legalize it already

[bobbutts]

If they also stopped selling alcohol and pulled passes for people drinking, this policy would make sense.
People who encourage and profit from binge drinking and deamonize marijuana are scum.

 

[spring_mountain_high]

I smoke in the woods, away from people and wish more people would BUT...Ever see the parking lot there in the spring? It's a complete drunken shitshow, not exactly legal and definitely left unchecked by both the mountain and seemingly local law enforcement. Drunk people are generally much more visable and obnoxious, so to me that squashes the "think of the poor children" argument. It's their mountain and they can do as they wish of course but this seems quite hypocritical.

this^

i also never understood how it's ok to have alcohol at a childrens' birthday party, but god forbid someone enjoyed some cannabis

 

[skiNEwhere]

Here's his rebuttal

http://arapahoebasin.blogspot.com/2013/10/controversial.html

Well that last post certainly generated some conversation. As I wrote it I knew it would be controversial. The new law is creating changes and adjustments. The wide breadth of all our comments shows what a complicated issue this is in our culture. While there were people supportive of my comments, others were deeply offended. A couple of people asked me to do things that are anatomically impossible. I think the debate is rich and we are all better for it. Between this blog and Facebook, hundreds of people weighed in. Those comments certainly triggered many thoughts with me. Here are just a few.

Regarding the guys who lost their passes, my comments were a bit heavy. When I came upon them they were smoking a joint at the top of the lift with a bunch of kids nearby. I think most people would agree with me that they needed to go away for a while.

I sincerely apologize to anyone I offended. That was not my intention. Many people read things into my comments that were not there. If I could rewrite my post, it would simply read, "Colorado's new law legalizes limited marijuana use. Consumption in public is not allowed. A-Basin is a public place."

That said, I am confident we can keep the vibe and the culture of A-Basin alive. I hope we can all enjoy this great place realizing the new law does not allow people to smoke pot in the lift lines, on the deck, in the restaurant, and other public places. I hope all of you will keep skiing and riding at The Basin.

I'm not really for marijuana, and not really against it either. But I have an issue with his argument that I made bold and underlined. My question for him is, if he caught that group drinking instead of smoking, would they have received the same punishment? Whether or not you agree the law is moot, it IS the law, and I think they should've been treated the same way they would be for having an open container. Maybe they would've received the same punishment, I don't know

 

[JimG.]

I think it's great that the conversation has been so open and it is becoming more frequent.

I have always wondered about the issues raised here.

 

[ScottySkis]

 

[Trekchick]

http://arapahoebasin.blogspot.com/2013/10/marijuana.html

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Marijuana


For good or bad, Colorado is notorious for the passing of Amendment 64 legalizing limited marijuana usage. I recently saw John Stewart and Bill O'Reilly making fun of Coloradans on The Daily Show. A very important piece of the new law clearly states that marijuana usage in public is still illegal. A-Basin is a public place and you cannot smoke marijuana here.

Already I have kicked several people out of here and taken their ski passes for smoking in public. Those passes will be gone for a very long time. We will not hesitate to call the cops on this issue.

Marijuana smokers, please use your heads on this. You cannot smoke marijuana in public while at A-Basin.http://www.onthesnow.com/news/a/582...-in-colorado---washington-affect-ski-resorts-

There is a follow up article in the SummitDaily
http://www.summitdaily.com/news/8631649-113/marijuana-ski-basin-law

 

[Nick]

I don't usually post in this thread (lol) but had to put this here.

 

[ScottySkis]

I don't usually post in this thread (lol) but had to put this here.

View attachment 9423

It a picture see this plant is a miracle that cures lots or pain, also cures depression among millions of other great things, happiness, laughter better living, better sex, why is illegal is so stupid and it needs to legal.

 

[Tin]

As someone living with mod/severe Crohns, it has made life so much better. Last year just prior to ski season I went into my first horrible flare that put me in the hospital for a few days. I started at 2-4 Vicodin a day just to eat and go to work in July, by October I was at 10-12 per day. I would have to take two prior to eating and then a few throughout the day to work and go to school. I really thought a lot of the research and published stuff on medical marijuana was agenda related and biased until I tried it, proved me wrong to say the least. I made the switch and never looked back at Opioids. My MRI scans have been much clearer with little to no inflammation/scar tissue build up and I'm on less medication now than ever before. Truly a miracle drug in my book. Completely off Cipro/Flagyl and only touch Humira every other month instead of biweekly, so my immune system is more intact and I'm not laid up much during flu/cold season months.

 

[Cornhead]

Scotty, isn't it about time for a new avatar? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Sent on my new, 2 year old, DROID X2 using AlpineZone mobile app

 

[deadheadskier]

Glad to hear your treatment is going so well Tin. In my 14 months interning in a Radiology department, I've had numerous Crohns patients and you have to go through is not easy. Best of luck!

