Filed under: Opinion Pieces, The Drug War
September 9, 2011 • 5:14 am Comments Off on American Drug War –
American Drug War –
The Last White Hope (Pre Release Cut)
American Drug War II ~ Now In Production
Filed under: Opinion Pieces
September 9, 2011 • 5:00 am Comments Off on Marijuana Prohibition
Marijuana Prohibition
- Anslingerian” Politics: The History of Anti-Marijuana Sentiment in Federal Law and How Harry Anslinger’s Anti-Marijuana Politics Continue to Prevent the FDA and Other Medical Experts from Studying Marijuana’s Medical Utility.
- How Cannabis Was Criminalized
- Marijuana Legalization Reduces Crime
- The 1937 Marijuana Tax Act
- The Economics Of Prohibition ~ Mark Thornton
- The Psychology Of Prohibition ~ Hugo Munsterberg (Google Book)
- Tools For Debate – U.S. Federal Government Data On Cannabis Prohibition ~ A report of the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy
Filed under: The Drug War, Anslinger, Criminal, Economics, Federal Law, International Centre For Science in Drug Policy, Legalize, Marijuana, Marijuana Tax Act, pdf, Politics, Prohibition, Psychology, video
September 9, 2011 • 3:38 am Comments Off on Run From The Cure ~ The Rick Simpson Story
Run From The Cure ~ The Rick Simpson Story
After a serious head injury in 1997, Rick Simpson sought relief from his medical condition through the use of medicinal hemp oil. When Rick discovered that the hemp oil (with its high concentration of T.H.C.) cured cancers and other illnesses, he tried to share it with as many people as he could free of charge, curing and controlling literally hundreds of people’s illnesses… but when the story went public, the long arm of the law snatched the medicine – leaving potentially thousands of people without their cancer treatments – and leaving Rick with unconsitutional charges of possessing and trafficking marijuana!
Canada is in the middle of a cancer epidemic. Meet the people who were not allowed to testify on Rick’s behalf at the Supreme Court of Canada’s Infamous Rick Simpson Trial on September 10, 2007… Including a man who was cured of terminal cancer using hemp oil!
Visit the YouTube for more educational videos
Filed under: Medicinal Cannabis Movies, Cancer Cure, Hemp Oil, Rick Simpson, Run From The Cure
July 16, 2011 • 2:53 pm Comments Off on What Is Drug Scheduling?
What Is Drug Scheduling?
Cannabis is currently a Schedule I drug. I was surprised to find this out while doing my research. The research showed that a Schedule I rating did not fit what I was seeing. There have been many petitions, and arguments, but it remains at Schedule I to this day. Why?
This is Federal Drug Classification Schedules.
With the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, a major illegal substance control campaign began. Americans have witnessed a corresponding shift of resources and public attention onto the growing problem of substance abuse and its effects on society.
- Schedule I
(a) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(b) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(c) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. - Schedule II
(a) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(b) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.
(c) Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. - Schedule III
(a) The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II.
(b) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(c) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. - Schedule IV
(a) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III.
(b) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(c) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III. - Schedule V
(A) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV.
(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV.
Now, the “Controlled Substances Act of 1970” falls in line with the UN Sanctions on Drug Policy. I started seeing a pattern here. Is an outside entity telling our country, our people, what we can and cannot do? Is our Federal Government working with them? Is it good for our people? The answer is a resounding no. The proof is there.
It’s amazing how this is very much the same as how our banking is run, and also how GMO crops are treated. What exactly is going on in this country?
Isn’t it about time we stopped adding to this?
The founding fathers would agree…..
And, not that long ago, so did the USDA:
Read the 1961 convention and judge for yourself.
Filed under: Drug Scheduling, The Drug War, Abuse, Accepted, Agency, Attention, Campaign, Control, Controlled Substances Act of 1970, Corruption, DEA, Death, Dependence, Drug War, Dying, Fraud, Government, High Potential, No Medical Value, People, Physical, Prescription, Proof, Psychological, Research, Rights, Safety, Sanctions, Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, Schedule V, Sovereign Country, Substance, Supervision, Treatment, UN Sanctions, United Nations, United States Of America
March 3, 2011 • 4:22 pm Comments Off on Mandatory Marijuana
Mandatory Marijuana
Filed under: Opinion Pieces, The Drug War
September 19, 2011 • 1:29 am 0
The New Bosses, Are Same As The Old Bosses. A Little Cannabis History.
The government is law. The people have the power to nullify those laws.
Filed under: Drug Scheduling, Prohibition
September 15, 2011 • 4:52 pm 0
Why Drug Legalization Just Won’t Happen | The Atlanta Post
America outpaces every country in the world in the number of people it incarcerates. Many of those responsible for the ballooning prison population are low-level drug offenders. Since the majority of prisoners are characterized as non-violent offenders, critics of drug prohibition assert that because the “war on drugs” has been such a failure and has forced states and the federal government to spend billions of dollars on drug interdiction at the expense of other priorities such as education and infrastructure; the question becomes, why has the government not seriously considered legalizing drugs given the perceived benefits of legalization such as regulating consumption and taxation of the drug economy to name a few?
Several states such as California and Oregon have recently decriminalized marijuana use, but none have gone so far as to legalize drugs. Cook County officials in Chicago are taking steps to decriminalize marijuana possession as well. In total, about twelve states have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, and 16 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical use of marijuana since 1995. The states that have decriminalized marijuana possession each have disparate laws governing drug policy. As a result, this creates quite a bit of confusion for those attempting to interpret drug policy.
To understand this debate it is instructive to delve into a little history on various efforts to legalize drugs and to examine the arguments for and against drug legalization and then conclude with what many believe is the single most salient reason why drugs have not been legalized—drugs are too profitable and too many people jobs depend on the drug economy.
