One Uninsured Group Can Now Exhale
The News Review:
- One Uninsured Group Can Now Exhale
- U. Alabama: COLUMN: Most advice isn’t worth paper it’s…
- Notre Dame: Notre Dame athlete’s suspension recalls past cases,…
- Even pot hurts: Research
- Indoor pot farming earns man prison
- Ex-soldier massacred family after ‘flipping’
One Uninsured Group Can Now Exhale
Washington Post – Jan 31, 2007
“If you’ve been declined for life insurance or are paying above-market premiums or simply want to know” about life insurance for “responsible” marijuana smokers, then give him a call, he says on an “audio message” he made for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ Web site to explain its new life insurance program. “Hello, this is Webb Hubbell,” the recording begins, with appropriate mellow jazz in the background. “For years, responsible marijuana smokers have not been able to access affordable life insurance,” explains the former Little Rock mayor and Arkansas chief justice. Hubble, longtime close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, told us that "responsible" dopers means occasional users as opposed to constant smokers — something like social drinkers vs. So these social smokers “have been forced to lie on applications, forgo the health benefits [for people with AIDS, glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy] of responsible marijuana use… working hard to both reform cannabis laws as well as [to help] cannabis consumers all around the world. ” And Hubbell is ready to get them insured. Loop Fans simply must listen to Hubbard’s "audio message" about the NORML life insurance program — and the plug for his agency — at.
U. Alabama: COLUMN: Most advice isn’t worth paper it’s…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 31, 2007
| The America’s Intelligence Wire (January, 2007). Alabama: COLUMN: Most advice isn’t worth paper it’s printed on. But your own moral code aside, you must consider facts and hard evidence. The purposes of Jake… The purposes of Jake DaSilva’s recent column were very clear: to claim that pot is bad and should never be smoked by anyone. However, there was no real substance behind his anecdotal account of why drugs, moreover marijuana, are bad. His basic assertion is that marijuana is bad and wreaks havoc in the lives of the users. He laments on the blight of sketchy drug dealers peddling their goods on impressionable young children and adults who consume marijuana. The failure occurs when DaSilva does not grasp the causality behind any of.
Notre Dame: Notre Dame athlete’s suspension recalls past cases,…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 31, 2007
(From University Wire) Byline: Maddie Hanna When the University of Notre Dame sent sophomore guard Kyle McAlarney home last Monday, it wasn’t just the basketball player’s name that got splashed across national headlines. The decision to suspend McAlarney — who was arrested Dec. 29 on charges of marijuana possession — immediately projected Notre Dame into the debate. “The bad news is everyone always looks at cases that involve athletes as some kind of litmus test for the school or program,” said Mike Coffey, the men’s basketball editor of NDNation. But despite the extensive media attention McAlarney received, he certainly isn’t the first student athlete to get in trouble with the University. Like its students, Notre Dame’s varsity athletes face disciplinary action from the Office of Residence Life and Housing on a fairly regular basis.
Even pot hurts: Research
Times of India – Jan 31, 2007
There is more
bad news for pot smokers after the initial high it is downward slide in mood as
pot makes users more vulnerable to depression. Now there are scientific
reasons to validate this theory. A team of doctors in the department of
neurology and psychology has, as part of a project being undertaken in
conjunction with America’s National Institute of Health, has scanned brains of
several hundred pot smokers. Though the final analysis of
the research is still being done, but preliminary indications confirm that
chemical changes in brain on account of sustained use of marijuana lead to
certain damages which can be the cause of a range of psychological and also
physiological problems the user suffers.
Indoor pot farming earns man prison
St. Petersburg Times – Jan 31, 2007
By CARRIE WEIMARPublished January 31, 2007 ADVERTISEMENT TAMPA – Convicted of creating indoor marijuana farms in some of Tampa Bay's nicest neighborhoods, Herbert Ferrell Jr. made one last plea for mercy Tuesday. "I want to apologize to the court and especially to my family for everything I've done," Ferrell said at his sentencing hearing in U… During the hearing, Borghetti asked Moody for leniency for her client, saying he wasn't a ringleader. But Moody said her assertions were contradicted by tape recordings made by government informants that were played at trial. On the tapes, Ferrell could be heard discussing details of the marijuana growing business, from where to buy supplies to the amount of money he had invested. Attorney Anthony Porcelli said he was offended by Ferrell's unwillingness to take responsibility for his actions. At trial, Ferrell said he was intimidated by a confidential informant working for the Drug Enforcement Agency into participating in the grow house scheme.
Ex-soldier massacred family after ‘flipping’
Telegraph.co.uk – Jan 31, 2007
It is thought he may have been suffering from a psychotic disorder, schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder. Bradley was also a heavy user of cannabis, which may have also contributed to his deteriorating mental health, the court was told. Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust immediately announced an independent inquiry into the treatment he was offered. After leaving the Army in 1995, Bradley saw his GP complaining of being tense, wound up and wanting to “kill someone”. He told the doctor he had felt like this for years. Article continues advertisement… He left the Army as a private in 1995 with an exemplary record. Apart from the occasional odd job, he did not work again and in 2002 began claiming incapacity benefit for depression. He spent hours in his bedroom, smoking cannabis and hoarding weapons. By the time of the massacre, Bradley was living as a self-imposed prisoner in his bedroom, compounding his mental illness. He had lived with his aunt and uncle at their home in Newcastle upon Tyne since he was 16, after rowing with his mother. On the night of the murders, on July 8 last year, Bradley began smashing up the house, before arguing with his cousin, Keith, over the chaos he had caused. After the row he went to his bedroom to collect a gun and then shot Keith, 44, before shooting his uncle, Peter Purcell, 70, as he slept on the sofa.