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NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- March 16, 2006 
Posted by CN Staff on March 16, 2006 at 13:52:58 PT
Weekly Press Release 
Source: NORML 
 Zogby Poll: Nearly Half Of Americans Believe Pot Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol -- Majorities In The East And West Coasts Back LegalizationMarch 16, 2006 - Washington, DC, USAWashington, DC: Nearly one out of two Americans support amending federal law "to let states legally regulate and tax marijuana the way they do liquor and gambling," according to a national poll of 1,004 likely voters by Zogby International and commissioned by the NORML Foundation.
Forty-six percent of respondents -- including a majority of those polled on the east (53 percent) and west (55 percent) coasts -- say they support allowing states to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. Forty-nine percent of respondents opposed taxing and regulating cannabis, and five percent were undecided."Public support for replacing the illicit marijuana market with a legally regulated, controlled market similar to alcohol -- complete with age restrictions and quality controls -- continues to grow," NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "NORML's challenge is to convert this growing public support into a tangible public policy that no longer criminalizes those adults who use marijuana responsibly."Respondents' support for marijuana law reform was strongly influenced by age and political affiliation. Nearly two-thirds of 18-29 year-olds (65 percent) and half of 50-64 year-olds think federal law should be amended to allow states the option to regulate marijuana, while majorities of 30-49 year-olds (58 percent) and seniors 65 and older (52 percent) oppose such a change.Among those respondents who identified themselves as Democrats, 59 percent back taxing and regulating marijuana compared to only 33 percent of Republicans. Forty-four percent of Independents and 85 percent of Libertarians say they supported the law change.Respondents' opinions were also influenced by religious affiliation. Nearly 70 percent of respondents who identified themselves as Jewish, and nearly 60 percent of respondents who said they were non-religious believe that states should regulate cannabis, while only 48 percent of Catholics and 38 percent of Protestants support such a policy.A previous Zogby poll of 1,024 likely voters found that 61 percent of respondents opposed arresting and jailing non-violent marijuana consumers.For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, or Paul Armentano, NORML Senior Policy Analyst, at (202) 483-5500.DL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6838Congress Considers Legislation To Ban Drug Test Aids March 16, 2006 - Washington, DC, USAWashington, DC: Members of Congress introduced legislation this week to prohibit the manufacture and sale of commercial products intended to influence drug test results, such as diuretic teas and chemical adulterants.House Bill 4910, the "Drug Testing Integrity Act," calls on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to define these items as "banned hazardous products" under federal law. The bill now awaits action by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House Bill 4910 is the second proposal to be introduced in Congress since members held hearings last May vowing to bar the sale of any commercial products designed to influence drug testing results. Of the estimated 55 million drug tests performed annually, approximately 90 percent of those are urine tests, which may be influenced by dilution or adding an adulterant to the sample. To date, fourteen states have enacted laws prohibiting the commercial sale of such products.While often referred to as an impairment test, urinalysis cannot detect the presence of parent drugs, and only indicates that a particular substance may have been previously consumed at some unspecified point in time. In the case of cannabis, non-psychoactive marijuana metabolites (compounds produced from chemical changes of a drug in the body) may be detectable in urine for days or even weeks after past use. As a result, the US Department of Justice affirms that a positive urine test, even when confirmed, "does not indicate ... recency, frequency, or amount of [drug] use; or impairment."Responding to the introduction of HB 4910, NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said, "It's ironic that Congress is trying to quash legitimate businesses that have successfully emerged in the free market -- particularly when the market for this industry is a direct result of politicians' zeal to intrusively search the bodily fluids of tens of millions of law abiding Americans without cause."For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, or Paul Armentano, NORML Senior Policy Analyst, at (202) 483-5500.DL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6839 Student Surveys Under Report Substance Use, Study SaysMarch 16, 2006 - Atlanta, DC, USAAtlanta, GA: Student surveys underestimate the prevalence of substance use particularly the use of alcohol and tobacco, among young people according to findings to be published in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of School Health.An international research team from Switzerland and the United States found that students who are absent on the day that self-report drug surveys are given are far more likely to report the use of alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana than their peers. Inclusion of the data from absent students more than doubled the percentage of students