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Cancer Pain Treatment Using Marijuana is Safe
Posted by CN Staff on June 01, 2022 at 11:11:43 PT
By Jessica Thomson
Source: Newsweek
USA -- Scientists have gathered evidence showing cannabis significantly improves the symptoms of cancer patients, with minimal side effects.In a paper published last week in the journal Frontiers in Pain Research, researchers from Israel stated that cannabis could be a promising alternative to the current standard opioid pain relief offered to cancer patients, which can cause addiction and other negative side effects. Medicinal cannabis use also has side effects, ranging from nausea and weakness to psychosis. However, as the paper says, "the adverse effects from cannabinoids for cancer treatment are generally well tolerated by the patients and categorized as mild to moderate."
Cannabis contains compounds called cannabinoids, which are the active ingredients in both medicinal cannabis and recreational marijuana. THC ((-)-?9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main psychoactive compound, while CBD (cannabidiol) is non-psychoactive and has long been thought to help with pain relief.Before this study, the authors state in the paper, research on the use of medicinal cannabis in pain relief was sparse, mostly small-scale studies. However, this paper used a comprehensive and large-scale cohort of 404 patients. In this study, patients were prescribed a dosage of medicinal cannabis by an oncologist, which was administered via two routes: inflorescences (for smoking or inhaling) and/or oil extracts (under the tongue). The initial dose given was 20 grams (0.7 ounces) a month regardless of how it was administered.Before starting treatment, the patients filled out questionnaires regarding their cancer treatment symptoms, which can include pain, anxiety, depression, insomnia, increased disability, and negative effects on sexuality. At various points during the proceeding six months, the patients would do the questionnaires again, the results of which gave the researchers data on improvements or changes in these symptoms. In the paper, the authors say that most of the studied cancer comorbidities improved significantly during the 6 month period of medicinal cannabis treatment, with total cancer symptoms burden declining by a median of 18 percent, and average weekly pain intensity being reduced by a median of 20 percent. Additionally, they found that the use of medicinal cannabis treatments in cancer patients was "well tolerated and safe", and that over the course of the 6 months, patients did not need to increase their dosages in order for the cannabis to be as effective as it was originally at the beginning of the treatment.While 40 percent of the patient sample stopped all analgesic medications after the 6 cannabis treatment period, the authors say that 25 percent reported that their pain intensity had increased after stopping the cannabis treatment, with 20 percent of the sample beginning to take analgesics afterwards. One explanation that the authors posit is that those who survived the 6 months of treatment had a less severe disease, and therefore naturally had fewer comorbidities by the end of the study.The researchers concluded that medical cannabis could provide an "overall mild to modest long-term statistical improvement of all investigated measures including pain, associated symptoms and, importantly, reduction in opioid (and other analgesics) use", according to the paper. However, the authors clarified that the efficacy and clinical relevance of medicinal cannabis may be limited, and that their results may have been affected by survival bias, because, as they write, "as time progressed patients showed higher response rates for most measures.""Although our study was very comprehensive and presented additional perspectives on medical cannabis, the sex, age, and ethnicity, as well as cancer types and the stage of the cancer meant the variety of patients in our study was wide-ranging. Therefore, future studies should investigate the level of effectiveness of medicinal cannabis in specific subgroups of cancer patients with more shared characteristics," co-author David Meiri, assistant professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, told PsyPost.This result is certainly a step in the right direction for treating pain in cancer patients where opioids cannot or should not be an option, and for expanding the field of research into medicinal cannabis.Source: Newsweek (US)Author: Jessica Thomson Published: June 1, 2022Copyright: 2022 Newsweek, Inc.Contact: letters newsweek.comWebsite: http://www.newsweek.comURL: http://drugsense.org/url/fkAv6uBnCannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml
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Comment #115 posted by FoM on March 28, 2024 at 08:28:51 PT
Gloovins and John Tyler
Thank you so much. I am nervous because I never had any outdoor experience growing. It is all so different. Any supplies are readily available and it's still amazing to me. I forget sometimes that we are legal! Just so cool!
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Comment #114 posted by gloovins on February 26, 2024 at 00:26:14 PT
advice
use super clean soil from the bag and keep indoors if possible the small sprouts till hearty. this has always been an issue with me in the beginning but since have overcome this. much love :)
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Comment #113 posted by John Tyler on February 25, 2024 at 07:45:05 PT
Old Farmer’s Almanac 2024
Recently, I saw the latest copy of the Old Farmer’s Almanac 2024 on the magazine rack at a grocery store. In the center of the cover page amid all of the other pictures of various plants was a bushy cannabis plant. Inside was an article on how to grow your own. Among other things it has planting, growing, harvesting, drying, and storing your home grown cannabis.Check out the link.https://store.almanac.com/2024-garden-guide-online-edition/You can buy a print copy from them, or an on line version, or a print copy from the magazine rack, or from your local garden supply store, wherever Old Farmer’s Almanacs are sold. The times they are a changing
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Comment #112 posted by FoM on February 19, 2024 at 15:07:34 PT
gloovins
How nice this will be to be able to try to do. It could end up a total disaster and that would be sad but the right to be able to try to grow is the most important thing to me. Freedom just wonderful freedom!
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Comment #111 posted by gloovins on February 14, 2024 at 10:55:52 PT
This coming Spring & Summer...
FoM - Hope you get a hearty and giving harvest this year & enjoy the right to grow (again). Should be nice :) I expect a very hot summer.
