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legalize it already
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RootDKJ
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RootDKJ
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I've suspected all along this would be a huge topic in 2016, even though we have MUCH bigger concerns in this country. Don't mean to post political stuff but I think it's appropriate in the context of this thread.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/marijuana-2016-election_n_4647715.html
ScottySkis
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planb420
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I approve of this post.
I approve of puppies and candy.....
Is that the Biebs in the opening frame of the huff video? :lol:
4aprice
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Tourism up in Colorado. Who would have thought that legalizing something people like would lead to that? Will any others take notice?
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
ScottySkis
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I am seriously considered Colorado over Utah if I go West because of this.
ScottySkis
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https://www.marijuanadoctors.com/bl...iol-Oil-Rich-in-Healing-Compounds-and-History
Cannabidiol Oil, Rich in Both Healing Compounds and History
Posted by
Lindsey Steinberg on 01/28/2014 in Medical Marijuana Research
Heather Jackson described her son’s severe seizures, beginning at just four months old as his “deepest valley.” Young Zaki Jackson was experiencing staggering thousands of seizures per day. In 2008, an electroencephalography reading revealed that his seizures were occurring at over 200 per hour. Zaki’s diagnosis? Doose Syndrome. By its very definition, Doose Syndrome is exceptionally resistant to most pharmaceutical treatments. Still, doctors met his condition with 17 different medications. To the Jackson’s dismay, none effectively combated his condition. One day, Zaki’s life trajectory would change immensely at the suggestion of Mrs. Jackson’s friend, a worker in Hospice care. “I can’t tell you to try this, but there is this group of brothers who have helped treat a similar case with cannabis oil,” Heather’s friend told her. After reaching out to the well-known Stanley brothers, primary cultivators of CBD-rich cannabis in Colorado - the ackson’s obtained the CBD-rich medicine and never looked back. Now, Zaki is surrounded by family and friends - the Stanley brothers included - celebrating his first year completely seizure free. At his party, Josh Stanley remarked, “We were reading these studies in Israel from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s – studies where they saw positive results on lab mice using high-CBD strains. So we decided to give it a try, originally focusing on aiding cancer patients. It was by luck that we discovered it could be so beneficial to those suffering from seizures.”
Although this cannadidiol oil first gained tremendous exposure this past summer as CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta premiered his documentary Weed , showcasing several young patients undergoing cbd treatment around the country, there is nothing modern about this form of treatment. In fact, while the medicinal use of dried cannabis dates back to 2900 BC, the use of cannabis oil treatment was recorded in 1450 BC, in the Book of Exodus. Numerous sources have sited, “Holy anointing oil, as described in the original Hebrew version of the recipe in Exodus, contained over six pounds of kaneh-bosem, a substance identified by respected etymologists, linguists, anthropologists, botanists and other researchers as cannabis, extracted into about six quarts of olive oil, along with a variety of other fragrant herbs. The ancient anointed ones were literally drenched in this potent mixture.” While some of the earliest recorded anecdotal evidence in medical journals dates as far back as the early 1800’s.
The story goes like this; in 1839 a woman knocked upon the door of British Army doctor stationed in India, William O’Shaughnessy. Panicked, she brought her seizure-prone infant in hopes of finding an immediate remedy. The doctor tried out opium and leeches, typical 19th-century remedies, but the baby’s seizures grew immensely worse until they became constant and he was unable to eat. As a last resort, Dr. O’Shaughnessy tried out hemp oil in the form of a tincture, which the locals used as their primary medicine. Instantly, the child’s seizures stopped. By regularly dosing the tincture over the following few weeks, the child’s seizures ceased altogether. The doctor concluded in a medical journal article, “In Hemp the profession has gained an anti-convulsive remedy of the greatest value.”
Cannabidiol Oil, Rich in Both Healing Compounds and History
Posted by
Lindsey Steinberg on 01/28/2014 in Medical Marijuana Research
Although this cannadidiol oil first gained tremendous exposure this past summer as CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta premiered his documentary Weed , showcasing several young patients undergoing cbd treatment around the country, there is nothing modern about this form of treatment. In fact, while the medicinal use of dried cannabis dates back to 2900 BC, the use of cannabis oil treatment was recorded in 1450 BC, in the Book of Exodus. Numerous sources have sited, “Holy anointing oil, as described in the original Hebrew version of the recipe in Exodus, contained over six pounds of kaneh-bosem, a substance identified by respected etymologists, linguists, anthropologists, botanists and other researchers as cannabis, extracted into about six quarts of olive oil, along with a variety of other fragrant herbs. The ancient anointed ones were literally drenched in this potent mixture.” While some of the earliest recorded anecdotal evidence in medical journals dates as far back as the early 1800’s.