reporting substance use, researchers found. "The prevalence of risk behaviors was higher in absent than present students," authors concluded. "Adjusting for data of absent students increased the prevalence estimates in the base population."In the United States, government officials rely primarily on a single student survey of self-reported drug use, performed by the University of Michigan, to estimate the prevalence of substance use among young people. The most recent edition of the study, which has been performed annually since 1975, finds that slightly more than half of American 12th graders report having used an illicit substance during their lifetime -- a figure that has remained virtually unchanged over the past thirty years.For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, or Paul Armentano, NORML Senior Policy Analyst, at (202) 483-5500. Abstracts of the study, "Comparison of smoking, drinking, and marijuana use between students present or absent on the day of a school-based survey," is available online at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00081.xDL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6840Source: NORML Foundation (DC)Published: March 16, 2006Copyright: 2006 NORML Contact: norml norml.org Website: http://www.norml.org/CannabisNews NORML Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/NORML.shtml 
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Comment #56 posted by FoM on March 17, 2006 at 20:30:37 PT
BGreen
That worked and it was very good. That how so many of us feel these days. 
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Comment #55 posted by BGreen on March 17, 2006 at 20:12:26 PT
Try this site
I think the video is still up here.The Reverend Bud GreenTranscript:Alan Shore's closing argumentAlan Shore: When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out to be not true, I expected the American people to rise up. Ha! They didn't.Then, when the Abu Ghraib torture thing surfaced and it was revealed that our government participated in rendition, a practice where we kidnap people and turn them over to regimes who specialize in torture, I was sure then the American people would be heard from. We stood mute.Then came the news that we jailed thousands of so-called terrorists suspects, locked them up without the right to a trial or even the right to confront their accusers. Certainly, we would never stand for that. We did.And now, it's been discovered the executive branch has been conducting massive, illegal, domestic surveillance on its own citizens. You and me. And I at least consoled myself that finally, finally the American people will have had enough. Evidentially, we haven't.In fact, if the people of this country have spoken, the message is we're okay with it all. Torture, warrantless search and seizure, illegal wiretappings, prison without a fair trial - or any trial, war on false pretenses. We, as a citizenry, are apparently not offended.There are no demonstrations on college campuses. In fact, there's no clear indication that young people seem to notice.Well, Melissa Hughes noticed. Now, you might think, instead of withholding her taxes, she could have protested the old fashioned way. Made a placard and demonstrated at a Presidential or Vice-Presidential appearance, but we've lost the right to that as well. The Secret Service can now declare free speech zones to contain, control and, in effect, criminalize protest.Stop for a second and try to fathom that.At a presidential rally, parade or appearance, if you have on a supportive t-shirt, you can be there. If you are wearing or carrying something in protest, you can be removed.This, in the United States of America. This in the United States of America. Is Melissa Hughes the only one embarrassed?*Alan sits down abruptly in the witness chair next to the judge*Judge Robert Sanders: Mr. Shore. That's a chair for witnesses only.Really long speeches make me so tired sometimes.Judge Sanders: Please get out of the chair.Alan: Actually, I'm sick and tired.Judge Sanders: Get out of the chair!Alan: And what I'm most sick and tired of is how every time somebody disagrees with how the government is running things, he or she is labeled unAmerican.U.S. Attorney Jonathan Shapiro: Evidentally, it's speech time.Alan: And speech in this country is free, you hack! Free for me, free for you. Free for Melissa Hughes to stand up to her government and say "Stick it"!U.S. Attorney Jonathan Shapiro: Objection!Alan: I object to government abusing its power to squash the constitutional freedoms of its citizenry. And, God forbid, anybody challenge it. They're smeared as being a heretic.  Melissa Hughes is an American. Melissa Hughes is an American. Melissa Hughes is an American!Judge Sanders: Mr. Shore. Unless you have anything new and fresh to say, please sit down. You've breached the decorum of my courtroom with all this hooting.Alan: Last night, I went to bed with a book. Not as much fun as a 29 year old, but the book contained a speech by Adlai Stevenson. The year was 1952. He said, "The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breeds repression. Too often, sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to freedom of the mind are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-Communism."Today, it's the cloak of anti-terrorism. Stevenson also remarked, "It's far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them."I know we are all afraid, but the Bill of Rights - we have to live up to that. We simply must. That's all Melissa Hughes was trying to say. She was speaking for you. I would ask you now to go back to that room and speak for her.