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Comment #110 posted by FoM on January 25, 2024 at 17:46:22 PT
John Tyler
We won't. The Ohio House Seems happy with how it is, I think. It's going to be a battle. I watch every Hearing! I follow an Ohio Marijuana Reddit group too!
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Comment #109 posted by John Tyler on January 20, 2024 at 09:09:34 PT
Cannabis prohibition was political
Article in Reason.com
https://reason.com/2024/01/15/the-newly-unveiled-hhs-rationale-for-rescheduling-marijuana-underlines-drug-warriors-dishonesty/Not shocking newsThe writers of this researched and long article show once again that the reversal of HHS and DEA position on weed shows that marijuana's classification has always been about politics rather than a legal or scientific matter.It was a “culture war” thing that had been forced on the American public for decades due to narrow economic interest and blatant racism. The Drug War had become so ingrained in political culture and so much money had been spent on it and so many politicians had made their careers on it that it had become very difficult to change course even in the face of facts that contradicted Drug War propaganda. Another thing that helped “the facts” come out was the fact that the marijuana movement got rich enough to have economic, and there for political power. It even got a name change, from marijuana (an obvious Spanish word with a lot of negative cultural implications, etc.) to the more English sounding word, cannabis, to make it more acceptable and proper. Disreputable people used marijuana, while upstanding people used cannabis. It’s the same stuff, but that is culture war for you.
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Comment #108 posted by John Tyler on January 07, 2024 at 09:47:15 PT
Republicans at work
Watch out Ohioans, the Republicans in the state legislature through ignorance, prejudice, and stupidity are doing everything they can to mess up your vote to legalize recreational cannabis. Don’t let them get away with this.This is from the
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/01/03/drastically-changing-ohio-issue-2-will-grow-marijuana-black-market/72060316007/
Letters to the Editor
Columbus Dispatch
1/3/2024
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Comment #107 posted by Had Enough on January 05, 2024 at 23:21:07 PT
Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lnLtha1YC8
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Comment #106 posted by The GCW on January 02, 2024 at 13:32:49 PT
And:
From the Guardian8 days ago — Biden poised to loosen restrictions on marijuana, but some say it's not enough. Legalization advocates say reclassifying drug to schedule III ...-0-& here in Colorado, the news is cannabis shop sales are lower now than anytime in the last 5 years.
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Comment #105 posted by FoM on December 31, 2023 at 14:22:29 PT
The GCW
Thank you for the link. I hope we see total legalization in time, but I wish they would hurry up. I am getting old fast! LOL! Happy New Year!
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Comment #104 posted by FoM on December 31, 2023 at 14:19:31 PT
Had Enough
Thank you! I watched about 6 hours of the hearings but so far what we voted for still stands. 12 plants per household for now. It will be hard to go back to 6 for folks so 12 might stick. The Republicans want the tax money to go to police but it says it is not to go to the police, we know what we voted for and don't want it changed. Happy New Year!
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Comment #103 posted by The GCW on December 22, 2023 at 19:02:10 PT
News
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/22/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-possessionsThe topic of news is in the link.The movement is less out front but still moves along.In 2024, only the most backwards thinking people think it right and proper to harm a citizens for simply using cannabis.If You see one of those backwards thinking individuals, protect Your self!For the devil dwells in that darkness. Exposed.Warn Your neighbors!
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Comment #102 posted by Had Enough on December 10, 2023 at 18:56:35 PT
News
Great news that Stick is healed up. I remember he was not doing so well in the past, had thoughts from time to time how he was doing. Best of wishes to you and him. Please tell him I said so.Also, that the amendment that passed. Cool. very cool. but as usual the powers that be try to muck it all up, standard procedure. They won't approve it at the legislative level, but when passed on a referendum level they get all panty wadded. Same thing here. We still only have Medical here. When the medical was going through, you'd think the world was coming to the end, according to them. like "Chicken Little" running around screechin' about how the "Sky is Falling". Then after it passed, they had all these "GOOD IDEAS" to regulate it, which purpose was to restrict it into oblivion, which most of it was fought back against. I think if it hit the ballot here again, to legalize it, that it would pass. Again those state level congress critters won't pass it, and will revert back to their "reefer madness".Getting all stirred up again, good for you, it will keep you young :).And on another note, you are like-wised loved from here too.Merry Christmas.
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Comment #101 posted by FoM on December 07, 2023 at 07:20:45 PT
Had Enough
I understand. My husband had lung cancer and had Robotic Surgery at The James Cancer Hospital at OSU, and he is still cancer free after 4 years. Today is Ohio Cannabis Day! Now I can shop for a grow tent and seeds, and it will be fun to grow again. They are trying to make stupid changes to the good Bill that we voted on (57%) and we are not taking it lightly so my activism at 76 years old is stirred up again! LOL! Keep on truckin! Love you!
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Comment #100 posted by Had Enough on December 03, 2023 at 21:50:35 PT
Still hangi'n in there
Good to be here as. Had issues (who doesn't), but all is well, I hope.
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Comment #99 posted by FoM on December 03, 2023 at 08:09:20 PT
Had Enough
Oh how wonderful to see you and others. On December 7th we can grow 6 flowering and 6 vegging plants since there is 2 of us. What a nice summer project. I hope everyone is doing well.
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Comment #98 posted by Had Enough on December 02, 2023 at 18:48:29 PT
About Time
We've come a long way here, but still, need to keep goin'. Happy for you FoM, and all your fellow Ohioans. Another chunk of armor torn away.
