for the marijuana leaves on CDs sold at the retail chain Wal-Mart, a huge outlet for country music that's also sensitive about lyrics and packaging."They're covering all the bases," Nelson joked."""http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WILLIE_NELSON_REGGAE?SITE=COFRI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTTHCUNow, Back to cannabisnews.com
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Comment #13 posted by AlvinCool on July 10, 2005 at 04:21:24 PT
Here's our research
And it will NEVER be questioned. I just wonder how much government research on cannabis is pencil whipped for millions since they only catch a few
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=925271
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Comment #12 posted by jose melendez on July 10, 2005 at 04:06:05 PT
mayan
The business continuity and crisis management consultant mentioned at the link you posted was apparently on site at the King's Cross bombings last week, along with fellow security consultant and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5126121,00.html http://www.prisonplanet.com/911/wtc7.htmIt seems possible to me that there may be nothing nefarious about these coincidences, as this is what they do for work - consult with industry to manage crisis issues.http://wcdm.org/wcdm_advs.htmlhttp://www.globalcontinuity.com/article/articleview/1591/1/30/That said, if they are involved, technology and truth will likely expose them, just as it is our drug warrior friends are increasingly exposed as corrupt or otherwise in violation of the very laws they are sworn to uphold and defend.Amazingly, or perhaps not, Colombia poison sprayer DynCorp (outed by Cynthia McKinney as she grilled Rumsfeld before Congress about which company was involved in war games on 9/11 - http://tinyurl.com/c5o3x ) has apparently embedded themselves and their parent company Computer Science Corporation in all of this:http://cannabisculture.com/articles/2939.html http://tinyurl.com/atpvdhttp://www.telecoms-i.com/event_media/programme.asp?is=1&ref=1594&day=2http://www.csc.com/features/2005/20.shtml http://tinyurl.com/abz5x - - - July, 2005: http://www.prisonplanet.com/audio/090705exercise_clip.mp3 October, 2001: Peter Power, a former police officer who _witnessed the King's Cross fire that killed 30 people_, devised the 'gold, silver, bronze' response strategy now used by every police force in Britain. He heads a company, Visor Consultants, which has written the DTI's guide to coping with a crisis. http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,552573,00.htmlWhat are you, a comedian?http://www.ccep.ca/ccep_powr.html - - -audio: pulling it off (caution - loud)http://67.19.213.18/audio/PullIt2.mp3 http://67.19.213.18/audio/PullIt.mp3WARNING: It is a criminal offense to threaten any person who seeks to report federal crimes**. At a minimum, WE STRONGLY URGE all federal employees reading this to exercise your rights under the Civil Service Reform Act (5 U.S.C. § 2303) and the Whistleblower Protection Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 2302(b)(8)& (b)(9)), and immediately investigate and disclose the breaches of felony U.S. laws mentioned not only to the courts but also and especially to the public.Failure to comply does expose you personally to civil litigation, criminal penalties and fines.**Title 18 U.S.C. û 1513. Retaliating against a witness,
victim, or an informant.Title 18 U.S.C. û 1512. Tampering with a
witness/informant.Title 18 U.S.C. ß 4 (misprision of felony).TITLE 15 > CHAPTER 1 > § 15
Drug War Murders
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Comment #11 posted by mayan on July 09, 2005 at 18:23:20 PT
Hmmm
Sorry, unrelated...London Underground Bombing 'Exercises' Took Place at Same Time as Real Attack - Culpability cover scenario echoes 9/11 wargames:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2005/090705bombingexercises.htmJust like 9/11.