The Boston Legal fan website
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Comment #54 posted by FoM on March 17, 2006 at 18:27:59 PT
 BGreen
I went to watch the video but it was removed for copyright issues. I should have watched the whole video last night. I'll try to remember to watch the show on Tuesday. It sounds like a good show.  Thanks.
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Comment #53 posted by FoM on March 17, 2006 at 08:13:13 PT
dongenero
Thank you. I will watch it. It sounds really good.
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Comment #52 posted by dongenero on March 17, 2006 at 08:10:53 PT
yes hooked
Plus, it's a gateway.....to critical thought
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Comment #51 posted by dongenero on March 17, 2006 at 08:09:52 PT
Boston Legal ...more
http://abc.go.com/primetime/bostonlegal/FoM,
It's on Tuesdays at 10/9central on ABC.Once you get on to Spader and Shatner's characters you'll be hooked. It's always entertaining.
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Comment #50 posted by FoM on March 17, 2006 at 08:04:17 PT
Hope
Thank you for your encouraging words. It's maddening sometimes. I don't hate many things but I do hate war. 
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on March 17, 2006 at 08:01:10 PT
dongenero
When is it on? I will watch it.
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Comment #48 posted by dongenero on March 17, 2006 at 07:57:40 PT
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is a really good show.
The always build part of each episode around some poignant political/social issue. They also sprinkle liberally with humor.James Spader's character is great as an eccentric, neurotic yet principled lawyer who is always compelled to champion the causes of the little guy or average man.William Shatner's role is hilarious as a right wing, gun toting Republican lawyer who obsesses with the idea that he has mad cow disease.
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Comment #47 posted by FoM on March 17, 2006 at 07:39:34 PT
Whig
On this link you can click on videos and see three clips of the movie. I am looking forward to buying HOG when it becomes available. Neil Young is a really good guy and he is living the Hippie Dream.http://www.heartofgoldmovie.com/indexflash.htmlhttp://www.freedomtoexhale.com/hippiedream.jpg
My Neil Young Page
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Comment #46 posted by whig on March 17, 2006 at 05:34:57 PT
That sounds TASTY!
"Throughout, Young performs with dignity, grace and the eccentric timing one might expect from a guy who used to consume spoonfuls of marijuana fried with honey in a skillet"Anyhow, I just got up, and my wife showed me in the newspaper that Heart of Gold is showing nearby starting today.
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Comment #45 posted by MikeEEEEE on March 17, 2006 at 05:26:10 PT
Positive Spin
Notice that while threats are being made on Iran, Bush is spinning success in Iraq (remember the weapons of mass distraction). For those people with memories beyond the short term, Iraq is a failure, no govt., it is near civil war, and the oil is not flowing to pay for it.Power is about control, and prohibition is about control.
When power corrupts, it does not matter if it is right or wrong, or an injustice.
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Comment #44 posted by Hope on March 16, 2006 at 23:35:11 PT
It's not as bad
as trying to cross the Delaware during the Little Ice Age without decent food, clothing, or shoes.It's not as bad and the odds of us making it are actually better than theirs. But they made it! Big Time! So will we.
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Comment #43 posted by Hope on March 16, 2006 at 23:31:41 PT
Another thing
I've been doing Zogby polls ever since I heard about the first one they did...which wasn't as good as this one...and wanted to be there to do something the next time the subject was mentioned. Pretty much it was the same old stuff time after time. Boring. But I did it anyway. Until I gave up and didn't do it the last time and it was probably this one! Perhaps I could have boosted the Protestant vote a hair. Never give up. The next one may be the one that we've waited for. Never give up.Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.We shall prevail. It doesn't look good, I know that. But, we shall prevail. 