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Comment #97 posted by John Tyler on November 11, 2023 at 19:42:41 PT
Ohio watch out
Because the voters, you know the will of the people speaking with their votes, have angered the Republicans overlords.
You didn’t do what they told you to do, and now they are going to do everything they can to wreck the whole legalization thing.See the article below.https://www.marijuanamoment.net/ohio-republican-governor-calls-on-lawmakers-to-revise-voter-approved-marijuana-law-before-legalization-takes-effect-next-month/I am sure they will try to overturn the reproductive health care vote also.These issues will not be settled until the MAGA authoritarian Republicans are voted out of office once and for all. Meanwhile, these issues will have to be fought over in the courts.Stay strong Ohio. There will be peace when we are done.Check out these kids playing Cary on Wayward Son.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRneFCTuiuQ
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Comment #96 posted by FoM on November 08, 2023 at 19:13:58 PT
John Tyler
Thank you for your wise words and I am glad now you can get more done.
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Comment #95 posted by John Tyler on November 08, 2023 at 10:06:16 PT
Congratulations Ohio
You have voted overwhelmingly in favor of your reproductive health care and legal cannabis. Good for you!Don’t be complacent though, because your Republican Governor and Republican Legislature are even now busy planning, scheming, plotting, and conspiring to do everything they can to take back all of the gains you have voted for. Keep a constant eye on them. Contact your state Senators and state Representatives and let them know how you feel. Virginia voters stupidly voted for a Republican Governor and flipped the House to a Republican majority. Luckily, the Democrats retained the Senate. The Republican then tried to ram through abortion law changes and did not follow through on setting up legal cannabis sales as the previous administration had proposed.This recent election the voters in Virginia voted to retain the Democratic Senate majority and managed to regain a Democratic majority in the House. As a bonus, it also might squash the further political ambitions of our MAGA extremist governor with a smiley face.Keep up the good work.
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Comment #94 posted by FoM on November 08, 2023 at 07:55:40 PT
We Won!
Thank you! I can't wait to be able to grow outside next summer. We can have 6 flowering and 6 vegging in our household. I have been very sick for some time, and this really makes me feel much better. We can possess 2 and a half ounces per person of flower and 15 grams of concentrate! I am so happy that I have lived long enough to see this day happen in Ohio. Happy days have arrived!
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Comment #93 posted by gloovins on November 08, 2023 at 00:32:20 PT
A HuGE Congrats
Long live this plant that helps so many....Ohio is now enlightened and its about time! Mucho amor....
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Comment #92 posted by The GCW on November 07, 2023 at 20:31:46 PT
FoM,
M,Ohio,Congratulations!
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Comment #91 posted by FoM on November 07, 2023 at 19:09:47 PT
Ohio Did It!
I can't believe this happened! We have 3 wonderful medical dispensaries within about 20 miles. One of the 3 was done by Steve DeAngelo's brother. Now we can grow 6 plants. 3 flowering and 3 vegging. I hope we can grow them outside in the summer. Time will tell!
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Comment #90 posted by FoM on November 07, 2023 at 17:44:17 PT
I Think Ohio Got It Done
Until it is called, I will be nervous. 56% so far for legalization.
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Comment #89 posted by FoM on November 02, 2023 at 18:04:55 PT
John Tyler
We are so excited. After all these years Ohio might just get it done. We will drop our ballots off on Monday when we go to town.
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Comment #88 posted by John Tyler on October 29, 2023 at 09:31:31 PT
Get out the vote
Safe access to reproductive health care and legal cannabis are on the Ohio ballot this November. I hope everyone in Ohio will vote for reproductive health care and legal cannabis. It’s the right thing to do. Vote Democratic to save democracy one more time.In Virginia we have a huge off year election to elect the entire House of Delegates and the Senate. Our governor is a MAGA extremist with a smiley face. We have to vote Democratic to remove the crazies from political power so we can get on with our lives.Vote like your Democracy depends upon it, because it does.
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Comment #87 posted by FoM on August 30, 2023 at 17:44:55 PT
A Little More Progress
In a letter addressed to DEA officials, the HHS called for marijuana to be reclassified as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act, a DEA spokesperson told CNBC. Schedule III is defined as drugs with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.
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Comment #86 posted by FoM on August 16, 2023 at 20:31:48 PT
Ohio Cannabis Legalization Made the Ballot!
I can't believe it! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ohio-to-add-november-ballot-measure-to-legalize-adult-use-marijuana/ar-AA1fmWg2
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Comment #85 posted by FoM on April 27, 2023 at 12:07:56 PT
The GCW
Wonderful!
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Comment #84 posted by The GCW on April 23, 2023 at 20:02:22 PT
Delaware is the 22nd state to RE-Legalize cannabis
No veto: Recreational marijuana will become legal in Delaware Sunday without Gov. Carney’s signatureThe governor said in a statement that the debate has gone on for far too long, and though he still opposes legalization, he won’t stop it anymore.https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-marijuana-legalization-veto-carney/
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Comment #83 posted by FoM on April 15, 2023 at 07:16:10 PT
Hope
My doctor is so open minded and he told me to keep doing what I am doing.
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Comment #82 posted by Hope on April 05, 2023 at 16:04:03 PT
"How cool is that!"
That's so very cool! I, for one of many, am very happy to hear it!We certainly love you, too.
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Comment #81 posted by FoM on April 04, 2023 at 20:03:00 PT
Love You All!
I am going to see my regular doctor this coming week and I am taking my Gummies with me to show them to him. How cool is that! I can't wait to tell him I am legal now! LOL!