The Harrison Act of 1914 and the marijuana tax act of 1937 were some of the earlier laws on the books, which made drugs illegal.
Key laws, which govern drug policy, now include the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. This act has been amended at least a dozen times or more. The Food and Drug Administration and the Cosmetic Act are additional extant acts, which govern drug policy. These acts govern herbal preparations, and the laws regulating alcohol and tobacco.
The debate surrounding legalization of drugs is convoluted but those against drug legalization assert that marijuana has proven to be a gateway drug and cite the fact that there is a relationship between marijuana use and addiction to harsher drugs such as crack and heroin. Other arguments against decriminalization include:
The belief that once drugs are legalized, usage will increase
Decriminalization sends conflicting messages to impressionable young people.
Legalization would expand the use of drugs and increase addiction.
It would de-stigmatize illicit drug usage.
Legalization would make harmful addictive drugs more affordable, available and accessible.
Crime, violence and drug usage go hand-in-hand.
Counter arguments include: the drug war has been a complete failure. An Op-Ed in the Economist captures the arguments for drug legalization:
Legalization would not only drive away the gangsters; it would transform drugs from a law-and-order problem into a public health problem.
Governments would tax and regulate the drug trade and use the funds raised to educate the public about the risks of drug taking and to treat addiction.
Legalization offers the opportunity to deal with addiction properly.
By providing honest information about the health risks of different drugs, and pricing them accordingly, governments could steer towards the least harmful ones.
Prohibition seems even more harmful, especially for the poor and weak of the world.
The pro and con arguments regarding drug legalization pale in comparison to the money argument, which posits that legalization has been hampered by the fact that too much money is being made off drug enforcement to legalize drugs. Harvard Professor Henry Blodgett contends that legalizing drugs would help the government reduces its expenditures by $41.3 billion a year on enforcement and prohibition. Another byproduct of legalizing drugs according to Blodgett is that drug legalization would yield tax revenue of $46.7 billion annually. Given the contentious debate surrounding lifting the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit, legalization would seem to be an excellent strategy for the neoliberal conservatives who champion free market policies and zero government spending.
The United States budget deficit was $1.29 trillion for fiscal year 2010. Consider that $48.7 billion in 2008 was the cost of drug prohibition; $6.5 billion spent from 2000-2005 to disrupt international drug trafficking; $6.2 billion in 2007 to imprison drug offenders; $3.4 billion in 2009 spent on drug treatment and treatment research; $2 billion from 2005-2009 spent on counternarcotics programs in Afghanistan; $1.7 billion from 1998-2010 spent to influence adolescents with the media; $268 million in 2007 spent on aviation units in conternarcotics operations; and $74.8 million in 2007 spent on installation of wiretap devices for drug investigations.
The above spending illustrates the fiscal commitment made to drug prohibition. If drug were legalized, judges, prosecutors, attorneys, and police officers to name a few groups would potentially lose their jobs. Too many agencies and livelihoods are tied to drug prohibition. Finally, throw in asset forfeiture; the ability of agencies to confiscate assets allegedly acquired as a result of crime and it becomes very obvious that profits from drug prohibition are the most salient reason why drugs have not been legalized.
via Why Drug Legalization Just Won’t Happen | The Atlanta Post.
Filed under: Opinion Pieces
September 15, 2011 • 5:05 am 0
Dr. Melamede on Phyto Cannabinoids, Capitalism, and Legalization
Dr. Robert J. Melamede, Ph.D., has been Chief Executive Officer, President of Cannabis Science, Inc. since July 2009. Dr. Melamede serves as Scientific Advisor for Cannabis Therapeutics as well as a variety other of state dispensaries and marijuana patient advocacy groups. He served as a Secretary of Cannabis Science, Inc. since July 2009. He served as Chief Science Officer of Cannabis Science, Inc. Dr. Melamede served as the Chief Science Officer of Gulf Onshore, Inc., since March 30, 2009. He served as the Chairman of the Biology Department at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs since 2005, where he continues to teach and research cannabinoids, cancer, and DNA repair. Dr. Melamede’s current focus is on integrating far from equilibrium thermodynamic physics with the biology of life and health and the unique evolutionary role played by the endocannabinoid system in these processes. He serves as Director at Cannabis Science, Inc. Dr. Melamede served as a Director of Gulf Onshore Inc., since March 30, 2009. He served as Director of Brazil Gold Coproration until December 19, 2008. Dr. Melamede also serves on the Editorial Board of The Journal of the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine, the Scientific Advisory Board of Americans for Safe Access, Sensible Colorado, Scientific Advisor for Cannabis Therapeutics and its Director as well as a variety other of state dispensaries and marijuana patient advocacy groups. Dr. Melamede frequently serves as an expert witness in cannabis-related trials. Dr. Melamede is recognized as a leading authority on the therapeutic uses of cannabis, and has authored or co-authored dozens of papers on a wide variety of scientific subjects. He has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the City University of New York.
Filed under: Clinical, Medical News, Medicinal Cannabis Movies, Opinion Pieces, The Drug War, Cannabis, cannabis science, capitalism, CBD, endocannabinoid, legalization, Pain, phyto cannabinoids, phytocannabinoids, PTSD, Robert Melamede
September 14, 2011 • 4:24 pm 0
PBS looks at medical value of cannabis
A good blend of propaganda, the drug war, and evidence of what may be possible. A must watch for those who “doubt”. You could save some lives….think about it.
Watch the full video:
http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf
Watch the full episode. See more MontanaPBS Presents.
Or, read the transcript:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec11/marijuana_08-23.html
Filed under: Clinical, Drug Scheduling, Marijuana News, Medical News, Medicinal Cannabis Movies
The Forbidden Medicine 