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Comment #42 posted by Hope on March 16, 2006 at 23:21:05 PT
A movie about our Herbdoc215!
That would be so cool!
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Comment #41 posted by Hope on March 16, 2006 at 23:19:19 PT
"Fear is used to weaken and divide people."
MikeEEEEE, your comment 31You're right. All we get in news or any government informatino is fear, fear, and more fear. Is there any wonder why so many people are so depressed?They want to keep everyone as afraid of something as possible so they will willingly count on the government to protect them. They are so blind. The government can't protect you. It's more likely to hurt you. This period in the history of the world has every reason to be the best so far...but it's been polluted and darkened and bloodied by the fear mongers. Cannabis can be an antidote to fear. The so called "leaders" darn sure don't want that to happen. They have to keep us afraid of something to control us.FoM. It is hard. But we have to keep plodding on. We have to. If we never get there, it won't be because we didn't do our best.This isn't fun...although we often have fun just talking to one another...it isn't fun.It's so hard. In a way...that's another reason we have to do it...because it is so hard, so difficult, so apparently impossible. We've all always known that. Sure we've always allowed ourselves to dream occasionally that it will happen in two years or three...or maybe ten...on bad days...maybe twenty years. The best is ...surely this year or next year. But regardless, this prohibition is a bad thing and it's hurting people, families, neighborhoods, nations, and the entire world. People have to stand up and speak out against it. Successful? Yes, we are actually very successful if we can manage to do just that, stand up, speak out, and resist injustice, even if we don't see results. We are successful if we do that.It looks impossible. It always has to me. Every good thing accomplished by anyone or any group of people was alwasy "impossible" before it was finally done.
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Comment #40 posted by runderwo on March 16, 2006 at 22:53:30 PT
wow!
Um, interesting that the DARE generation is the age segment most in favor of legalization, isn't it?
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 22:47:05 PT
Interesting Sentence
I was looking for news to post and found this article which is a review of Neil Young's Heart of Gold Movie. I thought it was a compliment.Last Sentence in Article: Throughout, Young performs with dignity, grace and the eccentric timing one might expect from a guy who used to consume spoonfuls of marijuana fried with honey in a skillet (according to Jimmy McDonough's Young biography, "Shakey"). -- John Beifuss, 529-2394 http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movie_reviews/article/0,1426,MCA_569_4546442,00.html
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 22:21:19 PT
BGreen
Thank you. Now I know who he is. He is a good actor. Sex, Lies, and Video Tape was a very popular rental we had and so was Mannequin and Pretty in Pink. 
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Comment #37 posted by BGreen on March 16, 2006 at 21:55:13 PT
It's a TV show called "Boston Legal"
and it's an actor named James Spader.The Reverend Bud Green
James Spader
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Comment #36 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 21:25:38 PT
BGreen
I bookmarked it to watch tomorrow since I was watching the farming special on Link TV. Who is the person in the video?
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Comment #35 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 21:12:58 PT
Whig
I am most times serene. I am a happy person. I do my best to find joy in life since life slips by so fast. The bombing that was started today looked pretty in the sense that we saw helicopters in the sky and fields below. We saw our young soldiers walking across big fields carrying arms. I didn't see a town or village or what they were going to bomb. My mind saw the bombings in Vietnam where they went crazy dropping bomb after bomb. I saw that many years ago and it as been used in movies and documentaries. That's what I saw when I heard about the new bombing campaign. I saw that naked little girl running down the road and crying. 
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Comment #34 posted by whig on March 16, 2006 at 21:03:55 PT
Serenity
We cannot stop all injustice, but keep courage to do what you can. It is enough, there are many currents in the stream, and many streams uniting into rivers. God willing there will be no war with Iran, the administration's credibility is not capable of getting public opinion behind it now. Remember how the dark days of Nixon were, this too will end.