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Comment #80 posted by Hope on April 03, 2023 at 12:36:25 PT
Comment 73
*Smile* And it all started with a time of suffering that you promised to correct.Your son would be so honored at what you've done to get to this point and that card. And I know you put so much work and time in on it. And tears.You, too, The GCW. You have honored your son and look at the change. It took a long time and much sorrow. But you moved the thinking of many people in this country closer to rational. Your sons thank you. I thank you. Both of you. All of you.
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Comment #79 posted by Hope on April 03, 2023 at 12:24:05 PT
The GCW
I remember him.He needs an epiphany or something like it. But I'm pretty sure he can't open his mind enough or find the humility to be able to admit he was wrong. He would rather disappoint grace and mercy than his far right wing bros. I suspect.
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Comment #78 posted by Hope on April 03, 2023 at 12:15:01 PT
herbdoc 215 comment 43
"prices we can afford"My herbdoc. As I see it, the only way that can happen is through the presence and proliferation of a glut of product.Then it can happen. Unless, of course, some human reprobate gets the bright idea to destroy the bounty and gift of nature, so the high prices, often born of greed, can be maintained.
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Comment #77 posted by The GCW on April 02, 2023 at 19:25:15 PT
People who only have "republican credentials"
On the other end...About when Raphael Mechoulam (with scientific credentials and PROOF) was proving cannabis DID HAVE MEDIAL VALUE, ---one particular DIRT BAG with only "republican credentials" was claiming, without any proof (because the facts dictate otherwise) that cannabis had no medical value.And now just announced:Asa "marijuana has no medial value" Hutchinson is running for president.Remember him?
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Comment #76 posted by Hope on April 02, 2023 at 13:06:57 PT
Mechoulam
Rest in peace.He did a lot of astounding, and respectable, research and stood up to lies about the plant. He was a blessing to our efforts.
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Comment #75 posted by Hope on April 02, 2023 at 13:03:34 PT
Herbdoc.
I don't have a Rottweiler but I'm a member. I enjoy the posts. Enjoy the dogs and the posts and, of course,
FoM! Had Enough was a member, too, but we seem to have lost track of him. At least I have. Stick posts sometimes, too. Which is cool.Remembering you and Ms. Johnson trading stories about your dogs and interactions with bears. I am so glad we don't have bears around here... but we do have a close relative. Feral hogs. They are dangerous and destructive creatures.
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Comment #74 posted by The GCW on March 27, 2023 at 20:48:55 PT
News: Re: Mechoulam.
Raphael Mechoulam, the 'father of cannabis research' who discovered THC, has diedhttps://www.npr.org/2023/03/27/1166362081/raphael-mechoulam-cannabis-research-thc-died I believe Mechoulam & Hebrew University of Jerusalem have been significant in bringing rationality regarding cannabis. So much.
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Comment #73 posted by FoM on March 15, 2023 at 09:38:16 PT
Medical Marijuana Patient Now
I do hope CNews will remain archived. I got my Ohio Medical Marijuana Card and went to a dispensary yesterday. It was an amazing experience. They do a sofa to sofa get to know type talk the first time and I told her all about CNews and she was so grateful for helping make this all possible. CNews is the most important thing I have ever done in my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. We helped make it happen and it is something else.
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Comment #72 posted by FoM on March 15, 2023 at 09:29:07 PT
herbdoc215
If you sign up in my group please answer the couple questions. I have moderators who follow the rules we decided on. No different than CNews. LOL! That is so cool. I have 7 Rotties and raised a few litters but our dogs are old now like we are so those days are over. I have 2 nine year old brothers and one is named Sarge too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/407576666091865/
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Comment #71 posted by Herbdoc215 on March 14, 2023 at 16:12:29 PT
What is the name of your Rott group?
I lost Dartanian at 13 in 2018 and then got another Rott pup named Sarge in 2020 in Irvine which is a handful until we move next year but we are training him and he is a good boy! I have had Rotts ever since I was a kid as a German woman from Ft Knox taught me Schutzhund and that hooked me for life of having a friendship that deep! I think we should look into making sure all this is archived asap before the world moves on too much more as there is much searchable info here as well as the path to here and how many gave so much to move this needle! We are all testament to being in the right and not taking non for a answer and we helped change the world or the better and that is rare these days!
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Comment #70 posted by FoM on March 11, 2023 at 17:23:34 PT
One More Comment
We can make the Internet work for good if we want to and that is what I love to do.
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Comment #69 posted by FoM on March 11, 2023 at 17:22:05 PT
My Facebook Page
I also started a Rottweiler Group on Facebook 9 years ago. It is worldwide and we have 4900 members. I have met some amazing people because of loving the same breed of dog. My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/martha.gierschick
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Comment #68 posted by FoM on March 11, 2023 at 17:12:12 PT
And May We Stay Forever Young!
https://youtu.be/mwG6g5boyF4
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Comment #67 posted by FoM on March 11, 2023 at 17:10:23 PT
Herbdoc215
I hope it is archived too. I asked Richard Lake many years ago how this drug war would end. He said it will not end with a bang but with a whimper. All things change. We fought hard during the most difficult times and here we are, and I am so proud of us all. I know we have lost many over 20 plus years and may they rest in peace. Onward and upward we go. God Bless us all!
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Comment #66 posted by Herbdoc215 on March 09, 2023 at 16:38:51 PT
What a long strange trip, hope this is all saved!
