U. Connecticut: EDITORIAL: Government must legalize marijuana.
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- U. Connecticut: EDITORIAL: Government must legalize marijuana.
- Sacks of marijuana, suspected dealers held in QC
- The Marketing of “Cannabis Americana”
- ‘Marijuana not for medical use’
- Medical marijuana is nothing to huff and puff about
U. Connecticut: EDITORIAL: Government must legalize marijuana.
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 24, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 Financial Times Ltd. (From University Wire) Byline: Reggie C. Ugwu This declaration, “Marijuana should be legalized in the United States,” has long been a contentious issue. Social values, health concerns, economics and politics are all at work in the debate over legalizing marijuana. The war on drugs has been a misguided and unfair attempt at regulating illicit drug use. During this campaign, which costs an estimated $35 billion a year, according to the Washington Post, marijuana.
Sacks of marijuana, suspected dealers held in QC
ABS CBN News – Apr 24, 2006
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document. Two men suspected of transporting the illegal substance were also taken in for questioning. Investigators identified the suspects Divino Dagsa and Valentino Bariston. They were caught while unloading two sacks of marijuana leaves to a waiting taxi in the city’s Balintawak district. Police interrogators learned from the suspects that the contraband came from Benguet province and was about to be transported to Novaliches in Quezon City… Two men suspected of transporting the illegal substance were also taken in for questioning. Investigators identified the suspects Divino Dagsa and Valentino Bariston. They were caught while unloading two sacks of marijuana leaves to a waiting taxi in the city’s Balintawak district. Police interrogators learned from the suspects that the contraband came from Benguet province and was about to be transported to Novaliches in Quezon City. Charges in violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being prepared against the suspects.
The Marketing of “Cannabis Americana”
CounterPunch – Apr 24, 2006
The handsomely designed and printed 16-page booklet was published by Parke, Davis & Co. to market its "Cannabis Americana" to doctors and pharmacists… to market its "Cannabis Americana" to doctors and pharmacists. Just as drug companies nowadays do when they have a potential "blockbuster" emerging from the pipeline, Parke, Davis knocked the competition ("Cannabis Indica") and invoked science to peddle its wares in 1910. Under a first-page headline defining Cannabis Americana as "Cannabis Sativa Grown in America," the text gets right to the point: "Much has been written relative to the comparative activity of Cannabis Sativa grown in different climates (Cannabis Indica, Mexicana, and Americana). It has been generally assumed that the American-grown drug was practically worthless therapeutically, and that Cannabis Sativa grown in India must be used if one would obtain physiologically active preparations. "Furthermore, it has been claimed that the best Indian drug is that grown especially for medicinal purposes, the part used consisting of the flowering tops of the unfertilized female plants, care being taken during the growing of the drug to weed out the male plants. According to our experience, this is an erroneous notion, as we have repeatedly found that the Indian drug which contains large quantities of seed is fully as active as the drug which consists of the flowering tops only, provided the seed be removed before percolation. " This may reflect the crudeness of their testing system, which the booklet will describe as state-of-the art.
‘Marijuana not for medical use’
Irish Health – Apr 24, 2006
It was available for medical purposes in Ireland up to the 1950s but its use had dwindled away to nothing because newer medicines were coming on stream which were more effective. Coupled to that, the rise in addiction led to the complete banning of marijuana. I see where the FDA is coming from. To now re-introduce it would mean that it would have to be proven to have some medical advantage… Its banning was driven by pure racism, greed and by gutter-press sensationalism which played on the superstitious fears of the masses. Cannabis is gaining in popularity all the time despite the efforts of hordes of mental defectives to eradicate this invaluable herb. One thing these morons overlooked.
Medical marijuana is nothing to huff and puff about
The University of South Florida Oracle – Apr 24, 2006
However, vilification of even the most harmless drugs, including marijuana, was quite effective and has lead to marijuana also being withheld from medical uses that would benefit patients. It also has made an objective debate about legalization almost impossible. While many states have passed laws that make marijuana accessible to those carrying a prescription, the federal government continues to stonewall, stubbornly sticking to its story: Pot is bad. The New York Times reported Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration had issued a statement saying “no sound scientific studies” supported the medical use of marijuana. It is hard to fathom how the FDA can make statements like this while patients in California as well as other countries such as Canada and the Netherlands give daily proof that it improves their standard of living. It is even harder to understand why the U.