The story goes like this; in 1839 a woman knocked upon the door of British Army doctor stationed in India, William O’Shaughnessy. Panicked, she brought her seizure-prone infant in hopes of finding an immediate remedy. The doctor tried out opium and leeches, typical 19th-century remedies, but the baby’s seizures grew immensely worse until they became constant and he was unable to eat. As a last resort, Dr. O’Shaughnessy tried out hemp oil in the form of a tincture, which the locals used as their primary medicine. Instantly, the child’s seizures stopped. By regularly dosing the tincture over the following few weeks, the child’s seizures ceased altogether. The doctor concluded in a medical journal article, “In Hemp the profession has gained an anti-convulsive remedy of the greatest value.”
Edd
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Saw something funny while I was staying in Colorado last week. There was a Frisco public access show, like "Ya Heard, with Perd!" (Parks and Rec fans) on TV one night. The guests were the Frisco chief of police and a Summit County sheriff.
The topic was to clarify what you can do and when with the weed. The cops seemed super cool with the new laws and repeated several times that it was "perfectly ok to consume on your own property, including your front yard."
The interview was fascinating and quietly hilarious because of the topic combined with the clunky flow of a public access show....but it could have been my buzz.
The topic was to clarify what you can do and when with the weed. The cops seemed super cool with the new laws and repeated several times that it was "perfectly ok to consume on your own property, including your front yard."
The interview was fascinating and quietly hilarious because of the topic combined with the clunky flow of a public access show....but it could have been my buzz.
skiNEwhere
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Stoned on the slopes video
http://unofficialnetworks.com/edition-investigates-pot-smoking-skiers-128836/
http://unofficialnetworks.com/edition-investigates-pot-smoking-skiers-128836/
Good thing other states don't have that problem...
Cannonball
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this newscaster looks baked!
Which is more illegal: smoking herb in CO, or hiding cameras?
Which is more illegal: smoking herb in CO, or hiding cameras?
ScottySkis
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Actually I hear that it makes your confidence level go up so making for better riders on the hill.
ScottySkis
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by Scottskier
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/cuomo-marijuana-copout-article-1.1619033
When local NYC major news paper is calling for Cuomo to legalize the plant it time already.
he joke's on us
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There comes a point when social arrangements that had been broadly accepted are exposed as cruel anachronisms. Not letting women vote. Banning alcohol (ironically, aided by suffragettes). Not letting homosexuals marry. Arresting people for a joint.
Eventually, America tends to get these things right — but that’s cold comfort to those damaged by mean, stupid laws in the meantime. How do you ask someone to be the last person punished for a mistake widely recognized as one?
On marijuana, New Yorkers are ready for a change. It’s our politicians, Gov. Cuomo chief among them, who won’t heed the will of the people.
Nearly three in five of us think recreational marijuana should be legal, with a majority of every age group except senior citizens agreeing. Eighty-three percent of voters under 30 support it, as do most Democrats and independents, and even two in five Republicans. Women support it. Men support it by nearly two-to-one.
Nearly half of us say we’ve used marijuana. I know carpenters, professors, housewives, law-enforcement officials and plenty of other people who use it. You know some, too, whether you know it or not.
Criminalizing common behavior is bad news, and New Yorkers know it.
Whatever damage pot does, the law isn’t doing much, if anything, to restrain it, while it’s plainly adding new damages — arrests and needless criminal records, meted out mostly to the most vulnerable among us, who are more likely to be stopped, more likely to end up in the criminal justice system and more likely to be damaged by it.
Young men of color are no more likely than their white peers to smoke weed — they’re just much more likely to be punished for it. That’s not right.
After two decades of falling crime rates, prison populations are still rising nationwide, and marijuana is a big reason why. That’s not right.
In New York, 97% of marijuana arrests are for possession . That’s not right.
Especially when the internet has made street-level selling much more rare. Juice shops now sell juice, not dime bags.
Those 65 and older remain strongly (38-57) against legalization and, of course, they vote, which helps explain why Cuomo’s office declared a bill from Manhattan State Sen. Liz Krueger to legalize, tax and regulate it “a non-starter.”
Krueger says older people tell her “my doctor said marijuana might be helpful, but they can’t prescribe it. They say tell your kids or your grandkids to get it. And the grandparents say to me, I don’t want to get my kids in trouble with the law.”
So sick grandparents can’t get weed, but about every 15-year-old in the city can. Of course, what they’re getting is completely unregulated, sometimes laced — and, by definition, only available from criminals, who are in endless supply.
If you arrest a murderer, there’s one less murderer on the streets. If you arrest a dealer, it’s an opportunity for someone with hustle to profit from market demand.
While Cuomo has given some ground on medical marijuana, offering a limited and unimpressive plan in response to near universal (88%) public support for it, he’s yet to yield on commercial usage — even as he’s pushed hard to expand casino gambling.
No one goes bankrupt buying weed, but they do spend serious money on it. A proposal put out last year by former city controller and mayoral candidate John Liu used back-of-the-envelope calculations (it’s tough to come up with hard numbers for an underground economy) to conservatively estimate that the New York City market alone would generate over $400 million in tax revenue, while saving $31 million in police and court costs.
That’s real money, enough of it to pay for Mayor de Blasio’s plan for universal pre-K and afterschool programs for every junior high schooler.
I’m not much for high people, or drunk ones. But it’s not the state’s business, and New Yorkers know it. The real question: Do we need to wait for our parents and grandparents to die before we stop needlessly arresting their children and grandchildren?