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Comment #10 posted by Taylor121 on July 09, 2005 at 15:33:30 PT
MPP appeals decision to Minnesota Supreme Court
Marijuana Policy Project appeals charter amendment ruling to Minnesota Supreme CourtWould you give up the fight to protect the democratic process in the face of injustice? Well, neither would we. That is why the Marijuana Policy Project filed a petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday, appealing the Minnesota Court of Appeals' outrageous June 7 ruling, which upheld the Minneapolis City Council's illegal decision to block the medical marijuana charter amendment from the city's ballot. While we await the Supreme Court's decision on whether to review the appeals court's ruling, we need your help.Please click here to write a letter-to-the-editor of your local papers, expressing your disappointment with the appeals court's decision -- which curtailed the rights of Minneapolis citizens -- and your hope that the Minnesota Supreme Court will agree to hear our case and reaffirm the right of Minneapolis voters to raise their voices at the ballot box.Although there is no specific deadline by which the Supreme Court must accept or reject MPP's petition for review, the court typically makes a decision between 30 and 90 days. Three of the seven justices must agree to hear the case in order for the court to grant review of the appeals court's decision.Please read our related alert for more information. Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Be sure to subscribe to MPP's free legislative alert service, if you haven't done so already
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Comment #9 posted by jose melendez on July 09, 2005 at 15:31:39 PT
truth: surgically removed
business as usual:2004: REPORT SUPRESSED THAT MARIJUANA COMPONENTS CAN INHIBIT CANCER GROWTH http://www.mapinc.org/norml/v04/n1518/a07.htm - - -2005: Newspaper Withholding Two Articles After Jailing "Take away a reporter's ability to protect a tipster's anonymity and you deny the public vital information," Mr. Clifton wrote. And to dramatize the point, he concluded his column by telling readers that The Plain Dealer was itself obliged to withhold stories based on illegal disclosures for fear of the legal consequences."As I write this, two stories of profound importance languish in our hands," Mr. Clifton wrote. "The public would be well-served to know them, but both are based on documents leaked to us by people who would face deep trouble for having leaked them. Publishing the stories would almost certainly lead to a leak investigation and the ultimate choice: talk or go to jail. Because talking isn't an option and jail is too high a price to pay, these two stories will go untold for now. How many more are out there?"Mr. Clifton said he was surprised that there had been so little public reaction to his disclosure of "something that newspapers typically don't reveal - that real live news had been stifled.""I hoped the public would be bothered by that . . ."http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/09/national/09cleveland.html(to access nytimes.com, use: member ID: cannabisnews password: password)Free Press. Right.http://www.suntimes.com/output/marin/cst-edt-carol081.htmlBothered Yet?http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/
Hero, or Felon?
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on July 09, 2005 at 15:08:53 PT
runderwo
I see what you mean. Thanks! It is there twice. Yes it's a clone I suppose.
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Comment #7 posted by runderwo on July 09, 2005 at 14:44:34 PT
surgery :)
For me, the part from "Mr. Nash said a company..." to ".. condoms available in schools" is in there twice (about nine paragraphs worth.) So it looked like it needed to be pruned a bit to remove the clone. (snicker)
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on July 09, 2005 at 12:23:55 PT
VitaminT
Thank you for the article. The reason the link didn't work is it was too long to put in the url place. It breaks up if it is over so many characters. I'm not very smart with tech talk but hopefully you understand what I'm trying to say! LOL!
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Comment #5 posted by VitaminT on July 09, 2005 at 11:56:32 PT
I can't make the link work - here's the article
Israeli researcher develops cannabis compound with unique anti-cancer action
By David Brinn June 12, 2005Natalya Kogan: I've been interested in cancer research for many years.
Whether or not the potential medical benefits of marijuana outweigh the dangers is a long-debated issue and currently a political hot potato.A recent Israeli breakthrough adds a new twist: a 25-year old Hebrew University doctoral student has developed a derivative of the cannabis plant which has been shown to be effective in arresting cancerous growths in laboratory and animal tests.Natalya Kogan - working under the supervision of noted cannabis researcher Prof. Raphael Mechoulam of the university's School of Pharmacy, was last week awarded a Kaye Innovation Award for her work, an annual award for innovative research established in 1994Kogan's accomplishment involved developing new compounds - known as quinonoid cannabinoids - that her research has shown to parallel in their activity a group of anti-cancer drugs, the best known of which is daunomycin."Quinonoid cannabinoids are derived from hashish - but when they go through an oxidation process, they takes on the chemical structure of anti-cancer drugs like daunomycin," Kogan told ISRAEL21c.However, while daunomycin is toxic to the heart, Kogan, with Dr. Ronen Beeri and Dr. Gergana Marincheva of Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, found that the quinonoid cannabinoids are much less cardiotoxic.The combination of the development of quinonoid compounds that display anticancer activity, but are less toxic, is a major therapeutic accomplishment, according the Kaye Prize board.All of the compounds synthesized by Kogan inhibited cancer cell growth in cell culture, and one of them was found to markedly reduce the volume of tumors in studies on mice. The cannabinoid quinones were found to act through a rather unique pathway of cancer cell destruction - by specific inhibition of topoisomerase II, an enzyme that participates in cell replication."We synthesized the compound, and went into the lab to research what it does to cancer cells and discovered it was able to kill cancer cells in vitro," said Kogan.