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Comment #33 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 20:59:35 PT
MikeEEEEE
I don't understand how people can lean to the right politically. Republicans seem to just love war. War makes lots of money for some people. Democrats care about social issues. Fiscal conservatives sure aren't Republicans. Look at our debt since Bush took office. Politics won't solve the mess we are in. People will make politicians change if they want to make them change. When I see an article about cannabis with any party mentioned in the article I hold my breath and think why was the article written. We need direction and we need help. We need help from people who care. Honest to goodness really care.
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Comment #32 posted by BGreen on March 16, 2006 at 20:58:15 PT
I don't watch this show
But after watching this clip I just might tune in.This is pretty powerful stuff concerning the lies of this administration.The Reverend Bud Green
VIDEO: James Spader's "Boston Legal" monologue
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Comment #31 posted by MikeEEEEE on March 16, 2006 at 20:35:26 PT
FoM: The real question
Do people care enough to unite against injustice? If they don't they're just sheep, while the creatures who crave power chip away at the foundations of this country.Fear is used to weaken and divide people. Whether it be fear of terrorists, bird flu, or whatever the latest fear is.The republicons know if the ruling party changes, Bush will certainly be impeached for lying to justify the war, spying on Americans, etc. The next election may decide it. 
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 20:15:45 PT
MikeEEEEE 
I know that I shouldn't let this upset me like I do but it's really hard for me to turn off. I feel like what we want for America might never happen. I want the laws changed on Cannabis and that is why I do CNews but when I see the crumbling of our society I just don't know how we can change the law. We are one issue. We care. People are doing all they can do to help change the laws. Meanwhile people are arrested, jailed and all the horrible things that go along with our current drug policies continues on. I can barely find any articles anymore. The good writers have stopped writing. People are tired. If we don't see progress on Cannabis soon I don't know if we will see change for many many years. That's down right sad.
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Comment #29 posted by MikeEEEEE on March 16, 2006 at 20:03:01 PT
WWIII
For Iran, Bush is using the same nuclear claims as was used to justify the Iraq war. The more time he is in office, the more damage to our freedoms, and credibility around the world.
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 18:35:54 PT
mayan 
World War III I have been very upset about this bombing going on today and all the other things that I find almost unbelievable that people are letting Bush do. What is wrong with our people? I'm at the point that we might as well eat, drink and be merry because no one is interested in stopping him. I am anxious to get outside and start working on our house and tune out to how bad things are. It isn't going to hurt me but I feel bad for the young people. Maybe when the draft comes back someone will wake up. They can't possibly stretch our soldiers much more. Some are on their 4th tour. 
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Comment #27 posted by mayan on March 16, 2006 at 18:24:41 PT
Drug-Test Congress
Congress Considers Legislation To Ban Drug Test AidsSo, they're going to ban water? Cranberry juice? Those fluids have helped me pass a couple tests! Dilution is the solution! Regarding the first article, it seems were on the brink of critical mass. No wonder the neo-cons are trying to start WWIII!!!THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN... Is Another 9/11 in the Works? by Paul Craig Roberts:
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=8713Scholars for 9/11 Truth Press Conference: Alexandria, Va.:
http://69.28.73.17/thorn2006/alexandria.htmlThe Fraud Of 9/11: A Firefighter Looks At Premeditated Murder At WTC:
http://rense.com/general70/fraud911.htm9/11 Revisited (video):
http://www.911revisited.com/
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 18:11:15 PT
Heads Up: Willie Nelson on Link TV at 11 PM ET
The Active Opposition: Broken Heart/Land***Length: 01:30 Type of program: Current AffairsBroadcast Times   
Thursday, March 16 11:00 PM Friday, March 17 5:00 AM The Active Opposition: Broken Heart/Land The Demise of the Family FarmHost Peter Coyote joins musician/activist Willie Nelson -- http://www.willienelson.com/ -- and panel of farmers, activists and agricultural experts to explore the plight of a dying breed: The Family Farmer. Family farms in the US have foreclosed and vanished at the alarming rate of 500 per week as a corporate agricultural industry, which often wields monopolistic control over commodity prices, has been firmly established throughout the U.S. Millions of dollars in US government subsidies go to only ten percent of American farmers, while the remaining 90 percent are left to fend for themselves. Increasingly, they’re giving up. Unable to compete with falling commodity prices while their costs to raise a harvest far exceeds any possible return, they migrate by the millions to urban areas. More distressingly, suicide rates among American farmers now stand at five times the national average. Program host Peter Coyote begins “Broken Heart/Land” with excerpts from an exclusive interview he conducted with country music icon and Farm Aid -- http://www.farmaid.org/event/ -- founder Willie Nelson:Complete Article: http://www.linktv.org/programming/programDescription.php4?code=active_farm
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Comment #25 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 17:44:54 PT
goodnight
and my apologywas just 'hoping,dreamingthat I may be a witness,to a better world'.