We used to be the most clicked on cannabis web site in the world for awhile and original news was reported here with history being made and with Kubby and so many others gone now I really hope MAPS sees the value and archives this place/comments for posterity as many can see what we meant at least in these comment from many years ago by many of the leaders of the "resistance"! I was looking at some old stuff the other day and saw this and all the memories it brought back that so many have forgotten today in th paper chase! I am proud of all we did and fought for here and the world is a better pace for what we stood for and needs to remember it! Many people here seem like family to me and always will and I just hope we can keep the lights on somehow? https://cannabisnews.com/news/12/thread12546.shtml
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Comment #65 posted by The GCW on February 28, 2023 at 18:35:53 PT
John Tyler,
Those dogs were abused, being used to cage humans for using a freakin' green plant.Those dog owners and their minds are a mess.I can not seem to ever get over how one person wants to cage another person for using the plant cannabis.Some people are very screwed up in the mind. A waste of God-given life -0- and yet it's even worse because those people with screwed up minds go on to mess up and harm good people.& abuse dogs to do the work of the devil.&&&
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Comment #64 posted by John Tyler on February 26, 2023 at 07:31:15 PT
What are unemployed drug sniffing dogs to do
I saw this article on the internet. It seems that Minnesota is considering relegalizing cannabis. Finally a reasonable decision, however, there is a Republican state legislator who is strongly against relegalization because of all things it would cause the local police forces to have to lay off their drug sniffing dogs. For some reason this was of great concern to him to have unemployed dogs. Thank them for their service and retire them with a pension and put them up for adoption, or retrain them as cancer sniffing dogs. To say that the Drug War needs to be continued to maintain drug sniffing dog employment is totally ridiculous, and you have to wonder, is this the best Republicans can do.
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Comment #63 posted by John Tyler on February 22, 2023 at 16:55:20 PT
End of the War on Drugs
I saw this on Alternet. It is an article from the New York Times editorial board. 'Time to reverse course': NYT Editorial Board endorses ending the War on DrugsHere is the link. https://www.alternet.org/time-to-reverse-course-nyt/I want to thank everyone for all of their hard work. It has taken 50+ years, but it is getting there.
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Comment #62 posted by The GCW on February 22, 2023 at 16:21:21 PT
BGreen,
Thanks for letting Us know.
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Comment #61 posted by BGreen on February 20, 2023 at 04:45:41 PT
Hey, Everybody!
Over 20 years ago I started posting here on CNews, sharing the same desire to free the cannabis plant and all who choose to partake thereof. Now, thanks in a very large part to all of us who have written letters to the editor countless times and endured every derogatory and disparaging label imaginable hurled at us, I got to participate in the act of enshrining my right to legally possess cannabis into the Missouri State Constitution! Thirty-six whole pages worth!The work is not completed everywhere but we have won. There is no turning back.We are doing well. No jabs, covid (only once) a year and a half ago (the delta, delta, delta, can I help ya, help ya, help ya variety,) which was no more severe than a cold for the both of us. Otherwise, we haven't been sick in years.I love you all and miss our correspondence. I do not miss the incredibly horrific events we were talking about back then.Take care,
The Reverent Bud Green
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Comment #60 posted by gloovins on February 14, 2023 at 11:17:53 PT
Joy is here
This person, a Democrat, never would support on a federal level, legalizing cannabis. Hid behind "the children & the effects on them" etc & ignored the racist past of decades old federal cannabis laws & all the federal prisoners (mostly POC) doing time for possession or sale of a PLANT. Be gone. Bye & good riddance to you...https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/sen-dianne-feinstein-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024
Feinstein Not To Seek Re-election in 2024
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Comment #59 posted by FoM on February 06, 2023 at 16:08:06 PT
Hope
I understand. Love you lady!
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Comment #58 posted by The GCW on January 30, 2023 at 20:13:52 PT
Hope,
I hear what You are saying.
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Comment #57 posted by Hope on January 30, 2023 at 14:02:32 PT
Political
All my voting life I have been careful not to align myself with any party. That was all changed by the hideous events of that January 6.Recently, I voted my first straight ticket ever. It wasn't for Republicans.
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Comment #56 posted by Hope on January 30, 2023 at 13:47:59 PT
Depressed about Texas
It's been so painful. I hadn't even turned this computer on in so long that it took me forever to get it fired back up again. But I did... and seeing all these monikers of old friends in a place I loved so much is making me feel better. Restoring a bit of that "Hopeful" feeling. Thank you all and thank you for the music.I love you guys!
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Comment #55 posted by Hope on January 30, 2023 at 13:37:41 PT
Couldn't imagine legalization taking so long...
For sure. As I said when my great granddaughter pulled my old Journey 4 Justice T-shirt out of the back of the closet... I was so devastated to see how old it was. Oh my gosh. How could so many people still want to punish so many people, and so harshly for something like use of a non-poisonous plant. It's a "Thang" for them. They are addicted to it, I guess. It's so sad. Even the medical here in Texas is absolutely unavailable for so many people. The ignorance is so very sad and so unbelievable.
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Comment #54 posted by Hope on January 30, 2023 at 13:18:37 PT
Hey!
Hello, Herbdoc!
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Comment #53 posted by FoM on January 22, 2023 at 07:58:33 PT
Question
I have a very big Rottweiler group on Facebook and if anyone is on FB please let me know.