Legalizing marijuana would be a rare twofer for the state: a chance to right a wrong and make money at the same time. And because Colorado and other states have gone first — and haven’t socially imploded — we can improve on their models and deal with, err, sticky issues like high drivers and protecting kids from edibles.
“It’s not just the positive fiscal impact,” said Liu. “It’s ameliorating pain and suffering” for people and communities.
“And it’s already happening and picking up speed in other states and municipalities. Its just a matter of time for New York.”
Or we can cling to a cruel anachronism. Governor?
hsiegel@nydailynews.com
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/cuomo-marijuana-copout-article-1.1619033
When local NYC major news paper is calling for Cuomo to legalize the plant it time already.
he joke's on us
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- Gov. Cuomo dismisses pot legalization bill as ‘nonstarter’
- NYC politicians blast ‘galling’ Albany tax deal for luxury apartment towers
There comes a point when social arrangements that had been broadly accepted are exposed as cruel anachronisms. Not letting women vote. Banning alcohol (ironically, aided by suffragettes). Not letting homosexuals marry. Arresting people for a joint.
Eventually, America tends to get these things right — but that’s cold comfort to those damaged by mean, stupid laws in the meantime. How do you ask someone to be the last person punished for a mistake widely recognized as one?
On marijuana, New Yorkers are ready for a change. It’s our politicians, Gov. Cuomo chief among them, who won’t heed the will of the people.
Nearly three in five of us think recreational marijuana should be legal, with a majority of every age group except senior citizens agreeing. Eighty-three percent of voters under 30 support it, as do most Democrats and independents, and even two in five Republicans. Women support it. Men support it by nearly two-to-one.
Nearly half of us say we’ve used marijuana. I know carpenters, professors, housewives, law-enforcement officials and plenty of other people who use it. You know some, too, whether you know it or not.
Criminalizing common behavior is bad news, and New Yorkers know it.
Whatever damage pot does, the law isn’t doing much, if anything, to restrain it, while it’s plainly adding new damages — arrests and needless criminal records, meted out mostly to the most vulnerable among us, who are more likely to be stopped, more likely to end up in the criminal justice system and more likely to be damaged by it.
Young men of color are no more likely than their white peers to smoke weed — they’re just much more likely to be punished for it. That’s not right.
After two decades of falling crime rates, prison populations are still rising nationwide, and marijuana is a big reason why. That’s not right.
In New York, 97% of marijuana arrests are for possession . That’s not right.
Especially when the internet has made street-level selling much more rare. Juice shops now sell juice, not dime bags.
Those 65 and older remain strongly (38-57) against legalization and, of course, they vote, which helps explain why Cuomo’s office declared a bill from Manhattan State Sen. Liz Krueger to legalize, tax and regulate it “a non-starter.”
Krueger says older people tell her “my doctor said marijuana might be helpful, but they can’t prescribe it. They say tell your kids or your grandkids to get it. And the grandparents say to me, I don’t want to get my kids in trouble with the law.”
So sick grandparents can’t get weed, but about every 15-year-old in the city can. Of course, what they’re getting is completely unregulated, sometimes laced — and, by definition, only available from criminals, who are in endless supply.
If you arrest a murderer, there’s one less murderer on the streets. If you arrest a dealer, it’s an opportunity for someone with hustle to profit from market demand.
While Cuomo has given some ground on medical marijuana, offering a limited and unimpressive plan in response to near universal (88%) public support for it, he’s yet to yield on commercial usage — even as he’s pushed hard to expand casino gambling.
No one goes bankrupt buying weed, but they do spend serious money on it. A proposal put out last year by former city controller and mayoral candidate John Liu used back-of-the-envelope calculations (it’s tough to come up with hard numbers for an underground economy) to conservatively estimate that the New York City market alone would generate over $400 million in tax revenue, while saving $31 million in police and court costs.
That’s real money, enough of it to pay for Mayor de Blasio’s plan for universal pre-K and afterschool programs for every junior high schooler.
I’m not much for high people, or drunk ones. But it’s not the state’s business, and New Yorkers know it. The real question: Do we need to wait for our parents and grandparents to die before we stop needlessly arresting their children and grandchildren?
Legalizing marijuana would be a rare twofer for the state: a chance to right a wrong and make money at the same time. And because Colorado and other states have gone first — and haven’t socially imploded — we can improve on their models and deal with, err, sticky issues like high drivers and protecting kids from edibles.
“It’s not just the positive fiscal impact,” said Liu. “It’s ameliorating pain and suffering” for people and communities.
“And it’s already happening and picking up speed in other states and municipalities. Its just a matter of time for New York.”
Or we can cling to a cruel anachronism. Governor?
hsiegel@nydailynews.com
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Cannonball
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I just assumed those two boarders were actors hired to make the story even slightly interesting.
Completely agree. Nevermind just selling it, they heavily promote alcohol all over the mountain.
Cannonball
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It says she's a girl scout, but it would be such a better story if she were a brownie.