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Comment #24 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 17:32:46 PT
some may say
that Jesus can lift youyet if you have no soul,no connection to this universe,you have already 'Lostyour place, in that Eternal Light
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Comment #23 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 17:17:39 PT
if I mistakenly
ever come back to this placethat is a third Amen,
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Comment #22 posted by Max Flowers on March 16, 2006 at 17:12:53 PT
Drink this, Mr. Congressman
Washington, DC: Members of Congress introduced legislation this week to prohibit the manufacture and sale of commercial products intended to influence drug test results, such as diuretic teas and chemical adulterants.House Bill 4910, the "Drug Testing Integrity Act," calls on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to define these items as "banned hazardous products" under federal law. The bill now awaits action by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.That's outrageous considering that non-for-cause drug testing is already an abhorrent violation of the privacy and sanctity of people's bodies. They should not even be doing this to people to begin with, and they are just pissed because other, creative people have found ways (and always WILL find ways) to get around their tests.I notice that it says the bill will seek to outlaw products designed to influence urine tests. Well they better chew on this---the best of all urinalysis spoilers is not an adulterant, it's someone else's urine! People who are really in the know don't rely on those lame "diuretic teas and chemical adulterants"... they use a setup involving common things they can't outlaw: hand warmer packets (camping store), surgical tubing, bag, and clips (many sources), medical tape (many sources), and a friend's clean pee (for that, you have to be connected). There are even kits that include a fake organ to pee through, although if you ask me, if someone tries to watch you while you piddle they are taking it WAY too far anyway. I won't find myself in any of these situations because I refuse to be treated that way. I'm not testing for anyone. Besides, I have a doctor's recommendation so it's in my pee legally.
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Comment #21 posted by OverwhelmSam on March 16, 2006 at 17:08:39 PT
Sam Adams
It's funny that they acuse parents of child endangerment for having a bag of weed in the house, when their are industrial poisons, guns, knives, fifths of alcohol and medicine cabinets full of prescription drugs. Yeah, a bag of weed is soooo dangerous... to the paranoid schizophrenic.
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Comment #20 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 17:03:30 PT
I that is' I
Second that Amen
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Comment #19 posted by bionic man on March 16, 2006 at 16:51:41 PT:
less war
A big AMEN to that. MORE CANNIBIS AND LESS WAR!
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Comment #18 posted by Max Flowers on March 16, 2006 at 16:47:34 PT
Thanks for that link Jose
That is amazing news about Tuck's story being made into a film. I think that is going to bring a whole new level of awareness to the medical cannabis issue, one that may just be what puts it over the top.It seems that in the USA, an issue often has to be presented in a movie before people really become tuned into it. That's unfortunate, because it probably simply means that most Americans aren't very aware of current events, but do see a lot of movies. So their reality has to be filtered first through fantasy (or true-story drama, as in this case).I hope it works out and has a big impact on those who need to be impacted.
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Comment #17 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 16:44:04 PT
given the studies
'we, those peoplewant more Cannabisand less war..