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Comment #52 posted by FoM on January 22, 2023 at 07:55:46 PT
herbdoc215
Thank you so much. I am in contact with Hope and I will send her a message on Facebook. It's been a long time coming. I am 75 now and it's hard to believe. CNews was started in 1998 and I treasure the memories and what we all have accomplished over the years. https://youtu.be/ufuMffkf8VU
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Comment #51 posted by gloovins on January 04, 2023 at 20:19:52 PT
Thailand is green....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBYryDFLO4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBYryDFLO4Y
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Comment #50 posted by herbdoc215 on January 01, 2023 at 19:14:40 PT
Happy New Year!
M,
Also good to see you and I would love to see this place go on as long as you wanted to, as long ago when I was desperate and freaking out you all comforted and helped me when I was lost and that is worth all the time and money in the world; and I won't ever forget it! So much has changed since then, that we all thought would take so long we knew but not this long! What a long strange trip it's been and so many are family here! If anyone see's Hope tell her I said hello and I hope she is fine! If anyone here ever needs my help I am only an email away! Thanks, Steven Tuck
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on January 01, 2023 at 10:41:38 PT
Happy New Year
Hi gloovins, Happy New Year to you and everyone.
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Comment #48 posted by gloovins on December 31, 2022 at 22:01:10 PT
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023
Peace love & freedom for all humans and plants ;)
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Comment #47 posted by The GCW on December 29, 2022 at 16:59:48 PT
As I've pointed out:
*Another reason to RE-legalize the plant cannabis for sick citizens that doesn’t get mentioned is because it is Biblically correct, since God indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants saying they are all good, on literally the very first page (see Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30). The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it be accepted with thankfulness (see 1 Timothy 4:1-5).*And, “But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17).*Further, many people know of cannabis as the tree of life and the very last page of the Bible indicates the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations.
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Comment #46 posted by The GCW on December 29, 2022 at 16:55:38 PT
M, thumbs up.
through the years, I've thought of this as sort of a race with winners and losers in different competitions.Well hears a potential winner. There are only 3 states left which do not have some form of RE-legalization for allowing sick citizens to use cannabis.Only Kansas, Nebraska and Idaho fully ban medical use of cannabis!SO, what does one of the 3 contestants do to be honored with being the crappiest state in the U.S.?"Christmastime hospital-room raid busts dying man for using marijuana extrac"t https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article270381287.htmlIf Nebraska and Idaho wish to compete with that, I will not be surprised. Until then Kansas takes the winners spot for being a, well, You know.In Kansas, on Christmas Eve, He’s essentially bedridden and in the final stages of terminal, inoperable cancer. -&...-0-Read more at: https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article270381287.html#storylink=cpy
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Comment #45 posted by FoM on December 28, 2022 at 07:33:52 PT
Can't Post Articles Anymore
I would but I use Microsoft Edge and the form is so old it just won't work anymore. I don't want to bother Matt about it.
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Comment #44 posted by FoM on December 28, 2022 at 07:31:28 PT
herbdoc215
It is great to see you! The GCW thank you and Merry Christmas to you and everyone.
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Comment #43 posted by herbdoc215 on December 22, 2022 at 21:01:14 PT
GCW
It is more about us patients needing higher doses and much better quality at cheaper prices than the rec customers who are subject to the whims of the regulated market? The fact that us patients buy 2-3x more cannabis and stronger puts us into a huge tax debt and if we legalized this off the backs of sick folks as without Prop 215 and those of us who paid the ultimate price for medical rights that led directly to THIS legalization and it would be the same now as 94 now without us and now they want us to pay more at stores for a oz than what I can buy a pound at the Farmers Market for! Then it seems like the industry would carve us out an exemption instead of treating us like bum alcoholics who just abuse and hurt their bodies vs us having the amount/purity of meds we need at prices we can afford and until they do, me and all us other patients in CA will keep going to underground farmers markets like now in a 3:1 ratio of the bs stores now ran by Rap stars/MLM bs artists like Berner who ratted out one of our secret seshes near his store like a punk!
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Comment #42 posted by The GCW on December 22, 2022 at 19:39:37 PT
FoM / M,
M,
& All,Happy times. Hollidays, Christmas. Things are subdued lately, however, M, I'm grateful for this place.Wierd is still... evident; it's not over.
Trading an international scale REAL bad guy for a basketball playing women who had trace elements of cannabis in some form classifies as an eye opener. Like HOLY____! -Shaking head bad.
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Comment #41 posted by The GCW on December 22, 2022 at 19:28:58 PT
Herbdock315
Glad to see Your comment. Re-legalization may effect medical usage, however, where cannabis has become more completely RE-legalized, those users don't need any hoops to jump; it's all legal either way. No more needing a doctor's whatever..., just go get it... & leave Me alone...Perhaps & likely are cases where medical has benefits which make that avenue advantageous...So I suppose RE-legalization may negatively effect some instances, if it was completely Re-relegalized everywhere, would that be a bad thing?I have difficulty with the concept of needing a doctor to tell government it's ok for a person to use a relatively safe God-given plant. -Eliminate the doctor. No?It's all good. Citizens end up navigating their states laws, which range widely... Are citizens living in states with the most legal laws at greater benefit regarding medial usage? I don't know and maybe haven't considered it enough but I'd say thay are better off than people living in states which will still cage a person...
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Comment #40 posted by herbdoc215 on December 18, 2022 at 20:57:03 PT
I guess now that we have won rec few post here
I never thought I would see the day I would say that recreational cannabis has hurt medical but it has and patients in all states out west now for the love of money! I guess we should have stopped at decrim and medical? Has anyone seen this? Guess the money is geting funny now?https://www.lucid.news/maps-liable-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit/
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on November 09, 2022 at 07:23:46 PT
Missouri Won
I didn't expect, North and South Dakota or Arkansas to win but at least we got two wins.
