Comments on: Rep. Ron Paul meets a medical marijuana patient–Nov. 9 2007

By: Deloris Ahlgren

Deloris Ahlgren — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:59:38 +0000

I am the wife of a high functioning alcoholic. He is a example employee in a middle level management line of work. He is an model father who adores his two little boys and he has been a good hubby to me (I can probably count the times we have increased our voices in angriness, in fourteen years) and he is a good and thoughtful friend. His drinking has multiplied and intensified since the birth of our 1st son almost ten years ago. I inadvertently found out that he had been concealing vodka in our home office in the form of vodka plane bottles. He imbibes beer in front of us but just drinks vodka behind closed doors. After 5 PM he gets high speedily and frequently doesn

By: VERGIE

VERGIE — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:35:32 +0000

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By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:31:10 +0000

The smoking of cannabis is the most harmful method of consumption, as the inhalation of smoke from organic materials can cause various health problems. Users of the drug reported respiratory symptoms.
And a study in New Zealand of 79 lung-cancer patients suggested daily cannabis smokers have a 5.7 times higher risk of lung cancer than non-users

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:03:08 +0000

In a brand new book Anatomy of Evil, released July 2009, Michael Stone, M.D., professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, talked about marijuana use: “In my experience it was common to see Men and Women who had begun heavy marijuana use around age 12 or 13, sometimes as the only drug used, went on to develop psychosis mimicking schizophrenia

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:24:22 +0000

In a study of individuals who have had heart attacks; the risk of heart attacks was 4.8 times higher in the first hour after smoking marijuana compared to periods of nonuse, reports Murray A. Mittleman, M.D., Dr. PH, lead author of the study and director of cardiovascular epidemiology at Beth Israel Deacones Medical Center.

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:37:56 +0000

And Harvard University researchers report that the risk of a heart attack is five times higher than usual in the hour after smoking marijuana. Marijuana and Heart Attacks” Washington Post, March 3, 2000

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:05:44 +0000

I will explain how California can have medical marijuana when the feds outlaw marijuana (Federal Controlled Substances Act; 21 United States Code 811). The California Compassionate Use Act (CUA) did NOT legalize marijuana. It is STILL a FELONY to grow it or sell it. However, as a sovereign state, California can choose how it will enforce or apply its criminal laws. Under the CUA, patients and caregivers were given immunity for certain marijuana offenses.

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:01:37 +0000

Steve Cooley, District Attorney for Los Angeles County said Thursday, all medical marijuana over-the-counter sales dispensaries will be prosecuted, targeting a practice which the initiative approved by California voters over a decade ago. Saying the vast majority of dispensaries in Los Angeles County, about a 100% of which are operating and dealing marijuana illegally in the city, need to be dealt with.

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:54:26 +0000

In August, Cooley and Sheriff Lee Baca informed all county mayors and police chiefs via letter that they considered such over-the-counter sales as ILLEGAL, including encouraging cities to permanently ban the dispensaries

By: jenn1ifer

jenn1ifer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:02:26 +0000

The city of Long Beach is looking into prosecuting dispensaries and other businesses that provide medical marijuana, City prosecutor Tom Reeves issued an editorial that essentially amounts to kicking in the door with guns blazing. Reeves directly relates dispensaries to “a drug dealer standing on the corner” and disputes the notion of the businesses as caregivers.