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Comment #16 posted by Sam Adams on March 16, 2006 at 16:35:50 PT
save the children!
Interesting that this article does not differentiate between anti-psychotic drugs and SSRI drugs (prozac, zoloft,etc), I think another 5 or 6 million kids are on SSRI drugs as well:More kids are getting anti-psychotic drugsBy Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer | March 16, 2006CHICAGO --Soaring numbers of American children are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs -- in many cases, for attention deficit disorder or other behavioral problems for which these medications have not been proven to work, a study found.The annual number of children prescribed anti-psychotic drugs jumped fivefold between 1995 and 2002, to an estimated 2.5 million, the study said. That is an increase from 8.6 out of every 1,000 children in the mid-1990s to nearly 40 out of 1,000.But more than half of the prescriptions were for attention deficit and other non-psychotic conditions, the researchers said.The findings are worrisome "because it looks like these medications are being used for large numbers of children in a setting where we don't know if they work," said lead author Dr. William Cooper, a pediatrician at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.The increasing use of anti-psychotics since the mid-1990s corresponds with the introduction of costly and heavily marketed medications such as Zyprexa and Risperdal. The packaging information for both says their safety and effectiveness in children have not been established.Anti-psychotics are intended for use against schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses.However, attention deficit disorder is sometimes accompanied by temper outbursts and other disruptive behavior. As a result, some doctors prescribe anti-psychotics to these children to calm them down -- a strategy some doctors and parents say works.The drugs, which typically cost several dollars per pill, are considered safer than older anti-psychotics -- at least in adults -- but they still can have serious side effects, including weight gain, elevated cholesterol and diabetes.Anecdotal evidence suggests similar side effects occur in children, but large-scale studies of youngsters are needed, Cooper said.The researchers analyzed data on youngsters age 13 on average who were involved in annual national health surveys. The surveys involved prescriptions given during 119,752 doctor visits. The researchers used that data to come up with national estimates.Cooper said some of the increases might reflect repeat prescriptions given to the same child, but he said that is unlikely and noted that his findings echo results from smaller studies.The study appears in the March-April edition of the journal Ambulatory Pediatrics.Heavy marketing by drug companies probably contributed to the increase in the use of anti-psychotic drugs among children, said Dr. Daniel Safer, a psychiatrist affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, who called the potential side effects a concern.Safer said a few of his child patients with behavior problems are on the drugs after they were prescribed by other doctors. Safer said he has let these children continue on the drugs, but at low doses, and he also does periodic tests for high cholesterol or warning signs of diabetes.Dr. David Fassler, a University of Vermont psychiatry professor, said more research is needed before anti-psychotics should be considered standard treatment for attention deficit disorders in children."Given the frequency with which these medications are being used, there's no question that we need additional studies on both safety and efficacy in pediatric populations," Fassler said. 
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 16:33:49 PT
bionic man 
Isn't that age group the ones they call generation X? If so they don't like the people who are older and remember the days of change back in the 60s. They are from the disco generation which if I am thinking right like cocaine.
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Comment #14 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 16:29:32 PT
what is
a red ribbon
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Comment #13 posted by bionic man on March 16, 2006 at 16:26:34 PT:
poll group
The largest group of people opposed to legalization according to this poll was 30-49 age group. This is also the group that would have the highest percentage of D.A.R.E. indoctrinated children. The kids must have rubbed off on the parents. Maybe some in this group were just mad because they never got a RED RIBBON. LOL
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Comment #12 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 16:24:37 PT
when you say
AlabamaI Am, proud to have heard that nameLorretaNALL
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Comment #11 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 16:21:54 PT
it is borning
bread or spirit,I cannot 'eat enough breadthat can carry a 'full soul,In this world,orany other worldthat isdo you have a spirit?do you have a soul?