It amazes me that doctors willing prescribe opiates at all for so many conditions; especially something like Crohns. 14K people overdose and die from prescription opiates each year in the US. I don't believe there's been a recorded overdose death from cannabis ever recorded. I'm guessing there probably hasn't been many if any deaths due to allergic reaction to cannabis either.

You would think doctors would turn to it in every possible scenario they could that might offer someone palliative care. The safety of its use alone should drive that.

Yet, Big Pharma still wants to get people hooked on their synthetic and deadly drugs. Makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Tin]

How quickly tolerance builds with opiates is what is scary. I can completely see how someone can get hooked. In two months I went from taking half of a Vicodin to two prior to meals for the same effect. The other issue is having to taper off because if not you'll be up all night, nauseous, itchy, etc. (as I learned the hard way).

 

[spring_mountain_high]

the problem with vicodin is the obscene amount of tylenol your system has to deal with, especially once you build that tolerance to the opiate...that crap will shut your liver right down

 

[Tin]

the problem with vicodin is the obscene amount of tylenol your system has to deal with, especially once you build that tolerance to the opiate...that crap will shut your liver right down

Oh yes, I was sure to take plenty of Milk Thistle while taking it. The liver's ability to regenerate is a wonderful thing as well.

One thing I've learned in my work experience in terms of patient-doctor relationships is demographics, SES, and education has a lot to do with what (most) doctors prescribe. If the individual is Caucasian, educated, middle class, no prior possession/substance charges and lacking a prior abuse/dependence Axis diagnosis it is an essential free for all. Clients I have fitting this category get whatever they want in terms of pain killers and anxiety PRNs (specifically benzos). My minority clients (who also do not have a prior abuse/dependence diagnosis or legal history) living in or close to poverty who may have the same diagnosis and in some cases more severe as the Caucasian individual would be lucky to get Tramadol and Atarax. It's sad in this day that race determines treatment.

I'm not familiar with the demographic/SES data on medical marijuana scripts but I would be surprised if it did not mirror that of pain killers and anxiety PRNs.

 

[ScottySkis]

Scotty, isn't it about time for a new avatar? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Sent on my new, 2 year old, DROID X2 using AlpineZone mobile app

Very cool avatar Cornhead.

 

[ScottySkis]

http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/20...ant-extract-stops-cancers-from-spreading.html Prof of how great this plant is it stops cancer.
The data is very strong and there's no toxicity associated with a compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say. The first research to show marijuana's anti-tumor properties was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles in 2007 demonstrating that THC may activate biological pathways that halt cancer cell division or block development of blood vessels that feed tumors. It then became a target of synthetic research into THC for drugs such as ImClone System Inc.'s Erbitux and Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix. The Data is Very Strong - Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From SpreadingResearchers have now found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plan Read More: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/20...ant-extract-stops-cancers-from-spreading.html | Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whydontyoutrythis

