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Monday, March 12th, 2007The Research on Marijuana Safety (Part 2 of 4) by Gary Stimeling Copyright 2005 Psychotropics Cornucopia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Another Big Phat One Because the active ingredient accumulates in fat cells, “even people using marijuana only once each month are continually exposing their brain, lungs, liver, and other vital tissues to the poisonous effects [...]
Straight Dope (part 3 of 4)
Monday, March 12th, 2007The Research on Marijuana Safety (Part 3 of 4) by Gary Stimeling Copyright 2005 Psychotropics Cornucopia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pregnancy and Genetic Defects The genetic-damage scare of the late 1960s and early 1970s was similar to other marijuana scare stories of the period. A couple of tentative reports([1]) got a lot of media play, [...]
Straight Dope (part 4 of 4)
Monday, March 12th, 2007The Research on Marijuana Safety (Part 4 of 4) by Gary Stimeling Copyright 2005 Psychotropics Cornucopia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Chronic Mind Beginning in 1988, internal cannabinoids (endocannabinoids) and receptors for them have been found throughout the nervous system and several parts of the immune system.([1]) They regulate the activity of many and perhaps [...]
Pot Not on Menu At Family Eatery
Monday, March 12th, 2007VancouverProvince Four teens in West Vancouver may want to think again before they choose to do a drug deal in a busy family restaurant. On the table. At suppertime. The four were arrested Thursday at the Park Royal White Spot when they were easily spotted at a table dividing up marijuana in plain view. “It [...]
Grow-Op House Seized by Authorities
Sunday, March 11th, 2007Regina Leader Post A Regina house has been seized under provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Earlier this week, Regina Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Guy Chicoine agreed to issue orders of restraint and management against a house at 106 Hawkes Bay. The house was one of several properties searched in November during [...]
Marijuana Helps Ease HIV Nerve Pain
Friday, March 9th, 2007CBC News Smoking marijuana helps relieve the aching, burning nerve pain associated with HIV, a clinical trial suggests. People who smoked marijuana reduced their daily nerve pain by 34 per cent, compared with 17 per cent in a placebo group, researchers report in Tuesday’s issue of the journal Neurology.Dr. Donald Abrams and his team of [...]
Drug Testing Won’t Spread in Canada
Friday, March 9th, 2007Times Colonist UVic Researcher Says Most Workplace Use Will Remain In The U.S. Drug testing in Canadian workplaces will remain prevalent in safety-sensitive sectors such as transportation and manufacturing as well as primary resource industries such as forestry and mining, but will likely never reach the widespread levels in the U.S. labour force, says a [...]
Shroom to Grow
Friday, March 9th, 2007OPP, RCMP Bust Massive Pot Operation At Ottawa-Area Mushroom Farm MOOSE CREEK — A mushroom farm east of Ottawa contains what police believe is the largest indoor marijuana grow operation ever busted in eastern Ontario. “It would be great competition for the Molson plant,” OPP Det. Sgt. Paul Henry said, comparing the grow operation to [...]
Put Pot Growers Behind Bars, Court of Appeal tells Judges
Monday, March 5th, 2007Editors Note: Mike is and has been a strong supporter of the med movement and on behalf of all of us at Hempology and “The Club” we wish much peace on this warrior and our hopes that time passes quikly. Seeya in the fall! Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun The B.C. Court of Appeal has told [...]
Brand-New Grow-op Bylaw not enforceable
Friday, March 2nd, 2007vinenewsgroup An admittedly unenforceable bylaw ostensibly aimed at marijuana grow ops was adopted by North Cowichan council. Bylaw 3246 – the Nuisance ( Controlled Substance ) Bylaw – requires landlords of residential and commercial sites to do building checks at least once every two months and sparked as much debate as a fresh topic would. [...]
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