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on November 08, 2022 at 19:04:16 PT
Maryland Votes to Legalize Marijuana
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/08/maryland-marijuana-legalization-results-question-4/
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Comment #37 posted by The GCW on November 08, 2022 at 16:27:48 PT
Election Vote
5 states are voting to move forward today on Election Day.Let's see how that goes.
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Comment #36 posted by FoM on October 19, 2022 at 06:22:05 PT
John Tyler
I agree with you 100%. I have lost family members down the rabbit hole, and I will never understand their devotion to Trump and his way of thinking. It is heart breaking to see what this man has created.
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Comment #35 posted by John Tyler on October 11, 2022 at 16:35:48 PT
Big election coming up
We have a very important election coming up. The control of the US Senate and House of Representatives is in the balance, in addition many state governorships and other important state offices are on the ballot also. Today’s GOP is not the political party of your grandfather’s era. It is now a political cult of the rich, racist, and religious nut cases where winning is the only thing and they will resort to any means necessary to achieve that goal, even to the point of political violence. (Remember Jan 6th.) The Republicans have shown us over and over that they are against everything that we now take for granted. The Republicans have just over tuned Roe vs Wade and want to ban all abortions for any reason, anytime and anywhere. However as usual, the people with money and connections will still be to get the health care they need. To heck with everybody else. Next on the agenda, birth control, women’s rights, gay rights, voting rights, civil rights, inter-racial marriage. The Republican want some kind of weird authoritarian theocracy where only elite white folks have power. I’m old enough to remember the bad old days when people of color couldn’t vote, had to ride in the back of the bus, and drink from “colored only” water fountains. Racial discrimination was the law of the land. Women couldn’t get financial services on their own, such as a credit card, a car loan, a mortgage, rent an apartment, or even get a telephone without a male to cosign for them. Birth control was illegal. Abortion was illegal. Inter-racial marriage was illegal. Being gay was illegal. Same sex marriage was out of the question. In most states simple cannabis possession was a serious felony.In the 1960s, people of color and the boomer generation said enough is enough and worked hard to make the changes we take for granted today and are now in serious jeopardy.In case you are thinking, I don’t care because I don’t have an interest in this debate, consider this: The Republicans really want to get rid of Social Security and Medicare too with nothing to replace it. So unless you are rather wealthy, you do have a big interest in it whether you know it or not.Don’t let the Republicans undo all of the advances that have been made in the last 75 years. So for God sake, for the sake of the country, for your own sake, and for your children’s sake VOTE DEMOCRATIC.Thank you.
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Comment #34 posted by FoM on October 09, 2022 at 16:33:28 PT
The GCW
I am too!
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Comment #33 posted by The GCW on October 08, 2022 at 04:48:17 PT
Perspective
"Glad to see Willie Nelson is alive to see this." Kimmel
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on October 06, 2022 at 16:13:12 PT
New York Times Article
Biden Pardons Thousands of People Convicted of Marijuana Possession Under Federal LawURL: http://drugsense.org/url/rA4pg0Yw
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Comment #31 posted by FoM on October 06, 2022 at 12:10:37 PT
Biden to Pardon Marijuana Offenses
Biden to Pardon Marijuana Offenses, Call for Review of Federal LawThe president will also be urging governors to do the same for cases regarding state offenses of civil possession of marijuana.By EUGENE DANIELS10/06/2022 03:01 PM EDTPresident Joe Biden is planning to issue an executive order pardoning all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law, senior administration officials said on Thursday, in what amounts to the most extensive White House action taken to date in U.S. drug policy.The president will also be urging governors to do the same for cases regarding state offenses of civil possession of marijuana. In addition, he is asking the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to “expeditiously” review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.Currently, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I narcotic, meaning it’s deemed to have no medical use and a high potential for abuse. Heroin and LSD are other Schedule I drugs.“The President has been clear that marijuana laws are not working,” said a senior administration official. “The president has been considering his options and he is now taking executive action.”
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on October 06, 2022 at 12:08:20 PT
The GCW
Thank you so much. I got some good news to post here.
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Comment #29 posted by The GCW on October 04, 2022 at 19:14:27 PT
FoM, M,
"So many people I wonder how they are doing and I hope all is well!"I want to say, I AM doing fine.Between playing hockey, tormenting trout, cycling, gathering firewood, thinking about alpine skiing, AT skiing and BC Nordic skiing soon ahead, and ohh there's work too; LIFE is LIFE.M,Thank You.I sense I don't know where Cannabis News is going in the future but I know what You've done. I take great pause in Your accomplishments. You are part of why We are Here. Great pause because there is so much to reflect on.Many times You have helped Me be a better person. Many times other posters here have helped Me be a better person.So many people here through the years who do not know each other have touched other.Thank You.And yet I still don't know what to say, except thank You.Your efforts have made a difference for all creation.Your existence has been a joy in My life.HugsThe Green Collar Worker
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on October 03, 2022 at 06:38:11 PT
Love Earth by Neil Young
Love his new song. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/aTouMWlq754
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on October 03, 2022 at 06:31:32 PT
Thank You Everyone
It has been a remarkable journey. Thank you, for the song John Tyler. So many people I wonder how they are doing and I hope all is well!