The data is very strong and there's no toxicity associated with a compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say. The first research to show marijuana's anti-tumor properties was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles in 2007 demonstrating that THC may activate biological pathways that halt cancer cell division or block development of blood vessels that feed tumors. It then became a target of synthetic research into THC for drugs such as ImClone System Inc.'s Erbitux and Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix. The Data is Very Strong - Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From SpreadingResearchers have now found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant. The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab. Last year they published a study that found a similar effect in mice. Now they say they are on the verge of publishing further animal study results that expand these results further. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention. CBD (Cannabidiol), one of the main constituents of the cannabis plant has been proven medically to relieve many diseases including the inhibition of cancer cell growth. Recent studies have shown it to be an effective atypical anti-psychotic in treating schizophrenia. CBD also interferes with the amount of THC your brain processes, balancing the psychotropic effect of marijuana. That is precisely why the power of raw cannabis is turning heads. Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle, study co-leader Dr Sean McAllister, said: ‘The preclinical trial data is very strong, and there’s no toxicity. There’s really a lot or research to move ahead with and to get people excited.’ While he, along with colleague Dr Pierre Desprez acknowledge that they are some way off from turning their finding into a pill, they are already developing human trial models. They hope to eventually test the drug in combination with current chemotherapies. Professor Desprez had previously found that a protein called ID-1 seemed to play a role in causing breast cancer to spread. Meanwhile Dr McAllister had discovered the cannabidiol had anti-cancer potential. The pair teamed up to see if they could treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer called ‘triple negative.’ This form, which affects 15 per cent of patients, doesn’t have three hormone receptors that the most successful therapies target. Cells from this cancer have high levels of ID-1. When they exposed cells from this cancer to cannabidiol they were shocked to find the cells not only stopped acting ‘crazy’ but also returned to a healthy normal state. They discovered that the compound had turned off the overexpression of ID-1, stopping them from travelling to distant tissues. Other potentially treatable cancers are forms of leukaemia, lung, ovarian and brain cancers, which also have high levels of ID-1. Dr Desprez has a particular reason for wanting to create a treatment as quickly as possible – his sister was recently diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the age of 41. Her condition is currently receptive to hormone therapies but Professor Desprez fears it could recur in a form that lacks hormone receptors. He said: ‘I want to be ready for that. There is a deadline.’ Cannabis is a Class B drug that is illegal to have, give away or sell. “If cannabis were discovered in an Amazon rainforests today, people would be clambering to make as much use as they could out of the potential benefits of the plant,” said Donald L. Abrams, MD, Chief of Hematology and Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the University California. Dr. Abrams is widely known for his research on medical cannabis applications. “Unfortunately, it carries with it a long and not so long history of being a persecuted plant,” he added. Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy. Source: Prevent Disease Read More: Government Confirms And Reports That Marijuana Prevents Or Cures Certain Cancers There Is No Mistaking The Evidence, Cannabis Cures Cancer Cancer is Finally Cured in Canada but Big Pharma has No Interest The Cancer Industry EXPOSED! 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The data is very strong and there's no toxicity associated with a compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say. The first research to show marijuana's anti-tumor properties was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles in 2007 demonstrating that THC may activate biological pathways that halt cancer cell division or block development of blood vessels that feed tumors. It then became a target of synthetic research into THC for drugs such as ImClone System Inc.'s Erbitux and Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix. The Data is Very Strong - Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From SpreadingResearchers have now found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant. The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab. Read More: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/20...ant-extract-stops-cancers-from-spreading.html | Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whydontyoutrythis
The data is very strong and there's no toxicity associated with a compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say. The first research to show marijuana's anti-tumor properties was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles in 2007 demonstrating that THC may activate biological pathways that halt cancer cell division or block development of blood vessels that feed tumors. It then became a target of synthetic research into THC for drugs such as ImClone System Inc.'s Erbitux and Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix. The Data is Very Strong - Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From SpreadingResearchers have now found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant. The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab. Last year they published a study that found a similar effect in mice. Now they say they are on the verge of publishing further animal study results that expand these results further. Read More: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/20...ant-extract-stops-cancers-from-spreading.html | Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whydontyoutrythis
The data is very strong and there's no toxicity associated with a compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say. The first research to show marijuana's anti-tumor properties was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles in 2007 demonstrating that THC may activate biological pathways that halt cancer cell division or block development of blood vessels that feed tumors. It then became a target of synthetic research into THC for drugs such as ImClone System Inc.'s Erbitux and Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix. The Data is Very Strong - Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From SpreadingResearchers have now found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant. The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab. Last year they published a study that found a similar effect in mice. Now they say they are on the verge of publishing further animal study results that expand these results further. Read More: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/20...ant-extract-stops-cancers-from-spreading.html | Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whydontyoutrythis

 

[ScottySkis]

http://blog.mpp.org/prohibition/help-legalize-on-the-east-coast/10302013/ Lets get it legal in Maine.

On November 5, voters will decide whether to approve a local ballot initiative that would remove all penalties for possessing up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana by adults 21 and older. Portland is the most populous city in Maine – where we intend to run a 2016 statewide initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol – and a victory on November 5 would provide a dramatic boost to our efforts.

It’s going to be a very close election, so we need your help. You do NOT need to live in Maine to lend your support in one of the following ways:
1. Call Portland voters using our online phone bank. Our allies at Just Say Now have created an easy-to-use system that provides voters’ phone numbers, instructions, and a simple script.
2. Email anyone you know in Portland. We’ve created a page with a pre-written email to send to your friends and relatives. It also includes tools for sharing this message on Facebook and Twitter.
3. Make a donation to MPP. If you support our work to pass local initiatives in Portland and elsewhere, please donate today in order to move the ball forward in Maine and other states.
By taking just a little time out of your day to call some voters, send an email, or make a financial contribution, you can help us make history next week!



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[deadheadskier]

Thank you Portland voters for doing the right thing.

 

[ScottySkis]

Thank you Portland voters for doing the right thing.

Yes they did this is going good so far lot more state and cities to go.

 

[legalskier]

Have You Been Smoking Pot? Denver Police Have a New Way to Tell: The 'Nasal Ranger'
Despite cannabis being legal in Colorado, an 'odor ordinance' could spell trouble for users.
...a new “odor ordinance” with a potential $2,000 fine for anyone found guilty of polluting the atmosphere with high concentrations of cannabis.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-po...-denver-police-have-new-way-tell-nasal-ranger