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Comment #10 posted by whig on March 16, 2006 at 16:08:07 PT
g_w
What is our spiritual bread that we should daily have restored to us?We know.We abide in prisons, if not of the body, then of the spirit.What must happen to free our brothers and sisters in Al Abama?I wish I could take you all with me to San Francisco. I think it may be one way to our salvation, that as many as may congregate in one place and combine our light, to shine with all our brightness and eventually illuminate the whole world.May it be so.
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Comment #9 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 16:07:41 PT
If' You Believe In God
You are neither Democrat or Republican,Christian, Jewish or Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist,You are believing that God has 'Made This World,That, which cannot be answered by 'All Governing Bodies,Or the 'willing subjects..You can dance, your are loved,There is an open 'FireThat calls..this 'Meeting,Lest you say, that I am 'some "nobodyI Am Nobody,I Am A Nothing,My Breath,Is No Mistake,TwinkleIs like 'peeking through the window,Though some may try' to bring you shame,They "try" to hide their 'own" 'shame,
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Comment #8 posted by jose melendez on March 16, 2006 at 15:53:12 PT
herbdoc warned them
He warned them, they laughed in his face. Laugh last:http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=890
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Comment #7 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 15:37:04 PT
Who is 'Your Father?
Our Father in heaven, Your name be honored as holy.Mat 6:10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]"For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.But if you don't forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.
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Comment #6 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 15:21:15 PT
is there a pattern?
that can be derived from this information?
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Comment #5 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 15:19:51 PT
from the top 'news
Democrats, 59 percent back taxing and regulating marijuanacompared to only 33 percent of Republicans.44 percent of Independents and 85 percent of Libertarians say they supported the law change.Opinions were also influenced by religious affiliation...Nearly 70 percent of respondents who identified themselves.. as Jewish,and nearly 60 percent of respondents who said they were non-religious believe that states should regulate cannabis...while only 48 percent of Catholics and 38 percent of Protestants support such a policy...
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Comment #4 posted by Hope on March 16, 2006 at 15:03:33 PT
Dang!
There would have been one more if I had filled out the last Zogby poll I got. They never had anything like that in the years I've been participating in them...and I signed up specifically to get to participate in such a poll. Last time I was tired and figured that, once again, there would be nothing about cannabis prohibition, and I deleted it. Aaarggh!
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Comment #3 posted by global_warming on March 16, 2006 at 14:55:30 PT
amazing
that so many people support decriminalizing cannabis use, if this current poll is accurate, this suggests that this US of A is evenly split.I wonder if this division is carried over to our illustrious and 'honorable representatives?
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Comment #2 posted by whig on March 16, 2006 at 14:41:32 PT
darn
"Supporters are invited to a pre-meeting gathering at the Bulldog Coffee Shop, 1739 Telegraph Ave, at 5 PM."I think I'd so be there if I could.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on March 16, 2006 at 14:21:48 PT
DPFCA: Oakland DEA Activity 
OAKLAND, Mar. 16th - Medical marijuana patient activist Angel Raich was arrested today at the Oakland federal building while protesting the DEA's raid on Riverside County patient Gary Silva. Angel was stopped by a security guard for using a megaphone too close to the building, then arrested after talking back to him through the megaphone as she walked away. She was released with a citation. Meanwhile, a few blocks away, the DEA was raiding a marijuana grow facility at 1740 Telegraph Ave. (The building was formerly the headquarters of the Compassionate Caregivers medical dispensary, now dissolved.). The current operators are said to be involved in production of medical cannabis edibles. Two other affiliated grows in Emeryville are also said to have been raided. The raid is thought to have been triggered by the discovery of the garden by an Oakland building inspector. "This incident shows the need for legally licensed gardens," commented Cal NORML coordinator Dale Gieringer, who intends to bring the matter to the attention of Oakland's Measure Z oversight committee. The committee meets tonight at Oakland City Hall at 6 PM. Supporters are invited to a pre-meeting gathering at the Bulldog Coffee Shop, 1739 Telegraph Ave, at 5 PM. - Cal NORML Release, 3/16/06 -- ---- California NORML (415) 563-5858 // canorml igc.org 2215-R Market St. #278, San Francisco CA 94114
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