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Comment #26 posted by John Tyler on September 23, 2022 at 12:04:41 PT
Seasons
As we transition from the Summer season to Fall, I am reminded of the song, “Seasons”, by the Steve Miller Band (Steve Miller Band “Brave New World” 1969). Give it a listen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ZBBJNADpwHope, thank you for thinking of me.I hope you are enjoying all of your seasons.Best Wishes,John T.
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on September 22, 2022 at 13:17:15 PT
Why The 2022 Midterms are the Marijuana Election
URL: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/legalize-weed-midterms-fetterman-oz-crist-desantis.html
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Comment #24 posted by afterburner on September 19, 2022 at 09:35:55 PT
BTW: NORML has Quite a Few Links
But I Get it only in Email. No way to combine the various links.
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Comment #23 posted by afterburner on September 19, 2022 at 09:29:27 PT
What Do You Think of This?
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/pei-cannabis-companies-aim-to-move-industry-to-next-phase/ar-AA120jGF
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Comment #22 posted by gloovins on September 10, 2022 at 12:06:21 PT
Go Maryland!
https://mjbizdaily.com/trulieve-backed-adult-use-cannabis-legalization-campaign-launches-in-maryland/
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Comment #21 posted by gloovins on September 10, 2022 at 12:04:42 PT
News
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/ca-gov-signs-cannabis-child-welfare-bill-newsletter-september-8-2022/
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Comment #20 posted by Hope on September 04, 2022 at 15:29:27 PT
We can try posting relevant articles
in the comments.I am starving for news!Somehow... I have a terrible need to know. To know something anyway!You want to know something sad? My great grandchild was looking for a t-shirt in my closet. They found my "Journey for Justice" t-shirt. I wept. It's twenty one years old.
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on September 04, 2022 at 15:19:30 PT
There is still too much injustice going on.
I feel like I might not know what's going on anymore as far as the injustices of the government and some of it's enforcers on cannabis.My feeling is we might ought to be up and running again.
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on August 23, 2022 at 08:10:30 PT
afterburner
I guess he could. I don't like to bother him though.
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Comment #17 posted by afterburner on August 16, 2022 at 18:18:15 PT
New Post Attempt
FoM: could Matt Elrod help you figure out how to post your new article?
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on August 12, 2022 at 10:06:39 PT
Just a Comment
I finally found an article to post but the form throws everything to the left. I upgraded to a Windows 11 computer and use Microsoft Edge. Only Internet Explorer ever work to post not even Chrome so I am really sorry but I tried.
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Comment #15 posted by gloovins on August 09, 2022 at 21:32:19 PT
Hugs
...are appreciated!. PEACE :)
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on August 08, 2022 at 11:00:40 PT
GCW
I love you and all my old c-news friends. Very much.
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Comment #13 posted by The GCW on August 08, 2022 at 03:25:55 PT
Hope,
Thanks for the hug.
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Comment #12 posted by Hope on August 06, 2022 at 15:40:22 PT
Afterburner... FoM
Gloovins, the GCW, John Tyler, Mat Elrod. Hugs and love.
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Comment #11 posted by afterburner on August 06, 2022 at 13:30:23 PT
Hope. So good to hear from you.
I did not want to ask about your whereabouts under the existing international situation we all have been experiencing for more than two years. Keep riding the Peace Train. Yes, I am listening to Cat Stevens.
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on August 05, 2022 at 09:51:06 PT
Not Over Yet
I wish it was over. I don't think I could even try to post an article now that I have a new Windows 11 computer. I could only use Internet Explorer before. I will see if I can.
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Comment #9 posted by Hope on August 02, 2022 at 09:09:45 PT
Peace
You'll.
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Comment #8 posted by Hope on August 01, 2022 at 12:13:30 PT
Oh, the things they have done to others
in support of their prohibition of cannabis.
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on August 01, 2022 at 12:06:09 PT
This "Mountain" is not fully down.
Nor fully "Thrown into the sea".
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Comment #6 posted by gloovins on July 21, 2022 at 13:58:37 PT
Re-intro'd
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/21/schumer-legal-weed-bill-00047058PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS!I called Dianne Feinstein's office in LA today and talked to them, left my phone # and name hoping Dianne would call me to talk about this issue. I know she will not call me back but oh well. Worth a try. She is of the ilk that medical cannabis -- ok but recreational cannabis? More studies needed and kids! KIDS! Ugh, what a dinosaur "polititian" this one is.PEACE ALL.
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Comment #5 posted by The GCW on June 29, 2022 at 04:54:33 PT
N.Y. news
https://apnews.com/article/politics-health-marijuana-recreational-albany-dc53407aa50a46ec0e9797653474fc77New York’s 1st legal marijuana crop sprouts under the sunCLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally, with thin-leafed plants stretching toward the sun in farms around the state. Cont.
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on June 12, 2022 at 06:50:29 PT
The GCW
I am so tired of waiting.
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Comment #3 posted by The GCW on June 08, 2022 at 04:50:54 PT
news
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103649177/d-c-council-passes-bill-cannabis-marijuana-testing
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on June 06, 2022 at 04:20:55 PT
DECADES
Another test, another study. Still, in thousands of years of documented use, cannabis has not killed a single person. That's safety on a biblical scale.People should be allowed the choice to use cannabis.‹·)))‹
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Comment #1 posted by gloovins on June 02, 2022 at 22:25:12 PT
Old news
Yeah it mitigates pain and symptoms of cancer, society has known this for decades. We need more access and less discrimination against this plant. The whole "good people dont smoke marijuana" attitude has got to end. This plant HEALS. Fact.Peace all. :)
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