"We then injected cancer cells into mice, they were administered the cannabinoids. We measured the tumor diameters and found that they were half as big as the tumors in the mice in the control group."Additionally, the most active compound in the series developed by Kogan, as well as some other cannabinoids, were found by Kogan and Prof. Ruth Galilli of the Hebrew University to have anti-angiogenic properties. Angiogenesis, the process of new blood vessel formation, is crucial for tumor growth, and much effort has been invested by researchers in the development of compounds with anti-angiogenic activity."Basically, we found that our compound attacked tumors from two directions. It can kill cancer cells themselves - by inhibiting tan enzyme that participates in cell replication. And from the other sides, we saw that the compound arrested blood cell formation. When someone has a tumor, it needs an oxygen supply and nutrients to grow - with out it, the tumor won't develop by itself. The compound was able to inhibit these angiogenic properties," said Kogan.According to Kogan, the fact that the compounds have anti-cancer properties and are more selective and potent than standard chemotherapy drugs, increases their potential for use in new anti-cancer drugs. Her research was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Michael Schlesinger at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School and Prof. Ester Priel at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.Born in the Ukraine, Kogan immigrated to Israel in 1995 with her parents, and earned B.Pharm and M.Sc degrees at the HU School of Pharmacy, graduating with excellence."I've been interested in cancer research for many years. I've actually been sitting in the same school of pharmacy for nine years now," she said with a laugh. "My goal was to develop new drugs, and working as a lab technician for Prof. Mechoulam, I got interested in cannabinoids."Mechoulam was one of the first researchers to discover the medical potential of cannabis. Cannabis-derived molecules are already used to prevent nausea from chemotherapy, improve the appetite of AIDS patients, alleviate anxiety, and treat sleepwalking."Almost every pharmaceutical in the world uses the active ingredients in cannabis as a basis for existing drugs and those under development," Mechoulam told Globes.Mechoulam's research was behind the development of the drug Dexanabinol developed by Israeli company Pharmos for the treatment of head trauma was based on Mechoulam's research. In clinical trials last year, however, Dexanabinol was ultimately found ineffective in treating humans."Pharmos has rights to two ingredients developed at our lab: Dexanabinol (H-211), and an anti-inflammatory (H-208). Dexanabinol is not a bad drug at all, but it's hard to conduct clinical trials for it. In order to function properly, it has to be delivered within minutes of an injury. But to conduct a clinical trial you have to get the patient's permission, or in the case of head trauma, from his or her family. This requires several hours, and by this time the drug apparently cannot stop the damage."Pharmos is continuing to test Dexanabinol to prevent cognitive damage following heart surgery. In this case, you can ask the patient before surgery whether he wants to participate in the clinical trial," he said.Kogan, meanwhile, is continuing research on her quinonoid cannabinoids, and said that winning the Kaye prize has been a blessing for her."It's great, I'm really pleased. And maybe now people will learn about what we're doing and be interested in investing in the research."Kogan's prize comes amid the backdrop of the Supreme Court decision last week allows for terminally ill patients who smoke marijuana to alleviate pain to be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, even if their own state laws allow them to use marijuana for medical purposes.She told ISRAEL21c that potential drugs based on her research would not fall in the same category."I think patients should be allowed to use marijuana derivatives. My components are not psychotropic- you won't get high from them. And if they help, I don't see a reason why they shouldn't be legal."
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Israeli Researcher Develops Cannabis Compound with Unique Anti-Cancer ActionBy David BrinnIHC Abstract
A 25-year old Hebrew University doctoral student has developed a derivative of the cannabis plant that is effective in arresting cancerous growths in laboratory and animal tests. Natalya Kogan was recently awarded a Kaye Innovation Award for her work, an annual award for innovative research established in 1994.
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